1972 German Formula Three Championship

The 1972 German Formula Three Championship (German: 1972 ADAC Preis der Formel 3)^[1] was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars which conformed to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 2 April at Nürburgring and ended at Zolder on 17 September after eight rounds.

Willi Sommer became a champion. He won three races. Manfred Mohr finished as runner-up, winning the season opener and the season finale. Dieter Kern completed the top-three in the drivers' standings with wins at Nürburgring and Hockenheimring. Jochen Mass was the only other driver who was able to win a race in the season.^[2]

Round	Location	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	Nürburg, West Germany	Nürburgring	2 April	VII. ADAC-300-km-Rennen um den "Good Year-Pokal"
2	Nürburg, West Germany	Nürburgring	27 May	XVII. ADAC 1000 km Rennen
3	Salzburg, Austria	Salzburgring	2 July	ADAC-Bavaria-Rennen
4	Hockenheim, West Germany	Hockenheimring	16 July	ADAC Südwest-Pokal-Rennen "ADAC-Solitude-Rennen"
5	Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany	Freiburg im Breisgau	6 August	32. ADAC-Bergpreis Freiburg-Schauinsland
6	Nürburg, West Germany	Nürburgring	13 August	ADAC Rhein-Mosel-Preis "Mayener ADAC-Rundstreckenrennen"
7	Kassel-Calden, West Germany	Kassel-Calden Circuit	20 August	ADAC-Hessen-Preis
8	Zolder, Belgium	Circuit Zolder	17 September	ADAC-Redlefsen-Super-Sprint

• Points are awarded as follows:

Pos Driver NÜR1 NÜR2 SAL HOC FRE NÜR2 KAS ZOL Points 1 Willi Sommer 3 1 3 1 3 1 10 96 2 Manfred Mohr 1 2 3 2 5 3 1 94 3 Dieter Kern 1 1 3 2 3 79 4 Rudolf Dötsch 4 6 9 4 4 5 2 59 5 Willi Deutsch 3 5 6 5 7 2 4 59 6 Werner Schommers 4 2 2 40 7 Wolfgang Bülow 5 4 6 4 34 8 Ernst Maring 6 5 5 22 9 Jochen Mass 9 1 22 10 Rudi Schmidt 8 8 5 8 9 19 11 Bernhard Brack 7 6 6 8 19 12 Günter Kölmel 7 4 8 10 18 13 Paul Fischer 7 6 6 16 14 Hannelore Werner 2 15 15 Philipp Gantner 10 7 8 8 16 Josef Kremer 9 7 6 17 Hans Deffland 7 10 5 18 Erwin Derichs 7 4 19 Maximilian Plass 10 9 3 20 Felix Martin 8 3 21 Gerhard Greiner 8 3 22 Bernd Rack 9 2 23 Carlo Breidenstein 9 2 24 Thomas Betzler 9 2 25 Harald Ertl 10 1 26 Bruno Burg 10 1 27 Jorg Obermoser 10 1 Pos Driver NÜR1 NÜR2 SAL HOC FRE NÜR3 KAS ZOL Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

• Official website (in English and German)