List of 2003 motorsport champions

2003 motorsport champions
Previous: 2002	Next: 2004

This list of 2003 motorsport champions is a list of national or international auto racing series with a Championship decided by the points or positions earned by a driver from multiple races.

Air racing

Series	Pilot	refer
Red Bull Air Race World Series	Péter Besenyei	2003 Red Bull Air Race World Series

Dirt oval racing

Series	Champion	Refer
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series	Steve Kinser
	Teams: Steve Kinser Racing

Drag racing

Series	Champion	Refer
NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series	Top Fuel: Larry Dixon	2003 NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series
	Funny Car: Tony Pedregon
	Pro Stock: Greg Anderson
	Pro Stock Motorcycle: Geno Scali

Drifting

Series	Champion	Refer
D1 Grand Prix	Youichi Imamura	2003 D1 Grand Prix season
D1NZ	Jairus Wharerau	2003 D1NZ season

Karting

Series	Driver	Season article
Karting World Championship	FA: Wade Cunningham
CIK-FIA Karting European Championship	FA: Bas Lammers
	S-ICC: Alessandro Manetti
	ICA: Nicola Bocchi
	ICA-J: Nicholas Risitano
Rotax Max Challenge	MAX: Cristiano Morgado
	Junior: Omar Martin

Motorcycle

Series	Rider	Season article
MotoGP World Championship	Valentino Rossi	2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
250cc World Championship	Manuel Poggiali
125cc World Championship	Daniel Pedrosa
Superbike World Championship	Neil Hodgson	2003 Superbike World Championship season
Supersport World Championship	Chris Vermeulen
Speedway World Championship	Nicki Pedersen	2003 Speedway Grand Prix
AMA Superbike Championship	Mat Mladin
Australian Superbike Championship	Craig Coxhell

