2003 Gold Cup Invitational

The 2003 Gold Cup Invitational competition was a single event which took place between the 19th and 29th of October, 2003. The venue was Spa, Belgium, and drivers used a GP4 F1-style mod.

The race was a full race distance of 44 laps. The race started under 'parc-ferme' conditions whereby the fuel load set at qualifying would be the fuel load drivers would start the race with. The weather throughout all sessions was sunny and dry.

All drivers' cars were limited to 845 BHP for qualifying and 840 BHP for the race, so all cars were equal and drivers entered as team members of the then current FIA F1 teams.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Tyre	Controller	S1	S2	S3	Lap	Gap	Fuel laps
1	Antonio Irisarri	Williams-BMW	Soft					1:46.162	—	10.9
2	Shiro Ryong	Ferrari	Soft		32.839	1m12.207		1:46.400	0.238	13.1
3	Paul Sleight	Benetton Renault	Soft		32.853	1m12.375		1:46.435	0.273	9.9
4	Kari Koski	Benetton Renault	Soft		32.503	1m12.547		1:46.670	0.508	14.5
5	Jan Kelder	Prost Acer	Soft		32.372	1m12.874		1:46.842	0.680	13.3
6	Artur Costa	Prost Acer	Soft		32.852	1m12.547		1:46.891	0.729	9.1
7	Daniel Wilkinson	Jaguar	Soft		32.671	1m12.504		1:47.013	0.851	17.9
8	Mikko Jakonen	Minardi European	Soft		32.517	1m12.693		1:47.105	0.943	15.1
9	Peter Harding	Williams BMW	Soft		33.226	1m12.491		1:47.376	1.214	11.3
10	Matt Maple	BAR Honda	Soft		32.999	1m13.024		1:47.393	1.214	12.1

^† Drivers were allowed to start the race from P22.
^‡ Mal McKee was allowed to start the race from P22 after submitting a legal qualifying lap late due to ISP trouble.

• Erdem Coban & Leon Verheggen both quit the MaMa Racing team before the race.