The 2003 V8Star Series season was the third and final V8Star Series season. It featured ten races at four European racing circuits, in Germany and the Netherlands. Portuguese ex-Formula One driver Pedro Lamy was crowned champion of the series, taking five wins in all and beating Germans Thomas Mutsch and Michael Bartels to the title.
Teams and drivers 2003 Entry List https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/touringcars/german-v8-star/2003-entrylist.htmlTeamNo.DriversRounds Irmscher Motorsport 2 Yves Olivier 1–2 Roland Asch 3–4, 6–7 MB Performance 5 Marco du Pau 5 Michael Vergers 9 33 Michael Bartels All V8STAR 8 Altfried Heger * 5, 9 Jan Lammers * 7 Jetstream Motorsport 9 Marcel Kesseler All 10 Simon Frederiks All MRS Workshop 11 Kurt Thiim 1, 4–5, 9 Jaap Kielman 7 Grohs Motorsport 14 Dennis Rostek 1–3, 6–8 MIS Mönninghoff 16 Thomas Mutsch All 17 Klaus Panchryz 1 Roland Rehfeld 5 Ryll Racing ASL 22 Siegfried Ryll All 23 Sascha Bert 2–7 Ronny Melkus 8 Kevin Clarke 9 Ryll Racing 24 Steffen Widmann 1–8 Marco du Pau 9 25 Ronny Melkus 1–7, 9 Cor Euser 8 GAG Racing Team 27 Patrick Michels 1–6 Donny Crevels 7–9 28 Harald Becker All Sagarage 36 Dirk Adorf 1, 3 Zakspeed Racing 88 Pedro Lamy All 99 Robert Lechner All
* Guest driver, no points awarded.
Race calendar and results 2003 Calendar and Results https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/touringcars/german-v8-star/2003-calendar.html Round Circuit Country Date Pole position Winning driver Winning team 1 R Nürburgring Germany April 20 Robert Lechner Robert Lechner Zakspeed Racing 2 R EuroSpeedway Lausitz Germany May 11 Pedro Lamy Pedro Lamy Zakspeed Racing 3 R Nürburgring Germany May 31 Pedro Lamy Pedro Lamy Zakspeed Racing 4 R Sachsenring Germany June 15 Pedro Lamy Pedro Lamy Zakspeed Racing 5 R EuroSpeedway Lausitz Germany July 6 Thomas Mutsch Pedro Lamy Zakspeed Racing 6 R Nürburgring Germany July 20 Michael Bartels Roland Asch Irmscher Motorsport 7 R Circuit Park Zandvoort Netherlands August 10 Donny Crevels Donny Crevels GAG Racing Team 8 R Circuit Park Zandvoort Netherlands September 7 Robert Lechner Robert Lechner Zakspeed Racing 9 R1 EuroSpeedway Lausitz Germany September 13 Donny Crevels Robert Lechner Zakspeed Racing R2 September 14 Robert Lechner Pedro Lamy Zakspeed Racing
Championship standings
2003 Driver Standings https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/touringcars/german-v8-star/2003-points.html Pos Driver Points 1 Pedro Lamy 271 2 Thomas Mutsch 249 3 Michael Bartels 249 4 Robert Lechner 235 5 Marcel Kesseler 179 6 Harald Becker 172 7 Simon Frederiks 172 8 Steffen Widmann 170 9 Ronny Melkus 165 10 Siegfried Ryll 161 11 Roland Asch 117 12 Patrick Michels 107 13 Dennis Rostek 105 14 Kurt Thiim 98 15 Donny Crevels 84 16 Sascha Bert 80 17 Dirk Adorf 53 18 Michael Vergers 47 19 Yves Olivier 40 20 Cor Euser 26 21 Marco du Pau 24 22 Klaus Panchryz 23 23 Kevin Clarke 0 24 Jaap Kielman 0 25 Roland Rehfeld 0 guest drivers ineligible for points Altfried Heger 0 Jan Lammers 0 Pos Driver Points
2003 Team Standings Pos Team Points 1 Zakspeed Racing 506 2 GAG Racing Team 363 3 Ryll Racing 361 4 Jetstream Motorsport 351 5 MB Performance 296 6 MIS Mönninghoff 272 7 Ryll Racing ASL 265 8 Irmscher Motorsport 157 9 Grohs Motorsport 105 10 MRS Workshop 98 11 Sagarage 53 guest teams ineligible for points V8STAR 0 Pos Team Points
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th Points 32 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
References
External links driverdb.com V8Star Series 2003 speedsport-magazine.com V8Star Series 2003 motorsport-archive.com V8Star Series V8Star Series official website