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2003 European Touring Car Championship

Motorsport contest

Second in the championship, [[Jörg Müller

Third in the championship, [[Andy Priaulx

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
DEU BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	1	ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi	All
2	ESP Antonio García	All
33	ITA Alessandro Zanardi	10	*
ITA GTA Racing Team Nordauto	Alfa Romeo 156 GTA	3	ITA Nicola Larini	All
4	ITA Gabriele Tarquini	All
5	ITA Roberto Colciago	All
6	DEU Sebastian Stahl	8
56	GBR James Thompson	9–10
66	ITA Giancarlo Fisichella	10
ESP SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	9	ESP Jordi Gené	All
10	nowrap	DEU Frank Diefenbacher	All
30	FRA Yvan Muller	9–10
GBR BMW Team Great Britain	BMW 320i	11	GBR Andy Priaulx	All
ITA PRO Motorsport	Honda Civic Type-R	12	MAC André Couto	All	I
14	ESP Jordi Palomeras	1	I
PRT Miguel Ramos	2, 4	I
ITA Salvatore Tavano	5–6	I
19	SWE Tomas Engström	7–10	I
ITA Clever Cats Team	Alfa Romeo 156 GTA	15	ITA Fabio Francia	All	I
16	ITA Paolo Ruberti	All	I
SWE Flash Engineering	Volvo S60	18	SWE Jan Nilsson	1	I
NLD Carly Motors	BMW 320i	20	NLD Tom Coronel	1–3, 5–10	I
21	NLD Duncan Huisman	All	I
22	NLD Donald Molenaar	4	I
ITA Scuderia Bigazzi	Alfa Romeo 156 GTA	24	ITA Alessandro Balzan	All	I
25	FRA Éric Cayrolle	1–6	I
26	SWE Mattias Andersson	7	I
DEU Reinhard Huber	8	I
ITA Adriano de Micheli	10	*
SWE Podium Racing	SEAT Toledo Cupra	27	SWE Johan Stureson	7
28	SWE Niklas Karlsson	7
DEU Team Schnitzer	BMW 320i	42	DEU Jörg Müller	All
43	DEU Dirk Müller	All
ITA Flash Engineering	Volvo S60	60	SWE Rickard Rydell	1–9	I
61	ITA Sandro Sardelli	All	I

Icon	Class
I	Independents' Championship
*	Guest drivers ineligible for points

Results and standings

Races

Race	nowrap	Race Name	Date	nowrap	Pole Position	nowrap	Fastest lap	nowrap	Winning driver	nowrap	Winning team
ESP Circuit de Catalunya	6 April	ITA Gabriele Tarquini	ESP Antonio Garcia	ITA Gabriele Tarquini	ITA GTA Racing Team Nordauto	NLD Tom Coronel
	DEU Dirk Müller	DEU Dirk Müller	DEU Team Schnitzer	NLD Tom Coronel
FRA Magny-Cours	27 April	ITA Nicola Larini	DEU Jörg Müller	DEU Jörg Müller	DEU Team Schnitzer	NLD Duncan Huisman
	DEU Jörg Müller	DEU Jörg Müller	DEU Team Schnitzer	NLD Duncan Huisman
ITA Pergusa	11 May	nowrap	ITA Roberto Colciago	nowrap	ITA Gabriele Tarquini	nowrap	ITA Roberto Colciago	nowrap	ITA GTA Racing Team Nordauto	nowrap	ITA Fabio Francia
	nowrap	ITA Roberto Colciago	nowrap	ITA Gabriele Tarquini	nowrap	ITA GTA Racing Team Nordauto	nowrap	ITA Alessandro Balzan
CZE Brno	25 May	ESP Antonio Garcia	DEU Dirk Müller	DEU Dirk Müller	DEU Team Schnitzer	NLD Duncan Huisman
	DEU Dirk Müller	GBR Andy Priaulx	GBR BMW Team Great Britain	SWE Rickard Rydell
GBR Donington Park	29 June	nowrap	ITA Nicola Larini	nowrap	ITA Gabriele Tarquini	nowrap	ITA Gabriele Tarquini	nowrap	ITA GTA Racing Team Nordauto	nowrap	SWE Rickard Rydell
	DEU Jörg Müller	DEU Jörg Müller	DEU Team Schnitzer	NLD Duncan Huisman
BEL Spa-Francorchamps	26 July	GBR Andy Priaulx	GBR Andy Priaulx	ITA Gabriele Tarquini	ITA GTA Racing Team Nordauto	NLD Duncan Huisman
	DEU Dirk Müller	GBR Andy Priaulx	GBR BMW Team Great Britain	NLD Duncan Huisman
SWE Anderstorp	7 September	ITA Nicola Larini	ITA Roberto Colciago	ITA Roberto Colciago	ITA GTA Racing Team Nordauto	NLD Duncan Huisman
	ITA Nicola Larini	ITA Nicola Larini	ITA GTA Racing Team Nordauto	SWE Rickard Rydell
DEU Oschersleben	21 September	DEU Jörg Müller	ITA Gabriele Tarquini	DEU Jörg Müller	DEU Team Schnitzer	NLD Tom Coronel
	ITA Gabriele Tarquini	GBR Andy Priaulx	GBR BMW Team Great Britain	NLD Duncan Huisman
PRT Estoril	5 October	ITA Nicola Larini	DEU Dirk Müller	ITA Gabriele Tarquini	ITA GTA Racing Team Nordauto	NLD Duncan Huisman
	ITA Nicola Larini	ITA Gabriele Tarquini	ITA GTA Racing Team Nordauto	NLD Duncan Huisman
ITA Monza	19 October	DEU Jörg Müller	GBR Andy Priaulx	nowrap	GBR James Thompson	ITA GTA Racing Team Nordauto	NLD Tom Coronel
	DEU Jörg Müller	DEU Jörg Müller	DEU Team Schnitzer	NLD Tom Coronel

