Petter Solberg secured the drivers' championship title in Wales.
Manufacturers' championship
Manufacturer Teams must enter at least two cars.[1] 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.
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2003, world, rally, championship, world, drivers, champion, petter, solbergworld, manufacturers, champion, citroën, previous, 2002, next, 2004, 31st, season, world, rally, championship, season, consisted, rallies, drivers, world, championship, petter, solberg,. 2003 World Rally Championship World Drivers Champion Petter SolbergWorld Manufacturers Champion Citroen Previous 2002 Next 2004 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 Sebastien Loeb and Carlos Sainz The manufacturers title was won by Citroen ahead of Peugeot and Subaru Contents 1 Calendar 2 Teams and drivers 2 1 JWRC entries 2 2 PWRC entries 3 Results and standings 3 1 Drivers championship 3 2 Manufacturers championship 3 3 JWRC Drivers championship 4 Events 5 References 6 External linksCalendar EditThe 2003 championship was contested over fourteen rounds in Europe Asia South America and Oceania Round Dates Rally Support class1 23 26 January Monte Carlo Rally JWRC2 6 9 February Swedish Rally PWRC3 27 February 2 March Rally of Turkey JWRC4 10 13 April Rally New Zealand PWRC5 8 11 May Rally Argentina PWRC6 6 8 June Acropolis Rally JWRC7 20 22 June Cyprus Rally PWRC8 25 27 July Rallye Deutschland PWRC9 7 10 August Rally Finland JWRC10 4 7 September Rally Australia PWRC11 2 5 October Rallye Sanremo JWRC12 16 19 October Tour de Corse PWRC13 24 26 October Rally Catalunya JWRC14 6 9 November Wales Rally GB JWRCTeams and drivers EditManufacturer teamsTeam Manufacturer Car Tyre No Drivers Co drivers Rounds Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC M 1 Marcus Gronholm Timo Rautiainen All2 Richard Burns Robert Reid 1 13 Freddy Loix Sven Smeets 143 Gilles Panizzi Herve Panizzi 1 8 11 13 Harri Rovanpera Risto Pietilainen 2 7 9 10 1421 Gilles Panizzi Herve Panizzi 6 7 14 Ford Motor Co Ltd Ford Focus RS WRC 02 M 4 Markko Martin Michael Park 1 3Focus RS WRC 03 4 12Focus RS WRC 02 5 Francois Duval Jean Marc Fortin 1 2 Stephane Prevot 3Focus RS WRC 03 4 12Focus RS WRC 026 Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen All20 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 All8 Tommi Makinen Kaj Lindstrom All Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 M 10 Armin Schwarz Manfred Hiemer 1 1011 Freddy Loix Sven Smeets 1 1012 Jussi Valimaki Tero Gardemeister 2 4 6 9 Justin Dale Andrew Bargery 7 Manfred Stohl Ilka Minor 820 6 1022 Justin Dale Andrew Bargery 8 10 Skoda Motorsport Skoda Octavia WRC Evo3Fabia WRC M 14 Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet All15 Toni Gardemeister Paavo Lukander All22 Matthias Kahle Peter Gobel 826 Jan Kopecky Filip Schovanek 8 1432 Gabriel Pozzo Daniel Stillo 5 Citroen Total Citroen Xsara WRC M 17 Colin McRae Derek Ringer All18 Sebastien Loeb Daniel Elena All19 Carlos Sainz Marc Marti All20 Philippe Bugalski Jean Paul Chiaroni 8 11 1325 Daniel Sola Alex Romani 6 14Major entries not registered as manufacturersTeam Manufacturer Car Drivers Rounds Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC Cedric Robert