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2003 Australian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 1 of 16 in the 2003 Formula One World Championship
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Race details | |||||
Date | 9 March 2003 | ||||
Official name | 2003 Foster's Australian Grand Prix | ||||
Location | Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia | ||||
Course | Temporary street circuit | ||||
Course length | 5.303 km (3.295 miles) | ||||
Distance | 58 laps, 307.574 km (191.118 miles) | ||||
Weather | Damp at beginning, dry later, cloudy, mild | ||||
Attendance | 118,000[1] | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Ferrari | ||||
Time | 1:27.173 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren-Mercedes | |||
Time | 1:27.724 on lap 32[2] | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
Second | Williams-BMW | ||||
Third | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 2003 Australian Grand Prix (formally the 2003 Foster's Australian Grand Prix)[3] was a Formula One motor race held on 9 March 2003 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit. The race was won by McLaren driver David Coulthard, who took the 13th and final race victory of his Formula One career.