F1/2003

2003

Formula One · 16 rounds · March 9, 2003 to October 12, 2003 · 24 drivers · 10 constructors
93
DRIVERS’ CHAMPION · 2003
Michael Schumacher · Ferrari
158
CONSTRUCTORS’ CHAMPION · 2003
Ferrari · 8 wins
16
ROUNDS · 2003
MAR 9 to OCT 12
20
DRIVERS WHO SCORED
of 24 in the championship table

01/Drivers’ championship

Final
16 rounds

Read from the season’s final standings row, never summed from the race results. 0 of 24 entries in this table carry no championship position and are ruled below the placed field, ordered by points.


02/Constructors’ championship

Final
16 rounds
PosConstructorNatPtsWinsShare of the leader
1FerrariItalian1588
2WilliamsBritish1444
3McLarenBritish1422
4RenaultFrench881
5BARBritish260
6SauberSwiss190
7JaguarBritish180
8ToyotaJapanese160
9JordanIrish131
10MinardiItalian00

Read from the season’s final constructor standings row. A constructor scores through both of its cars, so these totals are not the sum of any one driver’s line above.


03/Calendar

16 rounds
Every race
RndDateGrand PrixCircuitWhereWinnerCarCars
1MAR 9Australian Grand PrixAlbert Park Grand Prix CircuitMelbourne, AustraliaDavid CoulthardMcLaren20
2MAR 23Malaysian Grand PrixSepang International CircuitKuala Lumpur, MalaysiaKimi RäikkönenMcLaren20
3APR 6Brazilian Grand PrixAutódromo José Carlos PaceSão Paulo, BrazilGiancarlo FisichellaJordan20
4APR 20San Marino Grand PrixAutodromo Enzo e Dino FerrariImola, ItalyMichael SchumacherFerrari20
5MAY 4Spanish Grand PrixCircuit de Barcelona-CatalunyaBarcelona, SpainMichael SchumacherFerrari20
6MAY 18Austrian Grand PrixRed Bull RingSpielberg, AustriaMichael SchumacherFerrari20
7JUN 1Monaco Grand PrixCircuit de MonacoMonte Carlo, MonacoJuan Pablo MontoyaWilliams20
8JUN 15Canadian Grand PrixCircuit Gilles VilleneuveMontreal, CanadaMichael SchumacherFerrari20
9JUN 29European Grand PrixNürburgringNürburg, GermanyRalf SchumacherWilliams20
10JUL 6French Grand PrixCircuit de Nevers Magny-CoursMagny Cours, FranceRalf SchumacherWilliams20
11JUL 20British Grand PrixSilverstone CircuitSilverstone, UKRubens BarrichelloFerrari20
12AUG 3German Grand PrixHockenheimringHockenheim, GermanyJuan Pablo MontoyaWilliams20
13AUG 24Hungarian Grand PrixHungaroringBudapest, HungaryFernando AlonsoRenault20
14SEP 14Italian Grand PrixAutodromo Nazionale di MonzaMonza, ItalyMichael SchumacherFerrari20
15SEP 28United States Grand PrixIndianapolis Motor SpeedwayIndianapolis, USAMichael SchumacherFerrari20
16OCT 12Japanese Grand PrixSuzuka CircuitSuzuka, JapanRubens BarrichelloFerrari20

Both championship tables on this page are read from the season’s standings rows at round 16, the last round loaded, and neither is derived by adding up the race results. That distinction is the whole point: for most of the sport’s history only a driver’s best few results counted toward the title, a race stopped short paid half points, and a driver could be excluded from a championship he had scored in, so a table built by summing the results column would disagree with the championship as it was actually awarded. Positions are the source’s own; where it recorded none, the row prints a dash and sits below the placed field rather than being given a place it never held or dropped from the page. A points total is printed as it is stored, to two decimals where it needs them, because the sport has awarded half points and split shared drives since the 1950s and those fractions are real. The calendar is every round in the archive for 2003, in round order, with the winner taken from the classification code the source prints rather than from its sort key; three of the 1,161 races loaded were won by a shared car, and for those the calendar names one driver while the race classification credits both. The Cars column counts the rows in each race’s classification, which includes cars that retired, so it is entries with a recorded result rather than a count of cars that took the start. The drivers and constructors counted in the masthead are those that appear in a race result for 2003, not those that entered. The constructors’ championship has been awarded since 1958, so both tables exist for this season. 2003 is complete: all 16 rounds are loaded and both tables are final.