The Japanese Grand Prix 2003 was the 16th round of the 2003 F1 season, and took place at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Japan, on October 12th.

Rubens Barrichello won the race from the pole, followed by Kimi Räikkönen, and David Coulthard completing the podium.

Final results

1
-
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Ferrari
1:25:11.743
Finished
2
6
RAI
Kimi Räikkönen
McLaren
+11.085
Finished
3
4
COU
David Coulthard
McLaren
+11.614
Finished
4
5
BUT
Jenson Button
BAR
+33.106
Finished
5
15
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Renault
+34.269
Finished
6
7
SAT
Takuma Sato
BAR
+51.692
Finished
7
4
Cristiano da Matta
Toyota
+56.794
Finished
8
6
MSC
Michael Schumacher
Ferrari
+59.487
Finished
9
2
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
Sauber
+1:00.159
Finished
10
6
Olivier Panis
Toyota
+1:01.844
Finished
11
5
WEB
Mark Webber
Jaguar
+1:11.005
Finished
12
7
SCH
Ralf Schumacher
Williams
+1 Lap
13
3
Justin Wilson
Jaguar
+1 Lap
14
1
Ralph Firman
Jordan
+2 Laps
15
2
Jos Verstappen
Minardi
+2 Laps
16
2
Nicolas Kiesa
Minardi
+3 Laps
17
1
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Jordan
Out of fuel
18
13
ALO
Fernando Alonso
Renault
Engine
19
7
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Sauber
Engine
20
18
MON
Juan Pablo Montoya
Williams
Hydraulics
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Race evolution

Pit Stops

Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

There were some incidents during the race, with 4 drivers who didn't manage to cross the finish line.

These included, Giancarlo Fisichella, who run out of fuel on lap 33, Fernando Alonso, and Heinz-Harald Frentzen, both suffered an engine malfunction, and Juan Pablo Montoya, who experienced an hydraulic malfunction on lap 9.

Out of fuel

  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    Lap 33

Engine

  • Fernando Alonso
    Lap 17
  • Heinz-Harald Frentzen
    Lap 9

Hydraulics

  • Juan Pablo Montoya
    Lap 9

Qualifying

#1
BAR
#2
MON
#3
#4
#5
ALO
#6
WEB
#7
COU
#8
RAI
#9
BUT
#10
#11
HEI
#12
#13
SAT
#14
MSC
#15
#16
FIS
#17
#18
#19
SCH
#20
TRU

From 1996 to 2002 the grid order was decided in a single qualifying session which would last 1 hour. During this time each driver had a maximun of 12 laps to set their best time.

This time around, Rubens Barrichello managed to secure the pole position with a time of 1:31.713 seconds, 0.699 seconds faster than Juan Pablo Montoya, who completed the first line of the grid.

Times table

  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:31.713
  • Juan Pablo Montoya
    1:32.412
    + 0.699
    + 0.699
  • Cristiano da Matta
    1:32.419
    + 0.007
    + 0.706
  • Olivier Panis
    1:32.862
    + 0.443
    + 1.149
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:33.044
    + 0.182
    + 1.331
  • Mark Webber
    1:33.106
    + 0.062
    + 1.393
  • David Coulthard
    1:33.137
    + 0.031
    + 1.424
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:33.272
    + 0.135
    + 1.559
  • Jenson Button
    1:33.474
    + 0.202
    + 1.761
  • Justin Wilson
    1:33.558
    + 0.084
    + 1.845
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:33.632
    + 0.074
    + 1.919
  • Heinz-Harald Frentzen
    1:33.896
    + 0.264
    + 2.183
  • Takuma Sato
    1:33.924
    + 0.028
    + 2.211
  • Michael Schumacher
    1:34.302
    + 0.378
    + 2.589
  • Ralph Firman
    1:34.771
    + 0.469
    + 3.058
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:34.912
    + 0.141
    + 3.199
  • Jos Verstappen
    1:34.975
    + 0.063
    + 3.262
  • Nicolas Kiesa
    1:37.226
    + 2.251
    + 5.513