# List of 2003 motorsport champions

This list of 2003 motorsport champions is a list of national or international auto racing series with a Championship decided by the points or positions earned by a driver from multiple races.

## Air racing

| Series | Pilot | refer |
| Red Bull Air Race World Series | Péter Besenyei | 2003 Red Bull Air Race World Series |

## Dirt oval racing

| Series | Champion | Refer |
| World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series | Steve Kinser | |
| World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series | Teams: Steve Kinser Racing | |

## Drag racing

| Series | Champion | Refer |
| NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series | Top Fuel: Larry Dixon | 2003 NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series |
| NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series | Funny Car: Tony Pedregon | 2003 NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series |
| NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series | Pro Stock: Greg Anderson | 2003 NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series |
| NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series | Pro Stock Motorcycle: Geno Scali | 2003 NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series |

## Drifting

| Series | Champion | Refer |
| D1 Grand Prix | Youichi Imamura | 2003 D1 Grand Prix season |
| D1NZ | Jairus Wharerau | 2003 D1NZ season |

## Karting

| Series | Driver |
| Karting World Championship | FA: Wade Cunningham |
| CIK-FIA Karting European Championship | FA: Bas Lammers |
| CIK-FIA Karting European Championship | S-ICC: Alessandro Manetti |
| CIK-FIA Karting European Championship | ICA: Nicola Bocchi |
| CIK-FIA Karting European Championship | ICA-J: Nicholas Risitano |
| Rotax Max Challenge | MAX: Cristiano Morgado |
| Rotax Max Challenge | Junior: Omar Martin |

## Motorcycle

| Series | Rider | Season article |
| MotoGP World Championship | Valentino Rossi | 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
| 250cc World Championship | Manuel Poggiali | 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
| 125cc World Championship | Daniel Pedrosa | 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
| Superbike World Championship | Neil Hodgson | 2003 Superbike World Championship season |
| Supersport World Championship | Chris Vermeulen | |
| Speedway World Championship | Nicki Pedersen | 2003 Speedway Grand Prix |
| AMA Superbike Championship | Mat Mladin | |
| Australian Superbike Championship | Craig Coxhell | |

## Open wheel racing

| Series | Driver | Season article |
| FIA Formula One World Championship | Michael Schumacher | 2003 Formula One World Championship |
| FIA Formula One World Championship | Constructors: Ferrari | 2003 Formula One World Championship |
| Champ Car World Series | Paul Tracy | 2003 CART season |
| Champ Car World Series | Manufacturers: Lola | 2003 CART season |
| Champ Car World Series | Rookies: Sébastien Bourdais | 2003 CART season |
| IndyCar Series | Scott Dixon | 2003 IndyCar Series |
| IndyCar Series | Manufacturers: Toyota | 2003 IndyCar Series |
| IndyCar Series | Rookies: Dan Wheldon | 2003 IndyCar Series |
| Infiniti Pro Series | Mark Taylor | 2003 Infiniti Pro Series season |
| Historic Formula One Championship | Mike Wrigley | 2003 Historic Formula One Championship |
| Atlantic Championship | A. J. Allmendinger | 2003 Atlantic Championship season |
| Australian Drivers' Championship | Daniel Gaunt | 2003 Australian Drivers' Championship |
| Barber Dodge Pro Series | Leonardo Maia | 2003 Barber Dodge Pro Series |
| Euro Formula 3000 Series | Augusto Farfus | 2003 Euro Formula 3000 Series |
| Formula Nippon Championship | Satoshi Motoyama | 2003 Formula Nippon Championship |
| Formula Nippon Championship | Teams: Team Impul | 2003 Formula Nippon Championship |
| Formula Volkswagen Germany | Jaap van Lagen | 2003 Formula Volkswagen Germany season |
| International Formula 3000 Championship | Björn Wirdheim | 2003 International Formula 3000 Championship |
| World Series by Lights | Juan Cruz Álvarez | 2003 World Series Lights season |
| World Series by Nissan | Franck Montagny | 2003 World Series by Nissan season |
| Formula Palmer Audi | Ryan Lewis | 2003 Formula Palmer Audi |
| Formula Palmer Audi | Autumn Trophy: Jonathan Kennard | 2003 Formula Palmer Audi |
| EuroBOSS Series | Klaas Zwart | 2003 EuroBOSS Series |
| EuroBOSS Series | Teams: Team Ascari | 2003 EuroBOSS Series |
| JAF Japan Formula 4 | Kantō: Kei Idaka | 2003 JAF Japan Formula 4 |
| JAF Japan Formula 4 | Kansai: Kenji Ōtaki | 2003 JAF Japan Formula 4 |
| Formula Dream | Hideki Mutoh | 2003 Formula Dream |
| Formula König | Franz Kuncic | 2003 Formula König season |
| Formula König | Teams: Kern Motorsport | 2003 Formula König season |
| Formula Toyota | Kazuki Nakajima | 2003 Formula Toyota season |
| Star Mazda Championship | Luis Schiavo | 2003 Star Mazda Championship |
| Formula Dodge National Championship | Raphael Matos | |
| Formula Dodge National Championship | Masters: Chris Wilcox | |
| Formula Dodge Eastern Championship | Marco Andretti | |
| Formula Dodge Eastern Championship | Masters: Mark Patterson | |
| Formula Dodge Midwestern Championship | Salvador Durán | |
| Formula Dodge Midwestern Championship | Masters: John Greist | |
| Formula Dodge Southern Championship | Joe D'Agostino | |
| Formula Dodge Southern Championship | Masters: John Pew | |
| Formula Dodge Western Championship | Ricky Schmidt | |
| Formula Dodge Western Championship | Masters: Jim Mashburn | |
| Skip Barber Challenge | Matt Franc | |
| Formula Lista Junior | Romain Grosjean | 2003 Formula Lista Junior season |
| Formula RUS | Yuri Baiborodov | |
| Russian Formula 1600 Championship | Alexander Tyuryumin | 2003 Russian Formula 1600 Championship |
| Russian Formula 1600 Championship | Teams: ArtLine Engineering | 2003 Russian Formula 1600 Championship |
| United States Speedway Series | Mike Koss | 2003 United States Speedway Series |
| Formula Three |||
| Formula 3 Euro Series | Ryan Briscoe | 2003 Formula 3 Euro Series season |
| Formula 3 Euro Series | Rookie: Christian Klien | 2003 Formula 3 Euro Series season |
| Formula 3 Euro Series | Nation: France | 2003 Formula 3 Euro Series season |
| Asian Formula Three Championship | Pepon Marave | 2003 Asian Formula Three Championship |
| Asian Formula Three Championship | Teams: Kinetic F3 Racing Team | 2003 Asian Formula Three Championship |
| Australian Formula 3 Championship | Michael Caruso | 2003 Australian Formula 3 Championship |
| Australian Formula 3 Championship | Trophy Class: David Borg | 2003 Australian Formula 3 Championship |
| Austria Formula 3 Cup | Diego Romanini | 2003 Austria Formula 3 Cup |
| Austria Formula 3 Cup | Trophy: Jörg Sandek | 2003 Austria Formula 3 Cup |
| British Formula 3 Championship | Alan van der Merwe | 2003 British Formula Three Championship |
| British Formula 3 Championship | National: Ernesto Viso | 2003 British Formula Three Championship |
