The 2003 World Rally Championship season was the 31st season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 14 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Petter Solberg in a Subaru Impreza WRC, ahead of Sébastien Loeb and Carlos Sainz. The manufacturers' title was won by Citroën, ahead of Peugeot and Subaru.

  Calendar

Round	Dates	Rally
1	23–26 January	Monte Carlo Rally
2	6–9 February	Swedish Rally
3	27 February-2 March	Rally of Turkey
4	10–13 April	Rally New Zealand
5	8–11 May	Rally Argentina
6	6–8 June	Acropolis Rally
7	20–22 June	Cyprus Rally
8	25–27 July	Rallye Deutschland
9	7–10 August	Rally Finland
10	4–7 September	Rally Australia
11	2–5 October	Rally Sanremo
12	16–19 October	Tour de Corse
13	24–26 October	Rally Catalunya
14	6–9 November	Wales Rally GB

  Teams and drivers

Manufacturer teams
Team	Constructor	Car	Tyre	No	Drivers	Rounds
Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot	206 WRC	M	1	Marcus Grönholm	All
				2	Richard Burns	1–13
					Freddy Loix	14
				3	Gilles Panizzi	1, 8, 11–13
					Harri Rovanperä	2–7, 9–10, 14
Ford Motor Co	Ford	Focus RS WRC 02/03	M	4	Markko Märtin	All
				5	François Duval	All
				6	Mikko Hirvonen	All
				20	Jari-Matti Latvala	6, 8–9, 14
555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC 2003	P	7	Petter Solberg	All
				8	Tommi Mäkinen	All
Hyundai World Rally Team	Hyundai	Accent WRC	M	10	Armin Schwarz	1-10
				11	Freddy Loix	1–10
				12	Jussi Välimäki	2, 4, 6, 9
					Justin Dale	7
					Manfred Stohl	8
				20	Manfred Stohl	10
				22	Justin Dale	8, 10
Škoda Motorsport	Škoda	Octavia WRC Fabia WRC	M	14	Didier Auriol	All
				15	Toni Gardemeister	All
				32	Gabriel Pozzo	5
Citroën Total	Citroën	Xsara WRC	M	17	Colin McRae	All
				18	Sébastien Loeb	All
				19	Carlos Sainz	All
				20	Philippe Bugalski	8, 11–13
Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi	Lancer WRC	M	32	Alister McRae	4
					Jani Paasonen	8
				34	Kristian Sohlberg	2, 4, 8

Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Team	Constructor	Car	Drivers	Rounds
Bozian Racing	Peugeot	206 WRC	Roman Kresta	1-2, 6, 8, 11, 13-14
			Gilles Panizzi	3, 6-7, 14
			Juuso Pykälistö	2-3, 6-7, 9, 14
			Ari Vatanen	9
Equipe de France FFSA			Cédric Robert	1, 8, 11-13
Peugeot Sport Finland			Sebastian Lindholm	9
Team BSA			Alexandre Bengue	12
Stohl Racing			Manfred Stohl	4, 12, 14
	Hyundai	Accent WRC3		6
AW Rally Team	Ford	Focus WRC	Antony Warmbold	1-2, 4-10, 12-14
Alistair Ginley			Alistair Ginley	3, 6-9, 12-14
LPM Racing			Janne Tuohino	2, 9
Tomasz Kuchar			Tomasz Kuchar	2, 4, 6
Citroën Sport	Citroën	Xsara WRC	Daniel Sola	6, 14
Škoda Matador Team	Škoda	Octavia WRC Evo3	Jan Kopecký	8, 14

  Results and standings

  Drivers' championship

Pos Driver MON SWE TUR NZL ARG GRC CYP GER FIN AUS ITA FRA ESP GBR  Pts  1 Petter Solberg Ret 6 Ret 3 5 3 1 8 2 1 Ret 1 5 1 72 2 Sébastien Loeb 1 7 Ret 4 Ret Ret 3 1 5 2 1 13 2 2 71 3 Carlos Sainz 3 9 1 12 2 2 5 6 4 5 4 2 7 Ret 63 4 Richard Burns 5 3 2 2 3 4 Ret 3 3 3 7 8 Ret 58 5 Markko Märtin 4 4 6 Ret Ret 1 Ret 5 1 Ret 3 Ret 3 Ret 49 6 Marcus Grönholm 13 1 9 1 1 Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 4 6 Ret 46 7 Colin McRae 2 5 4 Ret Ret 8 4 4 Ret 4 6 5 9 4 45 8 Tommi Mäkinen Ret 2 8 7 Ret 5 Ret Ret 6 6 10 7 8 3 30 9 François Duval 7 Ret 3 9 8 Ret Ret 7 Ret 10 5 3 4 5 30 10 Gilles Panizzi Ret 5 7 Ret 10 2 6 1 Ret 27 11 Harri Rovanperä Ret Ret Ret 4 6 2 Ret 7 Ret 18 12 Toni Gardemeister Ret 8 7 5 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 11 12 Ret 9 13 Didier Auriol 9 18 Ret 8 6 9 Ret Ret Ret 12 12 Ret Ret 11 4 14 Freddy Loix Ret 10 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 10 8 DNS DNS DNS 6 4 15 Cédric Robert 6 9 9 12 11 3 16 Alister McRae 6 3 17 Mikko Hirvonen Ret 11 Ret 10 16 Ret 6 13 Ret 9 Ret 10 14 Ret 3 18 Armin Schwarz 8 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 12 12 13 DNS DNS DNS DNS 3 19 Janne Tuohino 17 7 2 20 Manfred Stohl Ret 11 18 DNS Ret 7 2 21 Alistair Ginley 12 15 8 Ret 23 Ret 23 Ret 1 22 Sebastian Lindholm 8 1 23 Philippe Bugalski Ret 8 9 10 1 24 Roman Kresta 10 14 Ret Ret 11 13 8 1 Pos Driver MON SWE TUR NZL ARG GRC CYP GER FIN AUS ITA FRA ESP GBR  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Injured or ill (Inj) Excluded (EX) Suspended (SUS) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

  Manufacturers' championship

Pos	Team	Event														Total points
		MON	SWE	TUR	NZL	ARG	GRC	CYP	GER	FIN	AUS	ITA	FRA	ESP	GBR
1	Citroën	18	6	15	5	8	10	11	15	9	13	15	12	10	13	160
2	Peugeot	6	16	9	18	16	8	8	14	6	9	11	8	13	3	145
3	Subaru	0	11	2	9	5	10	10	2	11	14	2	12	5	16	109
4	Ford	10	5	10	1	3	10	4	7	10	1	10	7	11	4	93
5	Škoda	2	1	3	6	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	23
6	Hyundai	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	12

  Events

  See also

• FIA World Rally Championship 2003 at rallybase.nl