2003 British Grand Prix

April 2017 April 2017 F1 United Kingdom British 20 July 2003 2003 French Grand Prix 2003 German Grand Prix Silverstone_Circuit_2003.png Silverstone Circuit in its 2003 configuration 11 16 2003 Foster's British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England Permanent Road Facility 3.194 5.141 60 191.603 308.355 Sunny at start, cloudy later, Air: 24 C F, Track 29 C FF1 Racing. August 2003. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Ferrari 1:21.209 Rubens Barrichello Brazil Ferrari 1:22.236 38 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari Brazil Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW Colombia Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes Finland GBR The 2003 British Grand Prix (formally the 2003 Foster's British Grand Prix)https://www.formula1.com/en/results/2003/races/747/great-britain/race-result British Formula1.com 28 July 2025 was a Formula One motor race held on 20 July 2003 at the Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England. It was the eleventh round of the 2003 Formula One season. The 60-lap race was won by Rubens Barrichello driving for Ferrari after starting from pole position. Juan Pablo Montoya finished second in a Williams car, and Kimi Räikkönen third driving for McLaren. Jarno Trulli, driving for Renault, started alongside Barrichello on the front row and led the first eleven laps of the race, until a track invasion by a later-to-be-defrocked priest, who ran along Hangar straight, running opposite to the 170 mph (280 km/h) train of cars, wearing a saffron kilt and waving religious banners.Jonathan Legard A very British curse https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/3082529.stm BBC Sport 20 July 2003 26 August 2006 As a result, the vast majority of cars pitted under safety car conditions, which led to the Toyota drivers Cristiano da Matta and Olivier Panis, who had elected not to pit, leading the field until Räikkönen assumed the lead on lap 30 when Da Matta pitted. Race report The race began with Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello on pole, alongside Renault's Jarno Trulli. Kimi Räikkönen of McLaren-Mercedes started from third, while world champion and championship leader Michael Schumacher started from fifth. Barrichello made a poor start, allowing both Trulli and Räikkönen past on an incident-free first lap. Ralf and Michael Schumacher retained their starting positions of fourth and fifth. On the sixth lap, the headrest of David Coulthard dislodged while traversing the first corner (Copse), forcing him to pit for a replacement under safety regulations, and causing a safety car period to allow marshals to clear the track. Upon the resumption of green flag racing, Barrichello closed the gap to Räikkönen before passing him on lap 11. On the following lap, a man invaded the circuit and another safety car period was necessitated. As it was close to the period when the drivers would be making their scheduled pit stops, the vast majority of cars decided to pit under the safety car. The second placed cars from the respective teams were forced to queue up in the pit lane waiting for service, causing them to drop many places. Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso and Juan Pablo Montoya were all outside of the top ten. Of the leading contenders, Trulli was in fourth place while both Räikkönen and Ralf Schumacher had jumped Barrichello when in the pits.Andrew Benson Silverstone joy for Barrichello https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/3081859.stm BBC Sport 20 July 2003 26 August 2006Lapwatch: British GP https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/3081587.stm BBC Sport 20 July 2003 26 August 2006 The Toyotas of Cristiano da Matta and Olivier Panis – who had opted not to pit – were leading, while Coulthard was in third, having not required a pit stop after his earlier unscheduled headrest replacement. Räikkönen passed Trulli immediately after the restart before clearing team-mate Coulthard on the same lap. Barrichello then passed a slowing Ralf Schumacher on the 17th lap while Räikkönen also passed Panis before chasing down the leading da Matta. Ralf Schumacher was forced to pit after encountering difficulties, while at the same time Michael Schumacher was unable to pass Alonso. By the 26th lap Barrichello was still trying to pass Trulli, and the two leaders continued to extend their lead. Barrichello and Montoya eventually passed Trulli by the end of the 27th lap, before Panis fell victim to both on the 29th. Da Matta eventually ceded the lead after pitting on the 30th lap to Räikkönen. Barrichello then set the fastest lap after being cleared of traffic, taking the lead after Räikkönen pitted for the second time. Barrichello continued to cut the advantage, but Räikkönen regained the lead with a reduced margin following the Brazilian's second stop. After closing in, Barrichello passed Räikkönen after pressuring him into a mistake. Michael Schumacher eventually