2003 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship

The 2003 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship was the 15th British Formula Renault Championship. The season began at Snetterton on 19 April and ended on 21 September at Oulton Park, after seventeen rounds held in England, with 5 events only staging one race and the rest staging two.

Main Series

Teams and drivers

Team Driver name Rounds Fortec Motorsport 1 Robert Scott All 26 Mike Conway All 38 Ronayne O'Mahoney 1–2, 5–11 43 James Murphy 1–8 Fulvio Mussi 9 Luca Filippi 10 46 James Rossiter All 83 Tom Tremayne 3 Team DFR 2 Barry Sime 1 Aaron Stroud 6, 10 Jonathan Adam 7, 9, 11 10 Stefan Söderberg All Manor Motorsport 3 Lewis Hamilton 1–10 4 Sérgio Jimenez 1–10 Allam Khodair 11 5 Matthew Wilson All 66 Fabian Coulthard 1–8 Ryan Lewis 9, 11 Andrew Ranger 10 Team JVA 6 Charlie Hollings All 7 Phil Glew 1–4 Paul di Resta 8–11 8 Vasilije Calasan 1–9 18 Juan Manuel Polar 1–4, 8–11 Jensen Motorsport 9 Paul Lau 1 Wayne Clarke 2–5 Jensen Lunn 6 Jamie Morrow 7, 10 Neil Doran 8–9 Shane Kelly 11 19 Fulvio Mussi 2–8, 10 Eurotek Motorsport 10 Tim Sisley 1–9 11 Paul di Resta 1–7 24 Marc McLoughlin 8 Vitaly Petrov 10 Paston Racing 12 Brandon Thomas 2–11 20 Ben Reeves 2–11 Motaworld Racing 14 Matteo Meneghello 2–10 15 Susie Stoddart All 16 Brandon Thomas All 17 Alex Lloyd All Mark Burdett Motorsport 21 Jason Tahinci All 22 Alexander Storckenfeldt All Hill Speed Racing 23 Cheng Congfu 6–11 Scorpio Motorsport 25 David Epton All 88 James Gornall 5 Falcon Motorsport 27 Nik Goodfellow 1–2 John Byrne 4, 6–11 Welch Motorsport 34 Daniel Welch 2–5, 7–11 Status Motorsport 55 Philip Kershaw 1–10

Race calendar and results

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk 19 April Lewis Hamilton Mike Conway Mike Conway Fortec Motorsport R2 20 April Mike Conway Alex Lloyd Motaworld Racing 2 R3 Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent 5 May Tom Sisley Mike Conway Tom Sisley Eurotek Motorsport 3 R4 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 26 May James Rossiter Lewis Hamilton James Rossiter Fortec Motorsport 4 R5 Silverstone Circuit (International), Northamptonshire 8 June Tom Sisley Tom Sisley Lewis Hamilton Manor Motorsport 5 R6 Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire 22 June Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Manor Motorsport 6 R7 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 12 July Lewis Hamilton Brandon Thomas Lewis Hamilton Manor Motorsport R8 13 July Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Manor Motorsport 7 R9 Donington Park (GP), Leicestershire 26 July Lewis Hamilton Brandon Thomas Tom Sisley Eurotek Motorsport R10 27 July Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Manor Motorsport 8 R11 Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk 9 August Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Manor Motorsport 9 R12 Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent 24 August Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Manor Motorsport R13 25 August Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Manor Motorsport 10 R14 Donington Park (National), Leicestershire 9 September Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Manor Motorsport R15 10 September Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Manor Motorsport 11 R16 Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire 20 September Paul di Resta Mike Conway Paul di Resta Team JVA R17 21 September Paul di Resta Alex Lloyd Motaworld Racing

