2003 United States Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 15 of 16 in the 2003 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 28 September 2003 | ||
| Official name | XXXII SAP United States Grand Prix | ||
| Location |
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis, Indiana |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.195 km (2.606 mi) | ||
| Distance | 73 laps, 306.016 km (190.238 mi) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures up to 69.1 °F (20.6 °C); wind speeds up to 14 miles per hour (23 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:11.670 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Michael Schumacher
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Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:11.473 on lap 13 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Third | Sauber-Petronas | ||
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The 2003 United States Grand Prix (formally the XXXII SAP United States Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 28 September 2003 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the fifteenth race of the 2003 Formula One season. The 73-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher for the Ferrari team after starting from seventh position. Kimi Räikkönen, who started the Grand Prix from pole position, finished second in a McLaren car, with Heinz-Harald Frentzen third driving for Sauber.
The victory was Schumacher's second consecutive win, following the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
Michael Schumacher won the race by 18.258 seconds from pole-sitter Kimi Räikkönen, taking a huge step toward his record-breaking sixth drivers championship as a result. Afterwards, Räikkönen remained in mathematical contention for the championship with one race to go, but Williams driver Juan Pablo Montoya dropped out of the hunt after being penalized for an incident on Lap 3 with Schumacher's Ferrari teammate Rubens Barrichello.
It was the German's first double win since the Ferrari team and its tire supplier Bridgestone accused rival tire maker Michelin of using illegal tires for most of the season, at the Hungarian Grand Prix, threatening to decide the title in court. As a result, Michelin were forced to retool their tires before the Italian Grand Prix, with its teams suffering in the changing weather conditions at Indianapolis.
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