2003 World Rally Championship

31st season of the FIA World Rally Championship 2003 World Rally Championship World Drivers' Champion Petter Solberg World Manufacturers' Champion Citroën 2002 2004 thumb|Eventual champion Petter Solberg driving a Subaru Impreza WRC at the 2003 Acropolis Rally. The 2003 World Rally Championship was the 31st season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 14 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Petter Solberg in a Subaru Impreza WRC, ahead of Sébastien Loeb and Carlos Sainz. The manufacturers' title was won by Citroën, ahead of Peugeot and Subaru. Calendar The 2003 championship was contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, Asia, South America and Oceania. Rd.Start dateFinish dateRallyRally headquartersSurfaceStagesDistanceSupport class124 January26 JanuaryMON 71st Rallye Automobile Monte CarloMonte CarloMixed14415.02 kmJWRC27 February9 FebruarySWE 52nd Uddeholm Swedish RallyKarlstad, Värmland CountySnow17386.91 kmPWRC327 February2 MarchTUR 4th Rally of TurkeyKemer, Antalya ProvinceGravel18338.24 kmJWRC410 April13 AprilNZL 34th Propecia Rally New ZealandManukau, AucklandGravel22403.34 kmPWRC58 May11 MayARG 23rd YPF Rally ArgentinaCarlos Paz, CórdobaGravel25402.35 kmPWRC65 June8 JuneGRC 50th Golden Acropolis RallyLamia, Central GreeceGravel22399.49 kmJWRC720 June23 JuneCYP 31st Cyprus RallyLemesos, Limassol DistrictGravel18341.05 kmPWRC825 July27 JulyGER 22nd ADAC Rallye DeutschlandTrier, Rhineland-PalatinateTarmac22388.23 kmPWRC97 August10 AugustFIN 53rd Neste Rally FinlandJyväskylä, Central FinlandGravel23409.18 kmJWRC104 September7 SeptemberAUS 16th Telstra Rally AustraliaPerth, Western AustraliaGravel24386.31 kmPWRC113 October5 OctoberITA 45th Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'ItaliaSanremo, LiguriaTarmac14387.36 kmJWRC1217 October19 OctoberFRA 47th Tour de Corse - Rallye de FranceAjaccio, CorsicaTarmac16397.40 kmPWRC1324 October26 OctoberESP 39th Rally Catalunya - Costa Brava - Rally de EspañaLloret de Mar, CataloniaTarmac22381.18 kmJWRC146 November9 NovemberGBR 59th Wales Rally GBCardiff, WalesGravel18376.81 kmJWRCSources:13 November 2002 Dates confirmed for 2003 WRC https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/dates-confirmed-for-2003-wrc-5035086/5035086/ 24 November 2024 Autosport Calendar changes The Safari Rally Kenya was dropped from the calendar for 2003 due to missed fee payments from previous WRC seasons and was replace by the Rally of Turkey. After the 2002 Kenyan general election, the new government pushed for the Rally to return to the calendar and was looking at replacing Rally Australia after the event was called into question by FIA President Max Mosley due to organisational and safety issues.13 February 2003 Mosley confirms Rally Australia threat https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/mosley-confirms-rally-australia-threat-5032066/5032066/ 24 November 2024 Autosport14 February 2003 Safari Rally set for shock return to WRC https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/safari-rally-set-for-shock-return-to-wrc-5032029/5032029/ 24 November 2024 Autosport Eventually Rally Australia would go ahead and the Safari Rally Kenya would not return to the WRC calendar until 2021.Howard Tom WRC Safari Rally: Everything you need to know https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/wrc-safari-rally-everything-you-need-to-know-10485352/10485352/ Autosport 20 June 2023 22 December 2024 Teams and drivers ManufacturersManufacturerCarTeamTyreNoDriversCo-DriversRoundsPeugeot206 WRCFrance Marlboro Peugeot TotalMichelin1Finland Marcus GrönholmFinland Timo RautiainenAll2Great Britain Richard BurnsGreat Britain Robert Reid1-13Belgium