The 2003 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the first championship year of Europe's premier Formula Three series. The championship consisted of ten rounds – each with two races – held at a variety of European circuits. Each weekend consisted of 1 hour and 30 minutes of free practice on Friday – in either one or two sessions – and two 30-minute qualifying sessions. This was followed by a c.110 km race on Saturday and a c.80 km race on Sunday. Each qualifying session awarded one bonus point for pole position and each race awarded points for the top eight finishers, with ten points per win. It commenced on April 26, 2003 at Hockenheimring and ended on October 26 at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours.

Teams and drivers

2003 Entry List^[1]
Team	#	Driver	Rookie	Chassis^{[N 1]}	Engine	Rounds
Team Rosberg	3	Nico Rosberg^{[N 2]}	R	F303/005	Opel	All
Team Rosberg	4	Andreas Zuber		F303/006	Opel	All
ASM F3	5	Alexandre Prémat	R	F303/015	Mercedes	All
	6	Olivier Pla		F303/014		All
	34	Bruno Spengler	R	F303/016		4–10
	39	Jamie Green		F303/016		3
Prema Powerteam	7	Katsuyuki Hiranaka		F303/007	Opel	All
	8	Ryan Briscoe		F303/008		All
	33	Lucas di Grassi	R	F303/022		2–3
	33	Robert Kubica	R	F303/022		4–10
Signature Plus	9	Nicolas Lapierre		F302/043	Sodemo	All
	10	Fabio Carbone		F302/018		All
	42	César Campaniço		F302/067		10
Opel Team KMS	11	Timo Glock		F303/009	Opel	All
	12	Maro Engel	R	F302/009		1–5
		Hendrik Vieth	R			6
		Adam Carroll				7–10
Saulnier Racing	14	Harold Primat		F302/021	Sodemo	All
	15	Simon Abadie		F302/060		1–5
	15	Nicolas Armindo^{[N 3]}	R	F302/060		9–10
Team Ghinzani	16	Robert Doornbos		F302/052	Mugen	All
	17	Álvaro Parente		F302/003		All
	38	Philipp Baron	R	F302/042		3–10
LD Autosport	18	Stefano Proetto		F302/065	Mugen	1–6
	18	Patrice Manopoulos	R	F302/065		7–10
	19	Simon Abadie		F302/063		6–10
Swiss Racing Team	20	Gilles Tinguely		F302/061	Opel	1–5
	21	César Campaniço		F302/011		1–7
	35	James Manderson		F302/062		1–4
	35	Stefano Proetto				9–10
	41	Marcel Lasée				5–7, 9
Mücke Motorsport	22	Markus Winkelhock		F302/012	Mercedes	All
Mücke Motorsport	23	Christian Klien	R	F302/032	Mercedes	All
Kolles	24	Charles Zwolsman Jr.		F303/012	Mercedes	All
	25	Jan Heylen	R	F302/076		1–7
	25	Jamie Green		F302/076		8–10
MB Racing Performance	28	Alexandros Margaritis	R	F303/021	Opel	All
MB Racing Performance	36	Daniel la Rosa	R	F302/083	Opel	All
Superfund TME	29	Sakon Yamamoto		F303/001	Toyota	All
Superfund TME	30	Bernhard Auinger		F302/088	Toyota	All
HBR Motorsport	31	Richard Lietz		F302/030	Opel	All
HBR Motorsport	32	Claudio Torre	R	F302/033	Opel	5–9
Drumel Motorsport	37	Dong-Wook Lee	R	F303/004	Mugen	1–2
Drumel Motorsport	38	Philipp Baron	R	F303/003	Mugen	1–2

