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2003 Formula 3 Euro Series

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The 2003 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the first championship year of Europe's premier Formula Three series. The championship consisted of ten rounds – each with two races – held at a variety of European circuits. Each weekend consisted of 1 hour and 30 minutes of free practice on Friday – in either one or two sessions – and two 30-minute qualifying sessions. This was followed by a c.110 km race on Saturday and a c.80 km race on Sunday. Each qualifying session awarded one bonus point for pole position and each race awarded points for the top eight finishers, with ten points per win. It commenced on April 26, 2003 at Hockenheimring and ended on October 26 at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours.

Teams and drivers

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2003 Entry List[1]
Team # Driver Rookie Chassis[N 1] Engine Rounds
Germany Team Rosberg 3 Finland Nico Rosberg[N 2] R F303/005 Opel All
4 Austria Andreas Zuber F303/006 All
France ASM F3 5 France Alexandre Prémat R F303/015 Mercedes All
6 France Olivier Pla F303/014 All
34 Canada Bruno Spengler R F303/016 4–10
39 United Kingdom Jamie Green 3
Italy Prema Powerteam 7 Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka F303/007 Opel All
8 Australia Ryan Briscoe F303/008 All
33 Brazil Lucas di Grassi R F303/022 2–3
Poland Robert Kubica R 4–10
France Signature Plus 9 France Nicolas Lapierre F302/043 Sodemo All
10 Brazil Fabio Carbone F302/018 All
42 Portugal César Campaniço F302/067 10
Switzerland Opel Team KMS 11 Germany Timo Glock F303/009 Opel All
12 Germany Maro Engel R F302/009 1–5
Germany Hendrik Vieth R 6
United Kingdom Adam Carroll 7–10
France Saulnier Racing 14 Switzerland Harold Primat F302/021 Sodemo All
15 France Simon Abadie F302/060 1–5
Portugal Nicolas Armindo[N 3] R 9–10
Italy Team Ghinzani 16 Netherlands Robert Doornbos F302/052 Mugen All
17 Portugal Álvaro Parente F302/003 All
38 Austria Philipp Baron R F302/042 3–10
France LD Autosport 18 Italy Stefano Proetto F302/065 Mugen 1–6
France Patrice Manopoulos R 7–10
19 France Simon Abadie F302/063 6–10
Switzerland Swiss Racing Team 20 Switzerland Gilles Tinguely F302/061 Opel 1–5
21 Portugal César Campaniço F302/011 1–7
35 Australia James Manderson F302/062 1–4
Italy Stefano Proetto 9–10
41 Germany Marcel Lasée 5–7, 9
Germany Mücke Motorsport 22 Germany Markus Winkelhock F302/012 Mercedes All
23 Austria Christian Klien R F302/032 All
Germany Kolles 24 Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. F303/012 Mercedes All
25 Belgium Jan Heylen R F302/076 1–7
United Kingdom Jamie Green 8–10
Germany MB Racing Performance 28 Greece Alexandros Margaritis R F303/021 Opel All
36 Germany Daniel la Rosa R F302/083 All
Luxembourg Superfund TME 29 Japan Sakon Yamamoto F303/001 Toyota All
30 Austria Bernhard Auinger F302/088 All
Austria HBR Motorsport 31 Austria Richard Lietz F302/030 Opel All
32 Italy Claudio Torre R F302/033 5–9
Italy Drumel Motorsport 37 South Korea Dong-Wook Lee R F303/004 Mugen 1–2
38 Austria Philipp Baron R F303/003 1–2
Icon Legend
R Rookie

Driver changes

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Entering Formula 3 Euro Series

Midseason changes

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Calendar

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Round Circuit Country Date
1 R1 Hockenheimring  Germany 26 April
R2 27 April
2 R1 Adria International Raceway  Italy 10 May
R2 11 May
3 R1 Pau Circuit  France 8 June
R2 9 June
4 R1 Norisring, Nuremberg  Germany 21 June
R2 22 June
5 R1 Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans  France 12 July
R2 13 July
6 R1 Nürburgring  Germany 16 August
R2 17 August
7 R1 A1-Ring, Spielberg  Austria 6 September
R2 7 September
8 R1 Circuit Park Zandvoort  Netherlands 20 September
R2 21 September
9 R1 Hockenheimring  Germany 4 October
R2 5 October
10 R1 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours  France 25 October
R2 26 October

