2003 Grand Prix of Monterey

The 2003 Grand Prix of Monterey was the seventh round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on June 15, 2003 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1	Template:Flagicon	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	1:10.314	1:09.575	1:09.575
2	Template:Flagicon	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1:10.040	1:09.794	1:09.794
3	Template:Flagicon	Paul Tracy	Team Player's	1:10.341	1:09.671	1:09.671
4	Template:Flagicon	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:10.701	1:10.099	1:10.099
5	Template:Flagicon	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	1:10.846	1:10.228	1:10.228
6	Template:Flagicon	Mario Haberfeld	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:10.753	1:10.244	1:10.244
7	Template:Flagicon	Darren Manning	Walker Racing	1:11.786	1:10.531	1:10.531
8	Template:Flagicon	Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	1:11.222	1:10.538	1:10.538
9	Template:Flagicon	Roberto Moreno	Herdez Competition	1:11.298	1:10.573	1:10.573
10	Template:Flagicon	Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	1:11.227	1:10.597	1:10.597
11	Template:Flagicon	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	1:11.210	1:10.800	1:10.800
12	Template:Flagicon	Bryan Herta	PK Racing	1:11.297	1:10.943	1:10.943
13	Template:Flagicon	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	1:10.970	-**	1:10.970
14	Template:Flagicon	Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	1:11.593	1:11.025	1:11.025
15	Template:Flagicon	Tiago Monteiro	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	-*	1:11.354	1:11.354
16	Template:Flagicon	Rodolfo Lavín	Walker Racing	1:12.302	1:11.430	1:11.430
17	Template:Flagicon	Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	1:12.614	1:11.450	1:11.450
18	Template:Flagicon	Joël Camathias	Dale Coyne Racing	1:12.453	1:11.455	1:11.455
19	Template:Flagicon	Geoff Boss	Dale Coyne Racing	1:13.975	1:12.802	1:12.802

*Tiago Montiero did not set a time in the first qualification session after damaging his car prior to the session. He used his backup car in the second qualification session.
**Michel Jourdain set the fastest time in the second qualification session (1:09.530) but his time was disallowed after his car was found to be underweight during tech inspection.

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	32	Template:Flagicon Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	87	1:48:11.023	1	22
2	1	Template:Flagicon Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	87	+0.8 secs	2	17
3	3	Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy	Team Player's	87	+28.6 secs	3	14
4	9	Template:Flagicon Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	87	+40.8 secs	13	12
5	34	Template:Flagicon Mario Haberfeld	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	87	+42.1 secs	6	10
6	20	Template:Flagicon Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	87	+1:00.2	10	8
7	51	Template:Flagicon Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	87	+1:01.4	5	6
8	12	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	87	+1:01.8	8	5
9	7	Template:Flagicon Tiago Monteiro	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	86	+ 1 Lap	15	4
10	55	Template:Flagicon Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	86	+ 1 Lap	11	3
11	27	Template:Flagicon Bryan Herta	PK Racing	86	+ 1 Lap	12	2
12	31	Template:Flagicon Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	86	+ 1 Lap	17	1
13	19	Template:Flagicon Joël Camathias	Dale Coyne Racing	85	+ 2 Laps	18	0
14	33	Template:Flagicon Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	85	+ 2 Laps	14	0
15	4	Template:Flagicon Roberto Moreno	Herdez Competition	85	+ 2 Laps	9	0
16	11	Template:Flagicon Geoff Boss	Dale Coyne Racing	83	Mechanical	19	0
17	2	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	77	Mechanical	4	0
18	15	Template:Flagicon Darren Manning	Walker Racing	12	Mechanical	7	0
19	5	Template:Flagicon Rodolfo Lavín	Walker Racing	10	Mechanical	16	0

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1	Yellow start

Notes

Laps Leader 1-87 Patrick Carpentier

Driver Laps led Patrick Carpentier 87

• New Race Record Patrick Carpentier 1:48:11.023
• Average Speed 107.986 mph

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results