2025 Drexler-Automotive Formula Cup

Jo Zeller Racing driver Sandro Zeller (top) won his eighth title in the highest class, the F3 Cup, while Team Hoffmann Racing's André Petropoulos (bottom) won the title in the F3 Trophy.

The 2025 Drexler-Automotive Formula Cup was the 44th Austrian Formula 3 Cup season and the seventh season since Drexler-Automotive took over the title sponsoring of the series.^[1]

The 2025 season was held over seven race weekends across Europe.^[2] It began in April at Monza Circuit and concluded in October at Misano World Circuit. The championship continued its cooperation with the F2000 Italian Formula Trophy, with the two series sharing grids and race slots for multiple rounds.

Jo Zeller Racing's Sandro Zeller took his eighth title in the championship's highest class, the Formula 3 Cup. Team Hoffmann Racing's André Petropoulos was victorious in the Formula 3 Trophy, while STAC's Jérémy Clavaud became the inaugural Formula Regional Class winner and LRT's Michael Fischer claimed the Formula Light Cup title.

The 2025 season saw the introduction of a Formula Regional Class, open for Tatuus F3 T-318 cars using Renault or Alfa Romeo engines. The other three classes remained the same: The Formula 3 Cup and Formula 3 Trophy classes divided the entered Formula 3 cars based on their age and power output, while the Formula Light Cup remained open for Formula Renault and Formula 4 cars.^[3]

