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.
2003 Entry List [2] | |||
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Team | No. | Driver name | Rounds |
JD Motorsport | 1 | Mikhail Aleshin | All |
2 | Robert Schlünssen | All | |
3 | Reinhard Kofler | All | |
Jenzer Motorsport | 4 | Ryan Sharp | All |
5 | Pascal Kochem | All | |
6 | Grant Maiman | All | |
ma-con Motorsport | 7 | Ross Zwolsman | 1–2 |
8 | Takuya Izawa | All | |
57 | Thomas Weiss | 2–3 | |
70 | Marcel Engels | 3–4 | |
SL Formula Racing | 9 | Hendrick Vieth | All |
10 | Ben Jamini | 1–2 | |
72 | Pekka Saarinen | 3 | |
ASM | 11 | Simon Pagenaud | All |
12 | Nicolas Armindo | 1–2 | |
16 | Johan-Boris Scheier | All | |
68 | David Martinez Leon | 4 | |
Tech 1 Racing | 14 | Bruce Lorgère-Roux | 4 |
Graff Racing | 15 | Hideaki Nakao | 1 |
17 | Olivier Metz | 1, 3–4 | |
26 | David Laisis | All | |
49 | Guillaume Moreau | 2–4 | |
Cram Competition | 18 | Marcello Puglisi | 1, 3–4 |
19 | Esteban Guerrieri | All | |
20 | Pastor Maldonado | All | |
Prema Powerteam | 21 | Franck Perera | All |
39 | Roberto Streit | All | |
77 | Kohei Hirate | All | |
AR Motorsport | 22 | Paul Meijer | All |
Speedlover | 23 | Stephanie Boden | 1–2, 4 |
BVM Racing | 24 | Cristian Corsini | 1 |
27 | Mike den Tandt | 1 | |
Euronova Racing | 25 | Luca Filippi | 1–2, 4 |
32 | Vitaly Petrov | All | |
69 | Elias Papailias | 3 | |
Durango | 28 | Ferdinando Monfardini | 1 |
42 | Rafael Morgenstern | 1 | |
Hexis Racing | 29 | Julien Falcini-Joulian | 2, 4 |
30 | Ludovic Badey | 2, 4 | |
CD Sport | 33 | Julien Canal | 2–4 |
50 | Franck Mailleux | 2–3 | |
66 | Patrick Goeters | 4 | |
67 | Homero Richards | 4 | |
Scorp Motorsport | 34 | Ulric Amado de Carvalho | 2 |
MP Motorsport | 35 | Ferdinand Kool | All |
36 | Olivier Tielemans | 2 | |
Equipe Verschuur | 38 | Yelmer Buurman | 2, 4 |
40 | Xavier Maassen | 2, 4 | |
RP Motorsport | 43 | Davide Valsecchi | 2 |
44 | Andrea Sonvico | 2 | |
45 | Toni Vilander | 2 | |
Manor Motorsport | 46 | Lewis Hamilton | 2 |
47 | Matthew Wilson | 2, 4 | |
Imola Racing | 51 | Paolo Maria Nocera | 2, 4 |
Van Amersfoort Racing | 52 | Junior Strous | 2–4 |
53 | Giedo van der Garde | 2–4 | |
Twinlife Racing Team | 54 | Ron Marchal | 2 |
Fortec Motorsport | 55 | Mike Conway | 2 |
John Village Automotive | 56 | Charles Hollings | 2 |
RS-Line | 60 | Marc Walz | 3 |
Motopark Academy | 61 | Helmut Sanden | 3 |
Team Formula Sport | 71 | Kasper Andersen | 3 |
79 | Jimmy Jacobsson | 3 | |
Franken Racing | 78 | Dennis Furchheim | 3 |
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | |
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1 | R1 | Masaryk Circuit, Brno | 24 May | Esteban Guerrieri | Esteban Guerrieri | Esteban Guerrieri | Cram Competition |
R2 | 25 May | Esteban Guerrieri | Esteban Guerrieri | Esteban Guerrieri | Cram Competition | ||
2 | R1 | TT Circuit Assen | 2 August | Ryan Sharp | Pascal Kochem | Robert Schlünssen | JD Motorsport |
R2 | 3 August | Franck Perera | Simon Pagenaud | Simon Pagenaud | ASM | ||
3 | R1 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 11 October | Giedo van der Garde | Esteban Guerrieri | Esteban Guerrieri | Cram Competition |
R2 | 12 October | Robert Schlünssen | Robert Schlünssen | Paul Meijer | AR Motorsport | ||
4 | R1 | Donington Park | 25 October | Ferdinand Kool | Marcel Engels | Ryan Sharp | Jenzer Motorsport |
R2 | 26 October | Giedo van der Garde | Junior Strous | Reinhard Kofler | JD Motorsport |
Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | PP | FL |
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Points | 30 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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Bold – Pole |
‡ Points were not awarded in the first race at Assen as race was abandoned after three laps due to massive crash. [3]
Pos | Team | Points |
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1 | JD Motorsport | 158 |
2 | Cram Competition | 124 |
3 | ASM | 118 |
4 | Jenzer Motorsport | 102 |
5 | Prema Powerteam | 92 |
6 | AR Motorsport | 84 |
7 | Van Amersfoort Racing | 82 |
8 | SL Formula Racing | 52 |
9 | RS-Line | 36 |
10 | Manor Motorsport | 24 |
11 | ma-con Motorsport | 20 |
12 | RP Motorsport | 20 |
13 | Graff Racing | 16 |
14 | MP Motorsport | 12 |
15 | Equipe Verschuur | 8 |
15 | Motopark Academy | 4 |
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