2003 Formula BMW Asia season

2003 Formula BMW Asia season

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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 Class Rounds Goddard-QHR 2 Dado Pena R All 3 Tyson Sy R All Team India Racing 6 Ajith Kumar All 83 Rajvirdhan Vijayakumar R All Team Meritus 7 Ferhan Fauzy 3 8 Chin Tzer Jinn R All 28 James Veerapan R 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 16 Gary Sham All Team Yellow Hat 14 Keiko Ihara All Team T.E.C Pilipinas 18 Don Pastor R All Autosport Racing 27 Tohru Jitsukawa All Team Forty-One 41 Ryo Nakano R All Autobacs with Racing On 55 Akiko Kobayashi All BMW Korea E-Rain 61 You Kyongouk R All

Icon Class R Rookie Cup G 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
	R2		23 March	Ho-Pin Tung	Ho-Pin Tung	Ho-Pin Tung	Team Meritus	James Veerapan
2	R1	Sepang International Circuit	7 June	Ho-Pin Tung		Ho-Pin Tung	Team Meritus
	R2		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
	R2		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
	R2			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
	R2			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
	R2			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
	R2			Hanss Lin Po Heng	no data	Hanss Lin Po Heng	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

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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

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

References

1. China's Ho-Pin Tung to test F1 car at Williams China Daily. 28 October 2003.

External links

• BMW Group's press releases for Formula BMW Asia
• BMW-Motorsport.com