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.mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox infobox-table vevent" style="width: 27em; line-height: 1.5em;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%; background-color:#efefef;"><span class="summary">2003 Japanese Grand Prix</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-subheader"> Race 16 of 16 in the <a href="/wiki/2003_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2003 Formula One World Championship">2003 Formula One World Championship</a><table style="width: 100%; background: transparent;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:left;"><b>← </b><a href="/wiki/2003_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="2003 United States Grand Prix">Previous race</a></td><td style="text-align: right;"><a href="/wiki/2004_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2004 Australian Grand Prix">Next race</a><b> →</b></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-image"> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Circuit_Suzuka.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Circuit_Suzuka.png/220px-Circuit_Suzuka.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Circuit_Suzuka.png/330px-Circuit_Suzuka.png 1.5x, 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title="Mie Prefecture">Mie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Course</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> Permanent racing facility</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Course length</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 5.807 km (3.608 miles)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Distance</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 53 laps, 307.573 km (191.117 miles)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Weather</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> Cloudy, Air: 22 °C (72 °F), Track 25 °C (77 °F)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Attendance</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 329,000<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;"><a href="/wiki/Pole_position" title="Pole position">Pole position</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Driver</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ralf_Schumacher" title="Ralf Schumacher">Ralf Schumacher</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b"> <a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a>-<a href="/wiki/BMW_in_Formula_One" title="BMW in Formula One">BMW</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Time</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 1:33.408</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;"><a href="/wiki/Podium#In_motorsport" title="Podium">Podium</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">First</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rubens_Barrichello" title="Rubens Barrichello">Rubens Barrichello</a></li></ul></div></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b"> <a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Second</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a></li></ul></div></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b"> <a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Third</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/David_Coulthard" title="David Coulthard">David Coulthard</a></li></ul></div></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b"> <a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-below" style="background-color:#efefef"> <div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;background-color:#efefef;"><div style="margin: 0 4em">Lap leaders</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0; text-align: center;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_3q9j88qeqdjnaf3ir8r7xl2hz8ik0gz"></map><img usemap="#timeline_3q9j88qeqdjnaf3ir8r7xl2hz8ik0gz" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/3q9j88qeqdjnaf3ir8r7xl2hz8ik0gz.png" /></div></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Motor car race</div> <p>The <b>2003 Japanese Grand Prix</b> (formally the <b>2003 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix</b>) was a <a href="/wiki/Formula_One" title="Formula One">Formula One</a> motor race held on 12 October 2003 at the <a href="/wiki/Suzuka_International_Racing_Course" title="Suzuka International Racing Course">Suzuka Circuit</a>. It was the sixteenth and final race of the <a href="/wiki/2003_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2003 Formula One World Championship">2003 Formula One World Championship</a>, as well as the 29th <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="Japanese Grand Prix">Japanese Grand Prix</a>. The 53-lap race was won by <a href="/wiki/Rubens_Barrichello" title="Rubens Barrichello">Rubens Barrichello</a> driving for <a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> after starting from <a href="/wiki/Pole_position" title="Pole position">pole position</a>. <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a>, who started the race from eighth position, finished second in a <a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a> car, with <a href="/wiki/David_Coulthard" title="David Coulthard">David Coulthard</a> third in the other McLaren. </p><p>Barrichello's win saw Ferrari clinch their 13th Constructors Championship title, the team's fifth title in a row, with Barrichello's team-mate <a href="/wiki/Michael_Schumacher" title="Michael Schumacher">Michael Schumacher</a> finishing eighth to secure his record-breaking 6th World Driver's Championship surpassing the record set by <a href="/wiki/Juan_Manuel_Fangio" title="Juan Manuel Fangio">Juan Manuel Fangio</a> in 1957. This was also Schumacher's fourth consecutive World Driver's title, matching the record set by Fangio in 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-grandprixcomracenotes_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grandprixcomracenotes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This event also notably marked the last race for cars using <a href="/wiki/Launch_control_(automotive)" title="Launch control (automotive)">launch control</a> and <a href="/wiki/Automatic_transmission" title="Automatic transmission">fully-automatic gearboxes</a>, since their reintroduction at the <a href="/wiki/2001_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2001 Spanish Grand Prix">2001 Spanish Grand Prix</a>. The <a href="/wiki/FIA" class="mw-redirect" title="FIA">FIA</a> banned these two <a href="/wiki/Advanced_driver-assistance_systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Advanced driver-assistance systems">electronic driver aid systems</a> ahead of the <a href="/wiki/2004_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2004 Formula One World Championship">2004</a> season. This was