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.

2003 SEAT Cupra Championship
Previous: none Next: 2004

Teams and drivers

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

No. Drivers Rounds
3 Stefan Hodgetts All
4 Karl Goshawk All
5 Melanie Healey 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
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
  • 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 Melanie Healey 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
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
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