Pit Lane F1
Round 16 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2003-10-12
Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari) took pole for the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix with a 1:31.713 lap.
Juan Pablo Montoya (Williams) joined the front row, 0.699s shy of pole, with Cristiano da Matta (Toyota) third on the grid. Justin Wilson (Jaguar) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Nick Heidfeld (Sauber) missed the cut by 0.074s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.845s — pole to P10 — with Justin Wilson (Jaguar) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Olivier Panis |
| 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 | — | — | — | — |