2003 World Rally Championship

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.

2003 World Rally Championship

World Drivers' Champion:
Petter Solberg
World Manufacturers' Champion:
Citroën

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2002

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2004

Calendar

The 2003 championship was contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, Asia, South America and Oceania.

Rd.	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance	Support class
1	23 January	24 January	71st Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo	Monte Carlo	Mixed	14	415.02 km	JWRC
2	7 February	9 February	52nd Uddeholm Swedish Rally	Karlstad, Värmland County	Snow	17	386.91 km	PWRC
3	27 February	2 March	4th Rally of Turkey	Kemer, Antalya Province	Gravel	18	338.24 km	JWRC
4	10 April	13 April	34th Propecia Rally New Zealand	Manukau, Auckland	Gravel	22	403.34 km	PWRC
5	8 May	11 May	23rd YPF Rally Argentina	Carlos Paz, Córdoba	Gravel	25	402.35 km	PWRC
6	5 June	8 June	50th Golden Acropolis Rally	Lamia, Central Greece	Gravel	22	399.49 km	JWRC
7	20 June	23 June	31st Cyprus Rally	Lemesos, Limassol District	Gravel	18	341.05 km	PWRC
8	25 July	27 July	22nd ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate	Tarmac	22	388.23 km	PWRC
9	7 August	10 August	53rd Neste Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Central Finland	Gravel	23	409.18 km	JWRC
10	4 September	7 September	16th Telstra Rally Australia	Perth, Western Australia	Gravel	24	386.31 km	PWRC
11	3 October	5 October	45th Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Sanremo, Liguria	Tarmac	14	387.36 km	JWRC
12	17 October	19 October	47th Tour de Corse - Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corsica	Tarmac	16	397.40 km	PWRC
13	24 October	26 October	39th Rally Catalunya - Costa Brava - Rally de España	Lloret de Mar, Catalonia	Tarmac	22	381.18 km	JWRC
14	6 November	9 November	59th Wales Rally GB	Cardiff, Wales	Gravel	18	376.81 km	JWRC
Sources:[1]

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.^[2][3] Eventually Rally Australia would go ahead and the Safari Rally Kenya would not return to the WRC calendar until 2021.^[4]

Teams and drivers

Manufacturer teams
Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	No	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot	206 WRC	M	1	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	All
				2	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	1–13
					Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	14
				3	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	1, 8, 11–13
					Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	2–7, 9–10, 14
				21	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	6–7, 14
Ford Motor Co Ltd	Ford	Focus RS WRC 02	M	4	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	1–3
		Focus RS WRC 03					4–14
		Focus RS WRC 02		5	François Duval	Jean-Marc Fortin	1–2
						Stéphane Prévot	3
		Focus RS WRC 03					4–14
		Focus RS WRC 02
				6	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	All
				20	Jari-Matti Latvala	Carl Williamson	6
						Miikka Anttila	8–9, 14
555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC 2003	P	7	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	All
				8	Tommi Mäkinen	Kaj Lindström	All
Hyundai World Rally Team	Hyundai	Accent WRC3	M	10	Armin Schwarz	Manfred Hiemer	1–10
				11	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	1–10
				12	Jussi Välimäki	Tero Gardemeister	2, 4, 6, 9
					Justin Dale	Andrew Bargery	7
					Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	8
				20			6, 10
				22	Justin Dale	Andrew Bargery	8, 10
Škoda Motorsport	Škoda	Octavia WRC Evo3 Fabia WRC	M	14	Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	All
				15	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	All
				22	Matthias Kahle	Peter Göbel	8
				26	Jan Kopecký	Filip Schovánek	8, 14
				32	Gabriel Pozzo	Daniel Stillo	5
Citroën Total	Citroën	Xsara WRC	M	17	Colin McRae	Derek Ringer	All
				18	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	All
				19	Carlos Sainz	Marc Martí	All
				20	Philippe Bugalski	Jean-Paul Chiaroni	8, 11–13
				25	Daniel Solà	Álex Romaní	6, 14

Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Team	Manufacturer	Car	Drivers		Rounds
Bozian Racing	Peugeot	206 WRC	Cédric Robert	Gérald Bedon	1, 8, 11–13
			Gilles Panizzi	Herve Panizzi	3
			Roman Kresta	Miloš Hůlka	1–2, 6
				Jan Tománek	8, 11, 13–14
			Juuso Pykälistö	Esko Mertsalmi	2–3, 6–7, 9
				Risto Mannisenmäki	14
			Ari Vatanen	Juha Repo	9
Stohl Racing			Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	4, 12, 14
Peugeot Sport Finland			Sebastian Lindholm	Timo Hantunen	9
Team BSA			Alexandre Bengue	Caroline Escudero	12
AW Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC	Antony Warmbold	Gemma Price	1–2, 4–10, 12–14
LPM Racing			Janne Tuohino	Jukka Aho	2, 9
Kuchar Team Poland			Tomasz Kuchar	Maciek Szczepaniak	2, 4, 6
Wrüth Sport			Jari Viita	Teppo Leino	2
				Riku Rousku	9
Ford Motor Hellas			Ioannis Papadimitriou	Allan Harryman	2, 6
			Armodios Vovos	Loris Meletopoulos	6
OMV Best Racing Team			Balázs Benik	Bence Rácz	3, 10
Ford Hazirkart Rally Team			Serkan Yazici	Can Okan	3
ADR Motorsport			Alistair Ginley	Rory Kennedy	3, 6–9, 12–14
Dom Buckley Motorsport	Subaru	Impreza WRC	Eamonn Boland	Francis Regan	1, 14
Morgan Motorsport			Tapio Laukkanen	Harri Kaapro	14
Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo WRC2	Kristian Sohlberg	Jakke Honkanen	2, 4, 8
			Alister McRae	David Senior	4
			Jani Paasonen	Arto Kapanen	8

JWRC entries

No	Entrant	Drivers	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
51	Purity Auto	Mirco Baldacci	Giovanni Bernacchini	Fiat Punto S1600	1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14
52	Suzuki Sport	Daniel Carlsson	Mattias Andersson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14
64		Ville-Pertti Teuronen	Harri Kaapro		1, 3, 6, 9, 11
			Mikko Markkula		13–14
69		Salvador Cañellas	Xavier Amigó		1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14
71		Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk		1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14
53	Schmidt Racing	David Doppelreiter	Ola Fløene	Peugeot 206 S1600	1
54	Volkswagen Racing	Kosti Katajamäki	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo S1600	1, 3, 6
			Jani Laaksonen		9, 11, 13–14
62		Oscar Svedlund	Björn Nilsson		1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14
73		Krum Donchev	Ruman Manolov		14
78		Vladan Vasiljevic	Sebastian Geipel		1, 3, 6, 11
55	Ford Motor Co Ltd	Martin Stenshorne	Clive Jenkins	Ford Puma S1600	1, 3, 6
70		Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh		1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14
57	Auto Sport Italia	Dimitar Iliev	Petar Sivov	Peugeot 206 S1600	1, 3, 6
			Yanaki Yanakiev		9, 11, 13–14
73		Krum Donchev	Ruman Manolov		1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13
58	Top Run SRL	Marcos Ligato	Rubén Garcia	Fiat Punto S1600	1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14
63		Massimo Ceccato	Mitia Dotta		1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14
76		Luca Cecchettini	Marco Muzzarelli		1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14
59	Astra Racing	Beppo Harrach	Michael Kölbach	Ford Puma S1600	1, 3, 6, 11, 14
65		Abdo Feghali	Joseph Matar		1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14
60	Jolly Club	Pavel Valoušek	Pierangelo Scalvini	Citroën Saxo S1600	1, 3
61	Renault Sport	Brice Tirabassi	Jacques-Julien Renucci	Renault Clio S1600	1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14
66	Citroën Sport	Sébastien Ceccone	Julien Giroux	Citroën Saxo S1600	1, 3, 6
67	Sab Motorsport	Alessandro Broccoli	Simona Girelli	Opel Corsa S1600	1, 3, 6, 9, 11
			Giovanni Agnese		13–14
68	Renault Croatia	Juraj Šebalj	Toni Klinc	Renault Clio S1600	1, 3, 6
72	Errepi Racing	Jader Vagnini	Lorenzo Granai	Fiat Punto S1600	1
74	Opel Motorsport	Kris Meeke	Chris Patterson	Opel Corsa S1600	1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14
75	Orlen Team	Dariusz Chudobinski	Przemysław Szulc	Citroën Saxo S1600	1
77	Chicco d'Oro	Filippo Suessli	Loris Pala	Fiat Punto S1600	1
78	Peugeot Dealer Team Sweden	Vladan Vasiljevic	Sebastian Geipel	Peugeot 206 S1600	9

