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2003 Formula BMW Asia season

The 2003 Formula BMW Asia season was held in 2003. It was won by the Meritus team, with Ho-Pin Tung. Tung claimed twelve pole positions and ten wins in 14 races during the course of the season, which spanned five countries.

Tung's reward was a test drive with the then BMW powered Williams F1 Team at the 4.428 kilometer (2.7 mile) Circuito de Jerez.

Teams and drivers

All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines.

Team	No	Driver	Class	Rounds
MYS Goddard-QHR	2	PHI Dado Pena		All
3	PHI Tyson Sy		All
IND Team India Racing	6	IND Ajith Kumar		All
83	IND Rajvirdhan Vijayakumar		All
MYS Team Meritus	7	MYS Ferhan Fauzy		3
8	MYS Chin Tzer Jinn		All
28	MYS James Veerapan		1
38	HKG Marchy Lee		7
58	CHN Ho-Pin Tung		All
78	HKG Jim Ka To		4
88	TPE Hanss Lin Po Heng		All
KOR Team E-Rain	9	KOR Lee Dooyoung		All
THA 3 Crowns Racing	11	THA Nattapong Horthongkum		All
16	CHN Gary Sham		All
Team Yellow Hat	14	JPN Keiko Ihara		All
PHI Team T.E.C Pilipinas	18	PHI Don Pastor		All
THA Autosport Racing	27	JPN Tohru Jitsukawa		All
Team Forty-One	41	JPN Ryo Nakano		All
JPN Autobacs with Racing On	55	JPN Akiko Kobayashi		All
KOR BMW Korea E-Rain	61	KOR You Kyongouk		All

Icon	Class
	Rookie Cup
	Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Races

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning rookie	1	R1	R2	2
MYS Sepang International Circuit	22 March	nowrap	CHN Ho-Pin Tung	nowrap	CHN Ho-Pin Tung	nowrap	CHN Ho-Pin Tung	nowrap	MYS Team Meritus	nowrap	KOR You Kyongouk
23 March	CHN Ho-Pin Tung	CHN Ho-Pin Tung	CHN Ho-Pin Tung	MYS Team Meritus	nowrap	MYS James Veerapan
MYS Sepang International Circuit	7 June	CHN Ho-Pin Tung		CHN Ho-Pin Tung	MYS Team Meritus
8 June	CHN Ho-Pin Tung		TPE Hanss Lin Po Heng	MYS Team Meritus
MYS Johor Circuit	28 June	CHN Ho-Pin Tung	no data	TPE Hanss Lin Po Heng	MYS Team Meritus	KOR You Kyongouk
29 June	CHN Ho-Pin Tung	no data	CHN Ho-Pin Tung	MYS Team Meritus	KOR You Kyongouk
THA Bira Circuit	20 July	CHN Ho-Pin Tung	no data	CHN Ho-Pin Tung	MYS Team Meritus	PHI Tyson Sy
CHN Ho-Pin Tung	no data	CHN Ho-Pin Tung	MYS Team Meritus	PHI Don Pastor
KOR Taebaek Racing Park	24 August	CHN Ho-Pin Tung	no data	CHN Ho-Pin Tung	MYS Team Meritus	PHI Tyson Sy
CHN Ho-Pin Tung	no data	CHN Ho-Pin Tung	MYS Team Meritus	KOR You Kyongouk
JPN Autopolis	28 September	CHN Ho-Pin Tung	no data	CHN Ho-Pin Tung	MYS Team Meritus	KOR You Kyongouk
CHN Ho-Pin Tung		CHN Ho-Pin Tung	MYS Team Meritus
CHN Goldenport Park Circuit	26 October	HKG Marchy Lee	no data	HKG Marchy Lee	MYS Team Meritus	JPN Ryo Nakano
nowrap	TPE Hanss Lin Po Heng	no data	nowrap	TPE Hanss Lin Po Heng	nowrap	MYS Team Meritus	PHI Don Pastor

Standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Position	Points
1st	2nd
20	15

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	SEP1
MYS	SEP2
MYS	JOH
MYS	BIR
THA	TAE
KOR	AUT
JPN	BEI
CHN	Pts	Final
Pts	1	205	225	2	154	189	3	112	139	4	77	101	5	68	89	6	52	74	7	47	66	8	49	60	9	35	35	10	29	34	11	30	30	12	24	29	13	13	19	14	13	16	15	10	10	16	7	7	17	5	5	18	3	5	19	1	1	20	0	0	Pos	Driver	SEP1
MYS	SEP2
MYS	JOH
MYS	BIR
THA	TAE
KOR	AUT
JPN	BEI
CHN	Pts	Final
Pts
CHN Ho-Pin Tung	1	1	1	Ret	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	Ret
TPE Hanss Lin Po Heng	3	Ret	2	1	1	2	3	5	2	3	2	4	2	1
JPN Keiko Ihara	6	2	??	??	3	3	16	8	3	5	3	5	5	5
THA Nattapong Horthongkum	2	3	??	??	6	5	15	3	11	11	6	??	3	6
KOR You Kyongouk	4	Ret	??	??	4	6	10	??	5	2	4	??	7	7
PHI Tyson Sy	11	7	??	??	7	Ret	4	??	4	4	7	??	Ret	4
JPN Tohru Jitsukawa	7	5	??	??	5	4	6	7	Ret	8	8	??	Ret	10
PHI Don Pastor	5	6	??	??	13	Ret	5	4	10	7	Ret	??	Ret	3
HKG Marchy Lee													1	2
IND Rajvirdhan Vijayakumar	Ret	8	??	??	8	7	7	14	8	9	5	??	9	Ret
HKG Jim Ka To							2	2
IND Ajith Kumar	Ret	10	??	??	9	8	8	6	Ret	6	Ret	??	Ret	8
JPN Akiko Kobayashi	9	Ret	??	??	11	13	9	??	6	Ret	Ret	??	8	Ret
JPN Ryo Nakano	Ret	Ret	??	??	14	Ret	12	??	7	10	9	??	6	Ret
MYS James Veerapan	Ret	4
PHI Dado Pena	8	11	??	??	15	9	DNS	??	9	14	Ret	??	Ret	DNS
KOR Lee Dooyoung	12	9	??	??	16	14	13	??	12	12	11	??	10	9
CHN Gary Sham	10	Ret	??	??	10	10	11	??	13	DNS	12	??	Ret	Ret
MYS Chin Tzer Jinn	Ret	Ret	??	??	12	11	14	??	14	13	10	??	11	11
MYS Ferhan Fauzy					17	12

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Rookie Cup

Pos	Driver	SEP1
MYS	SEP2
MYS	JOH
MYS	BIR
THA	TAE
KOR	AUT
JPN	BEI
CHN	Pts	Final
Pts	1	152	205	2	119	169	3	111	151	4	96	134	5	64	105	6	64	88	7	48	78	8	20	20
KOR You Kyongouk	1	Ret	??	??	1	1	4	??	2	1	1	??	2	3
PHI Tyson Sy	4	3	??	??	2	Ret	1	??	1	2	3	??	Ret	2
PHI Don Pastor	2	2	??	??	5	Ret	2	1	6	3	Ret	??	Ret	1
IND Rajvirdhan Vijayakumar	Ret	4	??	??	3	2	3	??	4	4	2	??	3	Ret
JPN Ryo Nakano	Ret	Ret	??	??	6	Ret	5	??	3	5	4	??	1	Ret
MYS Chin Tzer Jinn	Ret	Ret	??	??	4	4	6	??	7	6	5	??	4	4
PHI Dado Pena	3	5	??	??	7	3	DNS	??	5	7	Ret	??	Ret	DNS
MYS James Veerapan	Ret	1

References

[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-10/28/content_276282.htm China's Ho-Pin Tung to test F1 car at Williams] ''China Daily''. 28 October 2003.

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