2003 Monte Carlo Rally

The 2003 Monte Carlo Rally (formally the 71st Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo) was the first round of the 2003 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 24 and 26 January 2003, and was won by Citroën's Sébastien Loeb, his 2nd win in the World Rally Championship.

Background Entry list No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant CarTyre World Rally Championship manufacturer entries 1 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 2 Richard Burns Robert Reid Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3 Gilles Panizzi Hervé Panizzi Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4 Markko Märtin Michael Park Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 5 François Duval Jean-Marc Fortin Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 6 Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 7 Petter Solberg Phil Mills 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 8 Tommi Mäkinen Kaj Lindström 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 10 Armin Schwarz Manfred Hiemer Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 11 Freddy Loix Sven Smeets Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 14 Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 15 Toni Gardemeister Paavo Lukander Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 17 Colin McRae Derek Ringer Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 18 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 19 Carlos Sainz Marc Martí Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC World Rally Championship entries 20 Cédric Robert Gérald Bedon Equipe de France FFSA Peugeot 206 WRC 21 Antony Warmbold Gemma Price AW Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '02 22 Roman Kresta Jan Tománek Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC 23 Eamonn Boland Francis Regan Eamonn Boland Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '99 101 Olivier Burri Christophe Hofmann Olivier Burri Toyota Corolla WRC 102 Riccardo Errani Stefano Casadio Riccardo Errani Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 103 Philippe Roux Paul Corthay Philppe Roux Ford Focus RS WRC'01 104 Gergely Szabó Zoltán Köhler Gergely Szabó Toyota Corolla WRC 105 Serge Bernardin Frédéric Deziré Serge Bernardin Peugeot 206 WRC JWRC entries 51 Mirco Baldacci Giovanni Bernacchini Purity Auto Fiat Punto S1600 52 Daniel Carlsson Matthias Andersson Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 54 Kosti Katajamäki Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Racing Volkswagen Polo S1600 55 Martin Stenshorne Clive Jenkins Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Puma S1600 57 Dimitar Iliev Petar Sivov Auto Sport Italia Peugeot 206 S1600 58 Marcos Ligato Rubén García Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 59 Beppo Harrach Michael Kölbach Astra Racing Ford Puma S1600 61 Brice Tirabassi Jacques-Julien Renucci Renault Sport Renault Clio S1600 62 Oscar Svedlund Björn Nilsson Volkswagen Racing Volkswagen Polo S1600 63 Massimo Ceccato Mitia Dotta Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 64 Ville-Pertti Teuronen Harri Kaapro Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 65 Abdo Feghali Joseph Matar Astra Racing Ford Puma S1600 66 Sébastien Ceccone Julien Giroux Citroën Total Citroën Saxo S1600 67 Alessandro Broccoli Simona Girelli Sab Motorsport Opel Corsa S1600 68 Juraj Šebalj Toni Klinc Renault Croatia Renault Clio S1600 69 Salvador Cañellas Jr. Xavier Amigó Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 70 Guy Wilks Phil Pugh Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Puma S1600 71 Urmo Aava Kuldar Sikk Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 73 Krum Donchev Ruman Manolov Auto Sport Italia Opel Corsa S1600 74 Kris Meeke Chris Patterson Opel Motorsport Opel Corsa S1600 76 Luca Cecchettini Nicola Arena Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 78 Vladan Vasiljevic Sebastian Geipel Volkswagen Racing Volkswagen Polo S1600 Source:

Itinerary All dates and times are CET (UTC+1). Date Time No. Stage name Distance Leg 1 — 196.30 km 24 January 07:48 SS1 Prunières — Embrun 1 28.36 km 09:21 SS2 Selonnet — Bréziers 1 22.52 km 11:24 SS3 Prunières — Embrun 2 28.36 km 12:57 SS4 Selonnet — Bréziers 2 22.52 km 14:30 SS5 Plan de Vitrolles — Faye 1 47.27 km 17:09 SS6 Plan de Vitrolles — Faye 2 47.27 km Leg 2 — 114.52 km 25 January 08:33 SS7 Les 4 Chemins — Sigale 1 32.11 km 09:31 SS8 St Antonin — Tourette du Château 1 25.15 km 13:19 SS9 Les 4 Chemins — Sigale 2 32.11 km 14:17 SS10 St Antonin — Tourette du Château 2 25.15 km Leg 3 — 104.20 km 26 January 09:15 SS11 Sospel — Turini — La Bollène 1 32.58 km 10:08 SS12 Lantosque — Lucéram 1 19.52 km 12:35 SS13 Sospel — Turini — La Bollène 2 32.58 km 13:28 SS14 Lantosque — Lucéram 2 19.52 km Source:

