2003 Italian Grand Prix

Template:Infobox Grand Prix race report The 2003 Italian Grand Prix (formally the Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2003) was a Formula One motor race held on 14 September 2003 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was the fourteenth race of the 2003 Formula One season and the eighty-seventh Italian Grand Prix. The 53-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher driving for Ferrari after starting from pole position. Juan Pablo Montoya finished second in a Williams car, with Rubens Barrichello third in the other Ferrari. Marc Gené replaced the injured Ralf Schumacher in the Williams for this race, scoring his highest ever Formula One finish and his last points. Until the 2023 race, this was the shortest-duration fully completed Formula One World Championship race. The race was completed with the fastest ever average race speed of 247.585 km/h.

Report

Friday drivers

Three teams in the 2003 Constructors' Championship had the right to run a third car on Friday's additional testing. These drivers did not compete in qualifying or the race.

Constructor	Nat	Driver
Renault	Template:Flagicon	Allan McNish
Jordan-Ford		-
Minardi-Cosworth	Template:Flagicon	Gianmaria Bruni

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1 Time	Q2 Time	Diff.
1	1	Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:21.268	1:20.963
2	3	Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1:20.656	1:21.014	+0.051
3	2	Template:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:20.784	1:21.242	+0.279
4	6	Template:Flagicon Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:21.966	1:21.466	+0.503
5	4	Template:Flagicon Marc Gené	Williams-BMW	-	1:21.834	+0.871
6	7	Template:Flagicon Jarno Trulli	Renault	1:22.034	1:21.944	+0.981
7	17	Template:Flagicon Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	1:22.495	1:22.301	+1.338
8	5	Template:Flagicon David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:23.154	1:22.471	+1.508
9	20	Template:Flagicon Olivier Panis	Toyota	1:22.372	1:22.488	+1.525
10	16	Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	1:22.858	1:22.717	+1.754
11	14	Template:Flagicon Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:21.966	1:22.754	+1.791
12	21	Template:Flagicon Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	1:21.829	1:22.914	+1.951
13	11	Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Ford	1:24.179	1:22.992	+2.029
14	10	Template:Flagicon Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Petronas	1:22.203	1:23.216	+2.253
15	15	Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:23.609	1:23.484	+2.521
16	9	Template:Flagicon Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	1:22.547	1:23.803	+2.840
17	19	Template:Flagicon Jos Verstappen	Minardi-Cosworth	No Time	1:25.078	+4.115
18	12	Template:Flagicon Zsolt Baumgartner	Jordan-Ford	1:24.872	1:25.881	+4.918
19	18	Template:Flagicon Nicolas Kiesa	Minardi-Cosworth	1:26.299	1:26.778	+5.815
20	8	Template:Flagicon Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:22.103	1:40.405	+19.442
	4	Template:Flagicon Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	No Time	-
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Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	53	1:14:19.838	1	10
2	3	Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	53	+5.294	2	8
3	2	Template:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	53	+11.835	3	6
4	6	Template:Flagicon Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+12.834	4	5
5	4	Template:Flagicon Marc Gené	Williams-BMW	53	+27.891	5	4
6	16	Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	52	+1 Lap	10	3
7	14	Template:Flagicon Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	52	+1 Lap	11	2
8	8	Template:Flagicon Fernando Alonso	Renault	52	+1 Lap	20	1
9	9	Template:Flagicon Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	52	+1 Lap	16
10	11	Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Ford	52	+1 Lap	13
11	12	Template:Flagicon Zsolt Baumgartner	Jordan-Ford	51	+2 Laps	18
12	18	Template:Flagicon Nicolas Kiesa	Minardi-Cosworth	51	+2 Laps	19
13	10	Template:Flagicon Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Petronas	50	Transmission	14
Ret	5	Template:Flagicon David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	45	Fuel pressure	8
Ret	20	Template:Flagicon Olivier Panis	Toyota	35	Brakes	9
Ret	19	Template:Flagicon Jos Verstappen	Minardi-Cosworth	27	Oil leak	17
Ret	17	Template:Flagicon Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	24	Gearbox	7
Ret	21	Template:Flagicon Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	3	Tyre/Spun off	12
Ret	15	Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson	Jaguar-Cosworth	2	Gearbox	15
Ret	7	Template:Flagicon Jarno Trulli	Renault	0	Hydraulics	6
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Championship standings after the race

• Bold text and an asterisk indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.

Drivers' Championship standings

+/–	Template:Abbr	Driver	Points
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	1	Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher*	82
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	2	Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Montoya*	79
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	3	Template:Flagicon Kimi Räikkönen*	75
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	4	Template:Flagicon Ralf Schumacher	58
File:1uparrow green.svg 1	5	Template:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello	55
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Constructors' Championship standings

+/–	Template:Abbr	Constructor	Points
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	1	Template:Flagicon Williams-BMW*	141
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	2	Template:Flagicon Ferrari*	137
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	3	Template:Flagicon McLaren-Mercedes*	120
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	4	Template:Flagicon Renault	79
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	5	Template:Flagicon BAR-Honda	18
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• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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