# 2003 Formula Renault 2000 Masters

The 2003 Formula Renault 2000 Masters season was the thirteenth Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began at Brno on 24 May and finished at the Donington Park on 26 October, after eight races. Cram Competition's Esteban Guerrieri who is also Argentine Formula Renault champion won three races on his way to the championship by a 36-point margin over Danish driver Robert Schlünssen, who won abandoned race at Assen. ASM's Simon Pagenaud was two points behind Schlünssen. Pagenaud also won second races on TT Circuit Assen. Other wins were scored by Paul Meijer, Ryan Sharp and Reinhard Kofler.

## Driver Lineup

2003 Entry List :
| Team | No. | Driver name | Rounds |
| JD Motorsport | 1 | Mikhail Aleshin | All |
| JD Motorsport | 2 | Robert Schlünssen | All |
| JD Motorsport | 3 | Reinhard Kofler | All |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 4 | Ryan Sharp | All |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 5 | Pascal Kochem | All |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 6 | Grant Maiman | All |
| ma-con Motorsport | 7 | Ross Zwolsman | 1–2 |
| ma-con Motorsport | 8 | Takuya Izawa | All |
| ma-con Motorsport | 57 | Thomas Weiss | 2–3 |
| ma-con Motorsport | 70 | Marcel Engels | 3–4 |
| SL Formula Racing | 9 | Hendrick Vieth | All |
| SL Formula Racing | 10 | Ben Jamini | 1–2 |
| SL Formula Racing | 72 | Pekka Saarinen | 3 |
| ASM | 11 | Simon Pagenaud | All |
| ASM | 12 | Nicolas Armindo | 1–2 |
| ASM | 16 | Johan-Boris Scheier | All |
| ASM | 68 | David Martinez Leon | 4 |
| Tech 1 Racing | 14 | Bruce Lorgère-Roux | 4 |
| Graff Racing | 15 | Hideaki Nakao | 1 |
| Graff Racing | 17 | Olivier Metz | 1, 3–4 |
| Graff Racing | 26 | David Laisis | All |
| Graff Racing | 49 | Guillaume Moreau | 2–4 |
| Cram Competition | 18 | Marcello Puglisi | 1, 3–4 |
| Cram Competition | 19 | Esteban Guerrieri | All |
| Cram Competition | 20 | Pastor Maldonado | All |
| Prema Powerteam | 21 | Franck Perera | All |
| Prema Powerteam | 39 | Roberto Streit | All |
| Prema Powerteam | 77 | Kohei Hirate | All |
| AR Motorsport | 22 | Paul Meijer | All |
| Speedlover | 23 | Stephanie Boden | 1–2, 4 |
| BVM Racing | 24 | Cristian Corsini | 1 |
| BVM Racing | 27 | Mike den Tandt | 1 |
| Euronova Racing | 25 | Luca Filippi | 1–2, 4 |
| Euronova Racing | 32 | Vitaly Petrov | All |
| Euronova Racing | 69 | Elias Papailias | 3 |
| Durango | 28 | Ferdinando Monfardini | 1 |
| Durango | 42 | Rafael Morgenstern | 1 |
| Hexis Racing | 29 | Julien Falcini-Joulian | 2, 4 |
| Hexis Racing | 30 | Ludovic Badey | 2, 4 |
| CD Sport | 33 | Julien Canal | 2–4 |
| CD Sport | 50 | Franck Mailleux | 2–3 |
| CD Sport | 66 | Patrick Goeters | 4 |
| CD Sport | 67 | Homero Richards | 4 |
| Scorp Motorsport | 34 | Ulric Amado de Carvalho | 2 |
| MP Motorsport | 35 | Ferdinand Kool | All |
| MP Motorsport | 36 | Olivier Tielemans | 2 |
| Equipe Verschuur | 38 | Yelmer Buurman | 2, 4 |
| Equipe Verschuur | 40 | Xavier Maassen | 2, 4 |
| RP Motorsport | 43 | Davide Valsecchi | 2 |
| RP Motorsport | 44 | Andrea Sonvico | 2 |
| RP Motorsport | 45 | Toni Vilander | 2 |
| Manor Motorsport | 46 | Lewis Hamilton | 2 |
| Manor Motorsport | 47 | Matthew Wilson | 2, 4 |
| Imola Racing | 51 | Paolo Maria Nocera | 2, 4 |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | 52 | Junior Strous | 2–4 |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | 53 | Giedo van der Garde | 2–4 |
| Twinlife Racing Team | 54 | Ron Marchal | 2 |
| Fortec Motorsport | 55 | Mike Conway | 2 |
| John Village Automotive | 56 | Charles Hollings | 2 |
| RS-Line | 60 | Marc Walz | 3 |
| Motopark Academy | 61 | Helmut Sanden | 3 |
| Team Formula Sport | 71 | Kasper Andersen | 3 |
| Team Formula Sport | 79 | Jimmy Jacobsson | 3 |
| Franken Racing | 78 | Dennis Furchheim | 3 |