also the final Grand Prix for 3-time race winner <a href="/wiki/Heinz-Harald_Frentzen" title="Heinz-Harald Frentzen">Heinz-Harald Frentzen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jos_Verstappen" title="Jos Verstappen">Jos Verstappen</a>, father of future world champion <a href="/wiki/Max_Verstappen" title="Max Verstappen">Max Verstappen</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Report">Report</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Japanese_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Report"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Japanese_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Heading into the final race of the season, <a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> driver <a href="/wiki/Michael_Schumacher" title="Michael Schumacher">Michael Schumacher</a> was leading the World Driver's Championship standings with 92 points; <a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a> driver <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a> was second on 83 points, 9 points behind Schumacher. A maximum of 10 points were available, which meant that Räikkönen could still win the title. Schumacher only needed an eighth-place finish to become Driver's Champion even if Räikkönen won the race. Räikkönen needed to win and Schumacher not to score a single point in order for him to become Driver's Champion.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There was one driver change heading into the race. Having been a driver for the <a href="/wiki/British_American_Racing" title="British American Racing">BAR-Honda</a> team for most of the season, <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Villeneuve" title="Jacques Villeneuve">Jacques Villeneuve</a> pulled out of the Grand Prix after asking to be released by the team and was replaced by the team's test driver <a href="/wiki/Takuma_Sato" title="Takuma Sato">Takuma Sato</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sato had been confirmed as a driver for the team for the 2004 season in the days running up to the race and would drive alongside <a href="/wiki/Jenson_Button" title="Jenson Button">Jenson Button</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Friday_drivers">Friday drivers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Japanese_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Friday drivers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Three teams in the <a href="/wiki/2003_Formula_One_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2003 Formula One season">2003 Constructors' Championship</a> had the right to run a third car on Friday's additional testing. These drivers did not compete in qualifying or the race. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Constructor</th> <th>Nat</th> <th>Driver </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Allan_McNish" title="Allan McNish">Allan McNish</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Grand_Prix" title="Jordan Grand Prix">Jordan</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Satoshi_Motoyama" title="Satoshi Motoyama">Satoshi Motoyama</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minardi" title="Minardi">Minardi</a>-<a href="/wiki/Cosworth" title="Cosworth">Cosworth</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gianmaria_Bruni" title="Gianmaria Bruni">Gianmaria Bruni</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Classification">Classification</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Japanese_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Classification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Qualifying">Qualifying</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Japanese_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Qualifying"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Pos </th> <th>No </th> <th>Driver </th> <th>Constructor </th> <th>Q1 Time </th> <th>Q2 Time </th> <th>Gap </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td>2 </td> <td data-sort-value="BAR"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rubens_Barrichello" title="Rubens Barrichello">Rubens Barrichello</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:30.758 </td> <td><b>1:31.713</b> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td>3 </td> <td data-sort-value="MON"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia"><img alt="Colombia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Juan_Pablo_Montoya" title="Juan Pablo Montoya">Juan Pablo Montoya</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WilliamsF1" class="mw-redirect" title="WilliamsF1">Williams</a>–<a href="/wiki/BMW_in_Formula_One" title="BMW in Formula One">BMW</a> </td> <td>1:31.201 </td> <td>1:32.412 </td> <td>+0.699 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td>21 </td> <td data-sort-value="dam"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cristiano_da_Matta" title="Cristiano da Matta">Cristiano da Matta</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toyota_Racing_(Formula_One_team)" class="mw-redirect" title="Toyota Racing (Formula One team)">Toyota</a> </td> <td>1:32.256 </td> <td>1:32.419 </td> <td>+0.706 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td>20 </td> <td data-sort-value="Pan"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Olivier_Panis" title="Olivier Panis">Olivier Panis</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toyota_Racing_(Formula_One_team)" class="mw-redirect" title="Toyota Racing (Formula One team)">Toyota</a> </td> <td>1:31.908 </td> <td>1:32.862 </td> <td>+1.149 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td>8 </td> <td data-sort-value="alo"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Alonso" title="Fernando Alonso">Fernando Alonso</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>1:30.624 </td> <td>1:33.044 </td> <td>+1.331 </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td>14 </td> <td data-sort-value="web"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Webber_(racing_driver)" title="Mark Webber (racing driver)">Mark Webber</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jaguar_Racing" title="Jaguar Racing">Jaguar</a>–<a href="/wiki/Cosworth" title="Cosworth">Cosworth</a> </td> <td>1:31.305 </td> <td>1:33.106 </td> <td>+1.393 </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td>5 </td> <td data-sort-value="cou"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/David_Coulthard" title="David Coulthard">David Coulthard</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>–<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_in_Formula_One" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercedes in Formula One">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:30.482 </td> <td>1:33.137 </td> <td>+1.424 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td>6 </td> <td data-sort-value="rai"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>–<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_in_Formula_One" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercedes in Formula One">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:30.558 </td> <td>1:33.272 </td> <td>+1.559 </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td>17 </td> <td data-sort-value="But"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jenson_Button" title="Jenson Button">Jenson Button</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/British_American_Racing" title="British American Racing">BAR</a>–<a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a> </td> <td>1:32.374 </td> <td>1:33.474 </td> <td>+1.761 </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td>15 </td> <td data-sort-value="wil"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Justin_Wilson_(racing_driver)" title="Justin Wilson (racing driver)">Justin Wilson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jaguar_Racing" title="Jaguar Racing">Jaguar</a>–<a href="/wiki/Cosworth" title="Cosworth">Cosworth</a> </td> <td>1:32.291 </td> <td>1:33.558 </td> <td>+1.845 </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td>9 </td> <td data-sort-value="hei"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Heidfeld" title="Nick Heidfeld">Nick Heidfeld</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sauber" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauber">Sauber</a>-<a href="/wiki/Sauber_Petronas_Engineering" title="Sauber Petronas Engineering">Petronas</a> </td> <td>1:31.783 </td> <td>1:33.632 </td> <td>+1.919 </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td>10 </td> <td data-sort-value="fre"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Heinz-Harald_Frentzen" title="Heinz-Harald Frentzen">Heinz-Harald Frentzen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sauber" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauber">Sauber</a>-<a href="/wiki/Sauber_Petronas_Engineering" title="Sauber Petronas Engineering">Petronas</a> </td> <td>1:31.892 </td> <td>1:33.896 </td> <td>+2.183 </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td>16 </td> <td data-sort-value="sat"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Takuma_Sato" title="Takuma Sato">Takuma Sato</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/British_American_Racing" title="British American Racing">BAR</a>–<a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a> </td> <td>1:31.832 </td> <td>1:33.924 </td> <td>+2.211 </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td>1 </td> <td data-sort-value="scm"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Schumacher" title="Michael Schumacher">Michael Schumacher</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:30.464 </td> <td>1:34.302 </td> <td>+2.589 </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td>12 </td> <td data-sort-value="fir"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland"><img alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Firman" title="Ralph Firman">Ralph Firman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Grand_Prix" title="Jordan Grand Prix">Jordan</a>–<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td>1:33.057 </td> <td>1:34.771 </td> <td>+3.058 </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td>11 </td> <td data-sort-value="fis"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Giancarlo_Fisichella" title="Giancarlo Fisichella">Giancarlo Fisichella</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Grand_Prix" title="Jordan Grand Prix">Jordan</a>–<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td>1:33.313 </td> <td>1:34.912 </td> <td>+3.199 </td></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td>19 </td> <td data-sort-value="ver"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jos_Verstappen" title="Jos Verstappen">Jos Verstappen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minardi" title="Minardi">Minardi</a>–<a href="/wiki/Cosworth" title="Cosworth">Cosworth</a> </td> <td>1:34.836 </td> <td>1:34.975 </td> <td>+3.262 </td></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td>18 </td> <td data-sort-value="kie"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Kiesa" title="Nicolas Kiesa">Nicolas Kiesa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minardi" title="Minardi">Minardi</a>–<a href="/wiki/Cosworth" title="Cosworth">Cosworth</a> </td> <td>1:36.181 </td> <td>1:37.226 </td> <td>+5.513 </td></tr> <tr> <th>19 </th> <td>4 </td> <td data-sort-value="scr"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ralf_Schumacher" title="Ralf Schumacher">Ralf Schumacher</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WilliamsF1" class="mw-redirect" title="WilliamsF1">Williams</a>–<a href="/wiki/BMW_in_Formula_One" title="BMW in Formula One">BMW</a> </td> <td>1:30.343 </td> <td>No time </td> <td data-sort-value="+6"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>20 </th> <td>7 </td> <td data-sort-value="tru"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jarno_Trulli" title="Jarno Trulli">Jarno Trulli</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td><b>1:30.281</b> </td> <td>No time </td> <td data-sort-value="+6"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Race">Race</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Japanese_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Pos </th> <th>No </th> <th>Driver </th> <th>Constructor </th> <th>Laps </th> <th>Time/Retired </th> <th>Grid </th> <th>Points </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td>2 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Rubens_Barrichello" title="Rubens Barrichello">Rubens Barrichello</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a></b> </td> <td>53 </td> <td>1:25:11.743 </td> <td>1 </td> <td><b>10</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td>6 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a></b> </td> <td>53 </td> <td>+11.085 </td> <td>8 </td> <td><b>8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td>5 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/David_Coulthard" title="David Coulthard">David Coulthard</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a></b> </td> <td>53 </td> <td>+11.614 </td> <td>7 </td> <td><b>6</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td>17 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Jenson_Button" title="Jenson Button">Jenson Button</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/British_American_Racing" title="British American Racing">BAR</a>-<a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a></b> </td> <td>53 </td> <td>+33.106 </td> <td>9 </td> <td><b>5</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td>7 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Jarno_Trulli" title="Jarno