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2003 World Rally Championship

31st season of the FIA World Rally Championship

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

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. Eventually Rally Australia would go ahead and the Safari Rally Kenya would not return to the WRC calendar until 2021.

Teams and drivers

Manufacturers	Manufacturer	Car	Team	Tyre	No	Drivers	Co-Drivers
Peugeot	206 WRC	France Marlboro Peugeot Total		1	Finland Marcus Grönholm	Finland Timo Rautiainen	All
2	Great Britain Richard Burns	Great Britain Robert Reid	1-13
Belgium Freddy Loix	Belgium Sven Smeets	14
3	France Gilles Panizzi	France Hervé Panizzi	1, 8, 11–13
Finland Harri Rovanperä	Finland Risto Pietiläinen	2–7, 9–10, 14
21	France Gilles Panizzi	France Hervé Panizzi	6–7, 14
Ford	Focus RS WRC 02 1-3	GBR Ford Motor Co Ltd		4	Estonia Markko Märtin	Great Britain Michael Park	1–3
4–14
5	Belgium François Duval	Belgium Jean-Marc Fortin	1-2
Belgium Stéphane Prévot	3
4–14
6	Finland Mikko Hirvonen	Finland Jarmo Lehtinen	All
20	Finland Jari-Matti Latvala	Great Britain Carl Williamson	6
Finland Miikka Anttila	8–9, 14
Subaru	Impreza WRC 2003	Japan [555 Subaru World Rally Team](555-subaru-world-rally-team)		7	Norway Petter Solberg	Great Britain Phil Mills	All
8	Finland Tommi Mäkinen	Finland Kaj Lindström	All
Hyundai	Accent WRC3	KOR Hyundai World Rally Team		10	Germany Armin Schwarz	Germany Manfred Hiemer	1–10
11	Belgium Freddy Loix	Belgium Sven Smeets	1-10
12	Finland Jussi Välimäki	Finland Tero Gardemeister	2, 4, 6, 9
Great Britain Justin Dale	Great Britain Andrew Bargery	7
Austria Manfred Stohl	Austria Ilka Minor	8
20	6, 10
22	Great Britain Justin Dale	Great Britain Andrew Bargery	8, 10
Škoda	Octavia WRC Evo3 1-7
Fabia WRC 8-14	Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport		14	France Didier Auriol	France Denis Giraudet	All
15	Finland Toni Gardemeister	Finland Paavo Lukander	All
Citroën	Xsara WRC	France Citroën Total		17	Great Britain Colin McRae	Great Britain Derek Ringer	All
18	France Sébastien Loeb	MCO Daniel Elena	All
19	Spain Carlos Sainz	Spain Marc Martí	All
20	France Philippe Bugalski	France Jean-Paul Chiaroni	8, 11–13

