2003 British Formula Ford season

The 2003 British Formula Ford season is the 28th season of the British Formula Ford Championship. It commenced on 21 April at Mondello Park and end on 21 September at Oulton Park after 10 rounds and 21 races, all in support of the British Touring Car Championship and Champ Car when they visited Brands Hatch in May. This was the last year until 2013 that the series supported the British Touring Car Championship as they switched to supporting the British GT and British Formula Three Championship from 2004 to 2012.

Drivers and teams

Team	No	Driver	Class	Chassis	Rounds
ComTec Racing	1	Tom Gaymor	C	Van Diemen RF03	All
	6	Oliver Jarvis	C	?	All
	7	Dan Clarke	C	Van Diemen RF03	All
	9	Charlie Donnelly	S	?	All
Panasonic Batteries Team JLR	2	Tom Kimber-Smith	C	?	All
	3	Stuart Hall	C	?	1-7
	4	James Walker	S	?	All
	5	Marko Asmer	C	?	All
	39	Gavin Cronje	C	?	8
Ray Sport	10	Sukhjit Sandher	C	?	All
	11	Alx Danielsson	C	?	All
Continental Racing	12	Matt Allison	C	?	1-6
	14	Mauricio Godínez Castañeda	S	?	1-2
	16	Joey Foster	C	?	All
	46	Adam Jackson	S	?	9
Team MDR	15	Diego Fernandez	S	?	All
	30	Jay Howard	S	?	1-9
	31	Nigel Redwood	S	?	All
	33	Henri Sillanpää	S	?	6
	45	Antonio Pérez Mendoza	S	?	1-5, 7-10
Medina Sport	17	Stephen Jelley	S	?	All
	18	Hideto Yasuoka	S	?	All
	19	Matt Howson	C	?	All
Nexa Racing	20	Valle Mäkelä	C	?	All
	21	Matthew Koskinen	C	?	All
	22	Yuya Sakamoto	C	?	All
Dwyer Engineering	23	Alan Dwyer	S	?	1
Team PCMR	24	Jon Lanceley	S	?	5, 8-10
	25	Chris Rodgers	S	Mygale SJ01	2-7
	26	Julian Yap	S	?	All
	37	Chaz Small	S	?	7
Jato Motorsport	27	James Harris	S	?	1-5, 7-10
	32	Tony Rodgers	C	?	All
AMG Motorsport	29	George McAlpin	C	?	1
Jamun Racing	33	Sebastian King	S	?	2
	84	Ben Clucas	C	?	1-8
Team Welcome Motorsport	46	Adam Jackson	S	?	4-7

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Scholarship Winner
1	R1	Mondello Park	21 April	Ben Clucas	James Walker	Ben Clucas	Jamun Racing	Jay Howard
	R2				Alx Danielsson	Ben Clucas	Jamun Racing	Charlie Donnelly
2	3A	Brands Hatch	4 May	Ben Clucas	Ben Clucas	Ben Clucas	Jamun Racing	Jay Howard
	3B			Alx Danielsson	Dan Clarke	Alx Danielsson	Ray Sport	James Walker
	R4			Ben Clucas	Yuya Sakamoto	Alx Danielsson	Ray Sport	Antonio Pérez Mendoza
3	R5	Thruxton Circuit	26 May	Oliver Jarvis	Marko Asmer	Tom Kimber-Smith	Panasonic Batteries Team JLR	James Walker
	R6				Dan Clarke	Tom Kimber-Smith	Panasonic Batteries Team JLR	James Walker
4	R7	Silverstone Circuit	8 June	Tom Gaymor	Tom Kimber-Smith	Tom Gaymor	ComTec Racing	James Walker
	R8			Race postponed. Run at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit.
5	R9	Rockingham Motor Speedway	22 June	Alx Danielsson	Tom Gaymor	Tom Kimber-Smith	Panasonic Batteries Team JLR	Stephen Jelley
	R10				Alx Danielsson	Tom Kimber-Smith	Panasonic Batteries Team JLR	James Walker
6	R11	Croft Circuit	13 July	Marko Asmer	Valle Mäkelä	Marko Asmer	Panasonic Batteries Racing Team	James Walker
	R12				Marko Asmer	Marko Asmer	Panasonic Batteries Racing Team	James Walker
7	R8	Snetterton Circuit	8 August	Tom Gaymor	Valle Mäkelä	Tom Kimber-Smith	Panasonic Batteries Racing Team	James Walker
	R13		9 August	Valle Mäkelä	Joey Foster	Valle Mäkelä	Nexa Racing	Jay Howard
	R14		10 August		Joey Foster	Joey Foster	Continental Racing	Jay Howard
8	R15	Brands Hatch	25 August	Yuya Sakamoto	Joey Foster	Yuya Sakamoto	Nexa Racing	Hideto Yasuoka
	R16				Ben Clucas	Alx Danielsson	Ray Sport	Hideto Yasuoka
9	R17	Donington Park	6 September	Tom Kimber-Smith	Tom Gaymor	Tom Gaymor	ComTec Racing	James Walker
	R18		7 September		Valle Mäkelä	Tom Gaymor	ComTec Racing	James Walker
10	R19	Oulton Park	21 September	Joey Foster	Valle Mäkelä	Joey Foster	Continental Racing	James Walker
	R20				Matt Howson	Joey Foster	Continental Racing	Julian Yap

