2003 British Formula Ford Championship

The 2003 British Formula Ford Championship is the 28th edition of the British Formula Ford Championship. It commenced on 21 April at Mondello Park and end on 21 September at Oulton Park after 10 rounds and 21 races, all in support of the British Touring Car Championship and Champ Car when they visited Brands Hatch in May. This was the last year until 2013 that the series supported the British Touring Car Championship as they switched to supporting the British GT and British Formula Three Championship from 2004 to 2012.

Drivers and teams

Team No Driver Class Chassis Rounds ComTec Racing 1 Tom Gaymor Van Diemen RF03 All 6 Oliver Jarvis ? All 7 Dan Clarke Van Diemen RF03 All 9 Charlie Donnelly S ? All Panasonic Batteries Team JLR 2 Tom Kimber-Smith ? All 3 Stuart Hall ? 1-7 4 James Walker S ? All 5 Marko Asmer ? All 39 Gavin Cronje ? 8 Ray Sport 10 Sukhjit Sandher ? All 11 Alx Danielsson ? All Continental Racing 12 Matt Allison ? 1-6 14 Mauricio Godínez Castañeda S ? 1-2 16 Joey Foster ? All 46 Adam Jackson S ? 9 Team MDR 15 Diego Fernandez S ? All 30 Jay Howard S ? 1-9 31 Nigel Redwood S ? All 33 Henri Sillanpää S ? 6 45 Antonio Pérez Mendoza S ? 1-5, 7-10 Medina Sport 17 Stephen Jelley S ? All 18 Hideto Yasuoka S ? All 19 Matt Howson ? All Nexa Racing 20 Valle Mäkelä ? All 21 Matthew Koskinen ? All 22 Yuya Sakamoto ? All Dwyer Engineering 23 Alan Dwyer S ? 1 Team PCMR 24 Jon Lanceley S ? 5, 8-10 25 Chris Rodgers S Mygale SJ01 2-7 26 Julian Yap S ? All 37 Chaz Small S ? 7 Jato Motorsport 27 James Harris S ? 1-5, 7-10 32 Tony Rodgers ? All AMG Motorsport 29 George McAlpin ? 1 Jamun Racing 33 Sebastian King S ? 2 84 Ben Clucas ? 1-8 Team Welcome Motorsport 46 Adam Jackson S ? 4-7 Icon Class Championship S Scholarship

Race calendar and results Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Scholarship Winner 1 R1 Mondello Park 21 April Ben Clucas James Walker Ben Clucas Jamun Racing Jay Howard R2 Alx Danielsson Ben Clucas Jamun Racing Charlie Donnelly 2 3A Brands Hatch 4 May Ben Clucas Ben Clucas Ben Clucas Jamun Racing Jay Howard 3B Alx Danielsson Dan Clarke Alx Danielsson Ray Sport James Walker R4 Ben Clucas Yuya Sakamoto Alx Danielsson Ray Sport Antonio Pérez Mendoza 3 R5 Thruxton Circuit 26 May Oliver Jarvis Marko Asmer Tom Kimber-Smith Panasonic Batteries Team JLR James Walker R6 Dan Clarke Tom Kimber-Smith Panasonic Batteries Team JLR James Walker 4 R7 Silverstone Circuit 8 June Tom Gaymor Tom Kimber-Smith Tom Gaymor ComTec Racing James Walker R8 Race postponed. Run at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit. 5 R9 Rockingham Motor Speedway 22 June Alx Danielsson Tom Gaymor Tom Kimber-Smith Panasonic Batteries Team JLR Stephen Jelley R10 Alx Danielsson Tom Kimber-Smith Panasonic Batteries Team JLR James Walker 6 R11 Croft Circuit 13 July Marko Asmer Valle Mäkelä Marko Asmer Panasonic Batteries Racing Team James Walker R12 Marko Asmer Marko Asmer Panasonic Batteries Racing Team James Walker 7 R8 Snetterton Circuit 8 August Tom Gaymor Valle Mäkelä Tom Kimber-Smith Panasonic Batteries Racing Team James Walker R13 9 August Valle Mäkelä Joey Foster Valle Mäkelä Nexa Racing Jay Howard R14 10 August Joey Foster Joey Foster Continental Racing Jay Howard 8 R15 Brands Hatch 25 August Yuya Sakamoto Joey Foster Yuya Sakamoto Nexa Racing Hideto Yasuoka R16 Ben Clucas Alx Danielsson Ray Sport Hideto Yasuoka 9 R17 Donington Park 6 September Tom Kimber-Smith Tom Gaymor Tom Gaymor ComTec Racing James Walker R18 7 September Valle Mäkelä Tom Gaymor ComTec Racing James Walker 10 R19 Oulton Park 21 September Joey Foster Valle Mäkelä Joey Foster Continental Racing James Walker R20 Matt Howson Joey Foster Continental Racing Julian Yap

