2003 Malaysian Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 23 March 2003
Winner	Kimi Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position	Fernando Alonso Renault
Fastest lap	Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Circuit	Sepang, 56 laps
Round	2 of 16
Race numbers	The 2003 Malaysian Grand Prix was the: 699th World Championship race 5th World Championship Malaysian Grand Prix 5th World Championship race at Sepang
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+6	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	56	1hr 32m 22.195s	10
2	+3	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	56	+39.286s	8
3	-2	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Renault	56	+1m 04.007s	6
4	+13	(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	56	+1m 28.026s	5
5	-3	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Renault	55	+1 lap	4
6	-3	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	55	+1 lap	3
7	+2	(GBR) Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	55	+1 lap	2
8	-2	(DEU) Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	55	+1 lap	1
9	+4	(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Petronas	55	+1 lap
10	+10	(IRL) Ralph Firman	Jordan-Ford	55	+1 lap
11	PL	(BRA) Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	55	+1 lap
12	-4	(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	53	+3 laps
13	+5	(NLD) Jos Verstappen	Minardi-Cosworth	52	+4 laps
R		(BRA) Antonio Pizzonia	Jaguar-Cosworth	42	DNF
R		(GBR) Justin Wilson	Minardi-Cosworth	41	DNF
R		(AUS) Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	35	DNF
R		(FRA) Olivier Panis	Toyota	12	DNF
R		(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	2	DNF
R		(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Ford	0	DNF
Did not start
		(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:37.044
2	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Renault	1:37.217	0.173
3	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:37.393	0.349
4	(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:37.454	0.410
5	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:37.579	0.535
6	(DEU) Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	1:37.766	0.722
7	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:37.858	0.814
8	(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1:37.974	0.930
9	(GBR) Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	1:38.073	1.029
10	(FRA) Olivier Panis	Toyota	1:38.094	1.050
11	(BRA) Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	1:38.097	1.053
12	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	1:38.289	1.245
13	(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Petronas	1:38.291	1.247
14	(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Ford	1:38.416	1.372
15	(BRA) Antonio Pizzonia	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:38.516	1.472
16	(AUS) Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:38.624	1.580
17	(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1:38.789	1.745
18	(NLD) Jos Verstappen	Minardi-Cosworth	1:40.417	3.373
19	(GBR) Justin Wilson	Minardi-Cosworth	1:40.599	3.555
20	(IRL) Ralph Firman	Jordan-Ford	1:40.910	3.866

Driver	Constructor
(GBR) Allan McNish	Renault

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Wins: 1st for Kimi Raikkonen (92nd different winner, 3rd Finnish driver); 137th for McLaren
Podiums: 36th for Rubens Barrichello; 6th for Kimi Raikkonen; 1st for Fernando Alonso (184th different podium finisher, 2nd Spanish driver; first Spanish driver to finish on the podium since 1956); 509th for Ferrari; 353rd for McLaren; 42nd for Renault (first since 1985)
Poles: 1st for Fernando Alonso (83rd different polesitter, 1st Spanish driver); 32nd for Renault (first since 1984)
1-2 start: 18th for Renault
Fastest laps: 52nd for Michael Schumacher; 160th for Ferrari
Front row starts: 3rd for Jarno Trulli (first since 2000; first for Renault); 1st for Fernando Alonso (130th different front row starter, 1st Spanish driver)