Drivers' Championship

Pos. Driver MON BHI THR SIL ROC CRO SNE BHI DON OUL Pts 1 Tom Kimber-Smith 9 2 5 Ret 1 1 2 C 1 1 9 8 1 3 4 6 3 21 7 8 8 421 2 Joey Foster 14 11 2 13 5 Ret 9 C 7 4 3 4 5 2 1 3 5 9 Ret 1 1 394 3 Valle Mäkelä 5 7 6 3 8 7 7 C Ret 8 2 2 4 1 DSQ 4 2 18 Ret 3 3 392 4 Alx Danielsson 6 12 1 1 15 16 Ret C 2 Ret 4 3 8 6 8 2 1 2 3 4 Ret 365 5 Tom Gaymor 13 4 3 Ret 4 5 1 C Ret Ret 12 10 2 7 5 Ret 16 1 1 2 Ret 316 6 Yuya Sakamoto Ret 19 4 2 10 6 4 C 10 10 17 17 3 18 17 1 4 3 4 15 7 316 7 Ben Clucas 1 1 1 7 Ret Ret Ret C 8 9 6 7 14 4 2 8 6 281 8 Oliver Jarvis 4 10 4 Ret Ret 12 Ret C 3 Ret 7 6 Ret 5 6 7 7 6 Ret 7 4 274 9 Matt Howson 8 18 6 NC 3 3 5 C Ret 15 Ret DNS 6 Ret 10 5 Ret 4 2 10 2 265 10 Tony Rodgers 10 3 9 4 11 9 Ret C 6 3 Ret Ret 12 12 19 13 Ret 16 8 6 5 254 11 Marko Asmer 7 5 5 Ret 6 13 10 C 4 Ret 1 1 9 Ret 7 15 Ret Ret 9 Ret 9 252 12 Dan Clarke DNS 14 3 Ret 7 4 Ret C Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret 12 10 8 6 16 11 161 13 Matthew Koskinen 12 22 8 8 16 19 20 C Ret Ret 10 11 15 Ret Ret 19 19 14 13 14 Ret 140 14 Sukhjit Sandher Ret 15 7 Ret 20 Ret 21 C DNS Ret 13 15 16 19 Ret Ret 17 12 15 9 6 128 15 Stuart Hall DNS 13 Ret DNS 13 10 6 C 9 Ret 8 9 19 Ret 18 106 16 Matt Allison 18 17 10 Ret 2 2 Ret C Ret Ret 11 22 90 17 Gavin Cronje 10 14 24 - George McAlpin DNS DNS 0 Pos. Driver MON BHI THR SIL ROC CRO SNE BHI DON OUL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

Scholarship Class

Pos.	Driver	MON		BHI			THR		SIL		ROC		CRO		SNE			BHI		DON		OUL		Pts
1	James Walker	3	Ret		2	Ret	9	8	3	C	12	2	5	5	7	10	Ret	Ret	15	5	5	5	14	466
2	Stephen Jelley	20	9	8		10	14	11	8	C	5	5	15	20	20	14	12	16	12	22	Ret	20	13	417
3	Hideto Yasuoka	19	23	Ret		Ret	21	14	12	C	11	6	Ret	16	Ret	13	9	9	8	11	18	11	Ret	345
4	Jay Howard	2	Ret	7		12	12	Ret	11	C	14	Ret	Ret	13	10	8	3	Ret	13	7	20			331
5	Julian Yap	17	21		11	11	18	22	16	C	Ret	14	16	19	Ret	17	15	20	Ret	15	12	12	10	321
6	Charlie Donnelly	11	6		NC	17	23	21	17	C	13	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	14	11	10	11	13	16	303
7	Nigel Redwood	15	Ret	11		16	17	18	15	C	15	Ret	18	18	21	16	16	18	Ret	17	16	19	15	300
8	Antonio Pérez Mendoza	DNS	16	10		5	19	15	Ret	C	Ret	Ret			13	9	Ret	11	9	13	10	Ret	12	296
9	Diego Fernandez	16	24	13		15	22	20	18	C	18	13	21	21	18	15	13	NC	21	20	19	17	Ret	272
10	Chris Rodgers				9	6	Ret	17	13	C	Ret	7	14	14	11	11	Ret							215
drivers ineligible for points
	James Harris	Ret	8	12		9	Ret	Ret	19	C	Ret	Ret			17	DNS	11	17	18	Ret	Ret	18	17	0
	Jon Lanceley										17	12						21	20	19	17	DNS	DNS	0
	Mauricio Godínez Castañeda	Ret	20		12	14																		0
	Sebastian King				13	Ret																		0
	Adam Jackson								14	C	16	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret			Ret	14			0
	Henri Sillanpää												20	Ret										0
	Chaz Small															Ret	20							0
	Alan Dwyer	DNS	DNS																					0
Pos.	Driver	MON		BHI			THR		SIL		ROC		CRO		SNE			BHI		DON		OUL		Pts

References

External links

• The home of the British Formula Ford Championship