ATS Formula 3 Cup

Impressive exotic fraction

The 2008 ATS Formula 3 Cup grid features numerous drivers from exotic countries. For the first time in the history of German Formula 3 racing, the nations Colombia, Ukraine, Bahrain and Indonesia are involved. Altogether, the 29-driver grid comprises young guns from 16 different countries. "This is a clear proof of the fact that our national Formula 3 series also is appreciated abroad," says Bertram Schäfer, the ATS Formula 3 Cup organiser.

Nearly two thirds of the 2008 ATS Formula 3 Cup field relies on power units that have been tuned by Ditzingen based Spiess Motorenbau GmbH. And this also applies to the newest asset on the series' grid: Satiro Hermanto from Jakarta, Indonesia, who is going to make his F3 Cup debut on 14th and 15th June in Hockenheim - at the wheel of a Dallara F307 OPC-Challenge.

While you would rather expect drivers from countries such as Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Belgium or Austria to contest a German single-seater series, the likes of Johnny Cecotto from Venezuela, Colombia's Sebastian Saavedra, Karline Stala from Latvia, Brazilian Rafael Suzuki or Bahrain's Hamad Al Fardan represent a somewhat unusual sight on the grid of a German series. The fact that they all race in the ATS Formula 3 Cup, nevertheless, underlines the extraordinary significance and the motor-racing meaning of the ATS Formula 3 Cup that was created back in 2003 as successor of the legendary International German Formula 3 Championship.

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