2003 SEAT Cupra Championship

2003 SEAT Cupra Championship season
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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.

Calendar

Round Circuit Date Winner
1 Croft 4 May United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts
2 United Kingdom Robert Huff
3 Silverstone 27 May United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts
4 United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts
5 Oulton Park 13 July United Kingdom Robert Huff
6 United Kingdom Gordon Shedden
7 Rockingham 3 August United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts
8 Republic of Ireland Gavin Smith
9 Thruxton 17 August United Kingdom Robert Huff
10 United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts

Championship Standings

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 United Kingdom Melanie Healey 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 2nd place
Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

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