Team	No.	Driver	Car	Engine	Rounds
Franz Wöss Racing	1	Benjámin Berta	Dallara F320	Mercedes	1–3, 5–7
	20	Stig Larsen	Dallara F320	Mercedes HWA	1–2, 5–7
	21	Ludwig Kronawitter	Dallara F320	Mercedes HWA	3, 5
		Christof Ledermann	Dallara F320		4
	32	Maximilian Malinowski	Dallara F316	Mercedes HWA	3
		Victor Smialek	Dallara F320		7
Viola Formula Racing	2	Laurence Balestrini	Dallara F317	Volkswagen	1–2
	14	Andrea Benalli	Dallara F317	Mercedes HWA	1–2
Puresport					5–7
	8	Dino Rasero	Dallara F320	Mercedes HWA	1–2, 5–7
Jo Zeller Racing	11	Kurt Böhlen	Dallara F316	Mercedes HWA	1, 5
	44	Sandro Zeller	Dallara F312	Mercedes HWA	All
Perego Racing	46	Riccardo Perego	Dallara F317	Volkswagen	1
One Competition	70	Enzo Stentella	Dallara F317	Volkswagen	1–2, 5–7
Team Hoffmann Racing	98	Václav Šafář	Dallara F320	Volkswagen	5
Sources:[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Team	No.	Driver	Car	Engine	Rounds
Neri Autosport	10	Luca Iannacone	Formula Regional	Renault	3–7
Puresport	12	Christof Ledermann		Alfa Romeo	1–2, 5–6
	16	Sara Fruncillo		Alfa Romeo	1
	25	Mattia Bagioni		Alfa Romeo	1, 7
Neri Autosport	30	Sebastien Banchereau		Renault	2, 6
Alpha Team Racing	33	Sandro de Virgilis		Renault	1
ASD Ruote Scoperte M.	38	Andrea Masci		Renault	1
STAC	91	Jérémy Clavaud		Renault	1–2, 6
Sources:[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Team	No.	Driver	Car	Engine	Rounds
Jo Zeller Racing	3	Marcel Tobler	Dallara F308	Mercedes	2–3, 5
	4	Urs Rüttimann	Dallara F306	Volkswagen	3–4
	99	Lee Cunningham	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	1–3, 5–7
privateer	4	Alexander Geier	Dallara F308		5
	5	Michael Aberer	Dallara F308		5, 7
	15	Roman Pöllinger	Dallara F300		4
	90	Antonio Marco Rinaldi	Dallara F393	Fiat FTP	6
Facondini Racing	6	Enrico Milani	Dallara F308	Fiat	5–7
	96	Oliver Kratsch	Dallara F308	Toyota	1, 5–7
Speed Center Team	7	Christian Zeller	Dallara F305	Opel Spiess	3
Neri Autosport	10	Luca Iannacone	Dallara F311		2
Twister Corse	13	Sergio Terrini	Dallara F308	Fiat FTP	6
ASD Living KC	21	Umberto Vaglio	Dallara F308	Fiat FTP	1, 6–7
Team Hoffmann Racing	22	André Petropoulos	Dallara F316	Opel Spiess	2–3, 5–7
	98	Václav Šafář	Dallara F312	Toyota	6
Bellspeed	27	Patrick Bellezza	Dallara F300		7
One Competition	28	Federico Porri	Dallara F308		7
Sud Motorsport	33	Giuseppe Marinaro	Dallara F310	Fiat FTP	6
ASD Autodromos - Nannini Racing	42	Davide Pedetti	Dallara F317	Toyota	1–2, 6–7
	88	Francesco Solfaroli	Dallara F317	Toyota	6–7
Chabr Motorsport	54	Tomáš Chabr	Dallara F308	Mugen Honda	5–7
Team Perodi	92	Romano Cataldo	Dallara F316	Toyota	1–2, 6
Corbetta Racing	93	Antonio Montruccoli	Dallara F312	Mercedes HWA	1
Antonio Racing	777	Antonio Pellegrino	Dallara F312	Toyota	6–7
APE Racing	912	Nikolay Takev	Dallara F308	Opel Spiess	4–5
Sources:[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Team	No.	Driver	Car	Engine	Rounds
privateer	4	Alexander Geier	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	7
	28	Thomas Hoffmann	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	3, 6
	31	Sarene Ziffel	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	3–5, 7
Speed Motor	7	Karim Sartori	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	1–2, 6–7
Speed Center Team	8	Dennis Hübl	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	3
Henry Morrogh Drivers School	9	Giovanni Ciccarelli	Tatuus F4-T014	Abarth	6
	37	Matteo Zoccali	Tatuus F4-T014	Abarth	6–7
GTM Motorsport	18	Domenico Terron	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	1–2, 6
Team Perodi	19	Vincenzo Siciliano	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	1–2
G Motorsport		Vito di Bello	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	7
Team Hars	22	Luca Guolo	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	6
Neri Autosport	23	Bruno Mottez	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	2, 6–7
Team Morel Auto Racing	24	Tristan Morel	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	2
Viola Formula Racing	26	Luis Aguiar	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	1–2
Valdelsa Classic Motor Club	59	Riccardo Rossi	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	1, 7
ASD Ruote Scoperte M.	79	Fabio Turchetto	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	1, 6–7
LRT	81	Michael Fischer	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	3–7
	101	Norbert Lenzenweger	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	3
	127	Jürgen Berger	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	3
	143	Dominic Makolm	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	6
	175	Alexander Fritz	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	3–5
	303	Markus Fischer	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	5
Franz Wöss Racing	95	Nicolas Löffler	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	All
	125	Robert Siska	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	2–3, 6
Kermor Motorsport	104	Adam Kovacs	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	4
	146	Vida Benedek	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	7
	168	Zeno Kovacs	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	4, 7
Team Hoffmann Racing	122	Dr. Norbert Groer	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	2–7
MSC Rottenegg	133	Marco Milani	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	5
Jo Zeller Racing	717	Stephan Glaser	Tatuus FR2.0	Renault	1
Sources:[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

The 2025 calendar was announced on 9 January 2025.^[2] The series made its debut on two tracks, the Automotodróm Slovakia Ring and the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli. Three tracks left the calendar in the Lausitzring, the Red Bull Ring and Vallelunga Circuit, meaning the series downsized from eight to seven rounds and did compete in Austria for the first time in its history, despite its original name being the Austrian Formula 3 Cup.

R.		Circuit	Date	Support bill	Map of circuit locations
1	SR	Monza Circuit, Monza	12 April	Monza Historic F2000 Italian Formula Trophy	Mugello Imola Hockenheim Brno Monza Misano Slovakia Ring
	FR		13 April
2	SR	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero	10 May	ACI Historic Racing Weekend Mugello F2000 Italian Formula Trophy
	FR		11 May
3	SR	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	26 July	P9 Challenge Formula Vee Festival
	FR
4	SR	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň	23 August	ESET Cup Series Formula 4 CEZ Championship
	FR		24 August
5	SR	Brno Circuit, Brno	6 September	TCR Eastern Europe Trophy Formula 4 CEZ Championship
	FR		7 September
6	SR	Imola Circuit, Imola	27 September	Italian GT Championship F2000 Italian Formula Trophy
	FR		28 September
7	SR	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	26 October	Campionato Italiano Auto Storiche F2000 Italian Formula Trophy
	FR

