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The European Grand Prix 2003 was the 9th round of the 2003 F1 season, and took place at the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Germany, on June 29th.

Ralf Schumacher won the race after starting in the 3rd position, followed by Juan Pablo Montoya, and Rubens Barrichello completing the podium.

Kimi Räikkönen started from the pole position, but didn't manage to cross the finish line, as he suffered an engine malfunction, and had to retire on lap 25th.

Final results

1
2
SCH
Ralf Schumacher
Williams
1:34:43.622
Finished
2
2
MON
Juan Pablo Montoya
Williams
+16.821
Finished
3
2
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Ferrari
+39.673
Finished
4
4
ALO
Fernando Alonso
Renault
+1:05.731
Finished
5
3
MSC
Michael Schumacher
Ferrari
+1:06.162
Finished
6
5
WEB
Mark Webber
Jaguar
+1 Lap
7
5
BUT
Jenson Button
BAR
+1 Lap
8
12
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
Sauber
+1 Lap
9
6
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Sauber
+1 Lap
10
6
PIZ
Antônio Pizzonia
Jaguar
+1 Lap
11
3
Ralph Firman
Jordan
+2 Laps
12
1
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Jordan
+2 Laps
13
6
Justin Wilson
Minardi
+2 Laps
14
4
Jos Verstappen
Minardi
+3 Laps
15
6
COU
David Coulthard
McLaren
+4 Laps
16
6
Cristiano da Matta
Toyota
Engine
17
-
VIL
Jacques Villeneuve
BAR
Gearbox
18
12
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Renault
Fuel pressure
19
12
Olivier Panis
Toyota
Spun off
20
19
RAI
Kimi Räikkönen
McLaren
Engine
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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

There were some incidents during the race, with 6 drivers who didn't manage to cross the finish line.

These included, Cristiano da Matta, and Kimi Räikkönen, both suffered an engine malfunction, Jacques Villeneuve, who experienced issues with the gearbox on lap 51, Jarno Trulli, who suffered a fuel pressure loss on lap 37, and Olivier Panis, who lost control and spun off the track on lap 37.

Engine

  • Cristiano da Matta
    Lap 53
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    Lap 25

Gearbox

  • Jacques Villeneuve
    Lap 51

Fuel pressure

  • Jarno Trulli
    Lap 37

Spun off

  • Olivier Panis
    Lap 37

Qualifying

#1
RAI
#2
MSC
#3
SCH
#4
MON
#5
BAR
#6
TRU
#7
#8
ALO
#9
COU
#10
#11
WEB
#12
BUT
#13
FIS
#14
#15
#16
PIZ
#17
VIL
#18
#19
#20
HEI

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, Kimi Räikkönen managed to secure the pole position with a time of 1:31.523 seconds, 0.032 seconds faster than Michael Schumacher, who completed the first line of the grid.

Times table

  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:31.523
  • Michael Schumacher
    1:31.555
    + 0.032
    + 0.032
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:31.619
    + 0.064
    + 0.096
  • Juan Pablo Montoya
    1:31.765
    + 0.146
    + 0.242
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:31.780
    + 0.015
    + 0.257
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:31.976
    + 0.196
    + 0.453
  • Olivier Panis
    1:32.350
    + 0.374
    + 0.827
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:32.424
    + 0.074
    + 0.901
  • David Coulthard
    1:32.742
    + 0.318
    + 1.219
  • Cristiano da Matta
    1:32.949
    + 0.207
    + 1.426
  • Mark Webber
    1:33.066
    + 0.117
    + 1.543
  • Jenson Button
    1:33.395
    + 0.329
    + 1.872
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:33.553
    + 0.158
    + 2.03
  • Ralph Firman
    1:33.827
    + 0.274
    + 2.304
  • Heinz-Harald Frentzen
    1:34.000
    + 0.173
    + 2.477
  • Antônio Pizzonia
    1:34.159
    + 0.159
    + 2.636
  • Jacques Villeneuve
    1:34.596
    + 0.437
    + 3.073
  • Jos Verstappen
    1:36.318
    + 1.722
    + 4.795
  • Justin Wilson
    1:36.485
    + 0.167
    + 4.962