Icon	Legend
R	Rookie

Driver changes

Entering Formula 3 Euro Series

Simon Abadie: French Formula Three Championship (Saulnier Racing) → Saulnier Racing
Nicolas Armindo: Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (ASM Elf) → Saulnier Racing
Bernhard Auinger: German Formula Three Championship (Opel Team BSR) → Superfund TME
Philipp Baron: Debut → Drumel Motorsport
Ryan Briscoe: German Formula Three Championship (Prema Powerteam) & International Formula 3000 (Coca-Cola Nordic Racing) → Prema Powerteam
César Campaniço: German Formula Three Championship (Prema Powerteam) → Swiss Racing Team
Fabio Carbone: British Formula 3 Championship (Fortec Motorsport) → Signature Plus
Adam Carroll: British Formula 3 National Class (Sweeney Racing) → Opel Team KMS
Robert Doornbos: German Formula Three Championship (Team Ghinzani) → Team Ghinzani
Maro Engel: Formula BMW ADAC (Eifelland Racing) → Opel Team KMS
Timo Glock: German Formula Three Championship (Opel Team KMS) → Opel Team KMS
Lucas di Grassi: Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil (G Force Motorsport) → Prema Powerteam
Jamie Green: Formula Renault 2.0 UK (Fortec Motorsport) → ASM
Jan Heylen: British Formula Ford Championship (Duckhams) → Kolles
Katsuyuki Hiranaka: All-Japan Formula Three Championship (TOM'S) → Prema Powerteam
Christian Klien: Formula Renault 2.0 Germany & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (JD Motorsport) → Mücke Motorsport
Robert Kubica: Formula Renault 2.0 Italy & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (RC Motorsport) → Prema Powerteam
Nicolas Lapierre: Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (Graff Racing) & French Formula Three Championship (Signature) → Signature Plus
Marcel Lasée: German Formula Three Championship (Mücke Motorsport) → Swiss Racing Team
Dong-Wook Lee: Asian Formula Three Championship (E-Rain) → Drumel Motorsport
Richard Lietz: German Formula Three Championship (Palfinger F3 Racing) → HBR Motorsport
James Manderson: Australian Formula 3 (Bronte Rundle Motorsport) → Swiss Racing Team
Patrice Manopoulos: Debut → LD Autosport
Alexandros Margaritis: Formula Renault 2.0 Germany & Formula BMW ADAC (Weigl Motorsport) → MB Racing Performance
Álvaro Parente: Spanish Formula Three Championship (Racing Engineering) → Team Ghinzani
Olivier Pla: French Formula Three Championship (ASM) → ASM
Alexandre Prémat: Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (ASM Elf) → ASM
Harold Primat: British Formula 3 National Class (Diamond Racing) → Saulnier Racing
Stefano Proetto: German Formula Three Championship (Team Kolles Racing & Swiss Racing Team) → LD Autosport
Daniel la Rosa: Formula Volkswagen Germany (???) → MB Racing Performance
Nico Rosberg: Formula BMW ADAC (VIVA Racing) → Team Rosberg
Bruno Spengler: Formula Renault 2.0 Germany & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (Jenzer Motorsport) → ASM
Gilles Tinguely: German Formula Three Championship (Swiss Racing Team) → Swiss Racing Team
Claudio Torre: Formula BMW ADAC (Springbok Motorsport) → HBR Motorsport
Hendrik Vieth: Formula Renault 2.0 Germany & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (SL Formula Racing) → Opel Team KMS
Markus Winkelhock: German Formula Three Championship (Mücke Motorsport) → Mücke Motorsport
Sakon Yamamoto: German Formula Three Championship (GM Motorsport, Team Kolles Racing) → Superfund TME
Andreas Zuber: Formula Renault 2.0 Germany (Motopark Oschersleben) → Team Rosberg
Charles Zwolsman Jr.: German Formula Three Championship (Team Kolles Racing) → Kolles

Midseason changes

César Campaniço joined Signature Plus for the Magny-Cours round
Simon Abadie joined LD Autosport from the Nürburgring round onwards.
Philipp Baron joined Team Ghinzani from the Pau round onwards.
Stefano Proetto joined Swiss Racing Team from the second Hockenheimring round onwards.

