2003 Italian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 14 of 16 in the 2003 Formula One World Championship
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Race details | |||||
Date | September 14, 2003 | ||||
Official name | Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2003 | ||||
Location | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy | ||||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
Course length | 5.793 km (3.600 miles) | ||||
Distance | 53 laps, 306.720 km (190.587 miles) | ||||
Weather | Sunny | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Ferrari | ||||
Time | 1:20.963 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | |||
Time | 1:21.832 on lap 14 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Ferrari | ||||
Second | Williams-BMW | ||||
Third | Ferrari | ||||
Lap leaders |
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.[1] 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.