Rain continued to fall at the Interlagos circuit this afternoon and with just fifteen minutes to race start, the track was hit by yet another downpour. Teams have been allowed to change the set-ups on their car from yesterday's qualifying to deal with the wet conditions and McLaren were granted permission to change the engine in Kimi Raikkonen's MP4-17D due to a suspected crack in the casing. Jacques Villeneuve was also granted an engine change in his BAR before the start of this race.

Concerns continue for the driver's safety as the rain continues. Even through it will start behind the pace car, the chance of aquaplaning is still very high due to the intermediate tyres on the cars. The rain has now delayed the start by ten minutes. Jos Verstappen will start the race in the spare Minardi from pitlane with a full tank of fuel. Meanwhile, Ralph Firman's Jordan is pushed off the grid.

Drivers wait patiently in their respective cars, protected from the weather by umbrellas as the Brazilian fans go wild awaiting the start of this race. Engines fire up and the race is expected to get underway at 2:15. The pace car is ready ahead of the field. Firman, Pizzonia and Frentzen will also start from pit lane and the warm up lap begins behind the pace car. A lot of spray as drivers now attempt to make a dry line.

The race is go and Olivier Panis has already been in a fuelled his Toyota. Drivers follow the safety car for 7 laps and then it's Go! Coulthard leads and Mark Webber attacks Barrichello while Raikkonen attacks Webber. Rubens was slow to speed up at the end of the pace car lap. Raikkonen past Webber and Barrichello for second. Juan Pablo Montoya now into third. Raikkonen attempts to pass Coulthard but the Scot fights him off. Raikkonen continues to fight and he takes the lead! Montoya takes second from Coulthard! An incident between Ralf and one of the Renaults and Ralf is off track. He rejoins. Michael Schumacher is now fifth and Barrichello sixth.

The top two men, Raikkonen and Montoya, are three seconds faster than the rest of the field. Mark Webber is still up there in fourth and Justin Wilson is up to twelfth. Coulthard takes second from Montoya with ease. Michael Schumacher is the quickest man on track. Montoya reported that he is losing grip as Schumacher attacks Webber and gets through. Michael is now closing in on the struggling Montoya and the Ferrari is now into third. Two retirements, Heidfeld and Wilson, who spun off and stopped on the side of the track.

Fastest lap for Michael and Olivier Panis has had a coming together with Ralph Firman. The Jordan had a right front suspension failure. Safety car deployed to clear the debris from the Firman/Panis incident. Several cars are pitting, but Raikkonen stays out and there is drama in the pits! Montoya almost connects with Trulli as both Renaults come in for service. It is unclear why Kimi stayed out, but it's not a good move for the Finn with his teammate close behind in second with a completed pit stop under his belt.

Renault put slicks on Alonso's car... that's why he had to come in again, for wets. Panis and Firman look on from the side of the Interlagos circuit. Drivers prepare for the restart and it's go again! Kimi keeps the lead, and the battle behind is on! Barrichello gets past da Matta, who has not pitted, and Montoya tries to get past the Toyota driver as well. Montoya spins so does Antonio Pizzonia in the same place, but they are separate incidents! Both men retire and the next time around Michael Schumacher goes off in the same place! The Ferrari driver was extremely lucky not to hit the tractor that was on the side of the track removing the broken Jaguar. Michael walks away dejectedly. There is water pouring across the section of track where the three drivers went off. It is also where Justin Wilson spun earlier. Coulthard leads and the safety car is coming in.

Lap 30 and it's go again! Ralf takes second placed Barrichello but Barrichello fights back and keeps the place. Mark Webber is close behind in fourth place with Jenson Button in fifth. Jos Verstappen, who was up to seventh and in the points for Minardi, spins and retires from the Brazilian GP. Jenson Button has a heavy accident at turn three, thankfully he is okay. The safety car is back out! The BAR driver hit the barriers after becoming the next victim of the wet corner. Only 11 cars remain in this race.

