2003 Macau Grand Prix

The 2003 Macau Grand Prix was the 50th running of the annual race and the 21st time it was headlined by Formula 3. The FIA sanctioned event was held on the Guia circuit in Macau on 16 November 2003. Fabio Carbone started on pole position and Nicolas Lapierre was the race winner. Future Formula 1 champions Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, as well as future Formula 1 race winner Robert Kubica, participated in the Macau Grand Prix for the first time but not one of the trio would finish the event.

Race Result

Pos.	No.	Driver	Nationality	Team	Laps	Race Time	Gap	Interval	Best Lap	Speed
1	17	Nicolas Lapierre	France	Signature-Plus	25	1:02:48.597	-	-	2:13.324	146.155
2	16	Fabio Carbone	Brazil	Signature-Plus	25	1:02:54.013	+5.416	+5.416	2:13.503	145.945
3	2	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	Japan	Prema Powerteam	25	1:03:03.979	+15.382	+9.966	2:14.400	145.561
4	21	Ronnie Quintarelli	Italy	JB Motorsport with Inging	25	1:03:05.208	+16.611	+1.229	2:14.388	145.513
5	1	Ryan Briscoe	Australia	Prema Powerteam	25	1:03:16.246	+27.649	+11.038	2:14.204	145.090
6	32	Hiroki Yoshimoto	Japan	Swiss Racing Team	25	1:03:40.410	+51.813	+24.164	2:14.903	144.173
7	38	Michael Ho	Macau	Superfund TME Racing	25	1:04:37.846	+1:49.249	+57.436	2:18.256	142.037
8	19	Rob Austin	Great Britain	Menu F3 Motorsport	25	1:04:54.193	+2:05.596	+16.347	2:16.279	141.441
9	36	Fairuz Fauzy	Malaysia	Promatecme - RPM	25	1:05:00.348	+2:11.751	+6.155	2:14.058	141.218
10	31	Pedro Barral	Spain	Swiss Racing Team	24		1 lap	1 lap	2:15.510
11	28	Kit Meng Lei	China	Manor Motorsport	24		1 lap		2:24.937
12	29	Jo Merszei	China	Alan Docking Racing	24		1 lap		2:29.157
13	26	Marco Bonanomi	Italy	Target Racing	23		2 laps	1 lap	2:19.025
14	12	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Brazil	Hitech Racing	22		3 laps	1 lap	2:13.131
15	10	Tatsuya Kataoka	Japan	TOM'S Team	22		3 laps		2:13.961
16	20	Robert Doornbos	Netherlands	Menu F3 Motorsport	22		3 laps		2:13.637
DNF	9	James Courtney	Australia	TOM'S Team	20				2:12.937
DNF	18	César Campaniço	Portugal	Signature	18				2:14.209
DNF	30	Danny Watts	Great Britain	Alan Docking Racing	16				2:14.266
DNF	37	Pierre Kaffer	Germany	Superfund TME Racing	15				2:13.804
DNF	22	Naoki Yokomizo	Japan	JB Motorsport with Inging	15				2:16.493
DNF	23	Paolo Montin	Italy	Three Bond Racing	15				2:13.465
DNF	33	Ernesto Viso	Venezuela	Promatecme - RPM	13				2:15.430
DNF	27	Lewis Hamilton	Great Britain	Manor Motorsport	13				2:14.827
DNF	25	Robert Kubica	Poland	Target Racing	10				2:15.281
DNF	15	Andrew Thompson	Great Britain	Hitech Racing	10				2:15.184
DNF	11	Richard Antinucci	United States	Hitech Racing	10				2:14.217
DNF	6	Nico Rosberg	Germany	Carlin Motorsport	9				2:14.686
DNF	5	Álvaro Parente	Portugal	Carlin Motorsport	6				2:20.689

