Germany 2003: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Montoya	Williams	1:15.167
2	Schumacher	Williams	1:15.185	+0.018
3	Barrichello	Ferrari	1:15.488	+0.321
4	Trulli	Renault	1:15.679	+0.512
5	Räikkönen	McLaren	1:15.874	+0.707
6	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:15.898	+0.731
7	Panis	Toyota	1:16.034	+0.867
8	Alonso	Renault	1:16.483	+1.316
9	Da Matta	Toyota	1:16.550	+1.383
10	Coulthard	McLaren	1:16.666	+1.499
11	Webber	Jaguar	1:16.775	+1.608
12	Fisichella	Jordan	1:16.831	+1.664
13	Villeneuve	BAR	1:17.090	+1.923
14	Frentzen	Sauber	1:17.169	+2.002
15	Heidfeld	Sauber	1:17.557	+2.390
16	Wilson	Jaguar	1:18.021	+2.854
17	Button	BAR	1:18.085	+2.918
18	Firman	Jordan	1:18.341	+3.174
19	Verstappen	Minardi	1:19.023	+3.856
20	Kiesa	Minardi	1:19.174	+4.007

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine	Tyres
1	Juan Pablo MontoyaFastest lap	Williams	1	67	1:28:48.769	3	BMW	Michelin
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	67	+1:05.459	2	Mercedes	Michelin
3	Jarno Trulli	Renault	4	67	+1:09.060	2	Renault	Michelin
4	Fernando Alonso	Renault	8	67	+1:09.344	2	Renault	Michelin
5	Olivier Panis	Toyota	7	66	+1 lap	3	Toyota	Michelin
6	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	9	66	+1 lap	3	Toyota	Michelin
7	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	6	66	+1 lap	3	Ferrari	Bridgestone
8	Jenson Button	BAR	17	66	+1 lap	2	Honda	Bridgestone
9	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR	13	65	+2 laps	2	Honda	Bridgestone
10	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	15	65	+2 laps	3	Petronas	Bridgestone
11	Mark Webber	Jaguar	11	64	Accident	2	Cosworth	Michelin
12	Nicolas Kiesa	Minardi	20	62	+5 laps	3	Cosworth	Bridgestone
13	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	60	Engine	3	Ford	Bridgestone
DNF	Jos Verstappen	Minardi	19	23	Hydraulics	2	Cosworth	Bridgestone
DNF	Justin Wilson	Jaguar	16	6	Gearbox	1	Cosworth	Michelin
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	2	1	Collision damage	0	BMW	Michelin
DNF	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	14	1	Collision damage	0	Petronas	Bridgestone
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	3	0	Collision	0	Ferrari	Bridgestone
DNF	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren	5	0	Collision	0	Mercedes	Michelin
DNF	Ralph Firman	Jordan	18	0	Collision	0	Ford	Bridgestone

Race

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Places gained

Button17→8+9
Coulthard10→2+8
Kiesa20→12+8
Heidfeld15→10+5
Alonso8→4+4
Villeneuve13→9+4
Da Matta9→6+3
Panis7→5+2
Trulli4→3+1
Montoya1→10
Webber11→110
Schumacher6→7-1
Fisichella12→13-1

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Da Matta27.286R17
2Da Matta27.350R50
3Heidfeld27.491R51
4Montoya27.638R33
5Da Matta27.794R33
6Heidfeld27.825R34
7Montoya28.146R50
8Heidfeld28.230R16
9Panis28.359R32
10Panis28.438R49

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Montoya171617173 stops
Coulthard1824252 stops
Trulli1424292 stops
Alonso1821282 stops
Panis151717173 stops · +1 lap
Da Matta171617163 stops · +1 lap
Schumacher17212533 stops · +1 lap
Button2122232 stops · +1 lap
Villeneuve133312 stops · +2 laps
Heidfeld161817143 stops · +2 laps

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

WebberAccident, classified P11Jaguar
FisichellaEngine, classified P13Jordan
VerstappenHydraulicsMinardi
WilsonGearboxJaguar
SchumacherCollision damageWilliams
FrentzenCollision damageSauber
BarrichelloCollisionFerrari
RäikkönenCollisionMcLaren
FirmanCollisionJordan

This race in history

26 races here since 1970Won from pole: 13 of 26

Win from furthest back (P18): Rubens Barrichello 2000

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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