2003 Italian Grand Prix

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Background

The event was held at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza for the 53rd time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 12-14 September. The Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2003 Formula One World Championship and the 54th running of the Italian Grand Prix as part of the Formula One World Championship.[2][3]

Championship standings before the race

Going into the weekend, Michael Schumacher led the Drivers' Championship with 72 points, 1 point ahead of Juan Pablo Montoya in second and 2 ahead of Kimi Räikkönen in third.[4] Williams, with 129 points, led the Constructors' Championship for the first time since their title in 1997, from Ferrari and McLaren, who were second and third with 121 and 115 points, respectively.[4]

Practice

File:Baumgartner Zsolt 2003 Monza.jpg
Like in Hungary, Zsolt Baumgartner stood in for Ralph Firman at Jordan

Three free practice sessions were held for the event.[5][6] Ferrari driver Rubens Barrichello set the fastest time in the first session, ahead of teammate Michael Schumacher and McLaren's Kimi Räikkönen, in second and third places respectively.[7][8] In the second session, Schumacher was ahead of Barrichello, and David Coulthard was the McLaren in third.[9][10] Juan Pablo Montoya led the third practice session in his Williams, ahead of Michael Schumacher and stand-in teammate Marc Gené.[11][12]

Friday drivers

Three teams in the 2003 Constructors' Championship had the right to run a third car on Friday's additional testing. These drivers did not compete in qualifying or the race.[5]

Constructor Nat Driver
Renault Template:Flagicon Allan McNish
Jordan-Ford -
Minardi-Cosworth Template:Flagicon Gianmaria Bruni

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][13]

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Time Q2 Time Diff.
1 1 Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:21.268 1:20.963
2 3 Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 1:20.656 1:21.014 +0.051
3 2 Template:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:20.784 1:21.242 +0.279
4 6 Template:Flagicon Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.966 1:21.466 +0.503
5 4 Template:Flagicon Marc Gené Williams-BMW -1 1:21.834 +0.871
6 7 Template:Flagicon Jarno Trulli Renault 1:22.034 1:21.944 +0.981
7 17 Template:Flagicon Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:22.495 1:22.301 +1.338
8 5 Template:Flagicon David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:23.154 1:22.471 +1.508
9 20 Template:Flagicon Olivier Panis Toyota 1:22.372 1:22.488 +1.525
10 16 Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda 1:22.858 1:22.717 +1.754
11 14 Template:Flagicon Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth 1:21.966 1:22.754 +1.791
12 21 Template:Flagicon Cristiano da Matta Toyota 1:21.829 1:22.914 +1.951
13 11 Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Ford 1:24.179 1:22.992 +2.029
14 10 Template:Flagicon Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Petronas 1:22.203 1:23.216 +2.253
15 15 Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson Jaguar-Cosworth 1:23.609 1:23.484 +2.521
16 9 Template:Flagicon Nick Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas 1:22.547 1:23.803 +2.840
17 19 Template:Flagicon Jos Verstappen Minardi-Cosworth No Time2 1:25.078 +4.115
18 12 Template:Flagicon Zsolt Baumgartner Jordan-Ford 1:24.872 1:25.881 +4.918
19 18 Template:Flagicon Nicolas Kiesa Minardi-Cosworth 1:26.299 1:26.778 +5.815
20 8 Template:Flagicon Fernando Alonso Renault 1:22.103 1:40.4053 +19.442
4 Template:Flagicon Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW No time4 -1
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Notes

  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^1 - Earlier in September, Ralf Schumacher had crashed during a private test session at Monza. He was cleared by Formula One's race doctor Sid Watkins and participated in Friday testing and qualifying, but together with his team, the German decided to step back and let third driver Marc Gené stand in, ahead of the sessions on Saturday.[17][18][19][20]
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  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^4 - Ralf Schumacher initially set a lap time in Q1 (1:21.965), but his time was removed after cutting the second chicane on his flying lap.[19][22]

Race

The race was held on 13 September 2003 and was run for 53 laps.[2][23]

Race report

At the start, Michael Schumacher almost braked too late for the first chicane but was just able to make the first corner and hold on to his lead, ahead of Juan Pablo Montoya and sixth-starting Jarno Trulli. The other Renault of Fernando Alonso hit the back of Justin Wilson, who had stalled on the grid. He lost his front wing but was able to continue after making a pit stop. Montoya got alongside Schumacher at the second chicane, but he lost out and came under pressure from Trulli. The Renault, however, suddenly lost hydraulic pressure and the Italian was out of the race before the first lap was over.[21]

Montoya was ever close to Schumacher but never enough to launch an attack. When the German rejoined after his second pit stop, however, he saw a Williams going passed. The Ferrari team, as well as the TV commentators, thought Schumacher had lost the lead, until they realised that it was Marc Gené who still had to pit. In the second half of the race, Montoya lost time due to backmarkers and finished more than five seconds behind the championship leader. Rubens Barrichello and Kimi Räikkönen had been fighting over third place, with the Ferrari driver holding on to take the last podium place. Gené by finishing 5th secured his first points finish since the 1999 European Grand Prix.[21]

Race classification

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher Ferrari 53 1:14:19.838 1 10
2 3 Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 53 +5.294 2 8
3 2 Template:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 53 +11.835 3 6
4 6 Template:Flagicon Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 53 +12.834 4 5
5 4 Template:Flagicon Marc Gené Williams-BMW 53 +27.891 5 4
6 16 Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda 52 +1 Lap 10 3
7 14 Template:Flagicon Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth 52 +1 Lap 11 2
8 8 Template:Flagicon Fernando Alonso Renault 52 +1 Lap 20 1
9 9 Template:Flagicon Nick Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas 52 +1 Lap 16  
10 11 Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Ford 52 +1 Lap PL1  
11 12 Template:Flagicon Zsolt Baumgartner Jordan-Ford 51 +2 Laps 18  
12 18 Template:Flagicon Nicolas Kiesa Minardi-Cosworth 51 +2 Laps 19  
13 10 Template:Flagicon Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Petronas 50 Transmission 14  
Ret 5 Template:Flagicon David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 45 Fuel pressure 8  
Ret 20 Template:Flagicon Olivier Panis Toyota 35 Brakes 9  
Ret 19 Template:Flagicon Jos Verstappen Minardi-Cosworth 27 Oil leak 17  
Ret 17 Template:Flagicon Jenson Button BAR-Honda 24 Gearbox 7  
Ret 21 Template:Flagicon Cristiano da Matta Toyota 3 Tyre/Spun off 12  
Ret 15 Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson Jaguar-Cosworth 2 Gearbox 15  
Ret 7 Template:Flagicon Jarno Trulli Renault 0 Hydraulics 6  
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Notes

Championship standings after the race

  • Bold text and an asterisk indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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