2003 Canadian Grand Prix

F1 Canada Canadian 15 June 2003 2003 Monaco Grand Prix 2003 European Grand Prix Île Notre-Dame (Circuit Gilles Villeneuve).svg Grand Prix Air Canada 2003 8 16 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Street circuit 2.710 4.361 70 189.686 305.270 Partly cloudy and mild with temperatures reaching a maximum of 19.3 C FWind speeds up to 12.9 km/h mphhttps://www.almanac.com/weather/history/QC/Montreal/2003-06-15 Weather information for the "2003 Canadian Grand Prix" The Old Farmers' Almanac 2018-09-06Track 32 C FF1 Racing. July 2003. Ralf Schumacher Germany Williams-BMW 1:15.529 Fernando Alonso Spain Renault 1:16.040 53 Michael Schumacher Germany Ferrari Ralf Schumacher Germany Williams-BMW Juan Pablo Montoya Colombia Williams-BMW 112,000F1 Racing. July 2003. CAN The 2003 Canadian Grand Prix (officially known as the Grand Prix Air Canada 2003)https://www.formula1.com/en/results/2003/races/744/canada/race-result Canada Formula1.com 28 July 2025 was a Formula One motor race that took place on 15 June 2003 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec. It was the eighth round of the 2003 Formula One World Championship. Ralf Schumacher of BMW Williams took pole position for the race. His brother, World Champion Michael Schumacher, won the race, despite nursing an ailing car, ahead of Ralf and Juan Pablo Montoya in the other Williams. This was the fourth time that the Schumacher brothers finished 1-2, having become the first siblings to do so at the 2001 Canadian Grand Prix. Background The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal hosted the Canadian Grand Prix for the 25th time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 13–15 June. The Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2003 Formula One World Championship and the 35th running of the Canadian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship.Grands Prix Spain https://www.statsf1.com/en/grand-prix-canada.aspx 2 August 2025 StatsF114 January 2003 2003 F1 calendar https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/2657581.stm 2 August 2025 BBC Sport Championship standings before the race Going into the weekend, McLaren driver Kimi Räikkönen led the Drivers' Championship with 48 points, ahead of Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher on 44 and Renault's Fernando Alonso on 29 points. In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren were leading with 73 points and Ferrari were second on 71 points, with BMW Williams third on 50 points.Drivers' and Constructors' Provisional Standings http://www.fia.com/FreePress/F1_Guide_2003/Championship.html Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 12 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20020602144615/http://www.fia.com/homepage/selection-a.html 2 June 2002 Practice Three free practice sessions were held for the event.Domenjoz Luc Formula 1 Yearbook 2003–04 Sporting regulations https://archive.org/details/formula1yearbook0000unse_x6v8 2003 Parragon Bath, Somerset 220–221 978-1-4054-2089-1 Internet Archive registrationhttps://www.newsonf1.com/2003/races/canada/main.htm 2003 Canadian Grand Prix - Results and Reports NewsOnF1.com 1 August 2025 Jaguar driver Antônio Pizzonia set the fastest time in the first session, six tenths of a second quicker than Juan Pablo Montoya and Michael Schumacher, in second and third places respectively.https://www.newsonf1.com/2003/races/canada/f1res.htm 2003 Canadian Grand Prix - Friday Practice Session Results NewsOnF1.com 1 August 2025https://www.formula1.com/en/results/2003/races/744/canada/practice/1 GRAND PRIX AIR CANADA 2003 - PRACTICE 1 Formula1.com 1 August 2025 The second session was topped by Rubens Barrichello in the Ferrari ahead of Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve in the BAR.https://www.newsonf1.com/2003/races/canada/s1res.htm 2003 Canadian Grand Prix - First Saturday Practice Session Results NewsOnF1.com 1 August 2025 Finally, the Ferraris of Schumacher and Barrichello led the third practice session, ahead of Giancarlo Fisichella in the Jordan.https://www.newsonf1.com/2003/races/canada/s2res.htm 2003 Canadian Grand Prix - Second Saturday Practice Session Results NewsOnF1.com 1 August 2025https://www.formula1.com/en/results/2003/races/744/canada/practice/2 GRAND PRIX AIR CANADA 2003 - PRACTICE 2 Formula1.com 1 August 2025 Qualifying Qualiyfing consisted of two one-hour sessions, one on Friday and one on Saturday afternoon. The first session's running order was determined by the Drivers' Championship standings, with the