F3 History

SEG were one of the companies that appeared around 1960 when the East German government wanted to use sport as a means of propaganda, this was euphemistically called using “socialist development racing communities”. The driving lights behind the company were Willy Lehmann (who had also been involved with the Scampolo F Junior cars) and Siegfried Seiffert and during the 1960s they produced a number of similar looking Wartburg-powered cars. They were generally competitive runners when pitted against the other East German cars but less so when they met more serious opposition. As F3 became more professional the SEGs faded from the scene but they provided cars for 7 years which is more than many more illustrious names managed. It is not clear how many different “types” appeared during the seven years as the cars were only ever shown as “SEG” on the entry lists.

Drivers:

1964 Siegmar Bunk. Dietmar Grieger, Erich Käppler, Willy Lehmann, Siegfried Leutert, Christian Pfeiffer, Siegfried Seifert, Wolfgang Wiele.

1965 Siegmar Bunk. Dietmar Grieger, Jerzy Jankowski, Jurgen Käppler, Willy Lehmann, Siegfried Leutert, Henry Linde, Klaus Mende, Christian Pfeiffer, Siegfried Seifert, Joachim Willmann.

1966 Eberhard Fingerle, Dietmar Grieger, Christian Haase, Jurgen Käppler, Willy Lehmann, Siegfried Leutert, Klaus Mende, Christian Pfeiffer, Siegfried Scholz, Joachim Willmann.

1967 Manfred Berger, Eberhard Fingerle, Jürgen Käppler, Willy Lehmann, Dieter Pankrath, Christian Pfeiffer, Siegfried Scholz, Joachim Willmann.

1968 Manfred Berger, Eberhard Fingerle, Lothar Grübner, Christian Haase, Jürgen Käppler, Dieter Pankrath, Christian Pfeiffer, Siegfried Scholz, Joachim Willmann.

1969 Manfred Berger, Eberhard Fingerle, Christian Haase, Jürgen Käppler, Dieter Pankrath, Kurt Rolapp, Siegfried Scholz, Lothar Wolf.

1970 Manfred Berger, Werner Eschrich, Eberhard Fingerle, Jürgen Käppler, Wolfgang Krug, Dieter Pankrath, Kurt Rolapp, Siegfried Scholz, Lothar Wolf.

1971 Manfred Berger, Jürgen Käppler, Wolfgang Krug, Dieter Pankrath, Kurt Rolapp, Lothar Schmidt, Siegfried Scholz, Lothar Wolf.

1972 Manfred Berger, Jürgen Käppler, Wolfgang Krug, Kurt Rolapp, Lothar Schmidt.