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Home / Seasons / 2003 F1 World Championship Season / 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix

2003 Brazilian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 6 April 2003
Winner
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
  • Jordan-Ford
Pole position
  • Rubens Barrichello
  • Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Rubens Barrichello
  • Ferrari
CircuitInterlagos, 54 laps
Round3 of 16
Race numbers

The 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix was the:

  • 700th World Championship race
  • 31st World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix
  • 21st World Championship race at Interlagos
More 2003 season
More Brazilian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+7(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Ford541hr 31m 17.748s10
2+2(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes54+0.945s8
3+7(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault54+6.348s6
4-2(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes54+8.096s5
5PL(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Petronas54+8.642s4
6+7(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda54+16.054s3
7-1(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW54+38.526s2
8-3(ITA) Jarno TrulliRenault54+45.927s1
9-6(AUS) Mark WebberJaguar-Cosworth53DNF 
10+8(BRA) Cristiano da MattaToyota53+1 lap 
R (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari46DNF 
R (GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda32DNF 
R (NLD) Jos VerstappenMinardi-Cosworth30DNF 
R (DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari26DNF 
R (COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW24DNF 
R (BRA) Antonio PizzoniaJaguar-Cosworth24DNF 
R (FRA) Olivier PanisToyota17DNF 
R (IRL) Ralph FirmanJordan-Ford17DNF 
R (GBR) Justin WilsonMinardi-Cosworth15DNF 
R (DEU) Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas8DNF 

Notes

  • Mark Webber ended lap 53 in P9 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Rubens Barrichello ended lap 46 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari
2(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes
3(AUS) Mark WebberJaguar-Cosworth
4(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes
5(ITA) Jarno TrulliRenault
6(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW
7(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari
8(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Ford
9(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW
10(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault
11(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda
12(DEU) Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas
13(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda
14  
15(FRA) Olivier PanisToyota
16  
17  
18(BRA) Cristiano da MattaToyota
19  
20(GBR) Justin WilsonMinardi-Cosworth
Started from the pit lane
 (NLD) Jos VerstappenMinardi-Cosworth
 (DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Petronas
 (BRA) Antonio PizzoniaJaguar-Cosworth
 (IRL) Ralph FirmanJordan-Ford

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari1:13.807 
2(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:13.8180.011
3(AUS) Mark WebberJaguar-Cosworth1:13.8510.044
4(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes1:13.8660.059
5(ITA) Jarno TrulliRenault1:13.9530.146
6(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW1:14.1240.317
7(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:14.1300.323
8(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Ford1:14.1910.384
9(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW1:14.2230.416
10(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault1:14.3840.577
11(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda1:14.5040.697
12(DEU) Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas1:14.6310.824
13(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda1:14.6680.861
14(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Petronas1:14.8391.032
15(FRA) Olivier PanisToyota1:14.8391.032
16(IRL) Ralph FirmanJordan-Ford1:15.2401.433
17(BRA) Antonio PizzoniaJaguar-Cosworth1:15.3171.510
18(BRA) Cristiano da MattaToyota1:15.6411.834
19(NLD) Jos VerstappenMinardi-Cosworth1:16.5422.735
20(GBR) Justin WilsonMinardi-Cosworth1:16.5862.779

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(GBR) Allan McNishRenault

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen24
2(GBR) David Coulthard15
3(ESP) Fernando Alonso14
4(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella10
5(ITA) Jarno Trulli9
6(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya8
7(BRA) Rubens Barrichello8
8(DEU) Michael Schumacher8
9(DEU) Ralf Schumacher8
10(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen7
11(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve3
12(GBR) Jenson Button2
13(DEU) Nick Heidfeld1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Mercedes39
2Renault23
3Ferrari16
4Williams-BMW16
5Jordan-Ford10
6Sauber-Petronas8
7BAR-Honda5

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
200th for Jordan (11th constructor to start 200 races)
Wins
1st for Giancarlo Fisichella (93rd different winner, 14th Italian driver; first Italian winner since 1992; last win until 2005; only win for Jordan)
4th and last for Jordan (first since 1999)
Podiums
10th for Giancarlo Fisichella (60th driver to score ten podiums, 5th Italian driver; first podium since 2001 and last until 2005; last for Jordan)
7th for Kimi Raikkonen
2nd for Fernando Alonso
354th for McLaren
43rd for Renault
18th for Jordan (first since 2000)
Poles
7th for Rubens Barrichello
160th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
9th for Rubens Barrichello
161st for Ferrari
Front row starts
37th and last for David Coulthard
17th for Rubens Barrichello

See also

  • Brazilian Grand Prix
  • Interlagos circuit
  • 2003 World Championship season

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