2003 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

  2003 Long Beach
Race details
Race 3 of 18 in the 2003 CART season

Long Beach Track Layout
Date April 13, 2003
Official name Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
Location Long Beach Grand Prix
Long Beach, California, United States
Course Temporary street circuit
1.968 mi / 3.167 km
Distance 90 laps, 177.120 mi / 285.030 km
Weather Mostly Cloudy
Pole
Driver Michel Jourdain, Jr. Team Rahal
Time 1:08.177
Fastest Lap
Driver Michel Jourdain, Jr. Team Rahal
Time 1:09.050 (on lap 77 of 90)
Podium
First Paul Tracy Team Player's
Second Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing
Third Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing

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.

Contents

Qualifying results

Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best
1 Michel Jourdain, Jr. Team Rahal 1:09.530 1:08.177 1:08.177
2 Paul Tracy Team Player's 1:09.079 1:08.729 1:09.079
3 Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 1:09.752 1:08.371 1:08.371
4 Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 1:09.120 1:08.537 1:08.537
5 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:09.242 1:08.549 1:08.549
6 Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 1:09.406 1:08.660 1:08.660
7 Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 1:09.432 1:08.784 1:08.784
8 Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 1:09.546 1:08.821 1:08.821
9 Roberto Moreno Herdez Competition 1:10.086 1:09.028 1:09.028
10 Darren Manning Walker Racing 1:10.707 1:09.135 1:09.135
11 Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 1:09.993 1:09.222 1:09.222
12 Ryan Hunter-Reay American Spirit Team Johansson 1:10.408 1:09.359 1:09.359
13 Patrick Lemarié PK Racing 1:11.026 1:09.736 1:09.736
14 Jimmy Vasser American Spirit Team Johansson 1:10.083 1:09.765 1:09.765
15 Mario Haberfeld Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:10.834 1:10.014 1:10.014
16 Tiago Monteiro Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing 1:10.459 1:10.092 1:10.092
17 Rodolfo Lavín Walker Racing - 1:11.082 1:11.082
18 Joël Camathias Dale Coyne Racing 1:12.281 1:11.303 1:11.303
19 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 Paul Tracy Team Player's 90 1:56:01.792 2 21
2 51 Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 90 +4.5 secs 7 16
3 1 Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 90 +13.7 secs 4 14
4 12 Jimmy Vasser American Spirit Team Johansson 90 +21.0 secs 14 12
5 55 Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 90 +22.2 secs 11 10
6 32 Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 90 +22.7 secs 6 8
7 31 Ryan Hunter-Reay American Spirit Team Johansson 90 +25.7 secs 12 6
8 15 Darren Manning Walker Racing 90 +33.4 secs 10 5
9 34 Mario Haberfeld Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 90 +48.6 secs 15 4
10 33 Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 89 + 1 Lap 3 3
11 7 Tiago Monteiro Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing 88 + 2 Laps 16 2
12 20 Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 87 Mechanical 8 1
13 27 Patrick Lemarié PK Racing 87 + 3 Lap 13 0
14 19 Joël Camathias Dale Coyne Racing 84 + 6 Laps 18 0
15 9 Michel Jourdain, Jr. Team Rahal 83 Mechanical 1 2
16 2 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 70 Mechanical 5 0
17 4 Roberto Moreno Herdez Competition 36 Contact 9 0
18 5 Rodolfo Lavín Walker Racing 35 Contact 17 0
19 11 Alex Yoong Dale Coyne Racing 32 Contact 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

Notes

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

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