World Rally Car entries ineligible to score manufacturer points	Manufacturer	Car	Team	Tyre	Drivers	Co-Drivers
Peugeot	206 WRC	France Bozian Racing		France Gilles Panizzi	France Herve Panizzi	3
Czech Roman Kresta	Czech Miloš Hůlka	1–2, 6
Czech Jan Tománek	8, 11, 13–14
Finland Juuso Pykälistö	Finland Esko Mertsalmi	2–3, 6–7, 9
Finland Risto Mannisenmäki	14
Finland Ari Vatanen	Finland Juha Repo	9
Austria Stohl Racing	Austria Manfred Stohl	Austria Ilka Minor	4, 12, 14
Finland Peugeot Sport Finland	Finland Sebastian Lindholm	Finland Timo Hantunen	9
France Equipe de France FFSA	France Cédric Robert	France Gérald Bedon	1, 8, 11–13
France Team BSA	France Alexandre Bengue	France Caroline Escudero	12
Ford	Focus WRC 02	Germany AW Rally Team		Germany Antony Warmbold	GBR Gemma Price	1–2, 4–10, 12–14
Finland LPM Racing	Finland Janne Tuohino	Finland Jukka Aho	2, 9
Poland Kuchar Team Poland	Poland Tomasz Kuchar	Poland Maciek Szczepaniak	2, 4, 6
Finland Wrüth Sport	Finland Jari Viita	Finland Teppo Leino	2
Finland Riku Rousku	9
Greece Ford Motor Hellas	Greece Ioannis Papadimitriou	Great Britain Allan Harryman	2, 6
Greece Armodios Vovos	Greece Loris Meletopoulos	6
Hungary OMV Best Racing Team	Hungary Balázs Benik	Hungary Bence Rácz	3, 10
Turkey Ford Hazirkart Rally Team	Turkey Serkan Yazici	Turkey Can Okan	3
Great Britain ADR Motorsport	Great Britain Alistair Ginley	Ireland Rory Kennedy	3, 6–9, 12–14
Subaru	Impreza WRC99	Great Britain Dom Buckley Motorsport		Ireland Eamonn Boland	Ireland Francis Regan	1
Impreza WRC 01	Great Britain Morgan Motorsport		Finland Tapio Laukkanen	Finland Harri Kaapro	14
Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo WRC2	Japan Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe		Finland Kristian Sohlberg	Finland Jakke Honkanen	2, 4, 8
Great Britain Alister McRae	Great Britain David Senior	4
Finland Jani Paasonen	Finland Arto Kapanen	8
Toyota	Corolla WRC	Switzerland Olivier Burri		Switzerland Olivier Burri	Switzerland Christophe Hofmann	1
Ford	Focus WRC 01	Switzerland Philippe Roux		Switzerland Philippe Roux	Switzerland Paul Corthay	1
Škoda	Octavia WRC/Octavia WRC Evo2	Italy Riccardo Errani		Italy Riccardo Errani	Italy Stefano Casadio	1, 11
Toyota	Corolla WRC	Hungary Gergely Szabó		Hungary Gergely Szabó	Hungary Zoltán Köhler	1
Peugeot	206 WRC	France Serge Bernardin		France Serge Bernardin	France Frédéric Deziré	1
Ford	Focus WRC 02	Sweden Andreas Eriksson		Sweden Andreas Eriksson	Sweden Patrick Henriksson	2
Sweden Pecka Svensson	14
Hyundai	Accent WRC2	Norway Thomas Kolberg		Norway Thomas Kolberg	Norway Pål Iversen	2
Toyota	Corolla WRC	Norway Thomas Schie		Norway Thomas Schie	Norway Ragnar Engen	2
Argentina Gabriel Raies		Argentina Gabriel Raies	Argentina Jorge Perez Companc	5
Italy Giovanni Recordati		Italy Giovanni Recordati	Monaco Freddy Delorme	7
Netherlands Wevers Sport		Netherlands Erik Wevers	Netherlands Michiel Poel	8
Great Britain Gareth Jones		Great Britain Gareth Jones	Great Britain Mark Jones	9
France José Micheli		France José Micheli	France Marie-Josée Cardi	12
Slovakia Jozef Béreš jun.		Slovakia Jozef Béreš jun.	Czech Petr Starý	2, 6, 14
Ford	Focus WRC 02	Finland Kaj Kuistila		Finland Kaj Kuistila	Finland Kari Jokinen	9
Hungary Balázs Benik		Hungary Balázs Benik	Hungary Bence Rácz	10
Peugeot	206 WRC	France Didier Cormoreche		France Didier Cormoreche	France René Belleville	12
Subaru	Impreza WRC 03	France Benoît Rousselot		France Benoît Rousselot	France Gilles Mondésir	12
Impreza WRC 01	Portugal Armando Pereira		Portugal Armando Pereira	France Mickaële Rouillon	12
Peugeot	206 WRC	France Jean-Claude Torre		France Jean-Claude Torre	France Patrick de la Foata	12
Subaru	Impreza WRC99	France Alain Vauthier		France Alain Vauthier	Belgium Erwin Mombaerts	12
Toyota	Corolla WRC	SWE Tobias Johansson		SWE Tobias Johansson	SWE Per Carlsson	14
Subaru	Impreza WRC 01	Ireland Eamonn Boland		Ireland Eamonn Boland	Ireland Francis Regan	14
Ford	Focus WRC 02	Great Britain Steve Perez		Great Britain Steve Perez	Great Britain Jonty Bolsover	14
Citroën	Xsara WRC	France Citroën Sport		Spain Daniel Solà	ESP Álex Romaní	6, 14
Škoda	Octavia WRC Evo3	Czech Republic Škoda Matador Team		Czech Republic Jan Kopecký	Czech Republic Filip Schovánek	8, 14
Argentina Gabriel Pozzo		Argentina Gabriel Pozzo	Argentina Daniel Stillo	5
Octavia WRC Evo2	Germany Škoda Auto Deutschland		Germany Matthias Kahle	Germany Peter Göbel	8

