Seasons/16 races

2003 season

Title decided in round 16

‹ 2002 2004 ›

World ChampionMichael Schumacher93 points · 6 wins
Constructors' championFerrari158 points

Races16
Different winners8
Pole-sitters6
Not classified32%103 of 317 starts

Points: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the top eight.

The title was decided in round 16: Japanese Grand Prix on 12 Oct 2003.

Points progression

Championship standings after each round.

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Championship points after each round
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Michael Schumacher	5	8	8	18	28	38	44	54	58	64	69	71	72	82	92	93
Kimi Räikkönen	6	16	24	32	32	40	48	51	51	56	62	62	70	75	83	91
Juan Pablo Montoya	8	8	8	10	15	15	25	31	39	47	55	65	71	79	82	82
Rubens Barrichello	0	8	8	14	20	26	27	31	37	39	49	49	49	55	55	65
Ralf Schumacher	1	6	8	13	17	20	25	33	43	53	53	53	58	58	58	58
Fernando Alonso	2	8	14	17	25	25	29	34	39	39	39	44	54	55	55	55
David Coulthard	10	10	15	19	19	23	25	25	25	29	33	41	45	45	45	51
Jarno Trulli	4	8	9	9	9	10	13	13	13	13	16	22	24	24	29	33
Jenson Button	0	2	2	3	3	8	8	8	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	17
Mark Webber	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	6	9	12	12	12	15	17	17	17
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	3	3	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	13	13
Giancarlo Fisichella	0	0	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12
Cristiano da Matta	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	8	8	8	8	10
Nick Heidfeld	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	6	6
Olivier Panis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	6	6	6	6	6
Jacques Villeneuve	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	6	6
Marc Gené	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4
Takuma Sato	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Ralph Firman	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Justin Wilson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Antônio Pizzonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jos Verstappen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nicolas Kiesa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zsolt Baumgartner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

The constructors' championship, round by round

Ferrari158
Williams144
McLaren142
Renault88
BAR26
Sauber19
Jaguar18
Toyota16
2 further teams

Constructors' championship standings after each round.

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Championship points after each round
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ferrari	5	16	16	32	48	64	71	85	95	103	118	120	121	137	147	158
Williams	9	14	16	23	32	35	50	64	82	100	108	118	129	141	144	144
McLaren	16	26	39	51	51	63	73	76	76	85	95	103	115	120	128	142
Renault	6	16	23	26	34	35	42	47	52	52	55	66	78	79	84	88
BAR	0	2	5	6	6	11	11	11	13	13	14	15	15	18	18	26
Sauber	3	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	19	19
Jaguar	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	6	9	12	12	12	15	17	18	18
Toyota	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	4	4	5	7	14	14	14	14	16
Jordan	0	0	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13
Minardi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standings

Drivers

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

Constructors

Pos	Team	Points
1	Ferrari	158
2	Williams	144
3	McLaren	142
4	Renault	88
5	BAR	26
6	Sauber	19
7	Jaguar	18
8	Toyota	16
9	Jordan	13
10	Minardi	0

Results grid

Every driver in every race: the finishing position, or why there was none. Gold, silver and bronze for the podium, green for points.

