The 1973 ADAC Preis der Formel 3 ^[1] was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars which conformed to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 1 April at Nürburgring and ended at Mainz-Finthen on 9 September after five rounds.

Willi Deutsch became a champion. He won three races. Dieter Kern finished as runner-up. Thomas Betzler completed the top-three in the drivers' standings.^[2]

The scoring system for the Zolder stage was slightly different, with 15 points awarded to the winner Willi Deutsch, instead of 20 points.

All rounds were held in West Germany, excepting Zolder round which held in Belgium.

• Points are awarded as follows:

Pos Driver NÜR HOC KAS ZOL MAI Points 1 Willi Deutsch 1 1 1 1 75 2 Dieter Kern 2 2 5 2 53 3 Thomas Betzler 1 4 30 4 Sigi Hofmann 7 5 6 4 28 5 Erwin Derichs 6 5 7 8 21 6 Rudolf Dötsch 5 3 20 7 Günter Kölmel 8 4 7 17 8 Werner Schommers 2 15 9 Bernd Heuer 9 8 5 13 10 Heinz Lange 3 12 11 Josef Kremer 10 4 11 12 Erhard Miltz 9 6 8 13 Walter Neubauer 10 6 7 14 Gernot Lamby 6 6 15 Bernhard Brack 7 4 16 Willi Sommer 8 3 17 Harald Ertl 9 2 18 Carlo Breidenstein 10 1 Wolfgang Bülow 3 3 3 0 Ernst Maring 4 7 0 Pos Driver NÜR HOC KAS ZOL MAI Points

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

• Official website (in English and German)