JWRC entries

No	Entrant	Drivers	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
51	ITA Purity Auto	SMR Mirco Baldacci	ITA Giovanni Bernacchini	Fiat Punto S1600	1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14
52	JPN Suzuki Sport	SWE Daniel Carlsson	SWE Mattias Andersson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14
64	FIN Ville-Pertti Teuronen	FIN Harri Kaapro	1, 3, 6, 9, 11
FIN Mikko Markkula	13–14
69	ESP Salvador Cañellas	ESP Xavier Amigó	1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14
71	EST Urmo Aava	EST Kuldar Sikk	1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14
53	AUT Schmidt Racing	AUT David Doppelreiter	NOR Ola Fløene	Peugeot 206 S1600	1
54	GER Volkswagen Racing	FIN Kosti Katajamäki	FIN Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo S1600	1, 3, 6
FIN Jani Laaksonen	9, 11, 13–14
62	SWE Oscar Svedlund	SWE Björn Nilsson	1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14
73	BUL Krum Donchev	BUL Ruman Manolov	14
78	GER Vladan Vasiljevic	GER Sebastian Geipel	1, 3, 6, 11
55	GBR Ford Motor Co Ltd	NOR Martin Stenshorne	GBR Clive Jenkins	Ford Puma S1600	1, 3, 6
70	GBR Guy Wilks	GBR Phil Pugh	1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14
57	ITA Auto Sport Italia	BUL Dimitar Iliev	BUL Petar Sivov	Peugeot 206 S1600	1, 3, 6
BUL Yanaki Yanakiev	9, 11, 13–14
73	BUL Krum Donchev	BUL Ruman Manolov	1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13
58	ITA Top Run SRL	ARG Marcos Ligato	ARG Rubén Garcia	Fiat Punto S1600	1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14
63	ITA Massimo Ceccato	ITA Mitia Dotta	1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14
76	ITA Luca Cecchettini	ITA Marco Muzzarelli	1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14
59	ITA Astra Racing	AUT Beppo Harrach	GER Michael Kölbach	Ford Puma S1600	1, 3, 6, 11, 14
65	LBN Abdo Feghali	LBN Joseph Matar	1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14
60	ITA Jolly Club	CZE Pavel Valoušek	ITA Pierangelo Scalvini	Citroën Saxo S1600	1, 3
61	FRA Renault Sport	FRA Brice Tirabassi	FRA Jacques-Julien Renucci	Renault Clio S1600	1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14
66	FRA Citroën Sport	FRA Sébastien Ceccone	FRA Julien Giroux	Citroën Saxo S1600	1, 3, 6
67	SMR Sab Motorsport	SMR Alessandro Broccoli	ITA Simona Girelli	Opel Corsa S1600	1, 3, 6, 9, 11
ITA Giovanni Agnese	13–14
68	CRO Renault Croatia	CRO Juraj Šebalj	CRO Toni Klinc	Renault Clio S1600	1, 3, 6
72	ITA Errepi Racing	SMR Jader Vagnini	ITA Lorenzo Granai	Fiat Punto S1600	1
74	GER Opel Motorsport	GBR Kris Meeke	GBR Chris Patterson	Opel Corsa S1600	1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13–14
75	POL Orlen Team	POL Dariusz Chudobinski	POL Przemysław Szulc	Citroën Saxo S1600	1
77	CHE Chicco d'Oro	CHE Filippo Suessli	CHE Loris Pala	Fiat Punto S1600	1
78	SWE Peugeot Dealer Team Sweden	GER Vladan Vasiljevic	GER Sebastian Geipel	Peugeot 206 S1600	9

