2003 Formula 1 World Championship

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Total races

Driver champion

Michael Schumacher

Constructor champion

Ferrari

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2003 Australian Grand Prix

First race

Mar 9, 2003

Date first race

2003 Japanese Grand Prix

Last race

Oct 12, 2003

Date last race

MSC (6)

Most wins

MSC (5)

Most pole positions

RAI (10)

Most podiums

MSC (15)

Most in points

MSC (5)

Most fastest laps

PAN (9), WIL (9)

Most DNF

2003 standings

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	6	8	93
2	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren	1	10	91	-2
3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	2	9	82	-11
4	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	8	65	-28
5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	2	3	58	-35
6	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1	4	55	-38
7	David Coulthard	McLaren	1	3	51	-42
8	Jarno Trulli	Renault	0	1	33	-60
9	Jenson Button	BAR	0	0	17	-76
10	Mark Webber	Jaguar	0	0	17	-76
11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	0	1	13	-80
12	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	1	1	12	-81
13	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	0	0	10	-83
14	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	0	0	6	-87
15	Olivier Panis	Toyota	0	0	6	-87
16	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR	0	0	6	-87
17	Marc Gené	Williams	0	0	4	-89
18	Takuma Sato	BAR	0	0	3	-90
19	Ralph Firman	Jordan	0	0	1	-92
20	Justin Wilson	Jaguar	0	0	1	-92
21	Antônio Pizzonia	Jaguar	0	0	0	-93
22	Jos Verstappen	Minardi	0	0	0	-93
23	Nicolas Kiesa	Minardi	0	0	0	-93
24	Zsolt Baumgartner	Jordan	0	0	0	-93

Pos.	Constructor	Engine	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	Ferrari	Ferrari	8	16	158
2	Williams	BMW	4	12	144	-14
3	McLaren	Mercedes	2	13	142	-16
4	Renault	Renault	1	5	88	-70
5	BAR	Honda	0	0	26	-132
6	Sauber	Petronas	0	1	19	-139
7	Jaguar	Cosworth	0	0	18	-140
8	Toyota	Toyota	0	0	16	-142
9	Jordan	Ford	1	1	13	-145
10	Minardi	Cosworth	0	0	0	-158

2003 schedule

	Race	Date	Winner	2nd	3rd	Pole position
1	2003 Australian Grand Prix	Mar 9	#5 David Coulthard	Juan Pablo Montoya	Kimi Räikkönen	Michael Schumacher
2	2003 Malaysian Grand Prix	Mar 23	#6 Kimi Räikkönen	Rubens Barrichello	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso
3	2003 Brazilian Grand Prix	Apr 6	#11 Giancarlo Fisichella	Kimi Räikkönen	Fernando Alonso	Rubens Barrichello
4	2003 San Marino Grand Prix	Apr 20	#1 Michael Schumacher	Kimi Räikkönen	Rubens Barrichello	Michael Schumacher
5	2003 Spanish Grand Prix	May 4	#1 Michael Schumacher	Fernando Alonso	Rubens Barrichello	Michael Schumacher
6	2003 Austrian Grand Prix	May 18	#1 Michael Schumacher	Kimi Räikkönen	Rubens Barrichello	Michael Schumacher
7	2003 Monaco Grand Prix	Jun 1	#3 Juan Pablo Montoya	Kimi Räikkönen	Michael Schumacher	Ralf Schumacher
8	2003 Canadian Grand Prix	Jun 15	#1 Michael Schumacher	Ralf Schumacher	Juan Pablo Montoya	Ralf Schumacher
9	2003 European Grand Prix	Jun 29	#4 Ralf Schumacher	Juan Pablo Montoya	Rubens Barrichello	Kimi Räikkönen
10	2003 French Grand Prix	Jul 6	#4 Ralf Schumacher	Juan Pablo Montoya	Michael Schumacher	Ralf Schumacher
11	2003 British Grand Prix	Jul 20	#2 Rubens Barrichello	Juan Pablo Montoya	Kimi Räikkönen	Rubens Barrichello
12	2003 German Grand Prix	Aug 3	#3 Juan Pablo Montoya	David Coulthard	Jarno Trulli	Juan Pablo Montoya
13	2003 Hungarian Grand Prix	Aug 24	#8 Fernando Alonso	Kimi Räikkönen	Juan Pablo Montoya	Fernando Alonso
14	2003 Italian Grand Prix	Sep 14	#1 Michael Schumacher	Juan Pablo Montoya	Rubens Barrichello	Michael Schumacher
15	2003 United States Grand Prix	Sep 28	#1 Michael Schumacher	Kimi Räikkönen	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Kimi Räikkönen
16	2003 Japanese Grand Prix	Oct 12	#2 Rubens Barrichello	Kimi Räikkönen	David Coulthard	Rubens Barrichello

