The 2003 Formula Renault 2000 Masters season was the thirteenth Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began at Brno on 24 May and finished at the Donington Park on 26 October, after eight races.[1] Cram Competition's Esteban Guerrieri who is also Argentine Formula Renault champion won three races on his way to the championship by a 36-point margin over Danish driver Robert Schlünssen, who won abandoned race at Assen. ASM's Simon Pagenaud was two points behind Schlünssen. Pagenaud also won second races on TT Circuit Assen. Other wins were scored by Paul Meijer, Ryan Sharp and Reinhard Kofler.
Driver Lineup
| 2003 Entry List[2]
|
| Team
|
|
Driver name
|
Rounds
|
| Italy JD Motorsport
|
1
|
Russia Mikhail Aleshin
|
All
|
| 2
|
Denmark Robert Schlünssen
|
All
|
| 3
|
Austria Reinhard Kofler
|
All
|
| Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport
|
4
|
United Kingdom Ryan Sharp
|
All
|
| 5
|
Germany Pascal Kochem
|
All
|
| 6
|
United States Grant Maiman
|
All
|
| Germany ma-con Motorsport
|
7
|
Netherlands Ross Zwolsman
|
1–2
|
| 8
|
Japan Takuya Izawa
|
All
|
| 57
|
Germany Thomas Weiss
|
2–3
|
| 70
|
Germany Marcel Engels
|
3–4
|
| Germany SL Formula Racing
|
9
|
Germany Hendrick Vieth
|
All
|
| 10
|
Germany Ben Jamini
|
1–2
|
| 72
|
Finland Pekka Saarinen
|
3
|
| France ASM
|
11
|
France Simon Pagenaud
|
All
|
| 12
|
Portugal Nicolas Armindo
|
1–2
|
| 16
|
France Johan-Boris Scheier
|
All
|
| 68
|
Mexico David Martinez Leon
|
4
|
| France Tech 1 Racing
|
14
|
France Bruce Lorgère-Roux
|
4
|
| France Graff Racing
|
15
|
Japan Hideaki Nakao
|
1
|
| 17
|
France Olivier Metz
|
1, 3–4
|
| 26
|
France David Laisis
|
All
|
| 49
|
France Guillaume Moreau
|
2–4
|
| Italy Cram Competition
|
18
|
Italy Marcello Puglisi
|
1, 3–4
|
| 19
|
Argentina Esteban Guerrieri
|
All
|
| 20
|
Venezuela Pastor Maldonado
|
All
|
| Italy Prema Powerteam
|
21
|
France Franck Perera
|
All
|
| 39
|
Brazil Roberto Streit
|
All
|
| 77
|
Japan Kohei Hirate
|
All
|
| Netherlands AR Motorsport
|
22
|
Netherlands Paul Meijer
|
All
|
| Belgium Speedlover
|
23
|
Belgium Stephanie Boden
|
1–2, 4
|
| Italy BVM Racing
|
24
|
Italy Cristian Corsini
|
1
|
| 27
|
Belgium Mike den Tandt
|
1
|
| Italy Euronova Racing
|
25
|
Italy Luca Filippi
|
1–2, 4
|
| 32
|
Russia Vitaly Petrov
|
All
|
| 69
|
Greece Elias Papailias
|
3
|
| Italy Durango
|
28
|
Italy Ferdinando Monfardini
|
1
|
| 42
|
Argentina Rafael Morgenstern
|
1
|
| France Hexis Racing
|
29
|
France Julien Falcini-Joulian
|
2, 4
|
| 30
|
France Ludovic Badey
|
2, 4
|
| France CD Sport
|
33
|
France Julien Canal
|
2–4
|
| 50
|
France Franck Mailleux
|
2–3
|
| 66
|
Mexico Patrick Goeters
|
4
|
| 67
|
Mexico Homero Richards
|
4
|
| France Scorp Motorsport
|
34
|
France Ulric Amado de Carvalho
|
2
|
| Netherlands MP Motorsport
|
35
|
Netherlands Ferdinand Kool
|
All
|
| 36
|
Netherlands Olivier Tielemans
|
2
|
| Netherlands Equipe Verschuur
|
38
|
Netherlands Yelmer Buurman
|
2, 4
|
| 40
|
Netherlands Xavier Maassen
|
2, 4
|
| Italy RP Motorsport
|
43
|
Italy Davide Valsecchi
|
2
|
| 44
|
Italy Andrea Sonvico
|
2
|
| 45
|
Finland Toni Vilander
|
2
|
| United Kingdom Manor Motorsport
|
46
|
United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
|
2
|
| 47
|
United Kingdom Matthew Wilson
|
2, 4
|
| Italy Imola Racing
|
51
|
Italy Paolo Maria Nocera
|
2, 4
|
| Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing
|
52
|
Netherlands Junior Strous
|
2–4
|
| 53
|
Netherlands Giedo van der Garde
|
2–4
|
| Netherlands Twinlife Racing Team
|
54
|
Netherlands Ron Marchal
|
2
|
| United Kingdom Fortec Motorsport
|
55
|
United Kingdom Mike Conway
|
2
|
| United Kingdom John Village Automotive
|
56
|
United Kingdom Charles Hollings
|
2
|
| Germany RS-Line
|
60
|
Germany Marc Walz
|
3
|
| Germany Motopark Academy
|
61
|
Germany Helmut Sanden
|
3
|
| Denmark Team Formula Sport
|
71
|
Denmark Kasper Andersen
|
3
|
| 79
|
Sweden Jimmy Jacobsson
|
3
|
| Germany Franken Racing
|
78
|
Germany Dennis Furchheim
|
3
|
Calendar
Championship standings
Drivers
Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:
| Position
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
PP
|
FL
|
| Points
|
30
|
24
|
20
|
16
|
12
|
10
|
8
|
6
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
|
|
| Colour |
Result
|
| Gold |
Winner
|
| Silver |
Second place
|
| Bronze |
Third place
|
| Green |
Points finish
|
| Blue |
Non-points finish
|
| Non-classified finish (NC)
|
| Purple |
Retired (Ret)
|
| Red |
Did not qualify (DNQ)
|
| Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
|
| Black |
Disqualified (DSQ)
|
| White |
Did not start (DNS)
|
| Withdrew (WD)
|
| Race cancelled (C)
|
| Blank
|
Did not practice (DNP)
|
| Did not arrive (DNA)
|
| Excluded (EX)
|
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
|
‡ Points were not awarded in the first race at Assen as race was abandoned after three laps due to massive crash.[3]
Teams
References
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