2003 Rally New Zealand

4th round of the 2003 World Rally Championship 2003 Rally New Zealand 34th Propecia Rally New Zealand 4 2003 World Rally Championship season 2003 Rally of Turkey 2003 Rally Argentina New Zealand Auckland April 10, 2003 April 13, 2003 22 403.34 1297.62 Gravel FIN Marcus GrönholmFIN Timo Rautiainen FRA Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 80 46 The 2003 Rally New Zealand (formally the 34th Propecia Rally New Zealand) was the fourth round of the 2003 World Rally Championship. The race was held over four days between 10 April and 13 April 2003, and was based in Auckland, New Zealand. Peugeot's Marcus Grönholm won the race, his 14th win in the World Rally Championship.Rally New Zealand https://www.juwra.com/new_zealand_2003.html juwra.com Independent WRC archive 2021-11-04 Background Entry list No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant CarTyre World Rally Championship manufacturer entries 1 FIN Marcus Grönholm FIN Timo Rautiainen FRA Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC Michelin 2 GBR Richard Burns GBR Robert Reid FRA Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC Michelin 3 FIN Harri Rovanperä FIN Risto Pietiläinen FRA Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC Michelin 4 EST Markko Märtin GBR Michael Park GBR Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 Michelin 5 BEL François Duval BEL Stéphane Prévot GBR Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 Michelin 6 FIN Mikko Hirvonen FIN Jarmo Lehtinen GBR Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 Michelin 7 NOR Petter Solberg GBR Phil Mills JPN 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 Pirelli 8 FIN Tommi Mäkinen FIN Kaj Lindström JPN 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 Pirelli 10 GER Armin Schwarz GER Manfred Hiemer KOR Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 Michelin 11 BEL Freddy Loix BEL Sven Smeets KOR Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 Michelin 12 FIN Jussi Välimäki FIN Tero Gardemeister KOR Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 Michelin 14 FRA Didier Auriol FRA Denis Giraudet CZE Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 Michelin 15 FIN Toni Gardemeister FIN Paavo Lukander CZE Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 Michelin 17 GBR Colin McRae GBR Derek Ringer FRA Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC Michelin 18 FRA Sébastien Loeb MCO Daniel Elena FRA Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC Michelin 19 ESP Carlos Sainz ESP Marc Martí FRA Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC Michelin World Rally Championship entries 20 GER Antony Warmbold GBR Gemma Price GER AW Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '02 32 GBR Alister McRae GBR David Senior JPN Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2 33 FIN Kristian Sohlberg FIN Jakke Honkanen FIN Blue Rose Team Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2 34 POL Tomasz Kuchar POL Maciek Szczepaniak POL Tomasz Kuchar Ford Focus RS WRC '02 Michelin 35 AUT Manfred Stohl AUT Ilka Minor AUT Stohl Racing Peugeot 206 WRC Pirelli PWRC entries 51 MYS Karamjit Singh MYS Allen Oh MYS Petronas EON Racing Team Proton Pert 52 ESP Daniel Solà ESP Álex Romaní ITA Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 53 PER Ramón Ferreyros MEX Javier Marín ITA Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 54 JPN Toshihiro Arai NZL Tony Sircombe JPN Subaru Production Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 55 GBR Martin Rowe GBR Trevor Agnew GBR David Sutton Cars Ltd Subaru Impreza WRX STI N8 57 ITA Giovanni Manfrinato ITA Claudio Condotta ITA Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 58 ARG Marcos Ligato ARG Rubén García ITA Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 60 GBR Niall McShea GBR Chris Patterson NZL Neil Allport Motorsports Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 61 POL Janusz Kulig POL Jarosław Baran ITA Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Michelin 62 NZL Peter 'Possum' Bourne AUS Mark Stacey JPN Subaru Production Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRX STI 64 SWE Joakim Roman SWE Ingrid Mitakidou SWE Milbrooks World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 65 SWE Stig Blomqvist VEN Ana Goñi GBR David Sutton Cars Ltd Subaru Impreza WRX STI N8 66 OMN Hamed Al-Wahaibi GBR Nicky Beech AUT Stohl Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 67 POL