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2003 Race of Champions

Motor Car Race

Motor Car Race

The 2003 Race of Champions took place on November 28–30 at Gran Canaria for the final time. It was also the last year for three-car teams in the Nations' Cup (including one motorcycle racer), with the focus on rally drivers fading after this year's event due to the later stadium-based venues using all-tarmac tracks.

The vehicles used were the Peugeot 206 WRC, the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII Group N, the Subaru Impreza WRX and the ROC Buggy.

The individual competition was won by Sébastien Loeb, whilst the Nations' Cup was won by the All-Star line-up of Fonsi Nieto, Gilles Panizzi and Cristiano da Matta.

Participants

CountryRacing DriverRally DriverMotorcycle Racer
FranceFRA Olivier PanisFRA Sébastien LoebFRA Randy de Puniet
United StatesUSA Boris SaidUSA Casey MearsUSA Travis Pastrana
Great BritainGBR Guy SmithGBR David HigginsGBR James Toseland
FinlandFIN JJ LehtoFIN Timo SalonenFIN Samuli Aro
SpainESP Oriol ServiàESP Flavio AlonsoESP Emilio Alzamora
SwedenSWE Björn WirdheimSWE Daniel CarlssonSWE Tony Rickardsson
ItalyITA Rinaldo CapelloITA Renato TravagliaITA Alessandro Gramigni
GermanyGER Sven HeidfeldGER Armin KremerGER Alex Hofmann
All-StarsBRA Cristiano da MattaFRA Gilles PanizziESP Fonsi Nieto
  • Nick Heidfeld was originally confirmed for Germany but had prior commitments, his brother Sven taking his place.
  • Johnny Herbert was originally confirmed for Great Britain but had prior commitments, Smith taking his place.
  • Marcus Grönholm was to represent Finland, but due to testing commitments could not arrive in time for the Nations Cup. Salonen took his place.
  • Kenny Brack was to represent Sweden, but due to injury sustained in a CART accident Wirdheim took his place.

Junior Rally Masters

Group stage

DriverRacesWinsLossesBest Time
BEL François Duval3302:10.04
SWE Daniel Carlsson3212:09.28
ESP Txus Jaio3122:19.27
ESP Francisco Suárez3032:10.66
Driver 1Time 1Driver 2Time 2
SWE Daniel Carlsson2:15.11BEL François Duval2:13.13
ESP Txus Jaio2:19.27ESP Francisco SuárezDNF
BEL François Duval2:11.68ESP Txus Jaio02:15.78
ESP Francisco Suárez2:23.69 (penalty)SWE Daniel Carlsson2:11.51
BEL François Duval2:10.04ESP Francisco Suárez2:10.66
ESP Txus Jaio2:12.10SWE Daniel Carlsson2:09.28

Final

| |BEL François Duval|1 |SWE Daniel Carlsson|0

Driver 1Time 1Driver 2Time 2
BEL François Duval1:59.04SWE Daniel Carlsson1:59.76

Nations' Cup

Group stage

Group A

Pos.TeamRacesWinsLossesTotal TimeDriverWinsLossesBest Time123
SWE Sweden6426:00.60SWE Daniel Carlsson111:56.77
SWE Björn Wirdheim112:01.13
SWE Tony Rickardsson202:02.70
FIN Finland6335:56.92FIN Timo Salonen111:57.69
FIN JJ Lehto201:59.32
FIN Samuli Aro021:59.91
France6245:56.15FRA Sébastien Loeb111:56.05
FRA Olivier Panis022:00.19
FRA Randy de Puniet111:59.91
Team 1Time 1ScoreTeam 2Time 2FIN Finland2-1SWE SwedenSWE Sweden3-0FranceFRA France2-1FIN Finland
Samuli Aro2:05.68Tony Rickardsson2:02.70
JJ Lehto1:59.77Björn Wirdheim2:03.58
Timo Salonen1:59.93Daniel Carlsson2:14.20 (penalty)
Tony Rickardsson2:03.24Randy de Puniet2:13.09 (penalty)
Björn Wirdheim2:01.13Olivier Panis2:02.42
Daniel Carlsson1:56.77Sébastien Loeb2:06.91 (penalty)
Randy de Puniet1:59.91Samuli Aro1:59.91
Olivier Panis2:00.19JJ Lehto1:59.32
Sébastien Loeb1:56.05Timo Salonen1:57.69

