2003 Alternate Formula One season

2003 Formula One season
Michael Schumacher entered the season as reigning champion
Season
Races	16
Start date	9 March
Start Event	Template:AUS Australian Grand Prix
End date	12 October
End Event	Japanese Grand Prix
Awards
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
2002	2004

The 2003 Formula One season was the 54th season of Formula One. The season marked the beginning of the mid-2000s Formula One crisis, with the cancellations of the French Grand Prix being the first signs of trouble. Despite this, the racing proved to be more competitive than the previous season; defending champions Michael Schumacher and Ferrari found their astonishing advantage had been dramatically reduced in the off-season. The season also saw the number of teams to revert to 10 as Prost Grand Prix folded in late 2002.

Teams and drivers

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	#	Driver	Rounds	Test/Reserve Drivers
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro [?]	Ferrari	F2002B F2003-GA	Ferrari 051B Ferrari 052	Template:Bridgestone	1	Michael Schumacher	1-	Felipe Massa Luca Badoer
					2	Giancarlo Fisichella	1-
Template:GBR BMW WilliamsF1 Team [?]	Williams-BMW	FW25	BMW P83	Template:Michelin	3	Template:AUS Rhys Davies	1-	Jörg Müller
					4	Ralf Schumacher	1-
Template:GBR West McLaren Mercedes [?]	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-17D	Mercedes FO110M Mercedes FO110P	Template:Michelin	5	Template:GBR James James Davies	1-	Template:AUT Alexander Wurz
					6	Nick Heidfeld	1-
Template:FRA Mild Seven Renault F1 Team [?]	Renault	R23	Renault RS23	Template:Michelin	7	Fernando Alonso	1-	José María López Template:GBR Allan McNish
					8	Template:AUS Mark Webber	1-
Template:SUI Red Bull Sauber Petronas [?]	Sauber-Petronas	C22	Petronas 03A	Template:Pirelli	9	Template:FRA Sebastién Bourdais	1-8	Template:SUI Neel Jani Template:AUS Daniel Melrose
						Template:GBR Justin Wilson	9-
					10	Kimi Räikkönen	1-
Jordan Honda [?]	Jordan-Honda	EJ13	Honda RA003E	Template:Bridgestone	11	Template:GBR Sammy Jones	1-	Timo Glock Jarek Janiš Björn Wirdheim
					12	Takuma Sato	1-10
						HWNSNBM	11-12
						Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	13-
Template:GBR Lucky Strike BAR Honda [?]	BAR-Honda	005	Honda RA003E	Template:Michelin	14	Template:GBR Justin Wilson	1-8	Template:GBR Anthony Davidson Template:GBR Marc Hynes
						Template:GBR Anthony Davidson	9-
					15	Pedro de la Rosa	1-
Panasonic Toyota Racing [?]	Toyota	TF103	Toyota RVX-03	Template:Pirelli	16	Template:GBR Jenson Button	1-	Cristiano da Matta
					17	Template:GBR Jack Christopherson	1-
Minardi F1 Team [?]	Minardi-Mercedes	PS03	Mercedes FO110M Mercedes FO110P	Template:Bridgestone	18	Rubens Barrichello	1-	Template:AUS James Courtney Yuji Ide
					19	Template:SUI Marcel Fässler	1-
Template:GBR Jaguar Racing F1 Team [?]	Jaguar-Cosworth	R4	Cosworth CR-5	Template:Bridgestone	20	André Lotterer	1-	Antônio Pizzonia
					21	Template:GBR David Coulthard	1-

