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
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
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
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 Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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 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

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