Report Overall Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Points 1 18 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:29:11.4 10 2 17 Colin McRae Derek Ringer Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:29:49.5 +38.18 3 19 Carlos Sainz Marc Martí Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:30:03.6 +52.26 4 4 Markko Märtin Michael Park Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:30:06.9 +55.55 5 2 Richard Burns Robert Reid Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:32:27.9 +3:16.54 6 20 Cédric Robert Gérald Bedon Equipe de France FFSA Peugeot 206 WRC 4:34:28.1 +5:16.73 7 5 François Duval Jean-Marc Fortin Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:34:28.5 +5:17.12 8 10 Armin Schwarz Manfred Hiemer Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 4:35:53.7 +6:42.31

World Rally Cars Classification Position Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Points Event Class 1 1 18 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:29:11.4 10 2 2 17 Colin McRae Derek Ringer Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:29:49.5 +38.18 3 3 19 Carlos Sainz Marc Martí Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:30:03.6 +52.26 4 4 4 Markko Märtin Michael Park Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:30:06.9 +55.55 5 5 2 Richard Burns Robert Reid Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:32:27.9 +3:16.54 7 6 5 François Duval Jean-Marc Fortin Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:34:28.5 +5:17.12 8 7 10 Armin Schwarz Manfred Hiemer Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 4:35:53.7 +6:42.3 1 9 8 14 Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 4:36:25.2 +7:13.8 0 13 9 1 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 5:02:43.2 +33:31.8 0 Retired SS9 3 Gilles Panizzi Hervé Panizzi Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC Driver ill 0 Retired SS9 6 Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 Accident 0 Retired SS9 11 Freddy Loix Sven Smeets Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 Accident 0 Retired SS5 7 Petter Solberg Phil Mills 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 Accident 0 Retired SS5 8 Tommi Mäkinen Kaj Lindström 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 Accident 0 Retired SS2 15 Toni Gardemeister Paavo Lukander Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 Engine 0

Special stages Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Leg 1 (24 Jan) SS1 Prunières — Embrun 1 28.36 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 18:07.6 Marcus Grönholm SS2 Selonnet — Bréziers 1 22.52 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 16:00.3 SS3 Prunières — Embrun 2 28.36 km Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 17:54.5 SS4 Selonnet — Bréziers 2 22.52 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 15:33.7 SS5 Plan de Vitrolles — Faye 1 47.27 km Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 28:54.9 SS6 Plan de Vitrolles — Faye 2 47.27 km Colin McRae Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRCCitroën Xsara WRC 30:04.7 Leg 2 (25 Jan) SS7 Les 4 Chemins — Sigale 1 32.11 km Stage cancelled SS8 St Antonin — Tourette du Château 1 25.15 km Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 18:08.0 SS9 Les 4 Chemins — Sigale 2 32.11 km Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 24:59.3 Sébastien Loeb SS10 St Antonin — Tourette du Château 2 25.15 km Carlos Sainz Citroën Xsara WRC 17:52.3 Leg 3 (26 Jan) SS11 Sospel — Turini — La Bollène 1 32.58 km Colin McRae Citroën Xsara WRC 25:30.6 SS12 Lantosque — Lucéram 1 19.52 km Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '02 14:09.4 SS13 Sospel — Turini — La Bollène 2 32.58 km Carlos Sainz Citroën Xsara WRC 24:52.0 SS14 Lantosque — Lucéram 2 19.52 km Carlos Sainz Citroën Xsara WRC 13:46.1

Championship standings Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championshipsMoveDriverPointsMoveCo-driverPointsMoveManufacturerPoints 1 Sébastien Loeb 10 Daniel Elena 10 Citroën Total WRT 18 2 Colin McRae 8 Derek Ringer 8 Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 10 3 Carlos Sainz 6 Marc Martí 6 Marlboro Peugeot Total 6 4 Markko Märtin 5 Michael Park 5 Hyundai World Rally Team 3 5 Richard Burns 4 Robert Reid 4 Škoda Motorsport 2

