2003 Formula 3 Euro Series season

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The 2003 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the first season of the Formula 3 Euro Series . A total of ten race weekends took place. The start on April 26, 2003 took place at the Hockenheimring and the season finale was held on October 26, 2003 in Magny-Cours . The Formula 3 Euro Series was created through the merger of the German and French Formula 3 championships . Ryan Briscoe won the drivers championship; ASM won the teams championship.

Starting field

All teams used Dallara chassis .

team No. driver engine Race weekend
GermanyGermany Team Rosberg 03 FinlandFinland Nico Rosberg Opel 1-10
04th AustriaAustria Andreas Zuber 1-10
FranceFrance ASM 05 FranceFrance Alexandre Prémat Mercedes Benz 1-10
06th FranceFrance Olivier Pla 1-10
34 CanadaCanada Bruno Spengler 4-10
39 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jamie Green 3
ItalyItaly Prema Powerteam 07th JapanJapan Katsuyuki Hiranaka Opel 1-10
08th AustraliaAustralia Ryan Briscoe 1-10
33 BrazilBrazil Lucas di Grassi 2-3
PolandPoland Robert Kubica 4-10
FranceFrance Signature Plus 09 FranceFrance Nicolas Lapierre Renault 1-10
10 BrazilBrazil Fabio Carbone 1-10
42 PortugalPortugal César Campaniço 10
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Opel Team KMS 11 GermanyGermany Timo Glock Opel 1-10
12 GermanyGermany Maro Engel 1-5
GermanyGermany Hendrik Vieth 6th
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Adam Carroll 7-10
FranceFrance Serge Saulnier team 14th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Harold Primate Renault 1-10
15th FranceFrance Simon Abadie 1-5
PortugalPortugal Nicolas Armindo 9-10
ItalyItaly Team Ghinzani 16 NetherlandsNetherlands Robert Doornbos Mugen Honda 1-10
17th PortugalPortugal Álvaro Parente 1-10
38 AustriaAustria Philip Baron 3-10
FranceFrance LD Autosport 18th ItalyItaly Stefano Proetto Mugen Honda 1-6
FranceFrance Patrice Manopoulos 7-10
19th FranceFrance Simon Abadie 6-10
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Swiss Racing Team 20th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Gilles Tinguely Opel 1-5
21st PortugalPortugal César Campaniço 1-7
35 AustraliaAustralia James Manderson 1-4
ItalyItaly Stefano Proetto 9-10
41 GermanyGermany Marcel Lasée 5-7, 9
GermanyGermany ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg 22nd GermanyGermany Markus Winkelhock Mercedes Benz 1-10
23 AustriaAustria Christian Klien 1-10
GermanyGermany Kolles 24 NetherlandsNetherlands Charles Zwolsman Junior Mercedes Benz 1-10
25th BelgiumBelgium Jan Heylen 1-7
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jamie Green 8-10
GermanyGermany MB Racing Performance 28 GreeceGreece Alexandros Margaritis Opel 1-10
36 GermanyGermany Daniel la Rosa 1-10
LuxembourgLuxembourg Superfund TME 29 JapanJapan Sakon Yamamoto Toyota 1-10
30th AustriaAustria Bernhard Auinger 1-10
AustriaAustria HBR Motorsport 31 AustriaAustria Richard Lietz Opel 1-10
32 ItalyItaly Claudio Torre 5-9
ItalyItaly Drumel Motorsport 37 Korea SouthSouth Korea Dong-Wook Lee Mugen Honda 1-2
38 AustriaAustria Philip Baron 1-2

Racing calendar

A total of ten race weekends took place, seven of which were part of the DTM supporting program . There were two races on each race weekend. There was a qualifying for every race.

