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The 2003 Formula Renault 2000 Masters season was the thirteenth Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began at Brno on 24 May and finished at the Donington Park on 26 October, after eight races.^[1] Cram Competition's Esteban Guerrieri who is also Argentine Formula Renault champion won three races on his way to the championship by a 36-point margin over Danish driver Robert Schlünssen, who won abandoned race at Assen. ASM's Simon Pagenaud was two points behind Schlünssen. Pagenaud also won second races on TT Circuit Assen. Other wins were scored by Paul Meijer, Ryan Sharp and Reinhard Kofler.

Driver Lineup

2003 Entry List^[2]
Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
JD Motorsport	1	Mikhail Aleshin	All
	2	Robert Schlünssen	All
	3	Reinhard Kofler	All
Jenzer Motorsport	4	Ryan Sharp	All
	5	Pascal Kochem	All
	6	Grant Maiman	All
ma-con Motorsport	7	Ross Zwolsman	1–2
	8	Takuya Izawa	All
	57	Thomas Weiss	2–3
	70	Marcel Engels	3–4
SL Formula Racing	9	Hendrick Vieth	All
	10	Ben Jamini	1–2
	72	Pekka Saarinen	3
ASM	11	Simon Pagenaud	All
	12	Nicolas Armindo	1–2
	16	Johan-Boris Scheier	All
	68	David Martinez Leon	4
Tech 1 Racing	14	Bruce Lorgère-Roux	4
Graff Racing	15	Hideaki Nakao	1
	17	Olivier Metz	1, 3–4
	26	David Laisis	All
	49	Guillaume Moreau	2–4
Cram Competition	18	Marcello Puglisi	1, 3–4
	19	Esteban Guerrieri	All
	20	Pastor Maldonado	All
Prema Powerteam	21	Franck Perera	All
	39	Roberto Streit	All
	77	Kohei Hirate	All
AR Motorsport	22	Paul Meijer	All
Speedlover	23	Stephanie Boden	1–2, 4
BVM Racing	24	Cristian Corsini	1
BVM Racing	27	Mike den Tandt	1
Euronova Racing	25	Luca Filippi	1–2, 4
	32	Vitaly Petrov	All
	69	Elias Papailias	3
Durango	28	Ferdinando Monfardini	1
Durango	42	Rafael Morgenstern	1
Hexis Racing	29	Julien Falcini-Joulian	2, 4
Hexis Racing	30	Ludovic Badey	2, 4
CD Sport	33	Julien Canal	2–4
	50	Franck Mailleux	2–3
	66	Patrick Goeters	4
	67	Homero Richards	4
Scorp Motorsport	34	Ulric Amado de Carvalho	2
MP Motorsport	35	Ferdinand Kool	All
MP Motorsport	36	Olivier Tielemans	2
Equipe Verschuur	38	Yelmer Buurman	2, 4
Equipe Verschuur	40	Xavier Maassen	2, 4
RP Motorsport	43	Davide Valsecchi	2
	44	Andrea Sonvico	2
	45	Toni Vilander	2
Manor Motorsport	46	Lewis Hamilton	2
Manor Motorsport	47	Matthew Wilson	2, 4
Imola Racing	51	Paolo Maria Nocera	2, 4
Van Amersfoort Racing	52	Junior Strous	2–4
Van Amersfoort Racing	53	Giedo van der Garde	2–4
Twinlife Racing Team	54	Ron Marchal	2
Fortec Motorsport	55	Mike Conway	2
John Village Automotive	56	Charles Hollings	2
RS-Line	60	Marc Walz	3
Motopark Academy	61	Helmut Sanden	3
Team Formula Sport	71	Kasper Andersen	3
Team Formula Sport	79	Jimmy Jacobsson	3
Franken Racing	78	Dennis Furchheim	3

Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Masaryk Circuit, Brno	24 May	Esteban Guerrieri	Esteban Guerrieri	Esteban Guerrieri	Cram Competition
1	R2	Masaryk Circuit, Brno	25 May	Esteban Guerrieri	Esteban Guerrieri	Esteban Guerrieri	Cram Competition
2	R1	TT Circuit Assen	2 August	Ryan Sharp	Pascal Kochem	Robert Schlünssen	JD Motorsport
2	R2	TT Circuit Assen	3 August	Franck Perera	Simon Pagenaud	Simon Pagenaud	ASM
3	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	11 October	Giedo van der Garde	Esteban Guerrieri	Esteban Guerrieri	Cram Competition
3	R2	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	12 October	Robert Schlünssen	Robert Schlünssen	Paul Meijer	AR Motorsport
4	R1	Donington Park	25 October	Ferdinand Kool	Marcel Engels	Ryan Sharp	Jenzer Motorsport
4	R2	Donington Park	26 October	Giedo van der Garde	Junior Strous	Reinhard Kofler	JD Motorsport

