RECARO Formula 3 Cup

Success across-the-board

The first six rounds of the 2006 RECARO Formula 3 Cup season are over but there are seven more events and 14 more races respectively to be contested. So far, the 2006 season of Germany's fastest single-seater series' turned out to be outstandingly successful for Spiess. The 2-litre Opel engine tuned by the Ditzingen based experts, demonstrated by the striking writing 'Spiess Tuning' on the airbox of the Spiess powered cars, has won everything there was to be won: six race wins, six pole positions and six fastest race laps.

In its 2006 season, variety is one of the main features of the RECARO Formula 3 Cup. Five different engines are battling it out for points and race wins, with the situation in the chassis area being similar: here, the manufacturers Dallara, Lola and SLC are involved in a fierce battle for the dominating position.

With six of the 20 rounds being contested, a glance at the standings reveals that the German Formula 3 series provides motor racing at the highest level. With 41 points on his tally, China's Ho-Pin Tung holds the lead, but German Nico Hülkenberg (39 points) and Briton Joey Foster (38) follow close behind. With his Lola B6-30 Opel-Spiess, Ho-Pin Tung made a moderate start into the season but leaped to the championship lead by winning both rounds of the last race weekend so far, held on 13th/14th May a the EuroSpeedway Lausitz.

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