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

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
Eifelland Racing	11	Sebastian Vettel	R	All
KUG/Dewalt Racing	14	René Rast	R	All
KUG/Dewalt Racing	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
Josef Kaufmann Racing	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
FS Motorsport		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
HBR Motorsport	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.
1	R2	Hockenheimring	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
2	R2	Adria International Raceway	11 May	Sebastian Vettel	Michael Devaney	Sebastian Vettel	Eifelland Racing
3	R1	Nürburgring	24 May	Robby Coleman	Maximilian Götz	Maximilian Götz	Mücke Motorsport
3	R2	Nürburgring	25 May	Maximilian Götz	Sebastian Vettel	Maximilian Götz	Mücke Motorsport
4	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	7 June	Maximilian Götz	Sebastian Vettel	Maximilian Götz	Mücke Motorsport
4	R2	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	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
5	R2	Norisring, Nuremberg	22 June	Sebastian Vettel	Maximilian Götz	Sebastian Vettel	Eifelland Racing
6	R1	Nürburgring	28 June	Sebastian Vettel	Maximilian Götz	Dominik Jackson	Mücke Motorsport
6	R2	Nürburgring	29 June	Sebastian Vettel	Maximilian Götz	Maximilian Götz	Mücke Motorsport
7	R1	Nürburgring	16 August	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Eifelland Racing
7	R2	Nürburgring	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
8	R2	A1-Ring, Spielberg	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
9	R2	Circuit Park Zandvoort	21 September	Michael Vorba	Michael Vorba	Michael Vorba	American Bull Racing
10	R1	Hockenheimring	4 October	Dominik Jackson	Adrian Sutil	Dominik Jackson	Mücke Motorsport
10	R2	Hockenheimring	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		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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

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

External links

[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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