2003 Italian Grand Prix
| 2003 Italian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 14 of 16 in the 2003 Formula One World Championship
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| Race details | |||||
| Date | September 14, 2003 | ||||
| Official name | Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2003 | ||||
| Location | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 5.793 km (3.600 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 53 laps, 306.720 km (190.587 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Sunny | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||||
| Time | 1:20.963 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | |||
| Time | 1:21.832 on lap 14 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Ferrari | ||||
| Second | Williams-BMW | ||||
| Third | Ferrari | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The 2003 Italian Grand Prix (officially known as the Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2003) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 14 September 2003 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy. It was the fourteenth round of the 2003 Formula One World Championship. Michael Schumacher took pole position for the race in the Ferrari and went on to take the race win, ahead of Juan Pablo Montoya for Williams and Rubens Barrichello in the other Ferrari.
With an average speed of 247.585 km/h (153.842 mph), this race stood as the fastest-ever Formula One race for 22 years, until the 2025 Italian Grand Prix at Monza.