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2003 Rally of Turkey

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2003 Rally of Turkey
4th Rally of Turkey
Round 3 of the 2003 World Rally Championship season
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Host country Turkey
Rally baseKemer
Dates runFebruary 27, 2003 – March 2, 2003
Stages18 (337.88 km; 209.95 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance1,193.85 km (741.82 miles)
Statistics
Crews60 at start, 26 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerSpain Carlos Sainz
Spain Marc Martí
France Citroën Total WRT
Citroën Xsara WRC

The 2003 Rally of Turkey (formally the 4th Rally of Turkey) was the third round of the 2003 World Rally Championship. The race was held over four days between 27 February and 2 March 2003, and was based in Kemer, Turkey. Citroen's Carlos Sainz won the race, his 25th win in the World Rally Championship.[1]

Background

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Entry list

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No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre
World Rally Championship manufacturer entries
1 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC M
2 United Kingdom Richard Burns United Kingdom Robert Reid France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC M
3 Finland Harri Rovanperä Finland Risto Pietiläinen France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC M
4 Estonia Markko Märtin United Kingdom Michael Park United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 M
5 Belgium François Duval Belgium Stéphane Prévot United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 M
6 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Finland Jarmo Lehtinen United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 M
7 Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Phil Mills Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 P
8 Finland Tommi Mäkinen Finland Kaj Lindström Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 P
10 Germany Armin Schwarz Germany Manfred Hiemer South Korea Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 M
11 Belgium Freddy Loix Belgium Sven Smeets South Korea Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 M
14 France Didier Auriol France Denis Giraudet Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 M
15 Finland Toni Gardemeister Finland Paavo Lukander Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 M
17 United Kingdom Colin McRae United Kingdom Derek Ringer France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC M
18 France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC M
19 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Marc Martí France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC M
World Rally Championship entries
21 France Gilles Panizzi France Hervé Panizzi France Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC M
22 Finland Juuso Pykälistö Finland Esko Mertsalmi France Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC M
24 Hungary Balázs Benik Hungary Bence Rácz Hungary Balázs Benik Ford Focus RS WRC '02
32 Turkey Serkan Yazici Turkey Can Okan Turkey Ford Hazirkart Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '01
103 United Kingdom Alistair Ginley Republic of Ireland Rory Kennedy United Kingdom Alistair Ginley Ford Focus RS WRC '01 P
104 Hungary Rajmund Fülöp Hungary Gábor Major Hungary Rajmund Fülöp Toyota Corolla WRC
113 Turkey Emin Ali Sipahi Turkey Alp Berker Turkey Emin Ali Sipahi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII P
JWRC entries
51 San Marino Mirco Baldacci Italy Giovanni Bernacchini Italy Purity Auto Fiat Punto S1600 M
52 Sweden Daniel Carlsson Sweden Matthias Andersson Japan Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 M
54 Finland Kosti Katajamäki Finland Miikka Anttila Germany Volkswagen Racing Volkswagen Polo S1600 M
55 Norway Martin Stenshorne United Kingdom Clive Jenkins United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Puma S1600 M
57 Bulgaria Dimitar Iliev Bulgaria Petar Sivov Italy Auto Sport Italia Peugeot 206 S1600 M
58 Argentina Marcos Ligato Argentina Rubén Garcia Italy Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 M
59 Austria Beppo Harrach Germany Michael Kölbach Italy Astra Racing Ford Puma S1600 M
61 France Brice Tirabassi France Jacques-Julien Renucci France Renault Sport Renault Clio S1600 M
62 Sweden Oscar Svedlund Sweden Björn Nilsson Germany Volkswagen Racing Volkswagen Polo S1600 M
63 Italy Massimo Ceccato Italy Mitia Dotta Italy Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 M
64 Finland Ville-Pertti Teuronen Finland Harri Kaapro Japan Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 M
65 Lebanon Abdo Feghali Lebanon Joseph Matar Italy Astra Racing Ford Puma S1600 M
66 France Sébastien Ceccone France Julien Giroux France Citroën Total Citroën Saxo S1600 M
67 San Marino Alessandro Broccoli Italy Simona Girelli San Marino Sab Motorsport Opel Corsa S1600 M
68 Croatia Juraj Šebalj Croatia Toni Klinc Croatia Renault Croatia Renault Clio S1600 M
69 Spain Salvador Cañellas Jr. Spain Xavier Amigó Japan Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 M
70 United Kingdom Guy Wilks United Kingdom Phil Pugh United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Puma S1600 M
71 Estonia Urmo Aava Estonia Kuldar Sikk Japan Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 M
73 Bulgaria Krum Donchev Bulgaria Ruman Manolov Italy Auto Sport Italia Opel Corsa S1600 M
74 United Kingdom Kris Meeke United Kingdom Chris Patterson Germany Opel Motorsport Opel Corsa S1600 M
76 Italy Luca Cecchettini Italy Nicola Arena Italy Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 M
78 Germany Vladan Vasiljevic Germany Sebastian Geipel Germany Volkswagen Racing Volkswagen Polo S1600 M
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Itinerary

