2003 Superleague season

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**2003 Superleague season**

Competition	Superleague
Title Sponsor	N/A
Platform Used	GP4
Rounds
Mod base
Carshape base
Engine Supplier(s)
Tyre Supplier(s)
Drivers
Teams
Drivers' Champion	Shiro Ryong
Teams' Champion	Mapes-VO
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The 2003 Superleague season was the fourth GPVWC Superleague season. It was to be the first year in which Geoff Crammond's GP4 was used.

Format

Report

Teams and drivers

Team	Constructor	Engine	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Mapes-VO	Mapes-VO	Honda	M	1	Mikko Jakonen	Andrew Cooper Andrew Turner
Mapes-VO	Mapes-VO	Honda	M	2	Petri Loukasmaki	Andrew Cooper Andrew Turner
BA Racing	BA Racing	Cosworth	M	3	Jason Endean
				4	Jason Smith
				4	Dan Lawrence
KRB	KRB	Ferrari	M	5	Kieran Ryan	Chris Galloway
KRB	KRB	Ferrari	M	6	Adam Wright	Chris Galloway
Scuderia Annunziata	Annunziata	BMW	B	7	Eric Sosa
Scuderia Annunziata	Annunziata	BMW	B	8	Chris Galloway
Southern Cross United Motorsport	SCUM	Holden	B	9	Dan Regan
				9	Shiro Ryong
				10	Peter Harding
Dizzo	Dizzo	Asiatech	B	11	Blair Disley	Luc Lissens
Dizzo	Dizzo	Asiatech	B	12	Nazario Nuti	Luc Lissens
EIRE	EIRE	Cosworth	B	14	Daniel Wilkinson	Tim Williams Stephen Wilson
				15	William Ponissi
				15	Kieran Ryan
Phoenix F1	Phoenix	Renault	B	16	Jan Kelder	Mark Nieuwlaar Andy Graydon
Phoenix F1	Phoenix	Renault	B	17	Antonio Irisarri	Mark Nieuwlaar Andy Graydon
Ultima Racing	Ultima^†	Ferrari	M	18	Karl White
Ultima Racing	Ultima^†	Ferrari	M	19	Mal McKee
NWO Motorsport	NWO Motorsport	Ferrari	B	18	Matt Hunt
NWO Motorsport	NWO Motorsport	Ferrari	B	19	Jim Moir
Vedder F1	Vedder F1	Ferrari	B	18	Jim Moir
Fury Racing	Fury Racing	Ferrari	B	20	Ronald De Boer
Fury Racing	Fury Racing	Ferrari	B	21	Phil Perkins
Molotov F1	Molotov	Toyota	B	22	Ryan McConkey
Molotov F1	Molotov	Toyota	B	23	Paul Sleight
MMC Racing	MMC Racing	Mugen-Honda	M	22	Ryan McConkey
MMC Racing	MMC Racing	Mugen-Honda	M	23	Paul Sleight
Juan Tortella Motorsport	JTM	Ferrari	B	??	Juan Tortella
				??	Toby Lock
				??	Matt Maple
Stealth F1	Stealth	BMW	B	??	Eric Sosa
				??	Joe Consiglio
				??	Chris Galloway
Simsoa	Simsoa	Mercedes	M	??	Patrick Alsemgeest
Simsoa	Simsoa	Mercedes	M	??	David George
Thomas Gustavsson Motorsport	TGM	Toyota	B	??	Marco Vandenbroeck
MMRT	MMRT	Toyota	B	??	Miodrag Mihailovic
MMRT	MMRT	Toyota	B	??	Miguel Oliviera

^† Ultima Racing started the season as Down Racing, but rebranded part way through the season.