Drivers' Championship

Pos. Driver MON BHI THR SIL ROC CRO SNE BHI DON OUL Pts Championship Class 1 9 2 5 Ret 1 1 2 C 1 1 9 8 1 3 4 6 3 21 7 8 8 421 2 Joey Foster 14 11 2 13 5 Ret 9 C 7 4 3 4 5 2 1 3 5 9 Ret 1 1 394 3 Valle Mäkelä 5 7 6 3 8 7 7 C Ret 8 2 2 4 1 DSQ 4 2 18 Ret 3 3 392 4 Alx Danielsson 6 12 1 1 15 16 Ret C 2 Ret 4 3 8 6 8 2 1 2 3 4 Ret 365 5 Tom Gaymor 13 4 3 Ret 4 5 1 C Ret Ret 12 10 2 7 5 Ret 16 1 1 2 Ret 316 6 Yuya Sakamoto Ret 19 4 2 10 6 4 C 10 10 17 17 3 18 17 1 4 3 4 15 7 316 7 Ben Clucas 1 1 1 7 Ret Ret Ret C 8 9 6 7 14 4 2 8 6 281 8 Oliver Jarvis 4 10 4 Ret Ret 12 Ret C 3 Ret 7 6 Ret 5 6 7 7 6 Ret 7 4 274 9 Matt Howson 8 18 6 NC 3 3 5 C Ret 15 Ret DNS 6 Ret 10 5 Ret 4 2 10 2 265 10 Tony Rodgers 10 3 9 4 11 9 Ret C 6 3 Ret Ret 12 12 19 13 Ret 16 8 6 5 254 11 Marko Asmer 7 5 5 Ret 6 13 10 C 4 Ret 1 1 9 Ret 7 15 Ret Ret 9 Ret 9 252 12 Dan Clarke DNS 14 3 Ret 7 4 Ret C Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret 12 10 8 6 16 11 161 13 Matthew Koskinen 12 22 8 8 16 19 20 C Ret Ret 10 11 15 Ret Ret 19 19 14 13 14 Ret 140 14 Sukhjit Sandher Ret 15 7 Ret 20 Ret 21 C DNS Ret 13 15 16 19 Ret Ret 17 12 15 9 6 128 15 Stuart Hall DNS 13 Ret DNS 13 10 6 C 9 Ret 8 9 19 Ret 18 106 16 Matt Allison 18 17 10 Ret 2 2 Ret C Ret Ret 11 22 90 17 Gavin Cronje 10 14 24 - George McAlpin DNS DNS 0 Scholarship Class 1 James Walker 3 Ret 2 Ret 9 8 3 C 12 2 5 5 7 10 Ret Ret 15 5 5 5 14 466 2 Stephen Jelley 20 9 8 10 14 11 8 C 5 5 15 20 20 14 12 16 12 22 Ret 20 13 417 3 Hideto Yasuoka 19 23 Ret Ret 21 14 12 C 11 6 Ret 16 Ret 13 9 9 8 11 18 11 Ret 345 4 Jay Howard 2 Ret 7 12 12 Ret 11 C 14 Ret Ret 13 10 8 3 Ret 13 7 20 331 5 Julian Yap 17 21 11 11 18 22 16 C Ret 14 16 19 Ret 17 15 20 Ret 15 12 12 10 321 6 Charlie Donnelly 11 6 NC 17 23 21 17 C 13 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 14 11 10 11 13 16 303 7 Nigel Redwood 15 Ret 11 16 17 18 15 C 15 Ret 18 18 21 16 16 18 Ret 17 16 19 15 300 8 Antonio Pérez Mendoza DNS 16 10 5 19 15 Ret C Ret Ret 13 9 Ret 11 9 13 10 Ret 12 296 9 Diego Fernandez 16 24 13 15 22 20 18 C 18 13 21 21 18 15 13 NC 21 20 19 17 Ret 272 10 Chris Rodgers 9 6 Ret 17 13 C Ret 7 14 14 11 11 Ret 215 drivers ineligible for points James Harris Ret 8 12 9 Ret Ret 19 C Ret Ret 17 DNS 11 17 18 Ret Ret 18 17 0 Jon Lanceley 17 12 21 20 19 17 DNS DNS 0 Mauricio Godínez Castañeda Ret 20 12 14 0 Sebastian King 13 Ret 0 Adam Jackson 14 C 16 Ret 19 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 0 Henri Sillanpää 20 Ret 0 Chaz Small Ret 20 0 Alan Dwyer DNS DNS 0 Pos. Driver MON BHI THR SIL ROC CRO SNE BHI DON OUL Pts

References

External links The home of the British Formula Ford Championship