Freddy LoixBelgium Sven Smeets143France Gilles PanizziFrance Hervé Panizzi1, 8, 11–13Finland Harri RovanperäFinland Risto Pietiläinen2–7, 9–10, 14FordFocus RS WRC 02 1-3 Focus RS WRC 03 4-14GBR Ford Motor Co LtdMichelin4Estonia Markko MärtinGreat Britain Michael Park1–34–145Belgium François DuvalBelgium Jean-Marc Fortin1-2Belgium Stéphane Prévot34–14SubaruImpreza WRC2003Japan 555 Subaru World Rally TeamPirelli7Norway Petter SolbergGreat Britain Phil MillsAll8Finland Tommi MäkinenFinland Kaj LindströmAllHyundaiAccent WRC3KOR Hyundai World Rally TeamMichelin10Germany Armin SchwarzGermany Manfred Hiemer1–1011Belgium Freddy LoixBelgium Sven Smeets1-10ŠkodaOctavia WRC Evo3 1-7Fabia WRC 8-14Czech Republic Škoda MotorsportMichelin14France Didier AuriolFrance Denis GiraudetAll15Finland Toni GardemeisterFinland Paavo LukanderAllCitroënXsara WRCFrance Citroën TotalMichelin17Great Britain Colin McRaeGreat Britain Derek RingerAll18France Sébastien LoebMCO Daniel ElenaAll19Spain Carlos SainzSpain Marc MartíAll20France Philippe BugalskiFrance Jean-Paul Chiaroni8, 11–13 World Rally Car entries ineligible to score manufacturer pointsManufacturerCarTeamTyreDriversCo-DriversRoundsFordFocus RS WRC 02GBR Ford Motor Co LtdMichelinFinland Mikko HirvonenFinland Jarmo LehtinenAllFinland Jari-Matti LatvalaGreat Britain Carl Williamson6Finland Miikka Anttila8-9, 14Peugeot206 WRCFrance Bozian RacingMichelinFrance Gilles PanizziFrance Herve Panizzi3, 6-7, 14Czech Roman KrestaCzech Miloš Hůlka1–2, 6Czech Jan Tománek8, 11, 13–14Finland Juuso PykälistöFinland Esko Mertsalmi2–3, 6–7, 9Finland Risto Mannisenmäki14Finland Ari VatanenFinland Juha Repo9Austria Stohl RacingAustria Manfred StohlAustria Ilka Minor4, 12, 14Finland Peugeot Sport FinlandFinland Sebastian LindholmFinland Timo Hantunen9France Equipe de France FFSAFrance Cédric RobertFrance Gérald Bedon1, 8, 11–13France Team BSAFrance Alexandre BengueFrance Caroline Escudero12FordFocus WRC 02Germany AW Rally TeamMichelinGermany Antony WarmboldGBR Gemma Price1–2, 4–10, 12–14Finland LPM RacingFinland Janne TuohinoFinland Jukka Aho2, 9Poland Kuchar Team PolandPoland Tomasz KucharPoland Maciek Szczepaniak2, 4, 6Finland Wrüth SportFinland Jari ViitaFinland Teppo Leino2Finland Riku Rousku9Greece Ford Motor HellasGreece Ioannis PapadimitriouGreat Britain Allan Harryman2, 6Greece Armodios VovosGreece Loris Meletopoulos6Hungary OMV Best Racing TeamHungary Balázs BenikHungary Bence Rácz3, 10Turkey Ford Hazirkart Rally TeamTurkey Serkan YaziciTurkey Can Okan3Great Britain ADR MotorsportGreat Britain Alistair GinleyIreland Rory Kennedy3, 6–9, 12–14USA Ford Rallye SportFinland Mikko HirvonenFinland Jarmo LehtinenAllFIN Jari-Matti LatvalaGreat Britain Carl Williamson6FIN Miikka Anttila8–9, 14SubaruImpreza WRC99Great Britain Dom Buckley MotorsportPirelliIreland Eamonn BolandIreland Francis Regan1Impreza WRC2001Great Britain Morgan MotorsportFinland Tapio LaukkanenFinland Harri Kaapro14MitsubishiLancer Evo WRC2Japan Mitsubishi Ralliart EuropeMichelinFinland Kristian SohlbergFinland Jakke Honkanen2, 4, 8Great Britain Alister McRaeGreat Britain David Senior4Finland Jani PaasonenFinland Arto Kapanen8ToyotaCorolla WRCSwitzerland Olivier BurriPirelliSwitzerland Olivier BurriSwitzerland Christophe Hofmann1FordFocus WRC 01Switzerland Philippe RouxPirelliSwitzerland Philippe RouxSwitzerland Paul Corthay1ŠkodaOctavia WRCItaly Riccardo ErraniPirelliItaly Riccardo ErraniItaly Stefano Casadio1Octavia WRC Evo211ToyotaCorolla WRCHungary Gergely SzabóPirelliHungary Gergely SzabóHungary Zoltán Köhler1Peugeot206 WRCFrance Serge BernardinMichelinFrance Serge BernardinFrance Frédéric Deziré1FordFocus WRC 02Sweden Andreas ErikssonPirelliSweden Andreas ErikssonSweden Patrick Henriksson2Sweden