13th FAI World Rally Flying Championship

13th FAI World Rally Flying Championship took place between 26 July – 3 August 2003 in Rustenburg in South Africa.

There were 51 crews from 14 countries: South Africa (7), Poland (4), France (4), Czech Republic (4), Austria (6), United Kingdom (6), Germany (6), Russia (3), Spain (3), Chile (3), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Cyprus (1), Portugal (1).

Contest edit

First navigation competition:

  1. Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk   ZAF - 324 penal points
  2. Philippe Odeon / Philippe Muller   FRA - 344 pts
  3. Krzysztof Wieczorek / Wacław Wieczorek   POL - 418 pts

Second navigation competition:

  1. Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk   ZAF - 166 pts
  2. Nathalie Strube / Patrick Sicard   FRA - 538 pts
  3. M. Lifshits / Dmitri Sukharev   RUS - 576 pts

Third navigation competition:

  1. Jiří Filip / Michal Filip   CZE - 168 pts
  2. Janusz Darocha / Zbigniew Chrząszcz   POL - 188 pts
  3. Adrian Pilling / Renier Moolman   ZAF - 188 pts

Results edit

Individual edit

Pilot / navigator; country; penal points for observation + navigation + landings

1. Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk   ZAF 350 + 192 + 210 = 752
2. Janusz Darocha / Zbigniew Chrząszcz   POL 575 + 580 + 250 = 1405
3. Nathalie Strube / Patrick Sicard   FRA 900 + 356 + 200 = 1456
4. Joël Tremblet / Jose Bertanier   FRA 550 + 738 + 360 = 1648
5. Jiří Filip / Michal Filip   CZE 650 + 806 + 210 = 1666
6. Petr Opat / Václav Pojer   CZE 1200 + 416 + 150 = 1766
7. Hubert Huber / Johannes Cserveny   AUT 800 + 788 + 200 = 1788
8. Michał Bartler / Michał Wieczorek   POL 775 + 856 + 180 = 1811
9. Adrian Pilling / Renier Moolman   ZAF 1050 + 672 + 120 = 1842
10. Michel Frere / Frédérick Saquet   FRA 850 + 868 + 240 = 1958

Team edit

Counted two best crews (number of penal points):

  1.   ZAF - 2594
  2.   FRA - 3104
  3.   POL - 3216
  4.   CZE - 3432
  5.   AUT - 5466
  6.   GBR - 5954
  7.   ESP - 6244
  8.   DEU - 6706
  9.   CHL - 8791
  10.   RUS - 11097
  11.   GRC - 20414

Trivia edit

It was the first FAI World Rally Flying Championship since the 5th FAI World Rally Flying Championship in 1986, not won by the Poles.

External links edit