passed Trulli on the 46th lap, but an unforced error by Räikkönen allowed Montoya to seize second position. In the closing phase of the race, Coulthard passed both da Matta and Trulli to earn fifth place. Post-race With Räikkönen outscoring Michael Schumacher in the race, the championship gap closed to seven points, while Montoya was a further seven points behind Räikkönen in third, overtaking teammate Ralf Schumacher as the latter failed to score points for the first time in the season.Jones Bruce https://archive.org/details/formulaonegrandp0000jone_i0o1/ The Official ITV Sport Guide: 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship Carlton Books 2004 1-84442-811-7 100–101 Final Tables 2003 registration Internet Archive The result enabled Ferrari to outscore Williams by seven points, to be ten points ahead, with McLaren on 95 points a further 13 points behind in third. Track invasion Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's marathonthumb|right|Horan runs onto the track into the path of Antônio Pizzonia's Jaguar R4. Caption on this television screenshot indicates deployment of safety car as a result. On the 11th lap, as the procession of cars exited the Becketts corner onto the Hangar straight, Neil Horan cleared the fence wearing a kilt, waving banners with statements "Read the bible" and "The Bible is always right",The new seekers https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3242953.stm BBC Sport 5 November 2003 26 August 2006 and ran towards the sequence of cars, forcing several cars to swerve to avoid him. He eventually returned to the grass runoff area at the side of the track after the cars had passed for the lap, and was tackled by a track marshal. He was later charged with aggravated trespass and pleaded guilty in a Northampton court,Ex-priest admits Grand Prix invasion https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/northamptonshire/3142515.stm BBC Sport 11 August 2003 26 August 2006  stating that he took the open gate as a sign from God, although the prosecution contended that his act was premeditated as he had already prepared the banners prior to attending the Grand Prix. He was later jailed for two months. Although the incident was broadcast to a worldwide audience, it was not shown live in the UK, as the British broadcaster ITV1 had cut away to a commercial break just as it occurred. The incident prompted comparisons to the events at the 1977 South African Grand Prix, where volunteer track marshal, Frederick Jansen van Vuuren, ran across the main straight to aid a car and was hit at 170 mph by Tom Pryce, who could not see him until it was too late because of the steep crest on the straight. Both Van Vuuren and Pryce were killed by the impact. A similar incident occurred at the 2000 German Grand Prix (coincidentally won by Barrichello) when a disgruntled ex-Mercedes employee walked along part of the circuit in protest before being arrested. This caused a safety car, forcing drivers to pit, under safety car conditions, which eliminated the lead of Mika Häkkinen, driving for McLaren-Mercedes. Unlike the German protester, Horan ran directly down the middle of the track, and intentionally towards oncoming cars and lurching towards some of them. Stephen Green, the marshal who handled Horan, was later awarded the BARC Browning Medal for "outstanding bravery in tackling a track invader during the 2003 British Grand Prix at Silverstone", the second recipient after David Purley 30 years previously.http://www.barc.net/about/roll_of_honour.php The BARC Roll of Honour https://web.archive.org/web/20120210102016/http://www.barc.net/about/roll_of_honour.php 10 February 2012 25 August 2016 The race led to fears that Formula One bosses Max Mosley and Bernie Ecclestone, who had been highly critical of the media and corporate facilities of Silverstone, would use the incident to drop the race from the Formula One calendar, with Ecclestone saying: "It wasn't necessary – the race was exciting enough without it. But the security wasn't good enough." Drivers and team officials defended the circuit, with Montoya stating: "This was one of the best races of the year, even with the spectator. It was so much fun today." Sauber boss Peter Sauber stated: "When a man sets himself on fire in the street in Paris, no one blames Paris". McLaren-Mercedes boss Ron Dennis said: "There is no way you can prevent it happening."Andrew Benson Ex-priest admits Grand Prix invasion https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/3081905.stm BBC Sport 20 July 2003 26 August 2006 Classification Qualifying PosNoDriverConstructorQ1 TimeQ2 TimeGapGrid12Brazil Rubens BarrichelloFerrariNo time1 11:21.209— 127Italy Jarno TrulliRenault1:19.9631:21.381+0.172 236Finland Kimi RäikkönenMcLaren-Mercedes1:21.0651:21.695+0.486 344Germany Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW1:19.7881:21.727+0.518 451Germany Michael SchumacherFerrari1:19.4741:21.867 +0.658 5621Brazil Cristiano da MattaToyota1:20.7651:22.081+0.872 