The 2025 season commenced in April at Monza Circuit. In the primary F3 Cup class, Franz Wöss Racing's Benjámin Berta and Jo Zeller Racing's Sandro Zeller took a win and a second place apiece, with Berta taking an early lead in the standings as his win came in the higher-rewarding feature race. Wins in the F3 Trophy went to Jo Zeller Racing's Lee Cunningham and Facondini Racing's Oliver Kratsch, while STAC's Jérémy Clavaud became the championship's inaugural Formula Regional class winner before following that up with a second victory in race two. Viola Formula Racing driver Luis Aguiar meanwhile claimed two wins on his debut in the Formula Light Cup to also establish an early lead.^[11]

Mugello Circuit hosted round two, where the battle between Zeller and Berta continued. Berta won race one, before the pair collided in race two. That saw Viola Formula's Andrea Benalli inherit victory as Berta retired and Zeller finished fourth in class to take the championship lead despite incurring a 20-second penalty for the collision with Berta. All three other classes saw unchallenged double victories, with Clavaud and Aguiar doubling up on their round one performances to grow their win streaks in Formula Regional and Formula Light, while Nannini Racing's Davide Pedetti took victory ahead of Team Hoffmann Racing's André Petropoulos in both races in the F3 Trophy.^[12]

The field for all four classes shrunk for the series' third round at the Hockenheimring. The F3 Cup was dominated by Berta, who was fastest in both qualifying sessions before doubling up and leading Zeller in both races to reclaim the championship lead. Clavaud did not travel to Germany to try to sustain his Formula Regional win streak, leaving Neri Autosport's Luca Iannacone to take two wins as the sole competitor in class. Similarly, Aguiar was absent in the Formula Light Cup, leaving LRT's Michael Fischer to dominate the field with a double win. Wins in the F3 Trophy were shared between Jo Zeller Racing's Marcel Tobler and Petropoulos, with Cunningham taking the standings lead in class.^[13]

Round four saw the series debut at the Slovakia Ring, but only 13 cars entered across all classes. Berta crucially was not among them, handing Zeller the lead in the F3 Cup on a silver platter - only half points were awarded for both races, though, as only two cars entered the class. Iannacone and Fischer continued their win streaks in Formula Regional and Formula Light, with the former once again the only competitor in his class and the latter now level on points with early season dominator Aguiar. Only three cars entered the F3 Trophy class, where APE Racing's Nikolay Takev and Jo Zeller Racing's Urs Rüttimann took a win each as none of the drivers topping the standings entered the event.^[14]

Berta returned to the field for round five at Brno Circuit in dominant fashion: he swept the weekend by setting pole position in both qualifying sessions before winning both races overall and in class, leading Zeller, closing the gap to the Swiss in the F3 Cup standings once again. The F3 Trophy saw the return of frontrunners Petropoulos and Cunningham, with the pair taking a race win each to end the weekend level on points. The Formula Regional class finally saw some competition for Iannacone, with Puresport's Christof Ledermann wining both races on his return to the category, while Fischer notched up two more wins in Formula Light to build his streak up to six and take the lead in the class.^[15]

The penultimate round at Imola Circuit delivered the next twist in the F3 Cup title battle. Berta claimed pole position in qualifying, but Zeller beat him in both races to take two more victories and move closer to securing the title. The F3 Trophy saw a multi-car crash in the first race that eliminated Petropoulos, with Sud Motorsport's Giuseppe Marinaro taking the win, before the German bounced back with victory in race two to move back into the championship lead. Neri's Sebastien Banchereau won race one in Formula Regional, before Clavaud was back on top in race two as Fischer's Formula Light streak was broken by Speed Motor's Karim Sartori, but the Austrian still wrapped up the title.^[16]

Three of the four class championships were yet to be decided in the final round at Misano. The F3 Cup title was decided in anticlimactic fashion when Berta retired with a mechanical issue in the first race, handing victory and the title to Zeller. The same issues prevented Berta from taking part in the second race, which was won by his teammate Victor Smialek on his return to the series. With Ledermann and Clavaud both absent, Puresport's Mattia Bagioni won both races in Formula Regional, while Petropoulos took the title in the F3 Trophy by coming second twice behind Kratsch. Sartori meanwhile took both victories in the Formula Light Cup to cement his second place in the standings.^[17]

Championship veteran Zeller claimed his eighth series title after two years of finishing behind Berta, but the picture might have been different had Berta not skipped the round in Slovakia and had he not suffered mechanical problems in the final round. Both took six victories each, but with Berta retiring twice, Zeller had the advantage. Title battles in the other classes were all shaped by high entry fluctuation, with no driver in the F3 Trophy and none of the race winners in Formula Light competing for the whole season. The newly-introduced Formula Regional class lastly suffered from low entry numbers all season long, with the high point of six cars from the opening round never reached again afterwards.