PWRC entries

No	Entrant	Drivers	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
51	Petronas EON Racing Team	Karamjit Singh	Allen Oh	Proton Pert	2, 4–5, 7–8, 10
52	Mauro Rally Tuning	Daniel Solà	Álex Romaní	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	12
				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4–5, 7–8, 10
53		Ramón Ferreyros	Javier Marin		5, 8, 12
				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4, 7, 10
56		Gustavo Trelles	Jorge Del Buono		4
57		Giovanni Manfrinato	Claudio Condotta	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	7–8, 10
54	Subaru Production Rally Team	Toshihiro Arai	Tony Sircombe	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2, 4–5, 7, 10, 12
62		Peter 'Possum' Bourne	Mark Stacey		2, 4
55	David Sutton Cars Ltd	Martin Rowe	Trevor Agnew	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2, 4, 7–8, 10, 12
65		Stig Blomqvist	Ana Goñi		2, 4, 7–8, 10, 12
57	Top Run SRL	Giovanni Manfrinato	Claudio Condotta	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4–5
58		Marcos Ligato	Rubén Garcia	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4–5, 7–8, 10, 12
59		Stefano Marrini	Massimo Agotinelli		2, 5, 7–8
				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	10, 12
63		Luca Baldini	Alessandro Floris		2, 4–5
60	Neil Allport Motorsports	Niall McShea	Chris Patterson	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4–5, 7–8, 10, 12
61	Mobil 1 Team Poland	Janusz Kulig	Jarosław Baran	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2, 4
			Dariusz Burkat		7–8
			Maciek Szczepaniak		10, 12
64	Millbrooks World Rally Team	Joakim Roman	Tina Mitakidou	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2, 4, 7–8
			Ragnar Spjuth		10, 12
66	Stohl Racing	Hamed Al Wahaibi	Nicky Beech	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4–5
72		Constantin Aur	Silviu Moraru		2
			Adrian Berghea		4, 7–8, 10, 12
67	Orlen Team	Krzysztof Hołowczyc	Łukasz Kurzeja	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2, 4–5, 7–8
68	Kuchar Team Poland	Tomasz Kuchar	Maciek Szczepaniak	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	–
69	Guy Colsoul Rallysport	Bob Colsoul	Tom Colsoul	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2, 5, 7–8, 12
77		Alfredo De Dominicis	Giovanni Bernacchini		5
70	Errani Team Group	Riccardo Errani	Stefano Casadio	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4–5, 7–8, 10, 12
71	Racing Team Burgaltabac	Georgi Geradzhiev	Nikola Popov	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2, 4–5, 7–8, 12
73	Hanácký Rally Klub	Stanislav Chovanec	Karel Holaň	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2
74	Motoring Club	Fabio Frisiero	Loris Roggia	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2
				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4–5
			Giovanni Agnese		7–8, 12
75	PK7 Competicio	Joaquim Manresa	Miquel Amblás	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	–
76	Subaru Rally Team Canada	Patrick Richard	Martin Headland	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2
			Mikael Johansson		4–5, 7
			Ola Fløene		8, 12
77	Ralliart Italy	Alfredo De Dominicis	Giovanni Bernacchini	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2, 5, 7–8, 12
78	First Motorsport	Łukasz Sztuka	Per Carlsson	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2
			Zbigniew Cieslar		4–5, 8
79	Advan-Piaa Rally Team	Fumio Nutahara	Satoshi Hayashi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	–
80	Triviño Racing	Ricardo Triviño	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.	Rally	Overall Winners	PWRC Winners	JWRC winners	Report
1	Monte Carlo	No. 18 Citroën Total WRT	N/A	No. 61 Renault Sport	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	Renault Clio S1600
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	N/A	Brice Tirabassi Jacques-Julien Renucci
2	Sweden	No. 1 Marlboro Peugeot Total	No. 75 David Sutton Cars Ltd	N/A	Report
		Peugeot 206 WRC	Subaru Impreza STi N8	N/A
		Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen	Stig Blomqvist Ana Goñi	N/A
3	Turkey	No. 19 Citroën Total WRT	N/A	No. 54 Volkswagen Racing	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	Volkswagen Polo S1600
		Carlos Sainz Marc Martí	N/A	Kosti Katajamäki Miikka Anttila
4	New Zealand	No. 1 Marlboro Peugeot Total	No. 54 Subaru Production Rally Team	N/A	Report
		Peugeot 206 WRC	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	N/A
		Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen	Toshihiro Arai Tony Sircombe	N/A
5	Argentina	No. 1 Marlboro Peugeot Total	No. 54 Subaru Production Rally Team	N/A	Report
		Peugeot 206 WRC	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	N/A
		Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen	Toshihiro Arai Tony Sircombe	N/A
6	Greece	No. 4 Ford Motor Co	N/A	No. 61 Renault Sport	Report
		Ford Focus RS WRC '03	N/A	Renault Clio S1600
		Markko Märtin Michael Park	N/A	Brice Tirabassi Jacques-Julien Renucci
7	Cyprus	No. 7 555 Subaru WRT	No. 54 Subaru Production Rally Team	N/A	Report
		Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	N/A
		Petter Solberg Phil Mills	Toshihiro Arai Tony Sircombe	N/A
8	Germany	No. 18 Citroën Total WRT	No. 52 Mauro Rally Tuning	N/A	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	N/A
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Dani Solà Álex Romaní	N/A
9	Finland	No. 4 Ford Motor Co	N/A	No. 52 Suzuki Sport	Report
		Ford Focus RS WRC '03	N/A	Suzuki Ignis S1600
		Markko Märtin Michael Park	N/A	Daniel Carlsson Mattias Andersson
10	Australia	No. 7 555 Subaru WRT	No. 55 David Sutton Cars Ltd	N/A	Report
		Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	Subaru Impreza STi N10	N/A
		Petter Solberg Phil Mills	Martin Rowe Trevor Agnew	N/A
11	Italy	No. 18 Citroën Total WRT	N/A	No. 51 Purity Auto	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	Fiat Punto S1600
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	N/A	Mirco Baldacci Giovanni Bernacchini
12	France	No. 7 555 Subaru WRT	No. 60 Neil Allport Motorsports	N/A	Report
		Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A
		Petter Solberg Phil Mills	Niall McShea Chris Patterson	N/A
13	Spain	No. 3 Marlboro Peugeot Total	N/A	No. 61 Renault Sport	Report
		Peugeot 206 WRC	N/A	Renault Clio S1600
		Gilles Panizzi Hervé Panizzi	N/A	Brice Tirabassi Jacques-Julien Renucci
14	Britain	No. 7 555 Subaru WRT	N/A	No. 52 Suzuki Sport	Report
		Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	N/A	Suzuki Ignis S1600
		Petter Solberg Phil Mills	N/A	Daniel Carlsson Mattias Andersson
Source:[5]

