2003 SEAT Cupra Championship

The 2003 SEAT Cupra Championship season was the inaugural running of the one-make championship. The championship consisted of ten rounds at five meetings held in England, beginning on 4 May at Croft, and finishing at Thruxton on 17 August. The championship winner was rewarded with a drive in the British Touring Car Championship for the SEAT Sport UK team. Robert Huff would eventually win the championship, holding off both Gordon Shedden and Stefan Hodgetts, as those three drivers shared nine of the ten race victories between them. Huff would go on to finish seventh in the 2004 British Touring Car Championship with his prize-winning drive.

Teams and drivers[edit]

All entries ran the Mk1 SEAT León entered by SEAT themselves.

No.	Drivers	Rounds
3	Stefan Hodgetts	All
4	Karl Goshawk	All
5	Charles Stewart	All
6	Natalie Barratt	All
7	Emmet O'Brien	All
9	James Pickford	All
10	Spencer Marsh	All
11	Hamish Gordon	All
12	Robert Huff	All
14	Paula Cook	All
15	Stephen Colbert	All
16	Andre D'Cruze	All
17	Ben Winrow	1-4
20	Julian Westwood	All
21	Craig Murray	1-2
22	Gordon Shedden	All
23	Gavin Smith	All

Calendar[edit]

Round	Track	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner
1	Croft	4 May	Stefan Hodgetts	Gavin Smith	Stefan Hodgetts
2	Croft	4 May	Stephen Colbert	Robert Huff	Robert Huff
3	Silverstone	27 May	Stefan Hodgetts	Robert Huff	Stefan Hodgetts
4	Silverstone	27 May	Stefan Hodgetts	Stefan Hodgetts	Stefan Hodgetts
5	Oulton Park	13 July	James Pickford	Robert Huff	Robert Huff
6	Oulton Park	13 July	Robert Huff	Gordon Shedden	Gordon Shedden
7	Rockingham	3 August	Robert Huff	Stefan Hodgetts	Stefan Hodgetts
8	Rockingham	3 August	James Pickford	Gavin Smith	Gavin Smith
9	Thruxton	17 August	James Pickford	Stefan Hodgetts	Robert Huff
10	Thruxton	17 August	Stefan Hodgetts	Stefan Hodgetts	Stefan Hodgetts

Championship Standings[edit]

Points were awarded as follows:

Pos	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	FL
Race 1	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	0		1
Race 2	20	17	15	13	11	9	7	5	4	3	2	1	1

Pos	Driver	CRO		SIL		OUL		ROC		THR		Pts
1	Robert Huff	4	1	2	2	1	2	NC	3	1	Ret	122
2	Gordon Shedden	3	3	6	3	6	1	2	7	DSQ	2	107
3	Stefan Hodgetts	1	7	1	1	Ret	DNS	1	6	12	1	105
4	Gavin Smith	6	2	5	4	14	3	Ret	1	11	Ret	78
5	James Pickford	7	4	3	5	8	15	Ret	2	2	Ret	70
6	Stephen Colbert	5	Ret	4	9	2	4	Ret	5	13	3	69
7	Julian Westwood	15	5	8	7	3	6	Ret	8	3	5	66
8	Spencer Marsh	2	9	7	13	4	7	Ret	DNS	Ret	4	48
9	Andre D'Cruze	9	10	10	8	15	8	3	4	10	7	47
10	Emmet O'Brien	8	6	15	Ret	5	5	7	Ret	4	9	45
11	Paula Cook	Ret	12	12	Ret	9	9	5	9	5	6	32
12	Hamish Gordon	12	14	13	10	10	11	6	10	6	8	24
13	Karl Goshawk	13	13	14	11	12	12	4	11	7	Ret	17
14	Craig Murray	10	8	9	6							17
15	Ben Winrow	11	11	11	12	7	10	Ret	Ret			10
16	Charles Stewart	16	16	17	15	13	14	8	12	9	11	8
17	Natalie Barratt	14	15	16	14	11	13	Ret	Ret	8	10	6
Pos	Driver	CRO		SIL		OUL		ROC		THU		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

External links[edit]

2003 season results on the SEAT Sport UK website Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine