The 2003 Rallye Deutschland (formally the 22nd ADAC Rallye Deutschland) was the eight round of the 2003 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 25 July and 27 July 2003, and was based in Trier, Germany. Citroen's Sébastien Loeb won the race, his 3rd win in the World Rally Championship.
Background Entry list No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant CarTyre World Rally Championship manufacturer entries 1 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 2 Richard Burns Robert Reid Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3 Gilles Panizzi Hervé Panizzi Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4 Markko Märtin Michael Park Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 5 François Duval Stéphane Prévot Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 6 Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 7 Petter Solberg Phil Mills 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 8 Tommi Mäkinen Kaj Lindström 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 10 Armin Schwarz Manfred Hiemer Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 11 Freddy Loix Sven Smeets Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 12 Manfred Stohl Ilka Minor Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 14 Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC 15 Toni Gardemeister Paavo Lukander Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC 17 Colin McRae Derek Ringer Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 18 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 19 Carlos Sainz Marc Martí Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 20 Philippe Bugalski Jean-Paul Chiaroni Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC World Rally Championship entries 21 Cédric Robert Gérald Bedon Equipe de France FFSA Peugeot 206 WRC 22 Matthias Kahle Peter Göbel Škoda Auto Deutschland Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 23 Roman Kresta Jan Tománek Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC 24 Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 25 Justin Dale Andrew Bargery Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 26 Antony Warmbold Gemma Price AW Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '02 27 Jan Kopecký Filip Schovánek Škoda Matador Team Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 28 Tibor Cserhalmi Jaroslav Palivec Mimex-Charouz Racing Systems Ford Focus RS WRC '01 32 Jani Paasonen Arto Kapanen Jani Paasonen Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2 33 Pieter Tsjoen Eddy Chevaillier Pieter Tsjoen Toyota Corolla WRC 34 Kristian Sohlberg Jakke Honkanen Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2 36 Alistair Ginley Rory Kennedy Alistair Ginley Ford Focus RS WRC '01 101 Erik Wevers Michiel Poel Wevers Sport Toyota Corolla WRC 102 Sandro Wallenwein Pauli Zeitlhofer Anton Werner Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo VII 103 Anton Werner Peter Kroll Anton Werner Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 112 Frank Färber Thomas Schünemann Frank Färber Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI PWRC entries 51 Karamjit Singh Allen Oh Petronas EON Racing Team Proton Pert 52 Daniel Solà Álex Romaní Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 53 Ramón Ferreyros Javier Marín Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 55 Martin Rowe Trevor Agnew David Sutton Cars Ltd Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 57 Giovanni Manfrinato Claudio Condotta Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 58 Marcos Ligato Rubén García Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 59 Stefano Marrini Massimo Agostinelli Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 60 Niall McShea Chris Patterson Neil Allport Motorsports Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 61 Janusz Kulig Maciej Szczepaniak Mobil 1 Team Poland Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 64 Joakim Roman Ingrid Mitakidou Milbrooks World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 65 Stig Blomqvist Ana Goñi David Sutton Cars Ltd Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 67 Krzysztof Hołowczyc Łukasz Kurzeja Orlen Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 69 Bob Colsoul Tom Colsoul Guy Colsoul Rallysport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 70 Riccardo Errani Stefano Casadio Errani Team Group Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 71 Georgi Geradzhiev Jr. Nikola Popov Racing Team Bulgartabac Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 72 Constantin Aur Adrian Berghea Stohl Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 74 Fabio Frisiero Giovanni Agnese Motoring Club Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 76 Patrick Richard Ola Fløene Subaru Rally Team Canada Subaru Impreza STI N9 77 Alfredo De Dominicis Giovanni Bernacchini Ralliart Italy Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 80 Ricardo Triviño Jordi Barrabés Triviño Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Source:
Itinerary All dates and times are CEST (UTC+2). Date Time No. Stage name Distance Leg 1 — 117.31 km 25 July 10:09 SS1 Stein und Wein — Ruwertal 1 17.21 km 10:52 SS2 Dhrontal 1 12.81 km 13:10 SS3 Maiwald 15.61 km 13:35 SS4 Panzerplatte Ost 35.42 km 16:21 SS5 Stein und Wein — Ruwertal 2 17.21 km 17:04 SS6 Dhrontal 2 12.81 km 20:05 SS7 St. Wendel 1 6.24 km Leg 2 — 169.38 km 26 July 08:28 SS8 Bosenberg 1 17.02 km 09:21 SS9 Peterberg 1 10.55 km 10:54 SS10 Erzweiler 1 19.98 km 11:25 SS11 Panzerplatte West 1 34.02 km 13:53 SS12 Erzweiler 2 19.98 km 14:24 SS13 Panzerplatte West 2 34.02 km 16:27 SS14 Peterberg 2 10.55 km 17:15 SS15 Bosenberg 2 17.02 km 17:51 SS16 St. Wendel 2 6.24 km Leg 3 — 101.54 km 27 July 07:28 SS17 Schönes Moselland 1 15.29 km 07:58 SS18 Moselwein 1 16.55 km 09:16 SS19 St. Wendeler Land 1 18.93 km 11:56 SS20 Schönes Moselland 2 15.29 km 12:26 SS21 Moselwein 2 16.55 km 13:44 SS22 St. Wendeler Land 2 18.93 km