R.		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	F3 Cup winner	Formula Regional winner	F3 Trophy winner	Formula Light Cup winner
1	SR	Monza Circuit		Benjámin Berta	Sandro Zeller	Jérémy Clavaud	Lee Cunningham	Luis Aguiar
	FR		Benjámin Berta	Benjámin Berta	Benjámin Berta	Jérémy Clavaud	Oliver Kratsch	Luis Aguiar
2	SR	Mugello Circuit		Benjámin Berta	Benjámin Berta	Jérémy Clavaud	Davide Pedetti	Luis Aguiar
	FR		Benjámin Berta	Sandro Zeller	Andrea Benalli	Jérémy Clavaud	Davide Pedetti	Luis Aguiar
3	SR	Hockenheimring	Benjámin Berta	Benjámin Berta	Benjámin Berta	Luca Iannacone	Marcel Tobler	Michael Fischer
	FR		Benjámin Berta	Benjámin Berta	Benjámin Berta	Luca Iannacone	André Petropoulos	Michael Fischer
4	SR	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring		Sandro Zeller	Sandro Zeller	Luca Iannacone	Nikolay Takev	Michael Fischer
	FR		Sandro Zeller	Sandro Zeller	Sandro Zeller	Luca Iannacone	Urs Rüttimann	Michael Fischer
5	SR	Brno Circuit	Benjámin Berta	Benjámin Berta	Benjámin Berta	Christof Ledermann	Lee Cunningham	Michael Fischer
	FR		Benjámin Berta	Benjámin Berta	Benjámin Berta	Christof Ledermann	André Petropoulos	Michael Fischer
6	SR	Imola Circuit		Benjámin Berta	Sandro Zeller	Sebastien Banchereau	Giuseppe Marinaro	Michael Fischer
	FR		Benjámin Berta	Benjámin Berta	Sandro Zeller	Jérémy Clavaud	André Petropoulos	Karim Sartori
7	SR	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli		Victor Smialek	Sandro Zeller	Mattia Bagioni	Oliver Kratsch	Karim Sartori
	FR		Victor Smialek	Victor Smialek	Victor Smialek	Mattia Bagioni	Oliver Kratsch	Karim Sartori

The scoring system was overhauled in 2025. The shorter, first race of each weekend was designated the Sprint Race, where classified drivers scored the following points:

The second race of each weekend, the longer Feature Race, awarded more points:

Points were awarded per class. If less than three cars entered in a class, half points were awarded for the race.^[18]

Pos Driver MNZ MUG HOC SVK BRN IMO MIS Pts SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR 1 Sandro Zeller 1 2 2 4 2 2 1* 1* 2 2 1 1 1 2 236.5 2 Benjámin Berta 2 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 2 2 7 Ret 187 3 Andrea Benalli 3 8 4 1 4 4 3 3 3 3 127 4 Stig Larsen 5 6 3 2 7 8 Ret 6 4 4 84 5 Dino Rasero 7 4 6 Ret 6 7 4 4 5 5 74 6 Enzo Stentella 6 5 5 Ret 8 6 5 5 6 6 67 7 Kurt Böhlen 4 3 3 5 47 8 Victor Smialek 2 1 40 9 Maximilian Malinowski 3 3 27 10 Ludwig Kronawitter 4 4† 9 9 26 11 Laurence Balestrini DNS 7 7 3 25 12 Václav Šafář 5 3 23 13 Christof Ledermann 2* 2* 16.5 14 Riccardo Perego 8 Ret 3 Pos Driver SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR Pts MNZ MUG HOC SVK BRN IMO MIS Formula Regional Class standings Pos Driver MNZ MUG HOC SVK BRN IMO MIS Pts SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR 1 Jérémy Clavaud 1 1 1 1 Ret 1 115 2 Christof Ledermann 3 3 3 2 1* 1* 2 2 112.5 3 Luca Iannacone 1†* 1* 1* 1* 2* 2* 3 3 2* 2* 105 4 Mattia Bagioni 2 2 1* 1* 55.5 5 Sebastien Banchereau 2 3 1 DNS 40 6 Sandro de Virgilis Ret 4 12 7 Andrea Masci 4 DNS 10 8 Sara Fruncillo 5 Ret 8 Pos Driver SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR Pts MNZ MUG HOC SVK BRN IMO MIS