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

Date Time No. Stage name Distance
Leg 1 — 95.35 km
27 February 19:00 SS1 Efes Pilsen SSS 1.55 km
28 February 09:01 SS2 Simena 1 2.73 km
09:39 SS3 Phaselis 1 16.42 km
10:27 SS4 Silyon 1 29.87 km
13:45 SS5 Perge 1 14.91 km
14:48 SS6 Silyon 2 29.87 km
Leg 2 — 158.59 km
1 March 07:11 SS7 Olympos 1 20.44 km
07:54 SS8 Kumluca 1 28.92 km
11:02 SS9 Phaselis 2 15.48 km
11:55 SS10 Myra 1 24.10 km
12:58 SS11 Kemer 1 20.29 km
15:01 SS12 Olympos 2 20.44 km
15:44 SS13 Kumluca 2 28.92 km
Leg 3 — 84.30 km
2 March 08:01 SS14 Simena 2 2.73 km
08:49 SS15 Myra 2 24.10 km
09:32 SS16 Arykanda 12.00 km
13:00 SS17 Perge 2 24.97 km
14:13 SS18 Kemer 2 20.50 km

Results

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Overall

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Pos. No. Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Difference Points
1 19 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Marc Martí France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:32:14.1 10
2 2 United Kingdom Richard Burns United Kingdom Robert Reid France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:33:02.0 +47.9 8
3 5 Belgium François Duval Belgium Stéphane Prévot United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:34:00.6 +1:46.5 6
4 17 United Kingdom Colin McRae United Kingdom Derek Ringer France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:34:23.2 +2:09.1 5
5 21 France Gilles Panizzi France Hervé Panizzi France Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC 4:34:55.7 +2:41.6 4
6 4 Estonia Markko Märtin United Kingdom Michael Park United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:35:39.0 +3:24.9 3
7 15 Finland Toni Gardemeister Finland Paavo Lukander Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 4:37:27.1 +5:13.0 2
8 8 Finland Tommi Mäkinen Finland Kaj Lindström Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 4:39:32.7 +7:18.6 1

World Rally Cars

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Classification

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Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
1 1 19 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Marc Martí France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:32:14.1 10
2 2 2 United Kingdom Richard Burns United Kingdom Robert Reid France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:33:02.0 +47.9 8
3 3 5 Belgium François Duval Belgium Stéphane Prévot United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:34:00.6 +1:46.5 6
4 4 17 United Kingdom Colin McRae United Kingdom Derek Ringer France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:34:23.2 +2:09.1 5
6 5 4 Estonia Markko Märtin United Kingdom Michael Park United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:35:39.0 +3:24.9 3
7 6 15 Finland Toni Gardemeister Finland Paavo Lukander Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 4:37:27.1 +5:13.0 2
8 7 8 Finland Tommi Mäkinen Finland Kaj Lindström Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 4:39:32.7 +7:18.6 1
9 8 1 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:43:06.3 +10:52.2 0
10 9 11 Belgium Freddy Loix Belgium Sven Smeets South Korea Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 4:43:54.5 +11:40.4 0
Retired SS13 3 Finland Harri Rovanperä Finland Risto Pietiläinen France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC Rear axle-shaft 0
Retired SS7 10 Germany Armin Schwarz Germany Manfred Hiemer South Korea Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 Suspension 0
Retired SS7 14 France Didier Auriol France Denis Giraudet Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 Engine 0
Retired SS4 6 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Finland Jarmo Lehtinen United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 Suspension 0
Retired SS4 7 Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Phil Mills Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 Steering 0
Retired SS4 18 France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC No fuel 0

