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2003 United States Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitIndianapolis, 73 laps
Round15 of 16
Race numbers

The 2003 United States Grand Prix was the:

  • 712th World Championship race
  • 29th World Championship United States Grand Prix
  • 15th World Championship race at Indianapolis
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+6(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari731hr 33m 35.997s10
2-1(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes73+18.258s8
3+12(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Petronas73+37.964s6
4+6(ITA) Jarno TrulliRenault73+48.329s5
5+8(DEU) Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas73+56.403s4
6-2(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW72+1 lap3
7+10(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Ford72+1 lap2
8+8(GBR) Justin WilsonJaguar-Cosworth71+2 laps1
9 (BRA) Cristiano da MattaToyota71+2 laps 
10+9(NLD) Jos VerstappenMinardi-Cosworth69+4 laps 
11+9(DNK) Nicolas KiesaMinardi-Cosworth69+4 laps 
R (CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda63DNF 
R (IRL) Ralph FirmanJordan-Ford48DNF 
R (GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes45DNF 
R (ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault44DNF 
R (GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda41DNF 
R (FRA) Olivier PanisToyota27DNF 
R (AUS) Mark WebberJaguar-Cosworth21DNF 
R (DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW21DNF 
R (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari2DNF 

Notes

  • Mark Webber ended lap 21 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes1:11.670 
2(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari1:11.7940.124
3(FRA) Olivier PanisToyota1:11.9200.250
4(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW1:11.9480.278
5(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW1:12.0780.408
6(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault1:12.0870.417
7(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:12.1940.524
8(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:12.2970.627
9(BRA) Cristiano da MattaToyota1:12.3260.656
10(ITA) Jarno TrulliRenault1:12.5660.896
11(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda1:12.6951.025
12(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda1:13.0501.380
13(DEU) Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas1:13.0831.413
14(AUS) Mark WebberJaguar-Cosworth1:13.2691.599
15(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Petronas1:13.4471.777
16(GBR) Justin WilsonJaguar-Cosworth1:13.5851.915
17(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Ford1:13.7982.128
18(IRL) Ralph FirmanJordan-Ford1:14.0272.357
19(NLD) Jos VerstappenMinardi-Cosworth1:15.3603.690
20(DNK) Nicolas KiesaMinardi-Cosworth1:15.6443.974

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(ITA) Gianmaria BruniMinardi-Cosworth
(GBR) Allan McNishRenault
(SWE) Bjorn WirdheimJordan-Ford

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Michael Schumacher92
2(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen83
3(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya82
4(DEU) Ralf Schumacher58
5(BRA) Rubens Barrichello55
6(ESP) Fernando Alonso55
7(GBR) David Coulthard45
8(ITA) Jarno Trulli29
9(AUS) Mark Webber17
10(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen13
11(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella12
12(GBR) Jenson Button12
13(BRA) Cristiano da Matta8
14(DEU) Nick Heidfeld6
15(FRA) Olivier Panis6
16(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve6
17(ESP) Marc Gene4
18(IRL) Ralph Firman1
19(GBR) Justin Wilson1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari147
2Williams-BMW144
3McLaren-Mercedes128
4Renault84
5Sauber-Petronas19
6BAR-Honda18
7Jaguar-Cosworth18
8Toyota14
9Jordan-Ford13

Stats & milestones

Wins
70th for Michael Schumacher (1st driver to win 70 races, 1st German driver)
166th for Ferrari
Podiums
122nd for Michael Schumacher
18th and last for Heinz-Harald Frentzen (first podium since 2000)
13th for Kimi Raikkonen
523rd for Ferrari
361st for McLaren
6th for Sauber (last until 2012)
Poles
2nd for Kimi Raikkonen
114th for McLaren
Fastest laps
56th for Michael Schumacher
167th for Ferrari
Front row starts
20th for Rubens Barrichello (31st driver to achieve 20 front row starts, 3rd Brazilian driver)
5th for Kimi Raikkonen
Points finishes
56th and last for Heinz-Harald Frentzen
1st and only for Justin Wilson (291st different point scorer, 56th British driver)
Win & fastest lap
35th for Michael Schumacher