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2003 European Touring Car Championship season
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The 2003 FIA European Touring Car Championship season was the 30th season of European Touring Car racing and the first to be called the European Touring Car Championship since 1988.

The season began at Valencia on 6 April, and finished at Monza on 19 October after twenty races over ten meetings.

The Drivers' Championship title was won by Andy Priaulx for BMW Team Great Britain, who tied on points with BMW Team Deutschland's Dirk Müller, although Priaulx earned the title due to his greater number of victories during the season. AutoDelta's Gabriele Tarquini was third.

BMW won the Manufacturers Championship ahead of Alfa Romeo and SEAT. Tom Coronel won the Michelin Independents Trophy, while AutoDelta won the Michelin Teams Trophy.

Drivers and teams[edit]

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class
BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	1	Fabrizio Giovanardi
		2	Antonio García
		33	Alessandro Zanardi
AutoDelta Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 156 Gta	3	Nicola Larini
		4	Gabriele Tarquini
		5	Roberto Colciago
		6	Sebastian Stahl
		56	James Thompson
		66	Giancarlo Fisichella
SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	9	Jordi Gené
		10	Frank Diefenbacher
		30	Yvan Muller
BMW Team UK	BMW 320i	11	Andy Priaulx
PRO Motorsport	Honda Civic Type-R	12	Andre Couto	I
		14	Salvatore Tavano	I
			Jordi Palomeras	I
			Miguel Ramos	I
		19	Thomas Engstrom	I
GR Asia	Alfa Romeo 156 Gta	16	Simon Harrison	I
GR Asia	Alfa Romeo 156 Gta	17	Toni Rasmus Ruokonen	I
RS-Line Rotpunkt Sport	Ford Focus ST170	18	Sebastian Grunert	I
		19	Roland Asch	I
		28	Thomas Klenke	I
Carly Motors	BMW 320i	20	Tom Coronel	I
		21	Paulien Zwart	I
		22	Klaas Zwart	I
		26	Duncan Huisman	I
Peugeot Sport Engineering	Peugeot 307 Gti	23	Jan Magnussen
		24	Jason Watt
		29	Sandro Sardelli	I
Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	25	Stefano D'Aste	I
Crawford Racing	BMW 320i	27	Carl Rosenblad	I
BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	42	Jörg Müller
BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	43	Dirk Müller
Oregon Team	Alfa Romeo 156 GTA	44	Salvatore Tavano	I
		45	Michele Bartyan	I
		46	Luca Rangoni	I
Schubert Motors	BMW 320i	51	Claudia Hürtgen	*
Schubert Motors	BMW 320i	52	Thomas Winkelhock	*
Ford Ravenol Hotfiel Sport	Ford Focus ST170	55	Thomas Klenke	*
		56	Patrick Bernhardt	*
		57	Michael Funke	*
Engstler Motorsport	BMW 320i	60	Franz Engstler	*
Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320i	65	Marc Hennerici	*
Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320i	66	Diego Romanini	*
Kissling Motorsport	Opel Astra Coupé	73	Stefan Kissling	*
Kissling Motorsport	Opel Astra Coupé	74	Rainer Bastuck	*

Icon	Class
I	Independents' Championship
*	Guest drivers ineligible for points

Calendar[edit]

Round		Country	Track	Date
1	R1	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	March 28
1	R2	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	March 28
2	R3	Spain	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	April 18
2	R4	Spain	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	April 18
3	R5	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	May 2
3	R6	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	May 2
4	R7	Germany	Hockenheimring	May 16
4	R8	Germany	Hockenheimring	May 16
5	R9	Czech Republic	Masaryk Circuit, Brno	May 30
5	R10	Czech Republic	Masaryk Circuit, Brno	May 30
6	R11	United Kingdom	Donington Park	June 27
6	R12	United Kingdom	Donington Park	June 27
7	R13	Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	July 31
7	R14	Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	July 31
8	R15	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	September 5
8	R16	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	September 5
9	R17	Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	September 19
9	R18	Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	September 19
10	R19	United Arab Emirates	Dubai Autodrome	October 8
10	R20	United Arab Emirates	Dubai Autodrome	October 8

Race results[edit]

