2003 Rally New Zealand

The 2003 Rally New Zealand (formally the 34th Propecia Rally New Zealand) was the fourth round of the 2003 World Rally Championship. The race was held over four days between 10 April and 13 April 2003, and was based in Auckland, New Zealand. Peugeot's Marcus Grönholm won the race, his 14th win in the World Rally Championship.[1]

2003 Rally New Zealand
34th Propecia Rally New Zealand
Round 4 of the 2003 World Rally Championship season
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Host country New Zealand
Rally baseAuckland
Dates runApril 10, 2003 – April 13, 2003
Stages22 (403.34 km; 250.62 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance1,297.62 km (806.30 miles)
Results
Overall winner Marcus Grönholm
Timo Rautiainen
Marlboro Peugeot Total
Peugeot 206 WRC
Crews80 at start, 46 at finish

Background

Entry list
No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre
World Rally Championship manufacturer entries
1 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC M
2 Richard Burns Robert Reid Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC M
3 Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC M
4 Markko Märtin Michael Park Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 M
5 François Duval Stéphane Prévot Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 M
6 Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 M
7 Petter Solberg Phil Mills 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 P
8 Tommi Mäkinen Kaj Lindström 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 P
10 Armin Schwarz Manfred Hiemer Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 M
11 Freddy Loix Sven Smeets Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 M
12 Jussi Välimäki Tero Gardemeister Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 M
14 Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 M
15 Toni Gardemeister Paavo Lukander Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 M
17 Colin McRae Derek Ringer Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC M
18 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC M
19 Carlos Sainz Marc Martí Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC M
World Rally Championship entries
20 Antony Warmbold Gemma Price AW Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '02 N/A
32 Alister McRae David Senior Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2 N/A
33 Kristian Sohlberg Jakke Honkanen Blue Rose Team Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2 N/A
34 Tomasz Kuchar Maciek Szczepaniak Tomasz Kuchar Ford Focus RS WRC '02 M
35 Manfred Stohl Ilka Minor Stohl Racing Peugeot 206 WRC P
PWRC entries
51 Karamjit Singh Allen Oh Petronas EON Racing Team Proton Pert N/A
52 Daniel Solà Álex Romaní Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII N/A
53 Ramón Ferreyros Javier Marín Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII N/A
54 Toshihiro Arai Tony Sircombe Subaru Production Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 N/A
55 Martin Rowe Trevor Agnew David Sutton Cars Ltd Subaru Impreza WRX STI N8 N/A
57 Giovanni Manfrinato Claudio Condotta Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI N/A
58 Marcos Ligato Rubén Garcia Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII N/A
60 Niall McShea Chris Patterson Neil Allport Motorsports Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI N/A
61 Janusz Kulig Jarosław Baran Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII M
62 Peter 'Possum' Bourne Mark Stacey Subaru Production Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRX STI N/A
64 Joakim Roman Ingrid Mitakidou Milbrooks World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V N/A
65 Stig Blomqvist Ana Goñi David Sutton Cars Ltd Subaru Impreza WRX STI N8 N/A
66 Hamed Al-Wahaibi Nicky Beech Stohl Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII N/A
67 Krzysztof Hołowczyc Łukasz Kurzeja Orlen Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI M
70 Riccardo Errani Stefano Casadio Errani Team Group Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI N/A
71 Georgi Geradzhiev Jr. Nikola Popov Racing Team Bulgartabac Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI N/A
72 Constantin Aur Adrian Berghea Stohl Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII N/A
74 Fabio Frisiero Loris Roggia Motoring Club Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII N/A
76 Patrick Richard Mikael Johansson Subaru Rally Team Canada Subaru Impreza WRX N/A
77 Alfredo De Dominicis Giovanni Bernacchini Ralliart Italy Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI N/A
78 Łukasz Sztuka Zbigniew Cieślar First Motorsport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V N/A
80 Ricardo Triviño Jordi Barrabés Triviño Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII N/A
Source:[2]

Itinerary
Date Time No. Stage name Distance
Leg 1 — 139.10 km
11 April 09:43 SS1 Batley 1 19.82 km
10:11 SS2 Waipu Gorge 1 11.24 km
10:34 SS3 Brooks 1 16.03 km
11:47 SS4 New Cassidy 21.64 km
13:00 SS5 Paparoa Station 1 11.64 km
14:36 SS6 Batley 2 19.82 km
15:04 SS7 Waipu Gorge 2 11.24 km
15:27 SS8 Brooks 2 16.03 km
15:55 SS9 Paparoa Station 2 11.64 km
Leg 2 — 150.43 km
12 April 08:43 SS10 Parahi — Ararua 59.00 km
11:31 SS11 Mititat Finish 20.15 km
12:09 SS12 Takatoka 10.15 km
13:32 SS13 Parahi 25.18 km
14:05 SS14 Ararua 31.75 km
19:00 SS15 Manukau Super 1 2.10 km
19:30 SS16 Manukau Super 2 2.10 km
Leg 3 — 113.81 km
13 April 08:23 SS17 Te Akau South Revers 27.34 km
09:06 SS18 Te Akau North 32.37 km
11:19 SS19 Ridge — Campbell 1 16.45 km
11:47 SS20 Ridge — Campbell 2 16.45 km
12:40 SS21 Fyfe 1 10.60 km
13:10 SS22 Fyfe 2 10.60 km