Results

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Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Winning Rookie
1 R1 Germany Hockenheimring France Olivier Pla Germany Markus Winkelhock Australia Ryan Briscoe Italy Prema Powerteam Austria Christian Klien
R2 France Olivier Pla Germany Timo Glock Australia Ryan Briscoe Italy Prema Powerteam Finland Nico Rosberg
2 R1 Italy Adria International Raceway Austria Christian Klien Australia Ryan Briscoe Germany Timo Glock Switzerland Opel Team KMS Austria Christian Klien
R2 Finland Nico Rosberg Australia Ryan Briscoe Australia Ryan Briscoe Italy Prema Powerteam Finland Nico Rosberg
3 R1 France Pau Circuit France Nicolas Lapierre Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka Australia Ryan Briscoe Italy Prema Powerteam Greece Alexandros Margaritis
R2 Australia Ryan Briscoe France Alexandre Prémat Brazil Fabio Carbone France Signature Plus Brazil Lucas di Grassi
4 R1 Germany Norisring, Nuremberg France Alexandre Prémat France Alexandre Prémat Poland Robert Kubica Italy Prema Powerteam Poland Robert Kubica
R2 France Alexandre Prémat Poland Robert Kubica France Alexandre Prémat France ASM F3 France Alexandre Prémat
5 R1 France Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans Austria Christian Klien Finland Nico Rosberg Finland Nico Rosberg Germany Team Rosberg Finland Nico Rosberg
R2 France Olivier Pla Poland Robert Kubica Austria Christian Klien Germany Mücke Motorsport Austria Christian Klien
6 R1 Germany Nürburgring Austria Christian Klien Germany Markus Winkelhock Germany Markus Winkelhock Germany Mücke Motorsport France Alexandre Prémat
R2 Austria Christian Klien Austria Christian Klien Austria Christian Klien Germany Mücke Motorsport Austria Christian Klien
7 R1 Austria A1-Ring, Spielberg Australia Ryan Briscoe Poland Robert Kubica Australia Ryan Briscoe Italy Prema Powerteam France Alexandre Prémat
R2 Australia Ryan Briscoe Finland Nico Rosberg Australia Ryan Briscoe Italy Prema Powerteam France Alexandre Prémat
8 R1 Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort Austria Christian Klien Austria Christian Klien Austria Christian Klien Germany Mücke Motorsport Austria Christian Klien
R2 Austria Christian Klien Australia Ryan Briscoe Australia Ryan Briscoe Italy Prema Powerteam Austria Christian Klien
9 R1 Germany Hockenheimring Germany Markus Winkelhock Australia Ryan Briscoe Germany Timo Glock Switzerland Opel Team KMS Greece Alexandros Margaritis
R2 Australia Ryan Briscoe Australia Ryan Briscoe Australia Ryan Briscoe Italy Prema Powerteam Austria Christian Klien
10 R1 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours Greece Alexandros Margaritis Germany Markus Winkelhock Germany Markus Winkelhock Germany Mücke Motorsport Poland Robert Kubica
R2 Greece Alexandros Margaritis Austria Christian Klien Germany Timo Glock Switzerland Opel Team KMS Austria Christian Klien

