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2003 Macau Grand Prix

The 2003 Macau Grand Prix (formally the 50th Macau Grand Prix) was a Formula Three (F3) motor race held on the streets of Macau on 16 November 2003. Unlike other races, such as the Masters of Formula 3, the 2003 Macau Grand Prix was not a part of any F3 championship, but was open to entries from all F3 championships. The race was divided into two legs: the first leg, which lasted ten laps, was held in the morning. The afternoon leg lasted fifteen laps. The driver who completed all 25 laps in the shortest time was declared the overall winner. The 2003 event was the 50th Macau Grand Prix and the 21st for F3 cars.

Race details[1]
Date 16 November 2003
Location Guia Circuit, Macau
Course Temporary street circuit

6.120 km (3.803 mi)

Distance 25 laps, 152.925 km (95.023 mi)
First leg
Pole
Driver Brazil Fábio Carbone Signature Team
Time 2:13.016
Fastest Lap
Driver Australia James Courtney TOM'S
Time 2:13.381
Podium
First Australia James Courtney TOM'S
Second France Nicolas Lapierre Signature Team
Third United States Richard Antinucci Hitech Racing
Second leg
Driver Australia James Courtney TOM'S
Fastest Lap
Driver Australia James Courtney TOM'S
Time 2:12.937
Podium
First France Nicolas Lapierre Signature Team
Second Brazil Fábio Carbone Signature Team
Third Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka Prema Powerteam

Nicolas Lapierre of Signature Plus won the event after finishing second in the first leg, which was won by James Courtney of TOM'S. Four laps from the finish, Lapierre took the lead after Courtney suffered a puncture running over carbon fibre debris and crashed into the wall at the Melco hairpin. Lapierre became the first rookie to win in Macau since David Coulthard in 1991. Fábio Carbone's sister Signature Plus car finished second and Prema Powerteam's Katsuyuki Hiranaka was third.

Background and entry list edit

The Macau Grand Prix is a Formula Three (F3) race that has been dubbed the territory's most prestigious international sporting event and a stepping stone to higher motorsport categories such as Formula One.[2][3] The 2003 Macau Grand Prix was the race's 50th edition and the 21st to be held to F3 rules. It took place on the 6.2 km (3.9 mi) 22-turn Guia Circuit on 16 November 2003 with three preceding days of practice and qualifying.[4]

Drivers were required to compete in a Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA)-regulated championship race during the calendar year, either in the Formula 3 Euro Series or one of the domestic championships, with the highest-placed drivers receiving priority in receiving an invitation to the race.[5] Three of the four major F3 series were represented on the Macau 30-car grid by their respective champions.[6][7] Ryan Briscoe, the F3 Euro Series champion, was joined in Macau by Japanese F3 series winner James Courtney and Italian champion Fausto Ippoliti. The best ranked British F3 Championship representative was Nelson Piquet Jr. and he was joined by its scholarship champion E. J. Viso.[7] Race organisers invited five drivers from outside of F3 to enter the race.[7] They were Lewis Hamilton, the Formula Renault 2.0 UK champion,[8] who had been entered after improving his performance at the British series round at Brands Hatch.[9] World Series by Nissan driver Narain Karthikeyan and Macau natives Lei Kit Meng, Michael Ho and Jo Merszei.[7]

Practice and qualifying edit

There were two one-hour practice sessions preceding Sunday's race: one on Thursday morning and one on Friday morning.[10] Courtney, a pre-race favourite,[11] lapped fastest early in the first practice session at 2:14.724, 0.744 seconds quicker than Pierre Kaffer in second.[12] Richard Antinucci, Tatsuya Kataoka, Karthikeyan, Fábio Carbone, Briscoe, Katsuyuki Hiranaka, Robert Kubica and Paolo Montin made up positions three through ten.[1] Three incidents occurred during the session. Hamilton collided with Kataoka at Fisherman's Bend corner and spun into a barrier. Marco Bonanomi hit a wall at Dona Maria Bend corner and Fairuz Fauzy braked too late for Lisboa turn and struck the barrier.[12]

 
James Courtney (pictured in 2002) held provisional pole position on Friday but lost it to Fábio Carbone the following day because of changes to his gear ratio that slowed him.