Heat 2 Result

Pos.	No.	Driver	Nationality	Team	Laps	Race Time	Gap	Interval	Best Lap	Lap	Speed
1	17	Nicolas Lapierre	France	Signature-Plus	15	37:00.778	-	-	2:13.324	9	148.812
2	16	Fabio Carbone	Brazil	Signature-Plus	15	37:06.194	+5.416	+5.416	2:13.503	10	148.450
3	2	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	Japan	Prema Powerteam	15	37:16.160	+15.382	+9.966	2:14.400	8	147.789
4	21	Ronnie Quintarelli	Italy	JB Motorsport with Inging	15	37:17.389	+16.611	+1.229	2:14.388	8	147.707
5	37	Pierre Kaffer	Germany	Superfund TME Racing	15	37:17.444	+16.666	+0.055	2:13.804	15	147.704
6	23	Paolo Montin	Italy	Three Bond Racing	15	37:22.889	+22.111	+5.445	2:13.465	10	147.345
7	1	Ryan Briscoe	Australia	Prema Powerteam	15	37:28.427	+27.649	+5.538	2:14.333	7	146.982
8	12	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Brazil	Hitech Racing	15	37:42.245	+41.467	+13.818	2:13.131	13	146.084
9	18	César Campaniço	Portugal	Signature	15	37:46.524	+45.746	+4.279	2:14.209	13	145.809
10	30	Danny Watts	Great Britain	Alan Docking Racing	15	37:46.643	+45.865	+0.119	2:14.266	13	145.801
11	32	Hiroki Yoshimoto	Japan	Swiss Racing Team	15	37:52.591	+51.813	+5.948	2:15.518	14	145.419
12	22	Naoki Yokomizo	Japan	JB Motorsport with Inging	15	38:08.842	+1:08.064	+16.251	2:16.493	13	144.387
13	31	Pedro Barral	Spain	Swiss Racing Team	15	38:47.863	+1:47.085	+39.021	2:18.575	15	141.967
14	38	Michael Ho	Macau	Superfund TME Racing	15	38:50.027	+1:49.249	+2.164	2:19.341	13	141.835
15	19	Rob Austin	Great Britain	Menu F3 Motorsport	15	39:06.374	+2:05.596	+16.347	2:17.910	9	140.847
16	36	Fairuz Fauzy	Malaysia	Promatecme - RPM	15	39:12.529	+2:11.751	+6.155	2:14.058	13	140.478
17	10	Tatsuya Kataoka	Japan	TOM'S Team	14	35:05.594	1 lap	1 lap	2:13.961	8	146.489
18	28	Kit Meng Lei	China	Manor Motorsport	14	37:49.372	+48.594	+2:43.778	2:25.244	10	135.917
19	29	Jo Merszei	China	Alan Docking Racing	14	39:31.296	+2:30.518	+1:41.924	2:31.872	14	130.075
20	26	Marco Bonanomi	Italy	Target Racing	13	37:32.463	+31.685	1 lap	2:19.588	8	127.156
DNF	20	Robert Doornbos	Netherlands	Menu F3 Motorsport	12	30:26.330			2:13.637	8	144.762
DNF	9	James Courtney	Australia	TOM'S Team	10	25:46.212			2:12.937	10	142.490
DNF	6	Nico Rosberg	Germany	Carlin Motorsport	9	24:10.334			2:14.686	9	136.718
DNF	5	Álvaro Parente	Portugal	Carlin Motorsport	6	18:47.640			2:20.689	5	117.228
DNF	27	Lewis Hamilton	Great Britain	Manor Motorsport	3	11:43.045			3:23.151	1	94.013
DNF	33	Ernesto Viso	Venezuela	Promatecme - RPM	3	10:13.408			2:25.183	3	107.752
DNF	11	Richard Antinucci	United States	Hitech Racing
DNF	25	Robert Kubica	Poland	Target Racing
DNF	15	Andrew Thompson	Great Britain	Hitech Racing

