13th FAI World Rally Flying Championship

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:

  1. Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk  ZAF - 324 penal points
  2. Philippe Odeon / Philippe Muller  FRA - 344 pts
  3. Krzysztof Wieczorek / Wacław Wieczorek  POL - 418 pts

Second navigation competition:

  1. Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk  ZAF - 166 pts
  2. Nathalie Strube / Patrick Sicard  FRA - 538 pts
  3. M. Lifshits / Dmitri Sukharev  RUS - 576 pts

Third navigation competition:

  1. Jiří Filip / Michal Filip  CZE - 168 pts
  2. Janusz Darocha / Zbigniew Chrząszcz  POL - 188 pts
  3. Adrian Pilling / Renier Moolman  ZAF - 188 pts

Results

Individual

Pilot / navigator; country; penal points for observation + navigation + landings

1.Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk ZAF350 + 192 + 210 = 752
2.Janusz Darocha / Zbigniew Chrząszcz POL575 + 580 + 250 = 1405
3.Nathalie Strube / Patrick Sicard FRA900 + 356 + 200 = 1456
4.Joël Tremblet / Jose Bertanier FRA550 + 738 + 360 = 1648
5.Jiří Filip / Michal Filip CZE650 + 806 + 210 = 1666
6.Petr Opat / Václav Pojer CZE1200 + 416 + 150 = 1766
7.Hubert Huber / Johannes Cserveny AUT800 + 788 + 200 = 1788
8.Michał Bartler / Michał Wieczorek POL775 + 856 + 180 = 1811
9.Adrian Pilling / Renier Moolman ZAF1050 + 672 + 120 = 1842
10.Michel Frere / Frédérick Saquet FRA850 + 868 + 240 = 1958

Team

Counted two best crews (number of penal points):

  1.  ZAF - 2594
  2.  FRA - 3104
  3.  POL - 3216
  4.  CZE - 3432
  5.  AUT - 5466
  6.  GBR - 5954
  7.  ESP - 6244
  8.  DEU - 6706
  9.  CHL - 8791
  10.  RUS - 11097
  11.  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.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.