2003 World Series Lights Explained

The 2003 World Series Lights season was contested over eight race weekends with 16 races. In this one-make formula all drivers had to use the new Dallara chassis (Light 01/WSL3) and Nissan engines (Nissan AER). Six different teams and sixteen drivers competed with the titles going to Argentinian driver Juan Cruz Álvarez and Spanish team Meycom.

Teams and drivers

All teams used the Dallara WSL3 chassis and Nissan AER engines.[1]

TeamDriverRounds
Meycom1 Celso MíguezAll
2nowrap Juan Cruz ÁlvarezAll
Escuela Lois Circuit3 Adrián VallésAll
4 Álvaro BarbaAll
Vergani Racing5 Matthias LaudaAll
6 Pablo Donoso1-7
Paul Meijer8
12 Milka DunoAll
Epsilon by Graff7 Julien VidotAll
8 Miloš PavlovićAll
RC Motorsport9 Wagner Ebrahim1
Bastien Brière4-5
Sergio Hernández7-8
10 Matteo PellegrinoAll
11 Ananda MikolaAll
Szasz Motorsport14 Chanoch Nissany1–2, 4, 6-8
Sources:[2]

Race calendar and results

RoundLocationCircuitDatePole PositionFastest LapWinning DriverWinning Team
1R1 Monza, ItalyAutodromo Nazionale Monza22 June Adrián Vallés Álvaro Barba
R2 Adrián Vallés Miloš Pavlović Escuela Lois Circuit
2R1EuroSpeedway Lausitz20 July Pablo Donoso Adrián Vallés Escuela Lois Circuit
R2 Pablo Donoso Adrián Vallés Pablo Donoso Vergani Racing
3R1 Magny-Cours, France27 July Miloš Pavlović Julien Vidot Julien Vidot Vergani Racing
R2 Celso Míguez Juan Cruz Álvarez Juan Cruz Álvarez Meycom
4R1 Spielberg, AustriaÖsterreichring21 September Julien Vidot Ananda Mikola Julien Vidot Vergani Racing
R2 Ananda Mikola Julien Vidot Julien Vidot Vergani Racing
5R1 Montmeló, SpainCircuit de Catalunya5 October Julien Vidot Álvaro Barba Julien Vidot Vergani Racing
R2 Julien Vidot Juan Cruz Álvarez Juan Cruz Álvarez Meycom
6R1 Valencia, SpainCircuit de Valencia19 October Juan Cruz Álvarez Miloš Pavlović Juan Cruz Álvarez Meycom
R2 Juan Cruz Álvarez Julien Vidot Juan Cruz Álvarez Meycom
7R1 Albacete, SpainCircuito de Albacete2 November Julien Vidot Juan Cruz Álvarez Juan Cruz Álvarez Meycom
R2 Meycom
8R1 Madrid, SpainCircuito del Jarama Julien Vidot Juan Cruz Álvarez Juan Cruz Álvarez Meycom
R2 Julien Vidot Julien Vidot Juan Cruz Álvarez Meycom
Sources:[3]

Final points standings

For every race the points were awarded: 15 points to the winner, 12 for runner-up, 10 for third place, 8 for fourth place, 6 for fifth place, winding down to 1 point for 10th place. Lower placed drivers did not award points. Additional points were awarded to the driver setting the fastest race lap (2 points).[4]

Driver MNZ
LAU
MAG
A1R
CAT
VAL
ALB
JAR
Points
1Ret 526216331111111244
2 Julien Vidot213RetRet141118RetRet3322170
3 Miloš PavlovićRet4Ret333942242545Ret145
4 Adrián Vallés11126Ret13674RetRet8576126
5 Celso MíguezRet644727543Ret822RetRet112
6 Matteo Pellegrino68354Ret48873348Ret899
7 Ananda Mikola57Ret8Ret55265Ret610103492
8 Matthias Lauda4357573RetRet10Ret5996585
9 Pablo Donoso710Ret1Ret62Ret59277783
10 Álvaro Barba32Ret108887RetDNSRet4116Ret963
11 Milka Duno911699911Ret101159121191028
12 Paul Meijer4322
13 Sergio Hernández6Ret8713
14 Chanoch Nissany1012711109Ret101312Ret119
15 Bastien Brière12Ret968
16 Wagner Ebrahim895
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Series Light - 2003: Entrylist. Speedsport Magazine. 23 February 2024.
  2. Web site: World Series Light - Season 2003: Results. Speedsport Magazine. 23 February 2024.
  3. Web site: World Series Light - 2003: Racing Calendar. Speedsport Magazine. 23 February 2024.
  4. Web site: World Series Light - 2003: Point standings. Speedsport Magazine. 23 February 2024.