Pit Lane F1
Round 2 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2003-03-23
Fernando Alonso (Renault) took pole for the 2003 Malaysian Grand Prix with a 1:37.044 lap.
Jarno Trulli (Renault) joined the front row, 0.173s shy of pole, with Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) third on the grid. Olivier Panis (Toyota) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Cristiano da Matta (Toyota) missed the cut by 0.003s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.050s — pole to P10 — with Olivier Panis (Toyota) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:37.044 | — | — | 1:37.044 |
| 2 | Jarno Trulli | Renault | 1:37.217 | — | — | +0.173 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:37.393 | — | — | +0.349 |
| 4 |
| McLaren |
| 1:37.454 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.410 |
| 5 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:37.579 | — | — | +0.535 |
| 6 | Nick Heidfeld | Sauber | 1:37.766 | — | — | +0.722 |
| 7 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren | 1:37.858 | — | — | +0.814 |
| 8 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Williams | 1:37.974 | — | — | +0.930 |
| 9 | 22Jenson Button | BAR | 1:38.073 | — | — | +1.029 |
| 10 | Olivier Panis | Toyota | 1:38.094 | — | — | +1.050 |
| 11 | Cristiano da Matta | Toyota | 1:38.097 | — | — | +1.053 |
| 12 | Jacques Villeneuve | BAR | 1:38.289 | — | — | +1.245 |
| 13 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber | 1:38.291 | — | — | +1.247 |
| 14 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 1:38.416 | — | — | +1.372 |
| 15 | Antônio Pizzonia | Jaguar | 1:38.516 | — | — | +1.472 |
| 16 | Mark Webber | Jaguar | 1:38.624 | — | — | +1.580 |
| 17 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 1:38.789 | — | — | +1.745 |
| 18 | Jos Verstappen | Minardi | 1:40.417 | — | — | +3.373 |
| 19 | Justin Wilson | Minardi | 1:40.599 | — | — | +3.555 |
| 20 | Ralph Firman | Jordan | 1:40.910 | — | — | +3.866 |