Event Bulletin
9 Nov. 2003
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| Rd. 1 | Monte Carlo | ||||
| 1/24 - 26 | |||||
| Rd. 2 | Swedish | ||||
| 2/7 - 9 | |||||
| Rd. 3 | |||||
| 2/28 - 3/2 | |||||
| Rd. 4 | New Zealand | ||||
| 4/11 - 13 | |||||
| Rd. 5 | Argentina | ||||
| 5/9 - 11 | |||||
| Rd. 6 | Acropolis | ||||
| 6/6 - 8 | |||||
| Rd. 7 | Cyprus | ||||
| 6/20 - 22 | |||||
| Rd. 8 | Deutschland | ||||
| 7/25 - 27 | |||||
| Rd. 9 | Finland | ||||
| 8/8 - 10 | |||||
| Rd.10 | Australia | ||||
| 9/5 - 7 | |||||
| Rd.11 | Sanremo | ||||
| 10/1 - 5 | |||||
| Rd.12 | |||||
| 10/17 - 19 | |||||
| Rd.13 | Catalunya | ||||
| 10/24 - 26 | |||||
| Rd.14 | Great Britain | ||||
| 11/7 - 9 | |||||
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7 to 9 Nov. 2003
Petter Solberg 2003 FIA Drivers' World Champion!!
Leg 3
Tommi Makinen finished his full time career as a WRC driver with a podium finish!!
Event Bulletin
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Starters47 of the original 75 competitors left Cardiff parc ferme at 0520hrs this morning. Route The shortest of the event, the third and final leg comprised 73.86 competitive kilometres and three stages, one of which was repeated. Weather Skies were overcast, with intermittent rain and fog. The temperature started at 4°C this morning, rising to 6°C in the afternoon. The gravel stages were mostly damp with muddy patches. Solberg wins 2003 FIA WRC Drivers' Championship* Emphatic win in GB is his fifth in the WRC & second consecutive victory in Wales* Subaru claims sixth FIA WRC title* Impreza wins seven out of the last nine WRC Rally GBs* History was made in Wales today when 555 Subaru World Rally Team driver Petter Solberg became the first Norwegian to win the FIA World Rally Championship for drivers. In a spectacular finale to the 2003 WRC series, the 28-year-old won the Wales Rally GB by a margin of 43.6 seconds, to collect the fifth WRC win of his career, his second consecutive victory in Wales and secure the 2003 WRC Drivers' title. Having led the event from Leg one, the charismatic star kept his nerve on the final three stages today and delivered a perfect strategic performance - to the delight of the thousands of fans that cheered him all the way. >> MORE |
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World Rally Championship Archive
Great Britain 7 to 9 October 2003
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