PWRC entries

No	Entrant	Drivers	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
51	MYS Petronas EON Racing Team	MYS Karamjit Singh	MYS Allen Oh	Proton Pert	2, 4–5, 7–8, 10
52	ITA Mauro Rally Tuning	ESP Daniel Solà	ESP Álex Romaní	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	12
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4–5, 7–8, 10
53	PER Ramón Ferreyros	MEX Javier Marin	5, 8, 12
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4, 7, 10
56	URY Gustavo Trelles	ARG Jorge Del Buono	4
57	ITA Giovanni Manfrinato	ITA Claudio Condotta	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	7–8, 10
54	JPN Subaru Production Rally Team	JPN Toshihiro Arai	NZL Tony Sircombe	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2, 4–5, 7, 10, 12
62	NZL Peter 'Possum' Bourne	AUS Mark Stacey	2, 4
55	GBR David Sutton Cars Ltd	GBR Martin Rowe	GBR Trevor Agnew	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2, 4, 7–8, 10, 12
65	SWE Stig Blomqvist	VEN Ana Goñi	2, 4, 7–8, 10, 12
57	ITA Top Run SRL	ITA Giovanni Manfrinato	ITA Claudio Condotta	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4–5
58	ARG Marcos Ligato	ARG Rubén Garcia	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4–5, 7–8, 10, 12
59	ITA Stefano Marrini	ITA Massimo Agotinelli	2, 5, 7–8
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	10, 12
63	ITA Luca Baldini	ITA Alessandro Floris	2, 4–5
60	NZL Neil Allport Motorsports	GBR Niall McShea	GBR Chris Patterson	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4–5, 7–8, 10, 12
61	POL Mobil 1 Team Poland	POL Janusz Kulig	POL Jarosław Baran	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2, 4
POL Dariusz Burkat	7–8
POL Maciek Szczepaniak	10, 12
64	SWE Millbrooks World Rally Team	SWE Joakim Roman	SWE Tina Mitakidou	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2, 4, 7–8
SWE Ragnar Spjuth	10, 12
66	AUT Stohl Racing	Oman Hamed Al Wahaibi	GBR Nicky Beech	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4–5
72	ROU Constantin Aur	ROU Silviu Moraru	2
ROU Adrian Berghea	4, 7–8, 10, 12
67	POL Orlen Team	POL Krzysztof Hołowczyc	POL Łukasz Kurzeja	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2, 4–5, 7–8
68	POL Kuchar Team Poland	POL Tomasz Kuchar	POL Maciek Szczepaniak	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	–
69	BEL Guy Colsoul Rallysport	BEL Bob Colsoul	BEL Tom Colsoul	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2, 5, 7–8, 12
77	ITA Alfredo De Dominicis	ITA Giovanni Bernacchini	5
70	ITA Errani Team Group	ITA Riccardo Errani	ITA Stefano Casadio	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4–5, 7–8, 10, 12
71	BUL Racing Team Burgaltabac	BUL Georgi Geradzhiev	BUL Nikola Popov	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2, 4–5, 7–8, 12
73	CZE Hanácký Rally Klub	CZE Stanislav Chovanec	CZE Karel Holaň	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2
74	ITA Motoring Club	ITA Fabio Frisiero	ITA Loris Roggia	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4–5
ITA Giovanni Agnese	7–8, 12
75	ESP PK7 Competicio	ESP Joaquim Manresa	ESP Miquel Amblás	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	–
76	CAN Subaru Rally Team Canada	CAN Patrick Richard	GBR Martin Headland	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2
SWE Mikael Johansson	4–5, 7
NOR Ola Fløene	8, 12
77	ITA Ralliart Italy	ITA Alfredo De Dominicis	ITA Giovanni Bernacchini	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2, 5, 7–8, 12
78	BEL First Motorsport	POL Łukasz Sztuka	SWE Per Carlsson	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2
POL Zbigniew Cieslar	4–5, 8
79	JPN Advan-Piaa Rally Team	JPN Fumio Nutahara	JPN Satoshi Hayashi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	–
