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Sao Paulo 2003 - chronology

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chronology of race weekend

lap
start		SC phase start
8		SC phase end
9	David Coulthard, Rubens Barrichello	overtaking
9	Nick Heidfeld	retired - motor
9	Kimi Räikkonen, Mark Webber	overtaking
9	Juan Pablo Montoya, Michael Schumacher, Ralf Schumacher, Jarno Trulli	overtaking
9	Justin Wilson, Cristiano da Matta	overtaking
9	Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Jos Verstappen	overtaking
10	Kimi Räikkonen, Rubens Barrichello	overtaking
10	Juan Pablo Montoya, Mark Webber	overtaking
10	Juan Pablo Montoya, Rubens Barrichello	overtaking
10	Ralf Schumacher, Jarno Trulli	overtaking
10	Antonio Pizzonia, Jos Verstappen	overtaking
11	Kimi Räikkonen, David Coulthard	overtaking
11	Juan Pablo Montoya, David Coulthard	overtaking
11	Mark Webber, Rubens Barrichello	overtaking
11	Antonio Pizzonia, Heinz-Harald Frentzen	overtaking
12	Ralf Schumacher, Jacques Villeneuve	overtaking
	Ralf Schumacher	spin
14	David Coulthard, Juan Pablo Montoya	overtaking
15	Michael Schumacher, Mark Webber	overtaking
16	Justin Wilson	retired - unknown
16	Michael Schumacher, Juan Pablo Montoya	overtaking
18	Rubens Barrichello, Mark Webber	overtaking
18	Ralph Firman	retired - suspension
18	Ralph Firman, Giancarlo Fisichella, Olivier Panis	retired - collision
19		SC phase start
22		SC phase end
23	Rubens Barrichello, Cristiano da Matta	overtaking
23	Fernando Alonso, Jarno Trulli	overtaking
24	Juan Pablo Montoya, Cristiano da Matta	overtaking
24	Ralf Schumacher, Jenson Button	overtaking
25	Fernando Alonso, Jacques Villeneuve	overtaking
25	Antonio Pizzonia	retired - driving mistake
25	Juan Pablo Montoya	retired - driving mistake
26	Fernando Alonso, Giancarlo Fisichella	overtaking
	Michael Schumacher	retired - driving mistake
27	Ralf Schumacher, Mark Webber	overtaking
27	Fernando Alonso, Jos Verstappen	overtaking
28		SC phase start
29		SC phase end
30	Ralf Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello	overtaking try
30	Kimi Räikkonen, Giancarlo Fisichella	overtaking
30	Kimi Räikkonen, Jos Verstappen	overtaking
30	Cristiano da Matta, Heinz-Harald Frentzen	overtaking
31	Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Cristiano da Matta	overtaking
	Jos Verstappen	retired - driving mistake
33	Jarno Trulli, Jacques Villeneuve	overtaking
	Jenson Button	retired - driving mistake
33	Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Jacques Villeneuve	overtaking
34		SC phase start
36		SC phase end
37	Mark Webber, Jacques Villeneuve	overtaking
37	Cristiano da Matta, Jacques Villeneuve	overtaking
38	Kimi Räikkonen, Fernando Alonso	overtaking
38	Kimi Räikkonen, Ralf Schumacher	overtaking
38	Mark Webber, Heinz-Harald Frentzen	overtaking
38	Jacques Villeneuve, Cristiano da Matta	overtaking
40	Fernando Alonso, Ralf Schumacher	overtaking
42	Fernando Alonso	drive through penalty
	Mark Webber	spin
45	Rubens Barrichello, David Coulthard	overtaking
47	Rubens Barrichello	retired - no more gas
48	Fernando Alonso, Heinz-Harald Frentzen	overtaking
49	Fernando Alonso, Jarno Trulli	overtaking
50	Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Jarno Trulli	overtaking
54	Giancarlo Fisichella, Kimi Räikkonen	overtaking
54	Mark Webber	retired - driving mistake
55	Fernando Alonso	retired - accident
56		race stopped
	Giancarlo Fisichella	motor

Rain, chaos and a lucky winner

The race is started behind the safety-car and begins - literally - very slow.

But after that, the race offers a lot: Many overtaking maneuvers, spectacular retirements, 4 safety-car phases and excitement till the red flags.

The reason are the accidents of Webber and Alonso.

Bad luck for Coulthard and Ralf Schumacher, both have entered the pits a few minutes before and lost several places - and in case of Coulthard maybe the victory. So is Räikonnen the lucky winner - for a few days.

As announced by the FIA on April 9th, Fisichella has already began his 56th lap when the race was stopped, so the 54th lap would count and Fisichella is the winner.

Fisichella is for sure the most lucky winner of the season, his motor went up in flames on the way to the podium and he would have scored not a single championship point in the season if this race wouldn't have been stopped early.

But also Fisichella can consider himself lucky because his motor broke just at the drive to the podium.