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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.

Round	Dates	Rally	Support class
1	23–26 January	Monte Carlo Rally	JWRC
2	6–9 February	Swedish Rally	PWRC
3	27 February-2 March	Rally of Turkey	JWRC
4	10–13 April	Rally New Zealand	PWRC
5	8–11 May	Rally Argentina	PWRC
6	6–8 June	Acropolis Rally	JWRC
7	20–22 June	Cyprus Rally	PWRC
8	25–27 July	Rallye Deutschland	PWRC
9	7–10 August	Rally Finland	JWRC
10	4–7 September	Rally Australia	PWRC
11	2–5 October	Rallye Sanremo	JWRC
12	16–19 October	Tour de Corse	PWRC
13	24–26 October	Rally Catalunya	JWRC
14	6–9 November	Wales Rally GB	JWRC

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
				2	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	14
				3	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	1, 8, 11–13
				3	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	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	4–14
		Focus RS WRC 02		5	François Duval	Jean-Marc Fortin	1–2
		Focus RS WRC 02				Stéphane Prévot	3
		Focus RS WRC 03				Stéphane Prévot	4–14
		Focus RS WRC 02
				6	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	All
				20	Jari-Matti Latvala	Carl Williamson	6
				20	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	8–9, 14
555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC 2003	P	7	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	All
555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC 2003	P	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	Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	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
			Roman Kresta	Jan Tománek	8, 11, 13–14
			Juuso Pykälistö	Esko Mertsalmi	2–3, 6–7, 9
			Juuso Pykälistö	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
Wrüth Sport			Jari Viita	Riku Rousku	9
Ford Motor Hellas			Ioannis Papadimitriou	Allan Harryman	2, 6
Ford Motor Hellas			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	Subaru	Impreza WRC	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
64		Ville-Pertti Teuronen	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
54		Kosti Katajamäki	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	Ford Motor Co Ltd	Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	Ford Puma S1600	1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14
57	Auto Sport Italia	Dimitar Iliev	Petar Sivov	Peugeot 206 S1600	1, 3, 6
57		Dimitar Iliev	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	Astra Racing	Abdo Feghali	Joseph Matar	Ford Puma S1600	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
67	Sab Motorsport	Alessandro Broccoli	Giovanni Agnese	Opel Corsa S1600	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
52		Daniel Solà	Álex Romaní	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4–5, 7–8, 10
53		Ramón Ferreyros	Javier Marin	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	5, 8, 12
53		Ramón Ferreyros	Javier Marin	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4, 7, 10
56		Gustavo Trelles	Jorge Del Buono	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	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	Subaru Production Rally Team	Peter 'Possum' Bourne	Mark Stacey	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2, 4
55	David Sutton Cars Ltd	Martin Rowe	Trevor Agnew	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2, 4, 7–8, 10, 12
65	David Sutton Cars Ltd	Stig Blomqvist	Ana Goñi	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	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	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2, 5, 7–8
59		Stefano Marrini	Massimo Agotinelli	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	10, 12
63		Luca Baldini	Alessandro Floris	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	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
64	Millbrooks World Rally Team	Joakim Roman	Ragnar Spjuth	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	10, 12
66	Stohl Racing	Hamed Al Wahaibi	Nicky Beech	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4–5
72		Constantin Aur	Silviu Moraru		2
72		Constantin Aur	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	Guy Colsoul Rallysport	Alfredo De Dominicis	Giovanni Bernacchini	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	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
			Loris Roggia	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4–5
			Giovanni Agnese	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	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
78	First Motorsport	Łukasz Sztuka	Zbigniew Cieslar	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	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

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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Petter Solberg secured the drivers' championship title in Wales.^[1]

Manufacturers' championship

Manufacturer Teams must enter at least two cars.^[2] 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
3	555 Subaru World Rally Team	8	Ret	2	7	6	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	6	5	7	7	8	3	109
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
5	Škoda Motorsport	15	Ret	8	6	5	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	9	9	Ret	23
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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Citroën secured the manufacturers' championship in Wales,^[3] its first such title.^[4]
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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	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

External links

2003 World Rally Championship

World Rally Championship

WRC
seasons

Group 4	ICM (1970–72) 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
Group B	1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
Group A	1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
World Rally Car (2.0 L)	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
World Rally Car (1.6 L)	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Group Rally1	2022 2023 2024

Support
categories

WRC2	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (WRC 2 Pro) 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
WRC3	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Junior WRC	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 (WRC3 Junior) 2023 2024
Production WRC	1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Defunct
Super 2000 WRC	2010 2011 2012 Defunct
2-Litre Cup	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Defunct
R-GT Cup	2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Defunct

Authority control databases

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Germany