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver MON SWE TUR NZL ARG GRE CYP GER FIN AUS ITA FRA ESP GBR  Pts  1 Petter Solberg Ret 6 Ret 3 5 3 1 8 2 1 Ret 1 5 1 72 2 Sébastien Loeb 1 7 Ret 4 Ret Ret 3 1 5 2 1 13 2 2 71 3 Carlos Sainz 3 9 1 12 2 2 5 6 4 5 4 2 7 Ret 63 4 Richard Burns 5 3 2 2 3 4 Ret 3 3 3 7 8 Ret 58 5 Markko Märtin 4 4 6 Ret Ret 1 Ret 5 1 DSQ 3 Ret 3 Ret 49 6 Marcus Grönholm 13 1 9 1 1 Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 4 6 Ret 46 7 Colin McRae 2 5 4 Ret Ret 8 4 4 Ret 4 6 5 9 4 45 8 Tommi Mäkinen Ret 2 8 7 Ret 5 Ret Ret 6 6 10 7 8 3 30 9 François Duval 7 Ret 3 9 8 Ret Ret 7 Ret 10 5 3 4 5 30 10 Gilles Panizzi Ret 5 7 Ret 10 2 6 1 Ret 27 11 Harri Rovanperä Ret Ret Ret 4 6 2 Ret 7 Ret 18 12 Toni Gardemeister Ret 8 7 5 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 11 12 Ret 9 13 Didier Auriol 9 18 Ret 8 6 9 Ret Ret Ret 12 12 Ret Ret 11 4 14 Freddy Loix Ret 10 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 10 8 6 4 15 Cédric Robert 6 9 9 12 11 3 16 Mikko Hirvonen Ret 11 Ret 10 16 Ret 6 13 Ret 9 Ret 10 14 Ret 3 17 Alister McRae 6 3 18 Armin Schwarz 8 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 12 12 13 3 19 Manfred Stohl Ret 11 18 DNS Ret 7 2 20 Janne Tuohino 17 7 2 21 Philippe Bugalski Ret 8 9 10 1 22 Roman Kresta 10 14 Ret Ret 11 13 8 1 23 Alistair Ginley 12 15 8 Ret 23 Ret 23 Ret 1 24 Sebastian Lindholm 8 1 Pos. Driver MON SWE TUR NZL ARG GRE CYP GER FIN AUS ITA FRA ESP GBR  Pts

