Fuji Television Grand Prix of Japan
12th October 2003 - Suzuka: 307.573 km (5.803 km x 53 laps)


 1  2 Rubens Barrichello        Ferrari                 1:25:11.743, 216.611 kph
 2  6 Kimi Räikkönen            McLaren-Mercedes        1:25:22.828
 3  5 David Coulthard           McLaren-Mercedes        1:25:23.357
 4 17 Jenson Button             BAR-Honda               1:25:44.849
 5  7 Jarno Trulli              Renault                 1:25:46.012
 6 16 Takuma Sato               BAR-Honda               1:26:03.425
 7 21 Cristiano Da Matta        Toyota                  1:26:08.537
 8  1 Michael Schumacher        Ferrari                 1:26:11.230
 9  9 Nick Heidfeld             Sauber-Petronas         1:26:11.902
10 20 Olivier Panis             Toyota                  1:26:13.587
11 14 Mark Webber               Jaguar                  1:26:22.748
12  4 Ralf Schumacher           Williams-BMW            1:25:12.351, 52 laps
13 15 Justin Wilson             Jaguar                  1:25:42.985, 52 laps
14 12 Ralph Firman              Jordan-Ford             1:25:20.772, 51 laps
15 19 Jos Verstappen            Minardi-Cosworth        1:26:00.145, 51 laps
16 18 Nicolas Kiesa             Minardi-Cosworth        1:25:21.313, 50 laps

Fastest Lap: Ralf Schumacher, Williams-BMW, 1m33.408 (223.805 kph) on lap 43


Did Not Finish
   11 Giancarlo Fisichella      Jordan-Ford             0:54:09.005, 33 laps/fuel
    8 Fernando Alonso           Renault                 0:27:26.077, 17 laps/engine
   10 Heinz-Harald Frentzen     Sauber-Petronas         0:15:16.756,  9 laps/engine
    3 Juan Pablo Montoya        Williams-BMW            0:15:23.691,  9 laps/hydraulics
 6 1:34:44.084, 72 laps


Starting Grid
1 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari F2003-GA/233 1:31.713 2 Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW F25/06 1:32.412 3 Cristiano da Matta Toyota TF103/07 1:32.419 4 Olivier Panis Toyota TF103/08 1:32.862 5 Fernando Alonso Renault R203B/06 1:33.044 6 Mark Webber Jaguar R4/03 1:33.106 7 David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes MP4-17D/07 1:33.137 8 Kimi Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes MP4-17D/08 1:33.272 9 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 005/04 1:33.474 10 Justin Wilson Jaguar R4/05 1:33.558 11 Nick Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas C22/01 1:33.632 12 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Petronas C22/03 1:33.896 13 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 005/06 1:33.924 14 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F2003-GA/229 1:34.302 15 Ralph Firman Jordan-Ford EJ13/04 1:34.771 16 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Ford EJ13/05 1:34.912 17 Jos Verstappen Minardi-Cosworth PS03/03 1:34.975 18 Nicolas Kiesa Minardi-Cosworth PS03/01 1:37.226 19 Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW F25/07 no time 20 Jarno Trulli Renault R203B/05 no time


Friday Testing

Pos Driver Nat Team Laps Time Gap To 1st 1. Allan McNish GB Renault 38 1:32.170 2. Fernando Alonso E Renault 45 1:32.367 0.197 0.197 3. Jarno Trulli I Renault 24 1:32.891 0.524 0.721 4. Giancarlo Fisichella I Jordan-Ford 35 1:33.497 0.606 1.327 5. Mark Webber AUS Jaguar 40 1:33.897 0.400 1.727 6. Ralph Firman GB Jordan-Ford 40 1:34.054 0.157 1.884 7. Justin Wilson GB Jaguar 41 1:34.297 0.243 2.127 8. Satoshi Motoyama J Jordan-Ford 40 1:35.044 0.747 2.874 9. Jos Verstappen NL Minardi-Cosworth 24 1:35.579 0.535 3.409 10. Gianmaria Bruni I Minardi-Cosworth 27 1:35.695 0.116 3.525 11. Nicolas Kiesa DK Minardi-Cosworth 32 1:36.558 0.863 4.388

