Japanese Grand Prix

Date
Sun 12th October 2003 (UTC)
Sun 12th October 2003 (Local)

Timestamp
2003-10-12T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC (00:00:00 Local)

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League
Formula 1

Season
2003

Round
16

Status

Location
Suzuka International Racing Course

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Description

The 2003 Japanese Grand Prix (officially known as the 2003 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 12 October 2003 at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Mie, Japan. It was the sixteenth and final round of the 2003 Formula One World Championship. Rubens Barrichello took pole position for the race in the Ferrari and went on to take the race win, ahead of the McLarens of Kimi Räikkönen and David Coulthard.

Michael Schumacher finished in eighth place, enough to secure his record-breaking sixth World Drivers' Championship, surpassing the record set by Juan Manuel Fangio in 1957. This was also Schumacher's fourth consecutive title, matching the record set by Fangio in 1957. Barrichello's win saw Ferrari clinch their thirteenth Constructors' Championship, the team's fifth title in a row.

This was also the final Grand Prix for 3-time race winner Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Jos Verstappen, father of future world champion Max Verstappen.

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Result List

01	Rubens Barrichello	1:25:11.743
02	Kimi Raikkonen	+0:11.085
03	David Coulthard	+0:11.614
04	Jenson Button	+0:33.106
05	Jarno Trulli	+0:34.269
06	Takuma Sato	+0:51.692
07	Cristiano da Matta	+0:56.794
08	Michael Schumacher	+0:59.487
09	Nick Heidfeld	+1:00.159
10	Olivier Panis	+1:01.844
11	Mark Webber	+1:11.005
12	Ralf Schumacher	+1 Lap
13	Justin Wilson	+1 Lap
14	Ralph Firman	+2 Laps
15	Jos Verstappen	+2 Laps
16	Nicolas Kiesa	+3 Laps
17	Giancarlo Fisichella	DNF
18	Fernando Alonso	DNF
19	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	DNF
20	Juan Pablo Montoya	DNF