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Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	53	1:25'11.743	1	10
2	6	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+11.085 secs	8	8
3	5	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+11.614 secs	7	6
4	17	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	53	+33.106 secs	9	5
5	7	Jarno Trulli	Renault	53	+34.269 secs	20	4
6	16	Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	53	+51.692 secs	13	3
7	21	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	53	+56.794 secs	3	2
8	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	53	+59.487 secs	14	1
9	9	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	53	+60.159 secs	11
10	20	Olivier Panis	Toyota	53	+61.844 secs	4
11	14	Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	53	+71.005 secs	6
12	4	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	52	+1 Lap	19
13	15	Justin Wilson	Jaguar-Cosworth	52	+1 Lap	10
14	12	Ralph Firman	Jordan-Ford	51	+2 Laps	15
15	19	Jos Verstappen	Minardi-Cosworth	51	+2 Laps	17
16	18	Nicolas Kiesa	Minardi-Cosworth	50	+3 Laps	18
Ret	11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Ford	33	Out of fuel	16
Ret	8	Fernando Alonso	Renault	17	Engine	5
Ret	10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Petronas	9	Engine	12
Ret	3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	9	Hydraulics	2

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Notes

• Fastest Lap: Ralf Schumacher 1:33.408