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The East German Formula Three Championship was the Formula Three racing competition in East Germany.

The series was created in 1950. Until 1958 engines’ maximum capacity could not exceed 500ccm. Between 1960 and 1963 the championships were held according to the rules of Formula Junior, then Formula Three. Since 1963 there were also Leistungsklasse II (LK II), which was the 2nd class of the series.^[1] In 1972, the series was replaced by East German Formula Easter Championship but that year there was organized the last LK II season.^[2]

Season	Champion	Team	Car	LK II champion
Formula Three
1950	Richard Weiser	MSG Eisenach	Weiser Windsbraut–BMW	not held
1951	Werner Lehmann	BSG Stern Luckenwalde	Zimmermann	not held
1952	Willy Lehmann	BSG Einheit Bitterfeld	Grün WGW–BMW	not held
1953	Willy Lehmann	BSG Einheit Bitterfeld	Grün WGW–BMW Scampolo 502–BMW	not held
1954	Willy Lehmann	BSG Einheit Bitterfeld	Scampolo 502–BMW	not held
1955	Willy Lehmann	BSG Einheit Halle	Scampolo 502–BMW	not held
1956	Willy Lehmann	BSG Einheit Halle	Scampolo 502–BMW	not held
1957	Willy Lehmann	BSG Einheit Halle	Scampolo 502–BMW	not held
1958	Heinz Melkus	MC Dresden	Melkus Post–JAP	not held
Formula Junior
1960	Heinz Melkus	MC Post Dresden	Melkus 60–Wartburg	not held
1961	Willy Lehmann	MC Halle	Scampolo 502–Wartburg	not held
1962	Willy Lehmann	MC Halle	SEG I–Wartburg	not held
1963	Hans-Theo Tegeler	MC Plauen	Melkus 63–Wartburg	Hans Roediger
Formula Three
1964	Max Byczkowski	MC Kraftverkehr Grimma	Melkus 64–Wartburg	Peter Bretschneider
1965	Willy Lehmann	MC Halle	SEG II–Wartburg	not held
1966	Willy Lehmann	MC Halle	SEG II–Wartburg	not held
1967	Heinz Melkus	MC Post Dresden	Melkus 64–Wartburg	Jürgen Käppler
1968	Heinz Melkus	MC Post Dresden	Melkus 64–Wartburg	Manfred Berger
1969	Frieder Rädlein	MC Lockwitzgrund	Melkus 64–Wartburg	Wolfgang Küther
1970	Klaus-Peter Krause	MC Gotha	Melkus 64–Wartburg	Siegfried Bubenik
1971	Wolfgang Küther	MC Betonwerke Dresden	Melkus 64–Wartburg	Lothar Wolf
1972	not held			Hartmut Thaßler