2003 French Grand Prix

Circuit: Circuit de Nevers Magny-CoursMagny-Cours, France
Winner: Ralf SchumacherWilliams
Pole: Ralf Schumacher
Fastest lap: Juan Pablo Montoya
Entries: 2016 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	FW25	1	70	Finished	10
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	FW25	2	70	Finished	8	fastest lap
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	—	3	70	Finished	6
4	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	MP4-17D	4	70	Finished	5
5	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4-17D	5	70	Finished	4
6	Mark Webber	Jaguar Racing	R4	9	70	Finished	3
7	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	—	8	69	Finished	2
8	Olivier Panis	Toyota	TF103	10	69	Finished	1
9	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	5	12	69	Finished	0
10	Antônio Pizzonia	Jaguar Racing	R4	11	69	Finished	0
11	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	TF103	13	69	Finished	0
12	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	C22	16	68	Finished	0
13	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	C22	15	68	Finished	0
14	Justin Wilson	Minardi	PS03	20	67	Finished	0
15	Ralph Firman	Jordan	EJ13	18	67	Finished	0
16	Jos Verstappen	Minardi	PS03	19	66	Finished	0
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Renault	—	6	45	Engine	0
DNF	Fernando Alonso	Renault	—	7	43	Engine	0
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	EJ13	17	42	Engine	0
DNF	Jenson Button	British American Racing	5	14	21	Out of fuel	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Ralf Schumacher	1	1	70
Juan Pablo Montoya	2	2	70
Michael Schumacher	3	3	70
Kimi Raikkonen	4	4	70
David Coulthard	5	5	70
Mark Webber	9	6	70
Rubens Barrichello	8	7	69
Olivier Panis	10	8	69
Jacques Villeneuve	12	9	69
Antônio Pizzonia	11	10	69
Cristiano da Matta	13	11	69
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	16	12	68
Nick Heidfeld	15	13	68
Justin Wilson	20	14	67
Ralph Firman	18	15	67
Jos Verstappen	19	16	66
Jarno Trulli	6	DNF	45
Fernando Alonso	7	DNF	43
Giancarlo Fisichella	17	DNF	42
Jenson Button	14	DNF	21

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	4	1:15.019	—	—
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	3	1:15.136	+0.117	+0.117
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:15.480	+0.461	+0.344
4	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	6	1:15.533	+0.514	+0.053
5	David Coulthard	McLaren	5	1:15.628	+0.609	+0.095
6	Jarno Trulli	Renault	7	1:15.967	+0.948	+0.339
7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	8	1:16.087	+1.068	+0.120
8	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:16.166	+1.147	+0.079
9	Mark Webber	Jaguar Racing	14	1:16.308	+1.289	+0.142
10	Olivier Panis	Toyota	20	1:16.345	+1.326	+0.037
11	Antônio Pizzonia	Jaguar Racing	15	1:16.965	+1.946	+0.620
12	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	16	1:16.990	+1.971	+0.025
13	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	21	1:17.068	+2.049	+0.078
14	Jenson Button	British American Racing	17	1:17.077	+2.058	+0.009
15	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	9	1:17.445	+2.426	+0.368
16	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	10	1:17.562	+2.543	+0.117
17	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	11	1:18.431	+3.412	+0.869
18	Ralph Firman	Jordan	12	1:18.514	+3.495	+0.083
19	Jos Verstappen	Minardi	19	1:18.709	+3.690	+0.195
20	Justin Wilson	Minardi	18	1:19.619	+4.600	+0.910

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Ralf Schumacher	1	70	3	18, 35, 51
Juan Pablo Montoya	2	70	3	17, 34, 50
Michael Schumacher	3	70	3	17, 35, 52
Kimi Raikkonen	4	70	3	16, 31, 47
David Coulthard	5	70	3	15, 32, 48
Mark Webber	6	70	3	16, 31, 48
Rubens Barrichello	7	69	2	20, 45
Olivier Panis	8	69	3	16, 34, 52
Jacques Villeneuve	9	69	3	18, 37, 53
Antônio Pizzonia	10	69	3	14, 30, 43
Cristiano da Matta	11	69	2	19, 45
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	12	68	3	16, 32, 48
Nick Heidfeld	13	68	2	19, 42
Justin Wilson	14	67	2	22, 42
Ralph Firman	15	67	3	15, 40, 46
Jos Verstappen	16	66	5	11, 29, 48, 61, 64
Jarno Trulli	DNF	45	2	16, 34
Fernando Alonso	DNF	43	2	17, 36
Giancarlo Fisichella	DNF	42	1	21
Jenson Button	DNF	21	1	17

