That season was WRC's absolute 2nd peak after Group B. It's still so hard to believe how all this came crashing down to just 2.5 manufacturers in 2006 and just 2 drivers battling it out.
With the points system back then and everyone squabbling, one must think that it was Markko Märtin's best chance in the new Ford. He would have been hard in that title fight without the 4 engine failures and one DSQ due to carrying a rock in the car. In total 6 retirements with a lot of speed during that year. Fun fact: had he won the title, it would have made it 15 titles won by Sebastien-named Frenchmen BETWEEN two Estonians - Märtin and Tänak.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm... Let's see who messed up Loeb messed up in Corsica but was pretty unlucky with rain, which favored Solberg Burns messed up in Spain, but was even more unlucky with his illness. Probably should have won Gronholm messed up everywhere in the 2nd half Sainz messed up in Wales Ford messed over Markko and Michael Rovanpera could have won three or four rallies but wrecked on all of them Solberg messed up in tarmac but the rain saved him. Now let' see who didn't mess up Makinen but he was slow McRae but his driving style didn't suit the UNDERsteery Citroen Panizzi but he was like only chosen for three rallies Duval but he couldn't beat Beef and Markko So basically, if you were in 2003, you either messed up or was slow
testament to how good 2003 was. The top drivers were fast and kept pushing each other into messing up. You had to be fast and took risk to keep up with others basically.
@@jokkethegamer94 He was off the pace in the tarmac rounds but that was partly due to Peugeot ceasing development of the 206 WRC and putting more effort into its replacement the 307
Loeb is overrated 😴. He only won so many titles because a couple of years after this he was up against hardly any former champions not to mention subaru becoming uncompetitive. And between 09 and 2012... it was only ford and Citroën competing. I really think changing the points system in 2003 was a mistake.. 79 to 02 was always much closer when only top 6 drivers were awarded points. When they did top 8 and eventually top 10... it lost it's appeal a little bit and downsizing to fiestas and ds3's in 2011 was the end for me. I don't like the current hyundai, Toyota and puma.. they are all boring looking cars that look nothing like their road-going siblings like the wrc of yesteryear did
@@GFY127 I call bullshit. He had serious competition at the beginning of his WRC career, which he was successfully fighting, and that was even before his prime, when nobody could catch up to him or Gronholm, also 2x champion. Maybe you think you are better competition than the rest of the grid?
I also don't care that the British drivers were driving French cars Unfortunately there were no competive British rally cars in the WRC I think both British drivers should have stayed with Subaru and not gone with the bloody froggy cars
British drivers don't seem to have much luck in the WRC It seems that the French drivers had better luck FIA is French so I think a lot of cheating was going on
@@eggselent9814 fia stands for Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. It’s origins are French. However, I don’t agree that there was cheating going on even if it seemed a bit suspect how loeb and then ogier after him very rarely ended up with car problems that resulted in dnfs vs their competitors
@@tombardsley3081 That is in one part due to the cars they were driving. The Citroën’s and VWs were the most reliable cars in the field by quite a margin. On the other hand, both Loeb and Ogier were the teams No.1 drivers and the teams obviously looked after their drivers cars the best
@@eggselent9814 yeah it was just frustrating to watch as a neutral though as championships after 2003 weren't as exciting as a result. Yes 2007, 2009 and 2011 went to the wire but that was only 2 drivers whereas here we had 4 drivers from 3 teams that could have won it prior to the final event
@@tombardsley3081 I mean of course, but it’s better than having no titles go down to the wire like in the last 10 years of F1, so i‘ll take it. Plus i think 2017-2019 were some great years
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Petter was always my favorite from this period
Great memories! I was 8 years old this season and my favorite was Petter Solberg 🇳🇴🇸🇪
That season was WRC's absolute 2nd peak after Group B. It's still so hard to believe how all this came crashing down to just 2.5 manufacturers in 2006 and just 2 drivers battling it out.
The last year before the Loeb domination and when the playstation 2 rally games ruled.
Thanks for posting this. Some amazing footage.
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23:25 despite the situation, I have to say that was a cool shot from the heli crew
Wrc used to have some amazing productions
Whoever did that heli shot I want your babies
Richard Burns could have won with Peugeot without his blackout.
Dry Bones Yep. After Australia he wasnt himself anymore :(
it was his brain tumor i think
Pat III Sarile Yeah it started to effect he’s performance in end of the year. Not good pace in san remo and corsica either and crash in spain
@@jokkethegamer94 I agree
I think Burns is real champion of 2003
It's sad that 2003 was the final year for Subaru's víctory.. 😢
For me...this Is the Golden Age of rally
Yes sir and the beginning of the Loeb era.
Yes, late 90s-early00s were intense af
Production value back then seems way higher
With the points system back then and everyone squabbling, one must think that it was Markko Märtin's best chance in the new Ford. He would have been hard in that title fight without the 4 engine failures and one DSQ due to carrying a rock in the car. In total 6 retirements with a lot of speed during that year. Fun fact: had he won the title, it would have made it 15 titles won by Sebastien-named Frenchmen BETWEEN two Estonians - Märtin and Tänak.
