2003_Rally_Catalunya

2003 Rally Catalunya
*39th Rallye Catalunya - Costa Brava*
2003 Rally Catalunya; 39th Rallye Catalunya - Costa Brava
Round 13 of the 2003 World Rally Championship season
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Host country	Spain
Rally base	Lloret de Mar
Dates run	October 24, 2003 – October 26, 2003
Stages	22 (381.18 km; 236.85 miles)
Stage surface	Asphalt
Overall distance	1,553.72 km (965.44 miles)
Statistics
Crews	47 at start, 33 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Gilles Panizzi; Hervé Panizzi; Marlboro Peugeot Total; Peugeot 206 WRC

2003 Rally Catalunya

13th round of the 2003 World Rally Championship

The 2003 Rally Catalunya (formally the 39th Rallye Catalunya - Costa Brava) was the thirteenth round of the 2003 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 24 October and 26 October 2003, and was based in Lloret de Mar, Spain. Peugeot's Gilles Panizzi won the race, his 7th win in the World Rally Championship.^[1]

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"Rally Catalunya". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2021-11-21.

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"Rally Catalunya 2003 Entry List". Retrieved 21 November 2021.

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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	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
4	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	M
5	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	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
14	Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	M
15	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	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
20	Philippe Bugalski	Jean-Paul Chiaroni	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	M
World Rally Championship entries
21	Cédric Robert	Gérald Bedon	Equipe de France FFSA	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
22	Roman Kresta	Jan Tománek	Bozian Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
23	Antony Warmbold	Gemma Price	AW Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	M
33	Alistair Ginley	Rory Kennedy	Alistair Ginley	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	—
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	Jani Laaksonen	Volkswagen Racing	Volkswagen Polo S1600	M
57	Dimitar Iliev	Yanaki Yanakiev	Auto Sport Italia	Peugeot 206 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	Mikko Markkula	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	M
65	Abdo Feghali	Joseph Matar	Astra Racing	Ford Puma S1600	M
67	Alessandro Broccoli	Giovanni Agnese	Sab Motorsport	Opel Corsa 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	Peugeot 206 S1600	M
74	Kris Meeke	Chris Patterson	Opel Motorsport	Opel Corsa S1600	M
76	Luca Cecchettini	Marco Muzzarelli	Top Run SRL	Fiat Punto S1600	M
Source:^[2]

Date	Time	No.	Stage name	Distance
Leg 1 — 146.36 km
24 October	08:48	SS1	La Trona 1	13.17 km
	09:21	SS2	Alpens — Les Llosses 1	21.80 km
	10:29	SS3	La Pobla de Lillet 1	22.55 km
	13:12	SS4	Sant Julià 1	26.27 km
	14:05	SS5	Taradell 1	5.05 km
	15:32	SS6	La Trona 2	13.17 km
	16:05	SS7	Alpens — Les Llosses 2	21.80 km
	17:13	SS8	La Pobla de Lillet 2	22.55 km
Leg 2 — 131.26 km
25 October	08:53	SS9	Olost 1	23.08 km
	09:41	SS10	Lluçà 1	14.04 km
	10:09	SS11	Sant Boi de Lluçanès 1	12.85 km
	11:42	SS12	Sant Julià 2	26.27 km
	12:35	SS13	Taradell 2	5.05 km
	14:12	SS14	Olost 2	23.08 km
	15:00	SS15	Lluçà 2	14.04 km
	15:28	SS16	Sant Boi de Lluçanès 2	12.85 km
Leg 3 — 103.56 km
26 October	07:43	SS17	Sant Bartomeu del Grau 1	11.55 km
	08:19	SS18	La Roca 1	5.05 km
	08:47	SS19	Viladrau 1	35.18 km
	11:10	SS20	Sant Bartomeu del Grau 2	11.55 km
	11:46	SS21	La Roca 2	5.05 km
	12:14	SS22	Viladrau 2	35.18 km

