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
	5	Michael Vergers	9
	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
	17	Klaus Panchryz	1
	17	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
	24	Marco du Pau	9
	25	Ronny Melkus	1–7, 9
	25	Cor Euser	8
GAG Racing Team	27	Patrick Michels	1–6
	27	Donny Crevels	7–9
	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		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

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