2003 Formula BMW ADAC season

The 2003 Formula BMW ADAC season was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in 1.2 litre Formula BMW single seat race cars. The 2003 season was the sixth Formula BMW ADAC season organized by BMW Motorsport and ADAC. The season began at Hockenheimring on 26 April and finished at the same place on 5 October, after twenty races.[1]

Maximilian Götz was crowned series champion. Götz beat future Formula One World Champion Sebastian Vettel to the championship by 43 points, winning six races.[2]

Driver lineup

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Team No. Driver Class Rounds
  Team Rosberg 1   Christian Bakkerud All
2   Michael Devaney All
3   Átila Abreu R All
  Mücke Motorsport 6   Timo Lienemann All
7   Aki Rask 1–4
8   Maximilian Götz All
9   Dominik Jackson R All
  Eifelland Racing 10   Andreas Wirth All
11   Sebastian Vettel R All
  KUG/Dewalt Racing 14   René Rast R All
15   Salvatore Gangarossa R All
  springbock motorsport 16   Mario Josten R All
17   Erez Liven R 1–5
18   Vladimir Labazov All
44   Sebastian Riedel 9–10
  I.S.R. 19   Erik Janiš R 2–3, 7–10
20   Filip Salaquarda R All
21   Jan Charouz 1, 4–10
  Josef Kaufmann Racing 22   Christian Paar R All
23   Christopher Wassermann R All
  MIS Motorsporttechnik 24   Niclas Königbauer All
25   Christian Engelhart 1, 3–4, 6
38   Dominik Weigl 5–6
  ADAC Sachsen e. V. 26   Robert Kath All
  ADAC Nordbayern e. V. 27   Matthias Luger 7
  Team Lauderbach Motorsport 28   Davide Rigon R All
  FS Motorsport 29   Andreas Ciecior R All
  Junior Strous 6
  Natacha Gachnang 30   Natacha Gachnang R All
  Martin Hippe 31   Martin Hippe All
  ADAC Nordrhein e.V. 32   Hanno Hess All
  Philipp Wlazik Motorsport 33   Philipp Wlazik 4–8
  American Bull Racing 34   Michael Vorba R All
  HBR Motorsport 35   Adrian Sutil All
36   Robby Coleman 1–9
  Ostertag Racing 40   Heinrich Ostertag R 1–6
  Sebastian Feltes 42   Sebastian Feltes 7, 9
Icon Class
R Rookie Cup

2003 Schedule

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The series supported the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters at nine rounds, with additional round at the European Grand Prix on 28–29 June.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1   Hockenheimring 26 April   Robert Kath   Robert Kath   Robert Kath   ADAC Sachsen e. V.
R2 27 April   Maximilian Götz   Maximilian Götz   Maximilian Götz   Mücke Motorsport
2 R1   Adria International Raceway 10 May   Aki Rask   Sebastian Vettel   Sebastian Vettel   Eifelland Racing
R2 11 May   Sebastian Vettel   Michael Devaney   Sebastian Vettel   Eifelland Racing
3 R1   Nürburgring 24 May   Robby Coleman   Maximilian Götz   Maximilian Götz   Mücke Motorsport
R2 25 May   Maximilian Götz   Sebastian Vettel   Maximilian Götz   Mücke Motorsport
4 R1   EuroSpeedway Lausitz 7 June   Maximilian Götz   Sebastian Vettel   Maximilian Götz   Mücke Motorsport
R2 8 June   Robert Kath   Timo Lienemann   Robert Kath   ADAC Sachsen e. V.
5 R1   Norisring, Nuremberg 21 June   Michael Devaney   Robby Coleman   Michael Devaney   Team Rosberg
R2 22 June   Sebastian Vettel   Maximilian Götz   Sebastian Vettel   Eifelland Racing
6 R1   Nürburgring 28 June   Sebastian Vettel   Maximilian Götz   Dominik Jackson   Mücke Motorsport
R2 29 June   Sebastian Vettel   Maximilian Götz   Maximilian Götz   Mücke Motorsport
7 R1   Nürburgring 16 August   Sebastian Vettel   Sebastian Vettel   Sebastian Vettel   Eifelland Racing
R2 17 August   Adrian Sutil   Michael Devaney   Christopher Wassermann   Josef Kaufmann Racing
8 R1   A1-Ring, Spielberg 6 September   Adrian Sutil   Robert Kath   Michael Devaney   Team Rosberg
R2 7 September   Michael Vorba   Maximilian Götz   Michael Devaney   Team Rosberg
9 R1   Circuit Park Zandvoort 20 September   Maximilian Götz   Timo Lienemann   Maximilian Götz   Mücke Motorsport
R2 21 September   Michael Vorba   Michael Vorba   Michael Vorba   American Bull Racing
10 R1   Hockenheimring 4 October   Dominik Jackson   Adrian Sutil   Dominik Jackson   Mücke Motorsport
R2 5 October   Dominik Jackson   Jan Charouz   Sebastian Vettel   Eifelland Racing

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 9 10
20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Pos Driver HOC1
 