Special stages

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Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (27 Feb) SS1 Efes Pilsen SSS 1.55 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 1:12.1 Finland Marcus Grönholm
Leg 1 (28 Feb) SS2 Simena 1 2.73 km Finland Harri Rovanperä
Norway Petter Solberg
Peugeot 206 WRC
Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03
1:52.7 Norway Petter Solberg
SS3 Phaselis 1 16.42 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 12:28.6
SS4 Silyon 1 29.87 km Finland Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 206 WRC 23:51.8 Finland Harri Rovanperä
SS5 Perge 1 14.91 km Estonia Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '02 11:50.5
SS6 Silyon 2 29.87 km Finland Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 206 WRC 23:19.1
Leg 2 (1 Mar) SS7 Olympos 1 20.44 km Finland Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 206 WRC 16:45.1
SS8 Kumluca 1 28.92 km Spain Carlos Sainz Citroën Xsara WRC 24:47.0
SS9 Phaselis 2 15.48 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 11:51.4
SS10 Myra 1 24.10 km Spain Carlos Sainz Citroën Xsara WRC 21:45.4 Spain Carlos Sainz
SS11 Kemer 1 20.29 km United Kingdom Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 15:06.8
SS12 Olympos 2 20.44 km Estonia Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '02 16:29.6
SS13 Kumluca 2 28.92 km Spain Carlos Sainz Citroën Xsara WRC 24:27.1
Leg 3 (2 Mar) SS14 Simena 2 2.73 km United Kingdom Colin McRae Citroën Xsara WRC 1:51.3
SS15 Myra 2 24.10 km United Kingdom Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 21:20.7
SS16 Arykanda 12.00 km Belgium François Duval Ford Focus RS WRC '02 8:13.4
SS17 Perge 2 24.97 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 18:13.8
SS18 Kemer 2 20.50 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 14:46.5

Championship standings

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Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points Move Manufacturer Points
1 3 United Kingdom Richard Burns 18 3 United Kingdom Robert Reid 18 France Citroën Total WRT 39
2 United Kingdom Colin McRae 17 United Kingdom Derek Ringer 17 France Marlboro Peugeot Total 31
3 4 Spain Carlos Sainz 16 4 Spain Marc Martí 16 United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 25
4 1 Estonia Markko Märtin 13 1 United Kingdom Michael Park 13 Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team 13
5 4 France Sébastien Loeb 12 4 Monaco Daniel Elena 12 1 Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport 6

