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2003 SEAT Cupra Championship

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The 2003 SEAT Cupra Championship season was the inaugural running of the one-make championship. The championship consisted of ten rounds at five meetings held in England, beginning on 4 May at Croft, and finishing at Thruxton on 17 August. The championship winner was rewarded with a drive in the British Touring Car Championship for the SEAT Sport UK team. Robert Huff would eventually win the championship, holding off both Gordon Shedden and Stefan Hodgetts, as those three drivers shared nine of the ten race victories between them. Huff would go on to finish seventh in the 2004 British Touring Car Championship with his prize-winning drive.

Teams and drivers

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All entries ran the Mk1 SEAT León entered by SEAT themselves.

No. Drivers Rounds
3 United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts All
4 United Kingdom Karl Goshawk All
5 Scotland Charles Stewart All
6 United Kingdom Natalie Barratt All
7 Republic of Ireland Emmet O'Brien All
9 United Kingdom James Pickford All
10 United Kingdom Spencer Marsh All
11 United Kingdom Hamish Gordon All
12 United Kingdom Robert Huff All
14 United Kingdom Paula Cook All
15 United Kingdom Stephen Colbert All
16 United Kingdom Andre D'Cruze All
17 United Kingdom Ben Winrow 1-4
20 United Kingdom Julian Westwood All
21 United Kingdom Craig Murray 1-2
22 United Kingdom Gordon Shedden All
23 Republic of Ireland Gavin Smith All

Calendar

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Round Track Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winner
1 Croft 4 May United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts Republic of Ireland Gavin Smith United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts
2 United Kingdom Stephen Colbert United Kingdom Robert Huff United Kingdom Robert Huff
3 Silverstone 27 May United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts United Kingdom Robert Huff United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts
4 United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts
5 Oulton Park 13 July United Kingdom James Pickford United Kingdom Robert Huff United Kingdom Robert Huff
6 United Kingdom Robert Huff United Kingdom Gordon Shedden United Kingdom Gordon Shedden
7 Rockingham 3 August United Kingdom Robert Huff United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts
8 United Kingdom James Pickford Republic of Ireland Gavin Smith Republic of Ireland Gavin Smith
9 Thruxton 17 August United Kingdom James Pickford United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts United Kingdom Robert Huff
10 United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts

Championship Standings

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  • Points were awarded as follows:
Pos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 FL
Race 1 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1
Race 2 20 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 4 3 2 1 1
Pos Driver CRO SIL OUL ROC THR Pts
1 United Kingdom Robert Huff 4 1 2 2 1 2 NC 3 1 Ret 122
2 United Kingdom Gordon Shedden 3 3 6 3 6 1 2 7 DSQ 2 107
3 United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts 1 7 1 1 Ret DNS 1 6 12 1 105
4 Republic of Ireland Gavin Smith 6 2 5 4 14 3 Ret 1 11 Ret 78
5 United Kingdom James Pickford 7 4 3 5 8 15 Ret 2 2 Ret 70
6 United Kingdom Stephen Colbert 5 Ret 4 9 2 4 Ret 5 13 3 69
7 United Kingdom Julian Westwood 15 5 8 7 3 6 Ret 8 3 5 66
8 United Kingdom Spencer Marsh 2 9 7 13 4 7 Ret DNS Ret 4 48
9 United Kingdom Andre D'Cruze 9 10 10 8 15 8 3 4 10 7 47
10 Republic of Ireland Emmet O'Brien 8 6 15 Ret 5 5 7 Ret 4 9 45
11 United Kingdom Paula Cook Ret 12 12 Ret 9 9 5 9 5 6 32
12 United Kingdom Hamish Gordon 12 14 13 10 10 11 6 10 6 8 24
13 United Kingdom Karl Goshawk 13 13 14 11 12 12 4 11 7 Ret 17
14 United Kingdom Craig Murray 10 8 9 6 17
15 United Kingdom Ben Winrow 11 11 11 12 7 10 Ret Ret 10
16 Scotland Charles Stewart 16 16 17 15 13 14 8 12 9 11 8
17 United Kingdom Natalie Barratt 14 15 16 14 11 13 Ret Ret 8 10 6
Pos Driver CRO SIL OUL ROC THU Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
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