2003 Monaco Grand Prix

2003 Monaco Grand Prix
2003 Monaco Grand Prix
Race 7 of 16 in the 2003 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date	1 June 2003
Official name	Grand Prix de Monaco 2003
Location	Circuit de Monaco, Monaco
Course	Street circuit
Course length	3.34 km (2.075 miles)
Distance	78 laps, 260.52 km (161.85 miles)
Weather	Sunny at start, cloudy later
Pole position
Driver	Ralf Schumacher ;
Time	1:15.259
Fastest lap
Driver	Kimi Räikkönen
Time	1:14.545 on lap 49
Podium
First	Juan Pablo Montoya ;
Second	Kimi Räikkönen ;
Third	Michael Schumacher ;
	Lap leaders ;

Last updated October 01, 2023

The 2003 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the Grand Prix de Monaco 2003)^[1] 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 World Championship. The 78-lap race was won by Colombian driver Juan Pablo Montoya, driving a Williams-BMW, with Finn Kimi Räikkönen second in a McLaren-Mercedes and German 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 other three races since 1981 not to feature any on-track overtakes were the controversial 2005 United States and 2021 Belgian Grands Prix, as well as the 2009 European Grand Prix.^[2]

Background

The Grand Prix was contested by 20 drivers, in ten teams of two.^[3] The teams, also known as constructors, were Ferrari, Williams, McLaren, Renault, Sauber, Jordan, Jaguar, BAR, Minardi and Toyota.^[3]

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.^[4] In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari were leading with 64 points and McLaren were second on 63 points, with Renault third on 35 points.^[4]

Practice

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.^[5] 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.^[6]

Qualifying

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.^[5]

Jenson Button suffered a heavy crash during Saturday morning practice and his resulting injuries meant that he took no further part in the weekend.^[7]^[8]

Qualifying classification

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	—
Sources:^[9]^[10]^[11]

Race

Race classification

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

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

+/–	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Kimi Räikkönen	48
	2	Michael Schumacher	44
1	3	Fernando Alonso	29
1	4	Rubens Barrichello	27
2	5	Juan Pablo Montoya	25
Source: ^[13]

Constructors' Championship standings

+/–	Pos	Constructor	Points
1	1	McLaren-Mercedes	73
1	2	Ferrari	71
1	3	Williams-BMW	50
1	4	Renault	42
	5	Jordan-Ford	11
Source: ^[13]

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

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[1] "Grand Prix de Monaco 2003" . Retrieved 8 March 2023.

[2] "Formula One Overtaking Database". Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2012.

[entrants-3] 1 2 "2003 Entry List". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002. Retrieved 12 July 2014.

[championships-4] 1 2 "Drivers' and Constructors' Provisional Standings". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002. Retrieved 12 July 2014.

[regulations-5] 1 2 "2003 Formula One Sporting Regulations". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002. Retrieved 12 July 2014.

[6] "Webber flies in Monaco GP first practice". motorsport.com. Motorsport.com, Inc. 29 May 2003. Retrieved 12 July 2014.

[7] "Jenson Button - 2003". Daily Mirror . 24 May 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2015.

[8] "Button suffers 180mph crash". BBC Sport. 31 May 2003. Retrieved 18 July 2015.

[9] "2003 Monaco GP – 1st Qualification". ChicaneF1. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

[10] "2003 Monaco GP – 2nd Qualification". ChicaneF1. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

[11] "2003 Monaco Grand Prix Classification Grid". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

[12] "2003 Monaco Grand Prix". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2015.

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