Championship standings

Drivers

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PP	FL
Points	30	24	20	16	12	10	8	6	4	2	2	2

Pos	Driver	BRN		ASS‡		OSC		DON		Points
Pos	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Points
1	Esteban Guerrieri	1	1	10	9	1	26	3	Ret	124
2	Robert Schlünssen	7	2	1	10	6	2	13	4	88
3	Simon Pagenaud	4	3	15	1	8	28	7	9	86
4	Paul Meijer	12	7	11	4	7	1	5	6	84
5	Ryan Sharp	6	25	2	6	Ret	7	1	3	78
6	Giedo van der Garde			14	Ret	19	3	2	2	72
7	Reinhard Kofler	10	Ret	25	Ret	3	4	10	1	70
8	Hendrick Vieth	3	6	16	Ret	4	32	14	11	46
9	Roberto Streit	5	5	22	19	9	6	8	Ret	44
10	Franck Perera	9	26	5	Ret	5	8	4	12	40
11	Marc Walz					2	5			36
12	Lewis Hamilton			4	2					24
13	Pascal Kochem	2	14	6	Ret	11	25	18	17	24
14	Toni Vilander			20	3					20
15	Nicolas Armindo	15	4	Ret	Ret					16
16	Ross Zwolsman	13	9	8	5					16
17	Guillaume Moreau			19	11	14	11	9	5	16
18	Johan-Boris Scheier	20	8	7	7	17	10	Ret	Ret	16
19	Ferdinand Kool	17	13	Ret	12	12	19	6	23	12
20	Junior Strous			12	15	15	13	26	7	10
21	Kohei Hirate	8	10	17	17	16	27	27	13	8
22	Yelmer Buurman			13	18			21	8	6
23	Ben Jamini	21	15	Ret	8					6
24	Helmut Sanden					Ret	9			4
25	Marcel Engels					10	34	24	DNQ	4
26	Xavier Maassen			18	13			23	10	2
27	Takuya Izawa	11	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	35	12	Ret	0
28	Pastor Maldonado	Ret	16	9	Ret	Ret	29	11	Ret	0
29	Mikhail Aleshin	27	11	Ret	Ret	21	16	22	14	0
30	Julien Canal			DNQ	16	Ret	12	DNQ	21	0
31	Ferdinando Monfardini	18	12							0
32	Dennis Furchheim					13	33			0
33	Julien Falcini-Joulian			21	14			15	15	0
34	Rafael Morgenstern	14	17							0
35	Pekka Saarinen					18	14			0
36	Grant Maiman	19	19	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	15	17	20	0
37	Olivier Metz	Ret	23			20	17	16	16	0
38	Mike den Tandt	16	18							0
39	David Laisis	22	Ret	23	DNQ	26	18	25	DNQ	0
40	Homero Richards							DNQ	18	0
41	Luca Filippi	23	Ret	Ret	Ret			19	Ret	0
42	Vitaly Petrov	29	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	31	Ret	19	0
43	David Martinez Leon							20	22	0
44	Marcello Puglisi	28	24			24	20	DNQ	DNQ	0
45	Cristian Corsini	26	20							0
46	Hideaki Nakao	24	21							0
47	Kasper Andersen					Ret	21			0
48	Stephanie Boden	25	22	DNQ	DNQ			DNQ	DNQ	0
49	Elias Papailias					25	22			0
50	Franck Mailleux			DNQ	DNQ	22	30			0
51	Jimmy Jacobsson					23	23			0
52	Thomas Weiss			DNQ	DNQ	27	24			0
53	Paolo Maria Nocera			24	DNQ					0
	Bruce Lorgère-Roux							Ret	Ret	0
	Mike Conway			DNQ	Ret					0
	Patrick Goeters							DNQ	Ret	0
	Ludovic Badey			DNQ	DNQ			DNQ	DNQ	0
	Davide Valsecchi			DNQ	DNQ					0
	Charles Hollings			DNQ	DNQ					0
	Andrea Sonvico			DNQ	DNQ					0
	Olivier Tielemans			DNQ	DNQ					0
	Matthew Wilson			DNQ	DNQ					0
	Ron Marchal			DNQ	DNQ					0
	Ulric Amado de Carvalho			DNQ	DNQ					0
Pos	Driver	BRN		ASS‡		OSC		DON		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

‡ Points were not awarded in the first race at Assen as race was abandoned after three laps due to massive crash.^[3]

Teams

Pos	Team	Points
1	JD Motorsport	158
2	Cram Competition	124
3	ASM	118
4	Jenzer Motorsport	102
5	Prema Powerteam	92
6	AR Motorsport	84
7	Van Amersfoort Racing	82
8	SL Formula Racing	52
9	RS-Line	36
10	Manor Motorsport	24
11	ma-con Motorsport	20
12	RP Motorsport	20
13	Graff Racing	16
14	MP Motorsport	12
15	Equipe Verschuur	8
15	Motopark Academy	4