2003 British Formula Three Championship

2003 British Formula Three season
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The 2003 British Formula Three season was the 53rd British Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on 6 April, and ended on 28 September after twenty-four races.

Drivers and teams

The following teams and drivers were competitors in the 2003 British Formula Three Championship. The Scholarship class is for older Formula Three cars. Teams in the Invitation class are not series regulars, and do not compete for championship points.

Team	Chassis	Engine	No	Driver	Rounds
Championship Class
Alan Docking Racing	Dallara F303	Mugen-Honda	1	Will Davison	1-9
				Adam Carroll	10
				João Paulo de Oliveira	11
				Robbie Kerr	12
			2	Scott Speed	1-8, 12
				Joel Nelson	9-10
				Reinhard Kofler	11
Carlin Motorsport	Dallara F303	Mugen-Honda	3	Richard Antinucci	1-8
				Michael Keohane	9, 11-12
				Álvaro Parente	10
			4	Jamie Green	All
			21	Alan van der Merwe	All
			22	Ronnie Bremer	All
Fortec Motorsport	Dallara F303	Renault Sodemo	5	Will Power	6-12
			6	Robert Dahlgren	All
Promatecme UK	Dallara F303	Mugen-Honda	7	Michael Keohane	1-5
				Richard Antinucci	9-12
			8	Ernani Judice	1-5
				Fairuz Fauzy	7-12
Manor Motorsport	Dallara F303	Mugen-Honda	9	Clivio Piccione	All
			10	Stefano Fabi	1-9
			23	Tor Graves	All
			35	Lewis Hamilton	12
Menu F3 Motorsport	Dallara F303	Opel Spiess	11	Rob Austin	1-7
				Robert Doornbos	10, 12
			12	Adam Carroll	5-9
				Will Davison	10-12
Lola Cars	Lola-Dome F106-03	Opel Spiess	15	Adam Carroll	1-2
Hitech Racing	Dallara F303	Renault Sodemo	16	Andrew Thompson	All
			17	Danny Watts	All
			24	Fabio Carbone	1
				Eric Salignon	2-12
Team SYR	Dallara F303	Opel Spiess	18	Rizal Ramli	All
			19	Fairuz Fauzy	1-6
				Jesper Carlsen	7
				Tuka Rocha	8
				Masato Shimoyama	9-12
			26	Farriz Fauzy	1-6
				Katherine Legge	7-8
Diamond Racing	Ralt F303	Mugen-Honda	25	Will Power	1-5
P1 Motorsport	Dallara F303	Opel Spiess	27	Billy Asaro	3-12
Piquet Sports	Dallara F303	Mugen-Honda	33	Nelson Ângelo Piquet	All
Scholarship Class
P1 Motorsport	Dallara F301	Mugen-Honda	51	Ernesto Viso	All
Meritus Racing	Dallara F301	Mugen-Honda	56	Ivor McCullough	1-5
Promatecme UK	Dallara F301	Mugen-Honda	57	Christian England	1-5
				Can Artam	7-9
T-Sport	Dallara F301	Mugen-Honda	58	Steven Kane	All
			59	Karun Chandhok	All
Essential Motorsport	Dallara F301	Toyota	61	Alex Pozzobon	1-3
Azteca Motorsport	Dallara F301	Opel Spiess	62	Sergio Hernández	1-2, 5
Performance Racing Europe	Dallara F301	Opel Spiess	63	Justin Sherwood	1-3, 5-6, 9-12
			64	Jesse Mason	1, 3, 5
Invitation Entries
Lucidi Motors	Dallara F302	Opel Spiess	43	Gregory Franchi	10
Prema Powerteam	Dallara F303	Opel Spiess	44	Ryan Briscoe	10
			45	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	10
			46	Robert Kubica	10
JB Motorsports	Dallara F302	Opel Spiess	47	João Paulo de Oliveira	10

