2003 FIA GT Championship

The 2003 FIA GT Championship season was the 7th season of the FIA GT Championship. The championship consisted of the FIA GT Championship for Drivers, the N-GT Cup for Drivers, the FIA GT Championship for Teams and the N-GT Cup for Teams.^[1] The four titles were contested over a ten event series open to Grand Touring cars broken into two classes, GT and N-GT, based on power and manufacturer involvement. The championship began on 6 April 2003 and ended on 19 October 2003.

Schedule

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	LG Super Racing Weekend Barcelona	Circuit de Catalunya	6 April
2	LG Super Racing Weekend Magny-Cours	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	27 April
3	LG Super Racing Weekend Pergusa	Autodromo di Pergusa	11 May
4	LG Super Racing Weekend Brno	Autodrom Brno Masaryk	25 May
5	LG Super Racing Weekend Donington	Donington Park	29 June
6	Proximus Spa 24 Hours	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	26 July 27 July
7	LG Super Racing Weekend Anderstorp	Scandinavian Raceway	7 September
8	LG Super Racing Weekend Oschersleben	Motopark Oschersleben	21 September
9	LG Super Racing Weekend Estoril	Autódromo do Estoril	5 October
10	LG Super Racing Weekend Monza	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	19 October

Entries

GT

Entrant	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Larbre Compétition	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10	M	1	Christophe Bouchut	1–2, 6
					Jean-Philippe Belloc	1–2
					Sébastien Dumez	6
					Vincent Vosse	6
					Patrick Huisman	6
				17	Jean-Luc Blanchemain	6
					Vanina Ickx	6
					Stefano Zonca	6
					Pertti Kuismanen	6
Konrad Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	Ford 6.9 L V8	D	2	Franz Konrad	All
					Toni Seiler	All
					Jean-Marc Gounon	2–5
					Walter Lechner Jr.	6–10
					Eric van de Poele	6
Force One Racing Festina	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10	P	4	Philippe Alliot	1–8
					Steve Zacchia	1–5, 7
					David Hallyday	1–2, 4–5, 8
					Mike Hezemans	6
					David Hart	6
					Anthony Kumpen	6
				5	Mike Hezemans	1–5, 7–10
					Anthony Kumpen	1–5, 7–10
					Steve Zacchia	6
					David Hallyday	6
					François Jakubowski	6
					Julien Gilbert	6
					Philippe Alliot	9–10
Creation Autosportif	Lister Storm GT	Jaguar 7.0 L V12	D	6	Bobby Verdon-Roe	All
					Peter Snowdon	1
					Marco Zadra	2–10
					Duncan Heisman	6
					Jean-Marc Gounon	6
				19	Paul Knapfield	7–10
					Jean-Marc Gounon	7–10
Graham Nash Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	Ford 6.9 L V8	D	7	Mike Newton	All