Krzysztof Hołowczyc POL Łukasz Kurzeja POL Orlen Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Michelin 70 ITA Riccardo Errani ITA Stefano Casadio ITA Errani Team Group Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 71 BUL Georgi Geradzhiev Jr. BUL Nikola Popov BUL Racing Team Bulgartabac Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 72 ROU Constantin Aur ROU Adrian Berghea AUT Stohl Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 74 ITA Fabio Frisiero ITA Loris Roggia ITA Motoring Club Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 76 CAN Patrick Richard SWE Mikael Johansson CAN Subaru Rally Team Canada Subaru Impreza WRX 77 ITA Alfredo De Dominicis ITA Giovanni Bernacchini ITA Ralliart Italy Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 78 POL Łukasz Sztuka POL Zbigniew Cieślar BEL First Motorsport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 80 MEX Ricardo Triviño ESP Jordi Barrabés MEX Triviño Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Source:https://www.ewrc-results.com/entries/68-propecia-rally-new-zealand-2003/ Rally New Zealand 2003 Entry List 5 November 2021 Itinerary All dates and times are NZST (UTC+12). Date Time No. Stage name Distance Leg 1 — 139.10 km 11 April 09:43 SS1 Batley 1 19.82 km 10:11 SS2 Waipu Gorge 1 11.24 km 10:34 SS3 Brooks 1 16.03 km 11:47 SS4 New Cassidy 21.64 km 13:00 SS5 Paparoa Station 1 11.64 km 14:36 SS6 Batley 2 19.82 km 15:04 SS7 Waipu Gorge 2 11.24 km 15:27 SS8 Brooks 2 16.03 km 15:55 SS9 Paparoa Station 2 11.64 km Leg 2 — 150.43 km 12 April 08:43 SS10 Parahi — Ararua 59.00 km 11:31 SS11 Mititat Finish 20.15 km 12:09 SS12 Takatoka 10.15 km 13:32 SS13 Parahi 25.18 km 14:05 SS14 Ararua 31.75 km 19:00 SS15 Manukau Super 1 2.10 km 19:30 SS16 Manukau Super 2 2.10 km Leg 3 — 113.81 km 13 April 08:23 SS17 Te Akau South Revers 27.34 km 09:06 SS18 Te Akau North 32.37 km 11:19 SS19 Ridge — Campbell 1 16.45 km 11:47 SS20 Ridge — Campbell 2 16.45 km 12:40 SS21 Fyfe 1 10.60 km 13:10 SS22 Fyfe 2 10.60 km Results Overall Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Difference Time difference to class winner Points 1 1 FIN Marcus Grönholm FIN Timo Rautiainen FRA Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3:45:21.2 10 2 2 GBR Richard Burns GBR Robert Reid FRA Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3:46:29.9 +1:08.78 3 7 NOR Petter Solberg GBR Phil Mills JPN 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 3:47:31.0 +2:09.86 4 18 FRA Sébastien Loeb MCO Daniel Elena FRA Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 3:49:36.6 +4:15.45 5 15 FIN Toni Gardemeister FIN Paavo Lukander CZE Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 3:53:35.0 +8:13.84 6 32 GBR Alister McRae GBR David Senior JPN Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2 3:54:35.4 +9:14.23 7 8 FIN Tommi Mäkinen FIN Kaj Lindström JPN 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 3:55:11.4 +9:50.22 8 14 FRA Didier Auriol FRA Denis Giraudet CZE Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 3:55:29.8 +10:08.61 World Rally Cars Classification Position No. Car number Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Time difference to class winner Points Event Class 1 1 1 FIN Marcus Grönholm FIN Timo Rautiainen FRA Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3:45:21.2 10 2 2 2 GBR Richard Burns GBR Robert Reid FRA Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3:46:29.9 +1:08.78 3 3 7 NOR Petter Solberg GBR Phil Mills JPN 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 3:47:31.0 +2:09.86 4 4 18 FRA Sébastien Loeb MCO Daniel Elena FRA Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 3:49:36.6 +4:15.45 5 5 15 FIN Toni Gardemeister FIN Paavo Lukander CZE Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 3:53:35.0 +8:13.84 7 6 8 FIN Tommi Mäkinen FIN Kaj Lindström JPN 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 3:55:11.4 +9:50.22 8 7 14 FRA Didier Auriol FRA Denis Giraudet CZE Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 3:55:29.8 +10:08.6 1 9 8 5 BEL François Duval BEL Stéphane Prévot GBR Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 3:56:32.9 +11:11.7 0 10 9 6 FIN Mikko Hirvonen FIN Jarmo Lehtinen GBR Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 3:59:03.5 +13:42.3 0 12 10 19 ESP Carlos Sainz ESP Marc Martí FRA Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:03:34.4 +18:13.2 0 Retired SS18 11 BEL Freddy Loix BEL Sven Smeets KOR Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 