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Ralf Schumacher · Juan Pablo Montoya	1 · 2	1 · 2	18 · 17	Juan Pablo Montoya	Kept their order
Juan Pablo Montoya · Michael Schumacher	2 · 3	2 · 3	17 · 17	Same lap	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Kimi Raikkonen	3 · 4	3 · 4	17 · 16	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · David Coulthard	4 · 5	4 · 5	16 · 15	David Coulthard	Kept their order
David Coulthard · Mark Webber	5 · 9	5 · 6	15 · 16	David Coulthard	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Mark Webber	8 · 9	7 · 6	20 · 16	Mark Webber	Swapped places
Mark Webber · Olivier Panis	9 · 10	6 · 8	16 · 16	Same lap	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Olivier Panis	8 · 10	7 · 8	20 · 16	Olivier Panis	Kept their order
Olivier Panis · Jacques Villeneuve	10 · 12	8 · 9	16 · 18	Olivier Panis	Kept their order
Olivier Panis · Antônio Pizzonia	10 · 11	8 · 10	16 · 14	Antônio Pizzonia	Kept their order
Antônio Pizzonia · Jacques Villeneuve	11 · 12	10 · 9	14 · 18	Antônio Pizzonia	Swapped places
Jacques Villeneuve · Cristiano da Matta	12 · 13	9 · 11	18 · 19	Jacques Villeneuve	Kept their order
Antônio Pizzonia · Cristiano da Matta	11 · 13	10 · 11	14 · 19	Antônio Pizzonia	Kept their order
Cristiano da Matta · Heinz-Harald Frentzen	13 · 16	11 · 12	19 · 16	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Kept their order
Nick Heidfeld · Heinz-Harald Frentzen	15 · 16	13 · 12	19 · 16	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Swapped places
Nick Heidfeld · Justin Wilson	15 · 20	13 · 14	19 · 22	Nick Heidfeld	Kept their order
Ralph Firman · Justin Wilson	18 · 20	15 · 14	15 · 22	Ralph Firman	Swapped places
Jos Verstappen · Justin Wilson	19 · 20	16 · 14	11 · 22	Jos Verstappen	Swapped places
Ralph Firman · Jos Verstappen	18 · 19	15 · 16	15 · 11	Jos Verstappen	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3 · Warm-up

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Mark Webber	Jaguar Racing	14	1:26.915	—	—	27
2	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	4	1:28.082	+1.167	+1.167	24
3	Fernando Alonso	Renault	8	1:28.260	+1.345	+0.178	20
4	Jarno Trulli	Renault	7	1:28.296	+1.381	+0.036	19
5	Antônio Pizzonia	Jaguar Racing	15	1:28.442	+1.527	+0.146	30
6	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:28.681	+1.766	+0.239	16
7	David Coulthard	McLaren	5	1:28.718	+1.803	+0.037	21
8	Olivier Panis	Toyota	20	1:28.773	+1.858	+0.055	20
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	11	1:28.782	+1.867	+0.009	16
10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	10	1:28.803	+1.888	+0.021	21
11	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	6	1:28.846	+1.931	+0.043	22
12	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	9	1:29.317	+2.402	+0.471	23
13	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	3	1:29.608	+2.693	+0.291	21
14	Ralph Firman	Jordan	12	1:29.640	+2.725	+0.032	22
15	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:29.813	+2.898	+0.173	18
16	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	21	1:30.791	+3.876	+0.978	25
17	Jos Verstappen	Minardi	19	1:32.091	+5.176	+1.300	19
18	Justin Wilson	Minardi	18	1:32.535	+5.620	+0.444	17

