2003 V8Star Series
# 2003 V8Star Series

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

| Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - |
| Irmscher Motorsport | 2 | Yves Olivier | 1–2 |
| Irmscher Motorsport | 2 | Roland Asch | 3–4, 6–7 |
| MB Performance | 5 | Marco du Pau | 5 |
| MB Performance | 5 | Michael Vergers | 9 |
| MB Performance | 33 | Michael Bartels | All |
| V8STAR | 8 | Altfried Heger * | 5, 9 |
| V8STAR | 8 | Jan Lammers * | 7 |
| Jetstream Motorsport | 9 | Marcel Kesseler | All |
| Jetstream Motorsport | 10 | Simon Frederiks | All |
| MRS Workshop | 11 | Kurt Thiim | 1, 4–5, 9 |
| MRS Workshop | 11 | Jaap Kielman | 7 |
| Grohs Motorsport | 14 | Dennis Rostek | 1–3, 6–8 |
| MIS Mönninghoff | 16 | Thomas Mutsch | All |
| MIS Mönninghoff | 17 | Klaus Panchryz | 1 |
| MIS Mönninghoff | 17 | Roland Rehfeld | 5 |
| Ryll Racing ASL | 22 | Siegfried Ryll | All |
| Ryll Racing ASL | 23 | Sascha Bert | 2–7 |
| Ryll Racing ASL | 23 | Ronny Melkus | 8 |
| Ryll Racing ASL | 23 | Kevin Clarke | 9 |
| Ryll Racing | 24 | Steffen Widmann | 1–8 |
| Ryll Racing | 24 | Marco du Pau | 9 |
| Ryll Racing | 25 | Ronny Melkus | 1–7, 9 |
| Ryll Racing | 25 | Cor Euser | 8 |
| GAG Racing Team | 27 | Patrick Michels | 1–6 |
| GAG Racing Team | 27 | Donny Crevels | 7–9 |
| GAG Racing Team | 28 | Harald Becker | All |
| Sagarage | 36 | Dirk Adorf | 1, 3 |
| Zakspeed Racing | 88 | Pedro Lamy | All |
| Zakspeed Racing | 99 | Robert Lechner | All |

* Guest driver, no points awarded.

## Race calendar and results

| Round | 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 |
| 9 | R2 | EuroSpeedway Lausitz | Germany | September 14 | Robert Lechner | Pedro Lamy | Zakspeed Racing |

## Championship standings

| Pos | Driver | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Pedro Lamy | 271 |
| 2 | Thomas Mutsch | 249 |
| 3 | Michael Bartels | 249 |
| 4 | Robert Lechner | 235 |
| 5 | Marcel Kesseler | 179 |
| 6 | Harald Becker | 172 |
| 7 | Simon Frederiks | 172 |
| 8 | Steffen Widmann | 170 |
| 9 | Ronny Melkus | 165 |
| 10 | Siegfried Ryll | 161 |
| 11 | Roland Asch | 117 |
| 12 | Patrick Michels | 107 |
| 13 | Dennis Rostek | 105 |
| 14 | Kurt Thiim | 98 |
| 15 | Donny Crevels | 84 |
| 16 | Sascha Bert | 80 |
| 17 | Dirk Adorf | 53 |
| 18 | Michael Vergers | 47 |
| 19 | Yves Olivier | 40 |
| 20 | Cor Euser | 26 |
| 21 | Marco du Pau | 24 |
| 22 | Klaus Panchryz | 23 |
| 23 | Kevin Clarke | 0 |
| 24 | Jaap Kielman | 0 |
| 25 | Roland Rehfeld | 0 |
| guest drivers ineligible for points |||
| | Altfried Heger | 0 |
| | Jan Lammers | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Points |
| Pos | Team | Points |
| 1 | Zakspeed Racing | 506 |
| 2 | GAG Racing Team | 363 |
| 3 | Ryll Racing | 361 |
| 4 | Jetstream Motorsport | 351 |
| 5 | MB Performance | 296 |
| 6 | MIS Mönninghoff | 272 |
| 7 | Ryll Racing ASL | 265 |
| 8 | Irmscher Motorsport | 157 |
| 9 | Grohs Motorsport | 105 |
| 10 | MRS Workshop | 98 |
| 11 | Sagarage | 53 |
| guest teams ineligible for points |||
| | V8STAR | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
| 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 |
