2003 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

The 2003 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on April 13, 2003 on the streets of Long Beach, California. This race was a new low in TV ratings for the series. Only 69,000 people watched the race on SPEED Channel, less than the 95,000 who attended the race.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1	Template:Flagicon	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	1:09.530	1:08.177	1:08.177
2	Template:Flagicon	Paul Tracy	Team Player's	1:09.079	1:08.729	1:09.079
3	Template:Flagicon	Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	1:09.752	1:08.371	1:08.371
4	Template:Flagicon	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1:09.120	1:08.537	1:08.537
5	Template:Flagicon	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:09.242	1:08.549	1:08.549
6	Template:Flagicon	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	1:09.406	1:08.660	1:08.660
7	Template:Flagicon	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	1:09.432	1:08.784	1:08.784
8	Template:Flagicon	Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	1:09.546	1:08.821	1:08.821
9	Template:Flagicon	Roberto Moreno	Herdez Competition	1:10.086	1:09.028	1:09.028
10	Template:Flagicon	Darren Manning	Walker Racing	1:10.707	1:09.135	1:09.135
11	Template:Flagicon	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	1:09.993	1:09.222	1:09.222
12	Template:Flagicon	Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	1:10.408	1:09.359	1:09.359
13	Template:Flagicon	Patrick Lemarié	PK Racing	1:11.026	1:09.736	1:09.736
14	Template:Flagicon	Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	1:10.083	1:09.765	1:09.765
15	Template:Flagicon	Mario Haberfeld	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:10.834	1:10.014	1:10.014
16	Template:Flagicon	Tiago Monteiro	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	1:10.459	1:10.092	1:10.092
17	Template:Flagicon	Rodolfo Lavín	Walker Racing	–	1:11.082	1:11.082
18	Template:Flagicon	Joël Camathias	Dale Coyne Racing	1:12.281	1:11.303	1:11.303
19	Template:Flagicon	Alex Yoong	Dale Coyne Racing	1:12.393	1:11.566	1:11.566

Rodolfo Lavín missed the first qualification session after a crashing during practice.

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy	Team Player's	90	1:56:01.792	2	21
2	51	Template:Flagicon Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	90	+4.5 secs	7	16
3	1	Template:Flagicon Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	90	+13.7 secs	4	14
4	12	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	90	+21.0 secs	14	12
5	55	Template:Flagicon Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	90	+22.2 secs	11	10
6	32	Template:Flagicon Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	90	+22.7 secs	6	8
7	31	Template:Flagicon Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	90	+25.7 secs	12	6
8	15	Template:Flagicon Darren Manning	Walker Racing	90	+33.4 secs	10	5
9	34	Template:Flagicon Mario Haberfeld	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	90	+48.6 secs	15	4
10	33	Template:Flagicon Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	89	+ 1 Lap	3	3
11	7	Template:Flagicon Tiago Monteiro	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	88	+ 2 Laps	16	2
12	20	Template:Flagicon Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	87	Out of Fuel	8	1
13	27	Template:Flagicon Patrick Lemarié	PK Racing	87	+ 3 Lap	13	0
14	19	Template:Flagicon Joël Camathias	Dale Coyne Racing	84	+ 6 Laps	18	0
15	9	Template:Flagicon Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	83	Gearbox	1	2
16	2	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	70	Engine	5	0
17	4	Template:Flagicon Roberto Moreno	Herdez Competition	36	Collision	9	0
18	5	Template:Flagicon Rodolfo Lavín	Walker Racing	35	Collision	17	0
19	11	Template:Flagicon Alex Yoong	Dale Coyne Racing	32	Accident	19	0

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
28–30	Lemarié (27) stalled on course
33–35	Yoong (11) contact
37–40	Lavín (5) & Moreno (4) contact

Lap leaders

Laps Leader 1–26 Paul Tracy 27–56 Michel Jourdain Jr. 57–61 Oriol Servià 62 Adrian Fernández 63–65 Sébastien Bourdais 66–83 Michel Jourdain Jr. 84–90 Paul Tracy

Driver Laps led Michel Jourdain Jr. 48 Paul Tracy 33 Oriol Servià 5 Sébastien Bourdais 3 Adrian Fernández 1

• New Race Record Paul Tracy 1:56:01.792
• Average Speed 91.590 mph

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results