Trulli">Jarno Trulli</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a></b> </td> <td>53 </td> <td>+34.269 </td> <td>20 </td> <td><b>4</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td>16 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Takuma_Sato" title="Takuma Sato">Takuma Sato</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/British_American_Racing" title="British American Racing">BAR</a>-<a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a></b> </td> <td>53 </td> <td>+51.692 </td> <td>13 </td> <td><b>3</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td>21 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Cristiano_da_Matta" title="Cristiano da Matta">Cristiano da Matta</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Toyota_Racing_(Formula_One_team)" class="mw-redirect" title="Toyota Racing (Formula One team)">Toyota</a></b> </td> <td>53 </td> <td>+56.794 </td> <td>3 </td> <td><b>2</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td>1 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Michael_Schumacher" title="Michael Schumacher">Michael Schumacher</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a></b> </td> <td>53 </td> <td>+59.487 </td> <td>14 </td> <td><b>1</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td>9 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Heidfeld" title="Nick Heidfeld">Nick Heidfeld</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sauber" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauber">Sauber</a>-<a href="/wiki/Sauber_Petronas_Engineering" title="Sauber Petronas Engineering">Petronas</a> </td> <td>53 </td> <td>+1:00.159 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td>20 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Olivier_Panis" title="Olivier Panis">Olivier Panis</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toyota_Racing_(Formula_One_team)" class="mw-redirect" title="Toyota Racing (Formula One team)">Toyota</a> </td> <td>53 </td> <td>+1:01.844 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td>14 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Webber_(racing_driver)" title="Mark Webber (racing driver)">Mark Webber</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jaguar_Racing" title="Jaguar Racing">Jaguar</a>-<a href="/wiki/Cosworth" title="Cosworth">Cosworth</a> </td> <td>53 </td> <td>+1:11.005 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td>4 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ralf_Schumacher" title="Ralf Schumacher">Ralf Schumacher</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a>-<a href="/wiki/BMW_in_Formula_One" title="BMW in Formula One">BMW</a> </td> <td>52 </td> <td>+1 Lap </td> <td>19 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td>15 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Justin_Wilson_(racing_driver)" title="Justin Wilson (racing driver)">Justin Wilson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jaguar_Racing" title="Jaguar Racing">Jaguar</a>-<a href="/wiki/Cosworth" title="Cosworth">Cosworth</a> </td> <td>52 </td> <td>+1 Lap </td> <td>10 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td>12 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland"><img alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Firman" title="Ralph Firman">Ralph Firman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Grand_Prix" title="Jordan Grand Prix">Jordan</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td>51 </td> <td>+2 Laps </td> <td>15 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td>19 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jos_Verstappen" title="Jos Verstappen">Jos Verstappen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minardi" title="Minardi">Minardi</a>-<a href="/wiki/Cosworth" title="Cosworth">Cosworth</a> </td> <td>51 </td> <td>+2 Laps </td> <td>17 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td>18 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Kiesa" title="Nicolas Kiesa">Nicolas Kiesa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minardi" title="Minardi">Minardi</a>-<a href="/wiki/Cosworth" title="Cosworth">Cosworth</a> </td> <td>50 </td> <td>+3 Laps </td> <td>18 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td>11 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Giancarlo_Fisichella" title="Giancarlo Fisichella">Giancarlo Fisichella</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Grand_Prix" title="Jordan Grand Prix">Jordan</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td>33 </td> <td>Out of fuel </td> <td>16 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td>8 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Alonso" title="Fernando Alonso">Fernando Alonso</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>17 </td> <td>Engine </td> <td>5 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td>10 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Heinz-Harald_Frentzen" title="Heinz-Harald Frentzen">Heinz-Harald Frentzen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sauber" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauber">Sauber</a>-<a href="/wiki/Sauber_Petronas_Engineering" title="Sauber Petronas Engineering">Petronas</a> </td> <td>9 </td> <td>Engine </td> <td>12 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td>3 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia"><img alt="Colombia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Juan_Pablo_Montoya" title="Juan Pablo Montoya">Juan Pablo Montoya</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a>-<a href="/wiki/BMW_in_Formula_One" title="BMW in Formula One">BMW</a> </td> <td>9 </td> <td>Hydraulics </td> <td>2 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Championship_standings_after_the_race">Championship standings after the race</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </th> <td align="center">1 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Michael_Schumacher" title="Michael Schumacher">Michael Schumacher</a>*</b> </td> <td>93 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </th> <td align="center">2 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a> </td> <td>91 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </th> <td align="center">3 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia"><img alt="Colombia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Juan_Pablo_Montoya" title="Juan Pablo Montoya">Juan Pablo Montoya</a> </td> <td>82 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1uparrow_green.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/10px-1uparrow_green.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/15px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/20px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> 1 </th> <td align="center">4 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rubens_Barrichello" title="Rubens Barrichello">Rubens Barrichello</a> </td> <td>65 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1downarrow_red.