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Ralf Schumacher driving his Williams at 2003 United States Grand Prix. For Michael Schumacher's brother, 2003 was the best season in career
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Ralf Schumacher driving his Williams at 2003 United States Grand Prix. For Michael Schumacher's brother, 2003 was the best season in career

2003 FIA Formula One World Championship season
2002 2004
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The 2003 Formula One season was the 54th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on March 9, 2003, and ended on October 12 after sixteen races.

After a dominant two years from Scuderia Ferrari and Michael Schumacher the 2003 world championship proved to be the most closely contested in decades as for great part of the season several drivers from several team had mathematical changes of fighting for the title.

Notable races include the chaotic Brazilian Grand Prix which was hampered by monsoon conditions, and the British Grand Prix where the track was invaded by the now-defrocked priest Neil Horan, who ran only the Hangar straight, running opposite to the 250 km/h train of cars, wearing a green kilt and waving religious banners. Juan Pablo Montoya became a strong title contender until the final stages of the season due to consistent performances and aggressive overtaking.

After failing to complete the 2002 season due to financial difficulties, the Arrows team had their application for admission to the 2003 season rejected by the FIA prior to the season start date. No reason was publicly given by the FIA, and Arrows subsequently folded after 25 years in Formula One.

Contents

Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2003 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Team Constructor Chassis Engine Tyre No Driver Test driver(s)
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari F2002
F2003-GA 		Ferrari 051 3.0 V10
Ferrari 052 3.0 V10 		B 1 Michael Schumacher Luca Badoer
Felipe Massa
2 Rubens Barrichello
BMW WilliamsF1 Team Williams FW25 BMW P83 3.0 V10 M 3 Juan Pablo Montoya Antônio Pizzonia 1
Marc Gené 2
4 Ralf Schumacher
West McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-17D Mercedes FO110M 3.0 V10
Mercedes FO110P 3.0 V10 		M 5 David Coulthard Alexander Wurz
6 Kimi Räikkönen
Mild Seven Renault F1 Team Renault R23
R23B 		Renault RS23 3.0 V10 M 7 Jarno Trulli Allan McNish
8 Fernando Alonso
Sauber Petronas Sauber C22 Petronas 03A 3.0 V10 B 9 Nick Heidfeld None
10 Heinz Harald Frentzen
Benson & Hedges Jordan Ford Jordan EJ13 Ford RS1 3.0 V10 B 11 Giancarlo Fisichella None
12 Ralph Firman 3
Zsolt Baumgartner
Jaguar Racing Jaguar R4 Cosworth CR-5 3.0 V10 M 14 Mark Webber Andre Lotterer
15 Antônio Pizzonia
Justin Wilson 4
Lucky Strike British American Racing BAR Honda BAR 005 Honda RA003e 3.0 V10 B 16 Jacques Villeneuve 5
 Takuma Sato
Takuma Sato
17 Jenson Button
European Minardi Cosworth Minardi PS03 Cosworth CR-3 3.0 V10 B 18 Justin Wilson None
Nicolas Kiesa 6
19 Jos Verstappen
Panasonic Toyota Racing Toyota TF103 Toyota RVX-03 3.0 V10 M 20 Olivier Panis Ricardo Zonta
21 Cristiano da Matta

Driver changes

Felipe Massa left his Sauber drive to assume the duties of test driver for Ferrari. Jenson Button left Renault to take Panis' seat at BAR. Fernando Alonso moved up from the Renault test driving slot to a full time drive, replacing Jenson Button. Heinz Harald Frentzen joined Sauber to take over from Massa. Frentzen had driven for the Arrows team for part of the 2002 season, but left after the German Grand Prix. The Arrows team folded several days later without contesting another Grand Prix. Takuma Sato left the Jordan team to take the place of several others (Anthony Davidson, Darren Manning, Ryo Fukuda and Patrick Lemarie) as the sole test driver for BAR.

Team changes

Toyota announced midway through the 2002 season that both drivers (Mika Salo and Allan McNish) would be replaced. Olivier Panis joined from BAR and Cristiano da Matta signed from the Newman Haas team in the CART series. After being replaced at Toyota, Allan McNish signed with Renault as a test driver. Jaguar replaced both Eddie Irvine and Pedro de la Rosa. Their new drivers were Mark Webber and Antônio Pizzonia. At Minardi, Webber's vacated seat was filled by Justin Wilson. Alex Yoong's Minardi contract from 2002 was not renewed and he was replaced in that team by Jos Verstappen.

