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The '''2003 Canadian Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] motor race | The '''2003 Canadian Grand Prix''' (officially known as the '''Grand Prix Air Canada 2003''')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/results/2003/races/744/canada/race-result|title=Canada|website=Formula1.com|access-date=28 July 2025}}</ref> was a [[Formula One]] motor race that took place on 15 June 2003 at the [[Circuit Gilles Villeneuve]] in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]. It was the eighth round of the [[2003 Formula One World Championship]]. | ||
[[ | [[Ralf Schumacher]] of [[Williams Racing|BMW Williams]] took [[pole position]] for the race. His brother, World Champion [[Michael Schumacher]], won the race, despite nursing an ailing car, ahead of Ralf and [[Juan Pablo Montoya]] in the other Williams. | ||
This was the fourth time that the Schumacher brothers | This was the fourth time that the Schumacher brothers finished 1-2, having become the first siblings to do so at the [[2001 Canadian Grand Prix]]. | ||
== | ==Background== | ||
The [[Circuit Gilles Villeneuve]] in [[Montreal]] hosted the [[Canadian Grand Prix]] for the 25th time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 13-15 June. The Grand Prix was the eighth round of the [[2003 Formula One World Championship]] and the 35th running of the Canadian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grands Prix Spain |url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/grand-prix-canada.aspx |access-date=2 August 2025 |publisher=StatsF1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 January 2003 |title=2003 F1 calendar |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/2657581.stm |access-date=2 August 2025 |publisher=[[BBC Sport]]}}</ref> | |||
===Championship standings before the race=== | |||
Going into the weekend, [[McLaren]] driver [[Kimi Räikkönen]] led the [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|Drivers' Championship]] with 48 points, ahead of [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] driver [[Michael Schumacher]] on 44 and [[Renault F1|Renault]]'s [[Fernando Alonso]] on 29 points. In the [[List of Formula One World Constructors' Champions|Constructors' Championship]], McLaren were leading with 73 points and Ferrari were second on 71 points, with [[Williams Racing|BMW Williams]] third on 50 points.<ref name="championshipstandings">{{cite web|title=Drivers' and Constructors' Provisional Standings|url=http://www.fia.com/FreePress/F1_Guide_2003/Championship.html|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|access-date=12 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020602144615/http://www.fia.com/homepage/selection-a.html|archive-date=2 June 2002}}</ref> | |||
==Practice== | |||
Three [[Formula One racing#Free practice|free practice]] sessions were held for the event.<ref name=2003Regs>{{cite book|editor-last=Domenjoz|editor-first=Luc|title=Formula 1 Yearbook 2003–04|chapter=Sporting regulations|url=https://archive.org/details/formula1yearbook0000unse_x6v8|year=2003|publisher=Parragon|location=Bath, Somerset|pages=220–221|isbn=978-1-4054-2089-1|via=Internet Archive|url-access=registration}}</ref><ref name="raceweekend">{{cite web|url=https://www.newsonf1.com/2003/races/canada/main.htm|title=2003 Canadian Grand Prix - Results and Reports|work=NewsOnF1.com|access-date=1 August 2025}}</ref> [[Jaguar Racing|Jaguar]] driver [[Antônio Pizzonia]] set the fastest time in the first session, six tenths of a second quicker than [[Juan Pablo Montoya]] and [[Michael Schumacher]], in second and third places respectively.<ref name="newspractice1">{{cite web|url=https://www.newsonf1.com/2003/races/canada/f1res.htm|title=2003 Canadian Grand Prix - Friday Practice Session Results|work=NewsOnF1.com|access-date=1 August 2025}}</ref><ref name="f1practice1">{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/results/2003/races/744/canada/practice/1|title=GRAND PRIX AIR CANADA 2003 - PRACTICE 1|work=Formula1.com|access-date=1 August 2025}}</ref> The second session was topped by [[Rubens Barrichello]] in the [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] ahead of Michael Schumacher and [[Jacques Villeneuve]] in the [[British American Racing|BAR]].<ref name="newspractice2">{{cite web|url=https://www.newsonf1.com/2003/races/canada/s1res.htm|title=2003 Canadian Grand Prix - First Saturday Practice Session Results|work=NewsOnF1.com|access-date=1 August 2025}}</ref> Finally, the Ferraris of Schumacher and Barrichello led the third practice session, ahead of [[Giancarlo Fisichella]] in the [[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan]].<ref name="newspractice3">{{cite web|url=https://www.newsonf1.com/2003/races/canada/s2res.htm|title=2003 Canadian Grand Prix - Second Saturday Practice Session Results|work=NewsOnF1.com|access-date=1 August 2025}}</ref><ref name="f1practice2">{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/results/2003/races/744/canada/practice/2|title=GRAND PRIX AIR CANADA 2003 - PRACTICE 2|work=Formula1.com|access-date=1 August 2025}}</ref> | |||
==Qualifying== | |||
