2003 Formula 3 Euro Series Explained

The 2003 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the first championship year of Europe's premier Formula Three series. The championship consisted of ten rounds – each with two races – held at a variety of European circuits. Each weekend consisted of 1 hour and 30 minutes of free practice on Friday – in either one or two sessions – and two 30-minute qualifying sessions. This was followed by a c.110 km race on Saturday and a c.80 km race on Sunday. Each qualifying session awarded one bonus point for pole position and each race awarded points for the top eight finishers, with ten points per win. It commenced on April 26, 2003 at Hockenheimring and ended on October 26 at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours.

Teams and drivers

2003 Entry List^[1] Team Driver Rookie Chassis Engine Rounds Team Rosberg 3 Nico Rosberg F303/005 Opel All 4 Andreas Zuber F303/006 All ASM F3 5 Alexandre Prémat F303/015 Mercedes All 6 Olivier Pla F303/014 All 34 Bruno Spengler F303/016 4–10 39 Jamie Green 3 Prema Powerteam 7 Katsuyuki Hiranaka F303/007 Opel All 8 Ryan Briscoe F303/008 All 33 Lucas di Grassi F303/022 2–3 Robert Kubica 4–10 Signature Plus 9 Nicolas Lapierre F302/043 Sodemo All 10 Fabio Carbone F302/018 All 42 César Campaniço F302/067 10 Opel Team KMS 11 Timo Glock F303/009 Opel All 12 Maro Engel F302/009 1–5 Hendrik Vieth 6 Adam Carroll 7–10 Saulnier Racing 14 Harold Primat F302/021 Sodemo All 15 Simon Abadie F302/060 1–5 Nicolas Armindo 9–10 Team Ghinzani 16 Robert Doornbos F302/052 Mugen All 17 Álvaro Parente F302/003 All 38 Philipp Baron F302/042 3–10 LD Autosport 18 Stefano Proetto F302/065 Mugen 1–6 Patrice Manopoulos 7–10 19 Simon Abadie F302/063 6–10 Swiss Racing Team 20 Gilles Tinguely F302/061 Opel 1–5 21 César Campaniço F302/011 1–7 35 James Manderson F302/062 1–4 Stefano Proetto 9–10 41 Marcel Lasée 5–7, 9 Mücke Motorsport 22 Markus Winkelhock F302/012 Mercedes All 23 Christian Klien F302/032 All Kolles 24 Charles Zwolsman Jr. F303/012 Mercedes All 25 Jan Heylen F302/076 1–7 Jamie Green 8–10 MB Racing Performance 28 nowrap Alexandros Margaritis F303/021 Opel All 36 Daniel la Rosa F302/083 All Superfund TME 29 Sakon Yamamoto F303/001 Toyota All 30 Bernhard Auinger F302/088 All HBR Motorsport 31 Richard Lietz F302/030 Opel All 32 Claudio Torre F302/033 5–9 Drumel Motorsport 37 Dong-Wook Lee F303/004 Mugen 1–2 38 Philipp Baron F303/003 1–2

