2003 European Grand Prix

F1 European Germany 2003 06 29 y 2003 2003 Canadian Grand Prix 2003 French Grand Prix Nürburgring - Grand-Prix Stecke.svg The Nürburgring 9 16 2003 Allianz Grand Prix of Europe Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany 3.2 5.148 60 192 308.88 Mostly cloudy with maximum ambient temperatures reaching 25 degrees celsius during the day. 123,000 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:31.523 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:32.621 14 Finland Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW Germany Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW Colombia Rubens Barrichello Ferrari Brazil EUR The 2003 European Grand Prix (formally the 2003 Allianz Grand Prix of Europe)https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2003/races/745/europe/race-result.html Europe Formula1.com 15 November 2021 was a Formula One motor race held on 29 June 2003 at the Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany. It was the ninth race of the 2003 Formula One season. The 60-lap race was won Ralf Schumacher driving in a Williams car. Juan Pablo Montoya, also driving for Williams finished second, with Rubens Barrichello third in a Ferrari. Race report Approximately 123,000 people attended the race.Huge home crowd greets Schumacher win http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2003/6/571.html Formula1.com Formula1.com Limited 30 June 2003 31 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20080907231335/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2003/6/571.html 7 September 2008 For 25 laps of the European Grand Prix, Kimi Räikkönen looked set to win from his first pole position and regain his championship lead. Then his McLaren’s Mercedes engine broke down and instead it was Ralf Schumacher who came through to score his first win of the year. Having taken pole, Räikkönen soon built a lead over Ralf Schumacher. He was nine seconds clear when he made his first refuelling stop on the 16th lap, with Michael Schumacher another ten seconds further back. Ralf led briefly for Williams and ran until lap 21 before pitting, but this was still insufficient to keep Räikkönen out of the lead. Ralf Schumacher was still 4.8 seconds behind when Räikkönen's Mercedes engine blew up, making him the first retirement of the race. On the 43rd lap Juan Pablo Montoya and Michael Schumacher collided while fighting for second place. Montoya had gradually reeled in Schumacher until they were side-by-side on the rundown to the Dunlop Kurve. Schumacher ran up the kerb and tagged Montoya’s Williams as it passed the German's Ferrari for second place. As Schumacher spun and sat stranded, his Ferrari’s rear wheels spinning in the gravel, Montoya continued. By the time three marshals and fireman pushed the Ferrari from its dangerous spot on the corner’s apex, Schumacher was down to sixth. “Michael was quick on the straights, but in the corners he was very slow,” said Montoya. “He was on the inside and I was on the outside. I thought I gave him plenty of room. I wasn’t going to give him all the track, but I thought it was all right.”October 2010 Schumacher agreed that Montoya had given him enough room and after a stewards’ enquiry, no action was taken. Ferrari’s Ross Brawn was not content with the situation, but Williams technical director Patrick Head remarked that, had Montoya been penalised, it would effectively have been a declaration that overtaking was no longer allowed in Formula One racing.October 2010 Then, on the 57th lap, McLaren's David Coulthard suddenly had to swerve around Fernando Alonso approaching the chicane, and spun into retirement. “Alonso braked ten metres earlier than he had the lap before,” said Coulthard. “He was dealing inconsistently with problems, as his rear tyres looked completely worn out. But I just got caught out.”October 2010 The Spaniard continued, and was very nearly caught on the final lap by the recovering world champion. The stewards investigated the incident after a report was filed to them by the FIA race director Charlie Whiting. They spoke to both Alonso and Coulthard and members of their respective teams. After a review of telemetry and video data, no driver was imposed a penalty.https://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns11426.html The Coulthard-Alonso incident 1 July 2003 16 January 2007 Grand Prix Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Time Q2 Time Gap Grid 1 6 FIN Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:29.989 1:31.523 1 2 1 DEU Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:30.353 1:31.555 +0.032 2 3 4 DEU Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 1:30.522 1:31.619 +0.096 3 4 3 COL Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 1:30.378 1:31.765 +0.242 4 5 2 BRA Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:30.842 1:31.780 +0.257 5 6 7 ITA Jarno Trulli Renault 1:31.143 1:31.976 +0.453 6 7 20 FRA Olivier Panis Toyota 1:57.327 1:32.350 +0.827 7 8 8 ESP Fernando Alonso Renault 1:31.533 1:32.424 +0.901 8 9 5 GBR David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:30.903 1:32.742 +1.219 9 10 21 BRA Cristiano da Matta Toyota No time1 1 1:32.949 +1.426 10 11 14 AUS Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth 1:35.972 1:33.066 +1.543 11 12 17 GBR Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:32.479 