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	8	1:16.076	—	—	24
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:16.190	+0.114	+0.114	19
3	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	4	1:16.291	+0.215	+0.101	20
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:16.495	+0.419	+0.204	15
5	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	3	1:16.687	+0.611	+0.192	21
6	David Coulthard	McLaren	5	1:16.840	+0.764	+0.153	19
7	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	6	1:17.050	+0.974	+0.210	13
8	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	21	1:17.118	+1.042	+0.068	25
9	Jarno Trulli	Renault	7	1:17.123	+1.047	+0.005	14
10	Olivier Panis	Toyota	20	1:17.186	+1.110	+0.063	18
11	Mark Webber	Jaguar Racing	14	1:17.197	+1.121	+0.011	21
12	Jenson Button	British American Racing	17	1:17.341	+1.265	+0.144	22
13	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	16	1:17.452	+1.376	+0.111	20
14	Antônio Pizzonia	Jaguar Racing	15	1:17.959	+1.883	+0.507	16
15	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	10	1:18.295	+2.219	+0.336	15
16	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	9	1:18.455	+2.379	+0.160	13
17	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	11	1:18.749	+2.673	+0.294	14
18	Ralph Firman	Jordan	12	1:18.876	+2.800	+0.127	17
19	Jos Verstappen	Minardi	19	1:19.089	+3.013	+0.213	21
20	Justin Wilson	Minardi	18	1:19.948	+3.872	+0.859	17

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	4	1:14.966	—	—	17
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	3	1:15.577	+0.611	+0.611	17
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	5	1:15.600	+0.634	+0.023	14
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:15.918	+0.952	+0.318	19
5	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	6	1:16.012	+1.046	+0.094	14
6	Fernando Alonso	Renault	8	1:16.039	+1.073	+0.027	20
7	Mark Webber	Jaguar Racing	14	1:16.112	+1.146	+0.073	24
8	Olivier Panis	Toyota	20	1:16.133	+1.167	+0.021	17
9	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:16.345	+1.379	+0.212	18
10	Jarno Trulli	Renault	7	1:16.376	+1.410	+0.031	22
11	Antônio Pizzonia	Jaguar Racing	15	1:17.036	+2.070	+0.660	25
12	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	16	1:17.101	+2.135	+0.065	21
13	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	21	1:17.690	+2.724	+0.589	22
14	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	10	1:17.776	+2.810	+0.086	23
15	Jenson Button	British American Racing	17	1:17.808	+2.842	+0.032	3
16	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	11	1:17.908	+2.942	+0.100	21
17	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	9	1:18.057	+3.091	+0.149	25
18	Ralph Firman	Jordan	12	1:18.670	+3.704	+0.613	17
19	Jos Verstappen	Minardi	19	1:18.696	+3.730	+0.026	8
20	Justin Wilson	Minardi	18	1:19.044	+4.078	+0.348	18

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	4	1:15.092	—	—	4
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	3	1:15.697	+0.605	+0.605	6
3	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	6	1:15.822	+0.730	+0.125	5
4	David Coulthard	McLaren	5	1:15.823	+0.731	+0.001	4
5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:15.879	+0.787	+0.056	6
6	Olivier Panis	Toyota	20	1:16.238	+1.146	+0.359	4
7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	8	1:16.262	+1.170	+0.024	7
8	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:16.332	+1.240	+0.070	6
9	Mark Webber	Jaguar Racing	14	1:16.801	+1.709	+0.469	4
10	Jenson Button	British American Racing	17	1:17.091	+1.999	+0.290	7
11	Antônio Pizzonia	Jaguar Racing	15	1:17.212	+2.120	+0.121	5
12	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	16	1:17.304	+2.212	+0.092	5
13	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	10	1:17.378	+2.286	+0.074	7
14	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	21	1:17.382	+2.290	+0.004	6
15	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	9	1:17.945	+2.853	+0.563	5
16	Ralph Firman	Jordan	12	1:18.300	+3.208	+0.355	7
17	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	11	1:18.427	+3.335	+0.127	4
18	Jos Verstappen	Minardi	19	1:18.899	+3.807	+0.472	5
19	Justin Wilson	Minardi	18	1:19.454	+4.362	+0.555	5
20	Jarno Trulli	Renault	7	—	—	—	3

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

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Where this comes from

Round: 10 of 2003
Grand Prix: French Grand Prix
Dates: 6 Jul 2003
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Williams
Entrant: Williams-BMW
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.