ADR
 
NÜR1
 
LAU
 
NOR
 
NÜR2
 
NÜR3
 
A1R
 
ZAN
 
HOC2
 
Pts
1   Maximilian Götz 2 1 6 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 9 1 9 6 2 2 1 4 5 8 259
2   Sebastian Vettel Ret 2 1 1 3 2 6 7 Ret 1 10 2 1 2 6 8 DNS 3 3 1 216
3   Robert Kath 1 3 8 3 8 6 2 1 7 9 15 3 7 10 12 14 3 2 24 4 151
4   Michael Devaney 6 9 7 21 2 Ret 4 10 1 Ret 3 Ret 6 14 1 1 6 5 4 Ret 140
5   Timo Lienemann 4 13 15 7 4 9 Ret 2 3 Ret 7 Ret 2 Ret 19 13 2 6 8 2 111
6   Adrian Sutil 7 6 4 6 6 7 22 Ret Ret Ret 6 8 3 3 Ret DSQ 10 10 2 Ret 86
7   Dominik Jackson 10 11 22 11 15 17 11 22 DSQ DNS 1 4 15 5 7 7 4 20 1 Ret 77
8   Michael Vorba 11 10 11 4 18 Ret 10 4 9 Ret 5 Ret 10 8 10 3 5 1 22 DNS 77
9   Átila Abreu 13 14 12 12 7 4 8 8 5 3 8 DSQ 11 11 3 6 8 8 6 7 77
10   Andreas Wirth 19 4 3 16 5 8 5 9 20 Ret Ret 12 16 13 5 4 21 7 11 Ret 68
11   Robby Coleman 25 15 10 8 11 3 Ret 16 4 Ret 2 Ret Ret 7 4 5 Ret 13 63
12   Christopher Wassermann 8 16 24 10 9 11 7 5 8 5 Ret Ret 4 1 8 Ret 11 11 17 17 62
13   Filip Salaquarda 14 Ret 18 Ret Ret 16 21 Ret 6 6 4 5 14 Ret 9 10 7 12 18 3 49
14   Aki Rask 3 7 Ret Ret 10 5 3 6 43
15   Christian Paar 9 8 3 17 12 20 Ret 11 10 Ret 16 6 5 Ret Ret 11 9 Ret 14 9 36
16   Niclas Königbauer 5 17 21 5 13 10 12 15 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 16 14 15 14 21 12 11 21
17   Davide Rigon 17 12 13 15 23 15 16 13 16 7 Ret 11 12 4 17 19 17 15 21 13 14
18   René Rast 12 18 5 9 14 13 14 14 Ret Ret Ret 14 13 9 13 12 12 18 9 Ret 14
19   Natacha Gachnang 21 20 19 Ret 20 25 17 Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret 8 DSQ Ret 22 Ret 22 20 20 13
20   Erik Janiš 17 19 22 Ret 19 Ret 21 18 22 14 7 5 12
21   Mario Josten 23 DNS Ret 13 21 21 15 18 12 10 Ret 9 24 19 11 9 DNS 9 10 10 9
22   Christian Engelhart 16 5 Ret 12 13 20 Ret 20 8
23   Martin Hippe 15 Ret Ret 14 19 19 13 Ret 18 19 21 12 20 20 13 19 15 6 6
24   Christian Bakkerud 26 19 16 18 16 18 9 12 11 8 11 Ret 17 Ret Ret 15 5
25   Erez Liven Ret 21 9 Ret 24 23 Ret 19 14 12 2
26   Andreas Ciecior 18 Ret 14 23 17 22 Ret 17 Ret Ret DSQ 10 20 DNS 18 17 16 Ret 19 14 1
27   Dominik Weigl Ret 11 17 15 0
28   Sebastian Riedel 19 23 Ret 12 0
29   Junior Strous 12 Ret 0
30   Jan Charouz 22 26 20 24 23 Ret 19 13 25 18 16 21 Ret 17 13 16 0
31   Vladimir Labazov 20 22 20 22 25 Ret 18 23 15 13 14 16 22 17 DNS 16 15 16 16 Ret 0
32   Heinrich Ostertag Ret 24 25 20 26 24 Ret Ret 19 14 13 18 0
33   Salvatore Gangarossa 24 23 Ret 25 Ret DNS 19 26 17 15 20 Ret 26 21 Ret 21 23 25 Ret 18 0
34   Philipp Wlazik Ret 21 Ret Ret Ret 17 18 DNS 15 Ret 0
35   Matthias Luger Ret 15 0
36   Hanno Hess Ret 25 23 24 Ret 26 24 25 18 16 DSQ Ret 23 20 22 24 18 24 23 19 0
37   Sebastian Feltes 27 22 20 26 0
Pos Driver HOC1
 
ADR
 
NÜR1
 
LAU
 
NOR
 
NÜR2
 
NÜR3
 
A1R
 
ZAN
 
HOC2
 
Pts
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

References

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  1. ^ "Endstand 2003" (PDF). adac-motorsport.de (in German). ADAC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Formula BMW ADAC 2003". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
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