The 2011 ATS Formel 3 Cup was the ninth edition of the

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and the last one with FIA specification F3 engines. For the 2012 season, the series will use Volkswagen engines only. The season began on 23 April at

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and finished on 2 October at

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after nine race weekends, totalling eighteen races. New Zealander

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clinched title on the penultimate round, becoming the first Kiwi to win the championship. Danish driver

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, despite missing the round at Assen, finished the season as runner-up. Third place was claimed by Austrian

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. Maxim Travin won the Trophy class after seven wins.

Teams and drivers

Calendar

The provisional 2011 calendar consisted of nine meetings of which five were due to take place in Germany. A support race to the

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meeting at the

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was later dropped from the calendar in favour of an additional foreign round at Belgium's

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. The Rizla Race Day at

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was also replaced with a

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meeting at the circuit. The final calendar consists of nine meetings of which seven are part of the ADAC Masters Weekend package.

Championship standings

Overall

*Points were awarded as follows: *† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Trophy

*Points were awarded as follows: *† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

SONAX Rookie-Pokal

References

External links

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German Formula 3 Championship The German Formula Three Championship was the national Formula Three championship of Germany, and the former West Germany, from 1950 to 2002, then as Formel 3 until 2014. In 2003, the series had merged with the French Formula Three Championship to ...