2003 Rally of Turkey 4th Rally of Turkey
Round 3 of the 2003 World Rally Championship season ← Previous event Next event →
Host country	Turkey
Rally base	Kemer
Dates run	February 27, 2003 – March 2, 2003
Stages	18 (337.88 km; 209.95 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	1,193.85 km (741.82 miles)
Statistics
Crews	60 at start, 26 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Carlos Sainz Marc Martí Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC

The 2003 Rally of Turkey (formally the 4th Rally of Turkey) was the third round of the 2003 World Rally Championship. The race was held over four days between 27 February and 2 March 2003, and was based in Kemer, Turkey. Citroen's Carlos Sainz won the race, his 25th win in the World Rally Championship.^[1]

Background

Entry list

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Tyre
World Rally Championship manufacturer entries
1	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
2	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
3	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
4	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	M
5	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	M
6	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	M
7	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	P
8	Tommi Mäkinen	Kaj Lindström	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	P
10	Armin Schwarz	Manfred Hiemer	Hyundai World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC3	M
11	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	Hyundai World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC3	M
14	Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3	M
15	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3	M
17	Colin McRae	Derek Ringer	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	M
18	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	M
19	Carlos Sainz	Marc Martí	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	M
World Rally Championship entries
21	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Bozian Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
22	Juuso Pykälistö	Esko Mertsalmi	Bozian Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
24	Balázs Benik	Bence Rácz	Balázs Benik	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	—
32	Serkan Yazici	Can Okan	Ford Hazirkart Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	—
103	Alistair Ginley	Rory Kennedy	Alistair Ginley	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	P
104	Rajmund Fülöp	Gábor Major	Rajmund Fülöp	Toyota Corolla WRC	—
113	Emin Ali Sipahi	Alp Berker	Emin Ali Sipahi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	P
JWRC entries
51	Mirco Baldacci	Giovanni Bernacchini	Purity Auto	Fiat Punto S1600	M
52	Daniel Carlsson	Matthias Andersson	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	M
54	Kosti Katajamäki	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Racing	Volkswagen Polo S1600	M
55	Martin Stenshorne	Clive Jenkins	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Puma S1600	M
57	Dimitar Iliev	Petar Sivov	Auto Sport Italia	Peugeot 206 S1600	M
58	Marcos Ligato	Rubén Garcia	Top Run SRL	Fiat Punto S1600	M
59	Beppo Harrach	Michael Kölbach	Astra Racing	Ford Puma S1600	M
61	Brice Tirabassi	Jacques-Julien Renucci	Renault Sport	Renault Clio S1600	M
62	Oscar Svedlund	Björn Nilsson	Volkswagen Racing	Volkswagen Polo S1600	M
63	Massimo Ceccato	Mitia Dotta	Top Run SRL	Fiat Punto S1600	M
64	Ville-Pertti Teuronen	Harri Kaapro	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	M
65	Abdo Feghali	Joseph Matar	Astra Racing	Ford Puma S1600	M
66	Sébastien Ceccone	Julien Giroux	Citroën Total	Citroën Saxo S1600	M
67	Alessandro Broccoli	Simona Girelli	Sab Motorsport	Opel Corsa S1600	M
68	Juraj Šebalj	Toni Klinc	Renault Croatia	Renault Clio S1600	M
69	Salvador Cañellas Jr.	Xavier Amigó	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	M
70	Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Puma S1600	M
71	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	M
73	Krum Donchev	Ruman Manolov	Auto Sport Italia	Opel Corsa S1600	M
74	Kris Meeke	Chris Patterson	Opel Motorsport	Opel Corsa S1600	M
76	Luca Cecchettini	Nicola Arena	Top Run SRL	Fiat Punto S1600	M
78	Vladan Vasiljevic	Sebastian Geipel	Volkswagen Racing	Volkswagen Polo S1600	M
Source:[2]

Itinerary

All dates and times are EET (UTC+2).

