2003 Monte Carlo Rally

1st round of the 2003 World Rally Championship 2003 Monte Carlo Rally 71st Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 1 2003 World Rally Championship season 2003 Swedish Rally Monaco Monaco January 24, 2003 January 26, 2003 14 415.02 1357.92 Asphalt/snow FRA Sébastien LoebMCO Daniel Elena FRA Citroën Total 50 29 The 2003 Monte Carlo Rally (formally the 71st Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo) was the first round of the 2003 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 24 and 26 January 2003, and was won by Citroën's Sébastien Loeb, his 2nd win in the World Rally Championship.Monte Carlo Rally https://www.juwra.com/monte_carlo_2003.html juwra.com Independent WRC archive 2021-10-29 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 FRA Gilles Panizzi FRA Hervé Panizzi FRA Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC Michelin 4 EST Markko Märtin GBR Michael Park GBR Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 Michelin 5 BEL François Duval BEL Jean-Marc Fortin GBR Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 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 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 FRA Cédric Robert FRA Gérald Bedon FRA Equipe de France FFSA Peugeot 206 WRC Michelin 21 GER Antony Warmbold GBR Gemma Price GER AW Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '02 Michelin 22 CZE Roman Kresta CZE Jan Tománek FRA Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC Michelin 23 IRL Eamonn Boland IRL Francis Regan IRL Eamonn Boland Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '99 Pirelli 101 SUI Olivier Burri SUI Christophe Hofmann SUI Olivier Burri Toyota Corolla WRC Pirelli 102 ITA Riccardo Errani ITA Stefano Casadio ITA Riccardo Errani Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 Pirelli 103 SUI Philippe Roux SUI Paul Corthay SUI Philppe Roux Ford Focus RS WRC'01 Pirelli 104 HUN Gergely Szabó HUN Zoltán Köhler HUN Gergely Szabó Toyota Corolla WRC Pirelli 105 FRA Serge Bernardin FRA Frédéric Deziré FRA Serge Bernardin Peugeot 206 WRC Michelin JWRC entries 51 SMR Mirco Baldacci ITA Giovanni Bernacchini ITA Purity Auto Fiat Punto S1600 Michelin 52 SWE Daniel Carlsson SWE Matthias Andersson JPN Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 Michelin 54 FIN Kosti Katajamäki FIN Miikka Anttila GER Volkswagen Racing Volkswagen Polo S1600 Michelin 55 NOR Martin Stenshorne GBR Clive Jenkins GBR Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Puma S1600 Michelin 57 BUL Dimitar Iliev BUL Petar Sivov ITA Auto Sport Italia Peugeot 206 S1600 Michelin 58 ARG Marcos Ligato ARG Rubén García ITA Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 Michelin 59 AUT Beppo Harrach GER Michael Kölbach ITA Astra Racing Ford Puma S1600 Michelin 61 FRA Brice Tirabassi FRA Jacques-Julien Renucci FRA Renault Sport Renault Clio S1600 Michelin 62 SWE Oscar Svedlund SWE Björn Nilsson GER Volkswagen Racing Volkswagen Polo S1600 Michelin 63 ITA Massimo Ceccato ITA Mitia Dotta ITA Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 Michelin 64 FIN Ville-Pertti Teuronen FIN Harri Kaapro JPN Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 Michelin 65 LBN Abdo Feghali LBN Joseph Matar ITA Astra Racing Ford Puma S1600 Michelin 66 FRA Sébastien Ceccone FRA Julien Giroux FRA Citroën Total Citroën Saxo S1600 Michelin 67 SMR Alessandro Broccoli ITA Simona Girelli SMR Sab Motorsport Opel Corsa S1600 Michelin 68 CRO Juraj Šebalj CRO Toni Klinc CRO Renault Croatia Renault Clio S1600 Michelin 69 ESP Salvador Cañellas Jr. ESP Xavier Amigó JPN Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 