Results

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Donington Park	6 April	Jamie Green	Alan van der Merwe	Jamie Green	Carlin Motorsport
2			Jamie Green	Jamie Green	Jamie Green	Carlin Motorsport
3	Snetterton	20 April	Alan van der Merwe	Richard Antinucci	Alan van der Merwe	Carlin Motorsport
4			Alan van der Merwe	Richard Antinucci	Alan van der Merwe	Carlin Motorsport
5	Croft	4 May	Will Davison	Will Davison	Will Davison	Alan Docking Racing
6			Alan van der Merwe	Alan van der Merwe	Alan van der Merwe	Carlin Motorsport
7	Knockhill	11 May	Clivio Piccione	Clivio Piccione	Clivio Piccione	Manor Motorsport
8			Nelson Ângelo Piquet	Nelson Ângelo Piquet	Nelson Ângelo Piquet	Piquet Sports
9	Silverstone	25 May	Nelson Ângelo Piquet	Nelson Ângelo Piquet	Nelson Ângelo Piquet	Piquet Sports
10		26 May	Nelson Ângelo Piquet	Alan van der Merwe	Alan van der Merwe	Carlin Motorsport
11	Castle Combe	22 June	Danny Watts	Adam Carroll	Alan van der Merwe	Carlin Motorsport
12			Danny Watts	Danny Watts	Danny Watts	Hitech Racing
13	Oulton Park	13 July	Nelson Ângelo Piquet	Danny Watts	Alan van der Merwe	Carlin Motorsport
14			Nelson Ângelo Piquet	Alan van der Merwe	Alan van der Merwe	Carlin Motorsport
15	Rockingham	3 August	Nelson Ângelo Piquet	Nelson Ângelo Piquet	Nelson Ângelo Piquet	Piquet Sports
16			Jamie Green	Nelson Ângelo Piquet	Jamie Green	Carlin Motorsport
17	Thruxton	17 August	Danny Watts	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Fortec Motorsport
18			Eric Salignon	Eric Salignon	Jamie Green	Carlin Motorsport
19*	Spa-Francorchamps	30 August	Alan van der Merwe	Jamie Green	Alan van der Merwe	Carlin Motorsport
20		31 August	Robert Doornbos	Jamie Green	Alan van der Merwe	Carlin Motorsport
21	Donington Park	6 September	Alan van der Merwe	Nelson Ângelo Piquet	Nelson Ângelo Piquet	Piquet Sports
22		7 September	Rob Austin	Jamie Green	Rob Austin	Menu Motorsport
23	Brands Hatch	28 September	Nelson Ângelo Piquet	Robert Doornbos	Nelson Ângelo Piquet	Piquet Sports
24			Nelson Ângelo Piquet	Nelson Ângelo Piquet	Nelson Ângelo Piquet	Piquet Sports

• * Round 19 stopped after 5 of 11 laps, half points awarded.

