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{{American Championshp Car race report infobox|
Country       = Canada|
Race          = Vancouver|
image         = Grand Prix of Vancouver 1999-2004.png|
image_size         = 200px|
Caption       = |
Date          = July 27|
Year          = 2003|
Official name = [[Molson Indy Vancouver|2003 Molson Indy Vancouver]]|
Race_No       = 10|
Season_No     = 18|
Series        = CART|
Location      = [[False Creek|Concord Pacific Place]]<br />[[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], Canada|
Course        = Temporary Street Circuit|
Course_mi     = 1.781|
Course_km     = 2.866|
Distance_laps = 100|
Distance_mi   = 178.100|
Distance_km   = 286.600|
Weather       = Clear skies with temperatures reaching a high of {{convert|25.6|C|F}}; dropping down to {{convert|19.4|C|F}} by the end of the event<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/BC/Vancouver/2003-07-27 |title=''2003 Molson Indy Vancouver'' weather information |publisher=Old Farmers' Almanac|accessdate=2013-07-14}}</ref>|
Pole_Driver   = [[Paul Tracy]]|
Pole_Team     = [[Forsythe Championship Racing|Team Player's]]|
Pole_Time     = 1:00.926|
Pole_Country  = Canada|
Fast_Driver   = [[Sébastien Bourdais]]|
Fast_Team     = [[Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing|Newman/Haas Racing]]|
Fast_Time     = 1:02.011|
Fast_Lap      = 98|
Fast_Country  = France|
First_Driver  = [[Paul Tracy]]|
First_Team    = [[Forsythe Championship Racing|Team Player's]]|
First_Country = Canada|
Second_Driver = [[Bruno Junqueira]]|
Second_Team   = [[Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing|Newman/Haas Racing]]|
Second_Country= Brazil|
Third_Driver  = [[Sébastien Bourdais]]|
Third_Team    = [[Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing|Newman/Haas Racing]]|
Third_Country = France|
}}

The '''[[Molson Indy Vancouver|2003 Molson Indy Vancouver]]''' was the eleventh round of the [[2003 CART World Series season]], held on July 27, 2003 on the streets of [[False Creek|Concord Pacific Place]] in [[Vancouver|Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada]].

==Qualifying results==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Pos
! Nat
! Name
! Team
! Qual 1
! Qual 2
! Best
|-
! 1
| {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[Paul Tracy]]
| [[Forsythe Championship Racing|Team Player's]]
| 1:01.862
| ''1:00.926''
| '''1:00.926'''
|-
! 2
| {{flagicon|Brazil}}
| [[Bruno Junqueira]]
| [[Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing|Newman/Haas Racing]]
| ''1:01.845''
| 1:01.070
| '''1:01.070'''
|-
! 3
| {{flagicon|Brazil}}
| [[Roberto Moreno]]
| [[HVM Racing|Herdez Competition]]
| 1:02.216
| 1:01.172
| '''1:01.172'''
|-
! 4
| {{flagicon|Mexico}}
| [[Michel Jourdain Jr.]]
| [[Rahal Letterman Racing|Team Rahal]]
| 1:02.350
| 1:01.582
| '''1:01.582'''
|-
! 5
| {{flagicon|France}}
| [[Sébastien Bourdais]]
| Newman/Haas Racing
| 1:01.921
| 1:01.617
| '''1:01.617'''
|-
! 6
| {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[Patrick Carpentier]]
| Team Player's
| 1:02.348
| 1:01.691
| '''1:01.691'''
|-
! 7
| {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[Alex Tagliani]]
| [[Rocketsports Racing]]
| 1:02.032
| 1:01.816
| '''1:01.816'''
|-
! 8
| {{flagicon|UK}}
| [[Darren Manning]]
| [[Walker Racing]]
| 1:02.222
| 1:02.032
| '''1:02.032'''
|-
! 9
| {{flagicon|Spain}}
| [[Oriol Servià]]
| [[Patrick Racing]]
| 1:02.103
| 1:02.063
| '''1:02.063'''
|-
! 10
| {{flagicon|Brazil}}
| [[Mario Haberfeld]]
| [[Conquest Racing|Mi-Jack Conquest Racing]]
| 1:02.838
| 1:02.344
| '''1:02.344'''
|-
! 11
| {{flagicon|Portugal}}
| [[Tiago Monteiro]]
| [[Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing]]
| 1:05.754
| 1:02.351
| '''1:02.351'''
|-
! 12
| {{flagicon|Mexico}}
| [[Mario Domínguez]]
| Herdez Competition
| 1:03.033
| 1:02.373
| '''1:02.373'''
|-
! 13
| {{flagicon|USA}}
| [[Jimmy Vasser]]
| [[American Spirit Team Johansson]]
| 1:03.461
| 1:02.458
| '''1:02.458'''
|-
! 14
| {{flagicon|Mexico}}
| [[Adrian Fernández]]
| [[Fernández Racing]]
| 1:02.469
| 1:02.902
| '''1:02.469'''
|-
! 15
| {{flagicon|Italy}}
| [[Max Papis]]
| [[KV Racing|PK Racing]]
| 1:02.999
| 1:02.800
| '''1:02.800'''
|-
! 16
| {{flagicon|USA}}
| [[Ryan Hunter-Reay]]
| American Spirit Team Johansson
| 1:03.317
| 1:03.347
| '''1:03.317'''
|-
! 17
| {{flagicon|Brazil}}
| [[Gualter Salles]]
| [[Dale Coyne Racing]]
| 1:03.928
| 1:03.388
| '''1:03.388'''
|-
! 18
| {{flagicon|Mexico}}
| [[Rodolfo Lavín]]
| Walker Racing
| 1:03.437
| 1:03.705
| '''1:03.437'''
|-
! 19
| {{flagicon|USA}}
| [[Geoff Boss]]
| Dale Coyne Racing
| 1:04.316
| 1:04.259
| '''1:04.259'''
|}

