2003 World Rally Championship season

2003 World Rally Championship

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

2002

2004

World Rally Championship

Current season
2026 World Rally Championship 2026 WRC2 Championship 2026 WRC3 Championship 2026 Junior WRC Championship
Support categories
Current: WRC2 WRC3 Junior WRC Former: PWRC SWRC FIA 2-Litre
Current car classes
Rally1 Rally2 Rally3 Rally4 Rally5
Related lists
Drivers Champions Female Numbers Co-drivers Champions Manufacturers Champions Seasons Event winners Fatal accidents Rallies Records Special stage Power Stage Video games Official games
Organisations
World Rally Drivers Alliance WRC Promoter GmbH

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.

Rd.	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance	Support class
1	24 January	26 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

Manufacturers
Manufacturer	Car	Team	Tyre	No	Drivers	Co-Drivers	Rounds
Peugeot	206 WRC	Marlboro Peugeot Total	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	Focus RS WRC 02 1-3 Focus RS WRC 03 4-14	Ford Motor Co Ltd	M	4	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	1–3
				4	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	4–14
				5	François Duval	Jean-Marc Fortin	1-2
						Stéphane Prévot	3
						Stéphane Prévot	4–14
				6	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	All
				20	Jari-Matti Latvala	Carl Williamson	6
				20	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	8–9, 14
Subaru	Impreza WRC 2003	555 Subaru World Rally Team	P	7	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	All
Subaru	Impreza WRC 2003	555 Subaru World Rally Team	P	8	Tommi Mäkinen	Kaj Lindström	All
Hyundai	Accent WRC3	Hyundai World Rally Team	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
Škoda	Octavia WRC Evo3 1-7 Fabia WRC 8-14	Škoda Motorsport	M	14	Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	All
Škoda	Octavia WRC Evo3 1-7 Fabia WRC 8-14	Škoda Motorsport	M	15	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	All
Citroën	Xsara WRC	Citroën Total	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

World Rally Car entries ineligible to score manufacturer points
Manufacturer	Car	Team	Tyre	Drivers	Co-Drivers	Rounds
Peugeot	206 WRC	Bozian Racing	M	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
		Equipe de France FFSA		Cédric Robert	Gérald Bedon	1, 8, 11–13
		Team BSA		Alexandre Bengue	Caroline Escudero	12
Ford	Focus WRC 02	AW Rally Team	M	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
Subaru	Impreza WRC99	Dom Buckley Motorsport	P	Eamonn Boland	Francis Regan	1
Subaru	Impreza WRC 01	Morgan Motorsport		Tapio Laukkanen	Harri Kaapro	14
Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo WRC2	Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe	M	Kristian Sohlberg	Jakke Honkanen	2, 4, 8
				Alister McRae	David Senior	4
				Jani Paasonen	Arto Kapanen	8
Toyota	Corolla WRC	Olivier Burri	P	Olivier Burri	Christophe Hofmann	1
Ford	Focus WRC 01	Philippe Roux	P	Philippe Roux	Paul Corthay	1
Škoda	Octavia WRC/Octavia WRC Evo2	Riccardo Errani	P	Riccardo Errani	Stefano Casadio	1, 11
Toyota	Corolla WRC	Gergely Szabó	P	Gergely Szabó	Zoltán Köhler	1
Peugeot	206 WRC	Serge Bernardin	M	Serge Bernardin	Frédéric Deziré	1
Ford	Focus WRC 02	Andreas Eriksson	P	Andreas Eriksson	Patrick Henriksson	2
Ford	Focus WRC 02	Andreas Eriksson	P	Andreas Eriksson	Pecka Svensson	14
Hyundai	Accent WRC2	Thomas Kolberg	C	Thomas Kolberg	Pål Iversen	2
Toyota	Corolla WRC	Thomas Schie	M	Thomas Schie	Ragnar Engen	2
		Gabriel Raies	P	Gabriel Raies	Jorge Perez Companc	5
		Giovanni Recordati		Giovanni Recordati	Freddy Delorme	7
		Wevers Sport	M	Erik Wevers	Michiel Poel	8
		Gareth Jones	K	Gareth Jones	Mark Jones	9
		José Micheli		José Micheli	Marie-Josée Cardi	12
		Jozef Béreš jun.	M	Jozef Béreš jun.	Petr Starý	2, 6, 14
Ford	Focus WRC 02	Kaj Kuistila		Kaj Kuistila	Kari Jokinen	9
Ford	Focus WRC 02	Balázs Benik		Balázs Benik	Bence Rácz	10
Peugeot	206 WRC	Didier Cormoreche	M	Didier Cormoreche	René Belleville	12
Subaru	Impreza WRC 03	Benoît Rousselot		Benoît Rousselot	Gilles Mondésir	12
Subaru	Impreza WRC 01	Armando Pereira	M	Armando Pereira	Mickaële Rouillon	12
Peugeot	206 WRC	Jean-Claude Torre	M	Jean-Claude Torre	Patrick de la Foata	12
Subaru	Impreza WRC99	Alain Vauthier		Alain Vauthier	Erwin Mombaerts	12
Toyota	Corolla WRC	Tobias Johansson		Tobias Johansson	Per Carlsson	14
Subaru	Impreza WRC 01	Eamonn Boland		Eamonn Boland	Francis Regan	14
Ford	Focus WRC 02	Steve Perez		Steve Perez	Jonty Bolsover	14
Citroën	Xsara WRC	Citroën Sport	M	Daniel Solà	Álex Romaní	6, 14
Škoda	Octavia WRC Evo3	Škoda Matador Team	M	Jan Kopecký	Filip Schovánek	8, 14
	Octavia WRC Evo3	Gabriel Pozzo		Gabriel Pozzo	Daniel Stillo	5
	Octavia WRC Evo2	Škoda Auto Deutschland	M	Matthias Kahle	Peter Göbel	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 García	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 García	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

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
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.^[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
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,^[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
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

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External links

FIA World Rally Championship 2003 at ewrc-results.com