Drivers' Championship

Points were awarded on a 32-28-25-22-20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis, with 1 point for fastest lap. A driver's 15 best results counted towards the championship. Pos Driver SNE BRH THR SIL ROC CRO DON SNE BRH DON OUL Pts1234567891011121314151617 1 Lewis Hamilton 2 3 Ret 2 1 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 419 2 Alex Lloyd 4 1 2 5 4 3 3 4 2 4 Ret 2 3 7 5 5 1 3 James Rossiter 3 4 5 1 3 2 Ret 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 24 DNS 8 347 4 Mike Conway 1 2 3 4 11 8 7 7 11 5 23 5 5 6 23 2 3 312 5 Tom Sisley 5 7 1 7 2 4 6 5 1 2 4 17 2 288 6 Stefan Söderberg 6 6 8 3 12 6 12 10 5 12 5 10 8 5 3 11 4 7 Paul di Resta 8 22 6 13 13 Ret 10 9 6 9 6 8 6 19 6 1 2 233 8 Mike Spencer 9 10 Ret 6 7 5 2 3 7 11 12 7 Ret 3 Ret Ret 10 221 9 Susie Stoddart 10 9 12 11 Ret 7 13 11 9 10 3 4 7 Ret 4 10 5 215 10 Alexander Storckenfeldt 18 15 7 Ret 6 11 8 12 15 14 14 9 17 4 2 3 Ret 187 11 Sérgio Jimenez 13 12 Ret 12 8 Ret 4 6 4 8 7 6 Ret DNS DNS 150 12 Robert Scott 11 13 10 8 5 17 9 Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret 9 7 Ret 6 133 13 Charlie Hollings 16 Ret 11 14 14 9 18 15 10 15 Ret 14 15 16 13 4 12 124 14 Matteo Meneghello 14 9 Ret 24 11 14 8 7 9 11 9 10 11 121 15 Fabian Coulthard 7 8 9 Ret 9 10 14 13 Ret 6 25 98 16 James Murphy Ret 5 Ret 15 10 12 5 8 Ret 16 10 96 17 David Epton 14 17 13 18 Ret 16 Ret 21 13 Ret 20 18 10 11 12 Ret 7 85 18 Matthew Wilson 19 16 Ret 16 17 13 16 17 12 21 13 12 11 Ret 22 Ret 13 77 19 John Byrne 23 24 22 17 24 18 13 16 8 9 7 Ret 62 20 Phil Glew 12 11 4 10 Ret 52 21 Jason Tahinci 20 14 Ret Ret 22 19 15 16 18 18 16 Ret 22 Ret 17 15 14 49 22 Daniel Welch Ret 17 Ret Ret NC 17 11 15 23 Ret 16 6 Ret 47 23 Juan Manuel Polar 15 Ret Ret 23 19 Ret 24 12 Ret 14 16 11 39 24 Philip Kershaw Ret 19 Ret 20 Ret Ret 17 Ret 16 Ret 17 16 13 15 Ret 35 25 Brandon Thomas 18 22 21 23 19 18 14 19 Ret 22 21 Ret 18 8 Ret 34 26 Ben Reeves Ret Ret 16 15 23 19 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 19 9 Ret 31 27 Ronayne O'Mahony 22 23 DNS 20 20 23 20 23 15 20 20 13 Ret 14 Ret 26 28 Vitaly Petrov 12 8 23 29 Allam Khodair 13 9 20 30 Cheng Congfu Ret Ret 21 21 18 21 15 17 15 19 31 Andrew Ranger 14 10 18 32 Marc McLoughlin 8 14 33 Jonathan Adam 21 22 19 19 12 Ret 13 34 Wayne Clarke 16 24 15 22 11 35 Vasilije Calasan 21 21 17 21 20 18 22 20 Ret 20 22 DNS DNS 10 36 Fulvio Mussi DNS 19 18 21 21 Ret 19 Ret 24 DNS DNS 22 20 8 37 James Gornall 14 7 38 Ryan Lewis Ret 14 Ret Ret 7 39 Nik Goodfellow 23 20 15 7 40 Barry Sime 17 18 7 41 Aaron Stroud 25 Ret 18 Ret 3 42 Neil Doran 19 23 Ret 2 43 Shane Kelly 20 21 1 – Jamie Morrow Ret Ret DNS DNS 0 – Paul Lau Ret DNS 0 – Jensen Lunn Ret DNS 0 – Luca Filippi Ret DNS 0 – Tom Tremayne DNS 0 Pos Driver SNE BRH THR SIL ROC CRO DON SNE BRH DON OUL PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Winter Series