Calendar

The series supported the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters at seven rounds. It was also a part of the Grand Prix Aurore at two French meetings, while at the third, it was the headline event of the Pau Grand Prix.

Round		Circuit	Country	Date
1	R1	Hockenheimring	Germany	26 April
1	R2	Hockenheimring	Germany	27 April
2	R1	Adria International Raceway	Italy	10 May
2	R2	Adria International Raceway	Italy	11 May
3	R1	Pau Circuit	France	8 June
3	R2	Pau Circuit	France	9 June
4	R1	Norisring, Nuremberg	Germany	21 June
4	R2	Norisring, Nuremberg	Germany	22 June
5	R1	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	France	12 July
5	R2	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	France	13 July
6	R1	Nürburgring	Germany	16 August
6	R2	Nürburgring	Germany	17 August
7	R1	A1-Ring, Spielberg	Austria	6 September
7	R2	A1-Ring, Spielberg	Austria	7 September
8	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	Netherlands	20 September
8	R2	Circuit Park Zandvoort	Netherlands	21 September
9	R1	Hockenheimring	Germany	4 October
9	R2	Hockenheimring	Germany	5 October
10	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	France	25 October
10	R2	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	France	26 October

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Winning Rookie
1	R1	Hockenheimring	Olivier Pla	Markus Winkelhock	Ryan Briscoe	Prema Powerteam	Christian Klien
1	R2	Hockenheimring	Olivier Pla	Timo Glock	Ryan Briscoe	Prema Powerteam	Nico Rosberg
2	R1	Adria International Raceway	Christian Klien	Ryan Briscoe	Timo Glock	Opel Team KMS	Christian Klien
2	R2	Adria International Raceway	Nico Rosberg	Ryan Briscoe	Ryan Briscoe	Prema Powerteam	Nico Rosberg
3	R1	Pau Circuit	Nicolas Lapierre	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	Ryan Briscoe	Prema Powerteam	Alexandros Margaritis
3	R2	Pau Circuit	Ryan Briscoe	Alexandre Prémat	Fabio Carbone	Signature Plus	Lucas di Grassi
4	R1	Norisring, Nuremberg	Alexandre Prémat	Alexandre Prémat	Robert Kubica	Prema Powerteam	Robert Kubica
4	R2	Norisring, Nuremberg	Alexandre Prémat	Robert Kubica	Alexandre Prémat	ASM F3	Alexandre Prémat
5	R1	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	Christian Klien	Nico Rosberg	Nico Rosberg	Team Rosberg	Nico Rosberg
5	R2	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	Olivier Pla	Robert Kubica	Christian Klien	Mücke Motorsport	Christian Klien
6	R1	Nürburgring	Christian Klien	Markus Winkelhock	Markus Winkelhock	Mücke Motorsport	Alexandre Prémat
6	R2	Nürburgring	Christian Klien	Christian Klien	Christian Klien	Mücke Motorsport	Christian Klien
7	R1	A1-Ring, Spielberg	Ryan Briscoe	Robert Kubica	Ryan Briscoe	Prema Powerteam	Alexandre Prémat
7	R2	A1-Ring, Spielberg	Ryan Briscoe	Nico Rosberg	Ryan Briscoe	Prema Powerteam	Alexandre Prémat
8	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	Christian Klien	Christian Klien	Christian Klien	Mücke Motorsport	Christian Klien
8	R2	Circuit Park Zandvoort	Christian Klien	Ryan Briscoe	Ryan Briscoe	Prema Powerteam	Christian Klien
9	R1	Hockenheimring	Markus Winkelhock	Ryan Briscoe	Timo Glock	Opel Team KMS	Alexandros Margaritis
9	R2	Hockenheimring	Ryan Briscoe	Ryan Briscoe	Ryan Briscoe	Prema Powerteam	Christian Klien
10	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	Alexandros Margaritis	Markus Winkelhock	Markus Winkelhock	Mücke Motorsport	Robert Kubica
10	R2	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	Alexandros Margaritis	Christian Klien	Timo Glock	Opel Team KMS	Christian Klien