Results of every driver in every race of 2003
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts
MSC (Michael Schumacher)	4^P	6^F	Ret	1^P^F	1^P	1^P^F	3	1	5	3	4	7	8	1^P^F	1^F	8	93
RAI (Kimi Räikkönen)	3^F	1	2	2	Ret	2	2^F	6	Ret^P^F	4	3	Ret	2	4	2^P	2	91
MOY (Juan Pablo Montoya)	2	12	Ret	7	4	Ret	1	3	2	2^F	2	1^P^F	3^F	2	6	Ret	82
BAR (Rubens Barrichello)	Ret	2	Ret^P^F	3	3^F	3	8	5	3	7	1^P^F	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	1^P	65
RSC (Ralf Schumacher)	8	4	7	4	5	6	4^P	2^P	1	1^P	9	Ret	4		Ret	12^F	58
ALO (Fernando Alonso)	7	3^P	3	6	2	Ret	5	4^F	4	Ret	Ret	4	1^P	8	Ret	Ret	55
COU (David Coulthard)	1	Ret	4	5	Ret	5	7	Ret	15	5	5	2	5	Ret	Ret	3	51
TRU (Jarno Trulli)	5	5	8	13	Ret	8	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	3	7	Ret	4	5	33
BUT (Jenson Button)	10	7	Ret	8	9	4	DNS	Ret	7	Ret	8	8	10	Ret	Ret	4	17
WEB (Mark Webber)	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	7	7	Ret	7	6	6	14	11	6	7	Ret	11	17
FRE (Heinz-Harald Frentzen)	6	9	5	11	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	9	12	12	Ret	Ret	13	3	Ret	13
FIS (Giancarlo Fisichella)	12	Ret	1	15	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	10	7	Ret	12
DAM (Cristiano da Matta)	Ret	11	10	12	6	10	9	11	Ret	11	7	6	11	Ret	9	7	10
HEI (Nick Heidfeld)	Ret	8	Ret	10	10	Ret	11	Ret	8	13	17	10	9	9	5	9	6
PAN (Olivier Panis)	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	13	8	Ret	8	11	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	6
VIL (Jacques Villeneuve)	9	DNS	6	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	10	9	Ret	6	Ret		6
GEN (Marc Gené)														5			4
SAT (Takuma Sato)																6	3
FIR (Ralph Firman)	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	8	11	12	Ret	11	15	13	Ret			Ret	14	1
WIL (Justin Wilson)	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	13	Ret	Ret	13	14	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	13	1
PIZ (Antônio Pizzonia)	13	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	9	Ret	10	10	10	Ret						0
VER (Jos Verstappen)	11	13	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	9	14	16	15	Ret	12	Ret	10	15	0
KIE (Nicolas Kiesa)												12	13	12	11	16	0
BAU (Zsolt Baumgartner)													Ret	11			0

Ret: retired. DNQ: did not qualify. P: pole position. F: fastest lap. S above a round: a sprint weekend. Hover or tap a round number for the race.

Race calendar

Rd	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole	Winner
1	Australia	Albert Park	9 Mar 2003	Michael Schumacher	David Coulthard
2	Malaysia	Sepang	23 Mar 2003	Fernando Alonso	Kimi Räikkönen
3	Brazil	José Carlos Pace	6 Apr 2003	Rubens Barrichello	Giancarlo Fisichella
4	San Marino	Enzo e Dino Ferrari	20 Apr 2003	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
5	Spain	Catalunya	4 May 2003	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
6	Austria	Red Bull Ring	18 May 2003	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
7	Monaco	Monaco	1 Jun 2003	Ralf Schumacher	Juan Pablo Montoya
8	Canada	Gilles Villeneuve	15 Jun 2003	Ralf Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
9	Europe	Nürburgring	29 Jun 2003	Kimi Räikkönen	Ralf Schumacher
10	France	Magny-Cours	6 Jul 2003	Ralf Schumacher	Ralf Schumacher
11	Great Britain	Silverstone	20 Jul 2003	Rubens Barrichello	Rubens Barrichello
12	Germany	Hockenheimring	3 Aug 2003	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya
13	Hungary	Hungaroring	24 Aug 2003	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso
14	Italy	Monza	14 Sept 2003	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
15	United States	Indianapolis	28 Sept 2003	Kimi Räikkönen	Michael Schumacher
16	JapanTitle decided	Suzuka	12 Oct 2003	Rubens Barrichello	Rubens Barrichello

Entries

Who entered with which car, engine and tyres. The entrant is the organisation that entered the car – not always the team that built it.

Constructor	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers
BAR	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	005	Honda RA003E 3.0 V10	Bridgestone	Jacques Villeneuve, Jenson Button, Takuma Sato
Ferrari	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	F2002B, F2003-GA	Ferrari 051B 3.0 V10, Ferrari 052 3.0 V10	Bridgestone	Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello
Jaguar	Jaguar Racing F1 Team	R4	Cosworth CR-5 3.0 V10	Michelin	Antônio Pizzonia, Justin Wilson, Mark Webber
Jordan	Benson & Hedges Jordan Ford	EJ13	Ford RS1 3.0 V10	Bridgestone	Giancarlo Fisichella, Ralph Firman
McLaren	West McLaren Mercedes	MP4-17D	Mercedes FO 110M 3.0 V10, Mercedes FO 110P 3.0 V10	Michelin	David Coulthard, Kimi Räikkönen
Minardi	Trust Minardi Cosworth	PS03	Cosworth CR-3 3.0 V10	Bridgestone	Jos Verstappen, Justin Wilson, Nicolas Kiesa
Renault	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	R23, R23B	Renault RS23 3.0 V10	Michelin	Fernando Alonso, Jarno Trulli
Sauber	Sauber Petronas	C22	Petronas 03A 3.0 V10	Bridgestone	Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Nick Heidfeld
Toyota	Panasonic Toyota Racing	TF103	Toyota RVX-03 3.0 V10	Michelin	Cristiano da Matta, Olivier Panis
Williams	BMW WilliamsF1 Team	FW25	BMW P83 3.0 V10	Michelin	Juan Pablo Montoya, Marc Gené, Ralf Schumacher

