NewsOnF1 - 2003 French Grand Prix

Session	2003		2002
Friday Practice	Results	Report	Results
Friday Qualifying	Results	Report	Results
First Saturday Practice	Results		Results
Second Saturday Practice	Results	Report	Results
Saturday Qualifying	Results	Report	Results
Race	Results	Report	Results
What the teams and drivers said Friday - Saturday - Sunday

Track Length	No. of Laps	Lap Record	Driver and Car
4.411 KM	70	1:15.512	JP Montoya, Williams - 2003
Track Layout (from the FIA in pdf)

	Top 6	Highlights
1.	Michael Schumacher - Ferrari	Michael Schumacher wins the race after Kimi Raikkonen - while leading - runs wide due to oil from a Toyota a few laps from the finish. David Coulthard finishes a distant 3rd while Juan Pablo Montoya only manages 4th despite starting from Pole. Ralf Schumacher manages 5th. Rubens Barrichello fails to start the race due to problem on the formation lap. 11 cars were classified as finishers. McLaren, Williams and Minardi managed to have both their cars classified. BAR failed to finish either of their cars.
2.	Kimi Raikkonen - McLaren
3.	David Coulthard - McLaren
4.	Juan Pablo Montoya - Williams
5.	Ralf Schumacher - Williams
6.	Jenson Button - Renault

	Top 6	Highlights
1.	Michael Schumacher - Ferrari	Michael Schumacher wins the race after both Ralf and David have problems when pitting. Ralf managed to get second after starting from Pole. Barrichello starting from a low 8th managed to make it into 3rd on a 3 stop strategy. David Coulthard could only mange 4th after receiving a stop-go penalty for speeding in the pit lane. Mika Hakkinen failed to start the race as he stalls on the formation lap. Juan Pablo Montoya retires with an engine failure from second. 17 cars were classified as finishers. Ferrari, Jordan, Sauber, Prost, Benetton, and Minardi managed to have both their cars classified. No team failed to finish either of their cars.
2.	Ralf Schumacher - Williams
3.	Rubens Barrichello - Ferrari
4.	David Coulthard - McLaren
5.	Jarno Trulli - Jordan
6.	Nick Heidfeld - Sauber