No. date Racetrack winner Second Third
1. 26th of April GermanyGermany Hockenheim AustraliaAustralia Ryan Briscoe NetherlandsNetherlands Robert Doornbos GermanyGermany Markus Winkelhock
2. April 27 AustraliaAustralia Ryan Briscoe FranceFrance Olivier Pla FinlandFinland Nico Rosberg
3. 10th of May ItalyItaly Adriatic GermanyGermany Timo Glock BrazilBrazil Fabio Carbone AustriaAustria Christian Klien
4th May 11th AustraliaAustralia Ryan Briscoe FinlandFinland Nico Rosberg FranceFrance Olivier Pla
5. 8th June FranceFrance Pau AustraliaAustralia Ryan Briscoe FranceFrance Olivier Pla GermanyGermany Timo Glock
6th June 9th BrazilBrazil Fabio Carbone AustraliaAustralia Ryan Briscoe United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jamie Green
7th June 21st GermanyGermany Nuremberg PolandPoland Robert Kubica GermanyGermany Timo Glock FranceFrance Olivier Pla
8th. June 22 FranceFrance Alexandre Prémat PolandPoland Robert Kubica GermanyGermany Timo Glock
9. July 12 FranceFrance Le Mans FinlandFinland Nico Rosberg AustriaAustria Christian Klien AustraliaAustralia Ryan Briscoe
10. July 13th AustriaAustria Christian Klien BrazilBrazil Fabio Carbone CanadaCanada Bruno Spengler
11. August 16 GermanyGermany Nürburg GermanyGermany Markus Winkelhock FranceFrance Olivier Pla NetherlandsNetherlands Robert Doornbos
12. 17th August AustriaAustria Christian Klien GermanyGermany Markus Winkelhock FinlandFinland Nico Rosberg
13. September 6th AustriaAustria Spielberg AustraliaAustralia Ryan Briscoe FranceFrance Alexandre Prémat CanadaCanada Bruno Spengler
14th 7th of September AustraliaAustralia Ryan Briscoe FranceFrance Alexandre Prémat FinlandFinland Nico Rosberg
15th September 20th NetherlandsNetherlands Zandvoort AustriaAustria Christian Klien CanadaCanada Bruno Spengler FranceFrance Olivier Pla
16. 21st September AustraliaAustralia Ryan Briscoe AustriaAustria Christian Klien FranceFrance Olivier Pla
17th 4th of October GermanyGermany Hockenheim GermanyGermany Timo Glock GreeceGreece Alexandros Margaritis FranceFrance Nicolas Lapierre
18th 5th October AustraliaAustralia Ryan Briscoe GermanyGermany Markus Winkelhock AustriaAustria Christian Klien
19th October 25 FranceFrance Magny-Cours GermanyGermany Markus Winkelhock FranceFrance Olivier Pla BrazilBrazil Fabio Carbone
20th October 26th GermanyGermany Timo Glock NetherlandsNetherlands Robert Doornbos AustriaAustria Christian Klien

Ratings

The points were awarded in both races according to the same scheme (10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 points for the first eight pilots and one point for the pole position ).

Driver ranking

Item driver Points
1. AustraliaAustralia Ryan Briscoe 140
2. AustriaAustria Christian Klien 89
3. FranceFrance Olivier Pla 74
4th GermanyGermany Markus Winkelhock 71
5. GermanyGermany Timo Glock 55
6th BrazilBrazil Fabio Carbone 55
7th FranceFrance Alexandre Prémat 50
8th. FinlandFinland Nico Rosberg 44
9. NetherlandsNetherlands Robert Doornbos 40
10. CanadaCanada Bruno Spengler 34
11. FranceFrance Nicolas Lapierre 33
12. PolandPoland Robert Kubica 31
13. GreeceGreece Alexandros Margaritis 23
Item driver Points
14th FranceFrance Simon Abadie 19th
15th AustriaAustria Bernhard Auinger 15th
16. PortugalPortugal César Campaniço 13
17th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Adam Carroll 7th
18th AustriaAustria Richard Lietz 7th
19th NetherlandsNetherlands Charles Zwolsman Junior 7th
20th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jamie Green 6th
21st BrazilBrazil Lucas di Grassi 5
22nd JapanJapan Katsuyuki Hiranaka 4th
23. GermanyGermany Marcel Lasée 3
24. AustriaAustria Andreas Zuber 2
25th PortugalPortugal Álvaro Parente 1
26th GermanyGermany Daniel la Rosa 1
Item driver Points
27. JapanJapan Sakon Yamamoto 0
28. BelgiumBelgium Jan Heylen 0
29 AustraliaAustralia James Manderson 0
30th ItalyItaly Stefano Proetto 0
31. GermanyGermany Maro Engel 0
32. AustriaAustria Philip Baron 0
33. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Gilles Tinguely 0
34. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Harold Primate 0
35. ItalyItaly Claudio Torre 0
36. GermanyGermany Hendrik Vieth 0
37. FranceFrance Patrice Manopoulos 0
38. PortugalPortugal Nicolas Armindo 0
39. Korea SouthSouth Korea Dong-Wook Lee 0

Team evaluation

Item team Points
1. FranceFrance ASM 164
2. GermanyGermany ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg 160
3. ItalyItaly Prema Powerteam 150
4th FranceFrance Signature Plus 88
5. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Opel Team KMS 62
6th GermanyGermany Team Rosberg 47
7th ItalyItaly Team Ghinzani 41
8th. FranceFrance Serge Saulnier team 19th
Item team Points
9. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Swiss Racing Team 16
10. LuxembourgLuxembourg Superfund TME 15th
11. AustriaAustria HBR Motorsport 7th
12. GermanyGermany Kolles 7th
13. GermanyGermany MB Racing Performance 1
14th FranceFrance LD Autosport 0
15th ItalyItaly Drumel Motorsport 0