673Colombia Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW1:19.7491:22.214+1.005 788Spain Fernando AlonsoRenault1:19.9071:22.404+1.195 8916Canada Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda1:21.0841:22.591+1.382 91015Brazil Antônio PizzoniaJaguar-Cosworth1:20.8771:22.634+1.425 101114Australia Mark WebberJaguar-Cosworth1:20.1711:22.647+1.438 11125UK David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:19.9681:22.811+1.602 121320France Olivier PanisToyota1:19.9591:23.042+1.833 131410Germany Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Petronas1:21.3631:23.187+1.978 141511Italy Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Ford1:21.5001:23.574+2.365 15169Germany Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas1:21.2111:23.844+2.635 161712Ireland Ralph FirmanJordan-Ford1:22.3351:24.385+3.176 171818UK Justin WilsonMinardi-CosworthNo time2 21:25.468+4.259 181919the Netherlands Jos VerstappenMinardi-Cosworth1:23.4181:25.759+4.550 192017UK Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda1:20.569No time3 3— 20 Sources:2003 Foster's British Grand Prix – Qualifying 1 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2003/races/747/great-britain/qualifying-1.html Formula1.com 30 September 20232003 Foster's British Grand Prix – Qualifying 2 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2003/races/747/great-britain/qualifying-2.html Formula1.com 30 September 20232003 British Grand Prix Classification Grid https://www.motorsportstats.com/results/fia-formula-one-world-championship/2003/british-grand-prix/classification/grid Motorsport Stats 30 September 2023 Notes 1 1 – Rubens Barrichello was left without a time in Q1 after driving off the track at turn 15. 2 2 – Justin Wilson was left without a time in Q1 due to technical problems. 3 3 – Jenson Button was left without a time in Q2 after hitting the curb at the wrong angle and damaging his left front suspension. Race thumb|Rubens Barrichello won the race for Scuderia Ferrari. Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari Bridgestone 60 1:28:37.554 1 10 2 3 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW Michelin 60 +5.462 7 8 3 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 60 +10.656 3 6 4 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari Bridgestone 60 +25.648 5 5 5 5 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 60 +36.827 12 4 6 7 Italy Jarno Trulli Renault Michelin 60 +43.067 2 3 7 21 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Toyota Michelin 60 +45.085 6 2 8 17 UK Jenson Button BAR-Honda Bridgestone 60 +45.478 20 1 9 4 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW Michelin 60 +58.032 4   10 16 Canada Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda Bridgestone 60 +1:03.569 9   11 20 France Olivier Panis Toyota Michelin 60 +1:05.207 13   12 10 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Petronas Bridgestone 60 +1:05.564 14   13 12 Ireland Ralph Firman Jordan-Ford Bridgestone 59 +1 Lap 17   14 14 Australia Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth Michelin 59 +1 Lap 11   15 19 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Minardi-Cosworth Bridgestone 58 +2 Laps 19   16 18 UK Justin Wilson Minardi-Cosworth Bridgestone 58 +2 Laps 18   17 9 Germany Nick Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas Bridgestone 58 +2 Laps 16   Ret Retired 8 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault Michelin 52 Gearbox 8   Ret Retired 11 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Ford Bridgestone 44 Suspension 15   Ret Retired 15 Brazil Antônio Pizzonia Jaguar-Cosworth Michelin 32 Engine 10  Source:2003 British Grand Prix http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2003/28/ Formula1.com Formula1.com Limited 26 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141226073620/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2003/28/ 26 December 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings +/– Pos Position Driver Points 10px 1 Germany Michael Schumacher* 69 10px 2 Finland Kimi Räikkönen* 62 10px 1 3 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya* 55 10px 1 4 Germany Ralf Schumacher* 53 10px 5 Brazil Rubens Barrichello* 49Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2003/grande-bretagne/championnat.aspx Britain 2003 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 14 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings +/– Pos Position Constructor Points 10px 1 Italy Ferrari* 118 10px 2 UK Williams-BMW* 108 10px 3 UK McLaren-Mercedes* 95 10px 4 France Renault* 55 10px 5 UK BAR-Honda 14Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Competitors in bold and marked with an asterisk still had a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion. References 30em British Grand Prix 2003 2003 French Grand Prix 2003 German Grand Prix 2002 British Grand Prix 2004 British Grand Prix 52 04 43 N 1 01 01 W source:kolossus-nowiki title British Grand Prix Category:British Grand Prix Grand Prix British Grand Prix