Results

Overall
Pos. No. Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Difference Points
1 1 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3:45:21.2 10
2 2 Richard Burns Robert Reid Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3:46:29.9 +1:08.7 8
3 7 Petter Solberg Phil Mills 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 3:47:31.0 +2:09.8 6
4 18 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 3:49:36.6 +4:15.4 5
5 15 Toni Gardemeister Paavo Lukander Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 3:53:35.0 +8:13.8 4
6 32 Alister McRae David Senior Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2 3:54:35.4 +9:14.2 3
7 8 Tommi Mäkinen Kaj Lindström 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 3:55:11.4 +9:50.2 2
8 14 Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 3:55:29.8 +10:08.6 1

Classification
Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
1 1 1 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3:45:21.2 10
2 2 2 Richard Burns Robert Reid Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3:46:29.9 +1:08.7 8
3 3 7 Petter Solberg Phil Mills 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 3:47:31.0 +2:09.8 6
4 4 18 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 3:49:36.6 +4:15.4 5
5 5 15 Toni Gardemeister Paavo Lukander Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 3:53:35.0 +8:13.8 4
7 6 8 Tommi Mäkinen Kaj Lindström 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 3:55:11.4 +9:50.2 2
8 7 14 Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 3:55:29.8 +10:08.6 1
9 8 5 François Duval Stéphane Prévot Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 3:56:32.9 +11:11.7 0
10 9 6 Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 3:59:03.5 +13:42.3 0
12 10 19 Carlos Sainz Marc Martí Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:03:34.4 +18:13.2 0
Retired SS18 11 Freddy Loix Sven Smeets Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 Accident 0
Retired SS14 3 Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC Accident 0
Retired SS14 4 Markko Märtin Michael Park Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 Engine 0
Retired SS7 12 Jussi Välimäki Tero Gardemeister Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 Accident 0
Retired SS7 17 Colin McRae Derek Ringer Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC Accident damage 0
Retired SS1 10 Armin Schwarz Manfred Hiemer Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 Accident 0

Special stages
Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (11 Apr) SS1 Batley 1 19.82 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 10:45.2 Marcus Grönholm
SS2 Waipu Gorge 1 11.24 km Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 6:37.0
SS3 Brooks 1 16.03 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 9:46.3
SS4 New Cassidy 21.64 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 12:13.7
SS5 Paparoa Station 1 11.64 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 6:18.2
SS6 Batley 2 19.82 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 10:33.0
SS7 Waipu Gorge 2 11.24 km Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 6:34.9
SS8 Brooks 2 16.03 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 9:22.9
SS9 Paparoa Station 2 11.64 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 6:11.7
Leg 2 (12 Apr) SS10 Parahi — Ararua 59.00 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 33:20.5
SS11 Mititat Finish 20.15 km Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '03 10:03.0
SS12 Takatoka 10.15 km Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '03 5:07.1
SS13 Parahi 25.18 km Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '03 12:42.6
SS14 Ararua 31.75 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 19:01.3
SS15 Manukau Super 1 2.10 km François Duval Ford Focus RS WRC '03 1:36.4
SS16 Manukau Super 2 2.10 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 1:40.2
Leg 3 (13 Apr) SS17 Te Akau South Revers 27.34 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 15:49.7
SS18 Te Akau North 32.37 km Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 17:43.0
SS19 Ridge — Campbell 1 16.45 km Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 8:53.7
SS20 Ridge — Campbell 2 16.45 km Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 8:46.9
SS21 Fyfe 1 10.60 km Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 5:42.3
SS22 Fyfe 2 10.60 km Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 5:36.9

Championship standings
Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points Move Manufacturer Points
1 Richard Burns 26 Robert Reid 26 1 Marlboro Peugeot Total 49
2 4 Marcus Grönholm 20 4 Timo Rautiainen 20 1 Citroën Total WRT 44
3 2 Sébastien Loeb 17 2 Daniel Elena 17 Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 26
4 2 Colin McRae 17 2 Derek Ringer 17 555 Subaru World Rally Team 22
5 2 Carlos Sainz 16 2 Marc Martí 16 Škoda Motorsport 12

