2003 WRC entry list revealed.

The FIA yesterday announced the entry list for the 2003 World Rally Championship, there were no major surprises, and the main point of interest is that Ford have confirmed (as expected) that Markko Martin will lead the team next year.

The second Ford entry will be driven by Francois Duval, however the third seat remains unnamed, like all the other major manufacturers. The competitors for the Junior World Rally Championship were also unveiled, as were those for the 2003 Production Car World Rally Championship.

The full list is...

2003 FIA World Rally Championship:

#1 Marcus Gronholm Finland Peugeot Marlboro
#2 Richard Burns Britain Peugeot Marlboro
#3 TBA TBA Peugeot Marlboro

#4 Markko Martin Estonia Ford Motor Co. Ltd
#5 Francois Duval Belgium Ford Motor Co. Ltd
#6 TBA TBA Ford Motor Co. Ltd

#7 Petter Solberg Norway 555 Subaru World Rally Team
#8 Tommi Makinen Finland 555 Subaru World Rally Team
#9 TBA TBA 555 Subaru World Rally Team

#10 Armin Schwarz Germany Hyundai World Rally Team
#11 Freddy Loix Belgium Hyundai World Rally Team
#12 TBA TBA Hyundai World Rally Team

#14 Didier Auriol France Skoda Motorsport
#15 Toni Gardemeister Finland Skoda Motorsport
#16 TBA TBA Skoda Motorsport

#17 Colin McRae Britain Automobiles Citroen
#18 Sebastien Loeb France Automobiles Citroen
#19 TBA TBA Automobiles Citroen

* Under the 2003 sporting regulations, the above competition numbers will not change throughout the championship.

2003 FIA Production Car World Rally Championship:

#51 Karamjit Singh Malaysia
#52 Daniel Sola Spain
#53 Ramon Ferreyros Peru
#54 Toshihiro Arai Japan
#55 Martin Rowe Britain
#56 Gustavo Trelles Uruguay
#57 Giovanni Manfrinato Italy
#58 Marco Ligato Argentina
#59 Stefano Marrini Italy
#60 Giandomenico Basso Italy
#61 Janusz Kulig Poland
#62 Possum Bourne New Zealand
#63 Luca Baldini Italy
#64 Joakim Roman Sweden
#65 Stig Blomqvist Sweden
#66 Hamed Al Wahaibi Oman
#67 Krzysztof Holowczyc Poland
#68 Tomasz Kuchar Poland
#69 Bob Colsoul Belgium
#70 Riccardo Errani Italy
#71 Georgi Geradzhiev Bulgaria
#72 Titi Aur Romania
#73 Stanislav Chovanec Czech Republic
#74 Fabio Frisiero Italy
#75 Joaquim Manresa Gay Spain
#76 Patrick Richard Canada
#77 Alfredo de Dominicis Italy
#78 Lukasz Sztuka Poland
#79 Fumio Nutahara Japan
#80 Ricardo Trivino Bujalil Mexico

2003 FIA Junior World Rally Championship:

#51 Mirco Baldacci San Marino
#52 Daniel Carlsson Sweden
#53 David Doppelreiter Austria
#54 Kosti Katajamaki Finland
#55 Martin Stenshorne Norway
#56 Kristian Sohlberg Finland
#57 Dimitar Iliev Bulgaria
#58 Marco Ligato Argentina
#59 Beppo Harrach Austria
#60 Pavel Valousek Czech Republic
#61 Brice Tirabassi France
#62 Oscar Svedlund Sweden
#63 Massimo Ceccato Italy
#64 Ville-Pertti Teuronen Finland
#65 Abdo Feghali Lebanon
#66 S?bastien Ceccone France
#67 Alessandro Broccoli San Marino
#68 Juraj Sebalj Croatia
#69 Salvador Cannellas Pujals Spain
#70 Guy Philip Wilks Britain
#71 Urmo Aava Estonia
#72 Jader Vagnini San Marino
#73 Krum Donchev Bulgaria
#74 Kris Meeke Ireland
#75 Dariusz Chudobinski Poland
#76 Luca Cecchettini Italy
#77 Filippo Suessli Switzerland
#78 Vladan Vasiljevic Germany