| All-Japan Formula Three Championship | James Courtney | 2003 Japanese Formula 3 Championship |
| All-Japan Formula Three Championship | Teams: TOM'S | 2003 Japanese Formula 3 Championship |
| Chilean Formula Three Championship | Cristobal Puig | 2003 Chilean Formula Three Championship |
| Finnish Formula Three Championship | Andrea Belicchi | 2003 Finnish Formula Three Championship |
| Finnish Formula Three Championship | Teams: Lukoil Racing | 2003 Finnish Formula Three Championship |
| German Formula Three Championship | João Paulo de Oliveira | 2003 German Formula Three season |
| German Formula Three Championship | Rookie: Sven Barth | 2003 German Formula Three season |
| Italian Formula Three Championship | Fausto Ippoliti | 2003 Italian Formula Three season |
| Spanish Formula Three Championship | Ricardo Mauricio | 2003 Spanish Formula Three season |
| Spanish Formula Three Championship | Teams: Racing Engineering | 2003 Spanish Formula Three season |
| Spanish Formula Three Championship | Trofeo Ibérico: Borja García | 2003 Spanish Formula Three season |
| Spanish Formula Three Championship | Copa de España Júnior: Ricardo Risatti | 2003 Spanish Formula Three season |
| Formula 3 Sudamericana | Danilo Dirani | 2003 Formula 3 Sudamericana season |
| Formula 3 Sudamericana | Light: Rodrigo Ribeiro | 2003 Formula 3 Sudamericana season |
| Formula Renault |||
| Formula Renault V6 Eurocup | José María López | 2003 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup |
| Formula Renault V6 Eurocup | Teams: ARTA-Signature | 2003 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup |
| Formula Renault 2000 Masters | Esteban Guerrieri | 2003 Formula Renault 2000 Masters season |
| Formula Renault 2000 Masters | Teams: JD Motorsport | 2003 Formula Renault 2000 Masters season |
| Formula Renault 2000 UK | Lewis Hamilton | 2003 Formula Renault 2000 UK season |
| Formula Renault 2000 UK | Winter Series: Jay Howard | 2003 Formula Renault 2000 UK season |
| Championnat de France Formula Renault 2000 | Loïc Duval | |
| Formula Renault BARC | James Gornall | |
| Formula Renault 2000 Italia | Franck Perera | |
| Formula Renault 2000 Italia | Teams: Prema Powerteam | |
| Formula Renault 2000 Italia | Winter Series: Pastor Maldonado | |
| Formula Renault 2000 Germany | Ryan Sharp | |
| Formula Renault 2000 Netherlands | Paul Meijer | |
| Formula Renault 2000 Scandinavia | Tom Pedersen | |
| Renault Speed Trophy F2000 | Manuel Benz | |
| Mexican Formula Renault Championship | Homero Richards | |
| Formula Renault 2000 Brazil | Allam Khodair | |
| North American Fran Am 2000 Pro Championship | Andrew Ranger | |
| North American Fran Am 2000 Pro Championship | Winter Series: Charles Hall | |
| Asian Formula Renault Challenge | Rodolfo Ávila | |
| Asian Formula Renault Challenge | Teams: Asia Racing Team | |
| Formula Campus by Renault and Elf | Laurent Groppi | |
| Formula Renault 1600 Argentina | Maximiliano Merlino | |
| Formula Renault 1600 Belgium | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | |
| Formula Junior 1600 Italia powered by Renault | Marino Spinozzi | |
| Formula Junior 1600 Italia powered by Renault | Winter Series: Domenico Capuano | |
| Formula Junior 1600 Spain | Juan Antonio del Pino | |
| North American Fran Am 1600 Pro Championship | Colin Braun | |
| Formula Super Renault | Federico Lifschitz | |
| Formula BMW |||
| Formula BMW ADAC | Maximilian Götz | 2003 Formula BMW ADAC season |
| Formula BMW ADAC | Teams: ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg | 2003 Formula BMW ADAC season |
| Formula BMW Asia | Ho-Pin Tung | 2003 Formula BMW Asia season |
| Formula BMW Asia | Teams: Team Meritus | 2003 Formula BMW Asia season |
| F. Baviera Junior Cup | Juan Cáceres | |
| Formula Ford |||
| Australian Formula Ford Championship | Neil McFadyen | 2003 Australian Formula Ford Championship |
| Benelux Formula Ford Championship | Michel Florie | 2003 Benelux Formula Ford Championship |
| British Formula Ford Championship | Tom Kimber-Smith | 2003 British Formula Ford Championship |
| Dutch Formula Ford Championship | Nelson van der Pol | 2003 Dutch Formula Ford Championship |
| Formula Ford Zetec Championship Series | Jonathan Bomarito | 2003 Formula Ford Zetec Championship Series |
| New Zealand Formula Ford Championship | Jonny Reid | 2002–03 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship |

## Rallying

| Series | Driver/Co-Driver | Season article |
| World Rally Championship | Petter Solberg | 2003 World Rally Championship |
| World Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Phil Mills | 2003 World Rally Championship |
| World Rally Championship | Manufacturers: Citroën | 2003 World Rally Championship |
| Junior World Rally Championship | Brice Tirabassi | 2003 World Rally Championship |
| Production World Rally Championship | Martin Rowe | 2003 World Rally Championship |
| African Rally Championship | Fernando Rueda | 2003 African Rally Championship |
| Asia-Pacific Rally Championship | Armin Kremer | 2003 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship |
| Asia-Pacific Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Fred Berssen | 2003 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship |
| Australian Rally Championship | Cody Crocker | 2003 Australian Rally Championship |
| Australian Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Greg Foletta | 2003 Australian Rally Championship |
| British Rally Championship | Jonny Milner | 2003 British Rally Championship |
| British Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Nicky Beech | 2003 British Rally Championship |
| Canadian Rally Championship | Tom McGeer | 2003 Canadian Rally Championship |
| Canadian Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Philip Erickson | 2003 Canadian Rally Championship |
| Czech Rally Championship | Václav Pech | 2003 Czech Rally Championship |
| Czech Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Petr Uhel | 2003 Czech Rally Championship |
| Deutsche Rallye Meisterschaft | Hermann Gassner Sr. | |
| Estonian Rally Championship | A>2000: Slava Popov | 2003 Estonian Rally Championship |
| Estonian Rally Championship | A>2000 Co-Drivers: Sergei Larens | 2003 Estonian Rally Championship |
| Estonian Rally Championship | N 2000+: Ivar Raidam | 2003 Estonian Rally Championship |
| Estonian Rally Championship | N 2000+ Co-Drivers: Robert Lepikson | 2003 Estonian Rally Championship |
| European Rally Championship | Bruno Thiry | 2003 European Rally Championship |
| European Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Jean-Marc Fortin | 2003 European Rally Championship |
| French Rally Championship | Alexandre Bengué | |
| Hungarian Rally Championship | Balázs Benik | |
| Hungarian Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Pál Somogyi | |
| Indian National Rally Championship | V. R. Naren Kumar | |
| Indian National Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: D. Ram Kumar |
| Italian Rally Championship | Paolo Andreucci | |
| Italian Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Anna Andreussi | |
| Italian Rally Championship | Manufacturers: Fiat | |
| Middle East Rally Championship | Nasser Al-Attiyah | |
| New Zealand Rally Championship | Bruce Herbert | 2003 New Zealand Rally Championship |
| New Zealand Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Rob Ryan | 2003 New Zealand Rally Championship |
| Polish Rally Championship | Tomasz Czopik | |
| Romanian Rally Championship | Mihai Leu | |
| Scottish Rally Championship | Raymond Munro | |
| Scottish Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Neil Ewing | |
| Slovak Rally Championship | Václav Pech | |
| Slovak Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Petr Uhel | |
| South African National Rally Championship | Serge Damseaux | |
| South African National Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Robert Paisley | |
| South African National Rally Championship | Manufacturers: Toyota | |
| Spanish Rally Championship | Miguel Ángel Fuster | |
| Spanish Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: José Vicente Medina | |

