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 TeamCarNo.DriversRoundsClass BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320i 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi All 2 Antonio García All 33 Alessandro Zanardi 10 * BMW Team Great Britain 11 Andy Priaulx All BMW Team Deutschland 42 Jörg Müller All 43 Dirk Müller All 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 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 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

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

Championship standings Points system  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th 108654321

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 PtsBold - 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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