13th FAI World Rally Flying Championship
Template:Short description Template:Nofootnotes Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use South African English 13th FAI World Rally Flying Championship took place between 26 July – 3 August 2003 in Rustenburg in South Africa.
There were 51 crews from 14 countries: South Africa (7), Poland (4), France (4), Czech Republic (4), Austria (6), United Kingdom (6), Germany (6), Russia (3), Spain (3), Chile (3), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Cyprus (1), Portugal (1).
Contest
First navigation competition:
- Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk File:Flag of South Africa.svg ZAF - 324 penal points
- Philippe Odeon / Philippe Muller File:Flag of France.svg FRA - 344 pts
- Krzysztof Wieczorek / Wacław Wieczorek File:Flag of Poland.svg POL - 418 pts
Second navigation competition:
- Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk File:Flag of South Africa.svg ZAF - 166 pts
- Nathalie Strube / Patrick Sicard File:Flag of France.svg FRA - 538 pts
- M. Lifshits / Dmitri Sukharev File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS - 576 pts
Third navigation competition:
- Jiří Filip / Michal Filip File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE - 168 pts
- Janusz Darocha / Zbigniew Chrząszcz File:Flag of Poland.svg POL - 188 pts
- Adrian Pilling / Renier Moolman File:Flag of South Africa.svg ZAF - 188 pts
Results
Individual
Pilot / navigator; country; penal points for observation + navigation + landings
| 1. | Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk | File:Flag of South Africa.svg ZAF | 350 + 192 + 210 = 752 |
| 2. | Janusz Darocha / Zbigniew Chrząszcz | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL | 575 + 580 + 250 = 1405 |
| 3. | Nathalie Strube / Patrick Sicard | File:Flag of France.svg FRA | 900 + 356 + 200 = 1456 |
| 4. | Joël Tremblet / Jose Bertanier | File:Flag of France.svg FRA | 550 + 738 + 360 = 1648 |
| 5. | Jiří Filip / Michal Filip | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE | 650 + 806 + 210 = 1666 |
| 6. | Petr Opat / Václav Pojer | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE | 1200 + 416 + 150 = 1766 |
| 7. | Hubert Huber / Johannes Cserveny | File:Flag of Austria.svg AUT | 800 + 788 + 200 = 1788 |
| 8. | Michał Bartler / Michał Wieczorek | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL | 775 + 856 + 180 = 1811 |
| 9. | Adrian Pilling / Renier Moolman | File:Flag of South Africa.svg ZAF | 1050 + 672 + 120 = 1842 |
| 10. | Michel Frere / Frédérick Saquet | File:Flag of France.svg FRA | 850 + 868 + 240 = 1958 |
Team
Counted two best crews (number of penal points):
- File:Flag of South Africa.svg ZAF - 2594
- File:Flag of France.svg FRA - 3104
- File:Flag of Poland.svg POL - 3216
- File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE - 3432
- File:Flag of Austria.svg AUT - 5466
- File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR - 5954
- File:Flag of Spain.svg ESP - 6244
- File:Flag of Germany.svg DEU - 6706
- File:Flag of Chile.svg CHL - 8791
- File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS - 11097
- File:Flag of Greece.svg GRC - 20414
Trivia
It was the first FAI World Rally Flying Championship since the 5th FAI World Rally Flying Championship in 1986, not won by the Poles.