2003 European Touring Car Championship

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

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

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds	Class
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	All	I
		14	Jordi Palomeras	1	I
			Miguel Ramos	2, 4	I
			Salvatore Tavano	5–6	I
		19	Tomas Engström	7–10	I
Clever Cats Team	Alfa Romeo 156 GTA	15	Fabio Francia	All	I
Clever Cats Team	Alfa Romeo 156 GTA	16	Paolo Ruberti	All	I
Flash Engineering	Volvo S60	18	Jan Nilsson	1	I
Carly Motors	BMW 320i	20	Tom Coronel	1–3, 5–10	I
		21	Duncan Huisman	All	I
		22	Donald Molenaar	4	I
Scuderia Bigazzi	Alfa Romeo 156 GTA	24	Alessandro Balzan	All	I
		25	Éric Cayrolle	1–6	I
		26	Mattias Andersson	7	I
			Reinhard Huber	8	I
			Adriano de Micheli	10	*
Podium Racing	SEAT Toledo Cupra	27	Johan Stureson	7
Podium Racing	SEAT Toledo Cupra	28	Niklas Karlsson	7
Team Schnitzer	BMW 320i	42	Jörg Müller	All
Team Schnitzer	BMW 320i	43	Dirk Müller	All
ART Engineering	Volvo S60	60	Rickard Rydell	1–9	I
ART Engineering	Volvo S60	61	Sandro Sardelli	All	I

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	Circuit de Catalunya	6 April		Dirk Müller	Dirk Müller	Team Schnitzer	Tom Coronel
3	Magny-Cours	27 April	Nicola Larini	Jörg Müller	Jörg Müller	Team Schnitzer	Duncan Huisman
4	Magny-Cours	27 April		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	Pergusa	11 May		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	Brno	25 May		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	Donington Park	29 June		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	Spa-Francorchamps	26 July		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	Anderstorp	7 September		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	Oschersleben	21 September		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	Estoril	5 October		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	Monza	19 October		Jörg Müller	Jörg Müller	Team Schnitzer	Tom Coronel

Championship standings

Points system
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Championship

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

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

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

References

External links

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