80	MEX Triviño Racing	MEX Ricardo Triviño	ESP 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
MON Monte Carlo	FRA No. 18 Citroën Total WRT	N/A	FRA No. 61 Renault Sport	[Report](2003-monte-carlo-rally)
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	FRA Renault Clio S1600
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	N/A	FRA Brice Tirabassi
FRA Jacques-Julien Renucci
SWE Sweden	FRA No. 1 Marlboro Peugeot Total	GBR No. 75 David Sutton Cars Ltd	N/A	[Report](2003-swedish-rally)
FRA Peugeot 206 WRC	JPN Subaru Impreza STi N8	N/A
FIN Marcus Grönholm
FIN Timo Rautiainen	SWE Stig Blomqvist
VEN Ana Goñi	N/A
TUR Turkey	FRA No. 19 Citroën Total WRT	N/A	GER No. 54 Volkswagen Racing	[Report](2003-rally-of-turkey)
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	GER Volkswagen Polo S1600
ESP Carlos Sainz
ESP Marc Martí	N/A	FIN Kosti Katajamäki
FIN Miikka Anttila
NZL New Zealand	FRA No. 1 Marlboro Peugeot Total	JPN No. 54 Subaru Production Rally Team	N/A	[Report](2003-rally-new-zealand)
FRA Peugeot 206 WRC	JPN Subaru Impreza WRX STi	N/A
FIN Marcus Grönholm
FIN Timo Rautiainen	JPN Toshihiro Arai
NZL Tony Sircombe	N/A
ARG Argentina	FRA No. 1 Marlboro Peugeot Total	JPN No. 54 Subaru Production Rally Team	N/A	[Report](2003-rally-argentina)
FRA Peugeot 206 WRC	JPN Subaru Impreza WRX STi	N/A
FIN Marcus Grönholm
FIN Timo Rautiainen	JPN Toshihiro Arai
NZL Tony Sircombe	N/A
GRC Greece	USA No. 4 Ford Motor Co	N/A	FRA No. 61 Renault Sport	[Report](2003-acropolis-rally)
USA Ford Focus RS WRC '03	N/A	FRA Renault Clio S1600
EST Markko Märtin
GBR Michael Park	N/A	FRA Brice Tirabassi
FRA Jacques-Julien Renucci
CYP Cyprus	JPN No. 7 555 Subaru WRT	JPN No. 54 Subaru Production Rally Team	N/A	[Report](2003-cyprus-rally)
JPN Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	JPN Subaru Impreza WRX STi	N/A
NOR Petter Solberg
GBR Phil Mills	JPN Toshihiro Arai
NZL Tony Sircombe	N/A
GER Germany	FRA No. 18 Citroën Total WRT	ITA No. 52 Mauro Rally Tuning	N/A	[Report](2003-rallye-deutschland)
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	N/A
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	ESP Dani Solà
ESP Álex Romaní	N/A
FIN Finland	USA No. 4 Ford Motor Co	N/A	JPN No. 52 Suzuki Sport	[Report](2003-rally-finland)
USA Ford Focus RS WRC '03	N/A	JPN Suzuki Ignis S1600
EST Markko Märtin
GBR Michael Park	N/A	SWE Daniel Carlsson
SWE Mattias Andersson
AUS Australia	JPN No. 7 555 Subaru WRT	GBR No. 55 David Sutton Cars Ltd	N/A	[Report](2003-rally-australia)
JPN Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	JPN Subaru Impreza STi N10	N/A
NOR Petter Solberg
GBR Phil Mills	GBR Martin Rowe
GBR Trevor Agnew	N/A
ITA Italy	FRA No. 18 Citroën Total WRT	N/A	ITA No. 51 Purity Auto	[Report](2003-rallye-sanremo)
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	ITA Fiat Punto S1600
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	N/A	SMR Mirco Baldacci
ITA Giovanni Bernacchini
FRA France	JPN No. 7 555 Subaru WRT	GBR No. 60 Neil Allport Motorsports	N/A	[Report](2003-tour-de-corse)
JPN Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A
NOR Petter Solberg
GBR Phil Mills	GBR Niall McShea
GBR Chris Patterson	N/A
ESP Spain	FRA No. 3 Marlboro Peugeot Total	N/A	FRA No. 61 Renault Sport	[Report](2003-rally-catalunya)
FRA Peugeot 206 WRC	N/A	FRA Renault Clio S1600
FRA Gilles Panizzi
FRA Hervé Panizzi	N/A	FRA Brice Tirabassi
FRA Jacques-Julien Renucci
GBR Britain	JPN No. 7 555 Subaru WRT	N/A	JPN No. 52 Suzuki Sport	[Report](2003-wales-rally-gb)
JPN Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	N/A	JPN Suzuki Ignis S1600
NOR Petter Solberg
GBR Phil Mills	N/A	SWE Daniel Carlsson
SWE Mattias Andersson
Source:

Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	[MON](2003-monte-carlo-rally)
MON	[SWE](2003-swedish-rally)
SWE	[TUR](2003-rally-of-turkey)
TUR	[NZL](2003-rally-new-zealand)
NZL	[ARG](2003-rally-argentina)
ARG	[GRE](2003-acropolis-rally)
GRE	[CYP](2003-cyprus-rally)
CYP	[GER](2003-rallye-deutschland)
GER	[FIN](2003-rally-finland)
FIN	[AUS](2003-rally-australia)
AUS	[ITA](2003-rallye-sanremo)
ITA	[FRA](2003-tour-de-corse)
FRA	[ESP](2003-rally-catalunya)
ESP	[GBR](2003-wales-rally-gb)
GBR	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Pos.	Driver	[MON](2003-monte-carlo-rally)
MON	[SWE](2003-swedish-rally)
SWE	[TUR](2003-rally-of-turkey)
TUR	[NZL](2003-rally-new-zealand)
NZL	[ARG](2003-rally-argentina)
ARG	[GRE](2003-acropolis-rally)
GRE	[CYP](2003-cyprus-rally)
CYP	[GER](2003-rallye-deutschland)
GER	[FIN](2003-rally-finland)
FIN	[AUS](2003-rally-australia)
AUS	[ITA](2003-rallye-sanremo)
ITA	[FRA](2003-tour-de-corse)
FRA	[ESP](2003-rally-catalunya)
ESP	[GBR](2003-wales-rally-gb)
GBR	Pts
Norway Petter Solberg	Ret	6	Ret	3	5	3	1	8	2	1	Ret	1	5	1	72
France Sébastien Loeb	1	7	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	3	1	5	2	1	13	2	2	71
Spain Carlos Sainz	3	9	1	12	2	2	5	6	4	5	4	2	7	Ret	63
Great Britain Richard Burns	5	3	2	2	3	4	Ret	3	3	3	7	8	Ret		58
Estonia Markko Märtin	4	4	6	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	5	1	DSQ	3	Ret	3	Ret	49
Finland Marcus Grönholm	13	1	9	1	1	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	6	Ret	46
Great Britain Colin McRae	2	5	4	Ret	Ret	8	4	4	Ret	4	6	5	9	4	45
Finland Tommi Mäkinen	Ret	2	8	7	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	6	6	10	7	8	3	30
Belgium François Duval	7	Ret	3	9	8	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	10	5	3	4	5	30
France Gilles Panizzi	Ret		5			7	Ret	10			2	6	1	Ret	27
Finland Harri Rovanperä		Ret	Ret	Ret	4	6	2		Ret	7				Ret	18
Finland Toni Gardemeister	Ret	8	7	5	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	11	12	Ret	9
France Didier Auriol	9	18	Ret	8	6	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	12	Ret	Ret	11	4
Belgium Freddy Loix	Ret	10	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	10	8				6	4
France Cédric Robert	6							9			9	12	11		3
Finland Mikko Hirvonen	Ret	11	Ret	10	16	Ret	6	13	Ret	9	Ret	10	14	Ret	3
Great Britain Alister McRae				6											3
Germany Armin Schwarz	8	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	12	12	13					3
Austria Manfred Stohl				Ret		11		18		DNS		Ret		7	2
Finland Janne Tuohino		17							7						2
France Philippe Bugalski								Ret			8	9	10		1
Czech Republic Roman Kresta	10	14				Ret		Ret			11		13	8	1
Great Britain Alistair Ginley			12			15	8	Ret	23			Ret	23	Ret	1
Finland Sebastian Lindholm									8						1

Petter Solberg secured the drivers' championship title in Wales.