Results Overall Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Points 1 18 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 3:46:50.4 10 2 1 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3:46:54.0 +3.68 3 2 Richard Burns Robert Reid Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3:47:10.1 +19.76 4 17 Colin McRae Derek Ringer Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 3:47:21.8 +31.45 5 4 Markko Märtin Michael Park Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 3:47:48.3 +57.94 6 19 Carlos Sainz Marc Martí Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 3:48:29.0 +1:38.63 7 5 François Duval Stéphane Prévot Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 3:48:38.5 +1:48.12 8 7 Petter Solberg Phil Mills 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 3:49:20.6 +2:30.21
World Rally Cars Classification Position Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Points Event Class 1 1 18 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 3:46:50.4 10 2 2 1 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3:46:54.0 +3.68 3 3 2 Richard Burns Robert Reid Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3:47:10.1 +19.76 4 4 17 Colin McRae Derek Ringer Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 3:47:21.8 +31.45 5 5 4 Markko Märtin Michael Park Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 3:47:48.3 +57.94 6 6 19 Carlos Sainz Marc Martí Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 3:48:29.0 +1:38.63 7 7 5 François Duval Stéphane Prévot Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 3:48:38.5 +1:48.12 8 8 7 Petter Solberg Phil Mills 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 3:49:20.6 +2:30.21 10 9 3 Gilles Panizzi Hervé Panizzi Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3:50:30.0 +3:39.60 11 10 11 Freddy Loix Sven Smeets Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 3:51:46.0 +4:55.60 12 11 10 Armin Schwarz Manfred Hiemer Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 3:54:05.6 +7:15.20 13 12 6 Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 3:54:24.7 +7:34.30 18 13 12 Manfred Stohl Ilka Minor Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 4:02:58.3 +16:07.90 Retired SS13 15 Toni Gardemeister Paavo Lukander Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC Rear axle-shaft 0 Retired SS11 20 Philippe Bugalski Jean-Paul Chiaroni Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC Turbo 0 Retired SS7 8 Tommi Mäkinen Kaj Lindström 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 Alternator 0 Retired SS7 14 Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC Engine 0
Special stages Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Leg 1 (25 Jul) SS1 Stein und Wein — Ruwertal 1 17.21 km Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 9:37.5 Richard Burns SS2 Dhrontal 1 12.81 km Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 8:08.1 SS3 Maiwald 15.61 km Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '03 9:01.4 SS4 Panzerplatte Ost 35.42 km Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '03 20:34.7 Markko Märtin SS5 Stein und Wein — Ruwertal 2 17.21 km Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 9:37.8 Richard Burns SS6 Dhrontal 2 12.81 km Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 8:00.7 SS7 St. Wendel 1 6.24 km Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 3:24.7 Leg 2 (26 Jul) SS8 Bosenberg 1 17.02 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 9:16.8 SS9 Peterberg 1 10.55 km Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '03 6:09.5 Marcus Grönholm SS10 Erzweiler 1 19.98 km Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '03 11:45.6 SS11 Panzerplatte West 1 34.02 km Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '03 19:31.9 SS12 Erzweiler 2 19.98 km Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 11:40.6 SS13 Panzerplatte West 2 34.02 km Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '03 19:01.6 Sébastien Loeb SS14 Peterberg 2 10.55 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 6:25.4 SS15 Bosenberg 2 17.02 km Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '03 8:56.5 SS16 St. Wendel 2 6.24 km Roman Kresta Peugeot 206 WRC 3:38.0 Leg 3 (27 Jul) SS17 Schönes Moselland 1 15.29 km Colin McRae Citroën Xsara WRC 9:03.6 SS18 Moselwein 1 16.55 km Colin McRae Citroën Xsara WRC 10:04.5 SS19 St. Wendeler Land 1 18.93 km Carlos Sainz Citroën Xsara WRC 9:52.6 SS20 Schönes Moselland 2 15.29 km Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '03 9:25.7 SS21 Moselwein 2 16.55 km Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '03 10:31.2 SS22 St. Wendeler Land 2 18.93 km Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '03 10:32.3
Championship standings Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championshipsMoveDriverPointsMoveCo-driverPointsMoveManufacturerPoints 1 Richard Burns 43 Robert Reid 43 Marlboro Peugeot Total 95 2 Carlos Sainz 39 Marc Martí 39 Citroën Total WRT 88 3 Marcus Grönholm 38 Timo Rautiainen 38 1 Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 50 4 1 Sébastien Loeb 33 1 Daniel Elena 33 1 555 Subaru World Rally Team 49 5 1 Petter Solberg 30 1 Phil Mills 30 Škoda Motorsport 20
Production World Rally Championship Classification