Kiesa becomes Verstappen's teammate

25-year-old Nicolas Kiesa will replace Justin Wilson at Minardi for the remainder of the 2003 season. Kiesa, who won the Monaco Grand Prix this year in F3000, has made a steady career through Karting and F3.Minardi teammanager Paul Stoddart is deligthed with the coming of a new star, and is certain that Wilson made the right move to go to Jaguar. "Justin Wilson's tep to Jaguar gives him another chance to prove his talent in F1. This also proves the importance of the smaller teams in Formula One".