					Thomas Erdos	All
					Miguel Ramos	6
					Pedro Chaves	6
				8	Miguel Ramos	1–5, 7–10
					Ni Amorim	1–5, 7–10
					Pedro Chaves	1–5, 7–8
					António Coimbra	9–10
JMB Racing	Ferrari 550 Millennio Ferrari 575-GTC Competizione	Ferrari 6.0 L V12	P	9	Philipp Peter	All
					Fabio Babini	All
					Boris Derichebourg	6
				10	Boris Derichebourg	1–5, 7–10
					Christian Pescatori	1–5, 7–10
					David Terrien	1–5
Roos Optima Racing Team	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10	D	11	Henrik Roos	All
					Magnus Wallinder	All
					Vincent Dupont	6
					Peter Snowdon	6
Proton Competition	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6	Y	12	Gerold Ried	1–3
					Christian Ried	1–3
					Mauro Casadei	4
					Moreno Soli	4
					Maciej Marcinkiewicz	4
Lister Racing	Lister Storm GT	Jaguar 7.0 L V12	D	14	Jamie Campbell-Walter	All
					Nathan Kinch	All
					Tom Coronel	5–6
					Robert Schirle	6
				15	Andrea Piccini	All
					Jean-Denis Délétraz	1–5
					David Sterckx	6–10
					Gabriele Lancieri	6, 10
					Gavin Pickering	6
Wieth Racing	Ferrari 550 GTS	Ferrari 6.0 L V12	D	16	Wolfgang Kaufmann	All
					Niko Wieth	1–4, 6, 9
					Vittorio Zoboli	1–3, 5, 10
					Elmar Grimm	6, 8
					Thierry Stépec	6
					Tony Ring	7
					Paolo Biglieri	8
					Massimo Carli	10
Zwaan's Racing	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10	D	18	Arjan van der Zwaan	All
					Rob van der Zwaan	All
					Klaus Abbelen	All
					Marc Goosens	6
Care Racing	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	Ferrari 5.9 L V12	M	21	Lilian Bryner	1–5, 7–10
					Enzo Calderari	1–5, 7–10
					Stefano Livio	1–5, 7–10
					Jean-Marc Gounon	6
					Jérôme Policand	6
					Nicola Cadei	6
BMS Scuderia Italia				22	Fabrizio Gollin	All
					Luca Cappellari	All
					Enzo Calderari	6
					Lilian Bryner	6
				23	Matteo Bobbi	All
					Thomas Biagi	All
					Stefano Livio	6
					Ettore Bonaldi	6
Paul Belmondo Racing	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10	P	24	Paul Belmondo	6
					Yann Clairay	6
					Emmanuel Clérico	6
					Pierre-Yves Corthals	6
				25	Claude-Yves Gosselin	6
					Olivier Dupard	6
					Marco Saviozzi	6
					Pierre Ragues	6
Reiter Engineering	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	Lamborghini 6.0 L V12	M	36	Tom Kristensen	10
					Rinaldo Capello	10
Megadrive	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10	P	37	Stefano Zonca	10
					Pierguiseppe Perrazzini	10
					Gabriele Matteuzzi	10
Alda Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6	D	38	Maciej Stanco	10
					Mauro Casadei	10
					Moreno Soli	10

