Formula 3

The most outstanding Spiess successes to date are celebrated in Formula 3. All over the world, hundreds of race wins and championships were secured with the engines prepared in Ditzingen. Hence, Spiess is one of the international top addresses in the tuning business. Today, the new Spiess Motorenbau GmbH plant building, located at the Dieselstrasse, is decorated with the dedications and letters of thanks of numerous famous drivers. The most renowned driver who secured the German Formula 3 Championship title, in 1990, was Formula 1's high-flyer Michael Schumacher.

A list of the championships secured with Spiess engines in the past 27 years demonstrates: at the latest since having started tuning Formula 3 engines, Spiess has been one of the international top addresses.

The Formula 3 championship with Spiess engines

Year	Driver	Title
2011	Richie Stanaway	Champion of ATS Formula-3-Cup
2010	Edoardo Mortara	Champion of Formula 3 Euro Series
2010	Tom Dillmann	Champion of ATS Formula-3-Cup
2010	Kevin Magnussen	Rookie title in the ATS Formula-3-Cup
2009	Laurens Vanthoor	Champion of ATS Formula-3-Cup
2009	Daniel Ricciardo	British F3 champion
2009	Stef Dusseldorp	Rookie title in the ATS Formula-3-Cup
2008	Edoardo Mortara	Vice Champion of Formula 3 Euro Series
2007	Carlo van Dam	Champion of ATS Formula-3-Cup
2007	Tim Macrow	Australia F3 champion
2007	Pauolo Maria Nocera	Italian F3 champion
2006	Ho-Pin Tung	Champion of RECARO Formula-3-Cup
2006	Ben Clucas	Australia F3 champion
2006	Mauro Massironi	Italian F3 champion
2005	Peter Elkmann	Champion of RECARO Formula-3-Cup
2004	Bastian Kolmsee	Champion of RECARO Formula-3-Cup
2004	Karl Reindler	Australia F3 champion
2003	Ryan Briscoe	Champion of Formula 3 Euro Series
2003	Joao Paulo de Oliveira	Champion of RECARO Formula-3-Cup
2002	Gary Paffett	German F3 champion
2002	Jo Zeller	Swiss F3 champion
2002	James Manderson	Australia F3 champion
2001	Toshihiro Kaneishi	German F3 champion
2000	Giorgio Pantano	German F3 champion
2000	Jo Zeller	Swiss F3 champion
1999	Christijan Albers	German F3 champion
1999	Sebastien Bourdais	French F3 champion
1999	Peter Sundberg	Italian F3 champion
1998	Bas Leinders	German F3 champion
1998	Donny Crevels	Italian F3 champion
1997	Patrice Gay	French F3 champion
1997	Nick Heidfeld	German F3 champion Winner F3 Grand Prix Monaco
1997	Oliver Martini	Italian F3 champion
1997	Norbert Zehnder	Swiss F3 champion
1996	Soheil Ayeri	French F3 champion
1996	Jarno Trulli	German F3 champion
1996	Andreas Boldrini	Italian F3 champion
1996	Norbert Zehnder	Swiss F3 champion
1995	Oliver Gavin	British F3 champion
1995	Norberto Fontana	German F3 champion Winner Euro race
1994	Giancarlo Fisichella	Italian F3 champion Winner F3 Grand Prix Monaco
1994	Ruidi Schurter	Swiss F3 champion
1993	Ruidi Schurter	Swiss F3 champion
1993	Jos Verstappen	German F3 champion Winner Euro race
1992	Massimiliano Agnelli	Italian F3 champion
1992	Pedro Lamy	German F3 champion Winner Euro race
1992	Franck Lagorce	French F3 champion
1991	J.B. Busi	Italian F3 champion
1991	Tom Kristensen	German F3 champion
1991	Christian Bouchout	French F3 champion
1990	Michael Schumacher	German F3 champion Winner F3 Grands Prix Macau and Fuji
1989	David Brabham	British F3 champion Winner F3 Grands Prix Macau
1988	Joachim Winkelhock	German F3 champion Winner Euro race
1988	Jacob Bordoli	Swiss F3 champion
1987	Jonny Herbert	British F3 champion
1987	Jacob Bordoli	Swiss F3 champion
1987	Bernd Schneider	German F3 champion
1986	Gregor Foitek	Swiss F3 champion
1986	Yannick Dalmas	French F3 champion Winner F3 Grand Prix Monaco
1985	Volker Weidler	German F3 champion

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