Pecka Svensson14HyundaiAccent WRC2Norway Thomas KolbergContinentalNorway Thomas KolbergNorway Pål Iversen2Norway Kristian KolbergNorway Kristian KolbergNorway Kjell Peterssen2Accent WRC3KOR Hyundai World Rally TeamMichelinFinland Jussi VälimäkiFinland Tero Gardemeister2, 4, 6, 9Great Britain Justin DaleGreat Britain Andrew Bargery7-8Austria Manfred StohlAustria Ilka Minor6, 8, 10ToyotaCorolla WRCNorway Thomas SchieMichelinNorway Thomas SchieNorway Ragnar Engen2Argentina Gabriel RaiesPirelliArgentina Gabriel RaiesArgentina Jorge Perez Companc5Italy Giovanni RecordatiItaly Giovanni RecordatiMonaco Freddy Delorme7Netherlands Wevers SportMichelinNetherlands Erik WeversNetherlands Michiel Poel8Great Britain Gareth JonesKumhoGreat Britain Gareth JonesGreat Britain Mark Jones9France José MicheliFrance José MicheliFrance Marie-Josée Cardi12Slovakia Jozef Béreš jun.MichelinSlovakia Jozef Béreš jun.Czech Petr Starý2, 6, 14FordFocus WRC 02Finland Kaj KuistilaFinland Kaj KuistilaFinland Kari Jokinen9Peugeot206 WRCFrance Didier CormorecheMichelinFrance Didier CormorecheFrance René Belleville12SubaruImpreza WRC2003France Benoît RousselotFrance Benoît RousselotFrance Gilles Mondésir12Impreza WRC2001Portugal Armando PereiraMichelinPortugal Armando PereiraFrance Mickaële Rouillon12Peugeot206 WRCFrance Jean-Claude TorreMichelinFrance Jean-Claude TorreFrance Patrick de la Foata12SubaruImpreza WRC99France Alain VauthierFrance Alain VauthierBelgium Erwin Mombaerts12ToyotaCorolla WRCSWE Tobias JohanssonSWE Tobias JohanssonSWE Per Carlsson14SubaruImpreza WRC2001Ireland Eamonn BolandIreland Eamonn BolandIreland Francis Regan14FordFocus WRC 02Great Britain Steve PerezGreat Britain Steve PerezGreat Britain Jonty Bolsover14CitroënXsara WRCFrance Citroën SportMichelinSpain Daniel SolàESP Álex Romaní6, 14ŠkodaOctavia WRC Evo3Czech Republic Škoda Matador TeamMichelinCzech Republic Jan KopeckýCzech Republic Filip Schovánek8, 14Argentina Gabriel PozzoArgentina Gabriel PozzoArgentina Daniel Stillo5Octavia WRC Evo2Germany Škoda Auto DeutschlandMichelinGermany Matthias KahleGermany Peter Göbel8 JWRC entries No Entrant Drivers Co-driver Car Rounds 51 ITA Purity Auto SMR Mirco Baldacci ITA Giovanni Bernacchini Fiat Punto S1600 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14 52 JPN Suzuki Sport SWE Daniel Carlsson SWE Mattias Andersson Suzuki Ignis S1600 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14 64 FIN Ville-Pertti Teuronen FIN Harri Kaapro 1, 3, 6, 9, 11 FIN Mikko Markkula 13–14 69 ESP Salvador Cañellas ESP Xavier Amigó 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14 71 EST Urmo Aava EST Kuldar Sikk 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14 53 AUT Schmidt Racing AUT David Doppelreiter NOR Ola Fløene Peugeot 206 S1600 1 54 GER Volkswagen Racing FIN Kosti Katajamäki FIN Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Polo S1600 1, 3, 6 FIN Jani Laaksonen 9, 11, 13–14 62 SWE Oscar Svedlund SWE Björn Nilsson 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14 73 BUL Krum Donchev BUL Ruman Manolov 14 78 GER Vladan Vasiljevic GER Sebastian Geipel 1, 3, 6, 11 55 GBR Ford Motor Co Ltd NOR Martin Stenshorne GBR Clive Jenkins Ford Puma S1600 1, 3, 6 70 GBR Guy Wilks GBR Phil Pugh 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14 57 ITA Auto Sport Italia BUL Dimitar Iliev BUL Petar Sivov Peugeot 206 S1600 1, 3, 6 BUL Yanaki Yanakiev 9, 11, 13–14 73 BUL Krum Donchev BUL Ruman Manolov 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13 58 ITA Top Run SRL ARG Marcos Ligato ARG Rubén García Fiat Punto S1600 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14 63 ITA Massimo Ceccato ITA Mitia Dotta 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14 76 ITA Luca