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The 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on April 6, 2003 at Autódromo José Carlos Pace. Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ...
The 2003 Formula One season was the 54th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ...
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is the 96th day of the year (97th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Brazilian Grand Prix (Portuguese: Grande Prêmio do Brasil) is a Formula One championship race which occurs at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in Interlagos, Brazil. ...
Autódromo José Carlos Pace is the venue of the Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix, located in a suburb of the city of São Paulo, named after José Carlos Pace, a Brazilian Formula One driver, who had died prior to its naming. ...
Nickname: Motto: Non ducor, duco(Latin) I am not led, I lead Location in the São Paulo state. ...
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Barrichello in his Ferrari at the 2003 US GP. Rubens Gonçalves Barrichello (born May 23, 1972) is a Brazilian Formula One race driver. ...
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Giancarlo Fisichella (born January 14, 1973), also known as Fisico or Fisi, is an Italian Formula One racing driver. ...
Eddie Jordan, founder and owner of Jordan Grand Prix, greets the fans in Montreal in 1996 Jordan Grand Prix was a Formula One constructor that competed from 1991 to 2005. ...
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Kimi Matias Räikkönen (pronounced ), born October 17, 1979 in Espoo, Finland, is a Formula One racing car driver for Scuderia Ferrari. ...
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Fernando Alonso DÃaz (born on July 29, 1981 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain) is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and reigning, two-time, world champion. ...
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is the 96th day of the year (97th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Autódromo José Carlos Pace is the venue of the Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix, located in a suburb of the city of São Paulo, named after José Carlos Pace, a Brazilian Formula One driver, who had died prior to its naming. ...
Summary
The 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix was one of the messiest F1 grands prix in recent memory. Due to regulation changes for the new season, teams were only allowed to bring one wet-weather tyre compound to the race. All the teams on Bridgestone tyres had only brought an intermediate tyre, and this was deemed unsuitable for the torrential conditions. The race was started under the safety car and it was apparent that several more safety car periods would probably follow. Originally scheduled for 71 laps, the race saw several storm fronts make their way across the circuit, leaving the track drenched with very little grip. Numerous drivers, including defending world champion Michael Schumacher, spun off the track; there were also several accidents that afternoon, as drivers fought the inclement weather as well as each other. The Formula One World Drivers Championship (WDC) is awarded by the Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile (FIA) to the most successful Formula One race car driver over a season, as determined by a points system based on Grand Prix results. ...
Michael Schumacher (pronounced / /, born January 3, 1969, in Hürth Hermülheim, Germany)[1] is a former Formula One driver, and seven-time world champion. ...
Several teams adopted a radical pit strategy whereby they filled their cars with fuel early in the race, hoping that they would save enough fuel under the safety car to avoid having to stop again. This strategy paid off for Giancarlo Fisichella, whose usually uncompetitive Jordan rose from last in the field after an early pit stop to an eventual first place after the race was stopped prematurely. However, it is unlikely that Fisichella would have been able to complete the race on that fuel load had the race continued to its full distance. "Honestly, it was on the limit," he later said after being asked about his strategy. After race leader David Coulthard was called for a pit-stop (thus costing his race victory, and even a podium),his team-mate Kimi Räikkönen was leading the race after 53 laps, but a mistake allowed Giancarlo Fisichella to assume the lead on lap 54. Near the end of his 54th lap, Mark Webber crashed hard while exiting the final corner, bringing out the safety car. However, Fernando Alonso failed to take notice of the waved yellow flags, and clipped one of Webber's stray tires at full speed next time around (his 55th lap), his Renault was vaulted into a sack of street car tires protecting a guardrail; the impact split open the safety device, spilling street car tires all across the circuit, making it nearly impossible to continue the race safely. Thus, as Alonso limped to the medical ambulance, the red flag was shown, ending the event immediately for safety concerns. David Marshall Coulthard, often called DC, (born March 27, 1971 in Twynholm, Kirkcudbrightshire {Dumfries and Galloway since 1975}), is a Scottish Formula One racing driver. ...
Kimi Matias Räikkönen (pronounced ), born October 17, 1979 in Espoo, Finland, is a Formula One racing car driver for Scuderia Ferrari. ...
Giancarlo Fisichella (born January 14, 1973), also known as Fisico or Fisi, is an Italian Formula One racing driver. ...
Mark Alan Webber, called Webbo by some fans, (born August 27, 1976) is an Australian Formula One driver. ...
Fernando Alonso DÃaz (born on July 29, 1981 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain) is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and reigning, two-time, world champion. ...
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The numerous Formula One regulations, made and enforced by the FIA and later the FISA, have changed dramatically since the first Formula One World Championship in 1950. ...
Under the Formula One regulations in place at the time, article 154 stated that, if 75% of the race distance had been completed (in this case 54 completed laps), it was "deemed to have finished when the leading car crossed the line at the end of the lap two laps prior to that [lap] during which the signal to stop was given". Thus the stewards, believing that Fisichella was on his 55th lap (and had therefore completed the 54 laps required for a full result), awarded the victory to the race leader at the end of the 53rd lap, namely Räikkönen. Fisichella was demoted to second place, and Alonso, though in an ambulance, was awarded third. The numerous Formula One regulations, made and enforced by the FIA and later the FISA, have changed dramatically since the first Formula One World Championship in 1950. ...