Lap 35 and Coulthard still leads as da Matta pits in. The Toyota driver stalls and the safety car prepares to come in. The track is drying out... but they can't switch to dry tyres due to the water flowing in turn three. Coulthard slows down the pack for the restart... he stays in the lead as teammate Kimi Raikkonen is on a charge. Raikkonen up to third place now after getting past Alonso and Ralf. A brilliant pass on Ralf for Kimi! Alonso is now pushing Ralf for fourth place as Rubens Barrichello sets the fastest lap of the race as he pushes Coulthard for the lead of this motor race.

Lap 41 and Fernando Alonso is given a drive through penalty for overtaking under yellow flags, allowing Giancarlo Fisichella into fifth place. Rubens Barrichello is pushing for the lead, the Brazilian desperately wanting to win his home race. He gets through! Barrichello leads and the crowd goes wild! Coulthard ran a little wide and the Ferrari driver made the move. Da Matta pits in... he has been very slow and it appears he was trying to race on slicks! Webber spun in the same place as everyone else, but the Jaguar driver saved the day and keeps it going.

Rubens bad luck at home continues as his Ferrari stops on the Interlagos track and Coulthard retakes the lead! Ralf pits. Coulthard leads Raikkonen with Giancarlo Fisichella in third for Jordan in their 200th Grand Prix. Fisichella is the fastest driver on Bridgestone and is slowly closing in on Raikkonen. Only ten drivers remain and Frentzen is up to fifth place. Rubens sits by the side of the circuit, his emotions at retiring from this event clearly evident. He is devastated. Nine years in a row the Brazilian has retired here and things were looking so good for a win here this afternoon.

Lap 52 and Coulthard pits, handing the lead to his teammate, Kimi Raikkonen. But, Fisichella is all over the back of the McLaren and takes the lead! A Jordan leads in Brazil! Safety car! Huge accident for Mark Webber! The race has been red-flagged! Fernando Alonso goes off in Webber's debris. Webber appears to be okay, but Alonso is in pain. Will the race be restarted? No, it's over 75% completed... Fisichella wins! What a result!!! In Jordan's 200th GP the Italian driver takes the win! Jordan must be so relieved as Fisichella's car is in flames in pit lane!

Alonso's accident was huge, and the Renault driver is injured and carried off on a stretcher. He gives the thumbs up though as he is put into the ambulance. Officials finally declare the result, and Fisichella isn't the winner, Kimi Raikkonen is! They have taken it from two laps previous when Kimi was leading, not Giancarlo. What a blow to Jordan and Fisichella!! They are devastated after the euphoria at the thought of their first win since 1999.

Raikkonen wins, Fisichella second and Alonso is third, however the Renault driver won't be on the podium. What a way to end what must be one of the most exciting races in several years.

Stewards of the Brazilian GP reconvened at the FIA HQ in Paris, France this morning where, as expected, they overturned the original outcome of Sunday's race, announcing Jordan driver Giancarlo Fisichella as the rightful winner.

Last weekend's race results came under review after the FIA "received evidence" suggesting that there was an error in the timing and the Jordan driver had started his 56th lap before the race was red-flagged, instead of his 55th as previously thought.

The new result means the first ever win for Giancarlo and the fourth for Jordan, and he was Italy's first GP winner since Riccardo Patrese in Japan for Williams in 1992. Meanwhile the McLaren of Kimi Raikkonen has been demoted to second. It also means that in the first three races of the 2003 season, we have seen three different winners.

Under FIA rules, the final race positions in a red flag situation are those in effect two laps before the lap on which the race was stopped. Raikkonen was leading after the 53rd lap but the FIA confirmed Fisichella had already started his 56th lap before the race was stopped. That meant the result had to be based on positions at the end of the 54th lap when the Italian was leading Raikkonen and Renault driver Fernando Alonso.

Team chief Eddie Jordan had prompted the FIA to order a review after sending them details of Jordan's own timekeeping. This showed Fisichella had completed one more lap than he had originally been credited for and on FIA's own countback procedure it meant Fisichella and not Raikkonen was the winner. This is the first time a Grand Prix result has been changed without a driver being disqualified or receiving a time penalty.