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2003 European Touring Car Championship

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

2003 champion Gabriele Tarquini
Second in the championship, Jörg Müller
Third in the championship, Andy Priaulx

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

Teams and drivers

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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
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
28   Niklas Karlsson 7
  Team Schnitzer BMW 320i 42   Jörg Müller All
43   Dirk Müller All
  ART Engineering Volvo S60 60   Rickard Rydell 1–9 I
61   Sandro Sardelli All I
Icon Class
I Independents' Championship
* Guest drivers ineligible for points

Results and standings

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Races

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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

Championship standings

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

Drivers' Championship

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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
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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

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