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The 2003 Japanese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race that took place on 12 October 2003 at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Mie. 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 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.


Offical Name
XXIX Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
Date
2003-10-12
Circuit
Course Length
km \ miles
Distance
53 laps, km \ miles

Timetable (GMT+9)
2003-10-10 Friday
1st Free Practice 11:00 - 12:00
1st Qualifying 14:00 - 15:00
2003-10-11 Saturday
2nd Free Practice 09:00 - 09:45
3rd Free Practice 10:15 - 11:00
Warm-up 13:30 - 13:45
2nd Qualifying 14:00 - 15:00
2003-10-12 Sunday
Race 14:30

Podium
Pos. Driver Constructor

Pole Position
Driver Consturctor Time

Fastest Lap
Driver Constructor Fastest Lap

This race saw...
  • Driver
    • World Drivers' Champion:
    • 7th win for 
    • 60th podium for 
    • 50th Grand Prix for 
    • 50th Grand Prix for 
    • 156th and last Grand Prix for 
  • Team
    • World Constructors' Champion:
    • 167th win for 
  • Engine
    • 167th win for Ferrari
Data
  • Weather: Cloudy
  • Attendance: 329,000
  • Entries: 21
  • Qualified: 20
  • Classified: 16
Post-race Drivers' Standings
Pos. Driver Points
1 93
2 91
3 82
4 65
5 58
6 55
7 51
8 33
9 17
10 17
11 13
12 12
13 10
14 6
15 6
16 6
17 4
18 3
19 1
20 1
21 0
22 0
23 0
24 0
Post-race Constructors' Standings
Pos. Constructor Points
1 158
2 144
3 142
4 88
5 26
6 19
7 18
8 16
9 13
10 0


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