The Austrian Grand Prix 2003 was the 6th round of the 2003 F1 season, and took place at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria, on May 18th.
Michael Schumacher won the race from the pole, followed by Kimi Räikkönen, and Rubens Barrichello completing the podium.
Final results
Race evolution
Pit Stops
Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.
Strategy
Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..
Incidents
The reace did not end without incidents... 7 drivers out of the original 20 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.
These included, Giancarlo Fisichella, who had a fuel system failure on lap 60, Nick Heidfeld, Fernando Alonso, and Juan Pablo Montoya, all of whom suffered an engine malfunction, Olivier Panis, who suffered a suspension problem on lap 6, and Jos Verstappen, and Heinz-Harald Frentzen, both had a problem with the clutch.
Fuel system
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Giancarlo FisichellaLap 60
Engine
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Nick HeidfeldLap 46
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Fernando AlonsoLap 44
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Juan Pablo MontoyaLap 32
Suspension
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Olivier PanisLap 6
Clutch
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Jos VerstappenLap 0
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Heinz-Harald FrentzenLap 0
Qualifying
From 1996 to 2002 the grid order was decided in a single qualifying session which would last 1 hour. During this time each driver had a maximun of 12 laps to set their best time.
This time around, Michael Schumacher managed to secure the pole position with a time of 1:09.150 seconds, 0.039 seconds faster than Kimi Räikkönen, who completed the first line of the grid.