2003 Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante

  2003 Mexico City
Race details
Race 17 of 18 in the 2003 CART season

Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Track Layout
Date October 12, 2003
Official name 2003 Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante Presented by Banamex/VISA
Location Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Mexico City, Mexico
Course Permanent Road Course
2.786 mi / 4.484 km
Distance 70 laps, 195.020 mi / 313.880 km
Weather
Pole
Driver Paul Tracy Team Player's
Time 1:28.842
Fastest Lap
Driver Ryan Hunter-Reay American Spirit Team Johansson
Time 1:29.066 (on lap 63 of 70)
Podium
First Paul Tracy Team Player's
Second Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing
Third Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition

The 2003 Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante was the seventeenth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on October 12, 2003 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico.

Contents

Qualifying results

Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best
1 Paul Tracy Team Player's 1:28.842 1:29.201 1:28.842
2 Tiago Monteiro Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing 1:29.687 1:29.042 1:29.042
3 Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 1:28.905 1:29.351 1:28.905
4 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:29.110 1:29.235 1:29.110
5 Ryan Hunter-Reay American Spirit Team Johansson 1:29.498 1:29.191 1:29.191
6 Darren Manning Walker Racing 1:29.580 1:29.193 1:29.193
7 Jimmy Vasser American Spirit Team Johansson 1:29.315 1:29.504 1:29.315
8 Michel Jourdain, Jr. Team Rahal 1:29.387 1:29.375 1:29.375
9 Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 1:29.616 1:29.449 1:29.449
10 Luis Díaz Walker Racing 1:30.478 1:29.546 1:29.546
11 Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 1:29.890 1:29.611 1:29.611
12 Mika Salo PK Racing 1:30.558 1:29.761 1:29.761
13 Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 1:29.882 1:30.383 1:29.882
14 Mario Haberfeld Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:30.096 1:29.958 1:29.958
15 Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 1:30.044 1:30.372 1:30.044
16 Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 1:30.383 1:30.510 1:30.383
17 Rodolfo Lavín Walker Racing 1:30.584 1:30.827 1:30.584
18 Roberto Gonzalez Herdez Competition 1:31.162 1:31.687 1:31.162
19 Gualter Salles Dale Coyne Racing 1:31.927 1:31.442 1:31.442
20 Geoff Boss Dale Coyne Racing 1:31.847 1:31.626 1:31.626

Race

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 Paul Tracy Team Player's 70 1:56:51.396 1 22
2 2 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 70 +1.782 secs 4 16
3 55 Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 70 +3.254 secs 11 14
4 9 Michel Jourdain, Jr. Team Rahal 70 +12.118 secs 8 12
5 27 Mika Salo PK Racing 70 +13.787 secs 12 10
6 7 Tiago Monteiro Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing 70 +17.744 secs 2 9
7 1 Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 70 +18.080 secs 3 6
8 51 Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 70 +19.679 secs 15 5
9 15 Darren Manning Walker Racing 70 +27.476 secs 6 4
10 4 Roberto Gonzalez Herdez Competition 70 +42.989 secs 18 3
11 31 Ryan Hunter-Reay American Spirit Team Johansson 70 +52.190 secs 5 2
12 34 Mario Haberfeld Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 70 +56.996 secs 14 1
13 20 Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 69 + 1 Lap 16 0
14 32 Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 68 Mechanical 9 0
15 19 Gualter Salles Dale Coyne Racing 53 Mechanical 19 0
16 33 Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 40 Contact 13 0
17 12 Jimmy Vasser American Spirit Team Johansson 40 Contact 7 0
18 5 Rodolfo Lavín Walker Racing 20 Mechanical 17 0
19 25 Luis Díaz Walker Racing 12 Mechanical 10 0
20 11 Geoff Boss Dale Coyne Racing 4 Off course 20 0

Caution flags

Laps Cause
1 Yellow start
2 Vasser (12), Manning (15) & Fernández (51) contact
40-44 Vasser (12) & Tagliani (33) contact
46-47 Manning (15) & Gonzalez (4) contact

Notes

Laps Leader
1-57 Paul Tracy
58-63 Adrian Fernández
64-70 Paul Tracy
 
Driver Laps led
Paul Tracy 64
Adrian Fernández 6

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