Open wheel racing

Series	Driver	Season article
FIA Formula One World Championship	Michael Schumacher	2003 Formula One World Championship
	Constructors: Ferrari
Champ Car World Series	Paul Tracy	2003 CART season
	Manufacturers: Lola
	Rookies: Sébastien Bourdais
IndyCar Series	Scott Dixon	2003 IndyCar Series
	Manufacturers: Toyota
	Rookies: Dan Wheldon
Infiniti Pro Series	Mark Taylor	2003 Infiniti Pro Series season
Historic Formula One Championship	Mike Wrigley	2003 Historic Formula One Championship
Atlantic Championship	A. J. Allmendinger	2003 Atlantic Championship season
Australian Drivers' Championship	Daniel Gaunt	2003 Australian Drivers' Championship
Barber Dodge Pro Series	Leonardo Maia	2003 Barber Dodge Pro Series
Euro Formula 3000 Series	Augusto Farfus	2003 Euro Formula 3000 Series
Formula Nippon Championship	Satoshi Motoyama	2003 Formula Nippon Championship
	Teams: Team Impul
Formula Volkswagen Germany	Jaap van Lagen	2003 Formula Volkswagen Germany season
International Formula 3000 Championship	Björn Wirdheim	2003 International Formula 3000 Championship
World Series by Lights	Juan Cruz Álvarez	2003 World Series Lights season
World Series by Nissan	Franck Montagny	2003 World Series by Nissan season
Formula Palmer Audi	Ryan Lewis	2003 Formula Palmer Audi
	Autumn Trophy: Jonathan Kennard
EuroBOSS Series	Klaas Zwart	2003 EuroBOSS Series
	Teams: Team Ascari
JAF Japan Formula 4	Kantō: Kei Idaka	2003 JAF Japan Formula 4
	Kansai: Kenji Ōtaki
Formula Dream	Hideki Mutoh	2003 Formula Dream
Formula König	Franz Kuncic	2003 Formula König season
	Teams: Kern Motorsport
Formula Toyota	Kazuki Nakajima	2003 Formula Toyota season
Star Mazda Championship	Luis Schiavo	2003 Star Mazda Championship
Formula Dodge National Championship	Raphael Matos
	Masters: Chris Wilcox
Formula Dodge Eastern Championship	Marco Andretti
	Masters: Mark Patterson
Formula Dodge Midwestern Championship	Salvador Durán
	Masters: John Greist
Formula Dodge Southern Championship	Joe D'Agostino
	Masters: John Pew
Formula Dodge Western Championship	Ricky Schmidt
	Masters: Jim Mashburn
Skip Barber Challenge	Matt Franc
Formula Lista Junior	Romain Grosjean	2003 Formula Lista Junior season
Formula RUS	Yuri Baiborodov
Russian Formula 1600 Championship	Alexander Tyuryumin	2003 Russian Formula 1600 Championship
	Teams: ArtLine Engineering
United States Speedway Series	Mike Koss	2003 United States Speedway Series
Formula Three
Formula 3 Euro Series	Ryan Briscoe	2003 Formula 3 Euro Series season
	Rookie: Christian Klien
	Nation: France
Asian Formula Three Championship	Pepon Marave	2003 Asian Formula Three Championship
	Teams: Kinetic F3 Racing Team
Australian Formula 3 Championship	Michael Caruso	2003 Australian Formula 3 Championship
	Trophy Class: David Borg
Austria Formula 3 Cup	Diego Romanini	2003 Austria Formula 3 Cup
	Trophy: Jörg Sandek
British Formula 3 Championship	Alan van der Merwe	2003 British Formula Three Championship
	National: Ernesto Viso
All-Japan Formula Three Championship	James Courtney	2003 Japanese Formula 3 Championship
	Teams: TOM'S
Chilean Formula Three Championship	Cristobal Puig	2003 Chilean Formula Three Championship
Finnish Formula Three Championship	Andrea Belicchi	2003 Finnish Formula Three Championship
	Teams: Lukoil Racing
German Formula Three Championship	João Paulo de Oliveira	2003 German Formula Three season
	Rookie: Sven Barth
Italian Formula Three Championship	Fausto Ippoliti	2003 Italian Formula Three season
Spanish Formula Three Championship	Ricardo Mauricio	2003 Spanish Formula Three season
	Teams: Racing Engineering
	Trofeo Ibérico: Borja García
	Copa de España Júnior: Ricardo Risatti
Formula 3 Sudamericana	Danilo Dirani	2003 Formula 3 Sudamericana season
	Light: Rodrigo Ribeiro
Formula Renault
Formula Renault V6 Eurocup	José María López	2003 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup
	Teams: ARTA-Signature
Formula Renault 2000 Masters	Esteban Guerrieri	2003 Formula Renault 2000 Masters season
	Teams: JD Motorsport
Formula Renault 2000 UK	Lewis Hamilton	2003 Formula Renault 2000 UK season
	Winter Series: Jay Howard
Championnat de France Formula Renault 2000	Loïc Duval
Formula Renault BARC	James Gornall
Formula Renault 2000 Italia	Franck Perera
	Teams: Prema Powerteam
	Winter Series: Pastor Maldonado
Formula Renault 2000 Germany	Ryan Sharp
Formula Renault 2000 Netherlands	Paul Meijer
Formula Renault 2000 Scandinavia	Tom Pedersen
Renault Speed Trophy F2000	Manuel Benz
Mexican Formula Renault Championship	Homero Richards
Formula Renault 2000 Brazil	Allam Khodair
North American Fran Am 2000 Pro Championship	Andrew Ranger
	Winter Series: Charles Hall
Asian Formula Renault Challenge	Rodolfo Ávila
	Teams: Asia Racing Team
Formula Campus by Renault and Elf	Laurent Groppi
Formula Renault 1600 Argentina	Maximiliano Merlino
Formula Renault 1600 Belgium	Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Formula Junior 1600 Italia powered by Renault	Marino Spinozzi
	Winter Series: Domenico Capuano
Formula Junior 1600 Spain	Juan Antonio del Pino
North American Fran Am 1600 Pro Championship	Colin Braun
Formula Super Renault	Federico Lifschitz
Formula BMW
Formula BMW ADAC	Maximilian Götz	2003 Formula BMW ADAC season
	Teams: ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg
Formula BMW Asia	Ho-Pin Tung	2003 Formula BMW Asia season
	Teams: Team Meritus
F. Baviera Junior Cup	Juan Cáceres
Formula Ford
Australian Formula Ford Championship	Neil McFadyen	2003 Australian Formula Ford Championship
Benelux Formula Ford Championship	Michel Florie	2003 Benelux Formula Ford Championship
British Formula Ford Championship	Tom Kimber-Smith	2003 British Formula Ford Championship
Dutch Formula Ford Championship	Nelson van der Pol	2003 Dutch Formula Ford Championship
Formula Ford Zetec Championship Series	Jonathan Bomarito	2003 Formula Ford Zetec Championship Series
New Zealand Formula Ford Championship	Jonny Reid	2002–03 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship

Rallying

Series	Driver/Co-Driver	Season article
World Rally Championship	Petter Solberg	2003 World Rally Championship
	Co-Drivers: Phil Mills
	Manufacturers: Citroën
Junior World Rally Championship	Brice Tirabassi
Production World Rally Championship	Martin Rowe
African Rally Championship	Fernando Rueda	2003 African Rally Championship
Asia-Pacific Rally Championship	Armin Kremer	2003 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship
	Co-Drivers: Fred Berssen
Australian Rally Championship	Cody Crocker	2003 Australian Rally Championship
	Co-Drivers: Greg Foletta
British Rally Championship	Jonny Milner	2003 British Rally Championship
	Co-Drivers: Nicky Beech
Canadian Rally Championship	Tom McGeer	2003 Canadian Rally Championship
	Co-Drivers: Philip Erickson
Czech Rally Championship	Václav Pech	2003 Czech Rally Championship
	Co-Drivers: Petr Uhel
Deutsche Rallye Meisterschaft	Hermann Gassner Sr.
Estonian Rally Championship	A>2000: Slava Popov	2003 Estonian Rally Championship
	A>2000 Co-Drivers: Sergei Larens
	N 2000+: Ivar Raidam
	N 2000+ Co-Drivers: Robert Lepikson
European Rally Championship	Bruno Thiry	2003 European Rally Championship
	Co-Drivers: Jean-Marc Fortin
French Rally Championship	Alexandre Bengué
Hungarian Rally Championship	Balázs Benik
	Co-Drivers: Pál Somogyi
Indian National Rally Championship	V. R. Naren Kumar
	Co-Drivers: D. Ram Kumar
Italian Rally Championship	Paolo Andreucci
	Co-Drivers: Anna Andreussi
	Manufacturers: Fiat
Middle East Rally Championship	Nasser Al-Attiyah
New Zealand Rally Championship	Bruce Herbert	2003 New Zealand Rally Championship
	Co-Drivers: Rob Ryan
Polish Rally Championship	Tomasz Czopik
Romanian Rally Championship	Mihai Leu
Scottish Rally Championship	Raymond Munro
	Co-Drivers: Neil Ewing
Slovak Rally Championship	Václav Pech
	Co-Drivers: Petr Uhel
South African National Rally Championship	Serge Damseaux
	Co-Drivers: Robert Paisley
	Manufacturers: Toyota
Spanish Rally Championship	Miguel Ángel Fuster
	Co-Drivers: José Vicente Medina

Rallycross

Series	Driver	Season article
FIA European Rallycross Championship	Div 1: Kenneth Hansen
	Div 2: Jaroslav Kalný
	1400 Cup: Guttorm Lindefjell
British Rallycross Championship	Dermot Carnegie