Michelin 70 GBR Guy Wilks GBR Phil Pugh GBR Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Puma S1600 Michelin 71 EST Urmo Aava EST Kuldar Sikk JPN Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 Michelin 73 BUL Krum Donchev BUL Ruman Manolov ITA Auto Sport Italia Opel Corsa S1600 Michelin 74 GBR Kris Meeke GBR Chris Patterson GER Opel Motorsport Opel Corsa S1600 Michelin 76 ITA Luca Cecchettini ITA Nicola Arena ITA Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 Michelin 78 GER Vladan Vasiljevic GER Sebastian Geipel GER Volkswagen Racing Volkswagen Polo S1600 Michelin Source:https://www.ewrc-results.com/entries/65-rallye-automobile-de-monte-carlo-2003/ Rallye Monte-Carlo 2003 Entry List 29 October 2021 Itinerary All dates and times are CET (UTC+1). Date Time No. Stage name Distance Leg 1 — 196.30 km 24 January 07:48 SS1 Prunières — Embrun 1 28.36 km 09:21 SS2 Selonnet — Bréziers 1 22.52 km 11:24 SS3 Prunières — Embrun 2 28.36 km 12:57 SS4 Selonnet — Bréziers 2 22.52 km 14:30 SS5 Plan de Vitrolles — Faye 1 47.27 km 17:09 SS6 Plan de Vitrolles — Faye 2 47.27 km Leg 2 — 114.52 km 25 January 08:33 SS7 Les 4 Chemins — Sigale 1 32.11 km 09:31 SS8 St Antonin — Tourette du Château 1 25.15 km 13:19 SS9 Les 4 Chemins — Sigale 2 32.11 km 14:17 SS10 St Antonin — Tourette du Château 2 25.15 km Leg 3 — 104.20 km 26 January 09:15 SS11 Sospel — Turini — La Bollène 1 32.58 km 10:08 SS12 Lantosque — Lucéram 1 19.52 km 12:35 SS13 Sospel — Turini — La Bollène 2 32.58 km 13:28 SS14 Lantosque — Lucéram 2 19.52 km Source:https://www.ewrc-results.com/timetable/65-rallye-automobile-de-monte-carlo-2003/ Rallye Monte-Carlo 2003 Itinerary 29 October 2021 Report Overall Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Difference Time difference to class winner Points 1 18 FRA Sébastien Loeb MCO Daniel Elena FRA Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:29:11.4 10 2 17 GBR Colin McRae GBR Derek Ringer FRA Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:29:49.5 +38.18 3 19 ESP Carlos Sainz ESP Marc Martí FRA Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:30:03.6 +52.26 4 4 EST Markko Märtin GBR Michael Park GBR Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:30:06.9 +55.55 5 2 GBR Richard Burns GBR Robert Reid FRA Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:32:27.9 +3:16.54 6 20 FRA Cédric Robert FRA Gérald Bedon FRA Equipe de France FFSA Peugeot 206 WRC 4:34:28.1 +5:16.73 7 5 BEL François Duval BEL Jean-Marc Fortin GBR Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:34:28.5 +5:17.12 8 10 GER Armin Schwarz GER Manfred Hiemer KOR Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 4:35:53.7 +6:42.31 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 18 FRA Sébastien Loeb MCO Daniel Elena FRA Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:29:11.4 10 2 2 17 GBR Colin McRae GBR Derek Ringer FRA Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:29:49.5 +38.18 3 3 19 ESP Carlos Sainz ESP Marc Martí FRA Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:30:03.6 +52.26 4 4 4 EST Markko Märtin GBR Michael Park GBR Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:30:06.9 +55.55 5 5 2 GBR Richard Burns GBR Robert Reid FRA Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:32:27.9 +3:16.54 7 6 5 BEL François Duval BEL Jean-Marc Fortin GBR Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:34:28.5 +5:17.12 8 7 10 GER Armin Schwarz GER Manfred Hiemer KOR Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 4:35:53.7 +6:42.3 1 9 8 14 FRA Didier Auriol FRA Denis Giraudet CZE Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 