Qualifying was divided into two 45-minute sessions; the first was held on Thursday afternoon, and the second on Friday afternoon.[10] Each driver's fastest time from either session was used to determine their starting position for Sunday's race.[5] The first qualifying session was delayed by 35 minutes due to an incident during practice for the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia race in which an unknown driver dented an Armco barrier at the pit lane exit, requiring course officials to repair it.[13] When the session did start in overcast but warm weather, several drivers occupied provisional pole position,[13] until Courtney avoided using new tyres to go fastest at 2:13.232.[1][14] Carbone was six-tenths of a second behind in second after leading for much of the session. Kaffer was consistently in the top four and was provisionally third.[13] Kataoka took fourth and Robert Doornbos fifth.[14] Nicolas Lapierre took sixth after correcting a ride height issue that had slowed him in practice, ahead of Montin and Piquet.[13][14] Karthikeyan and César Campaniço were ninth and tenth.[1] Antinucci was the fastest driver who did not enter the top ten, after briefly holding provisional pole. Following Antinucci were Nico Rosberg, Álvaro Parente and Hiranaka. Briscoe was 15th after failing to replicate a faster pace.[1][13] Fauzy, Pedro Barral, Andrew Thompson, Hamilton, Ronnie Quintarelli. Danny Watts, Viso, Naoki Yokomizo, Bonanomi, Ho, Rob Austin, Hiroki Yoshimoto, Kubica, Lei and Merszei completed the order.[1] The session was disrupted with two red flags as some drivers ventured off the track.[14] Viso spun on the approach to Police Bend and landed sideways on a narrow section of track. Kubica was nearby and attempted to avoid Viso, but he hit the wall and ricocheted off his nose cone. As a result, the circuit became impassable, and the session was halted to allow officials to move the damaged cars. The second stoppage came after Barral spun entering the Melco hairpin and blocked the track. Yellow flags were later needed at the R-Bend turn after Piquet removed his left-rear wheel striking the wall.[13][14]

In the second half an hour practice session, Courtney lapped fastest at 2:13.566, three-tenths of a second ahead of Antinucci.[1][15] Kataoka, Lapierre, Doornbos, Montin, Rosberg, Kaffer, Yoshimoto and Carbone placed third through tenth.[1] The session's first stoppage happened when Austin had an accident and Yokomizo crashed heavily at San Francisco Bend corner. Piquet, Barral, Briscoe and Hiranaka also sustained car damage.[15]

The start of the second qualifying session was delayed by 25 minutes due to multiple incidents and crashes in second practice and qualifying for the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia race. When it did start, most drivers saved two sets of tyres for Sunday's race but nobody went faster early on.[16] Although heavy traffic prevented Courtney from going laster, he maintained pole position until Carbone took it late on with a 2:13.016 lap.[16][17][18] However, Carbone's session ended early spinning into the wall at San Francisco Bend corner trying to lap quicker.[18] Briscoe pushed hard and joined Carbone on the grid's front row despite replacing a wishbone on his suspension after spinning into a barrier at Fisherman's Bend early on.[16] Courtney dropped to third after a gear ratio change slowed him.[17] Lapierre improved to fourth while Kaffer fell to fifth.[18] Antinucci also went faster and gained five places to qualify sixth despite going off at Lisboa turn. Rosberg, seventh, clipped the wall at Police bend. Kataoka was eighth and Montin ninth.[1][16][18] Doornbos crashed at Lisboa corner and fell five places to tenth.[18] Parente, Fauzy, Piquet, Kubica, Campaniço, Watts, Karthikeyan, Hamilton, Yoshimoto, Quintarelli, Thompson, Barral, Hiranaka, Viso, Austin, Ho, Yokomizo, Bonanomi, Lei and Merszei completed the starting order.[1] Another major incident occurred during the session, as other drivers went off the track: the ill Karthiekyan could not control his car and pulled over at Police bend.[16]

Qualifying classification edit

Each of the driver's fastest lap times from the two qualifying sessions are denoted in bold.

