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2003 V8Star Series

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|series = V8Star Series

|year = 2003

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The 2003 V8Star Series season was the third and final V8Star Series season. It featured ten races at four European racing circuits, in Germany and the Netherlands. Portuguese ex-Formula One driver Pedro Lamy was crowned champion of the series, taking five wins in all and beating Germans Thomas Mutsch and Michael Bartels to the title.

Teams and drivers

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!Team

!No.

!Drivers

!Rounds

rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GER}} Irmscher Motorsport

|rowspan=2 align=center| 2

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Yves Olivier

| 1–2

{{flagicon|GER}} Roland Asch

| 3–4, 6–7

rowspan=3| {{flagicon|GBR}} MB Performance

|rowspan=2 align=center| 5

| {{flagicon|NED}} Marco du Pau

| 5

{{flagicon|NED}} Michael Vergers

| 9

align=center| 33

| {{flagicon|GER}} Michael Bartels

| All

rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GER}} V8STAR

|rowspan=2 align=center| 8

| {{flagicon|GER}} Altfried Heger *

| 5, 9

{{flagicon|NED}} Jan Lammers *

| 7

rowspan=2| {{flagicon|NED}} Jetstream Motorsport

|align=center| 9

| {{flagicon|NED}} Marcel Kesseler

| All

align=center| 10

| {{flagicon|NED}} Simon Frederiks

| All

rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GER}} MRS Workshop

|rowspan=2 align=center| 11

| {{flagicon|DEN}} Kurt Thiim

| 1, 4–5, 9

{{flagicon|NED}} Jaap Kielman

| 7

{{flagicon|GER}} Grohs Motorsport

|align=center| 14

| {{flagicon|GER}} Dennis Rostek

| 1–3, 6–8

rowspan=3| {{flagicon|GER}} MIS Mönninghoff

|align=center| 16

| {{flagicon|GER}} Thomas Mutsch

| All

rowspan=2 align=center| 17

| {{flagicon|GER}} Klaus Panchryz

| 1

{{flagicon|GER}} Roland Rehfeld

| 5

rowspan=4| {{flagicon|GER}} Ryll Racing ASL

|align=center| 22

| {{flagicon|GER}} Siegfried Ryll

| All

rowspan=3 align=center| 23

| {{flagicon|GER}} Sascha Bert

| 2–7

{{flagicon|GER}} Ronny Melkus

| 8

{{flagicon|GBR}} Kevin Clarke

| 9

rowspan=4| {{flagicon|GER}} Ryll Racing

|rowspan=2 align=center| 24

| {{flagicon|GER}} Steffen Widmann

| 1–8

{{flagicon|NED}} Marco du Pau

| 9

rowspan=2 align=center| 25

| {{flagicon|GER}} Ronny Melkus

| 1–7, 9

{{flagicon|NED}} Cor Euser

| 8

rowspan=3| {{flagicon|GER}} GAG Racing Team

|rowspan=2 align=center| 27

| {{flagicon|GER}} Patrick Michels

| 1–6

{{flagicon|NED}} Donny Crevels

| 7–9

align=center| 28

| {{flagicon|GER}} Harald Becker

| All

{{flagicon|GER}} Sagarage

|align=center| 36

| {{flagicon|GER}} Dirk Adorf

| 1, 3

rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GER}} Zakspeed Racing

|align=center| 88

| {{flagicon|POR}} Pedro Lamy

| All

align=center| 99

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Robert Lechner

| All

* Guest driver, no points awarded.