Junior World Rally Championship

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Classification

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Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
17 1 54 Finland Kosti Katajamäki Finland Miikka Anttila Germany Volkswagen Racing Volkswagen Polo S1600 5:08:56.6 10
18 2 69 Spain Salvador Cañellas Jr. Spain Xavier Amigó Japan Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 5:14:01.4 +5:04.8 8
19 3 70 United Kingdom Guy Wilks United Kingdom Phil Pugh United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Puma S1600 5:18:05.1 +9:08.5 6
20 4 64 Finland Ville-Pertti Teuronen Finland Harri Kaapro Japan Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 5:22:19.2 +13:22.6 5
21 5 76 Italy Luca Cecchettini Italy Nicola Arena Italy Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 5:38:05.6 +29:09.0 4
22 6 65 Lebanon Abdo Feghali Lebanon Joseph Matar Italy Astra Racing Ford Puma S1600 5:50:18.0 +41:21.4 3
23 7 57 Bulgaria Dimitar Iliev Bulgaria Petar Sivov Italy Auto Sport Italia Peugeot 206 S1600 6:06:39.4 +57:42.8 2
Retired SS15 52 Sweden Daniel Carlsson Sweden Matthias Andersson Japan Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 Suspension 0
Retired SS12 58 Argentina Marcos Ligato Argentina Rubén Garcia Italy Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 Gearbox 0
Retired SS12 63 Italy Massimo Ceccato Italy Mitia Dotta Italy Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 Transmission 0
Retired SS12 67 San Marino Alessandro Broccoli Italy Simona Girelli San Marino Sab Motorsport Opel Corsa S1600 Suspension 0
Retired SS9 66 France Sébastien Ceccone France Julien Giroux France Citroën Total Citroën Saxo S1600 Gearbox 0
Retired SS8 68 Croatia Juraj Šebalj Croatia Toni Klinc Croatia Renault Croatia Renault Clio S1600 Suspension 0
Retired SS7 55 Norway Martin Stenshorne United Kingdom Clive Jenkins United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Puma S1600 Codriver ill 0
Retired SS6 74 United Kingdom Kris Meeke United Kingdom Chris Patterson Germany Opel Motorsport Opel Corsa S1600 Lost wheel 0
Retired SS5 71 Estonia Urmo Aava Estonia Kuldar Sikk Japan Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 Suspension 0
Retired SS4 51 San Marino Mirco Baldacci Italy Giovanni Bernacchini Italy Purity Auto Fiat Punto S1600 Suspension 0
Retired SS4 59 Austria Beppo Harrach Germany Michael Kölbach Italy Astra Racing Ford Puma S1600 Oil leak 0
Retired SS3 61 France Brice Tirabassi France Jacques-Julien Renucci France Renault Sport Renault Clio S1600 Accident 0
Retired SS3 62 Sweden Oscar Svedlund Sweden Björn Nilsson Germany Volkswagen Racing Volkswagen Polo S1600 Steering 0
Retired SS3 73 Bulgaria Krum Donchev Bulgaria Ruman Manolov Italy Auto Sport Italia Opel Corsa S1600 Suspension 0
Retired SS1 78 Germany Vladan Vasiljevic Germany Sebastian Geipel Germany Volkswagen Racing Volkswagen Polo S1600 Engine 0

Special stages

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Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (27 Feb) SS1 Efes Pilsen SSS 1.55 km France Brice Tirabassi Renault Clio S1600 1:22.8 France Brice Tirabassi
Leg 1 (28 Feb) SS2 Simena 1 2.73 km Sweden Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 2:07.3 Sweden Daniel Carlsson
SS3 Phaselis 1 16.42 km Sweden Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 14:07.1
SS4 Silyon 1 29.87 km Sweden Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 26:23.8
SS5 Perge 1 14.91 km Sweden Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 12:44.0
SS6 Silyon 2 29.87 km Argentina Marcos Ligato Fiat Punto S1600 26:25.3
Leg 2 (1 Mar) SS7 Olympos 1 20.44 km Argentina Marcos Ligato Fiat Punto S1600 19:09.4
SS8 Kumluca 1 28.92 km Finland Ville-Pertti Teuronen Suzuki Ignis S1600 27:35.9
SS9 Phaselis 2 15.48 km Sweden Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 13:29.4
SS10 Myra 1 24.10 km Sweden Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 24:16.0
SS11 Kemer 1 20.29 km Sweden Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 16:41.2
SS12 Olympos 2 20.44 km Finland Ville-Pertti Teuronen Suzuki Ignis S1600 18:34.9
SS13 Kumluca 2 28.92 km Finland Ville-Pertti Teuronen Suzuki Ignis S1600 27:39.7 Finland Kosti Katajamäki
Leg 3 (2 Mar) SS14 Simena 2 2.73 km Sweden Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 2:05.9
SS15 Myra 2 24.10 km Finland Kosti Katajamäki Volkswagen Polo S1600 23:50.5
SS16 Arykanda 12.00 km United Kingdom Guy Wilks Ford Puma S1600 9:19.3
SS17 Perge 2 24.97 km Finland Kosti Katajamäki Volkswagen Polo S1600 20:55.0
SS18 Kemer 2 20.50 km Finland Kosti Katajamäki Volkswagen Polo S1600 17:24.2

Championship standings

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Pos. Drivers' championships
Move Driver Points
1 France Brice Tirabassi 10
2 New entry Finland Kosti Katajamäki 10
3 1 Argentina Marcos Ligato 8
4 New entry Spain Salvador Cañellas Jr. 8
5 2 San Marino Alessandro Broccoli 6

References

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  1. ^ "Rally of Turkey". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  2. ^ "Rally of Turkey 2003 Entry List". Retrieved 2 November 2021.
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