Cecchettini ITA Marco Muzzarelli 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14 59 ITA Astra Racing AUT Beppo Harrach GER Michael Kölbach Ford Puma S1600 1, 3, 6, 11, 14 65 LBN Abdo Feghali LBN Joseph Matar 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14 60 ITA Jolly Club CZE Pavel Valoušek ITA Pierangelo Scalvini Citroën Saxo S1600 1, 3 61 FRA Renault Sport FRA Brice Tirabassi FRA Jacques-Julien Renucci Renault Clio S1600 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14 66 FRA Citroën Sport FRA Sébastien Ceccone FRA Julien Giroux Citroën Saxo S1600 1, 3, 6 67 SMR Sab Motorsport SMR Alessandro Broccoli ITA Simona Girelli Opel Corsa S1600 1, 3, 6, 9, 11 ITA Giovanni Agnese 13–14 68 CRO Renault Croatia CRO Juraj Šebalj CRO Toni Klinc Renault Clio S1600 1, 3, 6 72 ITA Errepi Racing SMR Jader Vagnini ITA Lorenzo Granai Fiat Punto S1600 1 74 GER Opel Motorsport GBR Kris Meeke GBR Chris Patterson Opel Corsa S1600 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14 75 POL Orlen Team POL Dariusz Chudobinski POL Przemysław Szulc Citroën Saxo S1600 1 77 CHE Chicco d'Oro CHE Filippo Suessli CHE Loris Pala Fiat Punto S1600 1 78 SWE Peugeot Dealer Team Sweden GER Vladan Vasiljevic GER Sebastian Geipel Peugeot 206 S1600 9 PWRC entries No Entrant Drivers Co-driver Car Rounds 51 MYS Petronas EON Racing Team MYS Karamjit Singh MYS Allen Oh Proton Pert 2, 4–5, 7–8, 10 52 ITA Mauro Rally Tuning ESP Daniel Solà ESP Álex Romaní Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 12 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4–5, 7–8, 10 53 PER Ramón Ferreyros MEX Javier Marin 5, 8, 12 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4, 7, 10 56 URY Gustavo Trelles ARG Jorge Del Buono 4 57 ITA Giovanni Manfrinato ITA Claudio Condotta Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 7–8, 10 54 JPN Subaru Production Rally Team JPN Toshihiro Arai NZL Tony Sircombe Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2, 4–5, 7, 10, 12 62 NZL Peter 'Possum' Bourne AUS Mark Stacey 2, 4 55 GBR David Sutton Cars Ltd GBR Martin Rowe GBR Trevor Agnew Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2, 4, 7–8, 10, 12 65 SWE Stig Blomqvist VEN Ana Goñi 2, 4, 7–8, 10, 12 57 ITA Top Run SRL ITA Giovanni Manfrinato ITA Claudio Condotta Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4–5 58 ARG Marcos Ligato ARG Rubén García Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4–5, 7–8, 10, 12 59 ITA Stefano Marrini ITA Massimo Agotinelli 2, 5, 7–8 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 10, 12 63 ITA Luca Baldini ITA Alessandro Floris 2, 4–5 60 NZL Neil Allport Motorsports GBR Niall McShea GBR Chris Patterson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4–5, 7–8, 10, 12 61 POL Mobil 1 Team Poland POL Janusz Kulig POL Jarosław Baran Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 2, 4 POL Dariusz Burkat 7–8 POL Maciek Szczepaniak 10, 12 64 SWE Millbrooks World Rally Team SWE Joakim Roman SWE Tina Mitakidou Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 2, 4, 7–8 SWE Ragnar Spjuth 10, 12 66 AUT Stohl Racing Oman Hamed Al Wahaibi GBR Nicky Beech Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4–5 72 ROU Constantin Aur ROU Silviu Moraru 2 ROU Adrian Berghea 4, 7–8, 10, 12 67 POL Orlen Team POL Krzysztof Hołowczyc POL Łukasz Kurzeja Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 2, 4–5, 7–8 68 POL Kuchar Team Poland POL Tomasz Kuchar POL Maciek Szczepaniak Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI – 69 BEL Guy Colsoul Rallysport BEL Bob Colsoul BEL Tom Colsoul Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 2, 5, 7–8, 12 77 ITA Alfredo De Dominicis ITA Giovanni Bernacchini 5 70 ITA Errani Team Group ITA Riccardo