Season standings

Drivers Standings

Points are awarded as follows:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	PP
Race 1 & 2	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Pos	Driver	HOC1		ADR		PAU		NOR		LMS		NÜR		A1R		ZAN		HOC2		MAG		Points
1	Ryan Briscoe	1	1	5	1	1	2	4	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	7	1	1	17	1	17	1	14	14	110
2	Christian Klien	4	5	3	21	Ret	7	Ret	10	2	1	Ret	1	5	5	1	2	23†	3	Ret	3	89
3	Olivier Pla	DSQ	2	8	3	2	16†	3	Ret	4	24†	2	9	27†	4	3	3	10	6	2	7	74
4	Markus Winkelhock	3	4	Ret	17	21†	Ret	Ret	5	8	18	1	2	4	6	4	4	Ret	2	1	9	71
5	Timo Glock	6	7	1	13	3	Ret	2	3	18	25	14	12	12	9	15	14	1	22	13	1	55
6	Fabio Carbone	11	11	2	10	4	1	5	12	6	2	6	23†	15	12	21	6	4	Ret	3	Ret	55
7	Alexandre Prémat	DSQ	24†	7	5	22†	Ret	Ret	1	5	23†	5	11	2	2	Ret	5	9	Ret	Ret	5	50
8	Nico Rosberg	Ret	3	Ret	2	15	17†	8	Ret	1	11	Ret	3	8	3	18	8	7	14	6	Ret	44
9	Robert Doornbos	2	8	10	6	8	DSQ	12	4	NC	8	3	Ret	10	8	5	7	13	Ret	9	2	40
10	Bruno Spengler							19†	Ret	11	3	16	4	3	7	2	Ret	6	5	Ret	21	34
11	Nicolas Lapierre	5	Ret	6	11	DSQ	15	6	6	13	5	11	Ret	16	10	9	9	3	7	5	6	33
12	Robert Kubica							1	2	27†	7	9	6	11	Ret	7	24†	24†	10	4	8	31
13	Alexandros Margaritis	8	25†	9	27†	7	DNS	16	Ret	23	9	10	14	DSQ	17	14	13	2	4	26†	4	23
14	Simon Abadie	7	Ret	20	19	5	5	17†	Ret	26	6	15	10	23	14	6	Ret	8	8	8	22†	19
15	Bernhard Auinger	25	Ret	13	4	Ret	10	20†	Ret	12	4	4	Ret	13	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	18	Ret	15
16	César Campaniço	14	6	4	Ret	Ret	8	7	7	14	Ret	13	15	19	Ret					21	18	13
17	Adam Carroll													6	Ret	11	15	5	Ret	Ret	17	7
18	Richard Lietz	24†	15	15	8	12	9	Ret	19	17	21	Ret	5	18	Ret	19	17	Ret	12	7	Ret	7
19	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	10	12	Ret	7	17	6	Ret	9	10	14	12	13	7	13	16	18	12	9	11	Ret	7
20	Jamie Green					Ret	3									Ret	19	15	Ret	10	10	6
21	Lucas di Grassi			14	18	9	4															5
22	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	13	Ret	12	12	6	13	14	Ret	22	17	8	18	26	16	10	10	22†	23	20	13	4
23	Marcel Lasée									19	12	7	8	17	Ret			11	Ret			3
24	Andreas Zuber	17	9	18	23	20	DNS	Ret	13	7	13	22	Ret	9	Ret	13	12	Ret	21†	25	Ret	2
25	Álvaro Parente	9	13	11	14	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	10	DSQ	EX	29†	DSQ	8	11	18	15	12	12	1
26	Daniel la Rosa	18	19	17	14	Ret	12	18	8	21	16	Ret	16	14	18	12	20	Ret	11	16	15	1
27	Sakon Yamamoto	15	10	22	9	23†	18	Ret	11	9	26†	19	19	22	15	Ret	16	Ret	18	17	11	0
28	Jan Heylen	20	18	19	15	10	DNS	11	17	15	15	Ret	Ret	20	21							0
29	James Manderson	21	21	21	Ret	16	14	10	15													0
30	Stefano Proetto	16	14	24	16	13	11	Ret	Ret	24	Ret	18	17					16	Ret	15	Ret	0
31	Maro Engel	12	16	23	24			Ret	14	20	20											0
32	Philipp Baron	Ret	20	26	Ret	19	DNS	13	16	Ret	Ret	DNS	21†	21	Ret	20	21	14	17	19	16	0
33	Gilles Tinguely	19	17	16	20	14	DNS															0
34	Harold Primat	22	22	Ret	25	18	Ret	15	18	28†	19	21	24†	24	22	22	22	21	Ret	24	Ret	0
35	Claudio Torre									25	22	20	20	25	19			20†	16			0
36	Hendrik Vieth											17	22†									0
37	Patrice Manopoulos													28†	20	DNS	23	19	19	23	20	0
38	Nicolas Armindo																	Ret	20	22	19	0
39	Dong-Wook Lee	23	23	25	26																	0
Pos	Driver	HOC1		ADR		PAU		NOR		LMS		NÜR		A1R		ZAN		HOC2		MAG		Points