Classification
Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
11 1 54 Toshihiro Arai Tony Sircombe Subaru Production Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 4:03:30.3 10
16 2 58 Marcos Ligato Rubén Garcia Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:05:40.5 +2:10.2 8
17 3 66 Hamed Al-Wahaibi Nicky Beech Stohl Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:06:17.3 +2:47.0 6
18 4 55 Martin Rowe Trevor Agnew David Sutton Cars Ltd Subaru Impreza WRX STI N8 4:06:21.9 +2:51.6 5
19 5 53 Ramón Ferreyros Javier Marín Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:06:44.8 +3:14.5 4
21 6 51 Karamjit Singh Allen Oh Petronas EON Racing Team Proton Pert 4:07:17.1 +3:46.8 3
22 7 60 Niall McShea Chris Patterson Neil Allport Motorsports Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4:07:17.1 +3:46.8 2
24 8 65 Stig Blomqvist Ana Goñi David Sutton Cars Ltd Subaru Impreza WRX STI N8 4:14:26.7 +10:56.4 1
28 9 57 Giovanni Manfrinato Claudio Condotta Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4:16:24.1 +12:53.8 0
30 10 74 Fabio Frisiero Loris Roggia Motoring Club Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:20:29.3 +16:59.0 0
31 11 80 Ricardo Triviño Jordi Barrabés Triviño Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:21:31.9 +18:01.6 0
32 12 64 Joakim Roman Ingrid Mitakidou Milbrooks World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 4:22:04.3 +18:34.0 0
34 13 77 Alfredo De Dominicis Giovanni Bernacchini Ralliart Italy Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4:22:19.5 +18:49.2 0
36 14 71 Georgi Geradzhiev Jr. Nikola Popov Racing Team Bulgartabac Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4:28:14.5 +24:44.2 0
43 15 52 Daniel Solà Álex Romaní Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:47:26.0 +43:55.7 0
Retired SS17 70 Riccardo Errani Stefano Casadio Errani Team Group Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Over time limit 0
Retired SS10 67 Krzysztof Hołowczyc Łukasz Kurzeja Orlen Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Accident 0
Retired SS10 72 Constantin Aur Adrian Berghea Stohl Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Gearbox 0
Retired SS9 61 Janusz Kulig Jarosław Baran Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Electrical 0
Retired SS6 62 Peter 'Possum' Bourne Mark Stacey Subaru Production Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRX STI Engine 0
Retired SS3 76 Patrick Richard Mikael Johansson Subaru Rally Team Canada Subaru Impreza WRX Accident 0
Retired SS1 78 Łukasz Sztuka Zbigniew Cieślar First Motorsport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V Mechanical 0

Special stages
Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (11 Apr) SS1 Batley 1 19.82 km Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 11:44.7 Toshihiro Arai
SS2 Waipu Gorge 1 11.24 km Hamed Al-Wahaibi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 7:07.7
SS3 Brooks 1 16.03 km Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 10:31.5
SS4 New Cassidy 21.64 km Peter 'Possum' Bourne Subaru Impreza WRX STI 13:03.6 Peter 'Possum' Bourne
SS5 Paparoa Station 1 11.64 km Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 6:49.0 Toshihiro Arai
SS6 Batley 2 19.82 km Ramón Ferreyros Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 11:26.1
SS7 Waipu Gorge 2 11.24 km Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 7:10.3
SS8 Brooks 2 16.03 km Ramón Ferreyros Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 10:11.6
SS9 Paparoa Station 2 11.64 km Ramón Ferreyros Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 6:39.6
Leg 2 (12 Apr) SS10 Parahi — Ararua 59.00 km Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 35:52.4
SS11 Mititat Finish 20.15 km Hamed Al-Wahaibi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 11:06.8
SS12 Takatoka 10.15 km Niall McShea Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 5:34.1
SS13 Parahi 25.18 km Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 13:50.0
SS14 Ararua 31.75 km Notional stage time
SS15 Manukau Super 1 2.10 km Toshihiro Arai
Marcos Ligato		 Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII		 1:37.7
SS16 Manukau Super 2 2.10 km Karamjit Singh Proton Pert 1:50.7
Leg 3 (13 Apr) SS17 Te Akau South Revers 27.34 km Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 17:01.9
SS18 Te Akau North 32.37 km Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 18:50.6
SS19 Ridge — Campbell 1 16.45 km Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 9:34.8
SS20 Ridge — Campbell 2 16.45 km Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10 9:33.6
SS21 Fyfe 1 10.60 km Hamed Al-Wahaibi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 6:07.3
SS22 Fyfe 2 10.60 km Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 6:02.8

Championship standings
Pos. Drivers' championships
Move Driver Points
1 Stig Blomqvist 11
2 Karamjit Singh 11
3 Martin Rowe 11
4 Toshihiro Arai 10
5 Marcos Ligato 8

References
  1. "Rally New Zealand". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  2. "Rally New Zealand 2003 Entry List". Retrieved 5 November 2021.
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