2003 World Series Lights

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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.

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Teams and drivers

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

TeamNo.DriverRounds
Flag of Spain.svg Meycom1 Flag of Spain.svg Celso Míguez All
2 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Cruz Álvarez All
Flag of Spain.svg Escuela Lois Circuit3 Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Vallés All
4 Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro Barba All
Flag of Italy.svg Vergani Racing 5 Flag of Austria.svg Matthias Lauda All
6 Flag of Chile.svg Pablo Donoso 1-7
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paul Meijer 8
12 Flag of Venezuela.svg Milka Duno All
Flag of France.svg Epsilon by Graff 7 Flag of France.svg Julien Vidot All
8 Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Miloš Pavlović All
Flag of Italy.svg RC Motorsport 9 Flag of Brazil.svg Wagner Ebrahim1
Flag of France.svg Bastien Brière4-5
Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Hernández 7-8
10 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo PellegrinoAll
11 Flag of Indonesia.svg Ananda Mikola All
Flag of Hungary.svg Szasz Motorsport14 Flag of Israel.svg Chanoch Nissany 1–2, 4, 6-8
Sources: [1] [2]

Race calendar and results

RoundLocationCircuitDatePole PositionFastest LapWinning DriverWinning Team
1R1 Flag of Italy.svg Monza, Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 22 June Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Vallés Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro Barba Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Vallés Flag of Spain.svg Escuela Lois Circuit
R2 Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Vallés Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Miloš Pavlović Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Vallés Flag of Spain.svg Escuela Lois Circuit
2R1 Flag of Germany.svg Brandenburg, Germany EuroSpeedway Lausitz 20 July Flag of Chile.svg Pablo Donoso Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Vallés Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Vallés Flag of Spain.svg Escuela Lois Circuit
R2 Flag of Chile.svg Pablo Donoso Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Vallés Flag of Chile.svg Pablo Donoso Flag of Italy.svg Vergani Racing
3R1 Flag of France.svg Magny-Cours, France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 27 July Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Miloš Pavlović Flag of France.svg Julien Vidot Flag of France.svg Julien Vidot Flag of Italy.svg Vergani Racing
R2 Flag of Spain.svg Celso Míguez Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Cruz Álvarez Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Cruz Álvarez Flag of Spain.svg Meycom
4R1 Flag of Austria.svg Spielberg, Austria Österreichring 21 September Flag of France.svg Julien Vidot Flag of Indonesia.svg Ananda Mikola Flag of France.svg Julien Vidot Flag of Italy.svg Vergani Racing
R2 Flag of Indonesia.svg Ananda Mikola Flag of France.svg Julien Vidot Flag of France.svg Julien Vidot Flag of Italy.svg Vergani Racing
5R1 Flag of Spain.svg Montmeló, Spain Circuit de Catalunya 5 October Flag of France.svg Julien Vidot Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro Barba Flag of France.svg Julien Vidot Flag of Italy.svg Vergani Racing
R2 Flag of France.svg Julien Vidot Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Cruz Álvarez Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Cruz Álvarez Flag of Spain.svg Meycom
6R1 Flag of Spain.svg Valencia, Spain Circuit de Valencia 19 October Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Cruz Álvarez Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Miloš Pavlović Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Cruz Álvarez Flag of Spain.svg Meycom
R2 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Cruz Álvarez Flag of France.svg Julien Vidot Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Cruz Álvarez Flag of Spain.svg Meycom
7R1 Flag of Spain.svg Albacete, Spain Circuito de Albacete 2 November Flag of France.svg Julien Vidot Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Cruz Álvarez Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Cruz Álvarez Flag of Spain.svg Meycom
R2 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Cruz Álvarez Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Cruz Álvarez Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Cruz Álvarez Flag of Spain.svg Meycom
8R1 Flag of Spain.svg Madrid, Spain Circuito del Jarama 30 November Flag of France.svg Julien Vidot Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Cruz Álvarez Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Cruz Álvarez Flag of Spain.svg Meycom
R2 Flag of France.svg Julien Vidot Flag of France.svg Julien Vidot Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Cruz Álvarez Flag of Spain.svg Meycom
Sources: [2] [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]

Pos12345678910FL
Pts201512108643212
PosDriver MNZ
Flag of Italy.svg
LAU
Flag of Germany.svg
MAG
Flag of France.svg
A1R
Flag of Austria.svg
CAT
Flag of Spain.svg
VAL
Flag of Spain.svg
ALB
Flag of Spain.svg
JAR
Flag of Spain.svg
Points
1 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Cruz Álvarez Ret526216331111111244
2 Flag of France.svg Julien Vidot 213RetRet141118RetRet3322170
3 Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Miloš Pavlović Ret4Ret333942242545Ret145
4 Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Vallés 11126Ret13674RetRet8576126
5 Flag of Spain.svg Celso Míguez Ret644727543Ret822RetRet112
6 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Pellegrino68354Ret48873348Ret899
7 Flag of Indonesia.svg Ananda Mikola 57Ret8Ret55265Ret610103492
8 Flag of Austria.svg Matthias Lauda 4357573RetRet10Ret5996585
9 Flag of Chile.svg Pablo Donoso 710Ret1Ret62Ret59277783
10 Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro Barba 32Ret108887RetDNSRet4116Ret963
11 Flag of Venezuela.svg Milka Duno 911699911Ret101159121191028
12 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paul Meijer 4322
13 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Hernández 6Ret8713
14 Flag of Israel.svg Chanoch Nissany 1012711109Ret101312Ret119
15 Flag of France.svg Bastien Brière12Ret968
16 Flag of Brazil.svg Wagner Ebrahim895
Source: [2]

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