Group B

Pos.TeamRacesWinsLossesTotal TimeDriverWinsLossesBest Time123
ESP Spain6605:51.52ESP Flavio Alonso201:56.81
ESP Oriol Servià201:57.53
ESP Emilio Alzamora201:57.18
ITA Italy6246:00.73ITA Renato Travaglia111:56.92
ITA Rinaldo Capello111:59.84
ITA Alessandro Gramigni022:03.97
GBR Great Britain6156:03.51GBR David Higgins021:57.72
GBR Guy Smith022:03.73
GBR James Toseland112:02.06
Team 1Time 1ScoreTeam 2Time 2ITA Italy2-1GBR Great BritainGBR Great Britain0-3ESP SpainESP Spain3-0ITA Italy
Alessandro Gramigni2:03.97James Toseland2:02.06
Rinaldo Capello2:00.05Guy Smith2:03.73
Renato Travaglia1:56.92David Higgins3:30.70
James ToselandDNFEmilio Alzamora1:58.83
Guy Smith2:25.56Oriol Servià2:00.49
David Higgins1:57.72Flavio Alonso1:56.81
Emilio Alzamora1:57.18Alessandro Gramigni2:11.34 (penalty)
Oriol Servià1:57.53Rinaldo Capello1:59.84
Flavio Alonso1:56.96Renato Travaglia1:57.45

Group C

Pos.TeamRacesWinsLossesTotal TimeDriverWinsLossesBest Time123
UN All-Stars6425:55.38FRA Gilles Panizzi201:58.15
BRA Cristiano da Matta201:57.37
ESP Fonsi Nieto021:59.86
USA USA6335:55.06USA Casey Mears021:59.92
USA Boris Said111:59.79
USA Travis Pastrana201:55.35
DEU Germany6245:57.55DEU Armin Kremer111:58.47
DEU Sven Heidfeld022:00.97
DEU Alex Hofmann111:58.11
Team 1Time 1ScoreTeam 2Time 2USA USA2-1DEU GermanyDEU Germany1-2UN All-StarsUN All-Stars2-1USA
Travis Pastrana1:57.16Alex Hofmann2:01.41
Boris Said2:03.04Sven Heidfeld2:03.25
Casey Mears1:59.92Armin Kremer1:48.57
Alex Hofmann1:58.11Fonsi Nieto1:59.86
Sven Heidfeld2:00.97Cristiano da Matta1:59.25
Armin Kremer1:58.74Gilles Panizzi1:58.15
Fonsi Nieto2:00.60Travis Pastrana1:55.35
Cristiano da Matta1:57.37Boris Said1:59.79
Gilles Panizzi1:58.18Casey Mears2:02.85
  • USA progress to the semi-finals by having the fastest total time of the losing teams.

Best Times

Pos.RallyRacingMotorcycleDriverBest TimeDriverBest TimeDriverBest Time123456789
FRA Sébastien Loeb1:56.05BRA Cristiano da Matta1:57.37USA Travis Pastrana1:55.35
SWE Daniel Carlsson1:56.77ESP Oriol Servià1:57.53ESP Emilio Alzamora1:57.18
ESP Flavio Alonso1:56.81FIN JJ Lehto1:59.32GER Alex Hofmann1:58.11
ITA Renato Travaglia1:56.92USA Boris Said1:59.79ESP Fonsi Nieto1:59.86
FIN Timo Salonen1:57.69ITA Rinaldo Capello1:59.84FIN Samuli Aro1:59.91
GBR David Higgins1:57.72FRA Olivier Panis2:00.19FRA Randy de Puniet1:59.91
FRA Gilles Panizzi1:58.15GER Sven Heidfeld2:00.97GBR James Toseland2:02.06
GER Armin Kremer1:58.47SWE Björn Wirdheim2:01.13SWE Tony Rickardsson2:02.70
USA Casey Mears1:59.92GBR Guy Smith2:03.73ITA Alessandro Gramigni2:03.97

Knockout stage

| |Spain|3 |SWE Sweden|0 | |UN All-Stars|3 |USA|2 | |Spain|2 |UN All-Stars|3

Semifinals

Team 1Time 1ScoreTeam 2Time 2ESP Spain3-0SWE SwedenUNO All-Stars3–2United States
Emilio Alzamora2:00.69Tony Rickardsson2:02.07
Oriol Servià2:00.48Björn Wirdheim2:02.91
Flavio Alonso1:54.58Daniel Carlsson1:55.45
Fonsi NietoDNFTravis Pastrana2:28.61
Cristiano da Matta1:59.51Boris Said2:00.30
Gilles Panizzi1:53.88Casey Mears1:56.34
Fonsi Nieto2:02.23Travis Pastrana1:56.59
Cristiano da Matta1:57.75Boris Said2:00.61