Accident 0 Retired SS14 3 FIN Harri Rovanperä FIN Risto Pietiläinen FRA Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC Accident 0 Retired SS14 4 EST Markko Märtin GBR Michael Park GBR Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 Engine 0 Retired SS7 12 FIN Jussi Välimäki FIN Tero Gardemeister KOR Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 Accident 0 Retired SS7 17 GBR Colin McRae GBR Derek Ringer FRA Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC Accident damage 0 Retired SS1 10 GER Armin Schwarz GER Manfred Hiemer KOR Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 Accident 0 Special stages Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders Leg 1 (11 Apr) SS1 Batley 1 19.82 km FIN Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 10:45.2 FIN Marcus Grönholm SS2 Waipu Gorge 1 11.24 km GBR Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 6:37.0 SS3 Brooks 1 16.03 km FIN Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 9:46.3 SS4 New Cassidy 21.64 km FIN Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 12:13.7 SS5 Paparoa Station 1 11.64 km FIN Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 6:18.2 SS6 Batley 2 19.82 km FIN Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 10:33.0 SS7 Waipu Gorge 2 11.24 km GBR Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 6:34.9 SS8 Brooks 2 16.03 km FIN Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 9:22.9 SS9 Paparoa Station 2 11.64 km FIN Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 6:11.7 Leg 2 (12 Apr) SS10 Parahi — Ararua 59.00 km FIN Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 33:20.5 SS11 Mititat Finish 20.15 km EST Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '03 10:03.0 SS12 Takatoka 10.15 km EST Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '03 5:07.1 SS13 Parahi 25.18 km EST Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '03 12:42.6 SS14 Ararua 31.75 km FIN Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 19:01.3 SS15 Manukau Super 1 2.10 km BEL François Duval Ford Focus RS WRC '03 1:36.4 SS16 Manukau Super 2 2.10 km NOR Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 1:40.2 Leg 3 (13 Apr) SS17 Te Akau South Revers 27.34 km FIN Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 15:49.7 SS18 Te Akau North 32.37 km GBR Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 17:43.0 SS19 Ridge — Campbell 1 16.45 km GBR Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 8:53.7 SS20 Ridge — Campbell 2 16.45 km GBR Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 8:46.9 SS21 Fyfe 1 10.60 km GBR Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 5:42.3 SS22 Fyfe 2 10.60 km GBR Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 5:36.9 Championship standings Pos. Position Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championshipsMoveDriverPointsMoveCo-driverPointsMoveManufacturerPoints 1 10px GBR Richard Burns 26 10px GBR Robert Reid 26 10px 1 FRA Marlboro Peugeot Total 49 2 10px 4 FIN Marcus Grönholm 20 10px 4 FIN Timo Rautiainen 20 10px 1 FRA Citroën Total WRT 44 3 10px 2 FRA Sébastien Loeb 17 10px 2 MCO Daniel Elena 17 10px GBR Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 26 4 10px 2 GBR Colin McRae 17 10px 2 GBR Derek Ringer 17 10px JPN 555 Subaru World Rally Team 22 5 10px 2 ESP Carlos Sainz 16 10px 2 ESP Marc Martí 16 10px CZE Škoda Motorsport 12 Production World Rally Championship Classification Position No. Car number Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Time difference to class winner Points Event Class 11 1 54 JPN Toshihiro Arai NZL Tony Sircombe JPN Subaru Production Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 4:03:30.3 10 16 2 58 ARG Marcos Ligato ARG Rubén García ITA Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:05:40.5 +2:10.28 17 3 66 OMN Hamed Al-Wahaibi GBR Nicky Beech AUT Stohl Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:06:17.3 +2:47.06 18 4 55 GBR Martin Rowe GBR Trevor Agnew GBR David Sutton Cars Ltd Subaru Impreza WRX STI N8 4:06:21.9 +2:51.65 19 5 53 PER Ramón Ferreyros MEX Javier Marín ITA Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:06:44.8 +3:14.54 21 6 51 MYS Karamjit Singh MYS Allen Oh MYS Petronas EON Racing Team Proton Pert 4:07:17.1 +3:46.83 22 7 60 GBR Niall McShea GBR Chris Patterson NZL Neil Allport Motorsports Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4:07:17.1 +3:46.8 2 24 8 65 SWE Stig Blomqvist VEN Ana Goñi GBR David Sutton Cars Ltd