[[Formula One racing#Qualifying|Qualiyfing]] consisted of two one-hour sessions, one on Friday and one on Saturday afternoon. The first session's running order was determined by the Drivers' Championship standings, with the leading driver going first. Each driver was allowed to set one lap time. The result determined the running order in the second session: the fastest driver in the first session was allowed to go last in the second session, which usually provided the benefit of a cleaner track. Drivers were again allowed to set one lap time, which determined the order on the grid for the race on Sunday, with the fastest driver scoring [[pole position]].<ref name=2003Regs/><ref name="qualifyingformats">{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/deciding-the-grid-a-history-of-f1-qualifying-formats.1oh1hemlnZ4x9rt2nff8vn|title=Deciding the grid - A history of F1 qualifying formats|website=formula1.com|access-date=25 July 2025}}</ref> | |||
[[Ralf Schumacher]] scored his second consecutive [[pole position]], nearly four tenths ahead of teammate [[Juan Pablo Montoya]] and [[Michael Schumacher]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 June 2003 |title=Ralf claims Canadian GP pole |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2003-06-15/ralf-claims-canadian-gp-pole/1870398 |access-date=2 August 2025 |publisher=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]}}</ref> | |||
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!colspan="7"| Sources:<ref>{{cite web|title=2003 Canadian GP – 1st Qualification|url=https://chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=2003&gp=Canadian%20GP&r=1&type=warm|publisher=ChicaneF1|access-date=30 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2003 Canadian GP – 2nd Qualification|url=https://chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=2003&gp=Canadian%20GP&r=1&type=qual|publisher=ChicaneF1|access-date=30 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2003 Canadian Grand Prix Classification Grid|url=https://www.motorsportstats.com/results/fia-formula-one-world-championship/2003/canadian-grand-prix/classification/grid|publisher=Motorsport Stats|access-date=30 September 2023}}</ref> | !colspan="7"| Sources:<ref>{{cite web|title=2003 Canadian GP – 1st Qualification|url=https://chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=2003&gp=Canadian%20GP&r=1&type=warm|publisher=ChicaneF1|access-date=30 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2003 Canadian GP – 2nd Qualification|url=https://chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=2003&gp=Canadian%20GP&r=1&type=qual|publisher=ChicaneF1|access-date=30 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2003 Canadian Grand Prix Classification Grid|url=https://www.motorsportstats.com/results/fia-formula-one-world-championship/2003/canadian-grand-prix/classification/grid|publisher=Motorsport Stats|access-date=30 September 2023}}</ref> | ||
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'''Notes''' | |||
* {{note|1|1}} – [[Kimi Räikkönen]] spun off at the second corner and did not set a time in Q2.<ref name="atlasf1" /> | |||
==Race== | |||
The race was held on 15 June 2003 and was run for 70 laps.<ref name=motorsportmagazine>{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2003-canadian-grand-prix/|title=2003 Canadian Grand Prix|work=MotorsportMagazine|access-date=1 August 2025}}</ref><ref name=statsf1/> | |||
===Race report=== | |||
At the start, [[Ralf Schumacher]] got away well and kept the lead. [[Michael Schumacher]] managed to come alongside of [[Juan Pablo Montoya]], but the [[Colombians|Colombian]] left his braking late and held on along the outside of the corner. [[Rubens Barrichello]] in fifth hit the back of [[Fernando Alonso]] before [[Antônio Pizzonia]] ran into the other [[Renault F1|Renault]] of [[Jarno Trulli]]. Barrichello and Pizzonia visited the [[pit stop|pits]] for new front wings. At the end of the second lap, Montoya suddenly spun coming out of the final corner. He fell back to fifth position and after the race, admitted it was his own fault.<ref name=atlasf1>{{cite web|url=https://www.atlasf1.com/2003/can/elizalde.html|title=The 2003 Canadian GP Review|work=AtlasF1.com|last=Elizalde|first=Pablo|location=Spain|date=18 June 2003|access-date=1 August 2025}}</ref><ref name=statsf1>{{cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/2003/canada.aspx|title=8. Canada 2003|work=StatsF1.com|access-date=1 August 2025}}</ref><ref name=MaxF1>{{cite web|url=https://maxf1.net/en/2003-canadian-gp-michael-beats-faster-williams-first-fastest-lap-for-alonso/|title=2003 Canadian GP – Michael beats faster Williams drivers, first fastest lap for Alonso|work=MaxF1|last=Petric|first=Darjan|date=15 June 2022|access-date=1 August 2025}}</ref> | |||
===Race=== | Montoya recovered quickly by passing [[Mark Webber (racing driver)|Webber]] and Alonso, before the [[Williams Racing|Williams]] driver opened the first round of regular pit stops on lap 19. Ralf Schumacher pitted on lap 20, leaving Michael in free air, who immediately set the fastest lap and managed to rejoin the track in what would be the lead after Alonso's stop on lap 26.<ref name="atlasf1" /><ref name="statsf1" /><ref name="MaxF1" /> | ||
After the second round of pit stops, Michael Schumacher slowed down to save his tyres and brakes, which allowed Montoya to close up to him and Ralf, before Alonso joined the leading pack with five laps to go. Barrichello and Räikkönen had come up through the field and were fighting for fifth place. But how ever close the cars seemed to be, none of them managed to make a move and Michael Schumacher scored his fourth victory of the year, ahead of Ralf Schumacher, scoring just his first podium this season, and Juan Pablo Montoya.<ref name="atlasf1" /><ref name="statsf1" /><ref name="MaxF1" /> | |||
===Race classification=== | |||