Errani ITA Stefano Casadio Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4–5, 7–8, 10, 12 71 BUL Racing Team Burgaltabac BUL Georgi Geradzhiev BUL Nikola Popov Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 2, 4–5, 7–8, 12 73 CZE Hanácký Rally Klub CZE Stanislav Chovanec CZE Karel Holaň Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 2 74 ITA Motoring Club ITA Fabio Frisiero ITA Loris Roggia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 2 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4–5 ITA Giovanni Agnese 7–8, 12 75 ESP PK7 Competicio ESP Joaquim Manresa ESP Miquel Amblás Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI – 76 CAN Subaru Rally Team Canada CAN Patrick Richard GBR Martin Headland Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2 SWE Mikael Johansson 4–5, 7 NOR Ola Fløene 8, 12 77 ITA Ralliart Italy ITA Alfredo De Dominicis ITA Giovanni Bernacchini Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 2, 5, 7–8, 12 78 BEL First Motorsport POL Łukasz Sztuka SWE Per Carlsson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 2 POL Zbigniew Cieslar 4–5, 8 79 JPN Advan-Piaa Rally Team JPN Fumio Nutahara JPN Satoshi Hayashi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII – 80 MEX Triviño Racing MEX Ricardo Triviño ESP Jordi Barradés Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 2, 4–5, 7–8, 12 Results and standings Rally results The highest finishing competitor entered in each WRC class is listed below. Non-championship entries may have finished ahead of WRC competitors in individual rounds. Rd.RallyOverall winnersPWRC WinnersJWRC winnersReport 1 MON Monte Carlo FRA No. 18 Citroën Total WRTN/AFRA No. 61 Renault Sport Report FRA Citroën Xsara WRCN/AFRA Renault Clio S1600FRA Sébastien LoebMON Daniel ElenaN/AFRA Brice TirabassiFRA Jacques-Julien Renucci 2 SWE Sweden FRA No. 1 Marlboro Peugeot TotalGBR No. 75 David Sutton Cars LtdN/A Report FRA Peugeot 206 WRCJPN Subaru Impreza STi N8N/AFIN Marcus GrönholmFIN Timo RautiainenSWE Stig BlomqvistVEN Ana GoñiN/A 3 TUR Turkey FRA No. 19 Citroën Total WRTN/AGER No. 54 Volkswagen Racing Report FRA Citroën Xsara WRCN/AGER Volkswagen Polo S1600ESP Carlos SainzESP Marc MartíN/AFIN Kosti KatajamäkiFIN Miikka Anttila 4 NZL New Zealand FRA No. 1 Marlboro Peugeot TotalJPN No. 54 Subaru Production Rally TeamN/A Report FRA Peugeot 206 WRCJPN Subaru Impreza WRX STiN/AFIN Marcus GrönholmFIN Timo RautiainenJPN Toshihiro AraiNZL Tony SircombeN/A 5 ARG Argentina FRA No. 1 Marlboro Peugeot TotalJPN No. 54 Subaru Production Rally TeamN/A Report FRA Peugeot 206 WRCJPN Subaru Impreza WRX STiN/AFIN Marcus GrönholmFIN Timo RautiainenJPN Toshihiro AraiNZL Tony SircombeN/A 6 GRC Greece USA No. 4 Ford Motor CoN/AFRA No. 61 Renault Sport Report USA Ford Focus RS WRC '03N/AFRA Renault Clio S1600EST Markko MärtinGBR Michael ParkN/AFRA Brice TirabassiFRA Jacques-Julien Renucci 7 CYP Cyprus JPN No. 7 555 Subaru WRTJPN No. 54 Subaru Production Rally TeamN/A Report JPN Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03JPN Subaru Impreza WRX STiN/ANOR Petter SolbergGBR Phil MillsJPN Toshihiro AraiNZL Tony SircombeN/A 8 GER Germany FRA No. 18 Citroën Total WRTITA No. 52 Mauro Rally TuningN/A Report FRA Citroën Xsara WRCJPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIIN/AFRA Sébastien LoebMON Daniel ElenaESP Dani SolàESP Álex RomaníN/A9FIN FinlandUSA No. 4 Ford Motor CoN/AJPN No. 52 Suzuki SportReportUSA Ford Focus RS WRC '03N/AJPN Suzuki Ignis S1600EST Markko MärtinGBR Michael ParkN/ASWE Daniel CarlssonSWE Mattias Andersson10AUS AustraliaJPN No. 7 555 Subaru WRTGBR No. 55 David Sutton Cars LtdN/AReportJPN Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03JPN Subaru Impreza STi N10N/ANOR