Race	Race Name	Pole Position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning independent
1	Monza	Gabriele Tarquini	Dirk Müller	Gabriele Tarquini	AutoDelta Squadra Corse	Tom Coronel
2	Monza		Augusto Farfus	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	Tom Coronel
3	Valencia	Augusto Farfus	Gabriele Tarquini	Gabriele Tarquini	AutoDelta Squadra Corse	Salvatore Tavano
4	Valencia		Augusto Farfus	Fabrizio Giovanardi	AutoDelta Squadra Corse	Salvatore Tavano
5	Magny-Cours	Jörg Müller	Jordi Gené	Dirk Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	Michele Bartyan
6	Magny-Cours		Andy Priaulx	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	Tom Coronel
7	Hockenheim	Jordi Gené	Andy Priaulx	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	Luca Rangoni
8	Hockenheim		Andy Priaulx	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	Luca Rangoni
9	Brno	Rickard Rydell	Andy Priaulx	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	Tom Coronel
10	Brno		Dirk Müller	Dirk Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	Tom Coronel
11	Donington Park	James Thompson	Andy Priaulx	James Thompson	AutoDelta Squadra Corse	Salvatore Tavano
12	Donington Park		Dirk Müller	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	Tom Coronel
13	Spa-Francorchamps	Jörg Müller	Frank Diefenbacher	Dirk Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	Salvatore Tavano
14	Spa-Francorchamps		Tom Coronel	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	Tom Coronel
15	Imola	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Gabriele Tarquini	AutoDelta Squadra Corse	Salvatore Tavano
16	Imola		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Gabriele Tarquini	AutoDelta Squadra Corse	Alessandro Balzan
17	Oschersleben	Augusto Farfus	Andy Priaulx	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	Tom Coronel
18	Oschersleben		Frank Diefenbacher	Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport	Tom Coronel
19	Dubai	Andy Priaulx	Augusto Farfus	Gabriele Tarquini	AutoDelta Squadra Corse	Luca Rangoni
20	Dubai		Gabriele Tarquini	Gabriele Tarquini	AutoDelta Squadra Corse	Salvatore Tavano

Championship Results[edit]

Drivers[edit]

Pos	Driver	MON		VAL		MAG		HOC		BRN		DON		SPA		IMO		OSC		DUB		Pts
1	Andy Priaulx	5	2	4	6	8	1	1	Ret	1	2	6	1	4	5	5	Ret	1	Ret	2	2	111
2	Dirk Müller	3	3	5	4	1	6	2	3	4	1	9	4	1	2	8	3	3	2	17	5	111
3	Gabriele Tarquini	1	Ret	1	2	5	2	Ret	6	9	Ret	3	2	5	4	1	1	Ret	DNS	1	1	106
4	Jörg Müller	4	1	6	5	2	4	4	1	7	4	2	Ret	2	1	7	Ret	4	Ret	6	12	93
5	Fabrizio Giovanardi	2	Ret	2	1	6	5	Ret	DNS	5	5	4	16	Ret	DNS	2	2	17	8	Ret	16	63
6	Augusto Farfus	19	16	3	3	3	3	Ret	DNS	12	Ret	5	Ret	8	22	3	11	2	3	4	15	54
7	Antonio García	12	6	7	15	4	Ret	6	2	3	6	10	5	6	3	9	Ret	9	Ret	9	DNS	43
8	Jordi Gené	9	7	Ret	11	7	Ret	3	4	22	Ret	7	Ret	3	13	4	4	6	6	Ret	DNS	39
9	James Thompson											1	3	9	8			5	5	3	3	37
10	Rickard Rydell	10	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	8	5	2	12	22	9	Ret	11	11	5	7	1	15	DNS	29
11	Frank Diefenbacher	7	5	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	8	3	21	Ret	7	DNS	17	8	20	Ret	5	4	29
12	Tom Coronel	6	4	10	9	Ret	8	11	8	6	7	13	8	14	6	12	12	8	4			25
13	Kurt Mollekens					11	7	Ret	10	11	8	8	6	18	7							9
14	Salvatore Tavano	Ret	DNS	8	7	15	17	9	11	14	16	11	10	10	12	6	Ret	11	20	Ret	7	8
15	Alessandro Zanardi	8	9	9	10	20	16	12	9	21	17	12	7	Ret	16	13	Ret	Ret	14	7	6	8
16	Luca Rangoni	NC	17	14	8	18	Ret	7	7	10	Ret	14	Ret	13	14	Ret	9	24	9	8	10	6
17	Alessandro Balzan	14	12	12	13	14	10	13	Ret	13	10	15	11	11	10	10	6	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	3
18	Michele Bartyan	20	11	Ret	DNS	9	12	14	16	20	13	18	12	20	17	14	7	18	18	16	8	3
19	Carl Rosenblad	Ret	DNS	17	19	12	11	17	13	18	9	17	14	12	9	20	10	12	7	18	9	2
20	Stefano D'Aste	13	8	14	12	10	9	16	DNS	16	14	16	Ret	Ret	DNS	15	Ret					1
-	Duncan Huisman																	10	10			0
-	Simon Harrison	15	Ret	15	16	Ret	DNS	Ret	14	19	11	24	15	Ret	DNS	19	15	21	16	10	11	0
-	Jan Magnussen			11	Ret	19	18	10	12	15	Ret	19	Ret	17	18					12	DNS	0
-	Sandro Sardelli													23	Ret	18	14	Ret	15	11	DNS	0
-	Gianni Morbidelli	11	Ret																			0
-	Sebastian Grunert	18	18	Ret	DNS	Ret	14	Ret	DNS	17	Ret			22	Ret	16	13			14	13	0
-	Toni Rasmus Ruokonen	17	13	16	18	16	15	15	15	Ret	DNS	23	17	24	27					13	14	0
-	Roland Asch	21	14			13	13	Ret	DNS													0
-	Thomas Klenke			13	14													20	Ret			0
-	Jason Watt											20	13									0
-	Paulien Zwart	16	15	18	17									Ret	DNS							0
-	Klaas Zwart					17	Ret			23	15	Ret	Ret									0
guest drivers ineligible for points
	Claudia Hürtgen													16	19			15	11
	Marc Hennerici													29	21			19	12
	Michael Funke													19	20			14	13
	Franz Engstler													21	Ret			13	19
	Thomas Winkelhock													15	15			16	17
	Diego Romanini													27	24			22	Ret
	Patrick Bernhardt													26	25			23	DNS
	Stefan Kissling													25	23
	Rainer Bastuck													28	26
Pos	Driver	MON		VAL		MAG		HOC		BRN		DON		SPA		IMO		OSC		DUB		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)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap

Independents' Trophy[edit]

Pos	Driver	MON		VAL		MAG		HOC		BRN		DON		SPA		IMO		OSC		DUB		Pts
1	Tom Coronel	6	4	10	9	Ret	8	11	8	6	7	13	8	14	6	12	12	8	4			140
2	Salvatore Tavano	Ret	DNS	8	7	15	17	9	11	14	16	11	10	10	12	6	Ret	11	20	Ret	7	106
3	Alessandro Balzan	14	12	12	13	14	10	13	Ret	13	10	15	11	11	10	10	6	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	91
4	Luca Rangoni	NC	17	14	8	18	Ret	7	7	10	Ret	14	Ret	13	14	Ret	9	24	9	8	10	82
5	Michele Bartyan	20	11	Ret	DNS	9	12	14	16	20	13	18	12	20	17	14	7	18	18	16	8	76
6	Carl Rosenblad	Ret	DNS	17	19	12	11	17	13	18	9	17	14	12	9	20	10	12	7	18	9	76
7	Stefano D'Aste	13	8	14	12	10	9	16	DNS	16	14	16	Ret	Ret	DNS	15	Ret					58
8	Simon Harrison	15	Ret	15	16	Ret	DNS	Ret	14	19	11	24	15	Ret	DNS	19	15	21	16	10	11	45
9	Toni Rasmus Ruokonen	17	13	16	18	16	15	15	15	Ret	DNS	23	17	24	27					13	14	29
10	Sebastian Grunert	18	18	Ret	DNS	Ret	14	Ret	DNS	17	Ret			22	Ret	16	13			14	13	22
11	Sandro Sardelli													23	Ret	18	14	Ret	15	11	DNS	16
12	Roland Asch	21	14			13	13	Ret	DNS													11
13	Thomas Klenke			13	14													20	Ret			8
14	Paulien Zwart	16	15	18	17									Ret	DNS							7
15	Klaas Zwart					17	Ret			23	15	Ret	Ret									3
Pos	Driver	MON		VAL		MAG		HOC		BRN		DON		SPA		IMO		OSC		DUB		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)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap

Point system: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for top eight finishers.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

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