Standings

Championship Class

Pos Driver DON SNE CRO KNO SIL CAS OUL ROC THR SPA DON BRH Pts 1 Alan van der Merwe 2 2 1 1 3 1 6 4 7 1 1 4 1 1 4 3 2 Ret 1 1 Ret 2 11 4 308 2 Jamie Green 1 1 5 2 Ret 2 Ret 2 11 4 7 10 4 3 7 1 3 1 2 3 7 4 Ret 3 237 3 Nelson Ângelo Piquet EX 3 2 5 8 12 2 1 1 6 9 8 Ret 4 1 2 Ret 12 3 7 1 6 1 1 231 4 Richard Antinucci 5 11 NC 4 5 3 3 11 5 2 Ret 9 7 5 Ret 9 Ret 6 9 Ret 2 8 8 9 125.5 5 Danny Watts 13 8 4 7 6 DNS 17 10 3 5 Ret 1 2 7 19 DNS 6 13 12 6 15 3 3 12 125 6 Ronnie Bremer 6 5 3 Ret 4 6 4 8 10 10 4 5 8 15 3 Ret 7 4 5 Ret DNS 5 9 10 121 7 Rob Austin 4 4 16 3 2 5 Ret Ret 6 3 20 7 10 11 3 1 110 8 Will Davison 12 12 22 Ret 1 Ret 5 5 4 7 Ret 16 5 8 9 Ret Ret 7 14 11 4 7 2 7 103 9 Robert Dahlgren 11 7 6 Ret 12 7 18 6 19 16 3 2 6 Ret Ret 6 1 Ret 18 9 6 17 6 6 102 10 Adam Carroll Ret 6 12 Ret 2 12 2 3 3 2 10 Ret Ret 3 10 Ret 90 11 Clivio Piccione 8 14 7 9 14 Ret 1 14 9 9 6 6 Ret 6 2 4 12 19 27 12 9 Ret 12 19 84 12 Eric Salignon 14 11 22 17 16 16 16 13 8 14 16 14 11 Ret 5 11 8 2 Ret 13 5 8 43 13 Michael Keohane 3 17 Ret 8 Ret 4 11 3 Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 22 10 21 42 14 Will Power 17 23 Ret 19 5 12 12 9 5 15 Ret 2 4 17 Ret 11 23 17 40 15 Billy Asaro 18 8 9 21 18 22 13 Ret 9 19 8 8 18 Ret 19 22 Ret Ret 4 5 34 16 Fairuz Fauzy 7 13 8 Ret 10 Ret 10 15 15 18 16 17 11 10 20 5 4 18 11 15 11 Ret 17 13 30.5 17 Robert Doornbos 15 5 Ret 2 26 18 Andrew Thompson 16 16 11 Ret 11 11 Ret 13 20 20 11 22 Ret 16 21 DNS 13 5 23 23 10 10 7 11 19 19 Stefano Fabi 20 20 15 Ret 7 10 8 Ret 13 27 15 13 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 9 19 20 Ernani Judice 9 9 Ret 6 9 Ret 12 Ret Ret 8 15 21 Rizal Ramli 21 24 Ret DNS Ret 18 20 20 21 21 17 Ret 17 18 18 14 14 16 25 24 5 18 21 16 9 22 Álvaro Parente 7 8 7 23 Scott Speed 26 27 9 Ret 13 16 14 18 14 11 10 18 13 17 DNS DNS 16 Ret 3 24 Tuka Rocha 15 11 2 25 Fabio Carbone 15 10 1 26 João Paulo de Oliveira 17 10 17 12 0 27 Reinhard Kofler 12 16 0 28 Joel Nelson Ret 17 Ret 13 0 29 Robbie Kerr 14 14 0 30 Tor Graves Ret 22 Ret 14 Ret Ret 21 19 Ret Ret Ret 19 15 Ret 17 Ret Ret 15 Ret 19 Ret 19 20 Ret 0 31 Masato Shimoyama 17 21 DNS 25 16 20 22 20 0 32 Katherine Legge 19 Ret 16 Ret 0 33 Farriz Fauzy 24 Ret 20 18 Ret 19 Ret 22 27 25 19 Ret 0 Jesper Carlsen Ret Ret 0 Lewis Hamilton Ret Ret 0 guest drivers ineligible for championship points Ryan Briscoe 6 4 0 Robert Kubica 13 Ret 0 Gregory Franchi 22 14 0 Katsuyuki Hiranaka 16 20 0 Pos Driver DON SNE CRO KNO SIL CAS OUL ROC THR SPA DON BRH Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

Scholarship Class

Pos Driver DON SNE CRO KNO SIL CAS OUL ROC THR SPA DON BRH Pts 1 Ernesto Viso Ret Ret 10 12 16 14 13 9 22 26 12 11 Ret 13 13 7 9 8 20 16 13 9 13 Ret 323 2 Steven Kane 18 15 18 10 17 Ret 7 7 12 15 14 15 20 Ret 14 13 8 10 26 21 8 21 15 Ret 316.5 3 Karun Chandhok 10 18 13 15 15 Ret 15 Ret 8 14 Ret 20 14 12 12 10 11 14 21 18 Ret 14 18 15 314.5 4 Justin Sherwood 19 21 17 17 20 15 25 19 18 21 15 20 24 26 14 15 19 18 176 5 Christian England 14 26 Ret 16 19 9 19 12 17 Ret 94 6 Ivor McCullough 25 19 Ret 13 21 13 Ret 17 23 17 79 7 Can Artam 18 DNS Ret 12 16 Ret 35 8 Sergio Hernández 22 Ret 19 Ret 24 23 30 9 Alex Pozzobon 23 DNS 21 Ret DNS 20 20 10 Jesse Mason Ret 25 Ret Ret 26 24 17 Pos Driver DON SNE CRO KNO SIL CAS OUL ROC THR SPA DON BRH Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

References

http://forix.autosport.com/cp.php?l=0&d=46&r=462003&c=0

External links

• The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship