2003 European Touring Car Championship Explained

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 BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320i 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi All 2 Antonio García All 33 Alessandro Zanardi 10 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 nowrap Frank Diefenbacher All 30 Yvan Muller 9–10 BMW Team Great Britain BMW 320i 11 Andy Priaulx All 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 Team Schnitzer BMW 320i 42 Jörg Müller All 43 Dirk Müller All 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	nowrap	Race Name	Date	nowrap	Pole Position	nowrap	Fastest lap	nowrap	Winning driver	nowrap	Winning team	nowrap	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	nowrap	Roberto Colciago	nowrap	Gabriele Tarquini	nowrap	Roberto Colciago	nowrap	GTA Racing Team Nordauto	nowrap	Fabio Francia
6				nowrap	Roberto Colciago	nowrap	Gabriele Tarquini	nowrap	GTA Racing Team Nordauto	nowrap	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	nowrap	Nicola Larini	nowrap	Gabriele Tarquini	nowrap	Gabriele Tarquini	nowrap	GTA Racing Team Nordauto	nowrap	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	nowrap	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
10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver BAR MAG PER BRN DON SPA AND OSC EST MON valign=middle 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 align=left nowrap 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 valign=middle Pts

Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest Lap

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