RECARO Formula 3 Cup

Down-the-line success

For three years now, the RECARO Formula 3 Cup has been held as successor series of the German Formula 3 Championship that had been a major success for many years, since 1975. And once again, Opel-Spiess celebrates down-the-line triumphs: the cooperation has won all the championship titles and in 2005, it also secured the RECARO Formula 3 Trophy.

In the antepenultimate round of the season, already, Opel-Spiess secured the RECARO Formula 3 Cup title with Peter Elkmann (Steinfurt, Germany) and Swiss team 'Jo Zeller Racing'. While Elkmann added the icing to the championship cake by winning his sixth race, in the season finale held at Oschersleben. Second and third championship positions were also taken by drivers of cars that were powered by the Spiess tuned Opel engine. The runner-up position was secured by Irishman Michael Devaney, racing for team HS Technik Motorsport, while China's Ho-pin Tung (JB Motorsport) finished third.

The 9th October at Oschersleben also turned out to be decision day in the RECARO Formula 3 Trophy, open for 1999 to 2001 spec cars. Here, Kevin Fank from Berlin prevailed in his Dallara Opel-Spiess entered by team JMS Jenichen, with his team-mate, Christer Jöns (Wiesbaden, Germany), having to settle for second place. And again, third place in this internal competition was also secured by a Spiess driver: by Christopher Kunz from Kaiserslautern in his team 'LogiPlus Wöss' entered Dallara Opel-Spiess.

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