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.

2003 Formula Renault 2000 Masters
Previous: 2002 Next: 2004

Driver Lineup
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
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

Drivers

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 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
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (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
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
  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.

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