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

2003 European Grand Prix

DateSunday, 29 June 2003
Winner
  • Ralf Schumacher
  • Williams-BMW
Pole position
  • Kimi Raikkonen
  • McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • Kimi Raikkonen
  • McLaren-Mercedes
CircuitNurburgring, 60 laps
Round9 of 16
Race numbers

The 2003 European Grand Prix was the:

  • 706th World Championship race
  • 13th World Championship European Grand Prix
  • 33rd World Championship race at Nurburgring
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW601hr 34m 43.622s10
2+2(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW60+16.821s8
3+2(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari60+39.673s6
4+4(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault60+1m 05.731s5
5-3(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari60+1m 06.162s4
6+5(AUS) Mark WebberJaguar-Cosworth59+1 lap3
7+5(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda59+1 lap2
8PL(DEU) Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas59+1 lap1
9+6(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Petronas59+1 lap 
10+6(BRA) Antonio PizzoniaJaguar-Cosworth59+1 lap 
11+3(IRL) Ralph FirmanJordan-Ford58+2 laps 
12+1(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Ford58+2 laps 
13+6(GBR) Justin WilsonMinardi-Cosworth58+2 laps 
14+4(NLD) Jos VerstappenMinardi-Cosworth57+3 laps 
15-6(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes56DNF 
R (BRA) Cristiano da MattaToyota53DNF 
R (CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda51DNF 
R (ITA) Jarno TrulliRenault37DNF 
R (FRA) Olivier PanisToyota37DNF 
R (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes25DNF 

Notes

  • David Coulthard ended lap 56 in P5 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Kimi Raikkonen ended lap 25 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes1:31.523 
2(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:31.5550.032
3(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW1:31.6190.096
4(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW1:31.7650.242
5(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari1:31.7800.257
6(ITA) Jarno TrulliRenault1:31.9760.453
7(FRA) Olivier PanisToyota1:32.3500.827
8(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault1:32.4240.901
9(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:32.7421.219
10(BRA) Cristiano da MattaToyota1:32.9491.426
11(AUS) Mark WebberJaguar-Cosworth1:33.0661.543
12(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda1:33.3951.872
13(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Ford1:33.5532.030
14(IRL) Ralph FirmanJordan-Ford1:33.8272.304
15(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Petronas1:34.0002.477
16(BRA) Antonio PizzoniaJaguar-Cosworth1:34.1592.636
17(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda1:34.5963.073
18(NLD) Jos VerstappenMinardi-Cosworth1:36.3184.795
19(GBR) Justin WilsonMinardi-Cosworth1:36.4854.962
20(DEU) Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas1:45.50013.977

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(GBR) Allan McNishRenault

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Michael Schumacher58
2(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen51
3(DEU) Ralf Schumacher43
4(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya39
5(ESP) Fernando Alonso39
6(BRA) Rubens Barrichello37
7(GBR) David Coulthard25
8(ITA) Jarno Trulli13
9(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella10
10(GBR) Jenson Button10
11(AUS) Mark Webber9
12(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen7
13(BRA) Cristiano da Matta3
14(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve3
15(DEU) Nick Heidfeld2
16(FRA) Olivier Panis1
17(IRL) Ralph Firman1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari95
2Williams-BMW82
3McLaren-Mercedes76
4Renault52
5BAR-Honda13
6Jordan-Ford11
7Sauber-Petronas9
8Jaguar-Cosworth9
9Toyota4

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
150th for David Coulthard (20th driver to start 150 races, 6th British driver)
Wins
5th for Ralf Schumacher
110th for Williams
Race 1-2
32nd for Williams
Podiums
40th for Rubens Barrichello (13th driver to score 40 podiums, 3rd Brazilian driver)
22nd for Ralf Schumacher
15th for Juan Pablo Montoya
518th for Ferrari
278th & 279th for Williams
Poles
1st for Kimi Raikkonen (84th different polesitter, 3rd Finnish driver; first Finnish polesitter since 2000)
113th for McLaren
Fastest laps
4th for Kimi Raikkonen
112th for McLaren
Front row starts
88th for Michael Schumacher
4th for Kimi Raikkonen

See also

  • European Grand Prix
  • Nurburgring circuit
  • 2003 World Championship season

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