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2003 Japanese Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSuzuka, 53 laps
Round16 of 16
Race numbers

The 2003 Japanese Grand Prix was the:

  • 713th World Championship race
  • 19th World Championship Japanese Grand Prix
  • 17th World Championship race at Suzuka
  • 2003 Drivers’ title decider
  • 2003 Constructors’ title decider
More 2003 season
More Japanese Grands Prix
Next race2004 Australian Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari531hr 25m 11.743s10
2+6(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes53+11.085s8
3+4(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes53+11.614s6
4+5(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda53+33.106s5
5+14(ITA) Jarno TrulliRenault53+34.269s4
6+7(JPN) Takuma SatoBAR-Honda53+51.692s3
7-4(BRA) Cristiano da MattaToyota53+56.794s2
8+6(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari53+59.487s1
9+2(DEU) Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas53+1m 00.159s 
10-6(FRA) Olivier PanisToyota53+1m 01.844s 
11-5(AUS) Mark WebberJaguar-Cosworth53+1m 11.005s 
12+8(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW52+1 lap 
13-3(GBR) Justin WilsonJaguar-Cosworth52+1 lap 
14+1(IRL) Ralph FirmanJordan-Ford51+2 laps 
15PL(NLD) Jos VerstappenMinardi-Cosworth51+2 laps 
16+2(DNK) Nicolas KiesaMinardi-Cosworth50+3 laps 
R (ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Ford33DNF 
R (ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault17DNF 
R (DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Petronas9DNF 
R (COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW9DNF 

Notes

  • Juan Pablo Montoya ended lap 9 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari1:31.713 
2(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW1:32.4120.699
3(BRA) Cristiano da MattaToyota1:32.4190.706
4(FRA) Olivier PanisToyota1:32.8621.149
5(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault1:33.0441.331
6(AUS) Mark WebberJaguar-Cosworth1:33.1061.393
7(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:33.1371.424
8(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes1:33.2721.559
9(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda1:33.4741.761
10(GBR) Justin WilsonJaguar-Cosworth1:33.5581.845
11(DEU) Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas1:33.6321.919
12(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Petronas1:33.8962.183
13(JPN) Takuma SatoBAR-Honda1:33.9242.211
14(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:34.3022.589
15(IRL) Ralph FirmanJordan-Ford1:34.7713.058
16(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Ford1:34.9123.199
17(NLD) Jos VerstappenMinardi-Cosworth1:34.9753.262
18(DNK) Nicolas KiesaMinardi-Cosworth1:37.2265.513
19(ITA) Jarno TrulliRenault– 
20(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW– 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(ITA) Gianmaria BruniMinardi-Cosworth
(GBR) Allan McNishRenault
(JPN) Satoshi MotoyamaJordan-Ford

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Michael Schumacher93
2(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen91
3(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya82
4(BRA) Rubens Barrichello65
5(DEU) Ralf Schumacher58
6(ESP) Fernando Alonso55
7(GBR) David Coulthard51
8(ITA) Jarno Trulli33
9(GBR) Jenson Button17
10(AUS) Mark Webber17
11(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen13
12(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella12
13(BRA) Cristiano da Matta10
14(DEU) Nick Heidfeld6
15(FRA) Olivier Panis6
16(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve6
17(ESP) Marc Gene4
18(JPN) Takuma Sato3
19(IRL) Ralph Firman1
20(GBR) Justin Wilson1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari158
2Williams-BMW144
3McLaren-Mercedes142
4Renault88
5BAR-Honda26
6Sauber-Petronas19
7Jaguar-Cosworth18
8Toyota16
9Jordan-Ford13

Stats & milestones

Last start
Ralph Firman
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Nicolas Kiesa (last Danish driver to start a race until 2014)
Jos Verstappen
Justin Wilson
Milestone race start
50th for Juan Pablo Montoya (104th driver to start 50 races, 1st Colombian driver)
World Champion
6th title for Michael Schumacher (1st driver to win six championships, 1st German driver) NEW RECORD
13th title for Ferrari (1st constructor to win 13 championships)
Wins
7th for Rubens Barrichello
167th for Ferrari
Podiums
60th for David Coulthard (5th driver to score 60 podiums, 1st British driver; last for McLaren, last podium until 2006)
43rd for Rubens Barrichello
14th for Kimi Raikkonen
524th for Ferrari
362nd & 363rd for McLaren
Poles
9th for Rubens Barrichello
166th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
7th for Ralf Schumacher (first since 2001 and last until 2005; last for Williams)
126th for Williams
Front row starts
21st for Rubens Barrichello
18th for Juan Pablo Montoya
Pole & win
3rd for Rubens Barrichello