2003 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship explained

The 2003 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship was the 15th British Formula Renault Championship. The season began at Snetterton on 19 April and ended on 21 September at Oulton Park, after seventeen rounds held in England, with 5 events only staging one race and the rest staging two.

Main Series

Teams and drivers

Team		Driver name	Rounds
Fortec Motorsport	1	Robert Scott	All
	26	Mike Conway	All
	38	Ronayne O'Mahoney	1–2, 5–11
	43	James Murphy	1–8
		Fulvio Mussi	9
		Luca Filippi	10
	46	James Rossiter	All
	83	Tom Tremayne	3
Team DFR	2	Barry Sime	1
		Aaron Stroud	6, 10
		Jonathan Adam	7, 9, 11
	10	Stefan Söderberg	All
Manor Motorsport	3	Lewis Hamilton	1–10
	4	Sérgio Jimenez	1–10
	4	Allam Khodair	11
	5	Matthew Wilson	All
	66	Fabian Coulthard	1–8
		Ryan Lewis	9, 11
		Andrew Ranger	10
Team JVA	6	Charles Hollings	All
	7	Phil Glew	1–4
	7	Paul di Resta	8–11
	8	Vasilije Calasan	1–9
	18	Juan Manuel Polar	1–4, 8–11
Jensen Motorsport	9	Paul Lau	1
		Wayne Clarke	2–5
		Jensen Lunn	6
		Jamie Morrow	7, 10
		Neil Doran	8–9
		Shane Kelly	11
	19	Fulvio Mussi	2–8, 10
Eurotek Motorsport	10	Tim Sisley	1–9
	11	Paul di Resta	1–7
	24	Mark McLoughlin	8
	24	Vitaly Petrov	10
Paston Racing	12	Brandon Thomas	2–11
Paston Racing	20	Ben Reeves	2–11
Motaworld Racing	14	Matteo Meneghello	2–10
	15	Susie Stoddart	All
	16	Brandon Thomas	All
	17	Alex Lloyd	All
Mark Burdett Motorsport	21	Jason Tahinci	All
Mark Burdett Motorsport	22	Alexander Storckenfeldt	All
Hill Speed Racing	23	Cheng Congfu	6–11
Scorpio Motorsport	25	David Epton	All
Scorpio Motorsport	88	James Gornall	5
Falcon Motorsport	27	Nik Goodfellow	1–2
Falcon Motorsport	27	John Byrne	4, 6–11
Welch Motorsport	34	Daniel Welch	2–5, 7–11
Status Motorsport	55	Phillip Kershaw	1–10

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk	19 April	Lewis Hamilton	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Fortec Motorsport
1	R2	Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk	20 April		Mike Conway	Alex Lloyd	Motaworld Racing
2	R3	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	5 May	Tom Sisley	Mike Conway	Tom Sisley	Eurotek Motorsport
3	R4	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	26 May	James Rossiter	Lewis Hamilton	James Rossiter	Fortec Motorsport
4	R5	Silverstone Circuit (International), Northamptonshire	8 June	Tom Sisley	Tom Sisley	Lewis Hamilton	Manor Motorsport
5	R6	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	22 June	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Manor Motorsport
6	R7	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	12 July	Lewis Hamilton	Brandon Thomas	Lewis Hamilton	Manor Motorsport
6	R8	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	13 July		Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Manor Motorsport
7	R9	Donington Park (GP), Leicestershire	26 July	Lewis Hamilton	Brandon Thomas	Tom Sisley	Eurotek Motorsport
7	R10	Donington Park (GP), Leicestershire	27 July		Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Manor Motorsport
8	R11	Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk	9 August	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Manor Motorsport
9	R12	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	24 August	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Manor Motorsport
9	R13	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	25 August		Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Manor Motorsport
10	R14	Donington Park (National), Leicestershire	9 September	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Manor Motorsport
10	R15	Donington Park (National), Leicestershire	10 September		Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Manor Motorsport
11	R16	Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire	20 September	Paul di Resta	Mike Conway	Paul di Resta	Team JVA
11	R17	Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire	21 September		Paul di Resta	Alex Lloyd	Motaworld Racing

Drivers' Championship

Points were awarded on a 32-28-25-22-20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis, with 1 point for fastest lap. A driver's 15 best results counted towards the championship.