Gerald Bedon 1 8 11 13 Gilles Panizzi Herve Panizzi 3 Roman Kresta Milos Hulka 1 2 6 Jan Tomanek 8 11 13 14 Juuso Pykalisto Esko Mertsalmi 2 3 6 7 9 Risto Mannisenmaki 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 Wruth 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 Balazs Benik Bence Racz 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 8JWRC entries Edit No Entrant Drivers Co driver Car Rounds51 Purity Auto Mirco Baldacci Giovanni Bernacchini Fiat Punto S1600 1 3 6 9 11 13 1452 Suzuki Sport Daniel Carlsson Mattias Andersson Suzuki Ignis S1600 1 3 6 9 11 13 1464 Ville Pertti Teuronen Harri Kaapro 1 3 6 9 11 Mikko Markkula 13 1469 Salvador Canellas Xavier Amigo 1 3 6 9 11 13 1471 Urmo Aava Kuldar Sikk 1 3 6 9 11 13 1453 Schmidt Racing David Doppelreiter Ola Floene Peugeot 206 S1600 154 Volkswagen Racing Kosti Katajamaki Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Polo S1600 1 3 6 Jani Laaksonen 9 11 13 1462 Oscar Svedlund Bjorn Nilsson 1 3 6 9 11 13 1473 Krum Donchev Ruman Manolov 1478 Vladan Vasiljevic Sebastian Geipel 1 3 6 1155 Ford Motor Co Ltd Martin Stenshorne Clive Jenkins Ford Puma S1600 1 3 670 Guy Wilks Phil Pugh 1 3 6 9 11 13 1457 Auto Sport Italia Dimitar Iliev Petar Sivov Peugeot 206 S1600 1 3 6 Yanaki Yanakiev 9 11 13 1473 Krum Donchev Ruman Manolov 1 3 6 9 11 1358 Top Run SRL Marcos Ligato Ruben Garcia Fiat Punto S1600 1 3 6 9 11 13 1463 Massimo Ceccato Mitia Dotta 1 3 6 9 11 13 1476 Luca Cecchettini Marco Muzzarelli 1 3 6 9 11 13 1459 Astra Racing Beppo Harrach Michael Kolbach Ford Puma S1600 1 3 6 11 1465 Abdo Feghali Joseph Matar 1 3 6 9 11 13 1460 Jolly Club Pavel Valousek Pierangelo Scalvini Citroen Saxo S1600 1 361 Renault Sport Brice Tirabassi Jacques Julien Renucci Renault Clio S1600 1 3 6 9 11 13 1466 Citroen Sport Sebastien Ceccone Julien Giroux Citroen Saxo S1600 1 3 667 Sab Motorsport Alessandro Broccoli Simona Girelli Opel Corsa S1600 1 3 6 9 11 Giovanni Agnese 13 1468 Renault Croatia Juraj Sebalj Toni Klinc Renault Clio S1600 1 3 672 Errepi Racing Jader Vagnini Lorenzo Granai Fiat Punto S1600 174 Opel Motorsport Kris Meeke Chris Patterson Opel Corsa S1600 1 3 6 9 11 13 1475 Orlen Team Dariusz Chudobinski Przemyslaw Szulc Citroen Saxo S1600 177 Chicco d Oro Filippo Suessli Loris Pala Fiat Punto S1600 178 Peugeot Dealer Team Sweden Vladan Vasiljevic Sebastian Geipel Peugeot 206 S1600 9PWRC entries Edit No Entrant Drivers Co driver Car Rounds51 Petronas EON Racing Team Karamjit Singh Allen Oh Proton Pert 2 4 5 7 8 1052 Mauro Rally Tuning Daniel Sola Alex Romani Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 12Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4 5 7 8 1053 Ramon Ferreyros Javier Marin 5 8 12Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4 7 1056 Gustavo Trelles Jorge Del Buono 457 Giovanni Manfrinato Claudio Condotta Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 7 8 1054 Subaru Production Rally Team Toshihiro Arai Tony Sircombe Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2 4 5 7 10 1262 Peter Possum Bourne Mark Stacey 2 455 David Sutton Cars Ltd Martin Rowe Trevor Agnew Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2 4 7 8 10 1265 Stig Blomqvist Ana Goni 2 4 7 8 10 1257 Top Run SRL