1:33.395 +1.872 12 13 11 ITA Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Ford 1:32.196 1:33.553 +2.030 13 14 12 IRE Ralph Firman Jordan-Ford 1:53.893 1:33.827 +2.304 14 15 10 DEU Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Petronas 1:32.201 1:34.000 +2.477 15 16 15 BRA Antônio Pizzonia Jaguar-Cosworth 1:57.435 1:34.159 +2.636 16 17 16 CAN Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda No time2 2 1:34.596 +3.073 17 18 19 NED Jos Verstappen Minardi-Cosworth 1:55.921 1:36.318 +4.795 18 19 18 GBR Justin Wilson Minardi-Cosworth 1:54.546 1:36.485 +4.962 19 20 9 DEU Nick Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas 1:52.300 No time3 3 20Sources:2003 Allianz Grand Prix of Europe – Qualifying 1 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2003/races/745/europe/qualifying-1.html Formula1.com 30 September 20232003 Allianz Grand Prix of Europe – Qualifying 2 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2003/races/745/europe/qualifying-2.html Formula1.com 30 September 20232003 European Grand Prix Classification Grid https://www.motorsportstats.com/results/fia-formula-one-world-championship/2003/european-grand-prix/classification/grid Motorsport Stats 30 September 2023 Notes 1 1 – Cristiano da Matta was left without time in Q1 after spinning off the track and abandoning the attempt. 2 2 – Jacques Villeneuve was left without a time in Q1 after driving off the track. 3 3 – Nick Heidfeld was left without a time in Q2 after spinning in the first corner. Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW Michelin 60 1:34:43.622 3 10 2 3 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW Michelin 60 +16.821 4 8 3 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari Bridgestone 60 +39.673 5 6 4 8 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault Michelin 60 +1:05.731 8 5 5 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari Bridgestone 60 +1:06.162 2 4 6 14 Australia Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth Michelin 59 +1 Lap 11 3 7 17 UK Jenson Button BAR-Honda Bridgestone 59 +1 Lap 12 2 8 9 Germany Nick Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas Bridgestone 59 +1 Lap PL Pit lane4 4 1 9 10 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Petronas Bridgestone 59 +1 Lap 15   10 15 Brazil Antônio Pizzonia Jaguar-Cosworth Michelin 59 +1 Lap 16   11 12 Ireland Ralph Firman Jordan-Ford Bridgestone 58 +2 Laps 14   12 11 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Ford Bridgestone 58 +2 Laps 13   13 18 UK Justin Wilson Minardi-Cosworth Bridgestone 58 +2 Laps 19   14 19 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Minardi-Cosworth Bridgestone 57 +3 Laps 18   15 5 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 56 Spun off 9   Ret Retired 21 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Toyota Michelin 53 Engine 10   Ret Retired 16 Canada Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda Bridgestone 51 Gearbox 17   Ret Retired 7 Italy Jarno Trulli Renault Michelin 37 Fuel pressure 6   Ret Retired 20 France Olivier Panis Toyota Michelin 37 Brakes 7   Ret Retired 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 25 Engine 1  Source:2003 European Grand Prix http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2003/26/ Formula1.com Formula1.com Limited 26 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141226072957/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2003/26/ 26 December 2014 Notes 4 4 – Nick Heidfeld started the race from the pitlane. Championship standings after the race It was the first time this season that the top two in the World Championship would fail to score a podium in the same race. However, Michael Schumacher was still able to increase his points advantage towards Räikkönen to seven points following the latter's retirement. Both Ralf Schumacher and Montoya were able to leapfrog Alonso in the standings by advancing one position each, trailing championship leader Michael Schumacher by fifteen and nineteen points, respectively. Williams’ haul of points from a race in which McLaren went home with none moved them up into second place in the constructors’ championship. Sir Frank Williams was careful to play down talk of a championship challenge for his team. But with Ferrari only 13 points ahead, everyone within the team believed that they had a chance of challenging before the season was over. Drivers' Championship standings +/– Pos Position Driver Points 10px 1 Germany Michael Schumacher 58 10px 2 Finland Kimi Räikkönen 51 10px 1 3 Germany Ralf Schumacher 43 10px 1 4 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya 39 10px 2 5 Spain Fernando Alonso 39Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2003/europe/championnat.aspx Europe 2003 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 15 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings +/– Pos Position Constructor Points 10px 1 Italy Ferrari 95 10px 1 2 UK Williams-BMW 82 10px 1 3 UK McLaren-Mercedes 76 10px 4 France Renault 52 10px 1 5 UK BAR-Honda 13Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References European Grand Prix 2003 2003 Canadian Grand Prix 2003 French Grand Prix 2002 European Grand Prix 2004 European Grand Prix 50 20 08 N 6 56 51 E source:kolossus-nowiki title European Grand Prix Category:European Grand Prix European Grand Prix European Grand Prix