==Race==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Team !! Laps !! Time/Retired !! Grid !! Points
|-
! 1
| 3
| {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Paul Tracy]]
| [[Forsythe Championship Racing|Team Player's]]
| 100
| 1:57:54.322
| 1
| '''22'''
|-
! 2
| 1
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Bruno Junqueira]]
| [[Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing|Newman/Haas Racing]]
| 100
| +17.8 secs
| 2
| '''17'''
|-
! 3
| 2
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Sébastien Bourdais]]
| Newman/Haas Racing
| 100
| +25.7 secs
| 5
| '''14'''
|-
! 4
| 9
| {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Michel Jourdain Jr.]]
| [[Rahal Letterman Racing|Team Rahal]]
| 100
| +45.4 secs
| 4
| '''12'''
|-
! 5
| 15
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Darren Manning]]
| [[Walker Racing]]
| 98
| + 2 Laps
| 8
| '''10'''
|-
! 6
| 31
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ryan Hunter-Reay]]
| [[American Spirit Team Johansson]]
| 98
| + 2 Laps
| 16
| '''8'''
|-
! 7
| 34
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Mario Haberfeld]]
| [[Conquest Racing|Mi-Jack Conquest Racing]]
| 98
| + 2 Laps
| 10
| '''6'''
|-
! 8
| 5
| {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Rodolfo Lavín]]
| Walker Racing
| 98
| + 2 Laps
| 17
| '''5'''
|-
! 9
| 27
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Max Papis]]
| [[KV Racing|PK Racing]]
| 98
| + 2 Laps
| 15
| '''4'''
|-
! 10
| 55
| {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Mario Domínguez]]
| [[HVM Racing|Herdez Competition]]
| 96
| + 4 Laps
| 12
| '''3'''
|-
! 11
| 12
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Vasser]]
| American Spirit Team Johansson
| 90
| Mechanical
| 13
| '''2'''
|-
! 12
| 51
| {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Adrian Fernández]]
| [[Fernández Racing]]
| 72
| Mechanical
| 14
| '''1'''
|-
! 13
| 32
| {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Patrick Carpentier]]
| Team Player's
| 60
| Contact
| 6
| '''0'''
|-
! 14
| 33
| {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Alex Tagliani]]
| [[Rocketsports Racing]]
| 30
| Contact
| 7
| '''0'''
|-
! 15
| 7
| {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Tiago Monteiro]]
| [[Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing]]
| 27
| Contact
| 11
| '''0'''
|-
! 16
| 20
| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Oriol Servià]]
| [[Patrick Racing]]
| 4
| Contact
| 9
| '''0'''
|-
! 17
| 4
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Roberto Moreno]]
| Herdez Competition
| 3
| Contact
| 3
| '''0'''
|-
! 18
| 19
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Gualter Salles]]
| [[Dale Coyne Racing]]
| 0
| DNS Contact
| -
| '''0'''
|-
! 19
| 11
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Geoff Boss]]
| Dale Coyne Racing
| 0
| DNS Contact
| -
| '''0'''
|}

==Caution flags==
{| border=2 cellspacing=0
|-
!Laps !!Cause
|-
|1-2 || Yellow start - [[Gualter Salles|Salles (19)]] contact during warmup
|-
|4-6 || [[Sébastien Bourdais|Bourdais (2)]] & [[Roberto Moreno|Moreno (4)]] contact; [[Tiago Monteiro|Monteiro (7)]] & [[Mario Domínguez|Domínguez (55)]] contact
|-
|31-36 || [[Tiago Monteiro|Monteiro (7)]] & [[Alex Tagliani|Tagliani (33)]] contact
|}

==Notes==
{|
|valign="top"|

{| border=2 cellspacing=0
|-
!Laps !!Leader
|-
|1-2 || [[Paul Tracy]]
|-
|3-23 || [[Bruno Junqueira]]
|-
|24-60 || Paul Tracy
|-
|61-62 || [[Sébastien Bourdais]]
|-
|63-100 || Paul Tracy
|}
|width="50"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|

{| border=2 cellspacing=0
|-
!Driver !! Laps led
|-
|[[Paul Tracy]] || 77
|-
|[[Bruno Junqueira]] || 21
|-
|[[Sébastien Bourdais]] || 2
|}
|}

* '''New Race Record''' [[Paul Tracy]] 1:57:54.322
* '''Average Speed''' 90.632&nbsp;mph

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081120115136/http://www.champcarworldseries.com/Results/ResultsIndex.asp?ID=456 Full Weekend Times & Results]

{{CART World Series race report|
 Name_of_race = [[Molson Indy Vancouver|2003 Molson Indy Vancouver]] |
 Year_of_race = 2003 |
 Previous_race_in_season = [[2003 Molson Indy Toronto]] |
 Next_race_in_season = [[2003 Mario Andretti Grand Prix at Road America]] |
 Previous_year's_race = [[2002 Molson Indy Vancouver]] |
 Next_year's_race = [[2004 Molson Indy Vancouver]]
}}

[[Category:2003 in CART|Vancouver]]
[[Category:2003 in Canadian motorsport|Molson Indy Vancouver]]
[[Category:Indy Vancouver]]
[[Category:2003 in sports in British Columbia]]
[[Category:July 2003 sports events in Canada]]
[[Category:2003 in Vancouver|Molson Indy Vancouver]]