F1 2003 in pictures

1 of 16 David Coulthard survives tricky conditions to win an action-packed first race of the season

2 of 16 Kimi Raikkonen moves into the championship lead in Malaysia with the first win of his career

3 of 16 Rain at Interlagos leads to a crash-strewn race. Giancarlo Fisichella is winner on the road, but the victory is given to Kimi Raikkonen, only for Fisichella to be correctly awarded the win a few days later

4 of 16 After a disastrous first three races, Michael Schumacher bounces back with a victory at Ferrari's home track, Imola

5 of 16 Schumacher wins for the second race in a row in Spain - but has to fight very hard to hold off Fernando Alonso

6 of 16 Schumacher suffers a pitlane fire during the Austrian Grand Prix - but still manages to win his third race in a row

7 of 16 Montoya drives a cool race to hold off Raikkonen and win the Monaco Grand Prix

8 of 16 Michael Schumacher drives his best race of the season to beat brother Ralf to victory in Canada

9 of 16 Raikkonen loses a certain victory when his engine fails while he is leading the European Grand Prix

10 of 16 Williams were in a class of their own in Magny-Cours in France, with Ralf Schumacher leading home Juan Pablo Montoya

11 of 16 The British Grand Prix is disrupted when a protester runs on to the track carrying a placard saying: "Read the Bible, the Bible is always right."

12 of 16 Three front-runners, Ralf Schumacher, Kimi Raikkonen and Rubens Barrichello, are taken out in a crash at the start of the German Grand Prix

13 of 16 Alonso finally delivers on his bounteous promise with a superb victory in Hungary

14 of 16 Michael Schumacher is feted by the Ferrari fans after bouncing back from a terrible run to win the Italian Grand Prix

15 of 16 A typically superb drive in the rain at Indianapolis takes Schumacher to the brink of a sixth world championship

16 of 16 Eighth place in Japan, and victory for team-mate Barrichello, is enough for Schumacher to clinch his record sixth title