Sports car and GT

Series	Driver	Season article
American Le Mans Series	LMP900: Frank Biela LMP900: Marco Werner	2003 American Le Mans Series season
	LMP675: Chris Dyson
	GTS: Ron Fellows GTS: Johnny O'Connell
	GT: Lucas Luhr GT: Sascha Maassen
Rolex Sports Car Series	DP: Terry Borcheller	2003 Rolex Sports Car Series season
	SRPII: Steve Marshall
	GTS: Tommy Riggins GTS: Dave Machavern
	GT: Cort Wagner GT: Brent Martini
FIA Sportscar Championship	SR1: Jan Lammers SR1: John Bosch	2003 FIA Sportscar Championship season
	SR1 Teams: Racing for Holland
	SR2: Mirko Savoldi SR2: Piergiuseppe Peroni
	SR2 Teams: Lucchini Engineering
FIA GT Championship	GT: Thomas Biagi GT: Matteo Bobbi	2003 FIA GT Championship season
	GT Teams: BMS Scuderia Italia
	N-GT: Stéphane Ortelli N-GT: Marc Lieb
	N-GT Teams: Freisinger Motorsport
Porsche Supercup, Porsche Carrera Cup, GT3 Cup Challenge and Porsche Sprint Challenge
Porsche Supercup	Frank Stippler	2003 Porsche Supercup
	Teams: Farnbacher Racing
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia	Charles Kwan	2003 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia
Australian Carrera Cup Championship	Jim Richards	2003 Australian Carrera Cup Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup France	Philippe Gache	2003 Porsche Carrera Cup France
	Teams: Larbre Compétition
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Frank Stippler	2003 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
	Teams: UPS Porsche Junior Team
Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain	Barry Horne	2003 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
	Teams: Team Parker Racing
Porsche Carrera Cup Japan	Masayuki Yamamoto	2003 Porsche Carrera Cup Japan

Stock car racing

Series	Driver	Season article
NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Matt Kenseth	2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
	Manufacturers: Chevrolet
NASCAR Busch Series	Brian Vickers	2003 NASCAR Busch Series
	Manufacturers: Chevrolet
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series	Travis Kvapil	2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
	Manufacturers: Dodge
NASCAR Busch North Series	Andy Santerre	2003 NASCAR Busch North Series
NASCAR Winston West Series	Scott Lynch	2003 NASCAR Winston West Series
ARCA Re/Max Series	Frank Kimmel	2003 ARCA Re/Max Series
ASCAR Racing Series	Ben Collins	2003 ASCAR season
Turismo Carretera	Ernesto Bessone	2003 Turismo Carretera

Touring car

Series	Driver	Season article
ADAC Procar Series	Claudia Hürtgen	2003 ADAC Procar Series
	Teams: Schubert Motors
Asian Touring Car Championship	Gary Sham Gai Tong	2003 Asian Touring Car Championship
	Teams: 3 Crowns Racing
Australian Saloon Car Series	Bruce Heinrich	2003 Australian Saloon Car Series
British Touring Car Championship	Yvan Muller	2003 British Touring Car Championship
	Teams: VX Racing
	Manufacturers: Vauxhall
	Production: Luke Hines
	Production Teams: Barwell Motorsport
	Independent: Rob Collard
Danish Touringcar Championship	Jan Magnussen	2003 Danish Touringcar Championship
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Bernd Schneider	2003 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
	Teams: HWA Team I
European Touring Car Championship	Overall: Gabriele Tarquini
	Manufacturers: BMW
	Independents: Duncan Huisman
Finnish Touring Car Championship	Olli Haapalainen
French Supertouring Championship	Christophe Bouchut
Italian Super Production Championship	Salvatore Tavano
New Zealand V8 Championship	Mark Pedersen	2002–03 New Zealand V8 season
Norwegian Touring Car Championship	Alf-Aslak Eng	2003 Norwegian Touring Car Championship
Renault Sport Clio Trophy	Luca Rangoni	2003 Renault Sport Clio Trophy
	Teams: Autotottoli
V8 Supercar Championship Series	Marcos Ambrose	2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series
	Teams: Stone Brothers Racing
	Manufacturers: Ford
Konica V8 Supercar Series	Mark Winterbottom	2003 Konica V8 Supercar Series
SEAT Cupra Championship	Robert Huff	2003 SEAT Cupra Championship
Stock Car Brasil	David Muffato	2003 Stock Car Brasil season
TC2000 Championship	Gabriel Ponce de León	2003 TC2000 Championship

Truck racing

Series	Driver	Season article
European Truck Racing Championship	Super-Race-Trucks: Gerd Körber	2003 European Truck Racing Championship
	Race-Trucks: Lutz Bernau
Fórmula Truck	Wellington Cirino	2003 Fórmula Truck season
	Teams: ABF Mercedes-Benz
V8 BRute Racing Series	Warren Luff	2003 V8 BRute Racing Series

See also

• List of motorsport championships
• Auto racing