2003 Mario Andretti Grand Prix at Road America

The 2003 Mario Andretti Grand Prix at Road America Presented by Briggs & Stratton was the twelfth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on August 3, 2003 at the Road America circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.

The race was shortened to 34 laps from the scheduled 60 after the race was red-flagged twice because of rain. The first stoppage lasted 20 minutes after only 1 lap and the second lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes after lap 7. With darkness impending at the restart after the second red flag period, the race had to be shortened from its original length.

Race cancellation and rescheduling

This race was canceled in March 2003 (along with the planned race for 2004) after a legal dispute developed between the Road America's owner George Bruggenthies and CART. However, Mario Andretti was able to negotiate an agreement between the parties and the race was restored to CART's schedule in April. The race was then named in Andretti's honor.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1	Template:Flagicon	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1:43.917	1:43.703	1:43.703
2	Template:Flagicon	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:44.722	1:44.242	1:44.242
3	Template:Flagicon	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	1:44.814	1:44.306	1:44.306
4	Template:Flagicon	Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	1:45.654	1:44.314	1:44.314
5	Template:Flagicon	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	1:45.682	1:44.378	1:44.378
6	Template:Flagicon	Paul Tracy	Team Player's	1:44.725	1:44.519	1:44.519
7	Template:Flagicon	Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	1:45.098	1:44.545	1:44.545
8	Template:Flagicon	Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	1:45.442	1:44.551	1:44.551
9	Template:Flagicon	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	1:44.735	1:44.620	1:44.620
10	Template:Flagicon	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	1:45.188	1:44.752	1:44.752
11	Template:Flagicon	Tiago Monteiro	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	1:45.715	1:44.778	1:44.778
12	Template:Flagicon	Roberto Moreno	Herdez Competition	-	1:45.021	1:45.021
13	Template:Flagicon	Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	-	1:45.044	1:45.044
14	Template:Flagicon	Darren Manning	Walker Racing	1:45.076	1:45.583	1:45.076
15	Template:Flagicon	Mario Haberfeld	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	-	1:45.173	1:45.173
16	Template:Flagicon	Max Papis	PK Racing	1:46.681	1:45.728	1:45.728
17	Template:Flagicon	Rodolfo Lavín	Walker Racing	1:46.013	1:46.847	1:46.013
18	Template:Flagicon	Gualter Salles	Dale Coyne Racing	1:47.418	1:47.003	1:47.003
19	Template:Flagicon	Geoff Boss	Dale Coyne Racing	1:48.727	1:47.446	1:47.446

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Template:Flagicon Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	34	1:35:28.491	1	23
2	2	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	34	+0.703 secs	2	16
3	33	Template:Flagicon Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	34	+10.883 secs	13	14
4	27	Template:Flagicon Max Papis	PK Racing	34	+14.943 secs	16	12
5	32	Template:Flagicon Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	34	+19.494 secs	3	10
6	15	Template:Flagicon Darren Manning	Walker Racing	34	+19.592 secs	14	8
7	4	Template:Flagicon Roberto Moreno	Herdez Competition	34	+21.298 secs	12	6
8	34	Template:Flagicon Mario Haberfeld	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	34	+31.541 secs	15	5
9	12	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	34	+34.982 secs	7	4
10	31	Template:Flagicon Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	34	+41.025 secs	8	3
11	19	Template:Flagicon Gualter Salles	Dale Coyne Racing	34	+45.278 secs	18	2
12	51	Template:Flagicon Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	34	+59.576 secs	9	1
13	11	Template:Flagicon Geoff Boss	Dale Coyne Racing	34	+1:35.018	19	0
14	55	Template:Flagicon Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	18	Off course	5	0
15	3	Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy	Team Player's	10	Contact	6	0
16	9	Template:Flagicon Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	10	Contact	10	0
17	7	Template:Flagicon Tiago Monteiro	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	10	Contact	11	0
18	20	Template:Flagicon Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	7	Contact	4	0
19	5	Template:Flagicon Rodolfo Lavín	Walker Racing	0	Contact	17	0

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1	Yellow start
2-7	Yellow restart after red flag (20:44)
8-9	Yellow restart after red flag (2:40:56)
11-13	Tracy (3) contact; Jourdain Jr. (9), Monteiro (7), Manning (15) & Moreno (4) contact
19-21	Domínguez (55) spun off course

Notes

Laps Leader 1-34 Bruno Junqueira

Driver Laps led Bruno Junqueira 34

• Average Speed 86.493 mph

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results