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2003 Tour de Corse

The 2003 Tour de Corse (formally the 47th Tour de Corse - Rallye de France) was the twelfth round of the 2003 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 17 October and 19 October 2003, and was based in Ajaccio, France. Subaru's Petter Solberg won the race, his 4th win in the World Rally Championship.[1]

2003 Tour de Corse
47th Tour de Corse - Rallye de France
Round 12 of the 2003 World Rally Championship season
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Host country France
Rally baseAjaccio
Dates runOctober 17, 2003 – October 19, 2003
Stages16 (397.40 km; 246.93 miles)
Stage surfaceAsphalt
Overall distance971.75 km (603.82 miles)
Statistics
Crews62 at start, 34 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerNorway Petter Solberg
United Kingdom Phil Mills
Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team
Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03

Background edit

Entry list edit

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   Alexandre Bengué   Caroline Escudero-Bengué   Alexandre Bengué Peugeot 206 WRC M
22   Antony Warmbold   Gemma Price   AW Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '02 M
23   Cédric Robert   Gérald Bedon   Equipe de France FFSA Peugeot 206 WRC M
32   Manfred Stohl   Ilka Minor   Stohl Racing Peugeot 206 WRC P
34   Benoît Rousselot   Gilles Mondésir   Benoît Rousselot Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 —
35   Alistair Ginley   Rory Kennedy   Alistair Ginley Ford Focus RS WRC '01 —
102   Armando Pereira   Mickaële Rouillon   Armando Pereira Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 M
103   Jean-Claude Torre   Patrick de la Foata   Jean-Claude Torre Peugeot 206 WRC M
104   Didier Cormoreche   René Belleville   Didier Cormoreche Peugeot 206 WRC M
105   José Micheli   Marie-Josée Cardi   José Micheli Toyota Corolla WRC M
106   Alain Vauthier   Erwin Mombaerts   Alain Vauthier Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '99 M
PWRC entries
52   Daniel Solà   Álex Romaní   Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII P
53   Ramón Ferreyros   Javier Marín   Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
54   Toshihiro Arai   Tony Sircombe   Subaru Production Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 P
55   Martin Rowe   Trevor Agnew   David Sutton Cars Ltd Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 P
59   Stefano Marrini   Tiziana Sandroni   Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
60   Niall McShea   Chris Patterson   Neil Allport Motorsports Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI M
61   Janusz Kulig   Maciej Szczepaniak   Mobil 1 Team Poland Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
64   Joakim Roman   Ragnar Spjuth   Milbrooks World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V —
65   Stig Blomqvist   Ana Goñi   David Sutton Cars Ltd Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 P
69   Bob Colsoul   Tom Colsoul   Guy Colsoul Rallysport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII M
70   Riccardo Errani   Stefano Casadio   Errani Team Group Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
74   Fabio Frisiero   Giovanni Agnese   Motoring Club Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
76   Patrick Richard   Ola Fløene   Subaru Rally Team Canada Subaru Impreza STI N9 P
77   Alfredo De Dominicis   Giovanni Bernacchini   Ralliart Italy Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
80   Ricardo Triviño   Jordi Barrabés   Triviño Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
Source:[2]

Itinerary edit

All dates and times are CEST (UTC+2).

Date Time No. Stage name Distance
Leg 1 — 95.30 km
17 October 10:11 SS1 Cargese — Paomia 1 14.64 km
10:44 SS2 Vico — Pont du Liamone 1 15.49 km
11:17 SS3 Golfe de la Liscia — Sarrola Carcopino 1 17.52 km
14:23 SS4 Cargese — Paomia 2 14.64 km
14:56 SS5 Vico — Pont du Liamone 2 15.49 km
15:29 SS6 Golfe de la Liscia — Sarrola Carcopino 2 17.52 km
Leg 2 — 190.00 km
18 October 08:33 SS7 Ampaza — Petreto 1 38.64 km
09:36 SS8 Pont de la Masina — Col St. Georges 1 15.42 km
11:29 SS9 Col de Carazzi — Bastelica 1 40.94 km
14:07 SS10 Ampaza — Petreto 2 38.64 km
15:10 SS11 Pont de la Masina — Col St. Georges 2 15.42 km
17:03 SS12 Col de Carazzi — Bastelica 2 40.94 km
Leg 3 — 112.10 km
19 October 08:12 SS13 Penitencier Coti Chiavari — Pietra Rossa 1 24.24 km
08:55 SS14 Pont de Calzola — Agosta 1 31.81 km
11:47 SS15 Penitencier Coti Chiavari — Pietra Rossa 2 24.24 km
12:30 SS16 Pont de Calzola — Agosta 2 31.81 km
Source:[3]

