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| 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 13 of 16 in the 2003 Formula One World Championship
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 The Hungaroring after being modified in 2003. | |||||
| Race details[1][2] | |||||
| Date | 24 August 2003 | ||||
| Official name | Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj 2003 | ||||
| Location | Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary[3] | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 4.381 km (2.722 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 70 laps, 306.663 km (190.552 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Warm, dry and sunny, 28 °C (82 °F) | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Renault | ||||
| Time | 1:21.688 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
 Juan Pablo Montoya | Williams-BMW | |||
| Time | 1:22.095 on lap 37 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Renault | ||||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Third | Williams-BMW | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj 2003) was a Formula One motor race held on 24 August 2003 at the Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary. It was the thirteenth round of the 2003 Formula One season. The 70-lap race was won by Renault's Fernando Alonso after starting from pole position, scoring his first F1 win and becoming at the time the youngest ever driver to win a Grand Prix, beating the previous record of Bruce McLaren.[4] This record lasted for over five years until it was beaten by Sebastian Vettel at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix. Alonso also became the first Spaniard to win an F1 Grand Prix. It was the first Formula One win for Renault as a constructor since the 1983 Austrian Grand Prix. It was also the first Formula One win for the Enstone-based Formula One team since 1997 German Grand Prix and also the first Formula One win for a French-licensed Formula One team since 1996 Monaco Grand Prix.[citation needed]
It was the first to be held under the newly revamped Hungaroring, with the main straight lengthened and the first hairpin tightened, as well as further alterations near the latter stages of the lap in order to encourage more overtaking.
- ^ Domenjoz, Luc, ed. (2003). "Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj". Formula 1 Yearbook 2003–04. Bath, Somerset: Parragon. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-4054-2089-1 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "2003 Marlboro Hungarian Grand Prix". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ "2003 Hungarian Grand Prix". Motor Sport. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ "Alonso makes history in Hungary". ABC News. 24 August 2003. Retrieved 10 January 2016.