Season Calendar

	Race	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Drive of the Race	Reject of the Race
1	Template:AUS Foster's Australian Grand Prix	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit	9 March	Template:GBR James James Davies	Fernando Alonso	Template:GBR James James Davies	Template:GBR McLaren-Mercedes	Fernando Alonso	Template:GBR Jaguar-Cosworth
2	Template:MAS Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit	23 March	Nick Heidfeld	Template:AUS Rhys Davies	Ralf Schumacher	Template:GBR BMW-Williams	Template:GBR David Coulthard	Michael Schumacher
3	Gran Premio Warsteiner di San Marino	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	6 April	Template:GBR James James Davies	Michael Schumacher	Template:AUS Rhys Davies	Template:GBR BMW-Williams	Template:GBR Jenson Button	Minardi-Mercedes
4	Gran Premio Marlboro de España	Circuit de Catalunya	20 April	Nick Heidfeld	Template:AUS Rhys Davies	Ralf Schumacher	Template:GBR BMW-Williams	Template:GBR Sammy Jones	Template:FRA Renault
5	Template:AUT Großer A1 Preis von Österreich	A1-Ring	4 May	Template:GBR James James Davies	Michael Schumacher	Template:GBR James James Davies	Template:GBR McLaren-Mercedes	Template:GBR Justin Wilson	Rubens Barrichello
6	Grand Prix de Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	18 May	Template:AUS Rhys Davies	Template:AUS Rhys Davies	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Template:GBR Jack Christopherson	André Lotterer
7	Grand Prix Air Canada	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	1 June	Template:GBR James James Davies	Michael Schumacher	Nick Heidfeld	Template:GBR McLaren-Mercedes	Kimi Räikkönen	Giancarlo Fisichella
8	Template:GBR Foster's British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	15 June	Template:AUS Mark Webber	Template:GBR James James Davies	Template:GBR James James Davies	Template:GBR McLaren-Mercedes	Template:AUS Mark Webber	Template:FRA Sébastien Bourdais
9	Großer Allianz Preis von Europa	Nürburgring	29 June	Michael Schumacher	Template:GBR James James Davies	Template:GBR James James Davies	Template:GBR McLaren-Mercedes	Jordan-Honda	Ralf Schumacher
10	Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland	Hockenheimring	6 July	Template:AUS Mark Webber	Template:GBR James James Davies	Template:AUS Mark Webber	Template:FRA Renault	Template:FRA Renault	Michael Schumacher
11	Marlboro Magyar Nagydij	Hungaroring	20 July	Template:GBR James James Davies	Ralf Schumacher	Ralf Schumacher	Template:GBR BMW-Williams	Ralf Schumacher	Template:GBR Justin Wilson
12	Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	3 August	Michael Schumacher	Rubens Barrichello	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Template:GBR Jaguar-Cosworth	Template:GBR Sammy Jones
13	Template:BEL Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	17 August	Nick Heidfeld	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Nick Heidfeld
14	Grande Prêmio Nextel do Brasil	Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura	7 September	Template:AUS Rhys Davies	Template:GBR James James Davies	Template:AUS Rhys Davies	Template:GBR BMW-Williams	Template:GBR Anthony Davidson	Giancarlo Fisichella
15	Template:USA SAP United States Grand Prix	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	21 September	Fernando Alonso	Template:GBR James James Davies	Fernando Alonso	Template:FRA Renault	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Michael Schumacher
16	Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit	12 October

• The French Grand Prix was dropped from the 2003 season because of unpaid hosting fees.

Driver's Championship

Pos Driver AUS Template:AUS MAL Template:MAS SMR ESP AUT Template:AUT MON CAN GBR Template:GBR EUR GER HUN ITA BEL Template:BEL BRA USA Template:USA JPN Pts 1 Michael Schumacher 4 7 2 Ret 3 1 2 Ret 5 Ret 2 1 61 2 Giancarlo Fisichella 6 4 6 3 5 5 Ret 3 Ret 4 5 3 46 Template:AUS Rhys Davies 3 Ret 1 4 2 2 Ret 2 2 5 4 DNA 62 Ralf Schumacher Ret 1 5 1 5 4 4 6 Ret Ret 1 DNA 51 Template:GBR James James Davies 1 5 4 5 1 Ret 3 1 1 3 14* DNA 65 Nick Heidfeld 5 2 Ret 2 4 6 1 Ret Ret 7 3 DNA 46 Fernando Alonso 2 3 Ret Ret 7 Ret 6 5 3 2 Ret DNA 37 Template:AUS Mark Webber 8 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 4 4 1 6 DNA 29 Template:FRA Sebastién Bourdais 15 Ret 11 7 Ret 12 10 15 2 Template:GBR Justin Wilson 10 11 7 9 8 9 Ret 11 Ret 12 12 Ret 3 Kimi Räikkönen 12 10 Ret Ret 9 Ret 5 12 12 8 7 6 10 Template:GBR Sammy Jones 11 Ret Ret 8 10 7 Ret 10 9 9 10 Ret 3 Takuma Sato 13 13 9 Ret Ret 14 Ret 8 8 10 2 Zsolt Baumgartner 13 8 1 Template:AUS Daniel Melrose 0 Template:GBR Anthony Davidson Ret Ret Ret DNA 0 Pedro de la Rosa 14 Ret 8 Ret 13 Ret Ret 7 7 Ret Ret DNA 5 Template:GBR Jenson Button 7 8 3 Ret Ret 8 8 Ret 6 Ret 8 Ret 15 Template:GBR Jack Christopherson 9 DNS Ret 11 11 3 Ret Ret Ret 6 9 7 11 Rubens Barrichello Ret Ret Ret 10 15 11 Ret Ret 10 13 11 Ret 0 Template:SUI Marcel Fässler 16 14 Ret 13 14 Ret 11 14 Ret Ret Ret 5 4 André Lotterer Ret 12 10 12 12 13 9 13 Ret Ret Ret 2 8 David Coulthard Ret 9 Ret 6 Ret 10 Ret 9 11 11 Ret 4 8

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Orange Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Pale Blue Withdrawn (WD) Blank Did Not Enter (No text) Excluded (EX) Did not Start (DNS) Did not Arrive (DNA) Event cancelled (C) Injured (INJ) Bold denotes pole position Italics denote fastest lap † Classification despite retirement ‡ Race not run to scheduled distance