2003 Formula BMW Asia season
The 2003 Formula BMW Asia season was held in 2003. It was won by the Meritus team, with Ho-Pin Tung. Tung claimed twelve pole positions and ten wins in 14 races during the course of the season, which spanned five countries.
Tung's reward was a test drive with the then BMW powered Williams F1 Team at the 4.428 kilometer (2.7 mile) Circuito de Jerez.[1]
Teams and drivers
All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines.
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Races
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Winning Rookie | |
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1 | R1 | Sepang International Circuit | 22 March | Ho-Pin Tung | Ho-Pin Tung | Ho-Pin Tung | Team Meritus | You Kyongouk |
R2 | 23 March | Ho-Pin Tung | Ho-Pin Tung | Ho-Pin Tung | Team Meritus | James Veerapan | ||
2 | R1 | Sepang International Circuit | 7 June | Ho-Pin Tung | Ho-Pin Tung | Team Meritus | ||
R2 | 8 June | Ho-Pin Tung | Hanss Lin Po Heng | Team Meritus | ||||
3 | R1 | Johor Circuit | 28 June | Ho-Pin Tung | no data | Hanss Lin Po Heng | Team Meritus | You Kyongouk |
R2 | 29 June | Ho-Pin Tung | no data | Ho-Pin Tung | Team Meritus | You Kyongouk | ||
4 | R1 | Bira Circuit | 20 July | Ho-Pin Tung | no data | Ho-Pin Tung | Team Meritus | Tyson Sy |
R2 | Ho-Pin Tung | no data | Ho-Pin Tung | Team Meritus | Don Pastor | |||
5 | R1 | Taebaek Racing Park | 24 August | Ho-Pin Tung | no data | Ho-Pin Tung | Team Meritus | Tyson Sy |
R2 | Ho-Pin Tung | no data | Ho-Pin Tung | Team Meritus | You Kyongouk | |||
6 | R1 | Autopolis | 28 September | Ho-Pin Tung | no data | Ho-Pin Tung | Team Meritus | You Kyongouk |
R2 | Ho-Pin Tung | Ho-Pin Tung | Team Meritus | |||||
7 | R1 | Goldenport Park Circuit | 26 October | Marchy Lee | no data | Marchy Lee | Team Meritus | Ryo Nakano |
R2 | Hanss Lin Po Heng | no data | Hanss Lin Po Heng | Team Meritus | Don Pastor |
Standings
Points were awarded as follows:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' Championship
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Bold – Pole |
Rookie Cup
Pos | Driver | SEP1 | SEP2 | JOH | BIR | TAE | AUT | BEI | Pts | Final Pts | |||||||
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1 | You Kyongouk | 1 | Ret | ?? | ?? | 1 | 1 | 4 | ?? | 2 | 1 | 1 | ?? | 2 | 3 | 152 | 205 |
2 | Tyson Sy | 4 | 3 | ?? | ?? | 2 | Ret | 1 | ?? | 1 | 2 | 3 | ?? | Ret | 2 | 119 | 169 |
3 | Don Pastor | 2 | 2 | ?? | ?? | 5 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | Ret | ?? | Ret | 1 | 111 | 151 |
4 | Rajvirdhan Vijayakumar | Ret | 4 | ?? | ?? | 3 | 2 | 3 | ?? | 4 | 4 | 2 | ?? | 3 | Ret | 96 | 134 |
5 | Ryo Nakano | Ret | Ret | ?? | ?? | 6 | Ret | 5 | ?? | 3 | 5 | 4 | ?? | 1 | Ret | 64 | 105 |
6 | Chin Tzer Jinn | Ret | Ret | ?? | ?? | 4 | 4 | 6 | ?? | 7 | 6 | 5 | ?? | 4 | 4 | 64 | 88 |
7 | Dado Pena | 3 | 5 | ?? | ?? | 7 | 3 | DNS | ?? | 5 | 7 | Ret | ?? | Ret | DNS | 48 | 78 |
8 | James Veerapan | Ret | 1 | 20 | 20 |
References
- ^ China's Ho-Pin Tung to test F1 car at Williams China Daily. 28 October 2003.
External links
- BMW Group's press releases for Formula BMW Asia
- BMW-Motorsport.com
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