2003 SEAT Cupra Championship

British motor race season 2003 SEAT Cupra Championship none 2004 The 2003 SEAT Cupra Championship season was the inaugural running of the one-make championship. The championship consisted of ten rounds at five meetings held in England, beginning on 4 May at Croft, and finishing at Thruxton on 17 August. The championship winner was rewarded with a drive in the British Touring Car Championship for the SEAT Sport UK team. Robert Huff would eventually win the championship, holding off both Gordon Shedden and Stefan Hodgetts, as those three drivers shared nine of the ten race victories between them. Huff would go on to finish seventh in the 2004 British Touring Car Championship with his prize-winning drive. Teams and drivers All entries ran the Mk1 SEAT León entered by SEAT themselves. No. Car number Drivers Rounds 3 GBR Stefan Hodgetts All 4 GBR Karl Goshawk All 5 SCO Charles Stewart All 6 GBR Natalie Barratt All 7 IRE Emmet O'Brien All 9 GBR James Pickford All 10 GBR Spencer Marsh All 11 GBR Hamish Gordon All 12 GBR Robert Huff All 14 GBR Paula Cook All 15 GBR Stephen Colbert All 16 GBR Andre D'Cruze All 17 GBR Ben Winrow 1-4 20 GBR Julian Westwood All 21 GBR Craig Murray 1-2 22 GBR Gordon Shedden All 23 IRE Gavin Smith All Calendar Round Track Date Pole position Fastest lap Winner 1 Croft 4 May GBR Stefan Hodgetts IRE Gavin Smith GBR Stefan Hodgetts 2 GBR Stephen Colbert GBR Robert Huff GBR Robert Huff 3 Silverstone 27 May GBR Stefan Hodgetts GBR Robert Huff GBR Stefan Hodgetts 4 GBR Stefan Hodgetts GBR Stefan Hodgetts GBR Stefan Hodgetts 5 Oulton Park 13 July GBR James Pickford GBR Robert Huff GBR Robert Huff 6 GBR Robert Huff GBR Gordon Shedden GBR Gordon Shedden 7 Rockingham 3 August GBR Robert Huff GBR Stefan Hodgetts GBR Stefan Hodgetts 8 GBR James Pickford IRE Gavin Smith IRE Gavin Smith 9 Thruxton 17 August GBR James Pickford GBR Stefan Hodgetts GBR Robert Huff 10 GBR Stefan Hodgetts GBR Stefan Hodgetts GBR Stefan Hodgetts Championship Standings Points were awarded as follows: Pos123456789101112FL Race 115121086543210 1 Race 220171513119754321 1 Pos Driver CRO SIL OUL ROC THR Pts 1 GBR Robert Huff 4 1 2 2 1 2 NC 3 1 Ret 122 2 GBR Gordon Shedden 3 3 6 3 6 1 2 7 DSQ 2 107 3 GBR Stefan Hodgetts 1 7 1 1 Ret DNS 1 6 12 1 105 4 IRL Gavin Smith 6 2 5 4 14 3 Ret 1 11 Ret 78 5 GBR James Pickford 7 4 3 5 8 15 Ret 2 2 Ret 70 6 GBR Stephen Colbert 5 Ret 4 9 2 4 Ret 5 13 3 69 7 GBR Julian Westwood 15 5 8 7 3 6 Ret 8 3 5 66 8 GBR Spencer Marsh 2 9 7 13 4 7 Ret DNS Ret 4 48 9 GBR Andre D'Cruze 9 10 10 8 15 8 3 4 10 7 47 10 IRL Emmet O'Brien 8 6 15 Ret 5 5 7 Ret 4 9 45 11 GBR Paula Cook Ret 12 12 Ret 9 9 5 9 5 6 32 12 GBR Hamish Gordon 12 14 13 10 10 11 6 10 6 8 24 13 GBR Karl Goshawk 13 13 14 11 12 12 4 11 7 Ret 17 14 GBR Craig Murray 10 8 9 6 17 15 GBR Ben Winrow 11 11 11 12 7 10 Ret Ret 10 16 SCO Charles Stewart 16 16 17 15 13 14 8 12 9 11 8 17 GBR Natalie Barratt 14 15 16 14 11 13 Ret Ret 8 10 6 Pos Driver CRO SIL OUL ROC THU Pts External links 2003 season results on the SEAT Sport UK website https://web.archive.org/web/20110721024034/http://www.seatsportuk.co.uk/SCCNet/Default.aspx?Year=2003&Page=Reports 2011-07-21 SEAT Cupra Championship Category:SEAT Cupra Championship seasons