Heat 1 Result

Pos.	No.	Driver	Nationality	Team	Laps	Race Time	Gap	Interval	Best Lap	Lap	Speed
1	9	James Courtney	Australia	TOM'S Team	10	25:43.212	-	-	2:13.381	9	142.767
2	17	Nicolas Lapierre	France	Signature-Plus	10	25:47.819	+4.607	+4.607	2:14.473	9	142.342
3	11	Richard Antinucci	United States	Hitech Racing	10	25:52.268	+9.056	+4.449	2:14.217	8	141.934
4	16	Fabio Carbone	Brazil	Signature-Plus	10	25:54.363	+11.151	+2.095	2:15.263	6	141.742
5	27	Lewis Hamilton	Great Britain	Manor Motorsport	10	25:56.524	+13.312	+2.161	2:14.827	6	141.546
6	25	Robert Kubica	Poland	Target Racing	10	25:57.404	+14.192	+0.880	2:15.281	9	141.466
7	36	Fairuz Fauzy	Malaysia	Promatecme - RPM	10	25:58.352	+15.140	+0.948	2:15.346	9	141.380
8	15	Andrew Thompson	Great Britain	Hitech Racing	10	26:07.281	+24.069	+8.929	2:15.184	8	140.574
9	21	Ronnie Quintarelli	Italy	JB Motorsport with Inging	10	26:08.167	+24.955	+0.886	2:15.077	9	140.495
10	2	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	Japan	Prema Powerteam	10	26:08.376	+25.164	+0.209	2:15.252	9	140.476
11	19	Rob Austin	Great Britain	Menu F3 Motorsport	10	26:09.885	+26.673	+1.509	2:16.279	6	140.341
12	33	Ernesto Viso	Venezuela	Promatecme - RPM	10	26:11.352	+28.140	+1.467	2:15.430	6	140.210
13	32	Hiroki Yoshimoto	Japan	Swiss Racing Team	10	26:11.566	+28.354	+0.214	2:14.903	6	140.191
14	20	Robert Doornbos	Netherlands	Menu F3 Motorsport	10	26:12.697	+29.485	+1.131	2:15.723	9	140.090
15	1	Ryan Briscoe	Australia	Prema Powerteam	10	26:12.867	+29.655	+0.170	2:14.204	9	140.075
16	38	Michael Ho	Macau	Superfund TME Racing	10	26:30.609	+47.397	+17.742	2:18.256	8	138.512
17	26	Marco Bonanomi	Italy	Target Racing	10	26:37.037	+53.825	+6.428	2:19.025	6	137.955
18	28	Kit Meng Lei	China	Manor Motorsport	10	27:22.109	+1:38.897	+45.072	2:24.937	6	134.168
19	29	Jo Merszei	China	Alan Docking Racing	10	28:05.042	+2:21.830	+42.933	2:29.157	8	130.750
20	31	Pedro Barral	Spain	Swiss Racing Team	9	24:54.602	1 lap	1 lap	2:15.510	6	132.669
DNF	10	Tatsuya Kataoka	Japan	TOM'S Team	8	21:22.919			2:14.377	6	137.386
DNF	12	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Brazil	Hitech Racing	7	27:39.857			2:14.867	5	92.914
DNF	18	César Campaniço	Portugal	Signature	3	10:10.131			2:22.850	3	108.330
DNF	30	Danny Watts	Great Britain	Alan Docking Racing	1	4:20.307					84.638
DNF	37	Pierre Kaffer	Germany	Superfund TME Racing
DNF	23	Paolo Montin	Italy	Three Bond Racing
DNF	5	Álvaro Parente	Portugal	Carlin Motorsport
DNF	6	Nico Rosberg	Germany	Carlin Motorsport

2003 Macau Grand Prix

Winner

After 25 Laps

17

Nicolas Lapierre

Signature-Plus

1:02:48.597

146.155 Km/h

153 Km

fastest lap

9

James Courtney

TOM'S Team

2:12.937

165.732 Km/h

Pole Position

16

Fabio Carbone

Signature-Plus

2:13.016

165.634 Km/h

2003 Macau Grand Prix

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