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Home / Seasons / 2003 F1 World Championship Season / 2003 Austrian Grand Prix

2003 Austrian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 18 May 2003
Winner
  • Michael Schumacher
  • Ferrari
Pole position
  • Michael Schumacher
  • Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Michael Schumacher
  • Ferrari
CircuitSpielberg, 69 laps
Round6 of 16
Race numbers

The 2003 Austrian Grand Prix was the:

  • 703rd World Championship race
  • 26th World Championship Austrian Grand Prix (last until 2014)
  • 7th World Championship race at Spielberg (last until 2014)
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari691hr 24m 04.888s10
2 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes69+3.362s8
3+2(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari69+3.951s6
4+3(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda69+42.243s5
5+9(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes69+59.740s4
6+4(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW68+1 lap3
7PL(AUS) Mark WebberJaguar-Cosworth68+1 lap2
8-2(ITA) Jarno TrulliRenault68+1 lap1
9-1(BRA) Antonio PizzoniaJaguar-Cosworth68+1 lap 
10+3(BRA) Cristiano da MattaToyota68+1 lap 
11+5(IRL) Ralph FirmanJordan-Ford68+1 lap 
12 (CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda68+1 lap 
13+5(GBR) Justin WilsonMinardi-Cosworth67+2 laps 
R (ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Ford60DNF 
R (DEU) Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas46DNF 
R (ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault44DNF 
R (COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW32DNF 
R (FRA) Olivier PanisToyota6DNF 
R (NLD) Jos VerstappenMinardi-Cosworth0DNF 
Did not start
  (DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Petronas   

Notes

  • Juan Pablo Montoya ended lap 31 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.
  • Heinz-Harald Frentzen did not start after failing to leave the grid at the start of the formation lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari
2(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes
3(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW
4(DEU) Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas
5(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari
6(ITA) Jarno TrulliRenault
7(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda
8(BRA) Antonio PizzoniaJaguar-Cosworth
9(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Ford
10(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW
11(FRA) Olivier PanisToyota
12(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda
13(BRA) Cristiano da MattaToyota
14(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes
15  
16(IRL) Ralph FirmanJordan-Ford
17  
18(GBR) Justin WilsonMinardi-Cosworth
19  
20(NLD) Jos VerstappenMinardi-Cosworth
Started from the pit lane
 (AUS) Mark WebberJaguar-Cosworth
 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault

Notes

  • Cristiano da Matta started the Grand Prix from the back of the grid after failing to pull away at the beginning of the formation lap.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:09.150 
2(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes1:09.1890.039
3(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW1:09.3910.241
4(DEU) Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas1:09.7250.575
5(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari1:09.7840.634
6(ITA) Jarno TrulliRenault1:09.8900.740
7(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda1:09.9350.785
8(BRA) Antonio PizzoniaJaguar-Cosworth1:10.0450.895
9(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Ford1:10.1050.955
10(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW1:10.2791.129
11(FRA) Olivier PanisToyota1:10.4021.252
12(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda1:10.6181.468
13(BRA) Cristiano da MattaToyota1:10.8341.684
14(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:10.8931.743
15(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Petronas1:11.3072.157
16(IRL) Ralph FirmanJordan-Ford1:11.5052.355
17(AUS) Mark WebberJaguar-Cosworth1:11.6622.512
18(GBR) Justin WilsonMinardi-Cosworth1:14.5085.358
19(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault1:20.11310.963
20(NLD) Jos VerstappenMinardi-Cosworth– 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(GBR) Allan McNishRenault

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen40
2(DEU) Michael Schumacher38
3(BRA) Rubens Barrichello26
4(ESP) Fernando Alonso25
5(GBR) David Coulthard23
6(DEU) Ralf Schumacher20
7(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya15
8(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella10
9(ITA) Jarno Trulli10
10(GBR) Jenson Button8
11(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen7
12(AUS) Mark Webber4
13(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve3
14(BRA) Cristiano da Matta3
15(DEU) Nick Heidfeld1
16(IRL) Ralph Firman1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari64
2McLaren-Mercedes63
3Renault35
4Williams-BMW35
5Jordan-Ford11
6BAR-Honda11
7Sauber-Petronas8
8Jaguar-Cosworth4
9Toyota3

Stats & milestones

Wins
67th for Michael Schumacher
162nd for Ferrari
Podiums
117th for Michael Schumacher
39th for Rubens Barrichello
9th for Kimi Raikkonen
514th & 515th for Ferrari
356th for McLaren
Poles
54th for Michael Schumacher
163rd for Ferrari
Fastest laps
54th for Michael Schumacher
164th for Ferrari
Front row starts
87th for Michael Schumacher NEW RECORD
2nd for Kimi Raikkonen
Pole & win
28th for Michael Schumacher
Win & fastest lap
33rd for Michael Schumacher
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
14th for Michael Schumacher

See also

  • Austrian Grand Prix
  • Spielberg circuit
  • 2003 World Championship season

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