2003 Rally of Turkey

The 2003 Rally of Turkey (formally the 4th Rally of Turkey) was the third round of the 2003 World Rally Championship. The race was held over four days between 27 February and 2 March 2003, and was based in Kemer, Turkey. Citroen's Carlos Sainz won the race, his 25th win in the World Rally Championship.[1]

2003 Rally of Turkey
4th Rally of Turkey
Round 3 of the 2003 World Rally Championship season
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Host country Turkey
Rally baseKemer
Dates runFebruary 27, 2003 – March 2, 2003
Stages18 (337.88 km; 209.95 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance1,193.85 km (741.82 miles)
Results
Overall winner Carlos Sainz
Marc Martí
Citroën Total WRT
Citroën Xsara WRC
Crews60 at start, 26 at finish

Background

Entry list
No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre
World Rally Championship manufacturer entries
1 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC M
2 Richard Burns Robert Reid Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC M
3 Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC M
4 Markko Märtin Michael Park Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 M
5 François Duval Stéphane Prévot Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 M
6 Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 M
7 Petter Solberg Phil Mills 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 P
8 Tommi Mäkinen Kaj Lindström 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 P
10 Armin Schwarz Manfred Hiemer Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 M
11 Freddy Loix Sven Smeets Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 M
14 Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 M
15 Toni Gardemeister Paavo Lukander Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 M
17 Colin McRae Derek Ringer Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC M
18 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC M
19 Carlos Sainz Marc Martí Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC M
World Rally Championship entries
21 Gilles Panizzi Hervé Panizzi Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC M
22 Juuso Pykälistö Esko Mertsalmi Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC M
24 Balázs Benik Bence Rácz Balázs Benik Ford Focus RS WRC '02 —
32 Serkan Yazici Can Okan Ford Hazirkart Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '01 —
103 Alistair Ginley Rory Kennedy Alistair Ginley Ford Focus RS WRC '01 P
104 Rajmund Fülöp Gábor Major Rajmund Fülöp Toyota Corolla WRC —
113 Emin Ali Sipahi Alp Berker Emin Ali Sipahi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII P
JWRC entries
51 Mirco Baldacci Giovanni Bernacchini Purity Auto Fiat Punto S1600 M
52 Daniel Carlsson Matthias Andersson Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 M
54 Kosti Katajamäki Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Racing Volkswagen Polo S1600 M
55 Martin Stenshorne Clive Jenkins Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Puma S1600 M
57 Dimitar Iliev Petar Sivov Auto Sport Italia Peugeot 206 S1600 M
58 Marcos Ligato Rubén Garcia Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 M
59 Beppo Harrach Michael Kölbach Astra Racing Ford Puma S1600 M
61 Brice Tirabassi Jacques-Julien Renucci Renault Sport Renault Clio S1600 M
62 Oscar Svedlund Björn Nilsson Volkswagen Racing Volkswagen Polo S1600 M
63 Massimo Ceccato Mitia Dotta Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 M
64 Ville-Pertti Teuronen Harri Kaapro Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 M
65 Abdo Feghali Joseph Matar Astra Racing Ford Puma S1600 M
66 Sébastien Ceccone Julien Giroux Citroën Total Citroën Saxo S1600 M
67 Alessandro Broccoli Simona Girelli Sab Motorsport Opel Corsa S1600 M
68 Juraj Šebalj Toni Klinc Renault Croatia Renault Clio S1600 M
69 Salvador Cañellas Jr. Xavier Amigó Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 M
70 Guy Wilks Phil Pugh Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Puma S1600 M
71 Urmo Aava Kuldar Sikk Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 M
73 Krum Donchev Ruman Manolov Auto Sport Italia Opel Corsa S1600 M
74 Kris Meeke Chris Patterson Opel Motorsport Opel Corsa S1600 M
76 Luca Cecchettini Nicola Arena Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 M
78 Vladan Vasiljevic Sebastian Geipel Volkswagen Racing Volkswagen Polo S1600 M
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Itinerary

All dates and times are EET (UTC+2).

Date Time No. Stage name Distance
Leg 1 — 95.35 km
27 February 19:00 SS1 Efes Pilsen SSS 1.55 km
28 February 09:01 SS2 Simena 1 2.73 km
09:39 SS3 Phaselis 1 16.42 km
10:27 SS4 Silyon 1 29.87 km
13:45 SS5 Perge 1 14.91 km
14:48 SS6 Silyon 2 29.87 km
Leg 2 — 158.59 km
1 March 07:11 SS7 Olympos 1 20.44 km
07:54 SS8 Kumluca 1 28.92 km
11:02 SS9 Phaselis 2 15.48 km
11:55 SS10 Myra 1 24.10 km
12:58 SS11 Kemer 1 20.29 km
15:01 SS12 Olympos 2 20.44 km
15:44 SS13 Kumluca 2 28.92 km
Leg 3 — 84.30 km
2 March 08:01 SS14 Simena 2 2.73 km
08:49 SS15 Myra 2 24.10 km
09:32 SS16 Arykanda 12.00 km
13:00 SS17 Perge 2 24.97 km
14:13 SS18 Kemer 2 20.50 km

Results

Overall
Pos. No. Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Difference Points
1 19 Carlos Sainz Marc Martí Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:32:14.1 10
2 2 Richard Burns Robert Reid Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:33:02.0 +47.9 8
3 5 François Duval Stéphane Prévot Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:34:00.6 +1:46.5 6
4 17 Colin McRae Derek Ringer Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:34:23.2 +2:09.1 5
5 21 Gilles Panizzi Hervé Panizzi Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC 4:34:55.7 +2:41.6 4
6 4 Markko Märtin Michael Park Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:35:39.0 +3:24.9 3
7 15 Toni Gardemeister Paavo Lukander Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 4:37:27.1 +5:13.0 2
8 8 Tommi Mäkinen Kaj Lindström 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 4:39:32.7 +7:18.6 1

Classification
Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
1 1 19 Carlos Sainz Marc Martí Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:32:14.1 10
2 2 2 Richard Burns Robert Reid Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:33:02.0 +47.9 8
3 3 5 François Duval Stéphane Prévot Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:34:00.6 +1:46.5 6
4 4 17 Colin McRae Derek Ringer Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:34:23.2 +2:09.1 5
6 5 4 Markko Märtin Michael Park Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:35:39.0 +3:24.9 3
7 6 15 Toni Gardemeister Paavo Lukander Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 4:37:27.1 +5:13.0 2
8 7 8 Tommi Mäkinen Kaj Lindström 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 4:39:32.7 +7:18.6 1
9 8 1 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:43:06.3 +10:52.2 0
10 9 11 Freddy Loix Sven Smeets Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 4:43:54.5 +11:40.4 0
Retired SS13 3 Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC Rear axle-shaft 0
Retired SS7 10 Armin Schwarz Manfred Hiemer Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 Suspension 0
Retired SS7 14 Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 Engine 0
Retired SS4 6 Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 Suspension 0
Retired SS4 7 Petter Solberg Phil Mills 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 Steering 0
Retired SS4 18 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC No fuel 0

Special stages
Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (27 Feb) SS1 Efes Pilsen SSS 1.55 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 1:12.1 Marcus Grönholm
Leg 1 (28 Feb) SS2 Simena 1 2.73 km Harri Rovanperä
Petter Solberg		 Peugeot 206 WRC
Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03		 1:52.7 Petter Solberg
SS3 Phaselis 1 16.42 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 12:28.6
SS4 Silyon 1 29.87 km Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 206 WRC 23:51.8 Harri Rovanperä
SS5 Perge 1 14.91 km Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '02 11:50.5
SS6 Silyon 2 29.87 km Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 206 WRC 23:19.1
Leg 2 (1 Mar) SS7 Olympos 1 20.44 km Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 206 WRC 16:45.1
SS8 Kumluca 1 28.92 km Carlos Sainz Citroën Xsara WRC 24:47.0
SS9 Phaselis 2 15.48 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 11:51.4
SS10 Myra 1 24.10 km Carlos Sainz Citroën Xsara WRC 21:45.4 Carlos Sainz
SS11 Kemer 1 20.29 km Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 15:06.8
SS12 Olympos 2 20.44 km Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '02 16:29.6
SS13 Kumluca 2 28.92 km Carlos Sainz Citroën Xsara WRC 24:27.1
Leg 3 (2 Mar) SS14 Simena 2 2.73 km Colin McRae Citroën Xsara WRC 1:51.3
SS15 Myra 2 24.10 km Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 21:20.7
SS16 Arykanda 12.00 km François Duval Ford Focus RS WRC '02 8:13.4
SS17 Perge 2 24.97 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 18:13.8
SS18 Kemer 2 20.50 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 14:46.5

Championship standings
Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points Move Manufacturer Points
1 3 Richard Burns 18 3 Robert Reid 18 Citroën Total WRT 39
2 Colin McRae 17 Derek Ringer 17 Marlboro Peugeot Total 31
3 4 Carlos Sainz 16 4 Marc Martí 16 Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 25
4 1 Markko Märtin 13 1 Michael Park 13 555 Subaru World Rally Team 13
5 4 Sébastien Loeb 12 4 Daniel Elena 12 1 Škoda Motorsport 6