Results edit

Overall edit

Pos. No. Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Difference Points
1 7   Petter Solberg   Phil Mills   555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 4:20:15.3 10
2 19   Carlos Sainz   Marc Martí   Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:20:51.9 +36.6 8
3 5   François Duval   Stéphane Prévot   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 4:20:57.0 +41.7 6
4 1   Marcus Grönholm   Timo Rautiainen   Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:21:24.5 +1:09.2 5
5 17   Colin McRae   Derek Ringer   Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:21:41.3 +1:26.0 4
6 3   Gilles Panizzi   Hervé Panizzi   Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:22:14.0 +1:58.7 3
7 8   Tommi Mäkinen   Kaj Lindström   555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 4:22:41.1 +2:25.8 2
8 2   Richard Burns   Robert Reid   Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:22:52.0 +2:36.7 1

World Rally Cars edit

Classification edit

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
1 1 7   Petter Solberg   Phil Mills   555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 4:20:15.3 10
2 2 19   Carlos Sainz   Marc Martí   Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:20:51.9 +36.6 8
3 3 5   François Duval   Stéphane Prévot   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 4:20:57.0 +41.7 6
4 4 1   Marcus Grönholm   Timo Rautiainen   Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:21:24.5 +1:09.2 5
5 5 17   Colin McRae   Derek Ringer   Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:21:41.3 +1:26.0 4
6 6 3   Gilles Panizzi   Hervé Panizzi   Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:22:14.0 +1:58.7 3
7 7 8   Tommi Mäkinen   Kaj Lindström   555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 4:22:41.1 +2:25.8 2
8 8 2   Richard Burns   Robert Reid   Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:22:52.0 +2:36.7 1
9 9 20   Philippe Bugalski   Jean-Paul Chiaroni   Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:23:02.1 +2:46.8 0
10 10 6   Mikko Hirvonen   Jarmo Lehtinen   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:24:10.7 +3:55.4 0
11 11 15   Toni Gardemeister   Paavo Lukander   Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC 4:25:25.2 +5:09.9 0
13 12 18   Sébastien Loeb   Daniel Elena   Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:29:49.3 +9:34.0 0
Retired SS15 4   Markko Märtin   Michael Park   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 Accident 0
Retired SS1 14   Didier Auriol   Denis Giraudet   Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC Electrical 0

Special stages edit

Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (17 Oct) SS1 Cargese — Paomia 1 14.64 km   Carlos Sainz Citroën Xsara WRC 9:49.6   Carlos Sainz
SS2 Vico — Pont du Liamone 1 15.49 km   Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 10:04.6   Markko Märtin
SS3 Golfe de la Liscia — Sarrola Carcopino 1 17.52 km   Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '03 10:43.6
SS4 Cargese — Paomia 2 14.64 km   François Duval Ford Focus RS WRC '03 9:45.3   Sébastien Loeb
SS5 Vico — Pont du Liamone 2 15.49 km   Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '03 10:03.6
SS6 Golfe de la Liscia — Sarrola Carcopino 2 17.52 km   Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '03 10:43.2
Leg 2 (18 Oct) SS7 Ampaza — Petreto 1 38.64 km   Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '03 25:32.2
SS8 Pont de la Masina — Col St. Georges 1 15.42 km   Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC '02 10:31.5   François Duval
SS9 Col de Carazzi — Bastelica 1 40.94 km   Gilles Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 27:23.5
SS10 Ampaza — Petreto 2 38.64 km   Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 25:20.7
SS11 Pont de la Masina — Col St. Georges 2 15.42 km   Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 10:22.3
SS12 Col de Carazzi — Bastelica 2 40.94 km   Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 27:15.6   Petter Solberg
Leg 3 (19 Oct) SS13 Penitencier Coti Chiavari — Pietra Rossa 1 24.24 km   Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 15:19.0
SS14 Pont de Calzola — Agosta 1 31.81 km   Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 19:47.2
SS15 Penitencier Coti Chiavari — Pietra Rossa 2 24.24 km   Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 15:25.4
SS16 Pont de Calzola — Agosta 2 31.81 km   Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 19:56.4