Final qualifying classification
Pos No. Driver Team Q1 Time Rank Q2 Time Rank Gap Grid
1 16   Fábio Carbone Signature Team 2:13.835 2 2:13.016 1 — 1
2 1   Ryan Briscoe Prema Powerteam 2:15.894 15 2:13.223 2 +0.207 2
3 9   James Courtney TOM'S 2:13.232 1 2:13.237 3 +0.216 3
4 17   Nicolas Lapierre Signature Team 2:14.900 6 2:13.270 4 +0.254 4
5 37   Pierre Kaffer TME Racing 2:14.126 3 2:13.506 5 +0.490 5
6 11   Richard Antinucci Hitech Racing 2:15.572 11 2:13.514 6 +0.498 6
7 6   Nico Rosberg Carlin Motorsport 2:15.644 12 2:13.906 7 +0.890 7
8 10   Tatsuya Kataoka TOM'S 2:14.212 4 2:14.910 8 +0.894 8
9 23   Paolo Montin ThreeBond Racing 2:15.071 7 2:13.958 9 +0.942 9
10 20   Robert Doornbos Menu Motorsport 2:14.719 5 2:14.146 10 +1.130 10
11 5   Álvaro Parente Carlin Motorsport 2:15.686 13 2:14.593 11 +1.577 11
12 36   Fairuz Fauzy Promatecme 2:15.922 16 2:14.728 12 +1.712 12
13 12   Nelson Piquet Jr. Hitech Racing 2:15.075 8 2:14.949 13 +1.933 13
14 25   Robert Kubica Target Racing 2:20.406 28 2:14.965 14 +1.949 14
15 18   César Campaniço Signature Team 2:15.506 10 2:15.001 15 +1.985 15
16 30   Danny Watts Alan Docking Racing 2:17.218 21 2:15.050 16 +2.034 16
17 4   Narain Karthikeyan Carlin Motorsport 2:15.135 9 2:15.381 19 +2.119 17
18 27   Lewis Hamilton Manor Motorsport 2:16.636 19 2:15.160 17 +2.144 18
19 32   Hiroki Yoshimoto Swiss Racing Team 2:19.483 27 2:15.189 18 +2.173 19
20 21   Ronnie Quintarelli JB Motorsport with Inging 2:17.069 20 2:15.478 20 +2.462 20
21 15   Andrew Thompson Hitech Racing 2:16.597 18 2:15.515 21 +2.499 21
22 15   Pedro Barral Swiss Racing Team 2:16.568 17 2:15.782 22 +2.766 22
23 2  Katsuyuki Hiranaka Prema Powerteam 2:15.854 14 2:16.114 24 +2.838 23
24 33   E. J. Viso Promatecme 2:18.163 22 2:16.006 23 +2.990 24
25 19   Rob Austin Menu Motorsport 2:18.934 26 2:16.368 25 +3.352 25
26 38   Michael Ho TME Racing 2:18.896 25 2:16.877 26 +3.861 26
27 22   Naoki Yokomizo JB Motorsport with Inging 2:18.183 23 No Time +5.167 27
28 26   Marco Bonanomi Target Racing 2:18.247 24 2:20.730 28 +5.231 28
29 28   Lei Kit Meng Manor Motorsport 2:22.298 29 2:20.537 27 +7.521 29
30 29   Jo Merszei Alan Docking Racing 2:29.289 30 2:24.503 29 +11.487 30
110% qualifying time: 2:26.317[1]
Source:[1]
Bold time indicates the faster of the two times that determined the grid order.

Warm-up edit

A 20-minute warm-up session was held on the morning of the race.[10] Antinucci led with a lap time of 2:14.048 seconds, faster than he had been in any previous session. Carbone was a tenth of a second behind in second and Piquet followed close behind in third. Kataoka, Doornbos, Kaffer, Briscoe, Montin, Rosberg and Kubica completed warm-up's top ten drivers.[1] The field was reduced to 29 cars after warm-up but before the first leg of the race because Karthikeyan was withdrawn after the FIA medical delegate diagnosed him with glandular fever.[19]

Race edit

Sunday's race was divided into two aggregate legs totalling 30 laps. The first 15-lap leg took place in the morning, and the results determined the starting order for the second leg, with the winner starting from pole position. Following that, a five-hour interval was observed to allow for the intervening support races. The second 15-lap leg began later in the afternoon. The driver who completed all 30 laps in the quickest time took overall victory.[5][10]

Leg 1 edit

 
Ryan Briscoe (pictured in 2009) took the lead from Carbone entering Reservoir Bend turn but lost it when he went wide at Lisboa corner and failed to return to the top three.

The race's first leg began in overcast but dry weather at 09:15 Macau Standard Time (UTC+08:00) on 16 November.[10][1] On the formation lap, one of Piquet's tyres shredded up into Moorish Hill, detached and shattered his front wing. Piquet stopped in the pit lane and ran to the grid to seek a mechanic from his team; repairs could not be completed before the start.[19] Briscoe got off to a quick start, drawing alongside pole sitter Carbone on the inside into Reservoir Bend. Briscoe took the lead after touching wheels with Carbone. Briscoe maintained the lead for a short time, but ran wide approaching the Lisboa turn after overspeeding, allowing Carbone back through. Lapierre and Courtney used the situation to claim second and third from Briscoe. Further down the order, Kaffer tried to pass Montin on the inside but hit a barrier on the outside. As Kaffer ricocheted across the track, Rosberg rolled over one of the stricken vehicles and rested upside down on the circuit. Parente also got caught up in the incident and retired. Watts then sustained front wing damage but returned to the pit lane for a new nose cone before retiring a lap later.[19][20]