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/10px-1downarrow_red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/15px-1downarrow_red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/20px-1downarrow_red.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> 1 </th> <td align="center">5 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ralf_Schumacher" title="Ralf Schumacher">Ralf Schumacher</a> </td> <td>58 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-Championship_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Championship-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <dl><dt>Constructors' Championship standings</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">+/– </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Constructor </th> <th scope="col">Points </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </th> <td align="center">1 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a>*</b> </td> <td>158 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </th> <td align="center">2 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a>-<a href="/wiki/BMW_in_Formula_One" title="BMW in Formula One">BMW</a> </td> <td>144 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </th> <td align="center">3 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>142 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </th> <td align="center">4 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>88 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1uparrow_green.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/10px-1uparrow_green.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/15px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 1.5x, 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One">Honda</a> </td> <td>26 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-Championship_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Championship-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <ul><li><small><b>Note</b>: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.</small></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Japanese_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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href="/wiki/2001_European_Grand_Prix" title="2001 European Grand Prix">EUR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_French_Grand_Prix" title="2001 French Grand Prix">FRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_British_Grand_Prix" title="2001 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_German_Grand_Prix" title="2001 German Grand Prix">GER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2001 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2001 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2001 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="2001 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="2001 Japanese Grand Prix">JPN</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2002_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2002 Formula One World Championship">2002</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2002_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2002 Australian Grand Prix">AUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Malaysian_Grand_Prix" title="2002 Malaysian Grand Prix">MAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="2002 Brazilian Grand Prix">BRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_San_Marino_Grand_Prix" title="2002 San Marino Grand Prix">SMR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2002 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Austrian_Grand_Prix" title="2002 Austrian Grand Prix">AUT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="2002 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="2002 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_European_Grand_Prix" title="2002 European Grand Prix">EUR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_British_Grand_Prix" title="2002 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_French_Grand_Prix" title="2002 French Grand Prix">FRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_German_Grand_Prix" title="2002 German Grand Prix">GER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2002 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2002 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2002 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="2002 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="2002 Japanese Grand Prix">JPN</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2003_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2003 Formula One World Championship">2003</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2003_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2003 Australian Grand Prix">AUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Malaysian_Grand_Prix" title="2003 Malaysian Grand Prix">MAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="2003 Brazilian Grand Prix">BRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_San_Marino_Grand_Prix" title="2003 San Marino Grand Prix">SMR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2003 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Austrian_Grand_Prix" title="2003 Austrian Grand Prix">AUT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="2003 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="2003 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_European_Grand_Prix" title="2003 European Grand Prix">EUR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_French_Grand_Prix" title="2003 French Grand Prix">FRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_British_Grand_Prix" title="2003 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_German_Grand_Prix" title="2003 German Grand Prix">GER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2003 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2003 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="2003 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">JPN</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2004_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2004 Formula One World Championship">2004</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2004 Australian Grand Prix">AUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Malaysian_Grand_Prix" title="2004 Malaysian Grand Prix">MAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Bahrain_Grand_Prix" title="2004 Bahrain Grand Prix">BHR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_San_Marino_Grand_Prix" title="2004 San Marino Grand Prix">SMR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2004 