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

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Rookie Cup

Rookie drivers are only eligible for the Rookie Cup title if they have not previously competed in a national or international Formula 3 championship.

Pos	Driver	HOC1		ADR		PAU		NOR		LMS		NÜR		A1R		ZAN		HOC2		MAG		Points
1	Christian Klien	4	5	3	21	Ret	7	Ret	10	2	1	Ret	1	5	5	1	2	23	3	Ret	3	134
2	Nico Rosberg	Ret	3	Ret	2	15	17	8	Ret	1	11	Ret	3	8	3	18	8	7	14	6	Ret	102
3	Alexandre Prémat	DSQ	24	7	5	22	Ret	Ret	1	5	23	5	11	2	2	Ret	5	9	Ret	Ret	5	96
4	Alexandros Margaritis	8	25	9	27	7	DNS	16	Ret	23	9	10	14	DSQ	17	14	13	2	4	26	4	88
5	Robert Kubica							1	2	27	7	9	6	11	Ret	7	24	24	10	4	8	69
6	Daniel la Rosa	18	19	17	14	Ret	12	18	8	21	16	Ret	16	14	18	12	20	Ret	11	16	15	66
7	Bruno Spengler							19	Ret	11	3	16	4	3	7	2	Ret	6	5	Ret	21	61
8	Jan Heylen	20	18	19	15	10	DNS	11	17	15	15	Ret	Ret	20	21							41
9	Philipp Baron	Ret	20	26	Ret	19	DNS	13	16	Ret	Ret	DNS	21	21	Ret	20	21	14	17	19	16	35
10	Lucas di Grassi			14	18	9	4															28
11	Maro Engel	12	16	23	24			Ret	14	20	20											24
12	Patrice Manopoulos													28	20	DNS	23	19	19	23	20	10
13	Claudio Torre									25	22	20	20	25	19			20	16			10
14	Nicolas Armindo																	Ret	20	22	19	6
15	Hendrik Vieth											17	22									4
Pos	Driver	HOC1		ADR		PAU		NOR		LMS		NÜR		A1R		ZAN		HOC2		MAG		Points

Nations Cup

	Nation	Points
1	France	166
2	Germany	128
3	Austria	107
4	Australia	105
5	Brazil	60
6	Netherlands	47
7	Finland	45
8	Canada	34
9	Poland	31
10	Greece	21
11	Portugal	14
12	Great Britain	13
13	Japan	4

Notes

References

External links

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