Brazil 2003 — beragampengetahuan – Beragampengetahuan

Meanwhile, cash-strapped independent teams such as Jordan and Minardi were being left behind on pace.

F1’s manufacturer era was beginning to boom with the likes of BMW, Ferrari, Mercedes and Toyota pumping investment in at a rate never seen before.

Jordan designer Gary Anderson described it as ‘working from day to day’, as the independents scrambled to make ends meet whilst remaining competitive.

Opening Stages

Changeable conditions in qualifying delivered a mixed-up grid, with usual front-runners such as Michael Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya further down than expected.

Barrichello’s Ferrari was on pole to the delight of the Brazilian crowd, followed by the McLarens of Raikkonen and Coulthard, and the Jaguar of Mark Webber.

Sunday arrived – and after a mid-morning downpour, the track conditions were abysmal. Streams ran across the track, with poor drainage systems unable to cope with the sheer volume of water.

A new F1 rule change for 2003 dictated that teams could only use one type of wet tyre across each weekend – whether intermediates or full wets – in an attempt to save costs.

All of the teams opted for intermediates, which were more suitable in changing conditions, but were wholly unsuitable for the standing water the teams faced at Interlagos.