N-GT

Entrant	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Freisinger Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	D	50	Marc Lieb	All
					Sascha Maassen	1
					Stéphane Ortelli	2–10
					Romain Dumas	6
				51	Gabriel Gardel	All
					Bert Longin	All
					Jeffrey van Hooydonk	6
					Guillaume Gomez	6
JMB Racing	Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT Ferrari 360 Modena GT	Ferrari 3.6 L V8	P	52	Andrea Bertolini	All
					Fabrizio de Simone	1–5, 7–10
					Christian Pescatori	6
					David Terrien	6
				53	Peter Kutemann	1–5, 7–10
					Antoine Gosse	1–5, 7–10
					Iradj Alexander	6
					Fabrizio de Simone	6
					Luciano Burti	6
Peter Kutemann				68	Peter Kutemann	6
					Antoine Gosse	6
					Stephen Earle	6
					Batti Pregliasco	6
Cirtek Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	D	54	Mark Mayall	1, 4
					Marco Zadra	1
					Xavier Pompidou	2
					Richard Kaye	2
					Ian Khan	4
				55	Ian Khan	1–2
					Adam Jones	1–2
Alda Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	D	56	Andrzej Dziurka	1–4
					Wojciech Dobrzanski	1–4
MenX	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	Ferrari 3.6 L V8	D	57	Robert Pergl	1–4, 6–10
					Tomáš Enge	1–4, 8
					Jaroslav Janiš	6–7, 9–10
					Yannick Schroeder	6
Auto Palace	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	Ferrari 3.6 L V8	P	58	Steeve Hiesse	1–4, 10
					Guillaume Gomez	1–4
					Gianluca Ermolli	10
EMKA Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	D	61	Tim Sugden	All
					Martin Short	1–4
					Emmanuel Collard	5–10
					Chris Goodwin	6
G-Tec	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	D	62	Richard Kaye	1
					Rustem Teregulov	1
Motor Competición	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	D	63	Luis Villalba	1
					Francesc Gutiérrez	1
AB Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	P	64	Renato Premoli	1–2, 10
					Bruno Barbaro	1–2, 10
					Antonio De Castro	1–2, 10
Protonic Desbruères	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	P	65	Christopher Campbell	2
					Philippe Brocard	2
					Daniel Desbruères	2
Autorlando Sport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	P	66	Diego Alessi	6, 9
					Edy Gay	6, 9
					Maurizio Mediani	6, 9
					Michael Orts	6
				67	Bruno Corradi	6
					Moreno Soli	6
					Marco Facchetti	6
					Giampaolo Tenchini	6
					Marco Spinelli	10
					Gabriele Sabatini	10
Proton Competition	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	D	69	Christian Ried	4–10
					Gerold Ried	4–10
					Maciej Marcinkiewicz	5, 10
					Horst Felbermayr	6
					Horst Felbermayr Jr.	6
Yellow Racing	Ferrari 360 Modena	Ferrari 3.6 L V8	P	70	Fabio Venier	9–10
					Pedro Névoa	9
					Jonathan Cochet	10
Mastercar	Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT	Ferrari 3.6 L V8	Y	71	Franco Bertoli	10
					Andrea Montermini	10
					"Base Up"	10
Seikel Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	Y	72	Andrea Chiesa	6
					Alex Caffi	6
					Luca Drudi	6
					Gabrio Rosa	6
				73	Tony Burgess	6
					John Lloyd	6
					Philip Collin	6
					Tim Bergmeister	6
Team Eurotech	Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	D	74	Mike Jordan	1–5, 8–10
					Mark Sumpter	1–5, 8–9
					Mark Mayall	6–7
					Jürgen von Gartzen	6–7
					Ian Khan	6
					Nigel Smith	6
					Rob Barff	10
				75	David Jones	1–6, 8–10
					Godfrey Jones	1–6, 8–10
					Mike Jordan	6
					Mark Sumpter	6
RWS Yukos Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	P	77	Aleksey Vasilyev	All
					Nikolai Fomenko	All
					Adam Jones	6
					Stéphane Daoudi	6
				99	Stéphane Daoudi	1–5, 7–10
					Walter Lechner Jr.	1–4
					Johnny Mowlem	5
					Adam Jones	7
					Toto Wolff	8–10
Veloqx Racing	Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT Ferrari 360 Modena GT	Ferrari 3.6 L V8	D	80	Andrew Kirkaldy	5
					Guy Smith	5
Team Maranello Concessionaires				88	Tim Mullen	1–6
					Jamie Davies	1–5, 7–10
					Andrew Kirkaldy	6
					Kelvin Burt	6
					Darren Turner	7–10
				89	Darren Turner	1–6
					Kelvin Burt	1–5, 7–10
					Guy Smith	6
					Jamie Davies	6
					Tim Mullen	7–10
T2M – Kaneko	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	D	84	Frank Hahn	6
					Paul Daniels	6
					Christophe Geoffroy	6
					Wim Coekelberghs	6
JVG Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	P	85	Ian Khan	8–10
					Mark Mayall	8–10
					Michel Neugarten	10
				86	Jürgen van Gartzen	8, 10
					Horst Felbermayr	8, 10
					Horst Felbermayr Jr.	8, 10
MAC Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	P	90	Olivier Dupard	10
					Pierre Bes	10
					Marco Saviozzi	10