Giovanni Manfrinato Claudio Condotta Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4 558 Marcos Ligato Ruben Garcia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4 5 7 8 10 1259 Stefano Marrini Massimo Agotinelli 2 5 7 8Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 10 1263 Luca Baldini Alessandro Floris 2 4 560 Neil Allport Motorsports Niall McShea Chris Patterson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4 5 7 8 10 1261 Mobil 1 Team Poland Janusz Kulig Jaroslaw Baran Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 2 4 Dariusz Burkat 7 8 Maciek Szczepaniak 10 1264 Millbrooks World Rally Team Joakim Roman Tina Mitakidou Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 2 4 7 8 Ragnar Spjuth 10 1266 Stohl Racing Hamed Al Wahaibi Nicky Beech Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4 572 Constantin Aur Silviu Moraru 2 Adrian Berghea 4 7 8 10 1267 Orlen Team Krzysztof Holowczyc Lukasz Kurzeja Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 2 4 5 7 868 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 1277 Alfredo De Dominicis Giovanni Bernacchini 570 Errani Team Group Riccardo Errani Stefano Casadio Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4 5 7 8 10 1271 Racing Team Burgaltabac Georgi Geradzhiev Nikola Popov Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 2 4 5 7 8 1273 Hanacky Rally Klub Stanislav Chovanec Karel Holan Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 274 Motoring Club Fabio Frisiero Loris Roggia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 2Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4 5 Giovanni Agnese 7 8 1275 PK7 Competicio Joaquim Manresa Miquel Amblas Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 76 Subaru Rally Team Canada Patrick Richard Martin Headland Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2 Mikael Johansson 4 5 7 Ola Floene 8 1277 Ralliart Italy Alfredo De Dominicis Giovanni Bernacchini Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 2 5 7 8 1278 First Motorsport Lukasz Sztuka Per Carlsson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 2 Zbigniew Cieslar 4 5 879 Advan Piaa Rally Team Fumio Nutahara Satoshi Hayashi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 80 Trivino Racing Ricardo Trivino Jordi Barrades Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 2 4 5 7 8 12Results and standings EditDrivers championship Edit 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 1 722 Sebastien Loeb 1 7 Ret 4 Ret Ret 3 1 5 2 1 13 2 2 713 Carlos Sainz 3 9 1 12 2 2 5 6 4 5 4 2 7 Ret 634 Richard Burns 5 3 2 2 3 4 Ret 3 3 3 7 8 Ret 585 Markko Martin 4 4 6 Ret Ret 1 Ret 5 1 DSQ 3 Ret 3 Ret 496 Marcus Gronholm 13 1 9 1 1 Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 4 6 Ret 467 Colin McRae 2 5 4 Ret Ret 8 4 4 Ret 4 6 5 9 4 458 Tommi Makinen Ret 2 8 7 Ret 5 Ret Ret 6 6 10 7 8 3 309 Francois Duval 7 Ret 3 9 8 Ret Ret 7 Ret 10 5 3 4 5 3010 Gilles Panizzi Ret 5 7 Ret 10 2 6 1 Ret 2711 Harri Rovanpera Ret Ret Ret 4 6 2 Ret 7 Ret 1812 Toni Gardemeister Ret 8 7 5 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 11 12 Ret 913 Didier Auriol 9 18 Ret 8 6 9 Ret Ret Ret 12 12 Ret Ret 11 414 Freddy Loix Ret 10 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 