2003 Formula BMW Asia season explained

The 2003 Formula BMW Asia season was held in 2003. It was won by the Meritus team, with Ho-Pin Tung. Tung claimed twelve pole positions and ten wins in 14 races during the course of the season, which spanned five countries.

Tung's reward was a test drive with the then BMW powered Williams F1 Team at the 4.428 kilometer (2.7 mile) Circuito de Jerez.^[1]

Teams and drivers

All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines.

Team	No	Driver	Rounds
Goddard-QHR	2	Dado Pena	All
Goddard-QHR	3	Tyson Sy	All
Team India Racing	6	Ajith Kumar	All
Team India Racing	83	Rajvirdhan Vijayakumar	All
Team Meritus	7	Ferhan Fauzy	3
	8	Chin Tzer Jinn	All
	28	James Veerapan	1
	38	Marchy Lee	7
	58	Ho-Pin Tung	All
	78	Jim Ka To	4
	88	Hanss Lin Po Heng	All
Team E-Rain	9	Lee Dooyoung	All
3 Crowns Racing	11	Nattapong Horthongkum	All
3 Crowns Racing	16	Gary Sham	All
Team Yellow Hat	14	Keiko Ihara	All
Team T.E.C Pilipinas	18	Don Pastor	All
Autosport Racing	27	Tohru Jitsukawa	All
Team Forty-One	41	Ryo Nakano	All
Autobacs with Racing On	55	Akiko Kobayashi	All
BMW Korea E-Rain	61	You Kyongouk	All

Icon	Class
	Rookie Cup
	Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Races

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Winning Rookie
1	R1	Sepang International Circuit	22 March	Ho-Pin Tung	Ho-Pin Tung	Ho-Pin Tung	Team Meritus	You Kyongouk
1	R2	23 March	Ho-Pin Tung	Ho-Pin Tung	Ho-Pin Tung	Team Meritus	nowrap	James Veerapan
2	R1	Sepang International Circuit	7 June	Ho-Pin Tung		Ho-Pin Tung	Team Meritus
2	R2	Sepang International Circuit	8 June	Ho-Pin Tung		Hanss Lin Po Heng	Team Meritus
3	R1	Johor Circuit	28 June	Ho-Pin Tung	no data	Hanss Lin Po Heng	Team Meritus	You Kyongouk
3	R2	Johor Circuit	29 June	Ho-Pin Tung	no data	Ho-Pin Tung	Team Meritus	You Kyongouk
4	R1	Bira Circuit	20 July	Ho-Pin Tung	no data	Ho-Pin Tung	Team Meritus	Tyson Sy
4	R2	Bira Circuit	20 July	Ho-Pin Tung	no data	Ho-Pin Tung	Team Meritus	Don Pastor
5	R1	Taebaek Racing Park	24 August	Ho-Pin Tung	no data	Ho-Pin Tung	Team Meritus	Tyson Sy
5	R2	Taebaek Racing Park	24 August	Ho-Pin Tung	no data	Ho-Pin Tung	Team Meritus	You Kyongouk
6	R1	Autopolis	28 September	Ho-Pin Tung	no data	Ho-Pin Tung	Team Meritus	You Kyongouk
6	R2	Autopolis	Ho-Pin Tung		Ho-Pin Tung	Team Meritus
7	R1	Goldenport Park Circuit	26 October	Marchy Lee	no data	Marchy Lee	Team Meritus	Ryo Nakano
7	R2	Goldenport Park Circuit	26 October	nowrap	Hanss Lin Po Heng	no data	nowrap	Hanss Lin Po Heng	nowrap	Team Meritus	Don Pastor

Standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	SEP1		SEP2		JOH		BIR		TAE		AUT		BEI		Pts	Final Pts
1	Ho-Pin Tung	1	1	1	Ret	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	Ret	205	225
2	Hanss Lin Po Heng	3	Ret	2	1	1	2	3	5	2	3	2	4	2	1	154	189
3	Keiko Ihara	6	2	??	??	3	3	16	8	3	5	3	5	5	5	112	139
4	Nattapong Horthongkum	2	3	??	??	6	5	15	3	11	11	6	??	3	6	77	101
5	You Kyongouk	4	Ret	??	??	4	6	10	??	5	2	4	??	7	7	68	89
6	Tyson Sy	11	7	??	??	7	Ret	4	??	4	4	7	??	Ret	4	52	74
7	Tohru Jitsukawa	7	5	??	??	5	4	6	7	Ret	8	8	??	Ret	10	47	66
8	Don Pastor	5	6	??	??	13	Ret	5	4	10	7	Ret	??	Ret	3	49	60
9	Marchy Lee													1	2	35	35
10	Rajvirdhan Vijayakumar	Ret	8	??	??	8	7	7	14	8	9	5	??	9	Ret	29	34
11	Jim Ka To							2	2							30	30
12	Ajith Kumar	Ret	10	??	??	9	8	8	6	Ret	6	Ret	??	Ret	8	24	29
13	Akiko Kobayashi	9	Ret	??	??	11	13	9	??	6	Ret	Ret	??	8	Ret	13	19
14	Ryo Nakano	Ret	Ret	??	??	14	Ret	12	??	7	10	9	??	6	Ret	13	16
15	James Veerapan	Ret	4													10	10
16	Dado Pena	8	11	??	??	15	9	DNS	??	9	14	Ret	??	Ret	DNS	7	7
17	Lee Dooyoung	12	9	??	??	16	14	13	??	12	12	11	??	10	9	5	5
18	Gary Sham	10	Ret	??	??	10	10	11	??	13	DNS	12	??	Ret	Ret	3	5
19	Chin Tzer Jinn	Ret	Ret	??	??	12	11	14	??	14	13	10	??	11	11	1	1
20	Ferhan Fauzy					17	12									0	0
Pos	Driver	SEP1		SEP2		JOH		BIR		TAE		AUT		BEI		Pts	Final Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookie Cup

Pos	Driver	SEP1		SEP2		JOH		BIR		TAE		AUT		BEI		Pts	Final Pts
1	You Kyongouk	1	Ret	??	??	1	1	4	??	2	1	1	??	2	3	152	205
2	Tyson Sy	4	3	??	??	2	Ret	1	??	1	2	3	??	Ret	2	119	169
3	Don Pastor	2	2	??	??	5	Ret	2	1	6	3	Ret	??	Ret	1	111	151
4	Rajvirdhan Vijayakumar	Ret	4	??	??	3	2	3	??	4	4	2	??	3	Ret	96	134
5	Ryo Nakano	Ret	Ret	??	??	6	Ret	5	??	3	5	4	??	1	Ret	64	105
6	Chin Tzer Jinn	Ret	Ret	??	??	4	4	6	??	7	6	5	??	4	4	64	88
7	Dado Pena	3	5	??	??	7	3	DNS	??	5	7	Ret	??	Ret	DNS	48	78
8	James Veerapan	Ret	1													20	20

External links

Notes and References

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-10/28/content_276282.htm China's Ho-Pin Tung to test F1 car at Williams