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The Williams lineup worked really well, because at least one fo them was getting the best out of the car at every track. When the car was brilliant, such as France, Canada and Germany, both drivers were in contention to take the win.
When it was a little harder to drive, it was usually Montoya who had the edge at wrestling out results, although Ralf often picked up minor points through consistancy, such as in Malaysia and Spain.
Ferrari had the problem in 2003 that, when the car wasn't fast enough in Michael's hands, it was usually even slower in Rubens', which impinged on their results (although ti clearly didn't ultimately cost them much).
Overall different situations need different things. Maybe Ferrari could've done with a Ralf / Montoya style pairing, whereas Montoya could probably learn some stuff from DC, especially on the mental side - Ralf seems to be little help there.
In rough order, I'd rate the driver pairings for 2003 - Williams, Ferrari, McLaren, BAR (Villeneuve and Sato roughtly equal, but Taku has more potential), Renault, Toyota, Jaguar (Wilson), Sauber (for the reasons noted by DNQ), Jordan and Minardi.
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