Driver changes

Entering Formula 3 Euro Series

• Simon Abadie: French Formula Three Championship (Saulnier Racing) → Saulnier Racing
• Nicolas Armindo: Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (ASM Elf) → Saulnier Racing
• Bernhard Auinger: German Formula Three Championship (Opel Team BSR) → Superfund TME
• Philipp Baron: Debut → Drumel Motorsport
• Ryan Briscoe: German Formula Three Championship (Prema Powerteam) & International Formula 3000 (Coca-Cola Nordic Racing) → Prema Powerteam
• César Campaniço: German Formula Three Championship (Prema Powerteam) → Swiss Racing Team
• Fabio Carbone: British Formula 3 Championship (Fortec Motorsport) → Signature Plus
• Adam Carroll: British Formula 3 National Class (Sweeney Racing) → Opel Team KMS
• Robert Doornbos: German Formula Three Championship (Team Ghinzani) → Team Ghinzani
• Maro Engel: Formula BMW ADAC (Eifelland Racing) → Opel Team KMS
• Timo Glock: German Formula Three Championship (Opel Team KMS) → Opel Team KMS
• Lucas di Grassi: Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil (G Force Motorsport) → Prema Powerteam
• Jamie Green: Formula Renault 2.0 UK (Fortec Motorsport) → ASM
• Jan Heylen: British Formula Ford Championship (Duckhams) → Kolles
• Katsuyuki Hiranaka: All-Japan Formula Three Championship (TOM'S) → Prema Powerteam
• Christian Klien: Formula Renault 2.0 Germany & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (JD Motorsport) → Mücke Motorsport
• Robert Kubica: Formula Renault 2.0 Italy & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (RC Motorsport) → Prema Powerteam
• Nicolas Lapierre: Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (Graff Racing) & French Formula Three Championship (Signature) → Signature Plus
• Marcel Lasée: German Formula Three Championship (Mücke Motorsport) → Swiss Racing Team
• Dong-Wook Lee: Asian Formula Three Championship (E-Rain) → Drumel Motorsport
• Richard Lietz: German Formula Three Championship (Palfinger F3 Racing) → HBR Motorsport
• James Manderson: Australian Formula 3 (Bronte Rundle Motorsport) → Swiss Racing Team
• Patrice Manopoulos: Debut → LD Autosport
• Alexandros Margaritis: Formula Renault 2.0 Germany & Formula BMW ADAC (Weigl Motorsport) → MB Racing Performance
• Álvaro Parente: Spanish Formula Three Championship (Racing Engineering) → Team Ghinzani
• Olivier Pla: French Formula Three Championship (ASM) → ASM
• Alexandre Prémat: Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (ASM Elf) → ASM
• Harold Primat: British Formula 3 National Class (Diamond Racing) → Saulnier Racing
• Stefano Proetto: German Formula Three Championship (Team Kolles Racing & Swiss Racing Team) → LD Autosport
• Daniel la Rosa: Formula Volkswagen Germany (???) → MB Racing Performance
• Nico Rosberg: Formula BMW ADAC (VIVA Racing) → Team Rosberg
• Bruno Spengler: Formula Renault 2.0 Germany & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (Jenzer Motorsport) → ASM
• Gilles Tinguely: German Formula Three Championship (Swiss Racing Team) → Swiss Racing Team
• Claudio Torre: Formula BMW ADAC (Springbok Motorsport) → HBR Motorsport
• Hendrik Vieth: Formula Renault 2.0 Germany & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (SL Formula Racing) → Opel Team KMS
• Markus Winkelhock: German Formula Three Championship (Mücke Motorsport) → Mücke Motorsport
• Sakon Yamamoto: German Formula Three Championship (GM Motorsport, Team Kolles Racing) → Superfund TME
• Andreas Zuber: Formula Renault 2.0 Germany (Motopark Oschersleben) → Team Rosberg
• Charles Zwolsman Jr.: German Formula Three Championship (Team Kolles Racing) → Kolles

Midseason changes

• César Campaniço joined Signature Plus for the Magny-Cours round
• Simon Abadie joined LD Autosport from the Nürburgring round onwards.
• Philipp Baron joined Team Ghinzani from the Pau round onwards.
• Stefano Proetto joined Swiss Racing Team from the second Hockenheimring round onwards.

Calendar

• The series supported the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters at seven rounds. It was also a part of the Grand Prix Aurore at two French meetings, while at the third, it was the headline event of the Pau Grand Prix.

Round		Circuit	Country	Date
1	R1	Hockenheimring		26 April
	R2			27 April
2	R1	Adria International Raceway		10 May
	R2			11 May
3	R1	Pau Circuit		8 June
	R2			9 June
4	R1	Norisring, Nuremberg		21 June
	R2			22 June
5	R1	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans		12 July
	R2			13 July
6	R1	Nürburgring		16 August
	R2			17 August
7	R1	A1-Ring, Spielberg		6 September
	R2			7 September
8	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort		20 September
	R2			nowrap	21 September
9	R1	Hockenheimring		4 October
	R2			5 October
10	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours		25 October
	R2	26 October

