2003 Tecate Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix

The 2003 Tecate Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix was the second round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on March 23, 2003 on the streets of Parque Fundidora in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1	Template:Flagicon	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:17.536	1:14.938	1:14.938
2	Template:Flagicon	Paul Tracy	Team Player's	1:17.220	-	1:17.220
3	Template:Flagicon	Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	1:17.555	1:15.437	1:15.437
4	Template:Flagicon	Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	1:17.373	1:15.476	1:15.476
5	Template:Flagicon	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	1:17.526	1:15.869	1:15.869
6	Template:Flagicon	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	1:17.790	1:15.938	1:15.938
7	Template:Flagicon	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1:17.476	1:16.018	1:16.018
8	Template:Flagicon	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	1:17.701	1:16.120	1:16.120
9	Template:Flagicon	Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	1:18.982	1:16.533	1:16.533
10	Template:Flagicon	Tiago Monteiro	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	1:19.949	1:16.554	1:16.554
11	Template:Flagicon	Mario Haberfeld	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:18.524	1:16.911	1:16.911
12	Template:Flagicon	Patrick Lemarié	PK Racing	1:19.541	1:16.931	1:16.931
13	Template:Flagicon	Darren Manning	Walker Racing	1:17.989	1:16.954	1:16.954
14	Template:Flagicon	Roberto Moreno	Herdez Competition	1:19.035	1:17.205	1:17.205
15	Template:Flagicon	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	1:17.391	-	1:17.391
16	Template:Flagicon	Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	1:18.038	-	1:18.038
17	Template:Flagicon	Alex Yoong	Dale Coyne Racing	1:23.241	1:18.350	1:18.350
18	Template:Flagicon	Rodolfo Lavín	Walker Racing	1:21.292	1:18.593	1:18.593
19	Template:Flagicon	Joël Camathias	Dale Coyne Racing	1:21.294	1:19.305	1:19.305

Paul Tracy and Jimmy Vasser missed the second qualification session after crashes damaged their cars during practice. Patrick Carpentier missed the same session because of an illness, choosing to rest for the race on Sunday.

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy	Team Player's	85	2:03:04.677	2	22
2	9	Template:Flagicon Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	85	+2.0 secs	5	16
3	33	Template:Flagicon Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	85	+12.0 secs	3	14
4	51	Template:Flagicon Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	85	+14.2 secs	6	12
5	1	Template:Flagicon Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	85	+14.9 secs	7	10
6	4	Template:Flagicon Roberto Moreno	Herdez Competition	85	+30.9 secs	14	8
7	15	Template:Flagicon Darren Manning	Walker Racing	85	+35.2 secs	13	6
8	32	Template:Flagicon Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	84	+ 1 Lap	15	5
9	11	Template:Flagicon Alex Yoong	Dale Coyne Racing	84	+ 1 Lap	17	4
10	27	Template:Flagicon Patrick Lemarié	PK Racing	84	+ 1 Lap	12	3
11	19	Template:Flagicon Joël Camathias	Dale Coyne Racing	84	+ 1 Lap	19	2
12	31	Template:Flagicon Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	83	+ 2 Laps	9	1
13	55	Template:Flagicon Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	83	+ 2 Laps	8	0
14	12	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	83	+ 2 Laps	16	0
15	5	Template:Flagicon Rodolfo Lavín	Walker Racing	81	+ 4 Laps	18	0
16	34	Template:Flagicon Mario Haberfeld	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	67	Contact	11	0
17	2	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	40	Contact	1	1
18	20	Template:Flagicon Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	38	Contact	4	0
19	7	Template:Flagicon Tiago Monteiro	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	2	Mechanical	10	0

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
4-6	Monteiro (7) off course
14-15	Lemarié (27) stalled on course
17-18	Lavín (5) spin/stall
39-43	Servià (20) off course
78-80	Carpentier (32) stalled off course

Notes

Laps Leader 1-16 Sébastien Bourdais 17-85 Paul Tracy

Driver Laps led Paul Tracy 69 Sébastien Bourdais 16

• New Track Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:14.938 (Qualification Session #2)
• Average Speed 87.184 mph

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results