New entries

Team changes

Driver changes

2003 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Mod	Date	Time
Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Mod	Date	Track time	GMT
1	Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne		GP4 v9.6	6th - 10th March	???	23:59
2	Malaysian Grand Prix	Malaysian GP	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia		GP4 v9.6	20th - 24th March	???	23:59
3	Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo		GP4 v9.6	3rd - 7th April	???	23:59
4	San Marino Grand Prix	San Marino GP	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola		GP4 v9.6	17th - 21st April	???	23:59
5	Spanish Grand Prix	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona		GP4 v9.6	1st - 5th May	???	23:59
6	Austrian Grand Prix	Austrian GP	A1-Ring		GP4 v9.6	15 - 19th May	???	23:59
7	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo		GP4 v9.6	29th May - 2nd June	???	23:59
8	Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal		GP4 v9.6	12th - 16th June	???	23:59
9	European Grand Prix	European GP	Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany		GP4 v9.6	26th -30th June	???	23:59
10	French Grand Prix	French GP	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours		GP4 v9.6	5th - 9th July	???	23:59
11	British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit		GP4 v9.6	17th - 21st July	???	23:59
12	German Grand Prix	German GP	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany		GP4 v9.6	31st July - 4th August	???	23:59
13	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary		GP4 v9.6	14th - 18th August	???	23:59
14	Italian Grand Prix	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza		GP4 v9.6	11th - 15th September	???	23:59
15	United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Indianapolis Motor Speedway		GP4 v9.6	25th - 29th October	???	23:59
16	Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie		GP4 v9.6	9th - 13th October	???	23:59

Qualifying

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Rd.	Grands Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
1	Australian Grand Prix	Joe Consiglio	Joe Consiglio (1:25.645)	Mikko Jakonen	Mapes-VO-Honda	Report
2	Malaysian Grand Prix	Mikko Jakonen	Mikko Jakonen (1:37.189)	Jason Endean	BA Racing-Cosworth	Report
3	Brazilian Grand Prix	Mikko Jakonen	Daniel Wilkinson (1:13.988)	Mikko Jakonen	Mapes-VO-Honda	Report
4	San Marino Grand Prix	Mikko Jakonen	Mikko Jakonen (1:22.295)	Mikko Jakonen	Mapes-VO-Honda	Report
5	Spanish Grand Prix	Petri Loukasmaki	Antonio Irisarri (1:18.284)	Shiro Ryong	SCUM-Holden	Report
6	Austrian Grand Prix	Mikko Jakonen	Mikko Jakonen (1:10.053)	Petri Loukasmaki	Mapes-VO-Honda	Report
7	Monaco Grand Prix	Mikko Jakonen	Shiro Ryong (1:15.695)	Shiro Ryong	SCUM-Holden	Report
8	Canadian Grand Prix	Mikko Jakonen	Mikko Jakonen (1:14.540)	Mikko Jakonen	Mapes-VO-Honda	Report
9	European Grand Prix	Mikko Jakonen	Daniel Wilkinson (1:14.380)	Daniel Wilkinson	EIRE-Cosworth	Report
10	French Grand Prix	Antonio Irisarri	Daniel Wilkinson (1:12.336)	Daniel Wilkinson	EIRE-Cosworth	Report
11	British Grand Prix	Shiro Ryong	Daniel Wilkinson (1:20.046)	Daniel Wilkinson	EIRE-Cosworth	Report
12	German Grand Prix	Mikko Jakonen	Mikko Jakonen (1:36.994)	Daniel Wilkinson	EIRE-Cosworth	Report
13	Hungarian Grand Prix	Matt Maple	Mikko Jakonen (1:13.013)	Shiro Ryong	SCUM-Holden	Report
14	Italian Grand Prix	Joe Consiglio	Joe Consiglio (1:20.920)	Joe Consiglio	Stealth-BMW	Report
15	United States Grand Prix	Kieran Ryan	Daniel Wilkinson (1:10.109)	Daniel Wilkinson	EIRE-Cosworth	Report
16	Japanese Grand Prix	Mikko Jakonen	Daniel Wilkinson (1:31.510)	Daniel Wilkinson	EIRE-Cosworth	Report

