2003 SEAT Cupra Championship
# 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

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

| Round | Track | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winner |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Croft | 4 May | Stefan Hodgetts | Gavin Smith | Stefan Hodgetts |
| 2 | Croft | 4 May | Stephen Colbert | Robert Huff | Robert Huff |
| 3 | Silverstone | 27 May | Stefan Hodgetts | Robert Huff | Stefan Hodgetts |
| 4 | Silverstone | 27 May | Stefan Hodgetts | Stefan Hodgetts | Stefan Hodgetts |
| 5 | Oulton Park | 13 July | James Pickford | Robert Huff | Robert Huff |
| 6 | Oulton Park | 13 July | Robert Huff | Gordon Shedden | Gordon Shedden |
| 7 | Rockingham | 3 August | Robert Huff | Stefan Hodgetts | Stefan Hodgetts |
| 8 | Rockingham | 3 August | James Pickford | Gavin Smith | Gavin Smith |
| 9 | Thruxton | 17 August | James Pickford | Stefan Hodgetts | Robert Huff |
| 10 | Thruxton | 17 August | 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 | 0 | 1 |
| Race 2 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | CRO | CRO | SIL | SIL | OUL | OUL | ROC | ROC | THR | 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 | CRO | SIL | SIL | OUL | OUL | ROC | ROC | THU | THU | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