Classification
Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
17 1 54 Kosti Katajamäki Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Racing Volkswagen Polo S1600 5:08:56.6 10
18 2 69 Salvador Cañellas Jr. Xavier Amigó Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 5:14:01.4 +5:04.8 8
19 3 70 Guy Wilks Phil Pugh Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Puma S1600 5:18:05.1 +9:08.5 6
20 4 64 Ville-Pertti Teuronen Harri Kaapro Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 5:22:19.2 +13:22.6 5
21 5 76 Luca Cecchettini Nicola Arena Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 5:38:05.6 +29:09.0 4
22 6 65 Abdo Feghali Joseph Matar Astra Racing Ford Puma S1600 5:50:18.0 +41:21.4 3
23 7 57 Dimitar Iliev Petar Sivov Auto Sport Italia Peugeot 206 S1600 6:06:39.4 +57:42.8 2
Retired SS15 52 Daniel Carlsson Matthias Andersson Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 Suspension 0
Retired SS12 58 Marcos Ligato Rubén Garcia Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 Gearbox 0
Retired SS12 63 Massimo Ceccato Mitia Dotta Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 Transmission 0
Retired SS12 67 Alessandro Broccoli Simona Girelli Sab Motorsport Opel Corsa S1600 Suspension 0
Retired SS9 66 Sébastien Ceccone Julien Giroux Citroën Total Citroën Saxo S1600 Gearbox 0
Retired SS8 68 Juraj Šebalj Toni Klinc Renault Croatia Renault Clio S1600 Suspension 0
Retired SS7 55 Martin Stenshorne Clive Jenkins Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Puma S1600 Codriver ill 0
Retired SS6 74 Kris Meeke Chris Patterson Opel Motorsport Opel Corsa S1600 Lost wheel 0
Retired SS5 71 Urmo Aava Kuldar Sikk Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 Suspension 0
Retired SS4 51 Mirco Baldacci Giovanni Bernacchini Purity Auto Fiat Punto S1600 Suspension 0
Retired SS4 59 Beppo Harrach Michael Kölbach Astra Racing Ford Puma S1600 Oil leak 0
Retired SS3 61 Brice Tirabassi Jacques-Julien Renucci Renault Sport Renault Clio S1600 Accident 0
Retired SS3 62 Oscar Svedlund Björn Nilsson Volkswagen Racing Volkswagen Polo S1600 Steering 0
Retired SS3 73 Krum Donchev Ruman Manolov Auto Sport Italia Opel Corsa S1600 Suspension 0
Retired SS1 78 Vladan Vasiljevic Sebastian Geipel Volkswagen Racing Volkswagen Polo S1600 Engine 0

Special stages
Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (27 Feb) SS1 Efes Pilsen SSS 1.55 km Brice Tirabassi Renault Clio S1600 1:22.8 Brice Tirabassi
Leg 1 (28 Feb) SS2 Simena 1 2.73 km Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 2:07.3 Daniel Carlsson
SS3 Phaselis 1 16.42 km Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 14:07.1
SS4 Silyon 1 29.87 km Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 26:23.8
SS5 Perge 1 14.91 km Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 12:44.0
SS6 Silyon 2 29.87 km Marcos Ligato Fiat Punto S1600 26:25.3
Leg 2 (1 Mar) SS7 Olympos 1 20.44 km Marcos Ligato Fiat Punto S1600 19:09.4
SS8 Kumluca 1 28.92 km Ville-Pertti Teuronen Suzuki Ignis S1600 27:35.9
SS9 Phaselis 2 15.48 km Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 13:29.4
SS10 Myra 1 24.10 km Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 24:16.0
SS11 Kemer 1 20.29 km Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 16:41.2
SS12 Olympos 2 20.44 km Ville-Pertti Teuronen Suzuki Ignis S1600 18:34.9
SS13 Kumluca 2 28.92 km Ville-Pertti Teuronen Suzuki Ignis S1600 27:39.7 Kosti Katajamäki
Leg 3 (2 Mar) SS14 Simena 2 2.73 km Daniel Carlsson Suzuki Ignis S1600 2:05.9
SS15 Myra 2 24.10 km Kosti Katajamäki Volkswagen Polo S1600 23:50.5
SS16 Arykanda 12.00 km Guy Wilks Ford Puma S1600 9:19.3
SS17 Perge 2 24.97 km Kosti Katajamäki Volkswagen Polo S1600 20:55.0
SS18 Kemer 2 20.50 km Kosti Katajamäki Volkswagen Polo S1600 17:24.2

Championship standings
Pos. Drivers' championships
Move Driver Points
1 Brice Tirabassi 10
2 Kosti Katajamäki 10
3 1 Marcos Ligato 8
4 Salvador Cañellas Jr. 8
5 2 Alessandro Broccoli 6

References
  1. "Rally of Turkey". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  2. "Rally of Turkey 2003 Entry List". Retrieved 2 November 2021.
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