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Winning Rookie
1	R1	Hockenheimring	Olivier Pla	Markus Winkelhock	Ryan Briscoe	Prema Powerteam	Christian Klien
	R2		Olivier Pla	Timo Glock	Ryan Briscoe	Prema Powerteam	Nico Rosberg
2	R1	Adria International Raceway	Christian Klien	Ryan Briscoe	Timo Glock	Opel Team KMS	Christian Klien
	R2		Nico Rosberg	Ryan Briscoe	Ryan Briscoe	Prema Powerteam	Nico Rosberg
3	R1	Pau Circuit	Nicolas Lapierre	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	Ryan Briscoe	Prema Powerteam	Alexandros Margaritis
	R2		Ryan Briscoe	Alexandre Prémat	Fabio Carbone	Signature Plus	Lucas di Grassi
4	R1	Norisring, Nuremberg	Alexandre Prémat	Alexandre Prémat	Robert Kubica	Prema Powerteam	Robert Kubica
	R2		Alexandre Prémat	Robert Kubica	Alexandre Prémat	ASM F3	Alexandre Prémat
5	R1	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	Christian Klien	Nico Rosberg	Nico Rosberg	Team Rosberg	Nico Rosberg
	R2		Olivier Pla	Robert Kubica	Christian Klien	Mücke Motorsport	Christian Klien
6	R1	Nürburgring	Christian Klien	Markus Winkelhock	Markus Winkelhock	Mücke Motorsport	Alexandre Prémat
	R2		Christian Klien	Christian Klien	Christian Klien	Mücke Motorsport	Christian Klien
7	R1	A1-Ring, Spielberg	Ryan Briscoe	Robert Kubica	Ryan Briscoe	Prema Powerteam	Alexandre Prémat
	R2		Ryan Briscoe	Nico Rosberg	Ryan Briscoe	Prema Powerteam	Alexandre Prémat
8	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	Christian Klien	Christian Klien	Christian Klien	Mücke Motorsport	Christian Klien
	R2		Christian Klien	Ryan Briscoe	Ryan Briscoe	Prema Powerteam	Christian Klien
9	R1	Hockenheimring	Markus Winkelhock	Ryan Briscoe	Timo Glock	Opel Team KMS	nowrap	Alexandros Margaritis
	R2		Ryan Briscoe	Ryan Briscoe	Ryan Briscoe	nowrap	Prema Powerteam	Christian Klien
10	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	nowrap	Alexandros Margaritis	nowrap	Markus Winkelhock	nowrap	Markus Winkelhock	nowrap	Mücke Motorsport	Robert Kubica
	R2	Alexandros Margaritis	Christian Klien	Timo Glock	Opel Team KMS	Christian Klien

Season standings

Drivers Standings

• Points are awarded as follows:

Pos Driver HOC1 ADR PAU NOR LMS NÜR A1R ZAN HOC2 MAG Points 1 Ryan Briscoe 1 1 5 1 1 2 4 Ret 3 Ret Ret 7 1 1 17 1 17 1 14 14 110 2 Christian Klien 4 5 3 21 Ret 7 Ret 10 2 1 Ret 1 5 5 1 2 23† 3 Ret 3 89 3 Olivier Pla DSQ 2 8 3 2 16† 3 Ret 4 24† 2 9 27† 4 3 3 10 6 2 7 74 4 Markus Winkelhock 3 4 Ret 17 21† Ret Ret 5 8 18 1 2 4 6 4 4 Ret 2 1 9 71 5 Timo Glock 6 7 1 13 3 Ret 2 3 18 25 14 12 12 9 15 14 1 22 13 1 55 6 Fabio Carbone 11 11 2 10 4 1 5 12 6 2 6 23† 15 12 21 6 4 Ret 3 Ret 55 7 Alexandre Prémat DSQ 24† 7 5 22† Ret Ret 1 5 23† 5 11 2 2 Ret 5 9 Ret Ret 5 50 8 Nico Rosberg Ret 3 Ret 2 15 17† 8 Ret 1 11 Ret 3 8 3 18 8 7 14 6 Ret 44 9 Robert Doornbos 2 8 10 6 8 DSQ 12 4 NC 8 3 Ret 10 8 5 7 13 Ret 9 2 40 10 Bruno Spengler 19† Ret 11 3 16 4 3 7 2 Ret 6 5 Ret 21 34 11 Nicolas Lapierre 5 Ret 6 11 DSQ 15 6 6 13 5 11 Ret 16 10 9 9 3 7 5 6 33 12 Robert Kubica 1 2 27† 7 9 6 11 Ret 7 24† 24† 10 4 8 31 13 8 25† 9 27† 7 DNS 16 Ret 23 9 10 14 DSQ 17 14 13 2 4 26† 4 23 14 Simon Abadie 7 Ret 20 19 5 5 17† Ret 26 6 15 10 23 14 6 Ret 8 8 8 22† 19 15 Bernhard Auinger 25 Ret 13 4 Ret 10 20† Ret 12 4 4 Ret 13 11 Ret Ret Ret 13 18 Ret 15 16 César Campaniço 14 6 4 Ret Ret 8 7 7 14 Ret 13 15 19 Ret 21 18 13 17 Adam Carroll 6 Ret 11 15 5 Ret Ret 17 7 18 Richard Lietz 24† 15 15 8 12 9 Ret 19 17 21 Ret 5 18 Ret 19 17 Ret 12 7 Ret 7 19 10 12 Ret 7 17 6 Ret 9 10 14 12 13 7 13 16 18 12 9 11 Ret 7 20 Jamie Green Ret 3 Ret 19 15 Ret 10 10 6 21 Lucas di Grassi 14 18 9 4 5 22 Katsuyuki Hiranaka 13 Ret 12 12 6 13 14 Ret 22 17 8 18 26 16 10 10 22† 23 20 13 4 23 Marcel Lasée 19 12 7 8 17 Ret 11 Ret 3 24 Andreas Zuber 17 9 18 23 20 DNS Ret 13 7 13 22 Ret 9 Ret 13 12 Ret 21† 25 Ret 2 25 Álvaro Parente 9 13 11 14 11 Ret Ret Ret 16 10 DSQ EX 29† DSQ 8 11 18 15 12 12 1 26 Daniel la Rosa 18 19 17 14 Ret 12 18 8 21 16 Ret 16 14 18 12 20 Ret 11 16 15 1 27 Sakon Yamamoto 15 10 22 9 23† 18 Ret 11 9 26† 19 19 22 15 Ret 16 Ret 18 17 11 0 28 Jan Heylen 20 18 19 15 10 DNS 11 17 15 15 Ret Ret 20 21 0 29 James Manderson 21 21 21 Ret 16 14 10 15 0 30 Stefano Proetto 16 14 24 16 13 11 Ret Ret 24 Ret 18 17 16 Ret 15 Ret 0 31 Maro Engel 12 16 23 24 Ret 14 20 20 0 32 Philipp Baron Ret 20 26 Ret 19 DNS 13 16 Ret Ret DNS 21† 21 Ret 20 21 14 17 19 16 0 33 Gilles Tinguely 19 17 16 20 14 DNS 0 34 Harold Primat 22 22 Ret 25 18 Ret 15 18 28† 19 21 24† 24 22 22 22 21 Ret 24 Ret 0 35 Claudio Torre 25 22 20 20 25 19 20† 16 0 36 Hendrik Vieth 17 22† 0 37 Patrice Manopoulos 28† 20 DNS 23 19 19 23 20 0 38 Nicolas Armindo Ret 20 22 19 0 39 Dong-Wook Lee 23 23 25 26 0 Pos Driver HOC1 ADR PAU NOR LMS NÜR A1R ZAN HOC2 MAG Points