Teams and drivers

Team Driver name Rounds Manor Motorsport 1 Rodolfo González All 2 Jonathan Kennard All 3 John Byrne All 5 Pippa Mann All Fortec Motorsport 4 Mike Conway All 16 Danny Bleek 1 James Gornall 2 19 Yelmer Buurman All 27 Stuart Hall All Team Nasamax 6 Dean Stirling All Falcon Motorsport 7 Paul Rees All 29 Alex Buncombe All Comtec Racing 8 Westley Barber All Team JLR 9 James Jakes All 10 Tom Kimber-Smith All Team JVA 11 Matt Harris All 12 Brandon Thomas All 14 Sean Edwards All Team Firstair 15 James Murphy All 24 Sean McIntosh All Team DFR 17 Patrick Hogan All 20 Stefan Söderberg All Eurotek Motorsport 18 Jay Howard All 43 Vitaly Petrov 1 Ruben Carrapatoso 2 44 Luca Filippi 1 Marc McLoughlin 2 Motaworld Racing 21 Joey Foster All 25 Susie Stoddart All 26 Tim Bridgman All 28 Oliver Jarvis All Mark Burdett Motorsport 22 Oliver Turvey All 30 Juan Manuel Polar All 2Win 23 Stephanie Boden 1 Welch Motorsport 33 Matt Nicoll-Jones All Hillspeed Racing 39 Josh Weber All tatus Motorsport 55 Mauricio Godanez All Virtulli Racing 88 Michael Virtulli All

Race calendar and results

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 H1 Donington Park (GP), Leicestershire 25 October Mike Conway Mike Conway Mike Conway Fortec Motorsport H2 Joey Foster John Byrne Jay Howard Eurotek Motorsport LC 26 October James Jakes Joey Foster Joey Foster Motaworld Racing F Mike Conway Vitaly Petrov Vitaly Petrov Eurotek Motorsport 2 H1 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 1 November Joey Foster Ruben Carrapatoso Westley Barber Comtec Racing H2 Yelmer Buurman Yelmer Buurman Yelmer Buurman Fortec Motorsport LC James Jakes John Byrne John Byrne Manor Motorsport F Westley Barber Westley Barber Westley Barber Comtec Racing

Drivers' Championship Pos Driver DON CRO Pts 1 Jay Howard 1 2 5 5 57 2 Westley Barber 6 11 1 1 52 3 Yelmer Buurman 5 8 1 3 49 4 Vitaly Petrov 2 1 44 5 Alex Buncombe 3 5 2 6 44 6 Joey Foster Ret 1 14 3 2 34 7 Stefan Söderberg 2 3 13 2 Ret 32 8 Mike Conway 1 DNS 2 Ret 29 9 James Murphy 4 4 6 12 29 10 Tim Bridgman 3 6 4 Ret 29 11 Sean McIntosh 4 7 7 7 28 12 Brandon Thomas 8 13 4 4 27 13 John Byrne 6 10 11 1 8 15 14 Oliver Jarvis 5 9 6 Ret 15 15 Tom Kimber-Smith 7 12 3 13 14 16 Marc McLoughlin 8 9 7 17 Susie Stoddart Ret 2 16 5 Ret 6 18 Oliver Turvey 9 18 7 17 6 19 Rodolfo González 9 17 9 10 6 20 Dean Stirling 7 Ret 16 13 DNS 4 21 Ruben Carrapatoso 9 Ret 4 22 Pippa Mann 8 27 15 14 DNS 3 23 Sean Edwards Ret 4 23 8 18 3 24 Patrick Hogan 10 Ret 13 3 Ret 1 25 Michael Virtulli 10 26 16 12 DNS 1 26 Josh Weber Ret 5 19 10 Ret 1 27 Matt Nicoll-Jones Ret Ret DNS 10 Ret 1 James Jakes 11 3 24 11 4 14 0 Stuart Hall Ret 6 15 Ret 6 11 0 Matt Harris 12 9 25 12 7 16 0 Jonathan Kennard Ret 11 21 12 9 DNS 0 Juan Manuel Polar Ret Ret DNS 14 5 Ret 0 Paul Rees Ret 12 DNS 14 10 DNS 0 James Gornall 15 8 15 0 Mauricio Godanez Ret 10 20 17 11 DNS 0 Stephanie Boden Ret 8 22 0 Luca Filippi Ret 7 Ret 0 Danny Bleek Ret 13 DNS 0 Pos Driver Pts DON CROBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

External links The official website of the Formula Renault UK Championship