10 8 6 415 Cedric Robert 6 9 9 12 11 316 Mikko Hirvonen Ret 11 Ret 10 16 Ret 6 13 Ret 9 Ret 10 14 Ret 317 Alister McRae 6 318 Armin Schwarz 8 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 12 12 13 319 Manfred Stohl Ret 11 18 DNS Ret 7 220 Janne Tuohino 17 7 221 Philippe Bugalski Ret 8 9 10 122 Roman Kresta 10 14 Ret Ret 11 13 8 123 Alistair Ginley 12 15 8 Ret 23 Ret 23 Ret 124 Sebastian Lindholm 8 1Pos Driver MON SWE TUR NZL ARG GRE CYP GER FIN AUS ITA FRA ESP GBR Pts KeyColour ResultGold WinnerSilver 2nd placeBronze 3rd placeGreen Points finishBlue Non points finishNon classified finish NC Purple Did not finish Ret Black Excluded EX Disqualified DSQ White Did not start DNS Cancelled C Blank Withdrew entry fromthe event WD Petter Solberg secured the drivers championship title in Wales Manufacturers championship Edit Manufacturer Teams must enter at least two cars 1 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 Points1 Citroen Total World Rally Team 17 2 5 4 Ret Ret 7 4 4 Ret 4 6 5 9 4 16018 1 7 Ret 4 Ret Ret 3 1 5 2 1 12 2 219 3 9 1 10 2 2 5 6 4 5 4 2 7 Ret20 Ret 8 9 10 2 Marlboro Peugeot Total 1 8 1 8 1 1 Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 4 6 Ret 1452 4 3 2 2 3 4 Ret 3 3 3 6 8 Ret 63 Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 6 2 9 Ret 6 2 6 1 Ret3 555 Subaru World Rally Team 7 Ret 6 Ret 3 4 3 1 7 2 1 Ret 1 5 1 1098 Ret 2 7 6 Ret 5 Ret Ret 6 5 7 7 8 34 Ford Motor Co 4 3 4 5 Ret Ret 1 Ret 5 1 Ret 3 Ret 3 Ret 935 5 Ret 3 8 7 Ret Ret 6 Ret 9 5 3 4 56 Ret 10 Ret 9 8 Ret 5 12 Ret 8 Ret 8 12 Ret5 Skoda Motorsport 14 7 12 Ret 7 5 8 Ret Ret Ret 11 8 Ret Ret 7 2315 Ret 8 6 5 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 9 9 Ret6 Hyundai World Rally Team 10 6 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 9 8 12 1211 Ret 9 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 7 712 Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 RetPos Manufacturer No MON SWE TUR NZL ARG GRE CYP GER FIN AUS ITA FRA ESP GBR Points KeyColour ResultGold WinnerSilver 2nd placeBronze 3rd placeGreen Points finishBlue Non points finishNon classified finish NC Purple Did not finish Ret Black Excluded EX Disqualified DSQ White Did not start DNS Cancelled C Blank Withdrew entry fromthe event WD Citroen secured the manufacturers championship in Wales Results in means the car finished the rally but two others of the same Manufacturer Team reached a better result JWRC Drivers championship Edit Pos Driver MON TUR GRE FIN ITA ESP GBR Pts 1 Brice Tirabassi 1 Ret 1 2 Ret 1 Ret 382 Salvador Canellas Jr Ret 2 4 5 2 3 4 363 Daniel Carlsson Ret Ret 2 1 Ret 4 1 334 Urmo Aava 4 Ret 3 4 Ret 5 Ret 205 Mirco Baldacci 7 Ret Ret Ret 1 Ret 2 206 Ville Pertti Teuronen Ret 4 Ret Ret 4 6 3 197 Guy Wilks Ret 3 6 3 6 11 Ret 188 Alessandro Broccoli 3 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 5 139 Marcos Ligato 2 Ret Ret 7 Ret 1010 Kosti Katajamaki EX 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 1011 Massimo Ceccato 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 6 812 Luca Cecchettini 9 5 Ret Ret 5 10 Ret 813 Dimitar Iliev Ret 7 Ret Ret 3 Ret 814 Kris Meeke 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret 815 Abdo Feghali 10 3 Ret