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 position
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.

Qualifying results

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

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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2003 London Champ Car Trophy
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2002 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
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2004 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
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