Petter SolbergGBR Phil MillsGBR Martin RoweGBR Trevor AgnewN/A11ITA ItalyFRA No. 18 Citroën Total WRTN/AITA No. 51 Purity AutoReportFRA Citroën Xsara WRCN/AITA Fiat Punto S1600FRA Sébastien LoebMON Daniel ElenaN/ASMR Mirco BaldacciITA Giovanni Bernacchini12FRA FranceJPN No. 7 555 Subaru WRTGBR No. 60 Neil Allport MotorsportsN/AReportJPN Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIN/ANOR Petter SolbergGBR Phil MillsGBR Niall McSheaGBR Chris PattersonN/A13ESP SpainFRA No. 3 Marlboro Peugeot TotalN/AFRA No. 61 Renault SportReportFRA Peugeot 206 WRCN/AFRA Renault Clio S1600FRA Gilles PanizziFRA Hervé PanizziN/AFRA Brice TirabassiFRA Jacques-Julien Renucci14GBR BritainJPN No. 7 555 Subaru WRTN/AJPN No. 52 Suzuki SportReportJPN Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03N/AJPN Suzuki Ignis S1600NOR Petter SolbergGBR Phil MillsN/ASWE Daniel CarlssonSWE Mattias AnderssonSource:WRC season 2003 https://www.ewrc-results.com/season/2003/ 24 November 2024 eWRC Drivers' championship Pos. Position Driver MONMON SWESWE TURTUR NZLNZL ARGARG GREGRE CYPCYP GERGER FINFIN AUSAUS ITAITA FRAFRA ESPESP GBRGBR  Pts  1 Norway Petter Solberg Ret 6 Ret 3 5 3 1 8 2 1 Ret 1 5 1 72 2 France Sébastien Loeb 1 7 Ret 4 Ret Ret 3 1 5 2 1 13 2 2 71 3 Spain Carlos Sainz 3 9 1 12 2 2 5 6 4 5 4 2 7 Ret 63 4 Great Britain Richard Burns 5 3 2 2 3 4 Ret 3 3 3 7 8 Ret 58 5 Estonia Markko Märtin 4 4 6 Ret Ret 1 Ret 5 1 DSQ 3 Ret 3 Ret 49 6 Finland Marcus Grönholm 13 1 9 1 1 Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 4 6 Ret 46 7 Great Britain Colin McRae 2 5 4 Ret Ret 8 4 4 Ret 4 6 5 9 4 45 8 Finland Tommi Mäkinen Ret 2 8 7 Ret 5 Ret Ret 6 6 10 7 8 3 30 9 Belgium François Duval 7 Ret 3 9 8 Ret Ret 7 Ret 10 5 3 4 5 30 10 France Gilles Panizzi Ret 5 7 Ret 10 2 6 1 Ret 27 11 Finland Harri Rovanperä Ret Ret Ret 4 6 2 Ret 7 Ret 18 12 Finland Toni Gardemeister Ret 8 7 5 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 11 12 Ret 9 13 France Didier Auriol 9 18 Ret 8 6 9 Ret Ret Ret 12 12 Ret Ret 11 4 14 Belgium Freddy Loix Ret 10 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 10 8 6 4 15 France Cédric Robert 6 9 9 12 11 3 16 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Ret 11 Ret 10 16 Ret 6 13 Ret 9 Ret 10 14 Ret 3 17 Great Britain Alister McRae 6 3 18 Germany Armin Schwarz 8 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 12 12 13 3 19 Austria Manfred Stohl Ret 11 18 DNS Ret 7 2 20 Finland Janne Tuohino 17 7 2 21 France Philippe Bugalski Ret 8 9 10 1 22 Czech Republic Roman Kresta 10 14 Ret Ret 11 13 8 1 23 Great Britain Alistair Ginley 12 15 8 Ret 23 Ret 23 Ret 1 24 Finland Sebastian Lindholm 8 1 Pos. Position Driver MONMON SWESWE TURTUR NZLNZL ARGARG GREGRE CYPCYP GERGER FINFIN AUSAUS ITAITA FRAFRA ESPESP GBRGBR  Pts  Petter Solberg secured the drivers' championship title in Wales.Hart Jeremy Hard Charger:Petter Solberg Takes The 2003 World Rally Championship https://www.autoweek.com/news/a2103786/hard-chargerpetter-solberg-takes-2003-world-rally-championship/ Autoweek 9 November 2003 9 April 2024 Manufacturers' championship Manufacturer Teams must enter at least two cars.http://www.funtrivia.com/en/subtopics/World-Rally-Championship-123401.html World Rally Championship - Fun Facts, Questions, Answers, Information www.funtrivia.com 6 June 2022 https://archive.today/20130411000318/http://www.funtrivia.com/en/subtopics/World-Rally-Championship-123401.html 11 April 2013 dead This allowed Manufacturers to have three or four cars registered on a single event, but only their best two result would count to the championship. Pos. Position Manufacturer No. Car number MONMON SWESWE TURTUR NZLNZL ARGARG GREGRE CYPCYP GERGER FINFIN AUSAUS ITAITA FRAFRA ESPESP GBRGBR Points 1 FRA Citroën