Because of the wreckage, the safety car was used to allow a crane to remove all of the damaged vehicles. The safety car remained on the track until the third lap began. Lapierre immediately challenged Carbone, causing Carbone's right-side front wing endplate to break and launch into the air.[19][21] Lapierre consequently took the lead passing Carbone into Lisboa corner and Courtney followed suit.[20] Carbone then fell behind Briscoe, who had moved to fourth, and Antinucci challenged him. Meanwhile, Austin advanced to 13th after starting 25th.[19] At the front, Lapierre withstood Courtney's pressure and responded by setting the race's fastest lap at the time,[19] a circuit of 2:15.704 on the fifth lap.[1] Courtney was unfazed by Lapierre and took the lead on lap six by passing him on the outside at Lisboa corner.[19][20] Meanwhile, Kataoka passed Doornbos and Hamilton overtook Kubica.[19]

On lap seven, Katoka and Hamilton gained another position when a frustrated Briscoe collided with Carbone in an attempt to pass for third after Carbone spun after braking 30 ft (9.1 m) earlier at Lisboa corner.[20][21] Briscoe was stuck in the Lisboa turn's escape road, attempting to restart his car, and Antinucci moved into third. Kataoka was now duelling Carbone, but a traffic error while attempting to overtake Carbone into the Lisboa turn forced him to abandon the duel and drive onto the escape road to avoid colliding with Carbone.[19] Katoka was now pressured by Hamilton who overtook Doornbos on lap nine but re-passed him at Lisboa corner on the final lap before Doornbos' drive shaft broke and lost positions.[19][21] Courtney increased his lead to 4.6 seconds to win and begin the second leg from pole position, joined by Lapierre on the grid's front row. The last of the finishers were Antinucci, Carbone, Hamilton, Kubica, Fauzy, Thompson, Quintarelli, Hiranaka, Austin, Viso, Yoshimoto, Doornbos, Briscoe, Ho, Bonanomi, Lei, Merszei and Barral.[21] Other retirements included Campaniço, Kataoka and Piquet who damaged their cars after hitting the wall.[21]

Leg 2 edit

The race's second leg began later that day at 15:55 local time in cloudy weather and on a dry track.[10][1] Yoshimoto removed his front wing and replaced it before the second leg began. Courtney led a close behind Lapierre into Reservoir Bend . Hamilton advanced to third place but was involved in a multi-car accident.[22] Hamilton was slow leaving the turn,[23][24] causing him to run wide,[9] and Kubica challenged him on the inside approaching San Francisco Bend. Kubica hit a tyre wall and ricocheted into the approaching field. Following a minor collision with Hamilton's right-rear tyre, Antnucci drifted into a wall, and his front wing broke Hamilton's front track rod.[9][23][24] Thompson, Antinucci's teammate, also hit a barrier. The incidents necessitated the safety car's deployment for two laps while track marshals removed the wrecked cars. At the restart, Courtney was first, followed by Lapierre, whose series of initial attacks on Courtney to take the lead were unsuccessful. Under the safety car, Hamilton noticed he had a punctured tyre from the contact with Antinucci. He allowed Carbone through just before the start/finish line to alert race officials to the puncture; he retired in the pit lane at the end of lap three. Meanwhile, Viso retired on the lap with car damage caused by debris.[22]

 
Nicolas Lapierre (pictured in 2007) won the Grand Prix overall after James Courtney picked up a puncture that put him into the wall at the Melco hairpin on lap eleven.

Lapierre was underneath Courtney's car each time he entered the Melco hairpin; Courtney gained a small advantage on the circuit's straights because his engine was more powerful than Lapierre's. This was true until Lapierre drew closer to Courtney by setting the race's fastest lap and Courtney responded by doing the same lap after lap. It gave Courtney a small lead, negating the slipstream effect that Lapierre would have had if he had been nearby.[22] Meanwhile, Carbone received a drive-through penalty for passing Hamilton before the start/finish line. It was rescinded after race officials realised Hamilton's puncture prevented Carbone from backing out of the manoeuvre.[25] Carbone responded by lapping faster than the top two, but Lapierre reacted almost immediately and began to close the gap on Courtney. Lapierre got close enough to overtake entering the Lisboa turn but Courtney stopped him.[22]

