2003 Champ Car Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio

The 2003 Champ Car Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio was the thirteenth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on August 10, 2003 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. It was the last of 22 Champ Car events to take place at the track which was a fixture in the CART calendar for most of its history.

2003 Mid-Ohio

Race details
Race 13 of 18 in the 2003 CART season
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Track Layout
Date	August 10, 2003
Official name	2003 Champ Car Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio
Location	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio, United States
Course	Permanent Road Course 2.258 mi / 3.634 km
Distance	92 laps 207.736 mi / 334.328 km
Weather	Scattered Clouds
Pole position
Driver	Paul Tracy (Team Player's)
Time	1:07.058
Fastest lap
Driver	Jimmy Vasser (American Spirit Team Johansson)
Time	1:08.366 (on lap 60 of 92)
Podium
First	Paul Tracy (Team Player's)
Second	Patrick Carpentier (Team Player's)
Third	Ryan Hunter-Reay (American Spirit Team Johansson)

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Paul Tracy	Team Player's	1:07.204	1:07.058	1:07.058
2		Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	1:07.875	1:07.074	1:07.074
3		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:07.699	1:07.130	1:07.130
4		Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	1:07.696	1:07.236	1:07.236
5		Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	1:07.611	1:07.296	1:07.296
6		Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1:08.012	1:07.300	1:07.300
7		Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	1:07.477	1:07.739	1:07.477
8		Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	1:07.801	1:07.529	1:07.529
9		Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	1:07.652	1:07.798	1:07.652
10		Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	1:08.052	1:07.678	1:07.678
11		Roberto Moreno	Herdez Competition	1:07.804	1:08.070	1:07.804
12		Tiago Monteiro	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	1:08.112	1:07.914	1:07.914
13		Darren Manning	Walker Racing	1:08.002	1:07.964	1:07.964
14		Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	1:08.125	-	1:08.125
15		Mario Haberfeld	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:08.153	1:08.385	1:08.153
16		Max Papis	PK Racing	1:08.359	1:08.382	1:08.359
17		Rodolfo Lavín	Walker Racing	1:08.585	1:08.461	1:08.461
18		Geoff Boss	Dale Coyne Racing	1:08.777	1:10.157	1:08.777
19		Gualter Salles	Dale Coyne Racing	1:09.021	1:08.785	1:08.785

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Paul Tracy	Team Player's	92	1:56:45.737	1	23
2	32	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	92	+0.610 secs	5	16
3	31	Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	92	+1.972 secs	2	14
4	9	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	92	+3.205 secs	4	12
5	2	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	92	+4.054 secs	3	10
6	33	Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	92	+7.925 secs	7	8
7	51	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	92	+8.713 secs	10	6
8	15	Darren Manning	Walker Racing	92	+9.162 secs	13	5
9	27	Max Papis	PK Racing	92	+10.508 secs	16	4
10	34	Mario Haberfeld	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	92	+12.414 secs	15	3
11	7	Tiago Monteiro	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	91	+ 1 Lap	12	2
12	5	Rodolfo Lavín	Walker Racing	91	+ 1 Lap	17	1
13	1	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	90	+ 2 Laps	6	0
14	11	Geoff Boss	Dale Coyne Racing	90	+ 2 Laps	18	0
15	12	Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	82	Contact	14	0
16	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	71	Mechanical	9	0
17	19	Gualter Salles	Dale Coyne Racing	46	Off course	19	0
18	20	Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	13	Contact	8	0
19	4	Roberto Moreno	Herdez Competition	9	Contact	11	0

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
9-11	Moreno (4) contact
13-16	Servià (20) & Junqueira (1) contact
83-86	Vasser (12) contact

Notes

Laps Leader 1-24 Paul Tracy 25-37 Adrian Fernández 38-48 Paul Tracy 49-58 Tiago Monteiro 59-92 Paul Tracy

Driver Laps led Paul Tracy 69 Adrian Fernández 13 Tiago Monteiro 10

• Average Speed 106.251 mph

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results