## Calendar

| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
| 1 | R1 | Masaryk Circuit, Brno | 24 May | Esteban Guerrieri | Esteban Guerrieri | Esteban Guerrieri | Cram Competition |
| 1 | R2 | Masaryk Circuit, Brno | 25 May | Esteban Guerrieri | Esteban Guerrieri | Esteban Guerrieri | Cram Competition |
| 2 | R1 | TT Circuit Assen | 2 August | Ryan Sharp | Pascal Kochem | Robert Schlünssen | JD Motorsport |
| 2 | R2 | TT Circuit Assen | 3 August | Franck Perera | Simon Pagenaud | Simon Pagenaud | ASM |
| 3 | R1 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 11 October | Giedo van der Garde | Esteban Guerrieri | Esteban Guerrieri | Cram Competition |
| 3 | R2 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 12 October | Robert Schlünssen | Robert Schlünssen | Paul Meijer | AR Motorsport |
| 4 | R1 | Donington Park | 25 October | Ferdinand Kool | Marcel Engels | Ryan Sharp | Jenzer Motorsport |
| 4 | R2 | Donington Park | 26 October | Giedo van der Garde | Junior Strous | Reinhard Kofler | JD Motorsport |

## Championship standings
### Drivers

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | PP | FL |
| Points | 30 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Pos | Driver | BRN | BRN | ASS‡ | ASS‡ | OSC | OSC | DON | DON | Points |
| Pos | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Points |
| 1 | Esteban Guerrieri | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 26 | 3 | Ret | 124 |
| 2 | Robert Schlünssen | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 88 |
| 3 | Simon Pagenaud | 4 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 28 | 7 | 9 | 86 |
| 4 | Paul Meijer | 12 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 84 |
| 5 | Ryan Sharp | 6 | 25 | 2 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 1 | 3 | 78 |
| 6 | Giedo van der Garde | | | 14 | Ret | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 72 |
| 7 | Reinhard Kofler | 10 | Ret | 25 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 70 |
| 8 | Hendrick Vieth | 3 | 6 | 16 | Ret | 4 | 32 | 14 | 11 | 46 |
| 9 | Roberto Streit | 5 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 44 |
| 10 | Franck Perera | 9 | 26 | 5 | Ret | 5 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 40 |
| 11 | Marc Walz | | | | | 2 | 5 | | | 36 |
| 12 | Lewis Hamilton | | | 4 | 2 | | | | | 24 |
| 13 | Pascal Kochem | 2 | 14 | 6 | Ret | 11 | 25 | 18 | 17 | 24 |
| 14 | Toni Vilander | | | 20 | 3 | | | | | 20 |
| 15 | Nicolas Armindo | 15 | 4 | Ret | Ret | | | | | 16 |
| 16 | Ross Zwolsman | 13 | 9 | 8 | 5 | | | | | 16 |
| 17 | Guillaume Moreau | | | 19 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 16 |
| 18 | Johan-Boris Scheier | 20 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 16 |
| 19 | Ferdinand Kool | 17 | 13 | Ret | 12 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 23 | 12 |
| 20 | Junior Strous | | | 12 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 10 |
| 21 | Kohei Hirate | 8 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 27 | 27 | 13 | 8 |
| 22 | Yelmer Buurman | | | 13 | 18 | | | 21 | 8 | 6 |
| 23 | Ben Jamini | 21 | 15 | Ret | 8 | | | | | 6 |
| 24 | Helmut Sanden | | | | | Ret | 9 | | | 4 |
| 25 | Marcel Engels | | | | | 10 | 34 | 24 | DNQ | 4 |
| 26 | Xavier Maassen | | | 18 | 13 | | | 23 | 10 | 2 |
| 27 | Takuya Izawa | 11 | Ret | 3 | Ret | Ret | 35 | 12 | Ret | 0 |
| 28 | Pastor Maldonado | Ret | 16 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 29 | 11 | Ret | 0 |