Ret 7 7 Ret 716 Oscar Svedlund Ret Ret 5 8 Ret Ret 517 Juraj Sebalj 6 Ret 318 Beppo Harrach 8 Ret Ret 119 Krum Donchev 11 Ret Ret Ret 9 020 Vladan V Man Vasiljevic Ret Ret Ret Ret 021 Martin Stenshorne Ret Ret Ret 018 Sebastien Ceccone Ret Ret 0Pos Driver MON TUR GRE FIN ITA ESP GBR Pts KeyColour ResultGold WinnerSilver 2nd placeBronze 3rd placeGreen Points finishBlue Non points finishNon classified finish NC Purple Did not finish Ret Black Excluded EX Disqualified DSQ White Did not start DNS Cancelled C Blank Withdrew entry fromthe event WD Events EditRound Rally Name Start End Date Podium Drivers Finishing Time Podium Cars1 Monte Carlo Rally 24 January 26 January Sebastien Loeb 4h 29m 11 4s Colin McRae 4h 29m 49 5s Carlos Sainz 4h 30m 03 6s Citroen Xsara WRC Citroen Xsara WRC Citroen Xsara WRC2 Swedish Rally 7 February 9 February Marcus Gronholm 3h 03m 28 1s Tommi Makinen 3h 04m 18 9s Richard Burns 3h 04m 46 0s Peugeot 206 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC 2003 Peugeot 206 WRC3 Rally of Turkey 27 February 2 March Carlos Sainz 4h 32m 14 1s Richard Burns 4h 33m 02 0s Francois Duval 4h 34m 00 6s Citroen Xsara WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 024 Rally New Zealand 11 April 13 April Marcus Gronholm 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 20035 Rally Argentina 8 May 11 May Marcus Gronholm 4h 14m 45 0s Carlos Sainz 4h 15m 11 6s Richard Burns 4h 15m 57 8s Peugeot 206 WRC Citroen Xsara WRC Peugeot 206 WRC6 Acropolis Rally 6 June 8 June Markko Martin 4h 53m 40 5s Carlos Sainz 4h 54m 26 5s Petter Solberg 4h 54m 33 2s Ford Focus RS WRC 03 Citroen Xsara WRC Subaru Impreza WRC 20037 Cyprus Rally 20 June 22 June Petter Solberg 5h 09m 12 6s Harri Rovanpera 5h 13m 26 6s Sebastien Loeb 5h 13m 29 4s Subaru Impreza WRC 2003 Peugeot 206 WRC Citroen Xsara WRC8 Rallye Deutschland 25 July 27 July Sebastien Loeb 3h 46m 50 4s Marcus Gronholm 3h 46m 54 0s Richard Burns 3h 47m 10 1s Citroen Xsara WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC9 Rally Finland 7 August 10 August Markko Martin 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 WRC10 Rally Australia 4 September 7 September Petter Solberg 3h 32m 07 1s Sebastien Loeb 3h 32m 33 7s Richard Burns 3h 34m 00 1s Subaru Impreza WRC 2003 Citroen Xsara WRC Peugeot 206 WRC11 Rallye Sanremo 3 October 5 October Sebastien Loeb 4h 16m 33 7s Gilles Panizzi 4h 17m 02 0s Markko Martin 4h 17m 28 3s Citroen Xsara WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 0312 Tour de Corse 17 October 19 October Petter Solberg 4h 20m 15 3s Carlos Sainz 4h 20m 51 9s Francois Duval 4h 20m 57 0s Subaru Impreza WRC 2003 Citroen Xsara WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 0313 Rally Catalunya 24 October 26 October Gilles Panizzi 3h 55m 09 4s Sebastien Loeb 3h 55m 22 4s Markko Martin 3h 55m 23 0s Peugeot 206 WRC Citroen Xsara WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 0314 Wales Rally GB 6 November 9 November Petter Solberg 3h 28m 58 1s Sebastien Loeb 3h 29m 41 7s Tommi Makinen 3h 31m 56 9s Subaru Impreza WRC 2003 Citroen Xsara WRC Subaru Impreza WRC 2003References Edit World Rally Championship Fun Facts Questions Answers Information www 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