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The 2003 Superstock European Championship was the fifth season of the FIM Superstock championship. The FIM Superstock European Championship followed the same calendar as the Superbike World Championship, missing out the none European rounds of the championship. Starting on 2 March in Circuit Ricardo Tormo and ending on 19 October in Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours.

Michel Fabrizio won the title after beating closest rival Lorenzo Lanzi.

Race calendar and results

2003 Calendar
Round	Date	Round	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Race winner	Winning team	Winning constructor
1	2 March	Spain	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	Lorenzo Alfonsi	Lorenzo Lanzi	Lorenzo Lanzi	Rox Racing Team	Ducati
2	18 May	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Ilario Dionisi	Michel Fabrizio	Michel Fabrizio	Alstare Suzuki Italia	Suzuki
3	1 June	Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Stefan Nebel	Lorenzo Lanzi	Lorenzo Lanzi	Rox Racing Team	Ducati
4	15 June	United Kingdom	Silverstone Circuit	Lorenzo Lanzi	Lorenzo Lanzi	Michel Fabrizio	Alstare Suzuki Italia	Suzuki
5	22 June	San Marino	Misano Adriatico	Ilario Dionisi	Lorenzo Lanzi	Michel Fabrizio	Alstare Suzuki Italia	Suzuki
6	27 July	Europe	Brands Hatch	Michel Fabrizio	James Ellison	James Ellison	HAP Racing	Suzuki
7	7 September	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	Lorenzo Lanzi	Lorenzo Lanzi	Lorenzo Lanzi	Rox Racing Team	Ducati
8	28 September	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Michel Fabrizio	Michel Fabrizio	Michel Fabrizio	Alstare Suzuki Italia	Suzuki
9	19 October	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	Michel Fabrizio	Lorenzo Lanzi	Lorenzo Lanzi	Rox Racing Team	Ducati

Entry list

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Biassono R.T. EVR Corse Aprilia Aprilia RSV 1000R 74 Dario Tosolini 2 FbC Racing 25 Alessandro Brannetti 2–9 La Marca Team 72 Marco Tonini 2, 5, 8 Biassono R.T. EVR Corse Ducati Ducati 999S 79 Damian Cudlin 9 86 Ayrton Badovini All D.F.X. Racing 10 Riccardo Chiarello All MCT Flanders 61 Ghisbert Van Ginhoven 7–8 Rox Racing Team 22 Christian Dal Corso All 37 William De Angelis All 38 Lorenzo Lanzi All STK Czech Accr Team Honda Honda CBR900RR 85 Tomáš Mikšovský All 96 Matěj Smrž All Van Zon Honda Sitra 77 Nicolas Saelens 1–5, 7–9 Alstare Suzuki Italia Suzuki Suzuki GSX-1000R 84 Michel Fabrizio All Ben Wilson Racing 93 Ben Wilson 4, 6 Beowulf Motorsports.com 7 David Gatenby All Black Racing 23 Gerry Gepts 1–8 Borselli Racing 65 Enrico Pasini 8 Buildbase Knotts M/C 92 Luke Quigley 4, 6–7 Celani Team 15 Alex Martinez All 57 Ilario Dionisi All CRT - Suzuki 63 Robert De Vries 7 DGD Motorsport 27 Raphael De Saver 1–2 Electrolombar Racing 16 Enrique Rocamora All 18 Jose Lombardo 1–2, 4–9 Elf Yoshimura Schafer M. 87 Stefan Nebel 3 EMS Racing 4 Michael Laverty 1 44 John Laverty All Engel Racing 89 Stefan Kittel 3 Future Racing 94 Ben Wylie 4, 6 Hans Knopper Motoren 62 Rafael Sinke 7 HAP Racing 8 James Ellison 2–9 ICSAT Team 12 Leroy Verboven All Junior Team L.M.S. Suzuki 68 Denis Bouan 9 69 Guillaume Dietrich 9 70 David Fouloi 9 K.S. Racing 46 Tom Van Looy All Lloyds Autobodies 91 Steve Brogan 4 Magnum Motorsport 95 Kelvin Reilly 6 MIR Racing 34 Jose Manuel Hurtado All 73 Bernat Martinez All RRT Motorsport 27 Raphael De Saver 3–7, 9 Schafer Motorsport 88 Max Weymann 3 Team Moto Racing 76 Fabrizio De Noni 2, 5 78 Alessandro Buzzi 5 Team Plein Gaz 41 Pierrot Vanstaen All Team Special X Gear 28 Giacomo Romanelli All 40 Maurizio Bottalico 1–5 76 Fabrizio De Noni 7–9 Italia Lorenzini by Leoni Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 5 Alessio Velini All 6 Lorenzo Alfonsi All Magic Bike Ducci F.R. 11 Massimo Bisconti 1–4, 6–9 21 Fabrizio De Marco 5 UnionBike GiMotorsport 3 Gianluca Vizziello All 9 Ciro Ranieri 1–6 97 Giovanni Scillieri 7–9 Zone Rouge 20 Geoffrey Naze 1, 4–9

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

• All entries used Pirelli tyres.