Pos	Driver	SNE		BRH	THR	SIL	ROC	CRO		DON		SNE	BRH		DON		OUL		Pts
Pos	Driver	width=25	1	width=25	2	width=25	3	width=25	4	width=25	5	width=25	6	width=25	7	width=25	8	width=25	Pts	9	width=25	10	width=25	11	width=25	12	width=25	13	width=25	14	width=25	15	width=25	16	width=25	17
1	Lewis Hamilton	2	3	Ret	2	1	1	1	1	Ret	1	1	1	1	1	1			419
2	Alex Lloyd	4	1	2	5	4	3	3	4	2	4	Ret	2	3	7	5	5	1
3	James Rossiter	3	4	5	1	3	2	Ret	2	3	3	2	3	4	2	24	DNS	8	347
4	Mike Conway	1	2	3	4	11	8	7	7	11	5	23	5	5	6	23	2	3	312
5	Tom Sisley	5	7	1	7	2	4	6	5	1	2	4	17	2					288
6	Stefan Söderberg	6	6	8	3	12	6	12	10	5	12	5	10	8	5	3	11	4
7	Paul di Resta	8	22	6	13	13	Ret	10	9	6	9	6	8	6	19	6	1	2	233
8	Brandon Thomas	9	10	Ret	6	7	5	2	3	7	11	12	7	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	10	221
9	Susie Stoddart	10	9	12	11	Ret	7	13	11	9	10	3	4	7	Ret	4	10	5	215
10	align=left nowrap	Alexander Storckenfeldt	18	15	7	Ret	6	11	8	12	15	14	14	9	17	4	2	3	Ret	187
11	Sérgio Jimenez	13	12	Ret	12	8	Ret	4	6	4	8	7	6	Ret	DNS	DNS			150
12	Robert Scott	11	13	10	8	5	17	9	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	7	Ret	6	133
13	Charles Hollings	16	Ret	11	14	14	9	18	15	10	15	Ret	14	15	16	13	4	12	124
14	Matteo Meneghello			14	9	Ret	24	11	14	8	7	9	11	9	10	11			121
15	Fabian Coulthard	7	8	9	Ret	9	10	14	13	Ret	6	25							98
16	James Murphy	Ret	5	Ret	15	10	12	5	8	Ret	16	10							96
17	David Epton	14	17	13	18	Ret	16	Ret	21	13	Ret	20	18	10	11	12	Ret	7	85
18	Matthew Wilson	19	16	Ret	16	17	13	16	17	12	21	13	12	11	Ret	22	Ret	13	77
19	John Byrne					23		24	22	17	24	18	13	16	8	9	7	Ret	62
20	Phil Glew	12	11	4	10	Ret													52
21	Jason Tahinci	20	14	Ret	Ret	22	19	15	16	18	18	16	Ret	22	Ret	17	15	14	49
22	Daniel Welch			Ret	17	Ret	Ret			NC	17	11	15	23	Ret	16	6	Ret	47
23	Juan Manuel Polar	15	Ret	Ret	23	19						Ret	24	12	Ret	14	16	11	39
24	Phillip Kershaw	Ret	19	Ret	20	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	16	Ret	17	16	13	15	Ret			35
25	Brandon Thomas			18	22	21	23	19	18	14	19	Ret	22	21	Ret	18	8	Ret	34
26	Ben Reeves			Ret	Ret	16	15	23	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	19	9	Ret	31
27	Ronayne O'Mahony	22	23	DNS			20	20	23	20	23	15	20	20	13	Ret	14	Ret	26
28	Vitaly Petrov														12	8			23
29	Allam Khodair																13	9	20
30	Cheng Congfu									Ret	Ret	21	21	18	21	15	17	15	19
31	Andrew Ranger														14	10			18
32	Mark McLoughlin											8							14
33	Jonathan Adam									21	22		19	19			12	Ret	13
34	Wayne Clarke			16	24	15	22												11
35	Vasilije Calasan	21	21	17	21	20	18	22	20	Ret	20	22	DNS	DNS					10
36	Fulvio Mussi			DNS	19	18	21	21	Ret	19	Ret	24	DNS	DNS	22	20			8
37	James Gornall						14												7
38	Ryan Lewis												Ret	14			Ret	Ret	7
39	Nik Goodfellow	23	20	15															7
40	Barry Sime	17	18																7
41	Aaron Stroud							25	Ret						18	Ret			3
42	Neil Doran											19	23	Ret					2
43	Shane Kelly														20	21			1
–	Jamie Morrow									Ret	Ret		DNS	DNS					0
–	Paul Lau	Ret	DNS																0
–	Jensen Lunn							Ret	DNS										0
–	Luca Filippi														Ret	DNS			0
–	Tom Tremayne			DNS															0
Pos	Driver	SNE		BRH	THR	SIL	ROC	CRO		DON		SNE	BRH		DON		OUL		valign=middle	Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Winter Series

