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 edit

Teams and drivers edit

Team No. 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   Charles 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   Mark 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   Phillip Kershaw 1–10

Race calendar and results edit

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 edit

  • 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 Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
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 1 371
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 4 255
7   Paul di Resta 8 22 6 13 13 Ret 10 9 6 9 6 8 6 19 6 1 2 233
8   Brandon Thomas 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   Charles 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   Phillip 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   Mark 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 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

Winter Series edit

Teams and drivers edit

Team No. 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 edit

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 edit

Pos Driver DON CRO Pts
H1 H2 LC F H1 H2 LC F
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 H1 H2 LC F H1 H2 LC F Pts
DON CRO
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

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