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2003 SEAT Cupra Championship

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 edit

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

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

Calendar edit

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

Championship Standings edit

  • 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   Robert Huff 4 1 2 2 1 2 NC 3 1 Ret 122
2   Gordon Shedden 3 3 6 3 6 1 2 7 DSQ 2 107
3   Stefan Hodgetts 1 7 1 1 Ret DNS 1 6 12 1 105
4   Gavin Smith 6 2 5 4 14 3 Ret 1 11 Ret 78
5   James Pickford 7 4 3 5 8 15 Ret 2 2 Ret 70
6   Stephen Colbert 5 Ret 4 9 2 4 Ret 5 13 3 69
7   Julian Westwood 15 5 8 7 3 6 Ret 8 3 5 66
8   Spencer Marsh 2 9 7 13 4 7 Ret DNS Ret 4 48
9   Andre D'Cruze 9 10 10 8 15 8 3 4 10 7 47
10   Emmet O'Brien 8 6 15 Ret 5 5 7 Ret 4 9 45
11   Paula Cook Ret 12 12 Ret 9 9 5 9 5 6 32
12   Hamish Gordon 12 14 13 10 10 11 6 10 6 8 24
13   Karl Goshawk 13 13 14 11 12 12 4 11 7 Ret 17
14   Craig Murray 10 8 9 6 17
15   Ben Winrow 11 11 11 12 7 10 Ret Ret 10
16   Charles Stewart 16 16 17 15 13 14 8 12 9 11 8
17   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)

External links edit

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