### Rallycross

| Series | Driver |
| FIA European Rallycross Championship | Div 1: Kenneth Hansen |
| FIA European Rallycross Championship | Div 2: Jaroslav Kalný |
| FIA European Rallycross Championship | 1400 Cup: Guttorm Lindefjell |
| British Rallycross Championship | Dermot Carnegie |

## Sports car and GT

| Series | Driver | Season article |
| American Le Mans Series | LMP900: Frank Biela LMP900: Marco Werner | 2003 American Le Mans Series season |
| American Le Mans Series | LMP675: Chris Dyson | 2003 American Le Mans Series season |
| American Le Mans Series | GTS: Ron Fellows GTS: Johnny O'Connell | 2003 American Le Mans Series season |
| American Le Mans Series | GT: Lucas Luhr GT: Sascha Maassen | 2003 American Le Mans Series season |
| British GT Championship | GTO: Tom Herridge | 2003 British GT Championship |
| British GT Championship | GT Cup: Matt Griffin GT Cup: Patrick Pearce | 2003 British GT Championship |
| Rolex Sports Car Series | DP: Terry Borcheller | 2003 Rolex Sports Car Series season |
| Rolex Sports Car Series | SRPII: Steve Marshall | 2003 Rolex Sports Car Series season |
| Rolex Sports Car Series | GTS: Tommy Riggins GTS: Dave Machavern | 2003 Rolex Sports Car Series season |
| Rolex Sports Car Series | GT: Cort Wagner GT: Brent Martini | 2003 Rolex Sports Car Series season |
| FIA Sportscar Championship | SR1: Jan Lammers SR1: John Bosch | 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship season |
| FIA Sportscar Championship | SR1 Teams: Racing for Holland | 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship season |
| FIA Sportscar Championship | SR2: Mirko Savoldi SR2: Piergiuseppe Peroni | 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship season |
| FIA Sportscar Championship | SR2 Teams: Lucchini Engineering | 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship season |
| FIA GT Championship | GT: Thomas Biagi GT: Matteo Bobbi | 2003 FIA GT Championship season |
| FIA GT Championship | GT Teams: BMS Scuderia Italia | 2003 FIA GT Championship season |
| FIA GT Championship | N-GT: Stéphane Ortelli N-GT: Marc Lieb | 2003 FIA GT Championship season |
| FIA GT Championship | N-GT Teams: Freisinger Motorsport | 2003 FIA GT Championship season |
| Porsche Supercup, Porsche Carrera Cup, GT3 Cup Challenge and Porsche Sprint Challenge |||
| Porsche Supercup | Frank Stippler | 2003 Porsche Supercup |
| Porsche Supercup | Teams: Farnbacher Racing | 2003 Porsche Supercup |
| Porsche Carrera Cup Asia | Charles Kwan | 2003 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia |
| Australian Carrera Cup Championship | Jim Richards | 2003 Australian Carrera Cup Championship |
| Porsche Carrera Cup France | Philippe Gache | 2003 Porsche Carrera Cup France |
| Porsche Carrera Cup France | Teams: Larbre Compétition | 2003 Porsche Carrera Cup France |
| Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | Frank Stippler | 2003 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany |
| Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | Teams: UPS Porsche Junior Team | 2003 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany |
| Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain | Barry Horne | 2003 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain |
| Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain | Teams: Team Parker Racing | 2003 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain |
| Porsche Carrera Cup Japan | Masayuki Yamamoto | 2003 Porsche Carrera Cup Japan |