Championship' standings

Riders' standings

Pos Rider Bike VAL MNZ OSC SIL MIS BRA ASS IMO MAG Pts 1 Michel Fabrizio Suzuki 17 1 Ret 1 1 3 5 1 4 140 2 Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati 1 3 1 Ret 3 11 1 16 1 137 3 James Ellison Suzuki 6 6 5 10 1 2 6 2 112 4 Lorenzo Alfonsi Yamaha 3 4 3 3 4 10 4 Ret 11 98 5 Riccardo Chiarello Ducati 5 7 5 8 2 17 11 2 5 95 6 Gianluca Vizziello Yamaha 12 Ret 2 2 Ret 5 3 8 Ret 79 7 Ilario Dionisi Suzuki 4 2 Ret 9 5 8 6 19 7 78 8 Enrique Rocamora Suzuki 2 5 Ret DNS 9 12 10 5 3 75 9 Bernat Martinez Suzuki 8 Ret 7 4 6 15 8 4 6 72 10 William De Angelis Ducati 13 9 10 7 7 16 9 7 Ret 50 11 Alex Martinez Suzuki 6 8 4 Ret Ret 4 Ret 11 Ret 49 12 Alessio Velini Yamaha 10 12 Ret 12 8 20 13 9 8 40 13 Luke Quigley Suzuki 10 2 7 35 14 John Laverty Suzuki 14 Ret WD 19 18 9 14 3 10 33 15 Pierrot Vanstaen Suzuki 16 13 8 13 16 13 17 10 9 30 16 Jose Manuel Hurtado Suzuki 9 10 9 Ret Ret 21 15 Ret 16 21 17 Ben Wilson Suzuki 11 6 15 18 Massimo Bisconti Yamaha 11 11 11 Ret Ret 23 18 22 15 19 Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 15 15 14 13 18 12 Ret 18 11 20 Steve Brogan Suzuki 6 10 21 Michael Laverty Suzuki 7 9 22 Ben Wylie Suzuki 20 7 9 23 Giacomo Romanelli Suzuki 15 Ret DNS 15 11 19 20 Ret Ret 7 24 Ayrton Badovini Ducati Ret Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret 18 13 12 7 25 Maurizio Bottalico Suzuki 22 14 13 17 14 7 26 Alessandro Buzzi Suzuki 12 4 27 Enriqo Pasini Suzuki 12 4 28 Christian Dal Corso Ducati 20 Ret 12 18 17 Ret 25 22 Ret 4 29 Damian Cudlin Ducati 13 3 30 Kelvin Reilly Suzuki 14 2 31 Guillaume Dietrich Suzuki 14 2 32 Nicolas Saelens Honda 19 18 14 21 19 Ret 17 25 2 33 Giovanni Scillieri Yamaha 24 14 20 2 34 Fabrizio De Marco Yamaha 15 1 35 Matěj Smrž Honda 21 Ret 18 WD Ret 23 19 Ret 15 1 36 Marco Tonini Aprilia 20 22 15 1 Ciro Ranieri Yamaha 18 16 21 16 Ret 22 0 Ghisbert Van Ginhoven Ducati 16 WD 0 Dario Tosolini Aprilia 17 0 David Fouloi Suzuki 17 0 Tomáš Mikšovský Honda Ret 19 17 22 WD 24 22 21 24 0 Denis Bouan Suzuki 19 0 Raphael De Saver Suzuki 25 Ret 19 24 26 28 26 26 0 Max Weymann Suzuki 20 0 Jose Lombardo Suzuki 23 21 26 21 27 28 20 23 0 Gerry Gepts Suzuki 26 Ret DNQ 23 20 DNQ WD WD 0 Robert De Vries Suzuki 21 0 Fabrizio De Noni Suzuki 22 Ret Ret Ret 21 0 Tom Van Looy Suzuki DNQ DNQ 22 DNQ 27 DNQ 29 DNQ DNQ 0 Stefan Kittel Suzuki 23 0 Geoffrey Naze Yamaha 24 DNQ 24 26 Ret 23 Ret 0 David Gatenby Suzuki DNQ DNQ DNQ 25 23 25 27 DNS Ret 0 Leroy Verboven Suzuki Ret DNQ DNQ 27 25 29 DNQ 24 27 0 Rafael Sinke Suzuki Ret 0 Stefan Nebel Suzuki DSQ 0 Pos Rider Bike VAL MNZ OSC SIL MIS BRA ASS IMO MAG Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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) P – Pole position F – Fastest lap Source :

References

1. "Lanzi wins race, Fabrizio wins European Superstock Championship at Magny-Cours". roadracingworld.com. 19 October 2003. Retrieved 19 October 2003.
2. "2003 World Superbike schedule released by FIM". roadracingworld.com. 30 August 2002. Retrieved 30 August 2002.
3. "2003 Superstock European Championship standings" (PDF). resources.worldsbk.com. 19 October 2003.

External links

• Official Website

• 2003 in motorsport
• FIM Superstock 1000 Cup seasons
• 2003 in European sport