Total World Rally Team 17 2 5 4 Ret Ret 7 4 4 Ret 4 (6) 5 (9) 4 160 18 1 7 Ret 4 Ret Ret 3 1 5 2 1 (12) 2 2 19 (3) (9) 1 (10) 2 2 (5) (6) 4 (5) 4 2 7 Ret 20 Ret (8) (9) (10) 2 FRA Marlboro Peugeot Total 1 8 1 8 1 1 Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 4 6 Ret 145 2 4 3 2 2 3 4 Ret 3 3 3 6 (8) Ret 6 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret (4) 6 2 (9) Ret 6 2 6 1 Ret 3 JPN 555 Subaru World Rally Team 7 Ret 6 Ret 3 4 3 1 7 2 1 Ret 1 5 1 109 8 Ret 2 7 6 Ret 5 Ret Ret 6 5 7 7 8 3 4 GBR Ford Motor Co 4 3 4 5 Ret Ret 1 Ret 5 1 Ret 3 Ret 3 Ret 93 5 5 Ret 3 8 7 Ret Ret 6 Ret 9 5 3 4 5 6 Ret 10 Ret 9 8 Ret 5 (12) Ret 8 Ret 8 (12) Ret 5 CZE Škoda Motorsport 14 7 12 Ret 7 5 8 Ret Ret Ret 11 8 Ret Ret 7 23 15 Ret 8 6 5 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 9 9 Ret 6 KOR Hyundai World Rally Team 10 6 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 9 8 12 12 11 Ret 9 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 7 7 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret (13) Ret Pos. Position Manufacturer No. Car number MONMON SWESWE TURTUR NZLNZL ARGARG GREGRE CYPCYP GERGER FINFIN AUSAUS ITAITA FRAFRA ESPESP GBRGBR Points Citroën secured the manufacturers' championship in Wales,Solberg pips Loeb for world title https://www.smh.com.au/sport/motorsport/solberg-pips-loeb-for-world-title-20031111-gdhrbt.html The Sydney Morning Herald 11 November 2003 9 April 2024 its first such title.Hope-Frost Henry On this day in... 2003 https://www.goodwood.com/grr/race/historic/on-this-day-in...-2003/ Goodwood Road & Racing 9 November 2017 9 April 2024 Results in "()" means the car finished the rally, but two others of the same Manufacturer Team reached a better result. JWRC Drivers' championship Pos. Position Driver MONMON TURTUR GREGRE FINFIN ITAITA ESPESP GBRGBR  Pts  1 FRA Brice Tirabassi 1 Ret 1 2 Ret 1 Ret38 2 ESP Salvador Cañellas Jr. Ret 2 4 5 2 3 436 3 SWE Daniel Carlsson Ret Ret 2 1 Ret 4 133 4 EST Urmo Aava 4 Ret 3 4 Ret 5 Ret20 5 SMR Mirco Baldacci 7 Ret Ret Ret 1 Ret 220 6 FIN Ville-Pertti Teuronen Ret 4 Ret Ret 4 6 319 7 GBR Guy Wilks Ret 3 6 3 6 11 Ret18 8 SMR Alessandro Broccoli 3 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 513 9 ARG Marcos Ligato 2 Ret Ret 7 Ret10 10 FIN Kosti Katajamäki EX 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret10 11 ITA Massimo Ceccato 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 68 12 ITA Luca Cecchettini 9 5 Ret Ret 5 10 Ret8 13 BUL Dimitar Iliev Ret 7 Ret Ret 3 Ret8 14 GBR Kris Meeke 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret8 15 LBN Abdo Feghali 10 3 Ret Ret 7 7 Ret7 16 SWE Oscar Svedlund Ret Ret 5 8 Ret Ret5 17 CRO Juraj Šebalj 6 Ret3 18 AUT Beppo Harrach 8 Ret Ret1 19 BGR Krum Donchev 11 Ret Ret Ret 90 20 GER Vladan V-Man Vasiljevic Ret Ret Ret Ret0 21 NOR Martin Stenshorne Ret Ret Ret0 22 FRA Sebastien Ceccone Ret Ret0 Pos. Position Driver MONMON TURTUR GREGRE FINFIN ITAITA ESPESP GBRGBR Pts PWRC Drivers' championship Pos. Position Driver SWESWE NZLNZL ARGARG CYPCYP GERGERAUSAUSFRAFRA  Pts  1 GBR Martin Rowe 3 4 2 2 1 343 2 JPN Toshihiro Arai Ret 1 1 1 Ret 238 3 SWE Stig Blomqvist 1 8 3 5 4 530 4 MYS Karamjit Singh 2 6 3 Ret 4 230 5 ESP Daniel Solà 15 2 Ret 1 5 Ret22 6 GBR Niall McShea 7 Ret Ret Ret 3 118 7 ARG Marcos Ligato 2 Ret 4 Ret Ret13 8 POL Janusz Kulig Ret Ret Ret 3 411 9 MEX Ricardo Triviño Ret 11 6 Ret 6 78 10 BEL Bob Colsoul 9 Ret 5 Ret 67 11 OMA Hamed Al Wahaibi 3 Ret6 12 ITA Riccardo Errani Ret 7 6 9 86 13 SWE Joakim Roman 6 12 Ret Ret 6 96 14 NZL Peter 'Possum' Bourne 4 Ret5 15 ITA Giovanni Manfrinato 9 4 Ret Ret5 16 POL Krzysztof Hołowczyc 5 Ret Ret4 17 PER Ramón Ferreyros 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret418 ITA