Race 16 of 16 in the 2003 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date
12 October 2003
Official name
2003 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
Location
Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie, Japan
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
5.807 km (3.608 miles)
Distance
53 laps, 307.573 km (191.117 miles)
Weather
Cloudy, Air: 22 °C (72 °F), Track 25 °C (77 °F)
Attendance
329,000[1]
Pole position
Driver
Rubens Barrichello
Ferrari
Time
1:31.713
Fastest lap
Driver
Ralf Schumacher
Williams-BMW
Time
1:33.408
Podium
First
Rubens Barrichello
Ferrari
Second
Kimi Räikkönen
McLaren-Mercedes
Third
David Coulthard
McLaren-Mercedes
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 2003 Japanese Grand Prix (formally the 2003 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 12 October 2003 at the Suzuka Circuit. It was the sixteenth and final round of the 2003 Formula One World Championship, as well as the 29th Japanese Grand Prix. The 53-lap race was won by Rubens Barrichello driving for Ferrari after starting from pole position. Kimi Räikkönen, who started the race from eighth position, finished second in a McLaren car, with David Coulthard third in the other McLaren.
Barrichello's win saw Ferrari clinch their 13th Constructors Championship title, the team's fifth title in a row, with Barrichello's team-mate Michael Schumacher finishing eighth to secure his record-breaking 6th World Driver's Championship surpassing the record set by Juan Manuel Fangio in 1957. This was also Schumacher's fourth consecutive World Driver's title, matching the record set by Fangio in 1957.[2]
This event also notably marked the last race for cars using launch control and fully-automatic gearboxes, since their reintroduction at the 2001 Spanish Grand Prix. The FIA banned these two electronic driver aid systems ahead of the 2004 season. 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.
^"Formula 1 Honda Japanese Grand Prix 2022 – Media Kit" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
^"Japanese GP - Sunday - Race Notes". grandprix.com. 12 October 2003. Archived from the original on 2014-04-29. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
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