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2003 Superleague season

Competition	Superleague
Title Sponsor	N/A
Platform Used	GP4
Rounds	16
Mod base
Carshape base
Engine Supplier(s)	Multiple
Tyre Supplier(s)	Bridgestone, Michelin
Drivers	39
Teams	19
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.

2003 proved to be a very uncertain season season for the league, which saw the league come to the brink of extinction after the second race of the season. However Italian William Ponissi stepped in and managed to save the league, which was renamed as F1VWC and had Andy Grayson installed as the league manager. Nevertheless several teams had withdrawn and numbers dropped significantly in the mid-season, but they gradually recovered as the new league picked up a number of teams and drivers in the wake of the collapse of the rival SFO league.

Format

Report

Teams and drivers

Team	Base	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Mapes-VO		Mapes-VO		Honda	M	1	Mikko Jakonen	All	Andrew Cooper Andrew Turner
						2	Petri Loukasmaki	1-3, 5-6, 8-9, 11-16
BA Racing		BA Racing		Cosworth	M	3	Jason Endean	1-2
						4	Jason Smith	1
							Dan Lawrence	2
KRB		KRB		Ferrari	M	5	Kieran Ryan	1, 4
							Chris Galloway	2
						6	Adam Wright	1-3
Stealth F1		Stealth		BMW	B	7	Joe Consiglio	1-2, 14
							Eric Sosa	10-13
							Mariano Malisani	15-16
						8	Eric Sosa	1-2
							Chris Galloway	10-14
							William Ponissi	15
							Paul Heyhoe	16
Scuderia Annunziata		Annunziata		BMW	B	7	Eric Sosa	3-9
						8	Chris Galloway	3-9
Southern Cross United Motorsport		SCUM		Holden	B	9	Dan Regan	1-2
							Shiro Ryong	3-16
						10	Peter Harding	1, 4, 9-11, 14-16
							Shiro Ryong	2
Dizzo		Dizzo		Asiatech	B	11	Blair Disley	1-2	Luc Lissens
						12	Nazario Nuti	2
EIRE		EIRE		Cosworth	B	14	Daniel Wilkinson	All	Tim Williams Stephen Wilson
						15	William Ponissi	1-3, 5, 10
							Kieran Ryan	13-16
Phoenix F1		Phoenix		Renault	B	16	Jan Kelder	1-15	Mark Nieuwlaar Andy Graydon
							Andy Graydon	16
						17	Antonio Irisarri	All
Ultima Racing		Ultima†		Ferrari	M	18	Karl White	2-3
						19	Mal McKee	9-10, 13
NWO Motorsport		NWO Motorsport		Ferrari	B	18	Matt Hunt	15
						19	Jim Moir	15
Vedder F1		Vedder F1		Ferrari	B	18	Jim Moir	16
Fury Racing		Fury Racing		Ferrari	B	20	Ronald De Boer	1-2
						21	Phil Perkins	1-2
Molotov F1		Molotov		Toyota	B	22	Ryan McConkey	1
						23	Paul Sleight	1-2, 4
MMC Racing		MMC Racing		Mugen-Honda	M	22	Ryan McConkey	15-16
						23	Paul Sleight	15-16
Juan Tortella Motorsport		JTM		Ferrari	B	??	Juan Tortella	11-12
							Toby Lock	13-16
						??	Matt Maple	12-16
Simsoa		Simsoa		Mercedes	M	??	Patrick Alsemgeest	12-14
							Simon Jeavons	15
						??	David George	13-16
Thomas Gustavsson Motorsport		TGM		Toyota	B	??	Marco Vandenbroeck	13
MMRT		MMRT		Toyota	B	??	Miodrag Mihailovic	15-16
						??	Miguel Oliviera	15-16

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

New entries

Unexpectedly and controversially, Ultima Racing was expelled from the league with only two races remaining in the season. The announcement, which came as a surprise to manager-driver Mal McKee, was made on the 15th of September, the day before the Italian Grand Prix race session. The league had been considering an increase in membership due to the interest shown by several drivers of rival league SFO. Ironically, McKee had been having trouble attracting reliable drivers and had to resort to attempting to race himself despite having a busy schedule that year. Inexplicably, despite the imminent influx of drivers from SFO, a decision was made to eject Ultima from the league.

The same day was announced that a team called NWO Motorsport may be next in line to enter the league. NWO had previously been ejected from the SFO league. The following day the announcement was made, and NWO took over Ultima's assets, including their Ferrari contract, in a forced buy-out. While co-manager/driver Matt Hunt raced in the US Grand Prix, co-manager/driver Jim Moir failed to race. After the US Grand Prix, Hunt announced his retirement and Moir re-branded NWO as Vedder F1 and enlisted Adam Fretter as a driver for the team. Neither driver raced in the final event in Japan, however.

Four days after the last race of the season, Moir announced that Vedder F1 would not be taking part in the 2004 season, allowing Ollie Woods to enter his team Woods Racing for the next season.

Although no press announcement was made, McKee retired from sim-racing at this point, though he was to return to the league at the start of the 2005 season, being signed for Synergetic to compete in the Supercup.

Team changes

Driver changes

2003 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Mod	Date	Time
							Track time	GMT
1	Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	(Dry Qualifying)	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	(Wet Qualifying)	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.

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 DNS 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 DNS 9 9 0 21 Andy Graydon 9 0 22 Miodrag Mihailovic 10 DNS 0 23 Adam Wright 11 11 DNS 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 DNS Ret DNS 0 30 David George Ret Ret Ret 0 31 Matt Hunt Ret 0 - Jason Smith DNS 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 Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) 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 1 3 1 1 6 3 2 1 3 Ret 3 Ret 2 3 4 2 166 2 3 Ret 7 2 1 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 3 2 EIRE-Cosworth 14 Ret 4 3 7 5 4 5 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 127 15 Ret Ret DSQ Ret 6 Ret 5 2 5 3 SCUM-Holden 9 6 7 2 2 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 1 6 3 4 127 10 7 6 8 5 5 7 11 11 10 4 PhoenixF1-Renault 16 9 8 5 4 4 7 7 8 7 3 4 6 5 8 8 9 89 17 4 5 Ret 3 3 5 4 5 8 Ret 9 4 9 10 6 8 5 Stealth-BMW 7 10 9 4 6 7 10 1 14 DSQ 39 8 2 2 Ret 8 Ret 8 Ret 16 DNS 6 Annunziata-BMW 7 4 6 7 6 3 6 6 39 8 6 5 8 8 6 7 9 7 JTM-Ferrari  ?? Ret 8 6 7 15 11 19  ?? 3 7 9 7 6 8 BA Racing-Cosworth 3 5 1 14 4 DNS DNS 9 MMC-Mugen Honda 22 12 7 2 23 9 DNS 10 Fury Racing-Ferrari 20 8 Ret 1 21 Ret 12 11 Molotov-Ferrari 22 Ret 0 23 Ret DNS 9 12 KRB-Ferrari 5 Ret 10 DNS 0 6 11 11 DNS 13 MMRT-Toyota  ?? 10 DNS 0  ?? 13 DNS 14 Dizzo-Asiatech 11 Ret Ret 0 12 Ret 15 Simsoa-Mercedes  ?? DNS Ret DNS DNS 0  ?? Ret Ret Ret 16 NWO-Ferrari 18 Ret 0 19 DNS 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 Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) 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 † Cars did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance. Preceded by: 2002 Superleague season 2003 Superleague season 2003 Succeeded by: 2004 Superleague season