Subaru Impreza WRX STI N8 4:14:26.7 +10:56.4 1 28 9 57 ITA Giovanni Manfrinato ITA Claudio Condotta ITA Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4:16:24.1 +12:53.8 0 30 10 74 ITA Fabio Frisiero ITA Loris Roggia ITA Motoring Club Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:20:29.3 +16:59.0 0 31 11 80 MEX Ricardo Triviño ESP Jordi Barrabés MEX Triviño Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:21:31.9 +18:01.6 0 32 12 64 SWE Joakim Roman SWE Ingrid Mitakidou SWE Milbrooks World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 4:22:04.3 +18:34.0 0 34 13 77 ITA Alfredo De Dominicis ITA Giovanni Bernacchini ITA Ralliart Italy Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4:22:19.5 +18:49.2 0 36 14 71 BUL Georgi Geradzhiev Jr. BUL Nikola Popov BUL Racing Team Bulgartabac Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4:28:14.5 +24:44.2 0 43 15 52 ESP Daniel Solà ESP Álex Romaní ITA Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:47:26.0 +43:55.7 0 Retired SS17 70 ITA Riccardo Errani ITA Stefano Casadio ITA Errani Team Group Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Over time limit 0 Retired SS10 67 POL Krzysztof Hołowczyc POL Łukasz Kurzeja POL Orlen Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Accident 0 Retired SS10 72 ROU Constantin Aur ROU Adrian Berghea AUT Stohl Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Gearbox 0 Retired SS9 61 POL Janusz Kulig POL Jarosław Baran ITA Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Electrical 0 Retired SS6 62 NZL Peter 'Possum' Bourne AUS Mark Stacey JPN Subaru Production Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRX STI Engine 0 Retired SS3 76 CAN Patrick Richard SWE Mikael Johansson CAN Subaru Rally Team Canada Subaru Impreza WRX Accident 0 Retired SS1 78 POL Łukasz Sztuka POL Zbigniew Cieślar BEL First Motorsport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V Mechanical 0 Special stages Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders Leg 1 (11 Apr) SS1 Batley 1 19.82 km JPN Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 11:44.7 JPN Toshihiro Arai SS2 Waipu Gorge 1 11.24 km OMN Hamed Al-Wahaibi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 7:07.7 SS3 Brooks 1 16.03 km JPN Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 10:31.5 SS4 New Cassidy 21.64 km NZL Peter 'Possum' Bourne Subaru Impreza WRX STI 13:03.6 NZL Peter 'Possum' Bourne SS5 Paparoa Station 1 11.64 km JPN Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 6:49.0 JPN Toshihiro Arai SS6 Batley 2 19.82 km PER Ramón Ferreyros Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 11:26.1 SS7 Waipu Gorge 2 11.24 km JPN Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 7:10.3 SS8 Brooks 2 16.03 km PER Ramón Ferreyros Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 10:11.6 SS9 Paparoa Station 2 11.64 km PER Ramón Ferreyros Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 6:39.6 Leg 2 (12 Apr) SS10 Parahi — Ararua 59.00 km JPN Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 35:52.4 SS11 Mititat Finish 20.15 km OMN Hamed Al-Wahaibi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 11:06.8 SS12 Takatoka 10.15 km GBR Niall McShea Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 5:34.1 SS13 Parahi 25.18 km JPN Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 13:50.0 SS14 Ararua 31.75 km Notional stage time SS15 Manukau Super 1 2.10 km JPN Toshihiro AraiARG Marcos Ligato Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 1:37.7 SS16 Manukau Super 2 2.10 km MYS Karamjit Singh Proton Pert 1:50.7 Leg 3 (13 Apr) SS17 Te Akau South Revers 27.34 km ESP Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 17:01.9 SS18 Te Akau North 32.37 km ESP Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 18:50.6 SS19 Ridge — Campbell 1 16.45 km JPN Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 9:34.8 SS20 Ridge — Campbell 2 16.45 km JPN Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 9:33.6 SS21 Fyfe 1 10.60 km OMN Hamed Al-Wahaibi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 6:07.3 SS22 Fyfe 2 10.60 km ESP Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 6:02.8 Championship standings Pos. Position Drivers' championships MoveDriverPoints 1 10px SWE Stig Blomqvist 11 2 10px MYS Karamjit Singh 11 3 10px GBR Martin Rowe 11 4 JPN Toshihiro Arai 10 5 ARG Marcos Ligato 8 References External links Official website of the World Rally Championship New Zealand Category:Rally New Zealand Rally