2003 Formula BMW ADAC season

2003 Formula BMW ADAC
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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

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

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

Drivers Standings

• 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 1 HOC1 2 ADR 1 ADR 2 NÜR1 1 NÜR1 2 LAU 1 LAU 2 NOR 1 NOR 2 NÜR2 1 NÜR2 2 NÜR3 1 NÜR3 2 A1R 1 A1R 2 ZAN 1 ZAN 2 HOC2 1 HOC2 2 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 Dominik Weigl Ret 11 17 15 0 Sebastian Riedel 19 23 Ret 12 0 Junior Strous 12 Ret 0 Jan Charouz 22 26 20 24 23 Ret 19 13 25 18 16 21 Ret 17 13 16 0 Vladimir Labazov 20 22 20 22 25 Ret 18 23 15 13 14 16 22 17 DNS 16 15 16 16 Ret 0 Heinrich Ostertag Ret 24 25 20 26 24 Ret Ret 19 14 13 18 0 Salvatore Gangarossa 24 23 Ret 25 Ret DNS 19 26 17 15 20 Ret 26 21 Ret 21 23 25 Ret 18 0 Philipp Wlazik Ret 21 Ret Ret Ret 17 18 DNS 15 Ret 0 Matthias Luger Ret 15 0 Hanno Hess Ret 25 23 24 Ret 26 24 25 18 16 DSQ Ret 23 20 22 24 18 24 23 19 0 Sebastian Feltes 27 22 20 26 0 Pos Driver HOC1 1 HOC1 2 ADR 1 ADR 2 NÜR1 1 NÜR1 2 LAU 1 LAU 2 NOR 1 NOR 2 NÜR2 1 NÜR2 2 NÜR3 1 NÜR3 2 A1R 1 A1R 2 ZAN 1 ZAN 2 HOC2 1 HOC2 2 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

References

1. "Endstand 2003" (PDF). adac-motorsport.de (in German). ADAC. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
2. "Formula BMW ADAC 2003". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2010-11-25.

External links

• Formula BMW ADAC 2003 on adac-motorsport.de
• 2003 Formula BMW ADAC statistics on Driver Database