2003 Mario Andretti Grand Prix at Road America

2003 Road America

Race details
Race 12 of 18 in the 2003 CART season
Road America Track Layout
Date	August 3, 2003
Official name	2003 Mario Andretti Grand Prix at Road America
Location	Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, United States
Course	Permanent Road Course 4.048 mi / 6.515 km
Distance	34 laps 137.632 mi / 221.510 km
Weather	Cool and wet with scattered thunderstorms (Rain shortened, race scheduled for 60 laps)
Pole position
Driver	Bruno Junqueira (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	1:43.703
Fastest lap
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	1:58.187 (on lap 33 of 34)
Podium
First	Bruno Junqueira (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Third	Alex Tagliani (Rocketsports Racing)

The 2003 Mario Andretti Grand Prix at Road America was the twelfth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on August 3, 2003 at the Road America circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.

The race was shortened to 34 laps from the scheduled 60 after the race was red-flagged twice because of rain. The first stoppage lasted 20 minutes after only 1 lap and the second lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes after lap 7. With darkness impending at the restart after the second red flag period, the race had to be shortened from its original length.

Race cancellation and rescheduling

This race was canceled in March 2003 (along with the planned race for 2004) after a legal dispute developed between the Road America's owner George Bruggenthies and CART. However, Mario Andretti was able to negotiate an agreement between the parties and the race was restored to CART's schedule in April. The race was then named in Andretti's honor.^[1]

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1:43.917	1:43.703	1:43.703
2		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:44.722	1:44.242	1:44.242
3		Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	1:44.814	1:44.306	1:44.306
4		Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	1:45.654	1:44.314	1:44.314
5		Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	1:45.682	1:44.378	1:44.378
6		Paul Tracy	Team Player's	1:44.725	1:44.519	1:44.519
7		Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	1:45.098	1:44.545	1:44.545
8		Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	1:45.442	1:44.551	1:44.551
9		Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	1:44.735	1:44.620	1:44.620
10		Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Team Rahal	1:45.188	1:44.752	1:44.752
11		Tiago Monteiro	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	1:45.715	1:44.778	1:44.778
12		Roberto Moreno	Herdez Competition	-	1:45.021	1:45.021
13		Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	-	1:45.044	1:45.044
14		Darren Manning	Walker Racing	1:45.076	1:45.583	1:45.076
15		Mario Haberfeld	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	-	1:45.173	1:45.173
16		Max Papis	PK Racing	1:46.681	1:45.728	1:45.728
17		Rodolfo Lavín	Walker Racing	1:46.013	1:46.847	1:46.013
18		Gualter Salles	Dale Coyne Racing	1:47.418	1:47.003	1:47.003
19		Geoff Boss	Dale Coyne Racing	1:48.727	1:47.446	1:47.446

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	34	1:35:28.491	1	23
2	2	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	34	+0.703 secs	2	16
3	33	Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	34	+10.883 secs	13	14
4	27	Max Papis	PK Racing	34	+14.943 secs	16	12
5	32	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	34	+19.494 secs	3	10
6	15	Darren Manning	Walker Racing	34	+19.592 secs	14	8
7	4	Roberto Moreno	Herdez Competition	34	+21.298 secs	12	6
8	34	Mario Haberfeld	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	34	+31.541 secs	15	5
9	12	Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	34	+34.982 secs	7	4
10	31	Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	34	+41.025 secs	8	3
11	19	Gualter Salles	Dale Coyne Racing	34	+45.278 secs	18	2
12	51	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	34	+59.576 secs	9	1
13	11	Geoff Boss	Dale Coyne Racing	34	+1:35.018	19	0
14	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	18	Off course	5	0
15	3	Paul Tracy	Team Player's	10	Contact	6	0
16	9	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Team Rahal	10	Contact	10	0
17	7	Tiago Monteiro	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	10	Contact	11	0
18	20	Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	7	Contact	4	0
19	5	Rodolfo Lavín	Walker Racing	0	Contact	17	0

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1	Yellow start
2-7	Yellow restart after red flag (20:44)
8-9	Yellow restart after red flag (2:40:56)
11-13	Tracy (3) contact; Jourdain, Jr. (9), Monteiro (7), Manning (15) & Moreno (4) contact
19-21	Domínguez (55) spun off course

Notes

Laps Leader 1-34 Bruno Junqueira

Driver Laps led Bruno Junqueira 34

• Average Speed 86.493 mph

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results

References

1. "Mario Andretti brings back Road America". motorsport.com. 2003-04-24. Retrieved 2008-10-25.