Friday Practice

Pos Driver Nat Team Laps Time Gap To 1st 1. Jarno Trulli I Renault 15 1:30.727 2. Michael Schumacher D Ferrari 18 1:31.009 0.282 0.282 3. David Coulthard GB McLaren-Mercedes 21 1:31.019 0.010 0.292 4. Rubens Barrichello BR Ferrari 19 1:31.217 0.198 0.490 5. Fernando Alonso E Renault 19 1:31.276 0.059 0.549 6. Kimi Raikkonen FIN McLaren-Mercedes 21 1:31.303 0.027 0.576 7. Juan Pablo Montoya COL Williams-BMW 9 1:31.654 0.351 0.927 8. Mark Webber AUS Jaguar 23 1:31.977 0.323 1.250 9. Olivier Panis F Toyota 21 1:32.011 0.034 1.284 10. Cristiano da Matta BR Toyota 25 1:32.133 0.122 1.406 11. Ralf Schumacher D Williams-BMW 18 1:32.208 0.075 1.481 12. Takuma Sato J BAR-Honda 20 1:32.295 0.087 1.568 13. Heinz-Harald Frentzen D Sauber-Petronas 18 1:32.422 0.127 1.695 14. Nick Heidfeld D Sauber-Petronas 17 1:32.694 0.272 1.967 15. Justin Wilson GB Jaguar 21 1:32.735 0.041 2.008 16. Ralph Firman GB Jordan-Ford 18 1:33.306 0.571 2.579 17. Giancarlo Fisichella I Jordan-Ford 17 1:33.956 0.650 3.229 18. Jenson Button GB BAR-Honda 9 1:34.445 0.489 3.718 19. Jos Verstappen NL Minardi-Cosworth 13 1:35.180 0.735 4.453 20. Nicolas Kiesa DK Minardi-Cosworth 14 1:35.900 0.720 5.173

Friday Qualifying

Pos Driver Nat Team Laps Time Gap To 1st 1. Jarno Trulli I Renault 3 1:30.281 2. Ralf Schumacher D Williams-BMW 3 1:30.343 0.062 0.062 3. Michael Schumacher D Ferrari 3 1:30.464 0.121 0.183 4. David Coulthard GB McLaren-Mercedes 3 1:30.482 0.018 0.201 5. Kimi Raikkonen FIN McLaren-Mercedes 3 1:30.558 0.076 0.277 6. Fernando Alonso E Renault 3 1:30.624 0.066 0.343 7. Rubens Barrichello BR Ferrari 3 1:30.758 0.134 0.477 8. Juan Pablo Montoya COL Williams-BMW 3 1:31.201 0.443 0.920 9. Mark Webber AUS Jaguar 3 1:31.305 0.104 1.024 10. Nick Heidfeld D Sauber-Petronas 3 1:31.783 0.478 1.502 11. Takuma Sato J BAR-Honda 3 1:31.832 0.049 1.551 12. Heinz-Harald Frentzen D Sauber-Petronas 3 1:31.892 0.060 1.611 13. Olivier Panis F Toyota 3 1:31.908 0.016 1.627 14. Cristiano da Matta BR Toyota 3 1:32.256 0.348 1.975 15. Justin Wilson GB Jaguar 3 1:32.291 0.035 2.010 16. Jenson Button GB BAR-Honda 3 1:32.374 0.083 2.093 17. Ralph Firman GB Jordan-Ford 3 1:33.057 0.683 2.776 18. Giancarlo Fisichella I Jordan-Ford 3 1:33.313 0.256 3.032 19. Jos Verstappen NL Minardi-Cosworth 3 1:34.836 1.523 4.555 20. Nicolas Kiesa DK Minardi-Cosworth 3 1:36.181 1.345 5.900

Saturday 1st Practice

Pos Driver Nat Team Laps Time Gap To 1st 1. Ralf Schumacher D Williams-BMW 1:32.931 2. Michael Schumacher D Ferrari 1:32.989 3. Rubens Barrichello BR Ferrari 1:33.350 4. Juan Pablo Montoya COL Williams-BMW 1:33.405 5. Nick Heidfeld D Sauber-Petronas 1:33.749 6. Cristiano da Matta BR Toyota 1:33.963 7. Justin Wilson GB Jaguar 1:34.119 8. Jenson Button GB BAR-Honda 1:34.171 9. David Coulthard GB McLaren-Mercedes 1:34.309 10. Jarno Trulli I Renault 1:34.349 11. Fernando Alonso E Renault 1:34.398 12. Kimi Raikkonen FIN McLaren-Mercedes 1:34.523 13. Olivier Panis F Toyota 1:34.541 14. Takuma Sato J BAR-Honda 1:34.554 15. Mark Webber AUS Jaguar 1:34.599 16. Heinz-Harald Frentzen D Sauber-Petronas 1:34.718 17. Ralph Firman GB Jordan-Ford 1:36.368 18. Giancarlo Fisichella I Jordan-Ford 1:36.705 19. Jos Verstappen NL Minardi-Cosworth 1:36.928 20. Nicolas Kiesa DK Minardi-Cosworth 1:38.075

