2003 Japanese Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 12 October 2003
Winner	Rubens Barrichello Ferrari
Pole position	Rubens Barrichello Ferrari
Fastest lap	Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW
Circuit	Suzuka, 53 laps
Round	16 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
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	53	1hr 25m 11.743s	10
2	+6	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+11.085s	8
3	+4	(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+11.614s	6
4	+5	(GBR) Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	53	+33.106s	5
5	+14	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Renault	53	+34.269s	4
6	+7	(JPN) Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	53	+51.692s	3
7	-4	(BRA) Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	53	+56.794s	2
8	+6	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	53	+59.487s	1
9	+2	(DEU) Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	53	+1m 00.159s
10	-6	(FRA) Olivier Panis	Toyota	53	+1m 01.844s
11	-5	(AUS) Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	53	+1m 11.005s
12	+8	(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	52	+1 lap
13	-3	(GBR) Justin Wilson	Jaguar-Cosworth	52	+1 lap
14	+1	(IRL) Ralph Firman	Jordan-Ford	51	+2 laps
15	PL	(NLD) Jos Verstappen	Minardi-Cosworth	51	+2 laps
16	+2	(DNK) Nicolas Kiesa	Minardi-Cosworth	50	+3 laps
R		(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Ford	33	DNF
R		(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Renault	17	DNF
R		(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Petronas	9	DNF
R		(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	9	DNF

Notes

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

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:31.713
2	(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1:32.412	0.699
3	(BRA) Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	1:32.419	0.706
4	(FRA) Olivier Panis	Toyota	1:32.862	1.149
5	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:33.044	1.331
6	(AUS) Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:33.106	1.393
7	(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:33.137	1.424
8	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:33.272	1.559
9	(GBR) Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	1:33.474	1.761
10	(GBR) Justin Wilson	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:33.558	1.845
11	(DEU) Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	1:33.632	1.919
12	(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Petronas	1:33.896	2.183
13	(JPN) Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	1:33.924	2.211
14	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:34.302	2.589
15	(IRL) Ralph Firman	Jordan-Ford	1:34.771	3.058
16	(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Ford	1:34.912	3.199
17	(NLD) Jos Verstappen	Minardi-Cosworth	1:34.975	3.262
18	(DNK) Nicolas Kiesa	Minardi-Cosworth	1:37.226	5.513
19	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Renault	–
20	(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	–

How the championship standings stood post-race.

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