Results

Overall

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	19	Carlos Sainz	Marc Martí	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:32:14.1		10
2	2	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:33:02.0	+47.9	8
3	5	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	4:34:00.6	+1:46.5	6
4	17	Colin McRae	Derek Ringer	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:34:23.2	+2:09.1	5
5	21	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Bozian Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:34:55.7	+2:41.6	4
6	4	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	4:35:39.0	+3:24.9	3
7	15	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3	4:37:27.1	+5:13.0	2
8	8	Tommi Mäkinen	Kaj Lindström	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	4:39:32.7	+7:18.6	1

World Rally Cars

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class
1	1	19	Carlos Sainz	Marc Martí	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:32:14.1		10
2	2	2	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:33:02.0	+47.9	8
3	3	5	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	4:34:00.6	+1:46.5	6
4	4	17	Colin McRae	Derek Ringer	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:34:23.2	+2:09.1	5
6	5	4	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	4:35:39.0	+3:24.9	3
7	6	15	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3	4:37:27.1	+5:13.0	2
8	7	8	Tommi Mäkinen	Kaj Lindström	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	4:39:32.7	+7:18.6	1
9	8	1	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:43:06.3	+10:52.2	0
10	9	11	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	Hyundai World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC3	4:43:54.5	+11:40.4	0
Retired SS13		3	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	Rear axle-shaft		0
Retired SS7		10	Armin Schwarz	Manfred Hiemer	Hyundai World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC3	Suspension		0
Retired SS7		14	Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3	Engine		0
Retired SS4		6	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	Suspension		0
Retired SS4		7	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	Steering		0
Retired SS4		18	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	No fuel		0

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
Leg 1 (27 Feb)	SS1	Efes Pilsen SSS	1.55 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	1:12.1	Marcus Grönholm
Leg 1 (28 Feb)	SS2	Simena 1	2.73 km	Harri Rovanperä Petter Solberg	Peugeot 206 WRC Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	1:52.7	Petter Solberg
	SS3	Phaselis 1	16.42 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	12:28.6
	SS4	Silyon 1	29.87 km	Harri Rovanperä	Peugeot 206 WRC	23:51.8	Harri Rovanperä
	SS5	Perge 1	14.91 km	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	11:50.5
	SS6	Silyon 2	29.87 km	Harri Rovanperä	Peugeot 206 WRC	23:19.1
Leg 2 (1 Mar)	SS7	Olympos 1	20.44 km	Harri Rovanperä	Peugeot 206 WRC	16:45.1
	SS8	Kumluca 1	28.92 km	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	24:47.0
	SS9	Phaselis 2	15.48 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	11:51.4
	SS10	Myra 1	24.10 km	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	21:45.4	Carlos Sainz
	SS11	Kemer 1	20.29 km	Richard Burns	Peugeot 206 WRC	15:06.8
	SS12	Olympos 2	20.44 km	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	16:29.6
	SS13	Kumluca 2	28.92 km	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	24:27.1
Leg 3 (2 Mar)	SS14	Simena 2	2.73 km	Colin McRae	Citroën Xsara WRC	1:51.3
	SS15	Myra 2	24.10 km	Richard Burns	Peugeot 206 WRC	21:20.7
	SS16	Arykanda	12.00 km	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	8:13.4
	SS17	Perge 2	24.97 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	18:13.8
	SS18	Kemer 2	20.50 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	14:46.5

Championship standings

Pos.		Drivers' championships				Co-drivers' championships				Manufacturers' championships
		Move	Driver	Points		Move	Co-driver	Points		Move	Manufacturer	Points
1		3	Richard Burns	18		3	Robert Reid	18			Citroën Total WRT	39
2			Colin McRae	17			Derek Ringer	17			Marlboro Peugeot Total	31
3		4	Carlos Sainz	16		4	Marc Martí	16			Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	25
4		1	Markko Märtin	13		1	Michael Park	13			555 Subaru World Rally Team	13
5		4	Sébastien Loeb	12		4	Daniel Elena	12		1	Škoda Motorsport	6

