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The 2003 Formula Volkswagen Germany supported by ZF Sachs was the inaugural season of the Formula Volkswagen Germany. All drivers competed in Volkswagen powered, Dunlop shod Reynard chassis.
Round | Circuit | Location | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver |
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1 | Oschersleben, Germany | May 3 | ||||
2 | May 4 | |||||
3 | Hockenheim, Germany | June 14 | ||||
4 | June 15 | |||||
5 | Nürburg, Germany | July 12 | ||||
6 | July 13 | |||||
7 | Salzburg, Austria | August 9 | ||||
8 | August 10 | |||||
9 | Lausitz, Germany | September 27 | ||||
10 | September 28 | |||||
11 | Oschersleben, Germany | October 11 | ||||
12 | October 12 |
Color | Result |
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Gold | Winner |
Silver | 2nd place |
Bronze | 3rd place |
Green | 4th & 5th place |
Light Blue | 6th–10th place |
Dark Blue | 11th place or lower |
Purple | Did not finish |
Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
Brown | Withdrawn (Wth) |
Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
White | Did not start (DNS) |
Blank | Did not participate (DNP) |
Driver replacement (Rpl) | |
Injured (Inj) | |
No race held (NH) |
Rank | Driver | OSC | HOC | NUR | SAL | LAU | OSC | Points | ||||||
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1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | DNS | 2 | 5 | 336 | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 277 | |||
3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 208 | |||
4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 177 | ||||
5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 176 | |||
6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | Ret | 6 | 9 | 7 | 174 | ||
7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 171 | |||
8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 169 | |||||
9 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | Ret | 3 | 156 | ||||
10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | Ret | 149 | ||||
11 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | Ret | 136 | ||||||
12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 132 | |||||||||
13 | ||||||||||||||
14 | ||||||||||||||
15 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 105 | |||||||
16 | 12 | 10 | Ret | 86 | ||||||||||
17 | 83 | |||||||||||||
18 | 3 | 1 | 69 | |||||||||||
19 | 62 | |||||||||||||
4 | ||||||||||||||
11 | 10 | 14 | 10 | |||||||||||
Ret | Ret | |||||||||||||
2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
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