Australia rally was the last time burns finished on the podium before the illness struck him
Hmmmmmmmmmmm... Let's see who messed up
Loeb messed up in Corsica but was pretty unlucky with rain, which favored Solberg
Burns messed up in Spain, but was even more unlucky with his illness. Probably should have won
Gronholm messed up everywhere in the 2nd half
Sainz messed up in Wales
Ford messed over Markko and Michael
Rovanpera could have won three or four rallies but wrecked on all of them
Solberg messed up in tarmac but the rain saved him.
Now let' see who didn't mess up
Makinen but he was slow
McRae but his driving style didn't suit the UNDERsteery Citroen
Panizzi but he was like only chosen for three rallies
Duval but he couldn't beat Beef and Markko
So basically, if you were in 2003, you either messed up or was slow
Burns should have won without his brain tumor because it started effect to his performance, he would be in top 5 in those tarmac rounds
testament to how good 2003 was. The top drivers were fast and kept pushing each other into messing up. You had to be fast and took risk to keep up with others basically.
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@@nhominhdinh Some of them were going to be retired of competition.
@@jokkethegamer94 He was off the pace in the tarmac rounds but that was partly due to Peugeot ceasing development of the 206 WRC and putting more effort into its replacement the 307
45:45 Final Round.
thanx buddy, no more races like this... got it on VHS.. ;)
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Even as a norwegian, its impossible to understand Petter
1:02:55 total flatout by Loeb
Awesome
11:34 commentary error. Didier Auriol won the title once not twice. I dunno how they make such errors 🙄
54:35 ah Ben edwards can commentate on any motorsport!
45:45 So this is it.
12:26 Next up New Zealand.
39:46 (background music) wanted to find that song, no luck unfortunately.. Kudos to creator.
ua-cam.com/video/-i2yYQNLUQY/v-deo.html 3:50 here
Marcus grondhelm in 2001 always retired always overheat and crashes now 2003 crash and heat
Ahhh the good ol' days, when shitty dance music was considered more important than commentary or the sound of engines!
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11:33 Two Times World Champion Didier Auriol??
yes
I know, he was champion in 1994 only.
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Rip Burns 🫡
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Loeb must be the 2003 champion because he had missed his opportunity to win the final round rally dropped to 2nd place
No he shouldn't, Solberg was better than him that year
Corsica? Argentina? Australia? Regardless of what happened in Wales, his mistakes are what cost him.
@@hamirthapar6788 not to mention Turkey with going the wrong way and running out of fuel
Loeb is overrated 😴. He only won so many titles because a couple of years after this he was up against hardly any former champions not to mention subaru becoming uncompetitive. And between 09 and 2012... it was only ford and Citroën competing. I really think changing the points system in 2003 was a mistake.. 79 to 02 was always much closer when only top 6 drivers were awarded points. When they did top 8 and eventually top 10... it lost it's appeal a little bit and downsizing to fiestas and ds3's in 2011 was the end for me. I don't like the current hyundai, Toyota and puma.. they are all boring looking cars that look nothing like their road-going siblings like the wrc of yesteryear did
@@GFY127 I call bullshit. He had serious competition at the beginning of his WRC career, which he was successfully fighting, and that was even before his prime, when nobody could catch up to him or Gronholm, also 2x champion. Maybe you think you are better competition than the rest of the grid?
33:00 anyone know the song?
20:27 8th
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I also don't care that the British drivers were driving French cars
Unfortunately there were no competive British rally cars in the WRC
I think both British drivers should have stayed with Subaru and not gone with the bloody froggy cars
Burns was supposed to go back to Subaru for 2004. Unfortunately, his tragic illness prevented that from happening
British drivers don't seem to have much luck in the WRC
It seems that the French drivers had better luck
FIA is French so I think a lot of cheating was going on
Or maybe French drivers were just better? and btw the FIA is not french
@@eggselent9814 fia stands for Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. It’s origins are French. However, I don’t agree that there was cheating going on even if it seemed a bit suspect how loeb and then ogier after him very rarely ended up with car problems that resulted in dnfs vs their competitors
@@tombardsley3081 That is in one part due to the cars they were driving. The Citroën’s and VWs were the most reliable cars in the field by quite a margin. On the other hand, both Loeb and Ogier were the teams No.1 drivers and the teams obviously looked after their drivers cars the best
@@eggselent9814 yeah it was just frustrating to watch as a neutral though as championships after 2003 weren't as exciting as a result. Yes 2007, 2009 and 2011 went to the wire but that was only 2 drivers whereas here we had 4 drivers from 3 teams that could have won it prior to the final event
@@tombardsley3081 I mean of course, but it’s better than having no titles go down to the wire like in the last 10 years of F1, so i‘ll take it. Plus i think 2017-2019 were some great years
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