F1 2003 Revisited

Memories of the races, the drivers, the big stories and statistics from 2003, one of the most exciting Formula 1 seasons ever.

[F1 2003 Revisited @2003_f1]

When Bernie tried to re-make his "Best of the Field" photo, originally made with Prost, Piquet, Mansell & Senna in Estoril, 1986. @jpmontoya (Williams-BMW), M. @schumacher (Ferrari) and #KimiRaikkonen (McLaren-Mercedes) after practice for the #USAGP 🇺🇸 at @IMS in June 2003.

[F1 2003 Revisited @2003_f1]

Hello. Not Johnny Cash - but we are back, after almost a year off here on @X! Let's re-start engines by the tall (and great) @justin_wilson who had replaced Antônio Pizzonia at #JaguarRacing for the 2003 #GermanGP 🇩🇪. Justin qualified a respectable 16th, only 0.3s behind Webber.

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#WhenF1wentcrazy - @Charles_Leclerc crashing the Ferrari 312B (1974) at Rascasse during the Monaco 🇲🇨 Grand Prix Historique event, 22 May, 2022. Accident was apparently caused by a brake failure.

[F1 2003 Revisited @2003_f1]

#WhenF1wentcrazy - Brazilian ex-F2 driver Alex Ribeiro 🇧🇷 (sporting a big "JESUS SAVES!" sticker on his helmet) crashes the @MercedesAMG Medical Car at Tabac, on the Saturday morning of the 2000 #MonacoGP. With Prof. Sid Watkins sitting next to him.

[Száguldó Cirkusz @realsimonsays]

Is there such category as The Most Beautiful Purple F1 Car? Must be the #Simtek S951 (1995). Designed by one of the rare original thinkers, Nick #Wirth & Paul Crooks, this is 1 of the most elegant #F1 cars, all time! ☝️🥰 #BringBackV10s @eddstrawF1 (📸: D Schattarella, Monza '95)

[F1 2003 Revisited @2003_f1]

The Class of #2003F1 - with Ralf, Juan-Pablo, Rubens, Michael, Kimi & DC sitting in the first row. 😎 Japanese GP, Suzuka, 12 October 2003. 😍

[F1 2003 Revisited @2003_f1]

One of the worst pitlane fires - and the coolest ❄️😎reaction, ever. Michael @schumacher kept his emotions under control. Checking the fire 🔥 in his mirror. Then nodding to the right to check the fire was killed. OK. Green light - GO! Michael went on to win the 2003 #AustrianGP

[Eau Rouge @eaurouge_ps]

😎 ÇOK RAHAT, ÇOK PROFESYONEL

🔴 Michael Schumacher'in aracı yakıt ikmali sırasında alev alıyor. Pit ekibi yangını söndürüyor. Kriz anında Schumacher ise çok rahat. Kaskını silip hiçbir şey olmamış gibi yoluna devam ediyor.

🇦🇹 2003 Avusturya GP

[Filippos McLaren @F1lippos]

Mid '00s talents.
The after Schumacher era.

[F1 2003 Revisited @2003_f1]

Yeah, we do remember when we joined X (called #Twitter back then). We really do! 😎#MyXAnniversary

[F1 2003 Revisited @2003_f1]

The podium of the 2003 #USAGP 🇺🇸: Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren, P2), winner Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) and a weirdly-smiling Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Sauber) in Indianapolis @IMS, 28th September, 2003. (📸: Clive Rose/Bongarts /Getty Images)

[F1 2003 Revisited @2003_f1]

Nick Heidfeld 🇩🇪 in the #Sauber garage before the 2003 #USAGP. "Quick Nick" raced on to score a great 5th place which, paired with teammate Frentzen's P3, resulted a healty points haul of 10 pts, rocketing #SauberPetronas to 6th in the Constructors' in 2003. (📸Clive Mason/Getty)

[F1 2003 Revisited @2003_f1]

Heinz-Harald Frentzen 🇩🇪 on his way to a great 3rd place 🥉, the best result of the season for Team #Sauber #Petronas during the #USAGP 🇺🇸 at Indianapolis, 28th September, 2003. It was the last #F1 podium in the career of @frentzen_hh. (📸: Clive Mason/Bongarts/Getty Images)

[F1 2003 Revisited @2003_f1]

Norbert Haug, CEO of Mercedes Motorsport passing on the good news to Stuttgart that #McLaren-Mercedes' championship hopeful Kimi #Raikkonen had just qualified on pole for the #USAGP in Indianapolis, on 27 September, 2003 (📸: Clive Mason/Getty Images)

[F1 2003 Revisited @2003_f1]

Kimi #Raikkonen took pole position - his second of the season after the Nürburgring - beating Barrichello's Ferrari for the 2003 #USAGP 🇺🇸 at Indy, showing there's still potential for development in the #McLaren MP4-17D, the car stemming from 2002! (📸: Clive Mason/Getty Images)

[Száguldó Cirkusz @realsimonsays]

Who's going to be the "Rookie of the Year" in #F1 2025?

[F1 2003 Revisited @2003_f1]

@BMWMotorsport I would rather drive a 2003-spec #Williams FW25-BMW V10 with 19.500 rpm when the rev limiter interacts.

[F1 2003 Revisited @2003_f1]

Melbourne seemed a long, long time ago when David #Coulthard had run into the back of Trulli's Renault, slid in the gravel trap & the McLaren stayed there.

#SpanishGP 🇪🇸 4th May, 2003. (📸: LAT/Motorsport)

[F1 2003 Revisited @2003_f1]

#BritishGP 2003 - probably Rubens' best-ever Grand Prix. @rubarrichello 🇧🇷 @f1news_brasil

[F1 Stats & No Bants @CrystalRacing]

2003 BRITAIN

Start of the race. Rubens Barrichello lost the lead to fast-starting Jarno Trulli (Renault)'s launch control & Kimi.

McLaren's t/m Coulthard lost his headrest, causing the 1st safety car.

Toyota's Cristiano da Matta pitted with DC #F1

[Formula 1 @F1]

1 JUNE, 2003: Monaco 🗓

It's 17 years since a landmark win for @jpmontoya 🏆

He added victory at the Monaco Grand Prix to his Indianapolis 500 triumph in 2000 - giving him two legs of the Triple Crown Of Motorsport 👏

#F1 #OnThisDay