Teams and drivers

Team		Driver name	Rounds
Manor Motorsport	1	Rodolfo González	All
	2	Jonathan Kennard	All
	3	John Byrne	All
	5	Pippa Mann	All
Fortec Motorsport	4	Mike Conway	All
	16	Danny Bleek	1
	16	James Gornall	2
	19	Yelmer Buurman	All
	27	Stuart Hall	All
Team Nasamax	6	Dean Stirling	All
Falcon Motorsport	7	Paul Rees	All
Falcon Motorsport	29	Alex Buncombe	All
Comtec Racing	8	Westley Barber	All
Team JLR	9	James Jakes	All
Team JLR	10	Tom Kimber-Smith	All
Team JVA	11	Matt Harris	All
	12	Brandon Thomas	All
	14	Sean Edwards	All
Team Firstair	15	James Murphy	All
Team Firstair	24	Sean McIntosh	All
Team DFR	17	Patrick Hogan	All
Team DFR	20	Stefan Söderberg	All
Eurotek Motorsport	18	Jay Howard	All
	43	Vitaly Petrov	1
	43	Ruben Carrapatoso	2
	44	Luca Filippi	1
	Marc McLoughlin	2
Motaworld Racing	21	Joey Foster	All
	25	Susie Stoddart	All
	26	Tim Bridgman	All
	28	Oliver Jarvis	All
Mark Burdett Motorsport	22	Oliver Turvey	All
Mark Burdett Motorsport	30	Juan Manuel Polar	All
2Win	23	Stephanie Boden	1
Welch Motorsport	33	Matt Nicoll-Jones	All
Hillspeed Racing	39	Josh Weber	All
tatus Motorsport	55	Mauricio Godanez	All
Virtulli Racing	88	Michael Virtulli	All

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	H1	Donington Park (GP), Leicestershire	25 October	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Fortec Motorsport
	H2		25 October	Joey Foster	John Byrne	Jay Howard	Eurotek Motorsport
	LC		26 October	James Jakes	Joey Foster	Joey Foster	Motaworld Racing
	F		26 October	Mike Conway	Vitaly Petrov	Vitaly Petrov	Eurotek Motorsport
2	H1	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	1 November	Joey Foster	Ruben Carrapatoso	Westley Barber	Comtec Racing
	H2			Yelmer Buurman	Yelmer Buurman	Yelmer Buurman	Fortec Motorsport
	LC			James Jakes	John Byrne	John Byrne	Manor Motorsport
	F			Westley Barber	Westley Barber	Westley Barber	Comtec Racing

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	DON				CRO				Pts

1	Jay Howard		1		2	5			5	57
2	Westley Barber	6			11	1			1	52
3	Yelmer Buurman		5		8		1		3	49
4	Vitaly Petrov	2			1					44
5	Alex Buncombe	3			5		2		6	44
6	Joey Foster		Ret	1	14	3			2	34
7	Stefan Söderberg		2		3	13		2	Ret	32
8	Mike Conway	1			DNS	2			Ret	29
9	James Murphy	4			4		6		12	29
10	Tim Bridgman		3		6		4		Ret	29
11	Sean McIntosh		4		7	7			7	28
12	Brandon Thomas	8			13	4			4	27
13	John Byrne		6		10		11	1	8	15
14	Oliver Jarvis	5			9	6			Ret	15
15	Tom Kimber-Smith	7			12		3		13	14
16	Marc McLoughlin						8		9	7
17	Susie Stoddart	Ret		2	16		5		Ret	6
18	Oliver Turvey	9			18		7		17	6
19	Rodolfo González		9		17		9		10	6
20	Dean Stirling		7		Ret		16	13	DNS	4
21	Ruben Carrapatoso					9			Ret	4
22	Pippa Mann		8		27	15		14	DNS	3
23	Sean Edwards		Ret	4	23	8			18	3
24	Patrick Hogan	10			Ret		13	3	Ret	1
25	Michael Virtulli		10		26	16		12	DNS	1
26	Josh Weber		Ret	5	19	10			Ret	1
27	Matt Nicoll-Jones	Ret		Ret	DNS		10		Ret	1
	James Jakes	11		3	24	11		4	14	0
	Stuart Hall	Ret		6	15	Ret		6	11	0
	Matt Harris	12		9	25	12		7	16	0
	Jonathan Kennard	Ret		11	21		12	9	DNS	0
	Juan Manuel Polar		Ret	Ret	DNS	14		5	Ret	0
	Paul Rees		Ret	12	DNS		14	10	DNS	0
	James Gornall						15	8	15	0
	Mauricio Godanez	Ret		10	20		17	11	DNS	0
	Stephanie Boden	Ret		8	22					0
	Luca Filippi		Ret	7	Ret					0
	Danny Bleek		Ret	13	DNS					0
Pos	Driver									Pts
DON				CRO

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

External links

The official website of the Formula Renault UK Championship