Greg Murphy finished second for the second consecutive season.
Mark Skaife finished third, ending a three season long winning streak.
The 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series was a motor racing series for V8 Supercars. The series, which was the eighth V8 Supercar Championship Series, began on 22 March 2003 in Adelaide and ended on 30 November at Eastern Creek Raceway after 13 rounds. It ended with the awarding of the 44th Australian Touring Car Championship title by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport to Tasmanian driver Marcos Ambrose. It was the first time a Stone Brothers Racing driver had won the championship and marked the first title win by a Ford driver since Glenn Seton in 1997, ending a five-year run by Holden Racing Team drivers.
Teams and drivers
The following drivers and teams competed in the 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series. The series consisted of eleven rounds of sprint racing and two rounds (the Sandown 500 and the Bathurst 1000) of endurance racing with each car piloted by two drivers.
* = Drove in Sandown 500 only
** = Drove in Bathurst 1000 only
Results and Standings
Race Calendar
The 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series consisted of 13 rounds which included eleven sprint rounds of one, two or three races and two longer distance endurance races requiring two drivers per car.
Rd. |
Round Name,
Circuit |
City / State |
Date |
Format |
Winner |
Team |
Report |
1 |
Clipsal 500 Adelaide,
Adelaide Street Circuit |
Adelaide, South Australia |
18 - 22 Mar |
2 races |
Mark Skaife |
Holden Racing Team |
Report |
2 |
Phillip Island |
Phillip Island, Victoria |
11 - 13 Apr |
1 race |
Craig Lowndes |
Ford Performance Racing |
|
3 |
Eastern Creek Raceway |
Eastern Creek, New South Wales |
2–4 May |
1 race |
Marcos Ambrose |
Stone Brothers Racing |
|
4 |
Winton Motor Raceway |
Benalla, Victoria |
23–25 May |
1 race |
Marcos Ambrose |
Stone Brothers Racing |
|
5 |
VB 300,
Barbagallo Raceway |
Perth, Western Australia |
6 - 8 Jun |
3 races |
Marcos Ambrose |
Stone Brothers Racing |
|
6 |
Hidden Valley Raceway |
Darwin, Northern Territory |
27 - 29 Jun |
3 races |
Marcos Ambrose |
Stone Brothers Racing |
|
7 |
BigPond 300,
Queensland Raceway |
Ipswich, Queensland |
18 - 20 Jul |
1 race |
Russell Ingall |
Stone Brothers Racing |
|
8 |
Oran Park Raceway |
Sydney, New South Wales |
15 - 17 Aug |
1 race |
Marcos Ambrose |
Stone Brothers Racing |
|
9 |
Betta Electrical Sandown 500,
Sandown International Raceway |
Melbourne, Victoria |
11 - 13 Sept |
1 race |
Mark Skaife
Todd Kelly |
Holden Racing Team |
Report |
10 |
Bob Jane T-Marts 1000,
Mount Panorama Circuit |
Bathurst, New South Wales |
9 - 12 Oct |
1 race |
Greg Murphy
Rick Kelly |
K-mart Racing Team |
Report |
11 |
Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge,
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit |
Surfers Paradise, Queensland |
23 - 26 Oct |
2 races |
Russell Ingall |
Stone Brothers Racing |
|
12 |
Placemakers V8 International,
Pukekohe Park Raceway |
Pukekohe, New Zealand |
7 - 9 Nov |
3 races |
Greg Murphy |
K-mart Racing Team |
Report |
13 |
VIP Petfoods Main Event,
Eastern Creek Raceway |
Eastern Creek, New South Wales |
28 - 30 Nov |
2 races |
Marcos Ambrose |
Stone Brothers Racing |
|
Drivers championship
Drivers were required to drop the points earned at their worst round from their total, regardless of how many rounds were entered. Drivers who only entered one round lost all their points.
|
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) |
Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap
|
See also
2003 V8 Supercar season
External links