2003 French Grand Prix

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Juan Pablo Montoya finished 2nd and set the fastest lap of the race.

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Ralph Firman finished 15th in his Jordan EJ13.

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Kimi Räikkönen took 4th in his McLaren MP4-17.

The 2003 French Grand Prix (formally the LXXXIX Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France) was a Formula One motor race held on 6 July 2003 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours. It was the tenth race of the 2003 Formula One season. The 70-lap race was won by Ralf Schumacher driving for the Williams team after starting from pole position, which would turn out to be his last race win in Formula One. Juan Pablo Montoya finished second in the other Williams car, with Michael Schumacher third driving for Ferrari. Ralf Schumacher's victory was his second consecutive win of the season having won the preceding European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring.

As a consequence of the race, Michael Schumacher extended his lead in the World Drivers' Championship to eight points over Kimi Räikkönen, with Ralf Schumacher a further three points behind. In the World Constructors' Championship, Williams reduced the gap to Ferrari from thirteen points to three points.

This was the first French Grand Prix held at the upgraded version of Magny-Cours, having made Château d'Eau a sharper right hand corner, and a complete modification of the Lycée section, becoming a very sharp right hand turn after the back straight which then leads to a difficult final chicane next to the pit entrance. The pit lane was also significantly shortened as a result of the upgrades.

As of Template:F1, this is the last 1–2 finish for Williams.

Classification

Jos Verstappen ended up quickest after the first qualifying session due to a drying track. This was the only time a Minardi topped the timesheets at a race weekend.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> His teammate Justin Wilson's time after Q1 was deleted after scrutineering found his car was 2 kg underweight. It was 1:20.968 which at the time was good enough for 2nd place giving Minardi a 1–2.

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1 Time	Q2 Time	Gap
1	4	Template:Flagicon Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1:29.327	1:15.019
2	3	Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1:28.988	1:15.136	+0.117
3	1	Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:27.929	1:15.480	+0.461
4	6	Template:Flagicon Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:29.120	1:15.533	+0.514
5	5	Template:Flagicon David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:28.937	1:15.628	+0.609
6	7	Template:Flagicon Jarno Trulli	Renault	1:29.024	1:15.967	+0.948
7	8	Template:Flagicon Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:29.455	1:16.087	+1.068
8	2	Template:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:27.095	1:16.166	+1.147
9	14	Template:Flagicon Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:25.178	1:16.308	+1.289
10	20	Template:Flagicon Olivier Panis	Toyota	1:24.175	1:16.345	+1.326
11	15	Template:Flagicon Antônio Pizzonia	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:24.642	1:16.965	+1.946
12	16	Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	1:24.651	1:16.990	+1.971
13	21	Template:Flagicon Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	1:26.975	1:17.068	+2.049
14	17	Template:Flagicon Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	1:30.371	1:17.077	+2.058
15	9	Template:Flagicon Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	1:24.042	1:17.445	+2.426
16	10	Template:Flagicon Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Petronas	1:26.151	1:17.562	+2.543
17	11	Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Ford	1:28.502	1:18.431	+3.412
18	12	Template:Flagicon Ralph Firman	Jordan-Ford	1:23.496	1:18.514	+3.495
19	19	Template:Flagicon Jos Verstappen	Minardi-Cosworth	1:20.817	1:18.709	+3.690
20	18	Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson	Minardi-Cosworth	Time deleted	1:19.619	+4.600
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Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Template:Flagicon Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	70	1:30:49.213	1	10
2	3	Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	70	+13.813	2	8
3	1	Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	70	+19.568	3	6
4	6	Template:Flagicon Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	70	+38.047	4	5
5	5	Template:Flagicon David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	70	+40.289	5	4
6	14	Template:Flagicon Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	70	+1:06.380	9	3
7	2	Template:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	69	+1 lap	8	2
8	20	Template:Flagicon Olivier Panis	Toyota	69	+1 lap	10	1
9	16	Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	69	+1 lap	12
10	15	Template:Flagicon Antônio Pizzonia	Jaguar-Cosworth	69	+1 lap	11
11	21	Template:Flagicon Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	69	+1 lap	13
12	10	Template:Flagicon Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Petronas	68	+2 laps	16
13	9	Template:Flagicon Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	68	+2 laps	15
14	18	Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson	Minardi-Cosworth	67	+3 laps	20
15	12	Template:Flagicon Ralph Firman	Jordan-Ford	67	+3 laps	18
16	19	Template:Flagicon Jos Verstappen	Minardi-Cosworth	66	+4 laps	19
Ret	7	Template:Flagicon Jarno Trulli	Renault	45	Engine	6
Ret	8	Template:Flagicon Fernando Alonso	Renault	43	Engine	7
Ret	11	Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Ford	42	Engine	17
Ret	17	Template:Flagicon Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	21	Out of fuel	14
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Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

+/–	Template:Abbr	Driver	Points
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	1	Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher	64
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	2	Template:Flagicon Kimi Räikkönen	56
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	3	Template:Flagicon Ralf Schumacher	53
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	4	Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Montoya	47
File:1uparrow green.svg 1	5	Template:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello	39
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Constructors' Championship standings

+/–	Template:Abbr	Constructor	Points
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	1	Template:Flagicon Ferrari	103
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	2	Template:Flagicon Williams-BMW	100
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	3	Template:Flagicon McLaren-Mercedes	85
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	4	Template:Flagicon Renault	52
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	5	Template:Flagicon BAR-Honda	13
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• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

External links

• Comments on 2003 French GP

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