2003 European Touring Car Championship

The 2003 FIA European Touring Car Championship was the second European Touring Car Championship season.

2003 European Touring Car Championship
Previous: 2002 Next: 2004

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

Nicola Larini -Alfa Romeo 156 GTA in Donington Park

Teams and drivers
Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320i 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi All
2 Antonio García All
33 Alessandro Zanardi * 10
GTA Racing Team Nordauto Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 3 Nicola Larini All
4 Gabriele Tarquini All
5 Roberto Colciago All
6 Sebastian Stahl 8
56 James Thompson 9–10
66 Giancarlo Fisichella 10
SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra 9 Jordi Gené All
10 Frank Diefenbacher All
30 Yvan Muller 9–10
BMW Team Great Britain BMW 320i 11 Andy Priaulx All
PRO Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R 12 André Couto I All
14 Jordi Palomeras I 1
Miguel Ramos I 2, 4
Salvatore Tavano I 5–6
19 Tomas Engström I 7–10
Clever Cats Team Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 15 Fabio Francia I All
16 Paolo Ruberti I All
Flash Engineering Volvo S60 18 Jan Nilsson I 1
Carly Motors BMW 320i 20 Tom Coronel I 1-3, 5-10
21 Duncan Huisman I All
22 Donald Molenaar I 4
Scuderia Bigazzi Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 24 Alessandro Balzan I All
25 Éric Cayrolle I 1-6
26 Mattias Andersson I 7
Reinhard Huber I 8
Adriano de Micheli * 10
Podium Racing SEAT Toledo Cupra 27 Johan Stureson 7
28 Niklas Karlsson 7
Team Schnitzer BMW 320i 42 Jörg Müller All
43 Dirk Müller All
ART Engineering Volvo S60 60 Rickard Rydell I 1-9
61 Sandro Sardelli I All
Icon Class
I Independents' Championship
* Guest drivers ineligible for points

Results and standings

Races
Race Race Name Date Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning independent
1 Circuit de Catalunya 6 April Gabriele Tarquini Antonio Garcia Gabriele Tarquini GTA Racing Team Nordauto Tom Coronel
2 Dirk Müller Dirk Müller Team Schnitzer Tom Coronel
3 Magny-Cours 27 April Nicola Larini Jörg Müller Jörg Müller Team Schnitzer Duncan Huisman
4 Jörg Müller Jörg Müller Team Schnitzer Duncan Huisman
5 Pergusa 11 May Roberto Colciago Gabriele Tarquini Roberto Colciago GTA Racing Team Nordauto Fabio Francia
6 Roberto Colciago Gabriele Tarquini GTA Racing Team Nordauto Alessandro Balzan
7 Brno 25 May Antonio Garcia Dirk Müller Dirk Müller Team Schnitzer Duncan Huisman
8 Dirk Müller Andy Priaulx BMW Team Great Britain Rickard Rydell
9 Donington Park 29 June Nicola Larini Gabriele Tarquini Gabriele Tarquini GTA Racing Team Nordauto Rickard Rydell
10 Jörg Müller Jörg Müller Team Schnitzer Duncan Huisman
11 Spa-Francorchamps 26 July Andy Priaulx Andy Priaulx Gabriele Tarquini GTA Racing Team Nordauto Duncan Huisman
12 Dirk Müller Andy Priaulx BMW Team Great Britain Duncan Huisman
13 Anderstorp 7 September Nicola Larini Roberto Colciago Roberto Colciago GTA Racing Team Nordauto Duncan Huisman
14 Nicola Larini Nicola Larini GTA Racing Team Nordauto Rickard Rydell
15 Oschersleben 21 September Jörg Müller Gabriele Tarquini Jörg Müller Team Schnitzer Tom Coronel
16 Gabriele Tarquini Andy Priaulx BMW Team Great Britain Duncan Huisman
17 Estoril 5 October Nicola Larini Dirk Müller Gabriele Tarquini GTA Racing Team Nordauto Duncan Huisman
18 Nicola Larini Gabriele Tarquini GTA Racing Team Nordauto Duncan Huisman
19 Monza 19 October Jörg Müller Andy Priaulx James Thompson GTA Racing Team Nordauto Tom Coronel
20 Jörg Müller Jörg Müller Team Schnitzer Tom Coronel