## Stock car racing

| Series | Driver | Season article |
| NASCAR Winston Cup Series | Matt Kenseth | 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series |
| NASCAR Winston Cup Series | Manufacturers: Chevrolet | 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series |
| NASCAR Busch Series | Brian Vickers | 2003 NASCAR Busch Series |
| NASCAR Busch Series | Manufacturers: Chevrolet | 2003 NASCAR Busch Series |
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series | Travis Kvapil | 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series |
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series | Manufacturers: Dodge | 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series |
| NASCAR Busch North Series | Andy Santerre | 2003 NASCAR Busch North Series |
| NASCAR Winston West Series | Scott Lynch | 2003 NASCAR Winston West Series |
| ARCA Re/Max Series | Frank Kimmel | 2003 ARCA Re/Max Series |
| ASCAR Racing Series | Ben Collins | 2003 ASCAR season |
| Turismo Carretera | Ernesto Bessone | 2003 Turismo Carretera |

## Touring car

| Series | Driver | Season article |
| ADAC Procar Series | Claudia Hürtgen | 2003 ADAC Procar Series |
| ADAC Procar Series | Teams: Schubert Motors | 2003 ADAC Procar Series |
| Asian Touring Car Championship | Gary Sham Gai Tong | 2003 Asian Touring Car Championship |
| Asian Touring Car Championship | Teams: 3 Crowns Racing | 2003 Asian Touring Car Championship |
| Australian Saloon Car Series | Bruce Heinrich | 2003 Australian Saloon Car Series |
| British Touring Car Championship | Yvan Muller | 2003 British Touring Car Championship |
| British Touring Car Championship | Teams: VX Racing | 2003 British Touring Car Championship |
| British Touring Car Championship | Manufacturers: Vauxhall | 2003 British Touring Car Championship |
| British Touring Car Championship | Production: Luke Hines | 2003 British Touring Car Championship |
| British Touring Car Championship | Production Teams: Barwell Motorsport | 2003 British Touring Car Championship |
| British Touring Car Championship | Independent: Rob Collard | 2003 British Touring Car Championship |
| Danish Touringcar Championship | Jan Magnussen | 2003 Danish Touringcar Championship |
| Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Bernd Schneider | 2003 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters |
| Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Teams: HWA Team I | 2003 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters |
| European Touring Car Championship | Overall: Gabriele Tarquini | |
| European Touring Car Championship | Manufacturers: BMW | |
| European Touring Car Championship | Independents: Duncan Huisman | |
| Finnish Touring Car Championship | Olli Haapalainen | |
| French Supertouring Championship | Christophe Bouchut | |
| Italian Super Production Championship | Salvatore Tavano | |
| New Zealand V8 Championship | Mark Pedersen | 2002–03 New Zealand V8 season |
| Norwegian Touring Car Championship | Alf-Aslak Eng | 2003 Norwegian Touring Car Championship |
| Renault Sport Clio Trophy | Luca Rangoni | 2003 Renault Sport Clio Trophy |
| Renault Sport Clio Trophy | Teams: Autotottoli | 2003 Renault Sport Clio Trophy |
| V8 Supercar Championship Series | Marcos Ambrose | 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series |
| V8 Supercar Championship Series | Teams: Stone Brothers Racing | 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series |
| V8 Supercar Championship Series | Manufacturers: Ford | 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series |
| Konica V8 Supercar Series | Mark Winterbottom | 2003 Konica V8 Supercar Series |
| SEAT Cupra Championship | Robert Huff | 2003 SEAT Cupra Championship |
| Stock Car Brasil | David Muffato | 2003 Stock Car Brasil season |
| TC2000 Championship | Gabriel Ponce de León | 2003 TC2000 Championship |

## Truck racing

| Series | Driver | Season article |
| European Truck Racing Championship | Super-Race-Trucks: Gerd Körber | 2003 European Truck Racing Championship |
| European Truck Racing Championship | Race-Trucks: Lutz Bernau | 2003 European Truck Racing Championship |
| Fórmula Truck | Wellington Cirino | 2003 Fórmula Truck season |
| Fórmula Truck | Teams: ABF Mercedes-Benz | 2003 Fórmula Truck season |
| V8 BRute Racing Series | Warren Luff | 2003 V8 BRute Racing Series |