| Race details | ||
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| Race 18 of 19 in the 2003 CART season | ||
Map of the track |
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| Date | 26 October, 2003 | |
| Official name | Lexmark Indy 300 | |
| Location | Streets of Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia | |
| Course | Temporary Street Circuit 2.795 mi / 4.470 km |
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| Distance | 47 laps, 131.365 mi / 210.090 km | |
| Weather | ||
| Pole | ||
| Driver | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing |
| Time | 1:31.718 | |
| Fastest Lap | ||
| Driver | Roberto Moreno | Herdez Competition |
| Time | 1:35.561 (on lap 10 of 47) | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Ryan Hunter-Reay | American Spirit Team Johansson |
| Second | Darren Manning | Walker Racing |
| Third | Jimmy Vasser | American Spirit Team Johansson |
The 2003 Lexmark Indy 300 was the eighteenth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on 26 October 2003 on the streets of Surfers Paradise, Australia. A hail storm 20 minutes into the race brought caused an hour long red flag period and shortened the race to 47 laps from the scheduled 65.
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The event was to have been the penultimate race of the 2003 season, but it later became the final round after the 2003 King Taco 500 was canceled because of a wildfire near to the California Speedway venue. In December 2003 the CART World Series declared bankruptcy and as a result went out of business. Therefore this race became the final completed CART sanctioned event, although the series would be reborn under new ownership as the Champ Car World Series in 2004.
| Pos | Nat | Driver | Team | Car | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
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| 1 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth | 1:33.321 | 1:31.718 | 1:31.718 | |
| 2 | Bruno Junqueira | Newman-Haas Racing | Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth | 1:32.708 | 1:31.994 | 1:31.994 | |
| 3 | Paul Tracy | Team Player's | Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth | 1:34.161 | 1:32.000 | 1:32.000 | |
| 4 | Alex Tagliani | Rocketsports Racing | Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth | - | 1:32.135 | 1:32.135 | |
| 5 | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth | 1:33.668 | 1:32.436 | 1:32.436 | |
| 6 | Oriol Servià | Patrick Racing | Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth | 1:34.317 | 1:32.731 | 1:32.731 | |
| 7 | Roberto Moreno | Herdez Competition | Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth | 1:34.313 | 1:32.732 | 1:32.732 | |
| 8 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth | 1:35.017 | 1:32.908 | 1:32.908 | |
| 9 | Michel Jourdain, Jr. | Team Rahal | Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth | 1:34.447 | 1:33.112 | 1:33.112 | |
| 10 | Mika Salo | PK Racing | Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth | 1:35.506 | 1:33.187 | 1:33.187 | |
| 11 | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth | 1:34.808 | 1:33.437 | 1:33.437 | |
| 12 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | American Spirit Team Johansson | Reynard 02i Ford-Cosworth | 1:36.398 | 1:33.542 | 1:33.542 | |
| 13 | Tiago Monteiro | Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing | Reynard 02i Ford-Cosworth | 1:35.379 | 1:33.857 | 1:33.857 | |
| 14 | Darren Manning | Walker Racing | Reynard 02i Ford-Cosworth | 1:35.425 | 1:33.922 | 1:33.922 | |
| 15 | Jimmy Vasser | American Spirit Team Johansson | Reynard 02i Ford-Cosworth | 1:34.266 | 1:35.425 | 1:34.266 | |
| 16 | Mario Haberfeld | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | Reynard 02i Ford-Cosworth | 1:35.821 | 1:34.299 | 1:34.299 | |
| 17 | Gualter Salles | Dale Coyne Racing | Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth | 1:36.495 | 1:34.646 | 1:34.646 | |
| 18 | Rodolfo Lavín | Walker Racing | Reynard 02i Ford-Cosworth | - | 1:36.075 | 1:36.075 | |
| 19 | Geoff Boss | Dale Coyne Racing | Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth | - | 1:37.247 | 1:37.247 |
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | American Spirit Team Johansson | 47 | 1:49:02.803 | 12 | 20 |
| 2 | 15 | Darren Manning | Walker Racing | 47 | +1.546 secs | 14 | 16 |
| 3 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | American Spirit Team Johansson | 47 | +3.792 secs | 15 | 14 |
| 4 | 9 | Michel Jourdain, Jr. | Team Rahal | 47 | +5.315 secs | 9 | 12 |
| 5 | 32 | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 47 | +5.837 secs | 11 | 10 |
| 6 | 19 | Gualter Salles | Dale Coyne Racing | 47 | +8.180 secs | 17 | 8 |
| 7 | 33 | Alex Tagliani | Rocketsports Racing | 47 | +10.131 secs | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 5 | Rodolfo Lavín | Walker Racing | 47 | +11.673 secs | 18 | 5 |
| 9 | 11 | Geoff Boss | Dale Coyne Racing | 47 | +50.728 secs | 19 | 4 |
| 10 | 55 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 46 | + 1 Lap | 8 | 3 |
| 11 | 27 | Mika Salo | PK Racing | 46 | + 1 Lap | 10 | 2 |
| 12 | 51 | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 46 | + 1 Lap | 5 | 1 |
| 13 | 3 | Paul Tracy | Team Player's | 45 | + 2 Laps | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | 34 | Mario Haberfeld | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 43 | + 4 Laps | 16 | 0 |
| 15 | 1 | Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 36 | Contact | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | 4 | Roberto Moreno | Herdez Competition | 23 | Contact | 7 | 0 |
| 17 | 2 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman-Haas Racing | 11 | Contact | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | 7 | Tiago Monteiro | Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing | 3 | Mechanical | 13 | 0 |
| 19 | 20 | Oriol Servià | Patrick Racing | 1 | Contact | 6 | 0 |
| Laps | Cause |
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| 1 | Yellow start |
| 2 | Servià (20) contact |
| 11-13 | Bourdais (2) contact |
| 14-15 | Restart after red flag (rain) |
| 16-17 | Salo (27) spun/stalled |
| 19-20 | Tracy (3), Tagliani (33), Manning (15), Salles (19) & Moreno (4) contact |
| 31-34 | Tagliani (33) & Haberfeld (34) spun/stalled; Domínguez (55) loose wheel |
| 37-39 | Junqueira (1) & Haberfeld (34) contact; Haberfeld (34) stopped on course |
| 41-42 | Fernández (51) spun/stalled |
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