Results and Standings

Grand Prix

Round Race Date Location Winning Driver Winning Team Report
1 Australian Grand Prix March 9 Melbourne David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes Report
2 Malaysian Grand Prix March 23 Sepang Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes Report
3 Brazilian Grand Prix April 6 Interlagos Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Ford Report
4 San Marino Grand Prix April 20 Imola Michael Schumacher Ferrari Report
5 Spanish Grand Prix May 4 Catalunya Michael Schumacher Ferrari Report
6 Austrian Grand Prix May 18 A1-Ring Michael Schumacher Ferrari Report
7 Monaco Grand Prix June 1 Monaco Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW Report
8 Canadian Grand Prix June 15 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Michael Schumacher Ferrari Report
9 European Grand Prix June 29 Nürburgring Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW Report
10 French Grand Prix July 6 Magny-Cours Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW Report
11 British Grand Prix July 20 Silverstone Rubens Barrichello Ferrari Report
12 German Grand Prix August 3 Hockenheimring Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW Report
13 Hungarian Grand Prix August 24 Hungaroring Fernando Alonso Renault Report
14 Italian Grand Prix September 14 Monza Michael Schumacher Ferrari Report
15 United States Grand Prix September 28 Indianapolis Michael Schumacher Ferrari Report
16 Japanese Grand Prix October 12 Suzuka Rubens Barrichello Ferrari Report

Drivers

Pos Driver AUS MYS BRA SMR ESP AUT MCO CAN EUR FRA GBR DEU HUN ITA USA JPN Pts
1 M.Schumacher 4 3 Ret 1 1 1 3 1 5 3 4 7 8 1 1 8 93
2 Räikkönen 3 1 2 2 Ret 2 2 6 Ret 4 3 Ret 2 4 2 2 91
3 Montoya 2 12 Ret 7 4 Ret 1 3 2 2 2 1 3 2 6 Ret 82
4 Barrichello Ret 2 Ret 3 3 3 8 5 3 7 1 Ret Ret 3 Ret 1 65
5 R.Schumacher 8 4 7 4 5 6 4 2 1 1 9 Ret 4 Ret 12 58
6 Alonso 7 3 3 6 2 Ret 5 4 4 Ret Ret 4 1 8 Ret Ret 55
7 Coulthard 1 Ret 4 5 Ret 5 7 Ret 15 5 5 2 5 Ret Ret 3 51
8 Trulli 5 5 8 13 Ret 8 6 Ret Ret Ret 6 3 7 Ret 4 5 33
9 Button 10 7 Ret 8 9 4 Ret Ret 7 Ret 8 8 10 Ret Ret 4 17
10 Webber Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 7 Ret 7 6 6 14 11 6 7 Ret 11 17
11 Frentzen 6 9 5 11 Ret DNS Ret Ret 9 12 12 Ret Ret 13 3 Ret 13
12 Fisichella Ret Ret 1 15 Ret Ret 10 Ret 12 Ret Ret 13 Ret 10 7 Ret 12
13 da Matta Ret 11 10 12 6 10 9 11 Ret 11 7 6 11 Ret 9 7 10
14 Heidfeld Ret 8 Ret 10 10 Ret 11 Ret 8 13 17 10 9 9 5 9 6
15 Panis Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 13 8 Ret 8 11 5 Ret Ret Ret 10 6
16 Villeneuve 9 DNS 6 Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret 9 10 9 Ret 6 Ret 6
17 Gené 5 4
18 Sato 6 3
19 Firman Ret 10 Ret Ret 8 11 12 Ret 11 15 13 Ret Ret 14 1
20 Wilson Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 13 Ret Ret 13 14 16 Ret Ret Ret 8 13 1
21 Pizzonia Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret 9 Ret 10 10 10 Ret 0
22 Verstappen 11 13 Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 9 14 16 15 Ret 12 Ret 10 15 0
23 Kiesa 12 13 12 11 16 0
24 Baumgartner Ret 11 0
Pos Driver AUS MYS BRA SMR ESP AUT MCO CAN EUR FRA GBR DEU HUN ITA USA JPN Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
blank Did not participate /
excluded (Ex)

Pos Driver Team(s) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F.Laps Points
1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 16 6 8 5 5 93
2 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 16 1 10 2 3 91
3 Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 16 2 9 1 3 82
4 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 16 2 8 3 3 65
5 Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 16 2 3 3 1 58
6 Fernando Alonso Renault 16 1 4 2 1 55
7 David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 16 1 3 0 0 51
8 Jarno Trulli Renault 16 0 1 0 0 33
9 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 16 0 0 0 0 17
10 Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth 16 0 0 0 0 17
11 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber 16 0 1 0 0 13
12 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Ford 16 1 1 0 0 12
13 Cristiano da Matta Toyota 16 0 0 0 0 10
14 Nick Heidfeld Sauber 16 0 0 0 0 6
15 Olivier Panis Toyota 16 0 0 0 0 6
16 Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda 15 0 0 0 0 6
17 Marc Gené Williams-BMW 1 0 0 0 0 4
18 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1 0 0 0 0 3
19 Ralph Firman Jordan-Ford 14 0 0 0 0 1
20 Justin Wilson Minardi-Cosworth
Jaguar-Cosworth 		16 0 0 0 0 1
21 Antônio Pizzonia Jaguar-Cosworth 11 0 0 0 0 0
22 Jos Verstappen Minardi-Cosworth 16 0 0 0 0 0
23 Nicolas Kiesa Minardi-Cosworth 5 0 0 0 0 0
24 Zsolt Baumgartner Jordan-Ford 2 0 0 0 0 0