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

• Petter Solberg secured the drivers' championship title in Wales.^[6]

Manufacturers' championship

Manufacturer Teams must enter at least two cars.^[7] 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. Manufacturer No. MON SWE TUR NZL ARG GRE CYP GER FIN AUS ITA FRA ESP GBR Points 1 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 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 3 555 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 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 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 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. Manufacturer No. MON SWE TUR NZL ARG GRE CYP GER FIN AUS ITA FRA ESP GBR Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

• Citroën secured the manufacturers' championship in Wales,^[8] its first such title.^[9]
• Results in "()" means the car finished the rally, but two others of the same Manufacturer Team reached a better result.

JWRC Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver MON TUR GRE FIN ITA ESP GBR  Pts  1 Brice Tirabassi 1 Ret 1 2 Ret 1 Ret 38 2 Salvador Cañellas Jr. Ret 2 4 5 2 3 4 36 3 Daniel Carlsson Ret Ret 2 1 Ret 4 1 33 4 Urmo Aava 4 Ret 3 4 Ret 5 Ret 20 5 Mirco Baldacci 7 Ret Ret Ret 1 Ret 2 20 6 Ville-Pertti Teuronen Ret 4 Ret Ret 4 6 3 19 7 Guy Wilks Ret 3 6 3 6 11 Ret 18 8 Alessandro Broccoli 3 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 5 13 9 Marcos Ligato 2 Ret Ret 7 Ret 10 10 Kosti Katajamäki EX 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 11 Massimo Ceccato 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 6 8 12 Luca Cecchettini 9 5 Ret Ret 5 10 Ret 8 13 Dimitar Iliev Ret 7 Ret Ret 3 Ret 8 14 Kris Meeke 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret 8 15 Abdo Feghali 10 3 Ret Ret 7 7 Ret 7 16 Oscar Svedlund Ret Ret 5 8 Ret Ret 5 17 Juraj Šebalj 6 Ret 3 18 Beppo Harrach 8 Ret Ret 1 19 Krum Donchev 11 Ret Ret Ret 9 0 20 Vladan V-Man Vasiljevic Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 21 Martin Stenshorne Ret Ret Ret 0 22 Sebastien Ceccone Ret Ret 0 Pos. Driver MON TUR GRE FIN ITA ESP GBR Pts

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

PWRC Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver SWE NZL ARG CYP GER AUS FRA  Pts  1 Martin Rowe 3 4 2 2 1 3 43 2 Toshihiro Arai Ret 1 1 1 Ret 2 38 3 Stig Blomqvist 1 8 3 5 4 5 30 4 Karamjit Singh 2 6 3 Ret 4 2 30 5 Daniel Solà 15 2 Ret 1 5 Ret 22 6 Niall McShea 7 Ret Ret Ret 3 1 18 7 Marcos Ligato 2 Ret 4 Ret Ret 13 8 Janusz Kulig Ret Ret Ret 3 4 11 9 Ricardo Triviño Ret 11 6 Ret 6 7 8 10 Bob Colsoul 9 Ret 5 Ret 6 7 11 Hamed Al Wahaibi 3 Ret 6 12 Riccardo Errani Ret 7 6 9 8 6 13 Joakim Roman 6 12 Ret Ret 6 9 6 14 Peter 'Possum' Bourne 4 Ret 5 15 Giovanni Manfrinato 9 4 Ret Ret 5 16 Krzysztof Hołowczyc 5 Ret Ret 4 17 Ramón Ferreyros 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 18 Alfredo De Dominicis 10 13 5 Ret Ret Ret 4 19 Łukasz Sztuka 7 Ret 2 20 Constantin Aur Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 2 21 Patrick Richard 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 22 Stefano Marrini Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 10 1 Pos. Driver SWE NZL ARG CYP GER AUS FRA Pts