Season standings

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Drivers Standings

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  • Points are awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PP
Race 1 & 2 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1
Pos Driver HOC1
Germany
ADR
Italy
PAU
France
NOR
Germany
LMS
France
NÜR
Germany
A1R
Austria
ZAN
Netherlands
HOC2
Germany
MAG
France
Points
1 Australia Ryan Briscoe 1 1 5 1 1 2 4 Ret 3 Ret Ret 7 1 1 17 1 17 1 14 14 110
2 Austria Christian Klien 4 5 3 21 Ret 7 Ret 10 2 1 Ret 1 5 5 1 2 23† 3 Ret 3 89
3 France Olivier Pla DSQ 2 8 3 2 16† 3 Ret 4 24 2 9 27† 4 3 3 10 6 2 7 74
4 Germany Markus Winkelhock 3 4 Ret 17 21† Ret Ret 5 8 18 1 2 4 6 4 4 Ret 2 1 9 71
5 Germany Timo Glock 6 7 1 13 3 Ret 2 3 18 25 14 12 12 9 15 14 1 22 13 1 55
6 Brazil Fabio Carbone 11 11 2 10 4 1 5 12 6 2 6 23† 15 12 21 6 4 Ret 3 Ret 55
7 France Alexandre Prémat DSQ 24† 7 5 22† Ret Ret 1 5 23† 5 11 2 2 Ret 5 9 Ret Ret 5 50
8 Finland Nico Rosberg Ret 3 Ret 2 15 17† 8 Ret 1 11 Ret 3 8 3 18 8 7 14 6 Ret 44
9 Netherlands Robert Doornbos 2 8 10 6 8 DSQ 12 4 NC 8 3 Ret 10 8 5 7 13 Ret 9 2 40
10 Canada Bruno Spengler 19† Ret 11 3 16 4 3 7 2 Ret 6 5 Ret 21 34
11 France Nicolas Lapierre 5 Ret 6 11 DSQ 15 6 6 13 5 11 Ret 16 10 9 9 3 7 5 6 33
12 Poland Robert Kubica 1 2 27† 7 9 6 11 Ret 7 24† 24† 10 4 8 31
13 Greece Alexandros Margaritis 8 25† 9 27† 7 DNS 16 Ret 23 9 10 14 DSQ 17 14 13 2 4 26 4 23
14 France Simon Abadie 7 Ret 20 19 5 5 17† Ret 26 6 15 10 23 14 6 Ret 8 8 8 22† 19
15 Austria Bernhard Auinger 25 Ret 13 4 Ret 10 20† Ret 12 4 4 Ret 13 11 Ret Ret Ret 13 18 Ret 15
16 Portugal César Campaniço 14 6 4 Ret Ret 8 7 7 14 Ret 13 15 19 Ret 21 18 13
17 United Kingdom Adam Carroll 6 Ret 11 15 5 Ret Ret 17 7
18 Austria Richard Lietz 24† 15 15 8 12 9 Ret 19 17 21 Ret 5 18 Ret 19 17 Ret 12 7 Ret 7
19 Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. 10 12 Ret 7 17 6 Ret 9 10 14 12 13 7 13 16 18 12 9 11 Ret 7
20 United Kingdom Jamie Green Ret 3 Ret 19 15 Ret 10 10 6
21 Brazil Lucas di Grassi 14 18 9 4 5
22 Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka 13 Ret 12 12 6 13 14 Ret 22 17 8 18 26 16 10 10 22† 23 20 13 4
23 Germany Marcel Lasée 19 12 7 8 17 Ret 11 Ret 3
24 Austria Andreas Zuber 17 9 18 23 20 DNS Ret 13 7 13 22 Ret 9 Ret 13 12 Ret 21† 25 Ret 2
25 Portugal Álvaro Parente 9 13 11 14 11 Ret Ret Ret 16 10 DSQ EX 29† DSQ 8 11 18 15 12 12 1
26 Germany Daniel la Rosa 18 19 17 14 Ret 12 18 8 21 16 Ret 16 14 18 12 20 Ret 11 16 15 1
27 Japan Sakon Yamamoto 15 10 22 9 23† 18 Ret 11 9 26† 19 19 22 15 Ret 16 Ret 18 17 11 0
28 Belgium Jan Heylen 20 18 19 15 10 DNS 11 17 15 15 Ret Ret 20 21 0
29 Australia James Manderson 21 21 21 Ret 16 14 10 15 0
30 Italy Stefano Proetto 16 14 24 16 13 11 Ret Ret 24 Ret 18 17 16 Ret 15 Ret 0
31 Germany Maro Engel 12 16 23 24 Ret 14 20 20 0
32 Austria Philipp Baron Ret 20 26 Ret 19 DNS 13 16 Ret Ret DNS 21† 21 Ret 20 21 14 17 19 16 0
33 Switzerland Gilles Tinguely 19 17 16 20 14 DNS 0
34 Switzerland Harold Primat 22 22 Ret 25 18 Ret 15 18 28† 19 21 24† 24 22 22 22 21 Ret 24 Ret 0
35 Italy Claudio Torre 25 22 20 20 25 19 20† 16 0
36 Germany Hendrik Vieth 17 22† 0
37 France Patrice Manopoulos 28† 20 DNS 23 19 19 23 20 0
38 Portugal Nicolas Armindo Ret 20 22 19 0
39 South Korea Dong-Wook Lee 23 23 25 26 0
Pos Driver HOC1
Germany
ADR
Italy
PAU
France
NOR
Germany
LMS
France
NÜR
Germany
A1R
Austria
ZAN
Netherlands
HOC2
Germany
MAG
France
Points
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