Manufacturers' championship

Manufacturer Teams must enter at least two cars. 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](2003-monte-carlo-rally)
MON	[SWE](2003-swedish-rally)
SWE	[TUR](2003-rally-of-turkey)
TUR	[NZL](2003-rally-new-zealand)
NZL	[ARG](2003-rally-argentina)
ARG	[GRE](2003-acropolis-rally)
GRE	[CYP](2003-cyprus-rally)
CYP	[GER](2003-rallye-deutschland)
GER	[FIN](2003-rally-finland)
FIN	[AUS](2003-rally-australia)
AUS	[ITA](2003-rallye-sanremo)
ITA	[FRA](2003-tour-de-corse)
FRA	[ESP](2003-rally-catalunya)
ESP	[GBR](2003-wales-rally-gb)
GBR	Points	1	160	2	145	3	109	4	93	5	23	6	12	Pos.	Manufacturer	No.	[MON](2003-monte-carlo-rally)
MON	[SWE](2003-swedish-rally)
SWE	[TUR](2003-rally-of-turkey)
TUR	[NZL](2003-rally-new-zealand)
NZL	[ARG](2003-rally-argentina)
ARG	[GRE](2003-acropolis-rally)
GRE	[CYP](2003-cyprus-rally)
CYP	[GER](2003-rallye-deutschland)
GER	[FIN](2003-rally-finland)
FIN	[AUS](2003-rally-australia)
AUS	[ITA](2003-rallye-sanremo)
ITA	[FRA](2003-tour-de-corse)
FRA	[ESP](2003-rally-catalunya)
ESP	[GBR](2003-wales-rally-gb)
GBR	Points
FRA Citroën Total World Rally Team	17	2	5	4	Ret	Ret	7	4	4	Ret	4	(6)	5	(9)	4
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)
FRA Marlboro Peugeot Total	1	8	1	8	1	1	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	6	Ret
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
JPN [555 Subaru World Rally Team](555-subaru-world-rally-team)	7	Ret	6	Ret	3	4	3	1	7	2	1	Ret	1	5	1
8	Ret	2	7	6	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	6	5	7	7	8	3
GBR Ford Motor Co	4	3	4	5	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	5	1	Ret	3	Ret	3	Ret
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
CZE Škoda Motorsport	14	7	12	Ret	7	5	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	8	Ret	Ret	7
15	Ret	8	6	5	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	9	9	Ret
KOR Hyundai World Rally Team	10	6	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	9	8	12
11	Ret	9	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	7	7
12		Ret		Ret		Ret	Ret	(13)	Ret

Citroën secured the manufacturers' championship in Wales, its first such title.
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](2003-monte-carlo-rally)
MON	[TUR](2003-rally-of-turkey)
TUR	[GRE](2003-acropolis-rally)
GRE	[FIN](2003-rally-finland)
FIN	[ITA](2003-rallye-sanremo)
ITA	[ESP](2003-rally-catalunya)
ESP	[GBR](2003-wales-rally-gb)
GBR	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	Pos.	Driver	[MON](2003-monte-carlo-rally)
MON	[TUR](2003-rally-of-turkey)
TUR	[GRE](2003-acropolis-rally)
GRE	[FIN](2003-rally-finland)
FIN	[ITA](2003-rallye-sanremo)
ITA	[ESP](2003-rally-catalunya)
ESP	[GBR](2003-wales-rally-gb)
GBR	Pts
FRA Brice Tirabassi	1	Ret	1	2	Ret	1	Ret	38
ESP Salvador Cañellas Jr.	Ret	2	4	5	2	3	4	36
SWE Daniel Carlsson	Ret	Ret	2	1	Ret	4	1	33
EST Urmo Aava	4	Ret	3	4	Ret	5	Ret	20
SMR Mirco Baldacci	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	2	20
FIN Ville-Pertti Teuronen	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	4	6	3	19
GBR Guy Wilks	Ret	3	6	3	6	11	Ret	18
SMR Alessandro Broccoli	3	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	5	13
ARG Marcos Ligato	2	Ret	Ret	7	Ret			10
FIN Kosti Katajamäki	EX	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10
ITA Massimo Ceccato	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	6	8
ITA Luca Cecchettini	9	5	Ret	Ret	5	10	Ret	8
BUL Dimitar Iliev	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	3	Ret		8
GBR Kris Meeke	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	8
LBN Abdo Feghali	10	3	Ret	Ret	7	7	Ret	7
SWE Oscar Svedlund	Ret	Ret	5	8		Ret	Ret	5
CRO Juraj Šebalj	6	Ret						3
AUT Beppo Harrach	8	Ret	Ret					1
BGR Krum Donchev	11	Ret	Ret		Ret	9		0
GER Vladan V-Man Vasiljevic	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret				0
NOR Martin Stenshorne	Ret	Ret	Ret					0
FRA Sebastien Ceccone	Ret	Ret						0

