2003 European Touring Car Championship

Motorsport contest October 2025 2003 European Touring Car Championship 2002 2004 thumb|2003 champion Gabriele Tarquini thumb|Second in the championship, Jörg Müller thumb|Third in the championship, Andy Priaulx The 2003 FIA European Touring Car Championship was the second European Touring Car Championship season. The season began at Barcelona on 6 April, and finished at Monza after twenty races over ten meetings. Teams and drivers TeamCarNo.DriversRoundsClass ITA BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320i 1 ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi All 2 ESP Antonio García All 33 ITA Alessandro Zanardi 10 * GBR BMW Team Great Britain 11 GBR Andy Priaulx All DEU BMW Team Deutschland 42 DEU Jörg Müller All 43 DEU Dirk Müller All ITA GTA Racing Team Nordauto Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 3 ITA Nicola Larini All 4 ITA Gabriele Tarquini All 5 ITA Roberto Colciago All 6 DEU Sebastian Stahl 8 56 GBR James Thompson 9–10 66 ITA Giancarlo Fisichella 10 ESP SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra 9 ESP Jordi Gené All 10 DEU Frank Diefenbacher All 30 FRA Yvan Muller 9–10 ITA PRO Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R 12 MAC André Couto All I 14 ESP Jordi Palomeras 1 I PRT Miguel Ramos 2, 4 I ITA Salvatore Tavano 5–6 I 19 SWE Tomas Engström 7–10 I ITA Clever Cats Team Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 15 ITA Fabio Francia All I 16 ITA Paolo Ruberti All I SWE Flash Engineering Volvo S60 18 SWE Jan Nilsson 1 I NLD Carly Motors BMW 320i 20 NLD Tom Coronel 1–3, 5–10 I 21 NLD Duncan Huisman All I 22 NLD Donald Molenaar 4 I ITA Scuderia Bigazzi Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 24 ITA Alessandro Balzan All I 25 FRA Éric Cayrolle 1–6 I 26 SWE Mattias Andersson 7 I DEU Reinhard Huber 8 I ITA Adriano de Micheli 10 * SWE Podium Racing SEAT Toledo Cupra 27 SWE Johan Stureson 7 28 SWE Niklas Karlsson 7 ITA ART Engineering Volvo S60 60 SWE Rickard Rydell 1–9 I 61 ITA Sandro Sardelli All I Icon Class I Independents' Championship * Guest drivers ineligible for points Results and standings Races Race Race Name Date Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning independent 1 ESP Circuit de Catalunya 6 April ITA Gabriele Tarquini ESP Antonio Garcia ITA Gabriele Tarquini ITA GTA Racing Team Nordauto NLD Tom Coronel 2 DEU Dirk Müller DEU Dirk Müller DEU Team Schnitzer NLD Tom Coronel 3 FRA Magny-Cours 27 April ITA Nicola Larini DEU Jörg Müller DEU Jörg Müller DEU Team Schnitzer NLD Duncan Huisman 4 DEU Jörg Müller DEU Jörg Müller DEU Team Schnitzer NLD Duncan Huisman 5 ITA Pergusa 11 May ITA Roberto Colciago ITA Gabriele Tarquini ITA Roberto Colciago ITA GTA Racing Team Nordauto ITA Fabio Francia 6 ITA Roberto Colciago ITA Gabriele Tarquini ITA GTA Racing Team Nordauto ITA Alessandro Balzan 7 CZE Brno 25 May ESP Antonio Garcia DEU Dirk Müller DEU Dirk Müller DEU Team Schnitzer NLD Duncan Huisman 8 DEU Dirk Müller GBR Andy Priaulx GBR BMW Team Great Britain SWE Rickard Rydell 9 GBR Donington Park 29 June ITA Nicola Larini ITA Gabriele Tarquini ITA Gabriele Tarquini ITA GTA Racing Team Nordauto SWE Rickard Rydell 10 DEU Jörg Müller DEU Jörg Müller DEU Team Schnitzer NLD Duncan Huisman 11 BEL Spa-Francorchamps 26 July GBR Andy Priaulx GBR Andy Priaulx ITA Gabriele Tarquini ITA GTA Racing Team Nordauto NLD Duncan Huisman 12 DEU Dirk Müller GBR Andy Priaulx GBR BMW Team Great Britain NLD Duncan Huisman 13 SWE Anderstorp 7 September ITA