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
  Irmscher Motorsport 2   Yves Olivier 1–2
  Roland Asch 3–4, 6–7
  MB Performance 5   Marco du Pau 5
  Michael Vergers 9
33   Michael Bartels All
  V8STAR 8   Altfried Heger * 5, 9
  Jan Lammers * 7
  Jetstream Motorsport 9   Marcel Kesseler All
10   Simon Frederiks All
  MRS Workshop 11   Kurt Thiim 1, 4–5, 9
  Jaap Kielman 7
  Grohs Motorsport 14   Dennis Rostek 1–3, 6–8
  MIS Mönninghoff 16   Thomas Mutsch All
17   Klaus Panchryz 1
  Roland Rehfeld 5
  Ryll Racing ASL 22   Siegfried Ryll All
23   Sascha Bert 2–7
  Ronny Melkus 8
  Kevin Clarke 9
  Ryll Racing 24   Steffen Widmann 1–8
  Marco du Pau 9
25   Ronny Melkus 1–7, 9
  Cor Euser 8
  GAG Racing Team 27   Patrick Michels 1–6
  Donny Crevels 7–9
28   Harald Becker All
  Sagarage 36   Dirk Adorf 1, 3
  Zakspeed Racing 88   Pedro Lamy All
99   Robert Lechner All

* Guest driver, no points awarded.

Race calendar and results

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Round Circuit Country Date Pole Position Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R   Nürburgring Germany April 20   Robert Lechner   Robert Lechner   Zakspeed Racing
2 R   EuroSpeedway Lausitz Germany May 11   Pedro Lamy   Pedro Lamy   Zakspeed Racing
3 R   Nürburgring Germany May 31   Pedro Lamy   Pedro Lamy   Zakspeed Racing
4 R   Sachsenring Germany June 15   Pedro Lamy   Pedro Lamy   Zakspeed Racing
5 R   EuroSpeedway Lausitz Germany July 6   Thomas Mutsch   Pedro Lamy   Zakspeed Racing
6 R   Nürburgring Germany July 20   Michael Bartels   Roland Asch   Irmscher Motorsport
7 R   Circuit Park Zandvoort Netherlands August 10   Donny Crevels   Donny Crevels   GAG Racing Team
8 R   Circuit Park Zandvoort Netherlands September 7   Robert Lechner   Robert Lechner   Zakspeed Racing
9 R1   EuroSpeedway Lausitz Germany September 13   Donny Crevels   Robert Lechner   Zakspeed Racing
R2 September 14   Robert Lechner   Pedro Lamy   Zakspeed Racing

Championship standings

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Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th
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

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