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Malaysian Grand Prix

2003 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix

Round 2 of 16Sepang International Circuit, SepangMar 23 200356 laps

Podium

BARFerrari

RAIMcLaren

ALORenault

Key facts

WinnerRAI1:32:22.195 from P7

PoleALO1:37.044

Fastest lapMSC1:36.412 on lap 45

Pit stops36recorded stops

Finishers13 / 20classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	RAIKimi Räikkönen	McLaren	7	▲6	56	1:32:22.195	10	1:36.764	2
2	BARRubens Barrichello	Ferrari	5	▲3	56	+39.286s	8	1:36.542	2
3	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	1	▼2	56	+64.007s	6	1:37.078	2
4	RSCRalf Schumacher	Williams	17	▲13	56	+88.026s	5	1:38.071	2
5	TRUJarno Trulli	Renault	2	▼3	55	+1 lap	4	1:37.484	2
6	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	▼3	55	+1 lap	3	1:36.412	4
7	BUTJenson Button	BAR	9	▲2	55	+1 lap	2	1:38.413	2
8	HEINick Heidfeld	Sauber	6	▼2	55	+1 lap	1	1:38.528	2
9	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	13	▲4	55	+1 lap		1:39.287	2
10	FIRRalph Firman	Jordan	20	▲10	55	+1 lap		1:39.665	1
11	DAMCristiano Da Matta	Toyota	PL		55	+1 lap		1:38.156	3
12	MOYJuan Pablo Montoya	Williams	8	▼4	53	+3 laps		1:37.787	2
13	VERJos Verstappen	Minardi	18	▲5	52	+4 laps		1:39.667	3
DNF	PIZAntônio Pizzonia	Jaguar	15		42	Brakes		1:38.572	3
DNF	WILJustin Wilson	Minardi	19		41	Unwell		1:39.752	2
DNF	WEBMark Webber	Jaguar	16		35	Engine		1:38.464	1
DNF	PANOlivier Panis	Toyota	10		12	Fuel pressure		1:38.176	1
DNF	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	4		2	Electrical		1:38.021
DNF	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	14		0	Launch control		–
DNS	VILJacques Villeneuve	BAR	12		0	Electrical		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	MSC	9	24.1s
2	PAN	12	34.2s
3	RSC	40	34.3s
4	MSC	26	34.7s
5	BAR	38	34.9s
6	RSC	22	35.1s
7	MSC	43	35.2s
8	RAI	40	35.2s
9	BAR	22	35.3s
10	FRE	35	35.6s
11	HEI	34	35.7s
12	BUT	17	35.9s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 36 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	1:37.044
2	TRUJarno Trulli	Renault	1:37.217	+0.173s
3	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:37.393	+0.349s
4	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:37.454	+0.410s
5	BARRubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:37.579	+0.535s
6	HEINick Heidfeld	Sauber	1:37.766	+0.722s
7	RAIKimi Räikkönen	McLaren	1:37.858	+0.814s
8	MOYJuan Pablo Montoya	Williams	1:37.974	+0.930s
9	BUTJenson Button	BAR	1:38.073	+1.029s
10	PANOlivier Panis	Toyota	1:38.094	+1.050s
11	DAMCristiano Da Matta	Toyota	1:38.097	+1.053s
12	VILJacques Villeneuve	BAR	1:38.289	+1.245s
13	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	1:38.291	+1.247s
14	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	1:38.416	+1.372s
15	PIZAntônio Pizzonia	Jaguar	1:38.516	+1.472s
16	WEBMark Webber	Jaguar	1:38.624	+1.580s
17	RSCRalf Schumacher	Williams	1:38.789	+1.745s
18	VERJos Verstappen	Minardi	1:40.417	+3.373s
19	WILJustin Wilson	Minardi	1:40.599	+3.555s
20	FIRRalph Firman	Jordan	1:40.910	+3.866s

Sepang International Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 2003. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

2002	Ralf Schumacher	Williams
2001	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2000	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1999	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari

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