Championship standings edit

Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points Move Manufacturer Points
1   2   Carlos Sainz 61   2   Marc Martí 61     Citroën Total WRT 137
2   2   Petter Solberg 58   2   Phil Mills 58     Marlboro Peugeot Total 129
3   2   Richard Burns 58   2   Robert Reid 58     555 Subaru World Rally Team 88
4   2   Sébastien Loeb 55   2   Daniel Elena 55     Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 78
5   1   Marcus Grönholm 43   1   Timo Rautiainen 43     Škoda Motorsport 21

Production World Rally Championship edit

Classification edit

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
16 1 60   Niall McShea   Chris Patterson   Neil Allport Motorsports Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4:49:47.8 10
17 2 54   Toshihiro Arai   Tony Sircombe   Subaru Production Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 4:50:45.4 +57.6 8
18 3 55   Martin Rowe   Trevor Agnew   David Sutton Cars Ltd Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 4:54:51.8 +5:04.0 6
19 4 61   Janusz Kulig   Maciej Szczepaniak   Mobil 1 Team Poland Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:55:46.2 +5:58.4 5
20 5 65   Stig Blomqvist   Ana Goñi   David Sutton Cars Ltd Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 4:55:51.4 +6:03.6 4
23 6 69   Bob Colsoul   Tom Colsoul   Guy Colsoul Rallysport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:57:57.3 +8:09.5 3
25 7 80   Ricardo Triviño   Jordi Barrabés   Triviño Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 5:07:13.9 +17:26.1 2
29 8 70   Riccardo Errani   Stefano Casadio   Errani Team Group Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 5:28:17.8 +38:30.0 1
32 9 64   Joakim Roman   Ragnar Spjuth   Milbrooks World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 5:41:35.0 +51:47.2 0
33 10 59   Stefano Marrini   Tiziana Sandroni   Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 5:41:50.3 +52:02.5 0
Retired SS15 52   Daniel Solà   Álex Romaní   Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Mechanical 0
Retired SS10 74   Fabio Frisiero   Giovanni Agnese   Motoring Club Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Accident 0
Retired SS9 76   Patrick Richard   Ola Fløene   Subaru Rally Team Canada Subaru Impreza STI N9 Mechanical 0
Retired SS4 77   Alfredo De Dominicis   Giovanni Bernacchini   Ralliart Italy Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Mechanical 0
Retired SS1 53   Ramón Ferreyros   Javier Marín   Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Mechanical 0

Special stages edit

Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (17 Oct) SS1 Cargese — Paomia 1 14.64 km   Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 10:35.8   Daniel Solà
SS2 Vico — Pont du Liamone 1 15.49 km   Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 10:58.3
SS3 Golfe de la Liscia — Sarrola Carcopino 1 17.52 km   Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 11:53.8
SS4 Cargese — Paomia 2 14.64 km   Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 10:34.6
SS5 Vico — Pont du Liamone 2 15.49 km   Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 10:54.0
SS6 Golfe de la Liscia — Sarrola Carcopino 2 17.52 km   Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 11:51.1
Leg 2 (18 Oct) SS7 Ampaza — Petreto 1 38.64 km   Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 28:02.5
SS8 Pont de la Masina — Col St. Georges 1 15.42 km   Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 11:52.1
SS9 Col de Carazzi — Bastelica 1 40.94 km   Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 30:01.1
SS10 Ampaza — Petreto 2 38.64 km   Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 27:44.8
SS11 Pont de la Masina — Col St. Georges 2 15.42 km   Niall McShea Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 11:36.6
SS12 Col de Carazzi — Bastelica 2 40.94 km   Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 30:08.4
Leg 3 (19 Oct) SS13 Penitencier Coti Chiavari — Pietra Rossa 1 24.24 km   Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 17:04.6   Niall McShea
SS14 Pont de Calzola — Agosta 1 31.81 km   Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 22:01.8
SS15 Penitencier Coti Chiavari — Pietra Rossa 2 24.24 km   Janusz Kulig Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 17:11.8
SS16 Pont de Calzola — Agosta 2 31.81 km   Janusz Kulig Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 22:13.6

Championship standings edit

  • Bold text indicates 2003 World Champions.
Pos. Drivers' championships
Move Driver Points
1     Martin Rowe 43
2     Toshihiro Arai 38
3   1   Stig Blomqvist 30
4   1   Karamjit Singh 30
5     Daniel Solà 22

References edit

  1. ^ "Tour de Corse". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  2. ^ "Tour de Corse 2003 Entry List". Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Tour de Corse 2003 Itinerary". Retrieved 19 November 2021.

External links edit

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