4:36:25.2 +7:13.8 0 13 9 1 FIN Marcus Grönholm FIN Timo Rautiainen FRA Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 5:02:43.2 +33:31.8 0 Retired SS9 3 FRA Gilles Panizzi FRA Hervé Panizzi FRA Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC Driver ill 0 Retired SS9 6 FIN Mikko Hirvonen FIN Jarmo Lehtinen GBR Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 Accident 0 Retired SS9 11 BEL Freddy Loix BEL Sven Smeets KOR Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 Accident 0 Retired SS5 7 NOR Petter Solberg GBR Phil Mills JPN 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 Accident 0 Retired SS5 8 FIN Tommi Mäkinen FIN Kaj Lindström JPN 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 Accident 0 Retired SS2 15 FIN Toni Gardemeister FIN Paavo Lukander CZE Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 Engine 0 Special stages Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders Leg 1 (24 Jan) SS1 Prunières — Embrun 1 28.36 km FIN Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 18:07.6 FIN Marcus Grönholm SS2 Selonnet — Bréziers 1 22.52 km FIN Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 16:00.3 SS3 Prunières — Embrun 2 28.36 km FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 17:54.5 SS4 Selonnet — Bréziers 2 22.52 km FIN Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 15:33.7 SS5 Plan de Vitrolles — Faye 1 47.27 km FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 28:54.9 SS6 Plan de Vitrolles — Faye 2 47.27 km GBR Colin McRaeFRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRCCitroën Xsara WRC 30:04.7 Leg 2 (25 Jan) SS7 Les 4 Chemins — Sigale 1 32.11 km Stage cancelled SS8 St Antonin — Tourette du Château 1 25.15 km FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 18:08.0 SS9 Les 4 Chemins — Sigale 2 32.11 km FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 24:59.3 FRA Sébastien Loeb SS10 St Antonin — Tourette du Château 2 25.15 km ESP Carlos Sainz Citroën Xsara WRC 17:52.3 Leg 3 (26 Jan) SS11 Sospel — Turini — La Bollène 1 32.58 km GBR Colin McRae Citroën Xsara WRC 25:30.6 SS12 Lantosque — Lucéram 1 19.52 km EST Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '02 14:09.4 SS13 Sospel — Turini — La Bollène 2 32.58 km ESP Carlos Sainz Citroën Xsara WRC 24:52.0 SS14 Lantosque — Lucéram 2 19.52 km ESP Carlos Sainz Citroën Xsara WRC 13:46.1 Championship standings Pos. Position Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championshipsMoveDriverPointsMoveCo-driverPointsMoveManufacturerPoints 1 FRA Sébastien Loeb 10 MCO Daniel Elena 10 FRA Citroën Total WRT 18 2 GBR Colin McRae 8 GBR Derek Ringer 8 GBR Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 10 3 ESP Carlos Sainz 6 ESP Marc Martí 6 FRA Marlboro Peugeot Total 6 4 EST Markko Märtin 5 GBR Michael Park 5 KOR Hyundai World Rally Team 3 5 GBR Richard Burns 4 GBR Robert Reid 4 CZE Škoda Motorsport 2 Junior World Rally Championship Classification Position No. Car number Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Time difference to class winner Points Event Class 17 1 61 FRA Brice Tirabassi FRA Jacques-Julien Renucci FRA Renault Sport Renault Clio S1600 5:12:36.1 10 18 2 58 ARG Marcos Ligato ARG Rubén García ITA Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 5:17:52.8 +5:16.78 19 3 67 SMR Alessandro Broccoli ITA Simona Girelli SMR Sab Motorsport Opel Corsa S1600 5:21:12.9 +8:36.86 20 4 71 EST Urmo Aava EST Kuldar Sikk JPN Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 5:21:24.7 +8:48.65 21 5 63 ITA Massimo Ceccato ITA Mitia Dotta ITA Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 5:21:56.3 +9:20.24 22 6 68 CRO Juraj Šebalj CRO Toni Klinc CRO Renault Croatia Renault Clio S1600 5:25:00.0 +12:23.93 23 7 51 SMR Mirco Baldacci ITA Giovanni Bernacchini ITA Purity Auto Fiat Punto S1600 5:27:49.9 +15:13.8 2 24 8 59 AUT Beppo Harrach GER Michael Kölbach ITA Astra Racing Ford Puma S1600 5:31:43.4 +19:07.3 1 25 9 76 ITA Luca Cecchettini ITA Nicola Arena ITA Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 5:32:02.4 +19:26.3 0 26 10 65 LBN Abdo Feghali LBN Joseph Matar ITA Astra Racing Ford Puma S1600 5:33:17.7 +20:41.6 0 27 11 73 BUL Krum Donchev BUL Ruman Manolov ITA Auto Sport Italia Opel Corsa S1600 5:35:25.5 +22:49.4 0 29 12 74 GBR Kris Meeke GBR Chris Patterson GER Opel Motorsport Opel Corsa S1600 5:45:50.2 +33:14.1 0 Retired SS14 54 FIN Kosti Katajamäki FIN Miikka Anttila GER Volkswagen Racing Volkswagen Polo S1600 Excluded - brakes 0 Retired SS14 55 NOR Martin Stenshorne GBR Clive Jenkins GBR Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Puma S1600 Accident 0 Retired SS14 62 SWE Oscar Svedlund SWE Björn Nilsson GER Volkswagen Racing Volkswagen Polo S1600 Accident 0 Retired SS13 64 FIN Ville-Pertti Teuronen FIN Harri Kaapro JPN Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 Accident 0 Retired SS13 69 ESP Salvador Cañellas Jr. ESP Xavier Amigó JPN Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 Driveshaft 0 Retired SS12 70 GBR Guy Wilks GBR Phil Pugh GBR Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Puma S1600 Accident 0 Retired SS8 52 SWE Daniel Carlsson SWE Matthias Andersson JPN Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 Excluded 0 Retired SS8 78 GER Vladan Vasiljevic GER Sebastian Geipel GER Volkswagen Racing Volkswagen Polo S1600 Excluded 0 Retired SS3 57 BUL Dimitar Iliev BUL Petar Sivov ITA Auto Sport Italia Peugeot 206 S1600 Accident 0 Retired SS1 66 FRA Sébastien Ceccone FRA Julien Giroux FRA Citroën Total Citroën Saxo S1600 Accident 0 Special stages Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders Leg 1 (24 January) SS1 Prunières — Embrun 1 28.36 km FRA Brice Tirabassi Renault Clio S1600 21:16.2 FRA Brice Tirabassi SS2 Selonnet — Bréziers 1 22.52 km SWE Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 18:12.2 SWE Daniel Carlsson SS3 Prunières — Embrun 2 28.36 km SMR Mirco Baldacci Fiat Punto S1600 20:26.1 FRA Brice Tirabassi SS4 Selonnet — Bréziers 2 22.52 km SWE Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 17:43.2 SS5 Plan de Vitrolles — Faye 1 47.27 km SWE Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 33:21.5 SS6 Plan de Vitrolles — Faye 2 47.27 km SWE Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 34:51.6 SWE Daniel Carlsson Leg 2 (25 January) SS7 Les 4 Chemins — Sigale 1 32.11 km Stage cancelled SS8 St Antonin — Tourette du Château 1 25.15 km ARG Marcos Ligato Fiat Punto S1600 19:52.5 FRA Brice Tirabassi SS9 Les 4 Chemins — Sigale 2 32.11 km Notional stage time SS10 St Antonin — Tourette du Château 2 25.15 km Notional stage time Leg 3 (26 January) SS11 Sospel — Turini — La Bollène 1 32.58 km FRA Brice Tirabassi Renault Clio S1600 28:57.7 SS12 Lantosque — Lucéram 1 19.52 km FIN Kosti Katajamäki Volkswagen Polo S1600 15:48.7 SS13 Sospel — Turini — La Bollène 2 32.58 km FRA Brice Tirabassi Renault Clio S1600 28:01.1 SS14 Lantosque — Lucéram 2 19.52 km SMR Mirco Baldacci Fiat Punto S1600 15:42.4 Championship standings Pos. Position Drivers' championshipsMoveDriverPoints 1 FRA Brice Tirabassi 10 2 ARG Marcos Ligato 8 3 SMR Alessandro Broccoli 6 4 EST Urmo Aava 5 5 ITA Massimo Ceccato 4 References External links Official website of the World Rally Championship Monte Carlo Category:Monte Carlo Rally Rally Monte Carlo Rally