| 29 | Mikhail Aleshin | 27 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 21 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 0 |
| 30 | Julien Canal | | | DNQ | 16 | Ret | 12 | DNQ | 21 | 0 |
| 31 | Ferdinando Monfardini | 18 | 12 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 32 | Dennis Furchheim | | | | | 13 | 33 | | | 0 |
| 33 | Julien Falcini-Joulian | | | 21 | 14 | | | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 34 | Rafael Morgenstern | 14 | 17 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 35 | Pekka Saarinen | | | | | 18 | 14 | | | 0 |
| 36 | Grant Maiman | 19 | 19 | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | 15 | 17 | 20 | 0 |
| 37 | Olivier Metz | Ret | 23 | | | 20 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| 38 | Mike den Tandt | 16 | 18 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 39 | David Laisis | 22 | Ret | 23 | DNQ | 26 | 18 | 25 | DNQ | 0 |
| 40 | Homero Richards | | | | | | | DNQ | 18 | 0 |
| 41 | Luca Filippi | 23 | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | 19 | Ret | 0 |
| 42 | Vitaly Petrov | 29 | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | 31 | Ret | 19 | 0 |
| 43 | David Martinez Leon | | | | | | | 20 | 22 | 0 |
| 44 | Marcello Puglisi | 28 | 24 | | | 24 | 20 | DNQ | DNQ | 0 |
| 45 | Cristian Corsini | 26 | 20 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 46 | Hideaki Nakao | 24 | 21 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 47 | Kasper Andersen | | | | | Ret | 21 | | | 0 |
| 48 | Stephanie Boden | 25 | 22 | DNQ | DNQ | | | DNQ | DNQ | 0 |
| 49 | Elias Papailias | | | | | 25 | 22 | | | 0 |
| 50 | Franck Mailleux | | | DNQ | DNQ | 22 | 30 | | | 0 |
| 51 | Jimmy Jacobsson | | | | | 23 | 23 | | | 0 |
| 52 | Thomas Weiss | | | DNQ | DNQ | 27 | 24 | | | 0 |
| 53 | Paolo Maria Nocera | | | 24 | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Bruce Lorgère-Roux | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| | Mike Conway | | | DNQ | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| | Patrick Goeters | | | | | | | DNQ | Ret | 0 |
| | Ludovic Badey | | | DNQ | DNQ | | | DNQ | DNQ | 0 |
| | Davide Valsecchi | | | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Charles Hollings | | | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Andrea Sonvico | | | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Olivier Tielemans | | | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Matthew Wilson | | | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Ron Marchal | | | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Ulric Amado de Carvalho | | | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | BRN | BRN | ASS‡ | ASS‡ | OSC | OSC | DON | DON | 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
‡ Points were not awarded in the first race at Assen as race was abandoned after three laps due to massive crash.

### Teams

| Pos | Team | Points |
| 1 | JD Motorsport | 158 |
| 2 | Cram Competition | 124 |
| 3 | ASM | 118 |
| 4 | Jenzer Motorsport | 102 |
| 5 | Prema Powerteam | 92 |
| 6 | AR Motorsport | 84 |
| 7 | Van Amersfoort Racing | 82 |
| 8 | SL Formula Racing | 52 |
| 9 | RS-Line | 36 |
| 10 | Manor Motorsport | 24 |
| 11 | ma-con Motorsport | 20 |
| 12 | RP Motorsport | 20 |
| 13 | Graff Racing | 16 |
| 14 | MP Motorsport | 12 |
| 15 | Equipe Verschuur | 8 |
| 15 | Motopark Academy | 4 |