13th FAI World Rally Flying Championship
Flying Championship held in Rustenburg, South Africa
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13th FAI World Rally Flying Championship took place between 26 July â 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
ZAF - 324 penal points - Philippe Odeon / Philippe Muller
FRA - 344 pts - Krzysztof Wieczorek / WacÅaw Wieczorek
POL - 418 pts
Second navigation competition:
- Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk ZAF - 166 pts
- Nathalie Strube / Patrick Sicard FRA - 538 pts
- M. Lifshits / Dmitri Sukharev
RUS - 576 pts
Third navigation competition:
Results
Individual
Pilot / navigator; country; penal points for observation + navigation + landings
| 1. | Nigel Hopkins / Dale de Klerk |  ZAF | 350 + 192 + 210 = 752 |
| 2. | Janusz Darocha / Zbigniew ChrzÄ szcz |  POL | 575 + 580 + 250 = 1405 |
| 3. | Nathalie Strube / Patrick Sicard |  FRA | 900 + 356 + 200 = 1456 |
| 4. | Joël Tremblet / Jose Bertanier | FRA | 550 + 738 + 360 = 1648 |
| 5. | JiÅÃ Filip / Michal Filip |  CZE | 650 + 806 + 210 = 1666 |
| 6. | Petr Opat / Václav Pojer | CZE | 1200 + 416 + 150 = 1766 |
| 7. | Hubert Huber / Johannes Cserveny |  AUT | 800 + 788 + 200 = 1788 |
| 8. | MichaÅ Bartler / MichaÅ Wieczorek | POL | 775 + 856 + 180 = 1811 |
| 9. | Adrian Pilling / Renier Moolman | ZAF | 1050 + 672 + 120 = 1842 |
| 10. | Michel Frere / Frédérick Saquet | FRA | 850 + 868 + 240 = 1958 |
Team
Counted two best crews (number of penal points):
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.