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	GT Winning Team	N-GT Winning Team	Results
		GT Winning Drivers	N-GT Winning Drivers
1	Catalunya	#23 BMS Scuderia Italia	#52 JMB Racing	Results
		Thomas Biagi Matteo Bobbi	Andrea Bertolini Fabrizio De Simone
2	Magny-Cours	#23 BMS Scuderia Italia	#88 Team Maranello	Results
		Thomas Biagi Matteo Bobbi	Tim Mullen Jamie Davies
3	Pergusa	#23 BMS Scuderia Italia	#61 EMKA Racing	Results
		Thomas Biagi Matteo Bobbi	Tim Sugden Martin Short
4	Brno	#23 BMS Scuderia Italia	#50 Freisinger Motorsport	Results
		Thomas Biagi Matteo Bobbi	Marc Lieb Stéphane Ortelli
5	Donington	#23 BMS Scuderia Italia	#50 Freisinger Motorsport	Results
		Thomas Biagi Matteo Bobbi	Marc Lieb Stéphane Ortelli
6	Spa	#22 BMS Scuderia Italia	#50 Freisinger Motorsport	Results
		Fabrizio Gollin Luca Cappellari Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner	Marc Lieb Stéphane Ortelli Romain Dumas
7	Anderstorp	#14 Lister Racing	#61 EMKA Racing	Results
		Jamie Campbell-Walter Nathan Kinch	Tim Sugden Emmanuel Collard
8	Oschersleben	#23 BMS Scuderia Italia	#52 JMB Racing	Results
		Thomas Biagi Matteo Bobbi	Andrea Bertolini Fabrizio De Simone
9	Estoril	#9 JMB Racing	#52 JMB Racing	Results
		Fabio Babini Philipp Peter	Andrea Bertolini Fabrizio De Simone
10	Monza	#22 BMS Scuderia Italia	#52 JMB Racing	Results
		Fabrizio Gollin Luca Cappellari	Andrea Bertolini Fabrizio De Simone

Drivers' Championship

Teams Championship

Points were awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 except at the Spa 24 Hours, where an additional allocation of half points were awarded to the leaders at both the six-hour mark and the twelve-hour mark.^[2] Both cars score points towards the championship regardless of finishing position.

FIA GT Championship for Teams

Pos	Team	Car	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	BMS Scuderia Italia	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	Ferrari 5.9L V12	18	18	10	16	11	15	5	10	14	13	130
2	Lister Racing	Lister Storm	Jaguar 7.0L V12	5	9	12	13		8	16			8	71
3	Care Racing	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	Ferrari 5.9L V12	6		6	4	8		4	6		8	42
4=	Creation Autosportif	Lister Storm	Jaguar 7.0L V12	4	2	5	3	4	1	2	8		1	30
4=	JMB Racing	Ferrari 550 Maranello Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello	Ferrari 6.0L V12 Ferrari 6.0L V12						9	1	1	10	9	30
6	Graham Nash Motorsport	Saleen S7R	Ford 7.0L V8		4	2	2	5	4.5		8	3		28.5
7	Larbre Compétition	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10						21					21
8=	Roos Optima Racing Team	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10	3	5		1	2	3			3		17
8=	Konrad Motorsport	Saleen S7R	Ford 7.0L V8	1				3		8		5		17
10=	Zwaan's Racing	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10	2		1				3	4	4		14
10=	Force One Racing Festina	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10			3		6	5					14
12	Paul Belmondo Racing	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10						10.5					10.5
13	Wieth Racing	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Ferrari 6.0L V12		1						2			3

N-GT Cup for Teams

Pos	Team	Car	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Freisinger Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		13		13	16	20	12	5	5	8	92
2	JMB Racing	Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT	Ferrari 3.6L V8	10	3	11	8	1	6		10	10	12	71
3	Team Maranello Concessionaires	Ferrari 360 GT	Ferrari 3.6L V8	14	10	3	6	4	5	6	14	8		70
4	EMKA Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6			10	5		7	10	5	6		43
5=	RWS Yukos Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	6	1	5		10	4	6	2		3	37
5=	Team Eurotech	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		2	6	3	5	6	3	3	3	6	37
7	MenX	Ferrari 360 GT	Ferrari 3.6L V8	3			4		11.5	2		4		24.5
8	Seikel Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6						14.5					14.5
9	Auto Palace Competition	Ferrari 360 GT	Ferrari 3.6L V8	5	6									11
10	Autorlando Sport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6						3			1	4	8
11	JVG Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6									2	5	7
12	Cirtek Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	1	4									5
13	Alda Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6			4								4
14	Veloqx Motorsport	Ferrari 360 GT	Ferrari 3.6L V8					3						3
15	Proton Competition	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6										1	1

References

External links

• Official FIA GT homepage