Junior World Rally Championship

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class
17	1	54	Kosti Katajamäki	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Racing	Volkswagen Polo S1600	5:08:56.6		10
18	2	69	Salvador Cañellas Jr.	Xavier Amigó	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	5:14:01.4	+5:04.8	8
19	3	70	Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Puma S1600	5:18:05.1	+9:08.5	6
20	4	64	Ville-Pertti Teuronen	Harri Kaapro	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	5:22:19.2	+13:22.6	5
21	5	76	Luca Cecchettini	Nicola Arena	Top Run SRL	Fiat Punto S1600	5:38:05.6	+29:09.0	4
22	6	65	Abdo Feghali	Joseph Matar	Astra Racing	Ford Puma S1600	5:50:18.0	+41:21.4	3
23	7	57	Dimitar Iliev	Petar Sivov	Auto Sport Italia	Peugeot 206 S1600	6:06:39.4	+57:42.8	2
Retired SS15		52	Daniel Carlsson	Matthias Andersson	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	Suspension		0
Retired SS12		58	Marcos Ligato	Rubén Garcia	Top Run SRL	Fiat Punto S1600	Gearbox		0
Retired SS12		63	Massimo Ceccato	Mitia Dotta	Top Run SRL	Fiat Punto S1600	Transmission		0
Retired SS12		67	Alessandro Broccoli	Simona Girelli	Sab Motorsport	Opel Corsa S1600	Suspension		0
Retired SS9		66	Sébastien Ceccone	Julien Giroux	Citroën Total	Citroën Saxo S1600	Gearbox		0
Retired SS8		68	Juraj Šebalj	Toni Klinc	Renault Croatia	Renault Clio S1600	Suspension		0
Retired SS7		55	Martin Stenshorne	Clive Jenkins	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Puma S1600	Codriver ill		0
Retired SS6		74	Kris Meeke	Chris Patterson	Opel Motorsport	Opel Corsa S1600	Lost wheel		0
Retired SS5		71	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	Suspension		0
Retired SS4		51	Mirco Baldacci	Giovanni Bernacchini	Purity Auto	Fiat Punto S1600	Suspension		0
Retired SS4		59	Beppo Harrach	Michael Kölbach	Astra Racing	Ford Puma S1600	Oil leak		0
Retired SS3		61	Brice Tirabassi	Jacques-Julien Renucci	Renault Sport	Renault Clio S1600	Accident		0
Retired SS3		62	Oscar Svedlund	Björn Nilsson	Volkswagen Racing	Volkswagen Polo S1600	Steering		0
Retired SS3		73	Krum Donchev	Ruman Manolov	Auto Sport Italia	Opel Corsa S1600	Suspension		0
Retired SS1		78	Vladan Vasiljevic	Sebastian Geipel	Volkswagen Racing	Volkswagen Polo S1600	Engine		0

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
Leg 1 (27 Feb)	SS1	Efes Pilsen SSS	1.55 km	Brice Tirabassi	Renault Clio S1600	1:22.8	Brice Tirabassi
Leg 1 (28 Feb)	SS2	Simena 1	2.73 km	Daniel Carlsson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	2:07.3	Daniel Carlsson
	SS3	Phaselis 1	16.42 km	Daniel Carlsson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	14:07.1
	SS4	Silyon 1	29.87 km	Daniel Carlsson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	26:23.8
	SS5	Perge 1	14.91 km	Daniel Carlsson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	12:44.0
	SS6	Silyon 2	29.87 km	Marcos Ligato	Fiat Punto S1600	26:25.3
Leg 2 (1 Mar)	SS7	Olympos 1	20.44 km	Marcos Ligato	Fiat Punto S1600	19:09.4
	SS8	Kumluca 1	28.92 km	Ville-Pertti Teuronen	Suzuki Ignis S1600	27:35.9
	SS9	Phaselis 2	15.48 km	Daniel Carlsson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	13:29.4
	SS10	Myra 1	24.10 km	Daniel Carlsson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	24:16.0
	SS11	Kemer 1	20.29 km	Daniel Carlsson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	16:41.2
	SS12	Olympos 2	20.44 km	Ville-Pertti Teuronen	Suzuki Ignis S1600	18:34.9
	SS13	Kumluca 2	28.92 km	Ville-Pertti Teuronen	Suzuki Ignis S1600	27:39.7	Kosti Katajamäki
Leg 3 (2 Mar)	SS14	Simena 2	2.73 km	Daniel Carlsson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	2:05.9
	SS15	Myra 2	24.10 km	Kosti Katajamäki	Volkswagen Polo S1600	23:50.5
	SS16	Arykanda	12.00 km	Guy Wilks	Ford Puma S1600	9:19.3
	SS17	Perge 2	24.97 km	Kosti Katajamäki	Volkswagen Polo S1600	20:55.0
	SS18	Kemer 2	20.50 km	Kosti Katajamäki	Volkswagen Polo S1600	17:24.2

Championship standings

Pos.	Drivers' championships
	Move	Driver	Points
1		Brice Tirabassi	10
2		Kosti Katajamäki	10
3	1	Marcos Ligato	8
4		Salvador Cañellas Jr.	8
5	2	Alessandro Broccoli	6