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="2004 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Grand_Prix" title="2004 European Grand Prix">EUR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="2004 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="2004 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_French_Grand_Prix" title="2004 French Grand Prix">FRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_British_Grand_Prix" title="2004 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_German_Grand_Prix" title="2004 German Grand Prix">GER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2004 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2004 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2004 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Chinese_Grand_Prix" title="2004 Chinese Grand Prix">CHN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="2004 Japanese Grand Prix">JPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="2004 Brazilian Grand Prix">BRA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2005_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2005 Formula One World Championship">2005</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2005_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2005 Australian Grand Prix">AUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Malaysian_Grand_Prix" title="2005 Malaysian Grand Prix">MAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Bahrain_Grand_Prix" title="2005 Bahrain Grand Prix">BHR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_San_Marino_Grand_Prix" title="2005 San Marino Grand Prix">SMR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2005 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="2005 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_European_Grand_Prix" title="2005 European Grand Prix">EUR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="2005 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="2005 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_French_Grand_Prix" title="2005 French Grand Prix">FRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_British_Grand_Prix" title="2005 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_German_Grand_Prix" title="2005 German Grand Prix">GER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2005 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Turkish_Grand_Prix" title="2005 Turkish Grand Prix">TUR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2005 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2005 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="2005 Brazilian Grand Prix">BRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="2005 Japanese Grand Prix">JPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Chinese_Grand_Prix" title="2005 Chinese Grand Prix">CHN</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2006_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2006 Formula One World Championship">2006</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2006_Bahrain_Grand_Prix" title="2006 Bahrain Grand Prix">BHR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Malaysian_Grand_Prix" title="2006 Malaysian Grand Prix">MAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2006 Australian Grand Prix">AUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_San_Marino_Grand_Prix" title="2006 San Marino Grand Prix">SMR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_European_Grand_Prix" title="2006 European Grand Prix">EUR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2006 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="2006 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_British_Grand_Prix" title="2006 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="2006 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="2006 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_French_Grand_Prix" title="2006 French Grand Prix">FRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_German_Grand_Prix" title="2006 German Grand Prix">GER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2006 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Turkish_Grand_Prix" title="2006 Turkish Grand Prix">TUR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2006 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Chinese_Grand_Prix" title="2006 Chinese Grand Prix">CHN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="2006 Japanese Grand Prix">JPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="2006 Brazilian Grand Prix">BRA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2007_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2007 Formula One World Championship">2007</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2007_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2007 Australian Grand Prix">AUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Malaysian_Grand_Prix" title="2007 Malaysian Grand Prix">MAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Bahrain_Grand_Prix" title="2007 Bahrain Grand Prix">BHR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2007 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="2007 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="2007 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="2007 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_French_Grand_Prix" title="2007 French Grand Prix">FRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_British_Grand_Prix" title="2007 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_European_Grand_Prix" title="2007 European Grand Prix">EUR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2007 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Turkish_Grand_Prix" title="2007 Turkish Grand Prix">TUR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2007 Italian Grand 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href="/wiki/2008_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2008 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Turkish_Grand_Prix" title="2008 Turkish Grand Prix">TUR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="2008 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="2008 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_French_Grand_Prix" title="2008 French Grand Prix">FRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_British_Grand_Prix" title="2008 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_German_Grand_Prix" title="2008 German Grand Prix">GER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2008 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_European_Grand_Prix" title="2008 European Grand Prix">EUR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2008 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2008 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a 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