The 2003 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the XLV Gran Premio Marlboro de España) was a Formula One motor race held on 4 May 2003 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain. It was the fifth round of the 2003 Formula One season and the forty-fifth Spanish Grand Prix, and also the last held on this layout. The 65-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher in a Ferrari car after starting from pole position. Ferrari debuted their new car, the F2003-GA at this race. GA was added to the cars name as a tribute to Gianni Agnelli, head of Fiat, who died shortly before the car's unveiling. Fernando Alonso finished second driving for the Renault team with Rubens Barrichello third in the other Ferrari.
| 2003 Spanish Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 5 of 16 in the 2003 Formula One World Championship
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| Race details | |||||
| Date | 4 May 2003 | ||||
| Official name | XLV Gran Premio Marlboro de España | ||||
| Location | Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain[1] | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 4.730 km (2.939 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 65 laps, 307.324 km (190.962 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Clear | ||||
| Attendance | 96,000 | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||||
| Time | 1:17.762 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
 Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | |||
| Time | 1:20.143 on lap 52 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Ferrari | ||||
| Second | Renault | ||||
| Third | Ferrari | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
Classification edit
Qualifying edit
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 time | Q2 time | Gap | ||
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| 1 | 1 |  Michael Schumacher
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Ferrari | 1:17.130 | 1:17.762 | |||
| 2 | 2 | Rubens Barrichello
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Ferrari | 1:17.218 | 1:18.020 | +0.258 | ||
| 3 | 8 |  Fernando Alonso
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Renault | 1:18.100 | 1:18.233 | +0.471 | ||
| 4 | 7 |  Jarno Trulli
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Renault | 1:17.149 | 1:18.615 | +0.853 | ||
| 5 | 17 |  Jenson Button
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BAR-Honda | 1:17.613 | 1:18.704 | +0.942 | ||
| 6 | 20 |  Olivier Panis
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Toyota | 1:17.746 | 1:18.881 | +1.049 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Ralf Schumacher
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Williams-BMW | 1:18.409 | 1:19.006 | +1.244 | ||
| 8 | 5 | David Coulthard
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McLaren-Mercedes | 1:18.060 | 1:19.128 | +1.366 | ||
| 9 | 3 |  Juan Pablo Montoya
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Williams-BMW | 1:18.607 | 1:19.377 | +1.615 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen
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Sauber-Petronas | 1:18.909 | 1:19.427 | +1.665 | ||
| 11 | 16 |  Jacques Villeneuve
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BAR-Honda | 1:18.461 | 1:19.563 | +1.801 | ||
| 12 | 14 |  Mark Webber
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Jaguar-Cosworth | 1:17.793 | 1:19.615 | +1.853 | ||
| 13 | 21 | Cristiano da Matta
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Toyota | 1:17.443 | 1:19.623 | +1.861 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Nick Heidfeld
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Sauber-Petronas | 1:19.050 | 1:19.646 | +1.884 | ||
| 15 | 12 |  Ralph Firman
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Jordan-Ford | 1:19.195 | 1:20.215 | +2.453 | ||
| 16 | 15 | Antônio Pizzonia
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Jaguar-Cosworth | 1:18.528 | 1:20.308 | +2.546 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Giancarlo Fisichella
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Jordan-Ford | 1:18.879 | 1:20.976 | +3.214 | ||
| 18 | 18 | Justin Wilson
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Minardi-Cosworth | 1:21.100 | 1:22.104 | +4.342 | ||
| 19 | 19 |  Jos Verstappen
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Minardi-Cosworth | 1:20.822 | 1:22.237 | +4.475 | ||
| 20 | 6 |  Kimi Räikkönen
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McLaren-Mercedes | 1:17.862 | 1:31.900 | +14.138 | ||
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Race edit
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 1 | Michael Schumacher
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Ferrari | 65 | 1:33:46.933 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 8 | Fernando Alonso
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Renault | 65 | +5.716 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | Rubens Barrichello
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Ferrari | 65 | +18.001 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | Juan Pablo Montoya
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Williams-BMW | 65 | +1:02.022 | 9 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | Ralf Schumacher
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Williams-BMW | 64 | +1 lap | 7 | 4 |
| 6 | 21 | Cristiano da Matta
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Toyota | 64 | +1 lap | 13 | 3 |
| 7 | 14 | Mark Webber
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Jaguar-Cosworth | 64 | +1 lap | 12 | 2 |
| 8 | 12 | Ralph Firman
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Jordan-Ford | 63 | +2 laps | 15 | 1 |
| 9 | 17 | Jenson Button
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BAR-Honda | 63 | +2 laps | 5 | |
| 10 | 9 | Nick Heidfeld
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Sauber-Petronas | 63 | +2 laps | 14 | |
| 11 | 18 | Justin Wilson
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Minardi-Cosworth | 63 | +2 laps | 18 | |
| 12 | 19 | Jos Verstappen
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Minardi-Cosworth | 62 | +3 laps | 19 | |
| Ret | 11 | Giancarlo Fisichella
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Jordan-Ford | 43 | Engine | 17 | |
| Ret | 20 | Olivier Panis
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Toyota | 41 | Gearbox | 6 | |
| Ret | 10 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen
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Sauber-Petronas | 38 | Suspension | 10 | |
| Ret | 5 | David Coulthard
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McLaren-Mercedes | 17 | Collision | 8 | |
| Ret | 16 | Jacques Villeneuve
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BAR-Honda | 12 | Electrical | 11 | |
| Ret | 7 | Jarno Trulli
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Renault | 0 | Collision | 4 | |
| Ret | 15 | Antônio Pizzonia
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Jaguar-Cosworth | 0 | Launch control / collision | 16 | |
| Ret | 6 | Kimi Räikkönen
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McLaren-Mercedes | 0 | Collision | 20 | |
Source:[3]
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Championship standings after the race edit
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References edit
- ^ "2003 Spanish Grand Prix". Motor Sport. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ "Gran Premio Marlboro de España 2003 – Overall Qualifying". Formula1.com. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
- ^ "2003 Spanish Grand Prix". Formula1.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Spain 2003 – Championship". StatsF1.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
External links edit