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!colspan="8"|{{center|Source:<ref>{{cite web |title=2003 Canadian Grand Prix |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2003/races/744/canada/race-result.html |work=Formula1.com |publisher=Formula1.com Limited |access-date=11 August 2018}}</ref>}} | !colspan="8"|{{center|Source:<ref>{{cite web |title=2003 Canadian Grand Prix |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2003/races/744/canada/race-result.html |work=Formula1.com |publisher=Formula1.com Limited |access-date=11 August 2018}}</ref>}} | ||
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'''Notes''' | |||
*{{note|2|2}} – [[Kimi Räikkönen]] and [[Ralph Firman]] started from the pit lane.<ref name="atlasf1" /> | |||
== Championship standings after the race == | == Championship standings after the race == | ||
Latest revision as of 03:35, 13 September 2025
Script error: No such module "infobox3cols".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Short description The 2003 Canadian Grand Prix (officially known as the Grand Prix Air Canada 2003)[1] was a Formula One motor race that took place on 15 June 2003 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec. It was the eighth round of the 2003 Formula One World Championship.
Ralf Schumacher of BMW Williams took pole position for the race. His brother, World Champion Michael Schumacher, won the race, despite nursing an ailing car, ahead of Ralf and Juan Pablo Montoya in the other Williams.
This was the fourth time that the Schumacher brothers finished 1-2, having become the first siblings to do so at the 2001 Canadian Grand Prix.
Background
The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal hosted the Canadian Grand Prix for the 25th time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 13-15 June. The Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2003 Formula One World Championship and the 35th running of the Canadian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship.[2][3]
Championship standings before the race
Going into the weekend, McLaren driver Kimi Räikkönen led the Drivers' Championship with 48 points, ahead of Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher on 44 and Renault's Fernando Alonso on 29 points. In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren were leading with 73 points and Ferrari were second on 71 points, with BMW Williams third on 50 points.[4]
Practice
Three free practice sessions were held for the event.[5][6] Jaguar driver Antônio Pizzonia set the fastest time in the first session, six tenths of a second quicker than Juan Pablo Montoya and Michael Schumacher, in second and third places respectively.[7][8] The second session was topped by Rubens Barrichello in the Ferrari ahead of Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve in the BAR.[9] Finally, the Ferraris of Schumacher and Barrichello led the third practice session, ahead of Giancarlo Fisichella in the Jordan.[10][11]
Qualifying
Qualiyfing consisted of two one-hour sessions, one on Friday and one on Saturday afternoon. The first session's running order was determined by the Drivers' Championship standings, with the leading driver going first. Each driver was allowed to set one lap time. The result determined the running order in the second session: the fastest driver in the first session was allowed to go last in the second session, which usually provided the benefit of a cleaner track. Drivers were again allowed to set one lap time, which determined the order on the grid for the race on Sunday, with the fastest driver scoring pole position.[5][12]
Ralf Schumacher scored his second consecutive pole position, nearly four tenths ahead of teammate Juan Pablo Montoya and Michael Schumacher.[13]
Notes
- <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^1 – Kimi Räikkönen spun off at the second corner and did not set a time in Q2.[17]
Race
The race was held on 15 June 2003 and was run for 70 laps.[18][19]
Race report
At the start, Ralf Schumacher got away well and kept the lead. Michael Schumacher managed to come alongside of Juan Pablo Montoya, but the Colombian left his braking late and held on along the outside of the corner. Rubens Barrichello in fifth hit the back of Fernando Alonso before Antônio Pizzonia ran into the other Renault of Jarno Trulli. Barrichello and Pizzonia visited the pits for new front wings. At the end of the second lap, Montoya suddenly spun coming out of the final corner. He fell back to fifth position and after the race, admitted it was his own fault.[17][19][20]
Montoya recovered quickly by passing Webber and Alonso, before the Williams driver opened the first round of regular pit stops on lap 19. Ralf Schumacher pitted on lap 20, leaving Michael in free air, who immediately set the fastest lap and managed to rejoin the track in what would be the lead after Alonso's stop on lap 26.[17][19][20]
After the second round of pit stops, Michael Schumacher slowed down to save his tyres and brakes, which allowed Montoya to close up to him and Ralf, before Alonso joined the leading pack with five laps to go. Barrichello and Räikkönen had come up through the field and were fighting for fifth place. But how ever close the cars seemed to be, none of them managed to make a move and Michael Schumacher scored his fourth victory of the year, ahead of Ralf Schumacher, scoring just his first podium this season, and Juan Pablo Montoya.[17][19][20]
Race classification
Notes
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Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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