2003 Formula BMW ADAC season
Introduction 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.Maximilian Götz was crowned series champion.Götz beat future Formula One World Champion Sebastian Vettel to the championship by 43 points, winning six races.
Driver lineup  Team  Driver Class Rounds  Team Rosberg 1  Christian Bakkerud All 2  Michael Devaney All 3  Átila Abreu  All  Mücke Motorsport 6  Timo Lienemann All 7  Aki Rask 1–4 8  Maximilian Götz All 9  Dominik Jackson  All  Eifelland Racing 10  Andreas Wirth All 11  Sebastian Vettel  All  KUG/Dewalt Racing 14  René Rast  All 15  Salvatore Gangarossa  All  springbock motorsport 16  Mario Josten  All 17  Erez Liven  1–5 18  Vladimir Labazov All 44  Sebastian Riedel 9–10  I.S.R. 19  Erik Janiš  2–3, 7–10 20  Filip Salaquarda  All 21  Jan Charouz 1, 4–10  Josef Kaufmann Racing 22  Christian Paar  All 23  Christopher Wassermann  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  All  FS Motorsport 29  Andreas Ciecior  All   Junior Strous 6  Natacha Gachnang 30  Natacha Gachnang  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  All  HBR Motorsport 35  Adrian Sutil All 36  Robby Coleman 1–9  Ostertag Racing 40  Heinrich Ostertag  1–6  Sebastian Feltes 42  Sebastian Feltes 7, 9 Icon Class  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   Hockenheimring 26 April  Robert Kath  Robert Kath  Robert Kath  ADAC Sachsen e. V.  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:1234567891020151210864321 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  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'''Bold''' – Pole''Italics'' – Fastest Lap
References
External links *  Formula BMW ADAC 2003 on adac-motorsport.de*  2003 Formula BMW ADAC statistics on Driver Database