Junior World Rally Championship Classification Position Driver Entrant Car Time Points Event Class 17 1 61 Brice Tirabassi Jacques-Julien Renucci Renault Sport Renault Clio S1600 5:12:36.1 10 18 2 58 Marcos Ligato Rubén García Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 5:17:52.8 +5:16.78 19 3 67 Alessandro Broccoli Simona Girelli Sab Motorsport Opel Corsa S1600 5:21:12.9 +8:36.86 20 4 71 Urmo Aava Kuldar Sikk Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 5:21:24.7 +8:48.65 21 5 63 Massimo Ceccato Mitia Dotta Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 5:21:56.3 +9:20.24 22 6 68 Juraj Šebalj Toni Klinc Renault Croatia Renault Clio S1600 5:25:00.0 +12:23.93 23 7 51 Mirco Baldacci Giovanni Bernacchini Purity Auto Fiat Punto S1600 5:27:49.9 +15:13.8 2 24 8 59 Beppo Harrach Michael Kölbach Astra Racing Ford Puma S1600 5:31:43.4 +19:07.3 1 25 9 76 Luca Cecchettini Nicola Arena Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 5:32:02.4 +19:26.3 0 26 10 65 Abdo Feghali Joseph Matar Astra Racing Ford Puma S1600 5:33:17.7 +20:41.6 0 27 11 73 Krum Donchev Ruman Manolov Auto Sport Italia Opel Corsa S1600 5:35:25.5 +22:49.4 0 29 12 74 Kris Meeke Chris Patterson Opel Motorsport Opel Corsa S1600 5:45:50.2 +33:14.1 0 Retired SS14 54 Kosti Katajamäki Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Racing Volkswagen Polo S1600 Excluded - brakes 0 Retired SS14 55 Martin Stenshorne Clive Jenkins Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Puma S1600 Accident 0 Retired SS14 62 Oscar Svedlund Björn Nilsson Volkswagen Racing Volkswagen Polo S1600 Accident 0 Retired SS13 64 Ville-Pertti Teuronen Harri Kaapro Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 Accident 0 Retired SS13 69 Salvador Cañellas Jr. Xavier Amigó Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 Driveshaft 0 Retired SS12 70 Guy Wilks Phil Pugh Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Puma S1600 Accident 0 Retired SS8 52 Daniel Carlsson Matthias Andersson Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 Excluded 0 Retired SS8 78 Vladan Vasiljevic Sebastian Geipel Volkswagen Racing Volkswagen Polo S1600 Excluded 0 Retired SS3 57 Dimitar Iliev Petar Sivov Auto Sport Italia Peugeot 206 S1600 Accident 0 Retired SS1 66 Sébastien Ceccone Julien Giroux Citroën Total Citroën Saxo S1600 Accident 0

Special stages Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Leg 1 (24 January) SS1 Prunières — Embrun 1 28.36 km Brice Tirabassi Renault Clio S1600 21:16.2 Brice Tirabassi SS2 Selonnet — Bréziers 1 22.52 km Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 18:12.2 Daniel Carlsson SS3 Prunières — Embrun 2 28.36 km Mirco Baldacci Fiat Punto S1600 20:26.1 Brice Tirabassi SS4 Selonnet — Bréziers 2 22.52 km Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 17:43.2 SS5 Plan de Vitrolles — Faye 1 47.27 km Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 33:21.5 SS6 Plan de Vitrolles — Faye 2 47.27 km Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 34:51.6 Daniel Carlsson Leg 2 (25 January) SS7 Les 4 Chemins — Sigale 1 32.11 km Stage cancelled SS8 St Antonin — Tourette du Château 1 25.15 km Marcos Ligato Fiat Punto S1600 19:52.5 Brice Tirabassi SS9 Les 4 Chemins — Sigale 2 32.11 km Notional stage time SS10 St Antonin — Tourette du Château 2 25.15 km Notional stage time Leg 3 (26 January) SS11 Sospel — Turini — La Bollène 1 32.58 km Brice Tirabassi Renault Clio S1600 28:57.7 SS12 Lantosque — Lucéram 1 19.52 km Kosti Katajamäki Volkswagen Polo S1600 15:48.7 SS13 Sospel — Turini — La Bollène 2 32.58 km Brice Tirabassi Renault Clio S1600 28:01.1 SS14 Lantosque — Lucéram 2 19.52 km Mirco Baldacci Fiat Punto S1600 15:42.4

Championship standings Drivers' championshipsMoveDriverPoints 1 Brice Tirabassi 10 2 Marcos Ligato 8 3 Alessandro Broccoli 6 4 Urmo Aava 5 5 Massimo Ceccato 4

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