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Rookie Cup

Rookie drivers are only eligible for the Rookie Cup title if they have not previously competed in a national or international Formula 3 championship.

Pos	Driver	HOC1		ADR		PAU		NOR		LMS		NÜR		A1R		ZAN		HOC2		MAG		Points
1	Christian Klien	4	5	3	21	Ret	7	Ret	10	2	1	Ret	1	5	5	1	2	23	3	Ret	3	134
2	Nico Rosberg	Ret	3	Ret	2	15	17	8	Ret	1	11	Ret	3	8	3	18	8	7	14	6	Ret	102
3	Alexandre Prémat	DSQ	24	7	5	22	Ret	Ret	1	5	23	5	11	2	2	Ret	5	9	Ret	Ret	5	96
4	Alexandros Margaritis	8	25	9	27	7	DNS	16	Ret	23	9	10	14	DSQ	17	14	13	2	4	26	4	88
5	Robert Kubica							1	2	27	7	9	6	11	Ret	7	24	24	10	4	8	69
6	Daniel la Rosa	18	19	17	14	Ret	12	18	8	21	16	Ret	16	14	18	12	20	Ret	11	16	15	66
7	Bruno Spengler							19	Ret	11	3	16	4	3	7	2	Ret	6	5	Ret	21	61
8	Jan Heylen	20	18	19	15	10	DNS	11	17	15	15	Ret	Ret	20	21							41
9	Philipp Baron	Ret	20	26	Ret	19	DNS	13	16	Ret	Ret	DNS	21	21	Ret	20	21	14	17	19	16	35
10	Lucas di Grassi			14	18	9	4															28
11	Maro Engel	12	16	23	24			Ret	14	20	20											24
12	Patrice Manopoulos													28	20	DNS	23	19	19	23	20	10
13	Claudio Torre									25	22	20	20	25	19			20	16			10
14	Nicolas Armindo																	Ret	20	22	19	6
15	Hendrik Vieth											17	22									4
Pos	Driver	HOC1		ADR		PAU		NOR		LMS		NÜR		A1R		ZAN		HOC2		MAG		Points

Nations Cup

	Nation	Points
1		166
2		128
3		107
4		105
5		60
6		47
7		45
8		34
9		31
10		21
11		14
12		13
13		4

External links

• Forix.autosport.com
• Speedsport Magazine
• Formel3guide.com (German language)
• F1Prospects.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2003 Entry List . PDF . formel3guide.com . 2009-09-16 . 2009-09-16 . Wolfgang . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924014712/http://www.formel3guide.com/images/starter/2003-starter-es.pdf . 2015-09-24 . live .