Nicola Larini ITA Roberto Colciago ITA Roberto Colciago ITA GTA Racing Team Nordauto NLD Duncan Huisman 14 ITA Nicola Larini ITA Nicola Larini ITA GTA Racing Team Nordauto SWE Rickard Rydell 15 DEU Oschersleben 21 September DEU Jörg Müller ITA Gabriele Tarquini DEU Jörg Müller DEU Team Schnitzer NLD Tom Coronel 16 ITA Gabriele Tarquini GBR Andy Priaulx GBR BMW Team Great Britain NLD Duncan Huisman 17 PRT Estoril 5 October ITA Nicola Larini DEU Dirk Müller ITA Gabriele Tarquini ITA GTA Racing Team Nordauto NLD Duncan Huisman 18 ITA Nicola Larini ITA Gabriele Tarquini ITA GTA Racing Team Nordauto NLD Duncan Huisman 19 ITA Monza 19 October DEU Jörg Müller GBR Andy Priaulx GBR James Thompson ITA GTA Racing Team Nordauto NLD Tom Coronel 20 DEU Jörg Müller DEU Jörg Müller DEU Team Schnitzer NLD Tom Coronel Championship standings Points system  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th 108654321 Drivers' Championship Pos Driver BARESP MAGFRA PERITA BRNCZE DONGBR SPABEL ANDSWE OSCDEU ESTPRT MONITA Pts 1 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 1 4 4 Ret 3 1 6 4 1 17 1 14 Ret DNS 2 5 1 1 4 3 107 2 DEU Jörg Müller 4 2 1 1 6 Ret DSQ 16† 4 1 3 4 4 4 1 4 4 5 11† 1 106 3 GBR Andy Priaulx 6 3 3 Ret 4 4 4 1 15 5 6 1 8 2 3 1 7 4 2 6 100 4 ITA Nicola Larini 7 6 2 2 7 5 13 5 2 4 4 2 6 1 17† 8 2 2 10† 4 92 5 DEU Dirk Müller 5 1 11 Ret 2 Ret 1 3 3 16 2 3 3 Ret 9 Ret 13 7 Ret DNS 66 6 ITA Roberto Colciago 9 11 5 5 1 2 8 6 6 11 8 5 1 Ret 5 6 3 3 DSQ 12† 66 7 NLD Duncan Huisman 19† DNS 6 3 13 9 5 Ret 8 2 7 6 5 7 11 7 5 6 5 Ret 47 8 ESP Antonio Garcia 3 7 14 8 9 7 2 7 Ret DNS 17† 12 2 5 4 2 19† DNS Ret DNS 46 9 ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi 2 5 Ret 7 10 10 3 2 11 18† 5 16† 10 6 8 Ret 10 12 6 5 43 10 NLD Tom Coronel 8 8 7 4 11 8 Ret 10 12 8 11 10 7 12 11 Ret 3 2 27 11 SWE Rickard Rydell 18† 10 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret 9 5 3 11 Ret 7 3 12 13 Ret DNS 18 12 GBR James Thompson 8 8 1 Ret 12 13 ITA Paolo Ruberti Ret 13 8 Ret 12 6 12 11 7 8 9 7 9 Ret Ret DNS 6 16 NC Ret 12 14 ITA Alessandro Balzan 10 12 Ret Ret 8 3 7 Ret 16† 15 14 10 13 8 15 10 9 11 Ret 11 10 15 DEU Frank Diefenbacher 12 Ret 12 10 Ret 11† 10 10 13 9 Ret 13 15 12 6 3 15 13 Ret Ret 9 16 ITA Fabio Francia 11 9 10 9 5 Ret 11 13 Ret DNS 10 9 18 11 14 9 16 10 Ret 9 4 17 ESP Jordi Gené 13 16† 9 6 Ret 12† 9 8 10 12 13 11 21 13 10 14 14 14 NC 10 4 18 MAC Andre Couto Ret DNS 15 Ret Ret Ret 15 15 12 6 18† 15 12 14 16 15† 20 Ret Ret DNS 3 19 ITA Salvatore Tavano 9 7 16 Ret 2 20 SWE Tomas Engström 14 9 13 11 12 9 8 Ret 1 21 ITA Sandro Sardelli 17 15 13 Ret 15† DNS Ret DNS Ret 13 15 Ret 20 Ret 18† DNS 18† 15 9 Ret 0 22 FRA Éric Cayrolle 14 14 NC Ret Ret DNS 14 12 14 14 Ret DNS 0 23 NLD Donald Molenaar Ret 14 0 24 SWE Mattias Andersson 17 15 0 25 ESP Jordi Palomeras Ventós 15 Ret 0 26 SWE Jan Nilsson 16 Ret 0 27 SWE Johan Stureson 16 16† 0 28 SWE Niklas Karlsson 19 17† 0 29 FRA Yvan Muller 17† DNS Ret Ret 0 30 DEU Reinhard Huber 19† DNS 0 - PRT Miguel Ramos DNS DNS Ret DNS 0 - DEU Sebastian Stahl Ret DNS 0 - ITA Giancarlo Fisichella DNS DNS 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points. ITA Adriano de Micheli 7 8 0 ITA Alessandro Zanardi Ret 7 0 Pos Driver VALESP MAGFRA PERITA BRNCZE DONGBR SPABEL ANDSWE OSCDEU ESTPRT MONITA PtsBold - Pole Italics - Fastest Lap † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance. References External links Category:European Touring Car Championship seasons European Touring Car Championship Category:2003 in European sport