2003 Monaco Grand Prix

The Grand Prix was contested by 20 drivers, in ten teams of two.^[3] The teams, also known as constructors, were Ferrari, Williams, McLaren, Renault, Sauber, Jordan, Jaguar, BAR, Minardi and Toyota.^[3]

Before the race, McLaren driver Kimi Räikkönen led the Drivers' Championship with 40 points; Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher was second on 38 points. Behind them in the Drivers' Championship, Rubens Barrichello was third on 26 points in the other Ferrari, with Fernando Alonso and David Coulthard on 25 and 23 points respectively.^[4] In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari were leading with 64 points and McLaren were second on 63 points, with Renault third on 35 points.^[4]

Four practice sessions were held before the Sunday race—Two on Thursday, and two on Saturday. The Thursday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted an hour. The third and final practice sessions were held on Saturday morning and lasted 45 minutes.^[5] Jaguar driver Mark Webber set the fastest time in the first session, posting a lap of 1:16.373, one-tenth of a second quicker than Jenson Button and Coulthard, in second and third places respectively. The Renault cars were fourth and fifth fastest; Alonso ahead of Jarno Trulli, with Michael Schumacher rounding out the top six.^[6]

The qualifying session was run as a one-lap session and took place on Thursday and Saturday afternoon. The cars were run one at a time; the Thursday running order was determined with the Championship leading heading out first. The Saturday running order was determined by times set in Friday afternoon qualifying with the fastest heading out last and the slowest running first. The lap times from the Thursday afternoon session did not determine the grid order.^[5]

Jenson Button suffered a heavy crash during Saturday morning practice and his resulting injuries meant that he took no further part in the weekend.^[7][8]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1 Time	Q2 Time	Gap
1	4	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1:17.063	1:15.259
2	6	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:17.926	1:15.295	+0.036
3	3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1:17.108	1:15.415	+0.156
4	7	Jarno Trulli	Renault	1:16.905	1:15.500	+0.241
5	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:16.305	1:15.644	+0.385
6	5	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:17.059	1:15.700	+0.441
7	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:16.636	1:15.820	+0.561
8	8	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:18.370	1:15.884	+0.625
9	14	Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:17.637	1:16.237	+0.978
10	21	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	1:20.374	1:16.744	+1.485
11	16	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	1:18.109	1:16.755	+1.496
12	11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Ford	1:17.080	1:16.967	+1.708
13	15	Antônio Pizzonia	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:18.967	1:17.103	+1.844
14	9	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	1:17.912	1:17.176	+1.917
15	10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Petronas	No time	1:17.402	+2.143
16	12	Ralph Firman	Jordan-Ford	1:18.286	1:17.452	+2.193
17	20	Olivier Panis	Toyota	1:19.903	1:17.464	+2.205
18	19	Jos Verstappen	Minardi-Cosworth	1:19.421	1:18.706	+3.447
19	18	Justin Wilson	Minardi-Cosworth	1:19.680	1:20.063	+4.804
20	17	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	1:16.685	No time	—
Sources:[9][10][11]

Constructors' Championship standings

+/–	Pos	Constructor	Points
1	1	McLaren-Mercedes	73
1	2	Ferrari	71
1	3	Williams-BMW	50
1	4	Renault	42
	5	Jordan-Ford	11
Source: [13]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

• 2003 Monaco F3000 round

43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E / 43.7346500; 7.421333