Race calendar and results

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!colspan=2| Round

! Circuit

! Country

! Date

! Pole Position

! Winning Driver

! Winning Team

1

! R

| {{flagicon|GER}} Nürburgring

| Germany

| April 20

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Robert Lechner

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Robert Lechner

| {{flagicon|GER}} Zakspeed Racing

2

! R

| {{flagicon|GER}} EuroSpeedway Lausitz

| Germany

| May 11

| {{flagicon|POR}} Pedro Lamy

| {{flagicon|POR}} Pedro Lamy

| {{flagicon|GER}} Zakspeed Racing

3

! R

| {{flagicon|GER}} Nürburgring

| Germany

| May 31

| {{flagicon|POR}} Pedro Lamy

| {{flagicon|POR}} Pedro Lamy

| {{flagicon|GER}} Zakspeed Racing

4

! R

| {{flagicon|GER}} Sachsenring

| Germany

| June 15

| {{flagicon|POR}} Pedro Lamy

| {{flagicon|POR}} Pedro Lamy

| {{flagicon|GER}} Zakspeed Racing

5

! R

| {{flagicon|GER}} EuroSpeedway Lausitz

| Germany

| July 6

| {{flagicon|GER}} Thomas Mutsch

| {{flagicon|POR}} Pedro Lamy

| {{flagicon|GER}} Zakspeed Racing

6

! R

| {{flagicon|GER}} Nürburgring

| Germany

| July 20

| {{flagicon|GER}} Michael Bartels

| {{flagicon|GER}} Roland Asch

| {{flagicon|GER}} Irmscher Motorsport

7

! R

| {{flagicon|NED}} Circuit Park Zandvoort

| Netherlands

| August 10

| {{flagicon|NED}} Donny Crevels

| {{flagicon|NED}} Donny Crevels

| {{flagicon|GER}} GAG Racing Team

8

! R

| {{flagicon|NED}} Circuit Park Zandvoort

| Netherlands

| September 7

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Robert Lechner

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Robert Lechner

| {{flagicon|GER}} Zakspeed Racing

rowspan=2| 9

! R1

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GER}} EuroSpeedway Lausitz

|rowspan=2| Germany

| September 13

| {{flagicon|NED}} Donny Crevels

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Robert Lechner

| {{flagicon|GER}} Zakspeed Racing

R2

| September 14

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Robert Lechner

| {{flagicon|POR}} Pedro Lamy

| {{flagicon|GER}} Zakspeed Racing

Championship standings

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! style="vertical-align:middle"| Pos

! style="vertical-align:middle"| Driver

! style="vertical-align:middle"| Points

1

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|POR}} Pedro Lamy

! 271

2

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Thomas Mutsch

! 249

3

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Michael Bartels

! 249

4

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|AUT}} Robert Lechner

! 235

5

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Marcel Kesseler

! 179

6

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Harald Becker

! 172

7

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Simon Frederiks

! 172

8

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Steffen Widmann

! 170

9

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Ronny Melkus

! 165

10

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Siegfried Ryll

! 161

11

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Roland Asch

! 117

12

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Patrick Michels

! 107

13

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Dennis Rostek

! 105

14

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Kurt Thiim

! 98

15

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Donny Crevels

! 84

16

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Sascha Bert

! 80

17

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Dirk Adorf

! 53

18

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Michael Vergers

! 47

19

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|BEL}} Yves Olivier

! 40

20

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Cor Euser

! 26

21

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Marco du Pau

! 24

22

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Klaus Panchryz

! 23

23

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GBR}} Kevin Clarke

! 0

24

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Jaap Kielman

! 0

25

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Roland Rehfeld

! 0

colspan=3 align=center| guest drivers ineligible for points
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Altfried Heger

! 0

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Jan Lammers

! 0

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! style="vertical-align:middle"| Pos

! style="vertical-align:middle"| Driver

! style="vertical-align:middle"| Points

{{col-2}}

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! style="vertical-align:middle"| Pos

! style="vertical-align:middle"| Team

! style="vertical-align:middle"| Points

1

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Zakspeed Racing

! 506

2

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GER}} GAG Racing Team

! 363

3

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Ryll Racing

! 361

4

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Jetstream Motorsport

! 351

5

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GBR}} MB Performance

! 296

6

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GER}} MIS Mönninghoff

! 272

7

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Ryll Racing ASL

! 265

8

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Irmscher Motorsport

! 157

9

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Grohs Motorsport

! 105

10

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GER}} MRS Workshop

! 98

11

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Sagarage

! 53

colspan=3 align=center| guest teams ineligible for points
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|GER}} V8STAR

! 0

style="background:#f9f9f9; vertical-align:top"

! style="vertical-align:middle"| Pos

! style="vertical-align:middle"| Team

! style="vertical-align:middle"| Points

{{Col-end}}

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! Position

1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17th18th19th20th21st22nd23rd24th25th26th27th28th29th30th
Points || 32 || 30 || 29 || 28 || 27 || 26 || 25 || 24 || 23|| 22 || 21 || 20 || 19 || 18 || 17 || 16 || 15 || 14 || 13 || 12 || 11 || 10 || 9 || 8 || 7 || 6 || 5 || 4 || 3 || 2

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.driverdb.com/standings/44-2003/ driverdb.com V8Star Series 2003]
  • [http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/touringcars/german-v8-star/2003/ speedsport-magazine.com V8Star Series 2003]
  • [http://www.motorsport-archive.com/index.php?mode=Series&id=4 motorsport-archive.com V8Star Series]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110201190154/http://v8star.com/ V8Star Series official website]

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