Constructors

Pos Team AUS MYS BRA SMR ESP AUT MCO CAN EUR FRA GBR DEU HUN ITA USA JPN Pts
1 Ferrari 4
Ret 		3
2 		Ret
Ret 		1
3 		1
3 		1
3 		3
8 		1
5 		5
3 		3
7 		4
1 		7
Ret 		8
Ret 		1
3 		1
Ret 		8
1 		158
2 Williams 2
8 		12
4 		Ret
7 		7
4 		4
5 		Ret
6 		1
4 		3
2 		2
1 		2
1 		2
9 		1
Ret 		3
4 		2
5 		6
Ret 		Ret
12 		144
3 McLaren 3
1 		1
Ret 		2
4 		2
5 		Ret
Ret 		2
5 		2
7 		6
Ret 		Ret
15 		4
5 		3
5 		Ret
2 		2
5 		4
Ret 		2
Ret 		2
3 		142
4 Renault 7
5 		3
5 		3
8 		6
13 		2
Ret 		Ret
8 		5
6 		4
Ret 		4
Ret 		Ret
Ret 		Ret
6 		4
3 		1
7 		8
Ret 		Ret
4 		Ret
5 		88
5 BAR 10
9 		7
DNS 		Ret
6 		8
Ret 		9
Ret 		4
12 		Ret
Ret 		Ret
Ret 		7
Ret 		Ret
9 		8
10 		8
9 		10
Ret 		Ret
6 		Ret
Ret 		4
6 		26
6 Sauber 6
Ret 		9
8 		5
Ret 		11
10 		Ret
10 		DNS
Ret 		Ret
11 		Ret
Ret 		9
8 		12
13 		12
17 		Ret
10 		Ret
9 		13
9 		3
5 		Ret
9 		19
7 Jaguar Ret
Ret 		Ret
Ret 		Ret
Ret 		Ret
14 		7
Ret 		7
9 		Ret
Ret 		7
10 		6
10 		6
10 		14
Ret 		11
Ret 		6
Ret 		7
Ret 		Ret
8 		11
13 		18
8 Toyota Ret
Ret 		11
Ret 		10
Ret 		12
9 		6
Ret 		10
Ret 		9
13 		11
8 		Ret
Ret 		11
8 		7
11 		6
5 		11
Ret 		Ret
Ret 		9
Ret 		7
10 		16
9 Jordan Ret
Ret 		Ret
10 		1
Ret 		15
Ret 		Ret
8 		Ret
11 		10
12 		Ret
Ret 		12
11 		Ret
15 		Ret
13 		13
Ret 		Ret
Ret 		10
11 		7
Ret 		Ret
14 		13
10 Minardi Ret
11 		Ret
13 		Ret
Ret 		Ret
Ret 		11
12 		13
Ret 		Ret
Ret 		Ret
9 		13
14 		14
16 		16
15 		12
Ret 		13
12 		12
Ret 		11
10 		16
15 		0
Pos Team AUS MYS BRA SMR ESP AUT MCO CAN EUR FRA GBR DEU HUN ITA USA JPN Pts

Notes

  1. Pizzonia was offered a test driving role at Jaguar but turned it down, and would later resurface as a test driver at BMW-Williams.
  2. Williams driver Marc Gené replaced Ralf Schumacher, in Italy.
  3. Ralph Firman suffered injuries as a result of a crash during practice in Hungary. He was replaced by Zsolt Baumgartner for several races before returning to finish the season in the EJ15.
  4. Having started the season driving for Minardi, Justin Wilson later joined the Jaguar team and filled in for the under-performing Antônio Pizzonia for the last 5 races of the season.
  5. After a string of disappointing results in 2003, Jacques Villeneuve was replaced at BAR by test driver Takuma Sato for the Japanese GP. Villeneuve would later drive for Renault in 2004 as a replacement driver, and sign a multi-year contract at Sauber for 2005.
  6. Denmark's Nicolas Kiesa took over Justin Wilson's vacated seat in the Minardi when Wilson left to go to Jaguar.

 

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