News - latest article2003 World Rally ChampionshipSpanish flier: Carlos Sainz has won the Rally of Turkey, the third round of the FIA World Rally Championship, to clinch his first victory of the year - and his first victory for the Citroen team. The Spaniard's success in his Citroen Xsara makes him the joint most successful driver of all time, equalling team-mate Colin McRae's record of 25 world championship rally wins. Peugeot's Richard Burns took second place for Peugeot, 58 seconds ahead of Ford Focus driver Francois Duval, to claim eight Carlos Sainz gets on top of the WRC rostrum in Turkey3 Mar 2003 By JUSTIN LACY Driver's championship standings: Richard BURNS (GB) Peugeot - 18 Colin McRAE (GB) Citroen - 17 Carlos SAINZ (ESP) Citroen - 16 Markko MARTIN (EST) Ford - 13 Sébastien LOEB (FRA) Citroen - 12 Marcus GRONHOLM (FIN) Peugeot - 10 Tommi Makinen (FIN) Subaru - 9 Francois DUVAL (FRA) Ford - 8 Gilles PANIZZI (FRA) Peugeot - 4 Petter SOLBERG (N) Subaru - 3 Cedric ROBERT (FRA) Peugeot - 3 Manufacturer's Championship standings: Citroen 39 Peugeot 31 Ford 25 Subaru 13 Skoda 6 Hyundai 3 Next round of the 2003 WRC: Rally of New Zealand (April 9 - April 13) |
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