2003 Monaco Grand Prix

  2003 Monaco Grand Prix

Race details
Race 7 of 16 in the 2003 Formula One season
Date	1 June 2003
Official name	LXI Grand Prix de Monaco
Location	Circuit de Monaco, Monaco
Course	Street circuit
Course length	3.34 km (2.075 mi)
Distance	78 laps, 260.52 km (161.85 mi)
Weather	Fine
Pole position
Driver	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW
Time	1:15.259
Fastest lap
Driver	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:14.545 on lap 49
Podium
First	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW
Second	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes
Third	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2003 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the LXI Grand Prix de Monaco) was a Formula One motor race held on 1 June 2003 at the Circuit de Monaco. It was the seventh race of the 2003 Formula One season. The 78-lap race was won by Juan Pablo Montoya in a Williams car from a third position start. Kimi Räikkönen finished second driving for McLaren, with Michael Schumacher third in a Ferrari.

There were no recorded on track overtakes during this race, one of the very few occasions in Formula One history where this has occurred. The next race where this happened was the 2009 European Grand Prix.^[1]

Report

Background

The Grand Prix was contested by 20 drivers, in ten teams of two.^[2] The teams, also known as constructors, were Ferrari, Williams, McLaren, Renault, Sauber, Jordan, Jaguar, BAR, Minardi and Toyota.^[2]

Before the race, McLaren driver Kimi Räikkönen led the Drivers' Championship with 40 points; Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher was second on 38 points. Behind them in the Drivers' Championship, Rubens Barrichello was third on 26 points in the other Ferrari, with Fernando Alonso and David Coulthard on 25 and 23 points respectively.^[3] In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari were leading with 64 points and McLaren were second on 63 points, with Renault third on 35 points.^[3]

Practice and qualifying

Four practice sessions were held before the Sunday race—Two on Thursday, and two on Saturday. The Thursday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted an hour. The third and final practice sessions were held on Saturday morning and lasted 45 minutes.^[4] Jaguar driver Mark Webber set the fastest time in the first session, posting a lap of 1:16.373, one-tenth of a second quicker than Jenson Button and Coulthard, in second and third places respectively. The Renault cars were fourth and fifth fastest; Alonso ahead of Jarno Trulli, with Michael Schumacher rounding out the top six.^[5]

The qualifying session was run as a one-lap session and took place on Thursday and Saturday afternoon. The cars were run one at a time; the Thursday running order was determined with the Championship leading heading out first. The Saturday running order was determined by times set in Friday afternoon qualifying with the fastest heading out last and the slowest running first. The lap times from the Thursday afternoon session did not determine the grid order.^[4]

Jenson Button suffered a heavy crash during Saturday morning practice and his resulting injuries meant that he took no further part in the weekend.^[6][7]

Race

The race started at 14:00 local time.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1 Time	Q2 Time	Gap
1	4	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1:17.063	1:15.259
2	6	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:17.926	1:15.295	+0.036
3	3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1:17.108	1:15.415	+0.156
4	7	Jarno Trulli	Renault	1:16.905	1:15.500	+0.241
5	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:16.305	1:15.644	+0.385
6	5	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:17.059	1:15.700	+0.441
7	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:16.636	1:15.820	+0.561
8	8	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:18.370	1:15.884	+0.625
9	14	Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:17.637	1:16.237	+0.978
10	21	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	1:20.374	1:16.744	+1.485
11	16	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	1:18.109	1:16.755	+1.496
12	11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Ford	1:17.080	1:16.967	+1.708
13	15	Antônio Pizzonia	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:18.967	1:17.103	+1.844
14	9	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	1:17.912	1:17.176	+1.917
15	10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Petronas	No Time	1:17.402	+2.143
16	12	Ralph Firman	Jordan-Ford	1:18.286	1:17.452	+2.193
17	20	Olivier Panis	Toyota	1:19.903	1:17.464	+2.205
18	19	Jos Verstappen	Minardi-Cosworth	1:19.421	1:18.706	+3.447
19	18	Justin Wilson	Minardi-Cosworth	1:19.680	1:20.063	+4.804
20	17	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	1:16.685	No Time

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	78	1:42:19.010	3	10
2	6	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	78	+0.602	2	8
3	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	78	+1.720	5	6
4	4	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	78	+28.518	1	5
5	8	Fernando Alonso	Renault	78	+36.251	8	4
6	7	Jarno Trulli	Renault	78	+40.972	4	3
7	5	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	78	+41.227	6	2
8	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	78	+53.266	7	1
9	21	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	77	+1 Lap	10
10	11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Ford	77	+1 Lap	12
11	9	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	76	+2 Laps	14
12	12	Ralph Firman	Jordan-Ford	76	+2 Laps	16
13	20	Olivier Panis	Toyota	74	+4 Laps	17
Ret	16	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	63	Engine	11
Ret	18	Justin Wilson	Minardi-Cosworth	29	Fuel system	19
Ret	19	Jos Verstappen	Minardi-Cosworth	28	Fuel system	18
Ret	14	Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	16	Hydraulics	9
Ret	15	Antônio Pizzonia	Jaguar-Cosworth	10	Electrical	13
Ret	10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Petronas	0	Accident	15
DNS	17	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda		Injured	20
Source:[8]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Kimi Räikkönen 48 2 Michael Schumacher 44 3 Fernando Alonso 29 4 Rubens Barrichello 27 5 David Coulthard 25

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 McLaren-Mercedes 73 2 Ferrari 71 3 Williams-BMW 50 4 Renault 42 5 Jordan-Ford 11

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

References

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2. "2003 Entry List". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 12 August 2003. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
3. "Drivers' and Constructors' Provisional Standings". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 12 August 2003. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
4. "2003 Formula One Sporting Regulations". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 24 April 2003. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
5. "Webber flies in Monaco GP first practice". motorsport.com. Motorsport.com, Inc. 29 May 2003. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
6. "Jenson Button - 2003". Daily Mirror. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
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Coordinates: 43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E