2003 Formula BMW Asia season explained

The 2003 Formula BMW Asia season was held in 2003. It was won by the Meritus team, with Ho-Pin Tung. Tung claimed twelve pole positions and ten wins in 14 races during the course of the season, which spanned five countries.

Tung's reward was a test drive with the then BMW powered Williams F1 Team at the 4.428 kilometer (2.7 mile) Circuito de Jerez.[1]

Teams and drivers

All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines.

TeamNoDriverClassRounds
Goddard-QHR2 Dado PenaAll
3 Tyson SyAll
Team India Racing6 Ajith KumarAll
83 Rajvirdhan VijayakumarAll
Team Meritus7 Ferhan Fauzy3
8 Chin Tzer JinnAll
28 James Veerapan1
38 Marchy Lee7
58 Ho-Pin TungAll
78 Jim Ka To4
88 Hanss Lin Po HengAll
Team E-Rain9 Lee DooyoungAll
3 Crowns Racing11 Nattapong HorthongkumAll
16 Gary ShamAll
Team Yellow Hat14 Keiko IharaAll
Team T.E.C Pilipinas18 Don PastorAll
Autosport Racing27 Tohru JitsukawaAll
Team Forty-One41 Ryo NakanoAll
Autobacs with Racing On55 Akiko KobayashiAll
BMW Korea E-Rain61 You KyongoukAll
IconClass
Rookie Cup
Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Races

RoundCircuitDatePole PositionFastest LapWinning DriverWinning TeamWinning Rookie
1R1 Sepang International Circuit22 March Ho-Pin Tung Ho-Pin Tung Ho-Pin Tung Team Meritus You Kyongouk
R223 March Ho-Pin Tung Ho-Pin Tung Ho-Pin Tung Team Meritusnowrap James Veerapan
2R1 Sepang International Circuit7 June Ho-Pin Tung Ho-Pin Tung Team Meritus
R28 June Ho-Pin Tung Hanss Lin Po Heng Team Meritus
3R1 Johor Circuit28 June Ho-Pin Tungno data Hanss Lin Po Heng Team Meritus You Kyongouk
R229 June Ho-Pin Tungno data Ho-Pin Tung Team Meritus You Kyongouk
4R1 Bira Circuit20 July Ho-Pin Tungno data Ho-Pin Tung Team Meritus Tyson Sy
R2 Ho-Pin Tungno data Ho-Pin Tung Team Meritus Don Pastor
5R1 Taebaek Racing Park24 August Ho-Pin Tungno data Ho-Pin Tung Team Meritus Tyson Sy
R2 Ho-Pin Tungno data Ho-Pin Tung Team Meritus You Kyongouk
6R1 Autopolis28 September Ho-Pin Tungno data Ho-Pin Tung Team Meritus You Kyongouk
R2 Ho-Pin Tung Ho-Pin Tung Team Meritus
7R1 Goldenport Park Circuit26 October Marchy Leeno data Marchy Lee Team Meritus Ryo Nakano
R2nowrap Hanss Lin Po Hengno datanowrap Hanss Lin Po Hengnowrap Team Meritus Don Pastor

Standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th 
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Drivers' Championship

PosDriverSEP1
SEP2
JOH
BIR
TAE
AUT
BEI
PtsFinal
Pts
1 Ho-Pin Tung111Ret211111114Ret205225
2 Hanss Lin Po Heng3Ret211235232421154189
3 Keiko Ihara62????33168353555112139
4 Nattapong Horthongkum23????6515311116??3677101
5 You Kyongouk4Ret????4610??524??776889
6 Tyson Sy117????7Ret4??447??Ret45274
7 Tohru Jitsukawa75????5467Ret88??Ret104766
8 Don Pastor56????13Ret54107Ret??Ret34960
9 Marchy Lee123535
10 Rajvirdhan VijayakumarRet8????87714895??9Ret2934
11 Jim Ka To223030
12 Ajith KumarRet10????9886Ret6Ret??Ret82429
13 Akiko Kobayashi9Ret????11139??6RetRet??8Ret1319
14 Ryo NakanoRetRet????14Ret12??7109??6Ret1316
15 James VeerapanRet41010
16 Dado Pena811????159DNS??914Ret??RetDNS77
17 Lee Dooyoung129????161413??121211??10955
18 Gary Sham10Ret????101011??13DNS12??RetRet35
19 Chin Tzer JinnRetRet????121114??141310??111111
20 Ferhan Fauzy171200
PosDriverSEP1
SEP2
JOH
BIR
TAE
AUT
BEI
PtsFinal
Pts
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookie Cup

PosDriverSEP1
SEP2
JOH
BIR
TAE
AUT
BEI
PtsFinal
Pts
1 You Kyongouk1Ret????114??211??23152205
2 Tyson Sy43????2Ret1??123??Ret2119169
3 Don Pastor22????5Ret2163Ret??Ret1111151
4 Rajvirdhan VijayakumarRet4????323??442??3Ret96134
5 Ryo NakanoRetRet????6Ret5??354??1Ret64105
6 Chin Tzer JinnRetRet????446??765??446488
7 Dado Pena35????73DNS??57Ret??RetDNS4878
8 James VeerapanRet12020

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-10/28/content_276282.htm China's Ho-Pin Tung to test F1 car at Williams