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	3	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	3:55:09.4		10
2	18	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:55:22.4	+13.0	8
3	4	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	3:55:23.0	+13.6	6
4	5	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	3:56:04.8	+55.4	5
5	7	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	3:56:20.2	+1:10.8	4
6	1	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	3:56:38.5	+1:29.1	3
7	19	Carlos Sainz	Marc Martí	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:56:52.4	+1:43.0	2
8	8	Tommi Mäkinen	Kaj Lindström	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	3:57:04.5	+1:55.1	1

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	1	3	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	3:55:09.4		10
2	2	18	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:55:22.4	+13.0	8
3	3	4	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	3:55:23.0	+13.6	6
4	4	5	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	3:56:04.8	+55.4	5
5	5	7	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	3:56:20.2	+1:10.8	4
6	6	1	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	3:56:38.5	+1:29.1	3
7	7	19	Carlos Sainz	Marc Martí	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:56:52.4	+1:43.0	2
8	8	8	Tommi Mäkinen	Kaj Lindström	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	3:57:04.5	+1:55.1	1
9	9	17	Colin McRae	Derek Ringer	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:58:24.6	+3:15.2	0
10	10	20	Philippe Bugalski	Jean-Paul Chiaroni	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:00:23.0	+5:13.6	0
12	11	15	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	4:01:07.6	+5:58.2	0
14	12	6	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	4:04:15.3	+9:05.9	0
Retired SS19		2	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	Accident		0
Retired SS9		14	Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	Clutch		0

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
Leg 1 (24 Oct)	SS1	La Trona 1	13.17 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	8:23.6	Petter Solberg
	SS2	Alpens — Les Llosses 1	21.80 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	13:07.3	Sébastien Loeb
	SS3	La Pobla de Lillet 1	22.55 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	15:03.5
	SS4	Sant Julià 1	26.27 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	15:35.3
	SS5	Taradell 1	5.05 km	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	2:56.2
	SS6	La Trona 2	13.17 km	Gilles Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC	8:15.7
	SS7	Alpens — Les Llosses 2	21.80 km	Gilles Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC	13:10.6
	SS8	La Pobla de Lillet 2	22.55 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	14:55.3
Leg 2 (25 Oct)	SS9	Olost 1	23.08 km	Gilles Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC	11:39.4
	SS10	Lluçà 1	14.04 km	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	8:15.9
	SS11	Sant Boi de Lluçanès 1	12.85 km	Gilles Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC	8:06.7
	SS12	Sant Julià 2	26.27 km	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	15:30.4
	SS13	Taradell 2	5.05 km	Richard Burns	Peugeot 206 WRC	2:58.3
	SS14	Olost 2	23.08 km	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	11:37.0
	SS15	Lluçà 2	14.04 km	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	8:19.5
	SS16	Sant Boi de Lluçanès 2	12.85 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	8:05.5
Leg 3 (26 Oct)	SS17	Sant Bartomeu del Grau 1	11.55 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	6:27.2
	SS18	La Roca 1	5.05 km	Roman Kresta	Peugeot 206 WRC	3:16.2
	SS19	Viladrau 1	35.18 km	Tommi Mäkinen	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	23:19.8
	SS20	Sant Bartomeu del Grau 2	11.55 km	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	6:29.4
	SS21	La Roca 2	5.05 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	3:22.2
	SS22	Viladrau 2	35.18 km	Gilles Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC	23:38.4	Gilles Panizzi

2003_Rally_Catalunya

2003 Rally Catalunya

Background

Entry list

Itinerary

Results

Overall

World Rally Cars

Classification

Special stages

Championship standings

Junior World Rally Championship

Classification

Special stages

Championship standings

References

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Pos.	Drivers' championships			Co-drivers' championships			Manufacturers' championships
Pos.	Move	Driver	Points	Move	Co-driver	Points	Move	Manufacturer	Points
1	3	Sébastien Loeb	63	3	Daniel Elena	63		Citroën Total WRT	147
2	1	Carlos Sainz	63	1	Marc Martí	63		Marlboro Peugeot Total	142
3	1	Petter Solberg	62	1	Phil Mills	62		555 Subaru World Rally Team	93
4	1	Richard Burns	58	1	Robert Reid	58		Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	89
5	1	Markko Märtin	49	1	Michael Park	49		Škoda Motorsport	21