Position heatmap

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
MSC	303	94	164	93	82	54	55	55	11	10	13	19	7	17	2	4	1	1	1	1
RAI	138	260	173	131	57	35	14	6	6	11	1	2	1	3	7	4	1	1	0	0
MOY	144	233	98	101	96	57	61	25	16	7	8	13	2	6	19	5	10	1	1	0
BAR	80	103	221	76	82	35	39	71	10	4	7	10	4	7	4	3	3	6	1	1
RSC	164	86	55	178	50	51	54	45	37	33	20	24	16	8	5	5	4	4	3	0
ALO	97	72	106	109	91	110	137	35	13	20	19	16	12	12	16	16	11	0	0	0
COU	39	61	62	89	222	103	99	66	21	11	12	16	19	8	9	4	7	2	1	2
TRU	14	60	16	90	126	148	99	57	33	23	6	12	33	33	19	12	0	6	10	3
BUT	18	6	13	66	71	36	28	132	81	119	96	39	15	18	23	4	11	5	1	0
WEB	2	12	23	18	41	81	104	102	138	67	84	64	21	25	18	14	6	2	0	0
FRE	1	20	35	5	8	23	12	42	45	49	58	87	61	69	38	52	22	4	5	3
FIS	1	1	5	2	10	37	20	17	58	88	79	53	107	92	65	65	28	19	3	2
DAM	17	1	6	30	7	48	100	75	86	119	121	85	50	75	17	17	10	8	6	14
HEI	0	2	17	17	36	7	32	61	147	110	111	105	69	36	52	12	18	14	13	14
PAN	0	6	15	1	17	82	74	82	63	100	48	32	46	46	19	20	20	14	6	0
VIL	0	0	2	10	7	23	57	48	135	88	100	35	65	6	29	11	12	10	8	16
GEN	0	0	3	0	11	35	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FIR	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	41	15	27	39	68	74	68	65	90	35	50	30	26
WIL	0	0	3	1	1	5	5	31	18	37	70	47	94	79	44	55	63	57	51	9
PIZ	0	0	0	0	0	13	6	7	45	57	30	65	23	60	66	18	24	32	9	27
VER	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	12	10	47	86	99	46	107	106	124	26	65	21
KIE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	59	39	41	28	39	37	30	16	0
BAU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	34	9	9	14	0	9	2	0
MOT	0	1	1	1	0	23	2	5	9	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Laps in the lead

Pos.	Driver	Laps
1	Michael Schumacher	303
2	Ralf Schumacher	164
3	Juan Pablo Montoya	144
4	Kimi Räikkönen	138
5	Fernando Alonso	97
6	Rubens Barrichello	80
7	David Coulthard	39
8	Jenson Button	18
9	Cristiano da Matta	17
10	Jarno Trulli	14
11	Mark Webber	2
12	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1
13	Giancarlo Fisichella	1

2003 Formula 1 world championship

The 2003 Formula 1 season included 16 Grands Prix, featuring teams and drivers competing across iconic circuits. From the opening race in Australia to the finale in Japan, fans followed the action as drivers and teams competed for championship glory.

Championship results

Michael Schumacher won the Drivers' Championship, representing Ferrari, with a total of 93 points. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari claimed victory, finishing the season with 158 points.