PWRC Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	[SWE](2003-swedish-rally)
SWE	[NZL](2003-rally-new-zealand)
NZL	[ARG](2003-rally-argentina)
ARG	[CYP](2003-cyprus-rally)
CYP	[GER](2003-rallye-deutschland)
GER	[AUS](2003-rally-australia)
AUS	[FRA](2003-tour-de-corse)
FRA	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	Pos.	Driver	[SWE](2003-swedish-rally)
SWE	[NZL](2003-rally-new-zealand)
NZL	[ARG](2003-rally-argentina)
ARG	[CYP](2003-cyprus-rally)
CYP	[GER](2003-rallye-deutschland)
GER	[AUS](2003-rally-australia)
AUS	[FRA](2003-tour-de-corse)
FRA	Pts
GBR Martin Rowe	3	4		2	2	1	3	43
JPN Toshihiro Arai	Ret	1	1	1		Ret	2	38
SWE Stig Blomqvist	1	8		3	5	4	5	30
MYS Karamjit Singh	2	6	3	Ret	4	2		30
ESP Daniel Solà		15	2	Ret	1	5	Ret	22
GBR Niall McShea		7	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	1	18
ARG Marcos Ligato		2	Ret	4	Ret	Ret		13
POL Janusz Kulig	Ret	Ret		Ret	3		4	11
MEX Ricardo Triviño	Ret	11	6	Ret	6		7	8
BEL Bob Colsoul	9		Ret	5	Ret		6	7
OMA Hamed Al Wahaibi		3	Ret					6
ITA Riccardo Errani		Ret	7	6	9		8	6
SWE Joakim Roman	6	12		Ret	Ret	6	9	6
NZL Peter 'Possum' Bourne	4	Ret						5
ITA Giovanni Manfrinato		9	4	Ret	Ret			5
POL Krzysztof Hołowczyc	5	Ret			Ret			4
PER Ramón Ferreyros		5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4
ITA Alfredo De Dominicis	10	13	5	Ret	Ret		Ret	4
POL Łukasz Sztuka	7	Ret						2
ROM Constantin Aur	Ret	Ret		Ret	7	Ret		2
CAN Patrick Richard	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret	1
ITA Stefano Marrini	Ret		Ret	Ret	8	Ret	10	1

Events

Round	Rally Name	Start-End Date	Podium Drivers
(Finishing Time)	Podium Cars	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Monaco Monte Carlo Rally	24 January–26 January
Sweden Swedish Rally	7 February–9 February
Turkey Rally of Turkey	27 February–2 March
New Zealand Rally New Zealand	11 April–13 April
Argentina Rally Argentina	8 May–11 May
Greece Acropolis Rally	6 June–8 June
Cyprus Cyprus Rally	20 June–22 June
Germany Rallye Deutschland	25 July–27 July
Finland Rally Finland	7 August–10 August
Australia Rally Australia	4 September–7 September
Italy Rallye Sanremo	3 October–5 October
France Tour de Corse	17 October–19 October
Spain Rally Catalunya	24 October–26 October
GBR Wales Rally GB	6 November–9 November

References

(13 November 2002). "Dates confirmed for 2003 WRC".
(13 February 2003). "Mosley confirms Rally Australia threat".
(14 February 2003). "Safari Rally set for shock return to WRC".
Howard, Tom. (20 June 2023). "WRC Safari Rally: Everything you need to know". [[Autosport]].
"WRC season 2003".
Hart, Jeremy. (9 November 2003). "Hard Charger:Petter Solberg Takes The 2003 World Rally Championship". [[Autoweek]].
"World Rally Championship - Fun Facts, Questions, Answers, Information".
(11 November 2003). "Solberg pips Loeb for world title". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
Hope-Frost, Henry. (9 November 2017). "On this day in... 2003". Goodwood Road & Racing.

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