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers standings

Pos	Driver	AUS	MAL	BRA	RSM	ESP	AUT	MON	CAN	EUR	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	ITA	USA	JPN	Points
1	Shiro Ryong		6	2	2	1	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	1	6	3	4	109
2	Daniel Wilkinson	Ret	4	3	7	5	4	5	2	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	108
3	Mikko Jakonen	1	3	1	1	6	3	2	1	3	Ret	3	Ret	2	3	4	2	102
4	Petri Loukasmaki	3	Ret	7		2	1		4	4		5	5	4	4	5	3	64
5	Antonio Irisarri	4	5	Ret	3	3	5	4	5	8	Ret	9	4	9	10	6	8	47
6	Jan Kelder	9	8	5	4	4	7	7	8	7	3	4	6	5	8	8		42
7	Eric Sosa	10	9	4	6	7	6	3	6	6	4	6	7	10				35
8	Joe Consiglio	2	2												1			26
9	Chris Galloway		10	6	5	8	8	6	7	9	Ret	8	Ret	8	Ret			17
10	Kieran Ryan	Ret												Ret	5	2	5	16
11	Jason Endean	5	1															14
12	Matt Maple												3	7	9	7	6	13
13	Peter Harding	7			8					5	5	7			11	11	10	13
14	Toby Lock													6	7	15	11	5
15	Dan Regan	6	7															5
16	William Ponissi	Ret	Ret	DSQ		Ret					6					16		3
17	Ryan McConkey	Ret														12	7	2
18	Juan Tortella											Ret	8					1
19	Ronald De Boer	8	Ret															1
20	Paul Sleight	Ret			9											9		0
21	Andy Graydon																9	0
22	Miodrag Mihailovic															10	DNS	0
23	Adam Wright	11	11															0
24	Phil Perkins	Ret	12															0
25	Miguel Oliviera															13		0
26	Mariano Malisani															14	DSQ	0
27	Blair Disley	Ret	Ret															0
28	Nazario Nuti		Ret															0
29	Patrick Alsemgeest													Ret				0
30	David George													Ret		Ret	Ret	0
31	Matt Hunt															Ret		0
-	Karl White		DNS	DNS														0
-	Mal McKee		DNS							DNS	DNS			DNS				0
-	Dan Lawrence		DNS															0
-	Marco Vandenbroeck													DNS				0
-	Jim Moir															DNS	DNS	0
-	Simon Jeavons															DNS		0
-	Paul Heyhoe																DNS	0
Pos	Driver	AUS	MAL	BRA	RSM	ESP	AUT	MON	CAN	EUR	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	ITA	USA	JPN	Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Blank	Did not participate (-)
	Excluded (EX)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap

^* Text
^† Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Constructors standings

Pos	Constructor	Car No.	AUS	MAL	BRA	RSM	ESP	AUT	MON	CAN	EUR	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	ITA	USA	JPN	Points
1	Mapes-VO Honda	1																	166
1	Mapes-VO Honda	2																	166
2	EIRE-Cosworth	14																	127
2	EIRE-Cosworth	15																	127
3	SCUM-Holden	9																	127
3	SCUM-Holden	10																	127
4	PhoenixF1-Renault	16																	89
4	PhoenixF1-Renault	17																	89
5	Stealth-BMW	??																	39
5	Stealth-BMW	??																	39
6	Annunziata-BMW	7																	39
6	Annunziata-BMW	8																	39
7	JTM-Ferrari	??																	19
7	JTM-Ferrari	??																	19
8	BA Racing-Cosworth	3																	14
8	BA Racing-Cosworth	4																	14
9	MMC-Mugen Honda	22																	2
9	MMC-Mugen Honda	23																	2
10	Fury Racing-Ferrari	20																	1
10	Fury Racing-Ferrari	21																	1
11		??																	0
11		??																	0
12		??																	0
12		??																	0
13		??																	0
13		??																	0
14		??																	0
14		??																	0
Pos	Constructor	Car No.	AUS	MAL	BRA	RSM	ESP	AUT	MON	CAN	EUR	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	ITA	USA	JPN	Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Blank	Did not participate (-)
	Excluded (EX)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)