Final

Team 1Time 1ScoreTeam 2Time 2Spain2-3UN All-Stars
Emilio Alzamora1:58.15Fonsi Nieto2:02.42
Oriol Servià1:59.30Cristiano da Matta1:58.45
Flavio Alonso1:53.37Gilles Panizzi1:52.62
Emilio Alzamora1:56.92Fonsi Nieto1:59.26
Oriol Servià1:59.73Cristiano da Matta1:57.98

Race of Champions

Participation in the main Race of Champions was awarded primarily on the basis of having the best times in the Nations' Cup. There were several exceptions to this rule however – Marcus Grönholm, as the defending champion, was guaranteed a spot, whilst Cristiano da Matta, despite having the best time among racing drivers in the Nations' Cup, did not participate. François Duval secured his place by winning the Junior event, Dani Sordo won the Spanish Masters event, Timo Salonen was an invited 'seeded' driver and Martin Rowe was invited for having won the 2003 PWRC title. Thomas Biagi meanwhile earned his place by beating FIA GT teammate Matteo Bobbi and Volkswagen Cup UK winner Rob Carvell.

Group stage

Group A

DriverRacesWinsLossesBest Time
ITA Renato Travaglia3301:58.07
ESP Dani Sordo3122:03.68
FIN Timo Salonen3122:06.47
GBR Martin Rowe3122:07.45
Driver 1Time 1Driver 2Time 2
ESP Dani SordoDNFITA Renato Travaglia1:58.07
GBR Martin Rowe2:07.45FIN Timo Salonen2:07.71
FIN Timo Salonen2:06.47ESP Dani Sordo2:15 47 (penalty)
ITA Renato Travaglia2:04.27 GBR Martin Rowe2:05.80
ESP Dani Sordo2:03.68 GBR Martin Rowe2:14.38 (penalty)
FIN Timo Salonen2:08.11ITA Renato Travaglia2:04.33

Group B

DriverRacesWinsLossesBest Time
ESP Flavio Alonso3301:54.50
ESP Oriol Servià3211:54.03
ESP Emilio Alzamora3121:56.67
ITA Thomas Biagi3031:56.77
Driver 1Time 1Driver 2Time 2
ESP Oriol Servià1:55.71ESP Emilio Alzamora1:59.99
ITA Thomas Biagi2:02.72ESP Flavio Alonso1:57.05
ESP Flavio Alonso1:54.84ESP Oriol Servià1:55.64
ESP Emilio Alzamora1:56.67 ITA Thomas Biagi2:07.61 (penalty)
ESP Emilio Alzamora1:54.53ESP Flavio Alonso1:54.50
ESP Oriol Servià1:54.03ITA Thomas Biagi1:56.77

Knockout stage

| |FRA Sébastien Loeb|2 |SWE Daniel Carlsson|0 | |ESP Flavio Alonso|0 |BEL François Duval|2 | |FIN Marcus Grönholm|1 |USA Travis Pastrana|0 | |FRA Gilles Panizzi|2 |ITA Renato Travaglia|0 | |FRA Sébastien Loeb|2 |BEL François Duval|0 | |FIN Marcus Grönholm|2 |FRA Gilles Panizzi|1 | |FRA Sébastien Loeb|2 |FIN Marcus Grönholm|0

Quarterfinals

Driver 1Time 1Driver 2Time 2
FRA Sébastien Loeb1:56.96SWE Daniel Carlsson1:57.90
FRA Sébastien Loeb1:51.67SWE Daniel Carlsson1:52.38
ESP Flavio Alonso1:57.13BEL François Duval1:57.03
ESP Flavio Alonso1:52.30BEL François Duval1:52.05
FIN Marcus Grönholm1:56.51USA Travis Pastrana2:37.21
FRA Gilles Panizzi1:58.21ITA Renato Travaglia1:58.57
FRA Gilles Panizzi1:53.60ITA Renato Travaglia1:53.67

Semifinals

Driver 1Time 1Driver 2Time 2
FRA Sébastien Loeb1:56.55BEL François Duval1:56.60
FRA Sébastien Loeb1:51.85BEL François Duval1:52.30
FIN Marcus Grönholm1:57.07FRA Gilles Panizzi1:57.64
FIN Marcus Grönholm1:53.53FRA Gilles Panizzi1:53.46
FIN Marcus Grönholm1:52.18FRA Gilles Panizzi1:53.05

Final

Driver 1Time 1Driver 2Time 2
FRA Sébastien Loeb1:56.15FIN Marcus Grönholm1:56.45
FRA Sébastien Loeb1:52.30FIN Marcus Grönholm1:53.09

References

References

  1. "Michelin Race of Champions".
  2. "Michelin Race of Champions".
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