| Event | Winner | Rationale | Charity |
| Monte Carlo | Sebastien Loeb Citroen driver | Superior driver performance in difficult conditions | | Fondation Anne Chelier (campaigns for road traffic safety and assists the victims of road traffic accidents) | |
| Sweden | Tommi Makinen Subaru driver | Good driver performance after long low-season | | JYRA (paralysis sports group) | |
| Turkey | Stephane Prevot Duval's co-driver | Great comeback performance: first time in Turkey, first time co-driving for Duval, first time in WRC in four years, yet finished 3rd overall | | Unicef | |
| New Zealand | Christian Loriaux Ford chief engineer | Raising the bar in car design with new Focus '03 WRC (Loriaux dedicated his award for all Ford team) | | Down's Syndrome charity | |
| Argentina | Marcus Gronholm Peugeot driver | Monumental fight-back to win after setback in Day 1 | | Inga Indrottsforening charity (his hometown sports association) | |
| Acropolis | Markko Martin Ford driver | Markko scored his maiden win despite difficulties | | Tartu lastefond (estonian childrens' hospital) | |
| Cyprus | Emilie le Fur Rovanpera's engineer | Determination to keep Rovanpera's 206WRC running despite problems team faced | | Association Enfance et Vie (Childhood and Life) | |
| Deutschland | Markko Martin Ford driver | Superior driver performance (Markko dedicated his win to his gravel crew) | | Cancer charity | |
| Finland | Petter Solberg Subaru driver | Fantastic last-day charge to 2nd overall | | The Centre for Premature Babies, Fredrikstad Hospital | |
| Australia | Toni Gardemeister Skoda driver | Skill and bravery to finish the rally with one hand in cast | | Ice hockey club helping young children overcome drug addiction | |
| San Remo | Carlos Sainz Citroen driver | Finished 4th overall despite recuperating from operation performed only days before rally | | Sabera Foundation (helps homeless girls in Calcutta) | |
| Corsica | Subaru mechanics | Determination to rebuild Petter's car which was severely damaged in shakedown accident. Petter eventually went on to win the event against all odds. | | Education fund for children of Mark Lovell and Roger Freeman (Subaru USA crew who died earlier this year in rally accident) | |
| Catalunya | Gilles Panizzi Peugeot driver | On his last official drive for Peugeot, final stage charge brought much needed win for the team | | Gilles' team of mechanics | |
| Great Britain | Tommi Makinen Subaru driver | Good performance while on his last event and supporting Petter's championship ambitions. | | Unknown | |
