2003 British Formula Ford Championship

The 2003 British Formula Ford Championship is the 28th edition 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
Ray Sport	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
Jato Motorsport	32	Tony Rodgers	C	?	All
AMG Motorsport	29	George McAlpin	C	?	1
Jamun Racing	33	Sebastian King	S	?	2
Jamun Racing	84	Ben Clucas	C	?	1-8
Team Welcome Motorsport	46	Adam Jackson	S	?	4-7

Icon	Class
C	Championship
S	Scholarship

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
1	R2	Mondello Park	21 April		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
3	R6	Thruxton Circuit	26 May		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
4	R8	Silverstone Circuit	8 June	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
5	R10	Rockingham Motor Speedway	22 June		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
6	R12	Croft Circuit	13 July		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
8	R16	Brands Hatch	25 August		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
9	R18	Donington Park	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
10	R20	Oulton Park	21 September		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	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)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	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 Archived 2007-02-22 at the Wayback Machine