Saturday 2nd Practice

Pos Driver Nat Team Laps Time Gap To 1st 1. Ralf Schumacher D Williams-BMW 10 1:31.149 2. Juan Pablo Montoya COL Williams-BMW 15 1:31.422 0.273 0.273 3. Michael Schumacher D Ferrari 12 1:31.705 0.283 0.556 4. Jarno Trulli I Renault 19 1:32.343 0.638 1.194 5. Rubens Barrichello BR Ferrari 11 1:32.796 0.453 1.647 6. Kimi Raikkonen FIN McLaren-Mercedes 7 1:32.930 0.134 1.781 7. Olivier Panis F Toyota 16 1:33.082 0.152 1.933 8. Fernando Alonso E Renault 15 1:33.107 0.025 1.958 9. Cristiano da Matta BR Toyota 17 1:33.133 0.026 1.984 10. Jenson Button GB BAR-Honda 22 1:33.411 0.278 2.262 11. Takuma Sato J BAR-Honda 10 1:33.662 0.251 2.513 12. Heinz-Harald Frentzen D Sauber-Petronas 16 1:33.694 0.032 2.545 13. Mark Webber AUS Jaguar 15 1:33.807 0.113 2.658 14. Justin Wilson GB Jaguar 18 1:33.952 0.145 2.803 15. Nick Heidfeld D Sauber-Petronas 19 1:34.558 0.606 3.409 16. Giancarlo Fisichella I Jordan-Ford 15 1:35.476 0.918 4.327 17. Ralph Firman GB Jordan-Ford 15 1:35.620 0.144 4.471 18. Jos Verstappen NL Minardi-Cosworth 6 1:37.379 1.759 6.230 19. Nicolas Kiesa DK Minardi-Cosworth 18 1:37.884 0.505 6.735

Saturday Warm-up

Pos Driver Nat Team Laps Time Gap To 1st 1. Juan Pablo Montoya COL Williams-BMW 1:33.211 2. Cristiano da Matta BR Toyota 1:33.481 3. Rubens Barrichello BR Ferrari 1:33.963 4. Fernando Alonso E Renault 1:33.972 5. Takuma Sato J BAR-Honda 1:34.138 6. Mark Webber AUS Jaguar 1:34.504 7. Ralf Schumacher E Williams-BMW 1:34.750 8. Jenson Button GB BAR-Honda 1:34.757 9. David Coulthard GB McLaren-Mercedes 1:34.790 10. Giancarlo Fisichella I Jordan-Ford 1:34.869 11. Nick Heidfeld D Sauber-Petronas 1:35.450 12. Justin Wilson GB Jaguar 1:35.778 13. Jos Verstappen NL Minardi-Cosworth 1:35.853 14. Ralph Firman GB Jordan-Ford 1:36.515 15. Nicolas Kiesa DK Minardi-Cosworth 1:38.929 16. Heinz-Harald Frentzen D Sauber-Petronas 1:47.062

Championship Standings

Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Nat Constructor Points 1. Michael Schumacher D Ferrari 93 2. Kimi Raikkonen FIN McLaren-Mercedes 91 3. Juan Pablo Montoya COL Williams-BMW 82 4. Rubens Barrichello BR Ferrari 65 5. Ralf Schumacher D Williams-BMW 58 6. Fernando Alonso E Renault 55 7. David Coulthard GB McLaren-Mercedes 51 8. Jarno Trulli I Renault 33 9. Jenson Button GB BAR-Honda 17 10. Mark Webber AUS Jaguar 17 11. Heinz-Harald Frentzen D Sauber-Petronas 13 12. Giancarlo Fisichella I Jordan-Ford 12 13. Cristiano da Matta BR Toyota 10 14. Nick Heidfeld D Sauber-Petronas 6 15. Olivier Panis F Toyota 6 16. Jacques Villeneuve CDN BAR-Honda 6 17. Marc Gene E Williams-BMW 4 18. Takuma Sato J BAR-Honda 3 19. Justin Wilson GB Jaguar 1 20. Ralph Firman GB Jordan-Ford 1 Constructors' Championship Pos Constructor Nat Points 1. Ferrari I 158 2. Williams-BMW GB 144 3. McLaren-Mercedes GB 142 4. Renault F 87 5. BAR-Honda GB 26 6. Sauber-Petronas CH 19 7. Jaguar GB 18 8. Toyota J 16 9. Jordan-Ford GB 13