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
					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-
					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-
Template:GBR Lucky Strike BAR Honda [?]	BAR-Honda	005	Honda RA003E	Template:Michelin	14	Template:GBR Justin Wilson	1-	Template:GBR Anthony Davidson Template:GBR Marc Hynes
					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
6	Grand Prix de Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	18 May
7	Grand Prix Air Canada	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	1 June
8	Template:GBR Foster's British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	15 June
9	Großer Allianz Preis von Europa	Nürburgring	29 June
10	Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland	Hockenheimring	6 July
11	Marlboro Magyar Nagydij	Hungaroring	20 July
12	Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	3 August
13	Template:BEL Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	17 August
14	Grande Prêmio Nextel do Brasil	Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura	7 September
15	Template:USA SAP United States Grand Prix	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	21 September
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.