Pit Lane F1
Ronda 16 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2003-10-12
Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari) firmó la pole del Japanese Grand Prix de 2003 con un crono de 1:31.713.
Juan Pablo Montoya (Williams) completó la primera fila a 0.699s de la pole, con Cristiano da Matta (Toyota) tercero en parrilla. Justin Wilson (Jaguar) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Nick Heidfeld (Sauber) se quedó fuera por 0.074s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.845s — de la pole a P10 — con Justin Wilson (Jaguar) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:31.713 | — | — | 1:31.713 |
| 2 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Williams | 1:32.412 | — | — | +0.699 |
| 3 | Cristiano da Matta | Toyota | 1:32.419 | — | — | +0.706 |
| 4 |
| Toyota |
| 1:32.862 |
| — |
| — |
| +1.149 |
| 5 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:33.044 | — | — | +1.331 |
| 6 | Mark Webber | Jaguar | 1:33.106 | — | — | +1.393 |
| 7 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:33.137 | — | — | +1.424 |
| 8 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren | 1:33.272 | — | — | +1.559 |
| 9 | 22Jenson Button | BAR | 1:33.474 | — | — | +1.761 |
| 10 | Justin Wilson | Jaguar | 1:33.558 | — | — | +1.845 |
| 11 | Nick Heidfeld | Sauber | 1:33.632 | — | — | +1.919 |
| 12 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber | 1:33.896 | — | — | +2.183 |
| 13 | Takuma Sato | BAR | 1:33.924 | — | — | +2.211 |
| 14 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:34.302 | — | — | +2.589 |
| 15 | Ralph Firman | Jordan | 1:34.771 | — | — | +3.058 |
| 16 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 1:34.912 | — | — | +3.199 |
| 17 | Jos Verstappen | Minardi | 1:34.975 | — | — | +3.262 |
| 18 | Nicolas Kiesa | Minardi | 1:37.226 | — | — | +5.513 |
| 19 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Renault | — | — | — | — |