leading driver going first. Each driver was allowed to set one lap time. The result determined the running order in the second session: the fastest driver in the first session was allowed to go last in the second session, which usually provided the benefit of a cleaner track. Drivers were again allowed to set one lap time, which determined the order on the grid for the race on Sunday, with the fastest driver scoring pole position.https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/deciding-the-grid-a-history-of-f1-qualifying-formats.1oh1hemlnZ4x9rt2nff8vn Deciding the grid - A history of F1 qualifying formats formula1.com 25 July 2025 Ralf Schumacher scored his second consecutive pole position, nearly four tenths ahead of teammate Juan Pablo Montoya and Michael Schumacher.14 June 2003 Ralf claims Canadian GP pole https://www.abc.net.au/news/2003-06-15/ralf-claims-canadian-gp-pole/1870398 2 August 2025 ABC News Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Time Q2 Time Gap Grid 1 4DEU Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 1:38.210 1:15.529 1 2 3COL Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 1:37.479 1:15.923 +0.394 2 3 1DEU Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:31.969 1:16.047 +0.518 3 4 8ESP Fernando Alonso Renault 1:35.173 1:16.048 +0.519 4 5 2BRA Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:30.925 1:16.143 +0.614 5 6 14AUS Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth 1:36.699 1:16.182 +0.653 6 7 20FRA Olivier Panis Toyota 1:37.313 1:16.598 +1.069 7 8 7ITA Jarno Trulli Renault 1:41.413 1:16.718 +1.189 8 9 21BRA Cristiano da Matta Toyota 1:38.244 1:16.826 +1.297 9 10 10DEU Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Petronas 1:35.776 1:16.939 +1.410 10 11 5GBR David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:36.463 1:17.024 +1.495 11 12 9DEU Nick Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas 1:32.778 1:17.086 +1.557 12 13 15BRA Antônio Pizzonia Jaguar-Cosworth 1:38.255 1:17.337 +1.808 13 14 16CAN Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda 1:44.702 1:17.347 +1.818 14 15 19NED Jos Verstappen Minardi-Cosworth 1:37.426 1:18.014 +2.485 15 16 11 ITA Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Ford 1:38.617 1:18.036 +2.507 16 17 17GBR Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:38.109 1:18.205 +2.676 17 18 18GBR Justin Wilson Minardi-Cosworth 1:38.088 1:18.560 +3.031 18 19 12IRE Ralph Firman Jordan-Ford 1:34.759 1:18.692 +3.163 19 20 6FIN Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.373 No time1 1 +19.844 20 Sources:2003 Canadian GP – 1st Qualification https://chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=2003&gp=Canadian%20GP&r=1&type=warm ChicaneF1 30 September 20232003 Canadian GP – 2nd Qualification https://chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=2003&gp=Canadian%20GP&r=1&type=qual ChicaneF1 30 September 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230315220144/https://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=2003&gp=Canadian%20GP&r=1&type=qual 15 March 2023 dead2003 Canadian Grand Prix Classification Grid https://www.motorsportstats.com/results/fia-formula-one-world-championship/2003/canadian-grand-prix/classification/grid Motorsport Stats 30 September 2023 Notes 1 1 – Kimi Räikkönen spun off at the second corner and did not set a time in Q2. Race The race was held on 15 June 2003 and was run for 70 laps.https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2003-canadian-grand-prix/ 2003 Canadian Grand Prix MotorsportMagazine 1 August 2025 Race report At the start, Ralf Schumacher got away well and kept the lead. Michael Schumacher managed to come alongside of Juan Pablo Montoya, but the Colombian left his braking late and held on along the outside of the corner. Rubens Barrichello in fifth hit the back of Fernando Alonso before Antônio Pizzonia ran into the other Renault of Jarno Trulli. Barrichello and Pizzonia visited the pits for new front wings. At the end of the second lap, Montoya suddenly spun coming out of the final corner. He fell back to fifth position and after the race, admitted it was his own fault.https://www.atlasf1.com/2003/can/elizalde.html The 2003 Canadian GP Review AtlasF1.com Elizalde Pablo Spain 18 June 2003 1 August 2025https://www.statsf1.com/en/2003/canada.aspx 8. Canada 2003 StatsF1.com 1 August 2025https://maxf1.net/en/2003-canadian-gp-michael-beats-faster-williams-first-fastest-lap-for-alonso/ 2003 Canadian GP – Michael beats faster Williams drivers, first fastest lap for Alonso MaxF1 Petric Darjan 15 