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Rookie Cup

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Rookie drivers are only eligible for the Rookie Cup title if they have not previously competed in a national or international Formula 3 championship.

Pos Driver HOC1
Germany
ADR
Italy
PAU
France
NOR
Germany
LMS
France
NÜR
Germany
A1R
Austria
ZAN
Netherlands
HOC2
Germany
MAG
France
Points
1 Austria Christian Klien 4 5 3 21 Ret 7 Ret 10 2 1 Ret 1 5 5 1 2 23 3 Ret 3 134
2 Finland Nico Rosberg Ret 3 Ret 2 15 17 8 Ret 1 11 Ret 3 8 3 18 8 7 14 6 Ret 102
3 France Alexandre Prémat DSQ 24 7 5 22 Ret Ret 1 5 23 5 11 2 2 Ret 5 9 Ret Ret 5 96
4 Greece Alexandros Margaritis 8 25 9 27 7 DNS 16 Ret 23 9 10 14 DSQ 17 14 13 2 4 26 4 88
5 Poland Robert Kubica 1 2 27 7 9 6 11 Ret 7 24 24 10 4 8 69
6 Germany Daniel la Rosa 18 19 17 14 Ret 12 18 8 21 16 Ret 16 14 18 12 20 Ret 11 16 15 66
7 Canada Bruno Spengler 19 Ret 11 3 16 4 3 7 2 Ret 6 5 Ret 21 61
8 Belgium Jan Heylen 20 18 19 15 10 DNS 11 17 15 15 Ret Ret 20 21 41
9 Austria Philipp Baron Ret 20 26 Ret 19 DNS 13 16 Ret Ret DNS 21 21 Ret 20 21 14 17 19 16 35
10 Brazil Lucas di Grassi 14 18 9 4 28
11 Germany Maro Engel 12 16 23 24 Ret 14 20 20 24
12 France Patrice Manopoulos 28 20 DNS 23 19 19 23 20 10
13 Italy Claudio Torre 25 22 20 20 25 19 20 16 10
14 Portugal Nicolas Armindo Ret 20 22 19 6
15 Germany Hendrik Vieth 17 22 4
Pos Driver HOC1
Germany
ADR
Italy
PAU
France
NOR
Germany
LMS
France
NÜR
Germany
A1R
Austria
ZAN
Netherlands
HOC2
Germany
MAG
France
Points

Nations Cup

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Nation Points
1  France 166
2  Germany 128
3  Austria 107
4  Australia 105
5  Brazil 60
6  Netherlands 47
7  Finland 45
8  Canada 34
9  Poland 31
10  Greece 21
11  Portugal 14
12  Great Britain 13
13  Japan 4

Notes

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  1. ^ All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.
  2. ^ Rosberg is a German driver who raced under Finnish license.
  3. ^ Armindo is a French driver who raced this year under Portuguese racing license.

References

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  1. ^ Wolfgang (2009-09-16). "2003 Entry List" (PDF). formel3guide.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
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