2003 British Formula 3 International Series Explained

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
				nowrap	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
Fortec Motorsport	Dallara F303	Renault Sodemo	6	Robert Dahlgren	All
Promatecme UK	Dallara F303	Mugen-Honda	7	Michael Keohane	1-5
			7	Richard Antinucci	9-12
			8	Ernani Judice	1-5
			8	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
			11	Robert Doornbos	10, 12
			12	Adam Carroll	5-9
			12	Will Davison	10-12
Lola Cars	nowrap	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
			24	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
			26	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
Promatecme UK	Dallara F301	Mugen-Honda	57	Can Artam	7-9
T-Sport	Dallara F301	Mugen-Honda	58	Steven Kane	All
T-Sport	Dallara F301	Mugen-Honda	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	nowrap	1-3, 5-6, 9-12
64	Dallara F301	Opel Spiess	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

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

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

Standings

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		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																				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
Scholarship Class
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

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