June 2022 1 August 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250512033010/https://maxf1.net/en/2003-canadian-gp-michael-beats-faster-williams-first-fastest-lap-for-alonso/ 12 May 2025 dead Montoya recovered quickly by passing Webber and Alonso, before the Williams driver opened the first round of regular pit stops on lap 19. Ralf Schumacher pitted on lap 20, leaving Michael in free air, who immediately set the fastest lap and managed to rejoin the track in what would be the lead after Alonso's stop on lap 26. After the second round of pit stops, Michael Schumacher slowed down to save his tyres and brakes, which allowed Montoya to close up to him and Ralf, before Alonso joined the leading pack with five laps to go. Barrichello and Räikkönen had come up through the field and were fighting for fifth place. But however close the cars seemed to be, none of them managed to make a move and Michael Schumacher scored his fourth victory of the year, ahead of Ralf Schumacher, scoring just his first podium this season, and Juan Pablo Montoya. Post-race Michael Schumacher's fourth win in the last five races elevated him to the lead of the World Drivers' Championship for the first time this season, distancing Räikkönen by three points who fell to second. While Alonso remained third with 34 points, Ralf Schumacher's podium finish enabled him to improve from seventh to fourth in the championship ahead of teammate Montoya, just one behind Alonso.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 In the World Constructors' Championship, another change of lead occurred in favour of Ferrari, nine clear of McLaren, while Williams remained in third with a 21-point-deficit towards Ferrari. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 DEU Michael Schumacher Ferrari Bridgestone 70 1:31:13.591 3 10 2 4 DEU Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW Michelin 70 +0.784 1 8 3 3 COL Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW Michelin 70 +1.355 2 6 4 8 ESP Fernando Alonso Renault Michelin 70 +4.481 4 5 5 2 BRA Rubens Barrichello Ferrari Bridgestone 70 +1:04.261 5 4 6 6 FIN Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 70 +1:10.502 PL Pit lane2 2 3 7 14 AUS Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth Michelin 69 +1 Lap 6 2 8 20 FRA Olivier Panis Toyota Michelin 69 +1 Lap 7 1 9 19 NED Jos Verstappen Minardi-Cosworth Bridgestone 68 +2 Laps 15   10 15 BRA Antônio Pizzonia Jaguar-Cosworth Michelin 66 Brakes 13   11 21 BRA Cristiano da Matta Toyota Michelin 64 Suspension 9   Ret Retired 18 GBR Justin Wilson Minardi-Cosworth Bridgestone 60 Gearbox 18   Ret Retired 17 GBR Jenson Button BAR-Honda Bridgestone 51 Gearbox 17   Ret Retired 5 GBR David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 47 Gearbox 11   Ret Retired 9 DEU Nick Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas Bridgestone 47 Engine 12   Ret Retired 7 ITA Jarno Trulli Renault Michelin 22 Collision damage 8   Ret Retired 11 ITA Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Ford Bridgestone 20 Gearbox 16   Ret Retired 12 IRE Ralph Firman Jordan-Ford Bridgestone 20 Engine PL Pit lane2 2   Ret Retired 16 CAN Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda Bridgestone 14 Brakes 14   Ret Retired 10 DEU Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Petronas Bridgestone 6 Electronics 10  Source:2003 Canadian Grand Prix https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2003/races/744/canada/race-result.html Formula1.com Formula1.com Limited 11 August 2018 Notes 2 2 – Kimi Räikkönen and Ralph Firman started from the pit lane. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings +/– Pos Position Driver Points 10px 1 1 GER Michael Schumacher 54 10px 1 2 FIN Kimi Räikkönen 51 10px 3 ESP Fernando Alonso 34 10px 3 4 GER Ralf Schumacher 33 10px 5 COL Juan Pablo Montoya 31Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2003/canada/championnat.aspx Canada 2003 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 14 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings +/– Pos Position Constructor Points 10px 1 1 Italy Ferrari 85 10px 1 2 UK McLaren-Mercedes 76 10px 3 UK Williams-BMW 64 10px 4 France Renault 47 10px 5 Ireland Jordan-Ford 11Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Canadian Grand Prix 2003 2003 Monaco Grand Prix 2003 European Grand Prix 2002 Canadian Grand Prix 2004 Canadian Grand Prix 45 30 2.08 N 73 31 20.86 W type:event:CA title Canadian Grand Prix Category:Canadian Grand Prix Category:2003 in Montreal Category:2003 in sports in Quebec Grand Prix Grand Prix