The 2003 Formula BMW Asia season was held in 2003. It was won by the Meritus team, with Ho-Pin Tung. Tung claimed twelve pole positions and ten wins in 14 races during the course of the season, which spanned five countries.
Tung's reward was a test drive with the then BMW powered Williams F1 Team at the 4.428 kilometer (2.7 mile) Circuito de Jerez.China's Ho-Pin Tung to test F1 car at Williams China Daily. 28 October 2003.
Teams and drivers All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines. Team No Driver Class Rounds Goddard-QHR 2 Dado Pena All 3 Tyson Sy All Team India Racing 6 Ajith Kumar All 83 Rajvirdhan Vijayakumar All Team Meritus 7 Ferhan Fauzy 3 8 Chin Tzer Jinn All 28 James Veerapan 1 38 Marchy Lee 7 58 Ho-Pin Tung All 78 Jim Ka To 4 88 Hanss Lin Po Heng All Team E-Rain 9 Lee Dooyoung All 3 Crowns Racing 11 Nattapong Horthongkum All 16 Gary Sham All Team Yellow Hat 14 Keiko Ihara All Team T.E.C Pilipinas 18 Don Pastor All Autosport Racing 27 Tohru Jitsukawa All Team Forty-One 41 Ryo Nakano All Autobacs with Racing On 55 Akiko Kobayashi All BMW Korea E-Rain 61 You Kyongouk All Icon Class Rookie Cup Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Races Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning rookie 1 R1 Sepang International Circuit 22 March Ho-Pin Tung Ho-Pin Tung Ho-Pin Tung Team Meritus You Kyongouk R2 23 March Ho-Pin Tung Ho-Pin Tung Ho-Pin Tung Team Meritus James Veerapan 2 R1 Sepang International Circuit 7 June Ho-Pin Tung Ho-Pin Tung Team Meritus R2 8 June Ho-Pin Tung Hanss Lin Po Heng Team Meritus 3 R1 Johor Circuit 28 June Ho-Pin Tung no data Hanss Lin Po Heng Team Meritus You Kyongouk R2 29 June Ho-Pin Tung no data Ho-Pin Tung Team Meritus You Kyongouk 4 R1 Bira Circuit 20 July Ho-Pin Tung no data Ho-Pin Tung Team Meritus Tyson Sy R2 Ho-Pin Tung no data Ho-Pin Tung Team Meritus Don Pastor 5 R1 Taebaek Racing Park 24 August Ho-Pin Tung no data Ho-Pin Tung Team Meritus Tyson Sy R2 Ho-Pin Tung no data Ho-Pin Tung Team Meritus You Kyongouk 6 R1 Autopolis 28 September Ho-Pin Tung no data Ho-Pin Tung Team Meritus You Kyongouk R2 Ho-Pin Tung Ho-Pin Tung Team Meritus 7 R1 Goldenport Park Circuit 26 October Marchy Lee no data Marchy Lee Team Meritus Ryo Nakano R2 Hanss Lin Po Heng no data Hanss Lin Po Heng Team Meritus Don Pastor
Standings Points were awarded as follows: Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Drivers' Championship Pos Driver SEP1 SEP2 JOH BIR TAE AUT BEI Pts FinalPts 1 Ho-Pin Tung 1 1 1 Ret 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 Ret 205 225 2 Hanss Lin Po Heng 3 Ret 2 1 1 2 3 5 2 3 2 4 2 1 154 189 3 Keiko Ihara 6 2???? 3 3 16 8 3 5 3 5 5 5 112 139 4 Nattapong Horthongkum 2 3???? 6 5 15 3 11 11 6?? 3 6 77 101 5 You Kyongouk 4 Ret???? 4 6 10?? 5 2 4?? 7 7 68 89 6 Tyson Sy 11 7???? 7 Ret 4?? 4 4 7?? Ret 4 52 74 7 Tohru Jitsukawa 7 5???? 5 4 6 7 Ret 8 8?? Ret 10 47 66 8 Don Pastor 5 6???? 13 Ret 5 4 10 7 Ret?? Ret 3 49 60 9 Marchy Lee 1 2 35 35 10 Rajvirdhan Vijayakumar Ret 8???? 8 7 7 14 8 9 5?? 9 Ret 29 34 11 Jim Ka To 2 2 30 30 12 Ajith Kumar Ret 10???? 9 8 8 6 Ret 6 Ret?? Ret 8 24 29 13 Akiko Kobayashi 9 Ret???? 11 13 9?? 6 Ret Ret?? 8 Ret 13 19 14 Ryo Nakano Ret Ret???? 14 Ret 12?? 7 10 9?? 6 Ret 13 16 15 James Veerapan Ret 4 10 10 16 Dado Pena 8 11???? 15 9 DNS?? 9 14 Ret?? Ret DNS 7 7 17 Lee Dooyoung 12 9???? 16 14 13?? 12 12 11?? 10 9 5 5 18 Gary Sham 10 Ret???? 10 10 11?? 13 DNS 12?? Ret Ret 3 5 19 Chin Tzer Jinn Ret Ret???? 12 11 14?? 14 13 10?? 11 11 1 1 20 Ferhan Fauzy 17 12 0 0 Pos Driver SEP1 SEP2 JOH BIR TAE AUT BEI Pts FinalPts Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
Rookie Cup Pos Driver SEP1 SEP2 JOH BIR TAE AUT BEI Pts FinalPts 1 You Kyongouk 1 Ret???? 1 1 4?? 2 1 1?? 2 3 152 205 2 Tyson Sy 4 3???? 2 Ret 1?? 1 2 3?? Ret 2 119 169 3 Don Pastor 2 2???? 5 Ret 2 1 6 3 Ret?? Ret 1 111 151 4 Rajvirdhan Vijayakumar Ret 4???? 3 2 3?? 4 4 2?? 3 Ret 96 134 5 Ryo Nakano Ret Ret???? 6 Ret 5?? 3 5 4?? 1 Ret 64 105 6 Chin Tzer Jinn Ret Ret???? 4 4 6?? 7 6 5?? 4 4 64 88 7 Dado Pena 3 5???? 7 3 DNS?? 5 7 Ret?? Ret DNS 48 78 8 James Veerapan Ret 1 20 20
References
External links BMW Group's press releases for Formula BMW Asia BMW-Motorsport.com