Several days later, though, after the chaos of the tumultuous grand prix had died down, the official scoring evidence showed that Fisichella had just started his 56th lap before the red flag signal was given; this meant that the race results should have been determined as of the end of the 54th lap, not the end of the 53rd lap. And since Fisichella was leading after 54 laps, he was belatedly named the race winner in an April 11 FIA decision handed down in Paris. After hearing the argument and seeing the timing evidence for themselves, McLaren declined to file a protest; Räikkönen, whose points tally was reduced by 2 (to 8, from 10), would eventually lose the 2003 championship to Michael Schumacher by 2 points, although had they finished level on points, Schumacher would have still won the championship by virtue of having won more races. Incidentally, this was also the 200th Grand Prix for Jordan Grand Prix. A ceremony was held at the next grand prix at Imola where Räikkönen and Ron Dennis handed over the winning driver's and constructor's trophies to Fisichella and Eddie Jordan. is the 101st day of the year (102nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile, commonly referred to as the FIA, is a non-profit association established in 1904 to represent the interest of motoring organisations and motor car users. ...
City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) The Eiffel Tower in Paris, as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ...
The Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari is an auto racing circuit near the Italian town of Imola, 40 km east of Bologna and 80 km east of the Ferrari factory in Maranello. ...
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Eddie Jordan Edmund Eddie Jordan (born March 30, 1948) is founder, owner, and team principal of Jordan Grand Prix, a Formula One constructor. ...
The 75% (54 lap) race distance rule mentioned above and discussed at length at the time is really a red herring - it was pure coincidence that the incident happened so close to it. At no stage was it believed that 75% of the race hadn't been completed: thus, under article 154, the race had to be stopped and the results declared. If, to take a hypothetical example, the red flag had been thrown on Fisichella's 54th lap, then the accidents would have been cleared away, the classifications from the end of lap 52 retained and a restart taken place for a further 15-lap (71 original race laps minus 53 completed laps minus three) session to finish the race, as mandated under article 156. Alternatively, if it were deemed too dangerous to continue, the race would have been declared at the end of lap 52 and half points awarded. In a notable interview in the February, 2005 edition of F1Racing magazine, Minardi owner Paul Stoddart commented that had Jos Verstappen finished the race, he could very well have scored a podium or even won. The team had noted the weather forecast just before the race started, and changed Verstappen's strategy to a one stop, timed for a change to wet tyres. The expected rain would then lead to a good chance of spins and safety car periods, which would fall into the Minardi strategy as the car would not need to pit. Stoddart was correct in his plans, and had Verstappen finished the race he would likely have scored many points. However, the Dutch driver spun out early due to the changing conditions and was unable to finish the race. Stoddart said it was the only time in Minardi's history that the team started a race with the full realistic intention to win. When he went out, Verstappen had been leading Fisichella for several laps on an identical strategy.
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Giancarlo Fisichella (born January 14, 1973), also known as Fisico or Fisi, is an Italian Formula One racing driver. ...
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Kimi Matias Räikkönen (pronounced ), born October 17, 1979 in Espoo, Finland, is a Formula One racing car driver for Scuderia Ferrari. ...
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Fernando Alonso DÃaz (born on July 29, 1981 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain) is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and reigning, two-time, world champion. ...
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David Marshall Coulthard, often called DC, (born March 27, 1971 in Twynholm, Kirkcudbrightshire {Dumfries and Galloway since 1975}), is a Scottish Formula One racing driver. ...
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Barrichello in his Ferrari at the 2003 US GP. Rubens Gonçalves Barrichello (born May 23, 1972) is a Brazilian Formula One race driver. ...
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Notes - Fastest Lap: Rubens Barrichello 1'22.032
- Race red-flagged on lap 56 due to major accident at the beginning of the pit straight; see above (Summary) for details.
- Last Win For Jordan Grand Prix
Previous race: 2003 Malaysian Grand Prix | FIA Formula One World Championship 2003 season | Next race: 2003 San Marino Grand Prix | Previous race: 2002 Brazilian Grand Prix | Brazilian Grand Prix | Next race: 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix Provisional Standings After Grand Prix 1.Kimi Raikkonen-McLaren-24 2.David Coulthard-McLaren-15 3.Fernando Alonso-Renault-14 4.Giancarlo Fisichella-Jordan Ford-10 5.Jarno Trulli-Renault-9 6.Juan Pablo Montoya-Williams BMW-8 7.Rubens Barrichello-Ferrari-8 8. Eddie Jordan, founder and owner of Jordan Grand Prix, greets the fans in Montreal in 1996 Jordan Grand Prix was a Formula One constructor that competed from 1991 to 2005. ...
The 2003 Malaysian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on March 23, 2003 at the Sepang International Circuit. ...
The Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile, commonly referred to as the FIA, is a non-profit association established in 1904 to represent the interest of motoring organisations and motor car users. ...
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The 2003 Formula One season was the 54th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ...
The 2003 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on April 20, 2003 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari. ...
Results from the 2002 Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix held at Interlagos on March 31, 2002 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Juan Pablo Montoya 1m 16. ...
The Brazilian Grand Prix (Portuguese: Grande Prêmio do Brasil) is a Formula One championship race which occurs at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in Interlagos, Brazil. ...
Results from the 2004 Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix held at Interlagos on October 24, 2004 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Juan Pablo Montoya 1:11. ...
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