2003 Formula Renault 2000 Masters

The 2003 Formula Renault 2000 Masters season was the thirteenth Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began at Brno on 24 May and finished at the Donington Park on 26 October, after eight races.[1] Cram Competition's Esteban Guerrieri who is also Argentine Formula Renault champion won three races on his way to the championship by a 36-point margin over Danish driver Robert Schlünssen, who won abandoned race at Assen. ASM's Simon Pagenaud was two points behind Schlünssen. Pagenaud also won second races on TT Circuit Assen. Other wins were scored by Paul Meijer, Ryan Sharp and Reinhard Kofler.

Driver Lineup

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2003 Entry List[2]
Team No. Driver name Rounds
  JD Motorsport 1   Mikhail Aleshin All
2   Robert Schlünssen All
3   Reinhard Kofler All
  Jenzer Motorsport 4   Ryan Sharp All
5   Pascal Kochem All
6   Grant Maiman All
  ma-con Motorsport 7   Ross Zwolsman 1–2
8   Takuya Izawa All
57   Thomas Weiss 2–3
70   Marcel Engels 3–4
  SL Formula Racing 9   Hendrick Vieth All
10   Ben Jamini 1–2
72   Pekka Saarinen 3
  ASM 11   Simon Pagenaud All
12   Nicolas Armindo 1–2
16   Johan-Boris Scheier All
68   David Martinez Leon 4
  Tech 1 Racing 14   Bruce Lorgère-Roux 4
  Graff Racing 15   Hideaki Nakao 1
17   Olivier Metz 1, 3–4
26   David Laisis All
49   Guillaume Moreau 2–4
  Cram Competition 18   Marcello Puglisi 1, 3–4
19   Esteban Guerrieri All
20   Pastor Maldonado All
  Prema Powerteam 21   Franck Perera All
39   Roberto Streit All
77   Kohei Hirate All
  AR Motorsport 22   Paul Meijer All
  Speedlover 23   Stephanie Boden 1–2, 4
  BVM Racing 24   Cristian Corsini 1
27   Mike den Tandt 1
  Euronova Racing 25   Luca Filippi 1–2, 4
32   Vitaly Petrov All
69   Elias Papailias 3
  Durango 28   Ferdinando Monfardini 1
42   Rafael Morgenstern 1
  Hexis Racing 29   Julien Falcini-Joulian 2, 4
30   Ludovic Badey 2, 4
  CD Sport 33   Julien Canal 2–4
50   Franck Mailleux 2–3
66   Patrick Goeters 4
67   Homero Richards 4
  Scorp Motorsport 34   Ulric Amado de Carvalho 2
  MP Motorsport 35   Ferdinand Kool All
36   Olivier Tielemans 2
  Equipe Verschuur 38   Yelmer Buurman 2, 4
40   Xavier Maassen 2, 4
  RP Motorsport 43   Davide Valsecchi 2
44   Andrea Sonvico 2
45   Toni Vilander 2
  Manor Motorsport 46   Lewis Hamilton 2
47   Matthew Wilson 2, 4
  Imola Racing 51   Paolo Maria Nocera 2, 4
  Van Amersfoort Racing 52   Junior Strous 2–4
53   Giedo van der Garde 2–4
  Twinlife Racing Team 54   Ron Marchal 2
  Fortec Motorsport 55   Mike Conway 2
  John Village Automotive 56   Charles Hollings 2
  RS-Line 60   Marc Walz 3
  Motopark Academy 61   Helmut Sanden 3
  Team Formula Sport 71   Kasper Andersen 3
79   Jimmy Jacobsson 3
  Franken Racing 78   Dennis Furchheim 3

Calendar

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1   Masaryk Circuit, Brno 24 May   Esteban Guerrieri   Esteban Guerrieri   Esteban Guerrieri   Cram Competition
R2 25 May   Esteban Guerrieri   Esteban Guerrieri   Esteban Guerrieri   Cram Competition
2 R1   TT Circuit Assen 2 August   Ryan Sharp   Pascal Kochem   Robert Schlünssen   JD Motorsport
R2 3 August   Franck Perera   Simon Pagenaud   Simon Pagenaud   ASM
3 R1   Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 11 October   Giedo van der Garde   Esteban Guerrieri   Esteban Guerrieri   Cram Competition
R2 12 October   Robert Schlünssen   Robert Schlünssen   Paul Meijer   AR Motorsport
4 R1   Donington Park 25 October   Ferdinand Kool   Marcel Engels   Ryan Sharp   Jenzer Motorsport
R2 26 October   Giedo van der Garde   Junior Strous   Reinhard Kofler   JD Motorsport

Championship standings

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Drivers

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Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PP FL
Points 30 24 20 16 12 10 8 6 4 2 2 2
Pos Driver BRN
 