Alfredo De Dominicis 10 13 5 Ret Ret Ret419 POL Łukasz Sztuka 7 Ret220 ROM Constantin Aur Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret221 CAN Patrick Richard 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret122 ITA Stefano Marrini Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 101 Pos. Position Driver SWESWE NZLNZL ARGARG CYPCYP GERGERAUSAUSFRAFRA Pts Events Round Rally Name Start-End Date Podium Drivers (Finishing Time) Podium Cars 1Monaco Monte Carlo Rally24 January–26 January France Sébastien Loeb (4h:29m:11.4s) United Kingdom Colin McRae (4h:29m:49.5s) Spain Carlos Sainz (4h:30m:03.6s)Citroën Xsara WRC Citroën Xsara WRC Citroën Xsara WRC 2Sweden Swedish Rally7 February–9 February Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:03m:28.1s) Finland Tommi Mäkinen (3h:04m:18.9s) UK Richard Burns (3h:04m:46.0s)Peugeot 206 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC 2003 Peugeot 206 WRC 3Turkey Rally of Turkey27 February–2 March Spain Carlos Sainz (4h:32m:14.1s) UK Richard Burns (4h:33m:02.0s) Belgium François Duval (4h:34m:00.6s)Citroën Xsara WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 02 4New Zealand Rally New Zealand11 April–13 April Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:45m:21.2s) UK Richard Burns (3h:46m:29.9s) Norway Petter Solberg (3h:47m:31.0s)Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC 2003 5Argentina Rally Argentina8 May–11 May Finland Marcus Grönholm (4h:14m:45.0s) Spain Carlos Sainz (4h:15m:11.6s) UK Richard Burns (4h:15m:57.8s)Peugeot 206 WRC Citroën Xsara WRC Peugeot 206 WRC 6Greece Acropolis Rally6 June–8 June Estonia Markko Märtin (4h:53m:40.5s) Spain Carlos Sainz (4h:54m:26.5s) Norway Petter Solberg (4h:54m:33.2s)Ford Focus RS WRC 03 Citroën Xsara WRC Subaru Impreza WRC 2003 7Cyprus Cyprus Rally20 June–22 June Norway Petter Solberg (5h:09m:12.6s) Finland Harri Rovanperä (5h:13m:26.6s) France Sébastien Loeb (5h:13m:29.4s)Subaru Impreza WRC 2003 Peugeot 206 WRC Citroën Xsara WRC 8Germany Rallye Deutschland25 July–27 July France Sébastien Loeb (3h:46m:50.4s) Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:46m:54.0s) UK Richard Burns (3h:47m:10.1s)Citroën Xsara WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC 9Finland Rally Finland7 August–10 August Estonia Markko Märtin (3h:21m:51.7s) Norway Petter Solberg (3h:22m:50.6s) UK Richard Burns (3h:22m:51.8s)Ford Focus RS WRC 03 Subaru Impreza WRC 2003 Peugeot 206 WRC 10Australia Rally Australia4 September–7 September Norway Petter Solberg (3h:32m:07.1s) France Sébastien Loeb (3h:32m:33.7s) UK Richard Burns (3h:34m:00.1s)Subaru Impreza WRC 2003 Citroën Xsara WRC Peugeot 206 WRC 11Italy Rallye Sanremo3 October–5 October France Sébastien Loeb (4h:16m:33.7s) France Gilles Panizzi (4h:17m:02.0s) Estonia Markko Märtin (4h:17m:28.3s)Citroën Xsara WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 03 12France Tour de Corse17 October–19 October Norway Petter Solberg (4h:20m:15.3s) Spain Carlos Sainz (4h:20m:51.9s) Belgium François Duval (4h:20m:57.0s)Subaru Impreza WRC 2003 Citroën Xsara WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 03 13Spain Rally Catalunya24 October–26 October France Gilles Panizzi (3h:55m:09.4s) France Sébastien Loeb (3h:55m:22.4s) Estonia Markko Märtin (3h:55m:23.0s)Peugeot 206 WRC Citroën Xsara WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 03 14GBR Wales Rally GB6 November–9 November Norway Petter Solberg (3h:28m:58.1s) France Sébastien Loeb (3h:29m:41.7s) Finland Tommi Mäkinen (3h:31m:56.9s)Subaru Impreza WRC 2003 Citroën Xsara WRC Subaru Impreza WRC 2003 References External links FIA World Rally Championship 2003 at ewrc-results.com World Rally Championship Category:World Rally Championship seasons