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
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
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Giancarlo FisichellaLap 33
Engine
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Fernando AlonsoLap 17
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Heinz-Harald FrentzenLap 9
Hydraulics
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Juan Pablo MontoyaLap 9
Qualifying
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.