Championship standings

Points system
1st
10

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	BAR
ESP	MAG
FRA	PER
ITA	BRN
CZE	DON
GBR	SPA
BEL	AND
SWE	OSC
DEU	EST
PRT	MON
ITA	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	-	-	-	Pos	Driver	VAL
ESP	MAG
FRA	PER
ITA	BRN
CZE	DON
GBR	SPA
BEL	AND
SWE	OSC
DEU	EST
PRT	MON
ITA	Pts
ITA Gabriele Tarquini	1	4	4	Ret	3	1	6	4	1	17	1	14	Ret	DNS	2	5	1	1	4	3	107
DEU Jörg Müller	4	2	1	1	6	Ret	DSQ	16†	4	1	3	4	4	4	1	4	4	5	11†	1	106
GBR Andy Priaulx	6	3	3	Ret	4	4	4	1	15	5	6	1	8	2	3	1	7	4	2	6	100
ITA Nicola Larini	7	6	2	2	7	5	13	5	2	4	4	2	6	1	17†	8	2	2	10†	4	92
DEU Dirk Müller	5	1	11	Ret	2	Ret	1	3	3	16	2	3	3	Ret	9	Ret	13	7	Ret	DNS	66
ITA Roberto Colciago	9	11	5	5	1	2	8	6	6	11	8	5	1	Ret	5	6	3	3	DSQ	12†	66
NLD Duncan Huisman	19†	DNS	6	3	13	9	5	Ret	8	2	7	6	5	7	11	7	5	6	5	Ret	47
ESP Antonio Garcia	3	7	14	8	9	7	2	7	Ret	DNS	17†	12	2	5	4	2	19†	DNS	Ret	DNS	46
ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi	2	5	Ret	7	10	10	3	2	11	18†	5	16†	10	6	8	Ret	10	12	6	5	43
NLD Tom Coronel	8	8	7	4	11	8			Ret	10	12	8	11	10	7	12	11	Ret	3	2	27
SWE Rickard Rydell	18†	10	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	9	5	3	11	Ret	7	3	12	13	Ret	DNS			18
GBR James Thompson																	8	8	1	Ret	12
ITA Paolo Ruberti	Ret	13	8	Ret	12	6	12	11	7	8	9	7	9	Ret	Ret	DNS	6	16	NC	Ret	12
ITA Alessandro Balzan	10	12	Ret	Ret	8	3	7	Ret	16†	15	14	10	13	8	15	10	9	11	Ret	11	10
DEU Frank Diefenbacher	12	Ret	12	10	Ret	11†	10	10	13	9	Ret	13	15	12	6	3	15	13	Ret	Ret	9
ITA Fabio Francia	11	9	10	9	5	Ret	11	13	Ret	DNS	10	9	18	11	14	9	16	10	Ret	9	4
ESP Jordi Gené	13	16†	9	6	Ret	12†	9	8	10	12	13	11	21	13	10	14	14	14	NC	10	4
MAC Andre Couto	Ret	DNS	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	15	12	6	18†	15	12	14	16	15†	20	Ret	Ret	DNS	3
ITA Salvatore Tavano									9	7	16	Ret									2
SWE Tomas Engström													14	9	13	11	12	9	8	Ret	1
ITA Sandro Sardelli	17	15	13	Ret	15†	DNS	Ret	DNS	Ret	13	15	Ret	20	Ret	18†	DNS	18†	15	9	Ret	0
FRA Éric Cayrolle	14	14	NC	Ret	Ret	DNS	14	12	14	14	Ret	DNS									0
NLD Donald Molenaar							Ret	14													0
SWE Mattias Andersson													17	15							0
ESP Jordi Palomeras Ventós	15	Ret																			0
SWE Jan Nilsson	16	Ret																			0
SWE Johan Stureson													16	16†							0
SWE Niklas Karlsson													19	17†							0
FRA Yvan Muller																	17†	DNS	Ret	Ret	0
DEU Reinhard Huber															19†	DNS					0
PRT Miguel Ramos			DNS	DNS			Ret	DNS													0
DEU Sebastian Stahl															Ret	DNS					0
ITA Giancarlo Fisichella																			DNS	DNS	0
Guest drivers ineligible for points.
ITA Adriano de Micheli																			7	8	0
ITA Alessandro Zanardi																			Ret	7	0

Bold - Pole

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

References

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