Ferrari won 8 races out of 16, and the world title went to Michael Schumacher.
In 2003 points were awarded down to eighth place, and qualifying was run one car at a time. The season was more closely fought: Michael Schumacher won six races, while Kimi Räikkönen for McLaren and Juan Pablo Montoya for Williams took the title fight to him.
In Brazil Giancarlo Fisichella gave Jordan their last win, and in Hungary Renault’s Fernando Alonso became the youngest Grand Prix winner up to that point. Schumacher sealed his sixth title at the final race, in Japan, by finishing eighth — two points ahead of Räikkönen.
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