ASS
 
OSC
 
DON
 
Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1   Esteban Guerrieri 1 1 10 9 1 26 3 Ret 124
2   Robert Schlünssen 7 2 1 10 6 2 13 4 88
3   Simon Pagenaud 4 3 15 1 8 28 7 9 86
4   Paul Meijer 12 7 11 4 7 1 5 6 84
5   Ryan Sharp 6 25 2 6 Ret 7 1 3 78
6   Giedo van der Garde 14 Ret 19 3 2 2 72
7   Reinhard Kofler 10 Ret 25 Ret 3 4 10 1 70
8   Hendrick Vieth 3 6 16 Ret 4 32 14 11 46
9   Roberto Streit 5 5 22 19 9 6 8 Ret 44
10   Franck Perera 9 26 5 Ret 5 8 4 12 40
11   Marc Walz 2 5 36
12   Lewis Hamilton 4 2 24
13   Pascal Kochem 2 14 6 Ret 11 25 18 17 24
14   Toni Vilander 20 3 20
15   Nicolas Armindo 15 4 Ret Ret 16
16   Ross Zwolsman 13 9 8 5 16
17   Guillaume Moreau 19 11 14 11 9 5 16
18   Johan-Boris Scheier 20 8 7 7 17 10 Ret Ret 16
19   Ferdinand Kool 17 13 Ret 12 12 19 6 23 12
20   Junior Strous 12 15 15 13 26 7 10
21   Kohei Hirate 8 10 17 17 16 27 27 13 8
22   Yelmer Buurman 13 18 21 8 6
23   Ben Jamini 21 15 Ret 8 6
24   Helmut Sanden Ret 9 4
25   Marcel Engels 10 34 24 DNQ 4
26   Xavier Maassen 18 13 23 10 2
27   Takuya Izawa 11 Ret 3 Ret Ret 35 12 Ret 0
28   Pastor Maldonado Ret 16 9 Ret Ret 29 11 Ret 0
29   Mikhail Aleshin 27 11 Ret Ret 21 16 22 14 0
30   Julien Canal DNQ 16 Ret 12 DNQ 21 0
31   Ferdinando Monfardini 18 12 0
32   Dennis Furchheim 13 33 0
33   Julien Falcini-Joulian 21 14 15 15 0
34   Rafael Morgenstern 14 17 0
35   Pekka Saarinen 18 14 0
36   Grant Maiman 19 19 DNQ DNQ Ret 15 17 20 0
37   Olivier Metz Ret 23 20 17 16 16 0
38   Mike den Tandt 16 18 0
39   David Laisis 22 Ret 23 DNQ 26 18 25 DNQ 0
40   Homero Richards DNQ 18 0
41   Luca Filippi 23 Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret 0
42   Vitaly Petrov 29 Ret DNQ DNQ Ret 31 Ret 19 0
43   David Martinez Leon 20 22 0
44   Marcello Puglisi 28 24 24 20 DNQ DNQ 0
45   Cristian Corsini 26 20 0
46   Hideaki Nakao 24 21 0
47   Kasper Andersen Ret 21 0
48   Stephanie Boden 25 22 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
49   Elias Papailias 25 22 0
50   Franck Mailleux DNQ DNQ 22 30 0
51   Jimmy Jacobsson 23 23 0
52   Thomas Weiss DNQ DNQ 27 24 0
53   Paolo Maria Nocera 24 DNQ 0
  Bruce Lorgère-Roux Ret Ret 0
  Mike Conway DNQ Ret 0
  Patrick Goeters DNQ Ret 0
  Ludovic Badey DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
  Davide Valsecchi DNQ DNQ 0
  Charles Hollings DNQ DNQ 0
  Andrea Sonvico DNQ DNQ 0
  Olivier Tielemans DNQ DNQ 0
  Matthew Wilson DNQ DNQ 0
  Ron Marchal DNQ DNQ 0
  Ulric Amado de Carvalho DNQ DNQ 0
Pos Driver BRN
 
ASS
 
OSC
 
DON
 
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

‡ Points were not awarded in the first race at Assen as race was abandoned after three laps due to massive crash.[3]

Teams

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Pos Team Points
1   JD Motorsport 158
2   Cram Competition 124
3   ASM 118
4   Jenzer Motorsport 102
5   Prema Powerteam 92
6   AR Motorsport 84
7   Van Amersfoort Racing 82
8   SL Formula Racing 52
9   RS-Line 36
10   Manor Motorsport 24
11   ma-con Motorsport 20
12   RP Motorsport 20
13   Graff Racing 16
14   MP Motorsport 12
15   Equipe Verschuur 8
15   Motopark Academy 4

References

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  1. ^ "Race Calendar: Formula Renault 2000 Masters — Season 2003". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Entrylist: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup — Season 2003". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Heftige Formule Renault 2000 klapper op Assen" (in Dutch). Autosport.nl. 4 August 2003. Retrieved 10 March 2012.