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Events

Round	Rally Name	Start-End Date	Podium Drivers (Finishing Time)	Podium Cars
1	Monte Carlo Rally	24 January–26 January	Sébastien Loeb (4h:29m:11.4s) Colin McRae (4h:29m:49.5s) Carlos Sainz (4h:30m:03.6s)	Citroën Xsara WRC Citroën Xsara WRC Citroën Xsara WRC
2	Swedish Rally	7 February–9 February	Marcus Grönholm (3h:03m:28.1s) Tommi Mäkinen (3h:04m:18.9s) Richard Burns (3h:04m:46.0s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC 2003 Peugeot 206 WRC
3	Rally of Turkey	27 February–2 March	Carlos Sainz (4h:32m:14.1s) Richard Burns (4h:33m:02.0s) François Duval (4h:34m:00.6s)	Citroën Xsara WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 02
4	Rally New Zealand	11 April–13 April	Marcus Grönholm (3h:45m:21.2s) Richard Burns (3h:46m:29.9s) Petter Solberg (3h:47m:31.0s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC 2003
5	Rally Argentina	8 May–11 May	Marcus Grönholm (4h:14m:45.0s) Carlos Sainz (4h:15m:11.6s) Richard Burns (4h:15m:57.8s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Citroën Xsara WRC Peugeot 206 WRC
6	Acropolis Rally	6 June–8 June	Markko Märtin (4h:53m:40.5s) Carlos Sainz (4h:54m:26.5s) Petter Solberg (4h:54m:33.2s)	Ford Focus RS WRC 03 Citroën Xsara WRC Subaru Impreza WRC 2003
7	Cyprus Rally	20 June–22 June	Petter Solberg (5h:09m:12.6s) Harri Rovanperä (5h:13m:26.6s) Sébastien Loeb (5h:13m:29.4s)	Subaru Impreza WRC 2003 Peugeot 206 WRC Citroën Xsara WRC
8	Rallye Deutschland	25 July–27 July	Sébastien Loeb (3h:46m:50.4s) Marcus Grönholm (3h:46m:54.0s) Richard Burns (3h:47m:10.1s)	Citroën Xsara WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC
9	Rally Finland	7 August–10 August	Markko Märtin (3h:21m:51.7s) Petter Solberg (3h:22m:50.6s) Richard Burns (3h:22m:51.8s)	Ford Focus RS WRC 03 Subaru Impreza WRC 2003 Peugeot 206 WRC
10	Rally Australia	4 September–7 September	Petter Solberg (3h:32m:07.1s) Sébastien Loeb (3h:32m:33.7s) Richard Burns (3h:34m:00.1s)	Subaru Impreza WRC 2003 Citroën Xsara WRC Peugeot 206 WRC
11	Rallye Sanremo	3 October–5 October	Sébastien Loeb (4h:16m:33.7s) Gilles Panizzi (4h:17m:02.0s) Markko Märtin (4h:17m:28.3s)	Citroën Xsara WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 03
12	Tour de Corse	17 October–19 October	Petter Solberg (4h:20m:15.3s) Carlos Sainz (4h:20m:51.9s) François Duval (4h:20m:57.0s)	Subaru Impreza WRC 2003 Citroën Xsara WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 03
13	Rally Catalunya	24 October–26 October	Gilles Panizzi (3h:55m:09.4s) Sébastien Loeb (3h:55m:22.4s) Markko Märtin (3h:55m:23.0s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Citroën Xsara WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 03
14	Wales Rally GB	6 November–9 November	Petter Solberg (3h:28m:58.1s) Sébastien Loeb (3h:29m:41.7s) Tommi Mäkinen (3h:31m:56.9s)	Subaru Impreza WRC 2003 Citroën Xsara WRC Subaru Impreza WRC 2003

References

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External links

• FIA World Rally Championship 2003 at ewrc-results.com