Standings

Drivers' Championship
Points system
 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th 
10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos Driver BAR
 MAG
 PER
 BRN
 DON
 SPA
 AND
 OSC
 EST
 MON
 Pts
1 Gabriele Tarquini 1 4 4 Ret 3 1 6 4 1 17 1 14 Ret DNS 2 5 1 1 4 3 107
2 Jörg Müller 4 2 1 1 6 Ret DSQ 16† 4 1 3 4 4 4 1 4 4 5 11† 1 106
3 Andy Priaulx 6 3 3 Ret 4 4 4 1 15 5 6 1 8 2 3 1 7 4 2 6 100
4 Nicola Larini 7 6 2 2 7 5 13 5 2 4 4 2 6 1 17† 8 2 2 10† 4 92
5 Dirk Müller 5 1 11 Ret 2 Ret 1 3 3 16 2 3 3 Ret 9 Ret 13 7 Ret DNS 66
6 Roberto Colciago 9 11 5 5 1 2 8 6 6 11 8 5 1 Ret 5 6 3 3 DSQ 12† 66
7 Duncan Huisman 19† DNS 6 3 13 9 5 Ret 8 2 7 6 5 7 11 7 5 6 5 Ret 47
8 Antonio Garcia 3 7 14 8 9 7 2 7 Ret DNS 17† 12 2 5 4 2 19† DNS Ret DNS 46
9 Fabrizio Giovanardi 2 5 Ret 7 10 10 3 2 11 18† 5 16† 10 6 8 Ret 10 12 6 5 43
10 Tom Coronel 8 8 7 4 11 8 Ret 10 12 8 11 10 7 12 11 Ret 3 2 27
11 Rickard Rydell 18† 10 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret 9 5 3 11 Ret 7 3 12 13 Ret DNS 18
12 James Thompson 8 8 1 Ret 12
13 Paolo Ruberti Ret 13 8 Ret 12 6 12 11 7 8 9 7 9 Ret Ret DNS 6 16 NC Ret 12
14 Alessandro Balzan 10 12 Ret Ret 8 3 7 Ret 16† 15 14 10 13 8 15 10 9 11 Ret 11 10
15 Frank Diefenbacher 12 Ret 12 10 Ret 11† 10 10 13 9 Ret 13 15 12 6 3 15 13 Ret Ret 9
16 Fabio Francia 11 9 10 9 5 Ret 11 13 Ret DNS 10 9 18 11 14 9 16 10 Ret 9 4
17 Jordi Gené 13 16† 9 6 Ret 12† 9 8 10 12 13 11 21 13 10 14 14 14 NC 10 4
18 Andre Couto Ret DNS 15 Ret Ret Ret 15 15 12 6 18† 15 12 14 16 15† 20 Ret Ret DNS 3
19 Salvatore Tavano 9 7 16 Ret 2
20 Tomas Engström 14 9 13 11 12 9 8 Ret 1
21 Sandro Sardelli 17 15 13 Ret 15† DNS Ret DNS Ret 13 15 Ret 20 Ret 18† DNS 18† 15 9 Ret 0
22 Éric Cayrolle 14 14 NC Ret Ret DNS 14 12 14 14 Ret DNS 0
23 Donald Molenaar Ret 14 0
24 Mattias Andersson 17 15 0
25 Jordi Palomeras Ventós 15 Ret 0
26 Jan Nilsson 16 Ret 0
27 Johan Stureson 16 16† 0
28 Niklas Karlsson 19 17† 0
29 Yvan Muller 17† DNS Ret Ret 0
30 Reinhard Huber 19† DNS 0
- Miguel Ramos DNS DNS Ret DNS 0
- Sebastian Stahl Ret DNS 0
- Giancarlo Fisichella DNS DNS 0
Guest drivers ineligible for points.
Adriano de Micheli 7 8 0
Alessandro Zanardi Ret 7 0
Pos Driver VAL
 MAG
 PER
 BRN
 DON
 SPA
 AND
 OSC
 EST
 MON
 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

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