Season highlights

Total races: 16
Drivers who won a race: 8
Teams with race victories: 5
Most wins by a driver: Michael Schumacher (6)
Most podiums by a driver: Kimi Räikkönen (10)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
MSC	303	94	164	93	82	54	55	55	11	10	13	19	7	17	2	4	1	1	1	1
RAI	138	260	173	131	57	35	14	6	6	11	1	2	1	3	7	4	1	1	0	0
MOY	144	233	98	101	96	57	61	25	16	7	8	13	2	6	19	5	10	1	1	0
BAR	80	103	221	76	82	35	39	71	10	4	7	10	4	7	4	3	3	6	1	1
RSC	164	86	55	178	50	51	54	45	37	33	20	24	16	8	5	5	4	4	3	0
ALO	97	72	106	109	91	110	137	35	13	20	19	16	12	12	16	16	11	0	0	0
COU	39	61	62	89	222	103	99	66	21	11	12	16	19	8	9	4	7	2	1	2
TRU	14	60	16	90	126	148	99	57	33	23	6	12	33	33	19	12	0	6	10	3
BUT	18	6	13	66	71	36	28	132	81	119	96	39	15	18	23	4	11	5	1	0
WEB	2	12	23	18	41	81	104	102	138	67	84	64	21	25	18	14	6	2	0	0
FRE	1	20	35	5	8	23	12	42	45	49	58	87	61	69	38	52	22	4	5	3
FIS	1	1	5	2	10	37	20	17	58	88	79	53	107	92	65	65	28	19	3	2
DAM	17	1	6	30	7	48	100	75	86	119	121	85	50	75	17	17	10	8	6	14
HEI	0	2	17	17	36	7	32	61	147	110	111	105	69	36	52	12	18	14	13	14
PAN	0	6	15	1	17	82	74	82	63	100	48	32	46	46	19	20	20	14	6	0
VIL	0	0	2	10	7	23	57	48	135	88	100	35	65	6	29	11	12	10	8	16
GEN	0	0	3	0	11	35	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FIR	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	41	15	27	39	68	74	68	65	90	35	50	30	26
WIL	0	0	3	1	1	5	5	31	18	37	70	47	94	79	44	55	63	57	51	9
PIZ	0	0	0	0	0	13	6	7	45	57	30	65	23	60	66	18	24	32	9	27
VER	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	12	10	47	86	99	46	107	106	124	26	65	21
KIE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	59	39	41	28	39	37	30	16	0
BAU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	34	9	9	14	0	9	2	0
MOT	0	1	1	1	0	23	2	5	9	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
MSC	303	94	164	93	82	54	55	55	11	10	13	19	7	17	2	4	1	1	1	1
RAI	138	260	173	131	57	35	14	6	6	11	1	2	1	3	7	4	1	1	0	0
MOY	144	233	98	101	96	57	61	25	16	7	8	13	2	6	19	5	10	1	1	0
BAR	80	103	221	76	82	35	39	71	10	4	7	10	4	7	4	3	3	6	1	1
RSC	164	86	55	178	50	51	54	45	37	33	20	24	16	8	5	5	4	4	3	0
ALO	97	72	106	109	91	110	137	35	13	20	19	16	12	12	16	16	11	0	0	0
COU	39	61	62	89	222	103	99	66	21	11	12	16	19	8	9	4	7	2	1	2
TRU	14	60	16	90	126	148	99	57	33	23	6	12	33	33	19	12	0	6	10	3
BUT	18	6	13	66	71	36	28	132	81	119	96	39	15	18	23	4	11	5	1	0
WEB	2	12	23	18	41	81	104	102	138	67	84	64	21	25	18	14	6	2	0	0
FRE	1	20	35	5	8	23	12	42	45	49	58	87	61	69	38	52	22	4	5	3
FIS	1	1	5	2	10	37	20	17	58	88	79	53	107	92	65	65	28	19	3	2
DAM	17	1	6	30	7	48	100	75	86	119	121	85	50	75	17	17	10	8	6	14
HEI	0	2	17	17	36	7	32	61	147	110	111	105	69	36	52	12	18	14	13	14
PAN	0	6	15	1	17	82	74	82	63	100	48	32	46	46	19	20	20	14	6	0
VIL	0	0	2	10	7	23	57	48	135	88	100	35	65	6	29	11	12	10	8	16
GEN	0	0	3	0	11	35	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FIR	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	41	15	27	39	68	74	68	65	90	35	50	30	26
WIL	0	0	3	1	1	5	5	31	18	37	70	47	94	79	44	55	63	57	51	9
PIZ	0	0	0	0	0	13	6	7	45	57	30	65	23	60	66	18	24	32	9	27
VER	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	12	10	47	86	99	46	107	106	124	26	65	21
KIE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	59	39	41	28	39	37	30	16	0
BAU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	34	9	9	14	0	9	2	0
MOT	0	1	1	1	0	23	2	5	9	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
MSC	303	94	164	93	82	54	55	55	11	10	13	19	7	17	2	4	1	1	1	1
RAI	138	260	173	131	57	35	14	6	6	11	1	2	1	3	7	4	1	1	0	0
MOY	144	233	98	101	96	57	61	25	16	7	8	13	2	6	19	5	10	1	1	0
BAR	80	103	221	76	82	35	39	71	10	4	7	10	4	7	4	3	3	6	1	1
RSC	164	86	55	178	50	51	54	45	37	33	20	24	16	8	5	5	4	4	3	0
ALO	97	72	106	109	91	110	137	35	13	20	19	16	12	12	16	16	11	0	0	0
COU	39	61	62	89	222	103	99	66	21	11	12	16	19	8	9	4	7	2	1	2
TRU	14	60	16	90	126	148	99	57	33	23	6	12	33	33	19	12	0	6	10	3
BUT	18	6	13	66	71	36	28	132	81	119	96	39	15	18	23	4	11	5	1	0
WEB	2	12	23	18	41	81	104	102	138	67	84	64	21	25	18	14	6	2	0	0
FRE	1	20	35	5	8	23	12	42	45	49	58	87	61	69	38	52	22	4	5	3
FIS	1	1	5	2	10	37	20	17	58	88	79	53	107	92	65	65	28	19	3	2
DAM	17	1	6	30	7	48	100	75	86	119	121	85	50	75	17	17	10	8	6	14
HEI	0	2	17	17	36	7	32	61	147	110	111	105	69	36	52	12	18	14	13	14
PAN	0	6	15	1	17	82	74	82	63	100	48	32	46	46	19	20	20	14	6	0
VIL	0	0	2	10	7	23	57	48	135	88	100	35	65	6	29	11	12	10	8	16
GEN	0	0	3	0	11	35	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FIR	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	41	15	27	39	68	74	68	65	90	35	50	30	26
WIL	0	0	3	1	1	5	5	31	18	37	70	47	94	79	44	55	63	57	51	9
PIZ	0	0	0	0	0	13	6	7	45	57	30	65	23	60	66	18	24	32	9	27
VER	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	12	10	47	86	99	46	107	106	124	26	65	21
KIE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	59	39	41	28	39	37	30	16	0
BAU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	34	9	9	14	0	9	2	0
MOT	0	1	1	1	0	23	2	5	9	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0