Parente was forced to retire in the pit lane on lap seven due to an oil leak. Meanwhile, Austin lost part of his front wing and led a group of cars that included Rosberg who sought a way past but Piquet was close by.[22] Piquet then stopped attacking, allowing Rosberg to focus on Austin. He drew alongside Austin, only to see him pull back before the latter stopped for a new front wing.[22] Courtney focused on increasing his lead at the front, recording the weekend's fastest lap of 2:12.937 on the tenth lap,[1][22] and it appeared he would win the race easily.[24][26] On lap 11, however,[26] Courtney was two seconds ahead of Lapierre when stray carbon fibre debris from an earlier incident punctured his right-rear tyre.[11][22][24] That rendered Courtney unable to steer and he struck a barrier leaving the Melco hairpin, removing his front-right suspension and damaged the bodywork.[11] Although Courtney was unhurt, Lapierre took the lead.[26]

Kaffer was hassling Kataoka for sixth but this became fifth when Doornbos' gearbox failed on lap 14. Doornbos' retirement promoted Hiranaka to third as Kaffer overtook Kataoka for fifth. On the final lap, Kataoka crashed against a trackside wall and retired.[22] On his maiden appearance in Macau, it was Lapierre's overall victory, completing the second leg in a time of 37:0.078,[26] and achieving the first win for a rookie in Macau since David Coulthard in the 1991 edition.[22][27] Lapierre was 5.416 seconds ahead of his teammate Carbone in second and Hiranaka finished third overall.[26] Quintarelli had a quiet race in fourth with Briscoe fifth. Yoshimoto was sixth, Ho seventh, Austin eighth, Fauzy ninth and Barral tenth. The Macanese duo of Lei and Merszei were 11th and 12th. Bonanomi, Piquet, Kataoka and Doornbos were the final overall classified finishers after Lapierre lapped them.[24] Nine of the 29 drivers finished all 25 laps.[26]

Race classification edit

Final race classification
Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 17   Nicolas Lapierre Signature Team 25 — 4
2 16   Fábio Carbone Signature Team 25 +5.416 1
3 2   Katsuyuki Hiranaka Prema Powerteam 25 +15.382 23
4 21   Ronnie Quintarelli JB Motorsport with Inging 25 +16.611 20
5 1   Ryan Briscoe Prema Powerteam 25 +27.649 2
6 32   Hiroki Yoshimoto Swiss Racing Team 25 +51.813 19
7 38   Michael Ho TME Racing 25 +1.49.249 26
8 19   Rob Austin Menu Motorsport 25 +2.05.596 25
9 36   Fairuz Fauzy Promatecme 25 +2.11.751 11
10 15   Pedro Barral Swiss Racing Team 24 +1 Lap 22
11 28   Lei Kit Meng Manor Motorsport 24 +1 Lap 29
12 29   Jo Merszei Alan Docking Racing 24 +1 Lap 30
13 26   Marco Bonanomi Target Racing 23 +2 Laps 28
14 12   Nelson Piquet Jr. Hitech Racing 22 +3 Laps 13
15 10   Tatsuya Kataoka TOM'S 22 +3 Laps 8
16 20   Robert Doornbos Menu Motorsport 22 +3 Laps 10
Ret 9   James Courtney TOM'S 20 Accident in leg two 3
Ret 18   César Campaniço Signature Team 18 Accident in leg two 15
Ret 30   Danny Watts Alan Docking Racing 16 Accident damage 16
Ret 37   Pierre Kaffer TME Racing 15 Accident in leg one 5
Ret 23   Paolo Montin ThreeBond Racing 15 Accident in leg one 9
Ret 22   Naoki Yokomizo JB Motorsport with Inging 15 Retired 27
Ret 33   E. J. Viso Promatecme 13 Accident damage 24
Ret 27   Lewis Hamilton Manor Motorsport 13 Puncture in leg two 18
Ret 11   Richard Antinucci Hitech Racing 10 Accident in leg two 6
Ret 25   Robert Kubica Target Racing 10 Accident in leg two 14
Ret 15   Andrew Thompson Hitech Racing 10 Accident in leg two 21
Ret 6   Nico Rosberg Carlin Motorsport 6 Not classified 7
Ret 5   Álvaro Parente Carlin Motorsport 6 Accident/Oil leak 11
WD 4   Narain Karthikeyan Carlin Motorsport 0 Illness 17
Fastest lap: James Courtney, 2:12.937, 165.73 km/h (102.98 mph) on lap 10[1]
Source:[1]

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