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 † – Did not finish, but classified * – half points awarded as less than three cars entered the race

Pos	Driver	MNZ		MUG		HOC		SVK		BRN		IMO		MIS		Pts
		SR	FR	SR	FR	SR	FR	SR	FR	SR	FR	SR	FR	SR	FR
1	André Petropoulos			2	2	3	1			2	1	Ret	1	2	2	168
2	Lee Cunningham	1	3	3	6	4	5†			1	3	3	4	3	3	161
3	Oliver Kratsch	2	1							3	2	2	3	1	1	145
4	Davide Pedetti	4	4	1	1							4	5	5	6	103
5	Marcel Tobler			4	3	1	3			4	4					82
6	Urs Rüttimann					2	2	3†	1							70
7	Romano Cataldo	3	2	5	4							7	8			58
8	Nikolay Takev							1	3†	WD	WD					35
9	Roman Pöllinger							2	2							33
10	Enrico Milani									5	Ret	6	6	4	11	32
11	Francesco Solfaroli											5	7	6	5	30
12	Antonio Pellegrini											8	9	7	4	21
13	Giuseppe Marinaro											1	Ret			20
14	Christian Zeller					5	4									20
15	Václav Šafář											Ret	2			18
=16	Antonio Montruccoli	5	6													16
=16	Luca Iannacone			6	5											16
18	Umberto Vaglio	DNS	5									10	10	12	12	12
19	Federico Porri													10	7	7
20	Tomáš Chabr									WD	WD	WD	WD	8	10	4
21	Michael Aberer									WD	WD			11	8	4
22	Patrick Bellezza													9	9	4
23	Antonio Marco Rinaldi											9	DNS			2
—	Alexander Geier									WD	WD					0
—	Sergio Terrini											WD	WD			0
Pos	Driver	SR	FR	SR	FR	SR	FR	SR	FR	SR	FR	SR	FR	SR	FR	Pts
		MNZ		MUG		HOC		SVK		BRN		IMO		MIS

Pos	Driver	MNZ		MUG		HOC		SVK		BRN		IMO		MIS		Pts
		SR	FR	SR	FR	SR	FR	SR	FR	SR	FR	SR	FR	SR	FR
1	Michael Fischer					1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	206
2	Karim Sartori	2	2	2	2							2	1	1	1	151
3	Nicolas Löffler	4	DNS	3	3	7	3	Ret	7†	4	4	4	5	5	6	120
4	Sarene Ziffel					2	2	Ret	3	3	2			7	3	97
5	Luis Aguiar	1	1	1	1											90
6	Dr. Norbert Groer			5	5	5	10	5	6	5	5	Ret	6	10	9	72
7	Alexander Fritz					8	7	3	2	2	3					69
8	Zeno Kovacs							2	4					3	4	51
9	Thomas Hoffmann					4	4					5	4			42
10	Fabio Turchetto	3	3									WD	WD	4	8	41
11	Dominic Makolm											3	3			27
12	Vincenzo Siciliano	7	5	7	7											24
13	Tristan Morel			4	4											22
14	Robert Siska			Ret	8	9	8					6	7			22
15	Dennis Hübl					3	6									20
16	Adam Kovacs							4	5							20
17	Domenico Terron	6	Ret	6	6							WD	WD			20
18	Riccardo Rossi	8	4											11	10	16
=19	Stephan Glaser	5	6													16
=19	Alexander Geier													6	5	16
21	Bruno Mottez			8	9							7	8	13	Ret	15
22	Jürgen Berger					10†	5									11
23	Vida Benedek													8	7	9
24	Norbert Lenzenweger					6	9									8
25	Matteo Zoccali											8	9	12	Ret	5
26	Vito di Bello													9	11	2
—	Markus Fischer									WD	WD					0
—	Marco Milani									WD	WD					0
—	Giovanni Ciccarelli											WD	WD			0
—	Luca Guolo											WD	WD			0
Pos	Driver	SR	FR	SR	FR	SR	FR	SR	FR	SR	FR	SR	FR	SR	FR	Pts
		MNZ		MUG		HOC		SVK		BRN		IMO		MIS

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