What if – other points systems

The same finishing positions, scored under any points system used since 1950.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2 for the top five, plus one for the fastest lap, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Michael Schumacher	69	93	P1
2	Kimi Räikkönen	67	91	P2
3	Juan Pablo Montoya	60	82	P3
4	Rubens Barrichello	47	65	P4
5	Ralf Schumacher	37	58	P5
6	Fernando Alonso	34	55	P6
7	David Coulthard	31	51	P7
8	Jarno Trulli	13	33	P8
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	8	12	P12
10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	6	13	P11
11	Jenson Button	6	17	P9
12	Nick Heidfeld	2	6	P14

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Michael Schumacher	65	93	P1
2	Kimi Räikkönen	65	91	P2
3	Juan Pablo Montoya	58	82	P3
4	Rubens Barrichello	44	65	P4
5	Ralf Schumacher	37	58	P5
6	Fernando Alonso	34	55	P6
7	David Coulthard	31	51	P7
8	Jarno Trulli	15	33	P8
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	8	12	P12
10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	7	13	P11
11	Jenson Button	6	17	P9
12	Mark Webber	3	17	P10

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 9-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Michael Schumacher	71	93	P1
2	Kimi Räikkönen	66	91	P2
3	Juan Pablo Montoya	60	82	P3
4	Rubens Barrichello	46	65	P4
5	Ralf Schumacher	39	58	P5
6	Fernando Alonso	35	55	P6
7	David Coulthard	32	51	P7
8	Jarno Trulli	15	33	P8
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	9	12	P12
10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	7	13	P11
11	Jenson Button	6	17	P9
12	Mark Webber	3	17	P10

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 10-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Michael Schumacher	77	93	P1
2	Kimi Räikkönen	67	91	P2
3	Juan Pablo Montoya	62	82	P3
4	Rubens Barrichello	48	65	P4
5	Ralf Schumacher	41	58	P5
6	Fernando Alonso	36	55	P6
7	David Coulthard	33	51	P7
8	Jarno Trulli	15	33	P8
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	10	12	P12
10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	7	13	P11
11	Jenson Button	6	17	P9
12	Mark Webber	3	17	P10

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Michael Schumacher	236	93	P1
2	Kimi Räikkönen	213	91	P2
3	Juan Pablo Montoya	196	82	P3
4	Rubens Barrichello	163	65	P4
5	Ralf Schumacher	146	58	P5
6	Fernando Alonso	137	55	P6
7	David Coulthard	126	51	P7
8	Jarno Trulli	87	33	P8
9	Jenson Button	52	17	P9
10	Mark Webber	50	17	P10
11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	37	13	P11
12	Cristiano da Matta	34	10	P13

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, plus one for the fastest lap inside the top ten, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Michael Schumacher	241	93	P1
2	Kimi Räikkönen	215	91	P2
3	Juan Pablo Montoya	199	82	P3
4	Rubens Barrichello	165	65	P4
5	Ralf Schumacher	146	58	P5
6	Fernando Alonso	138	55	P6
7	David Coulthard	126	51	P7
8	Jarno Trulli	87	33	P8
9	Jenson Button	52	17	P9
10	Mark Webber	50	17	P10
11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	37	13	P11
12	Cristiano da Matta	34	10	P13

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, no fastest-lap point, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Michael Schumacher	236	93	P1
2	Kimi Räikkönen	213	91	P2
3	Juan Pablo Montoya	196	82	P3
4	Rubens Barrichello	163	65	P4
5	Ralf Schumacher	146	58	P5
6	Fernando Alonso	137	55	P6
7	David Coulthard	126	51	P7
8	Jarno Trulli	87	33	P8
9	Jenson Button	52	17	P9
10	Mark Webber	50	17	P10
11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	37	13	P11
12	Cristiano da Matta	34	10	P13

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.