2003 Grand Prix Americas (Champ Car)

2003 Miami

Race details
Race 16 of 18 in the 2003 CART season
Date	September 28, 2003
Official name	2003 Grand Prix Americas Presented by Sportsbook.com
Location	Bayfront Park Miami, Florida, United States
Course	Temporary Street Course 1.150 mi / 1.851 km
Distance	135 laps 155.250 mi / 249.885 km
Weather	Mostly cloudy with temperatures reaching up to 90 °F (32 °C); wind speeds approaching 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h)[1]
Pole position
Driver	Adrian Fernández (Fernández Racing)
Time	44.253
Fastest lap
Driver	Adrian Fernández (Fernández Racing)
Time	45.010 (on lap 89 of 135)
Podium
First	Mario Domínguez (Herdez Competition)
Second	Roberto Moreno (Herdez Competition)
Third	Mika Salo (PK Racing)

The 2003 Grand Prix Americas was the sixteenth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on September 28, 2003 on the streets of downtown Miami, Florida.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	46.306	44.253	44.253
2		Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	45.024	45.639	45.024
3		Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	46.319	44.289	44.289
4		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	45.770	44.609	44.609
5		Paul Tracy	Team Player's	47.401	44.768	44.768
6		Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Team Rahal	46.033	44.939	44.939
7		Roberto Moreno	Herdez Competition	46.773	45.140	45.140
8		Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	46.379	45.157	45.157
9		Tiago Monteiro	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	47.845	45.318	45.318
10		Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	46.328	45.372	45.372
11		Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	46.530	45.380	45.380
12		Darren Manning	Walker Racing	47.119	45.430	45.430
13		Mario Haberfeld	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	51.950	45.441	45.441
14		Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	46.470	45.652	45.652
15		Mika Salo	PK Racing	45.686	45.731	45.686
16		Rodolfo Lavín	Walker Racing	48.398	46.319	46.319
17		Geoff Boss	Dale Coyne Racing	48.765	46.446	46.446
18		Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	46.765	49.267	46.765
19		Alex Sperafico	Dale Coyne Racing	48.871	-	48.871

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	135	2:03:19.401	8	20
2	4	Roberto Moreno	Herdez Competition	135	+5.241 secs	7	16
3	27	Mika Salo	PK Racing	135	+7.988 secs	15	14
4	12	Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	135	+9.208 secs	11	12
5	34	Mario Haberfeld	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	135	+9.483 secs	13	10
6	32	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	135	+10.257 secs	18	8
7	9	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Team Rahal	135	+19.174 secs	6	6
8	51	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	134	+ 1 Lap	1	7
9	1	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	131	+ 4 Laps	2	5
10	11	Geoff Boss	Dale Coyne Racing	129	+ 6 Laps	17	3
11	15	Darren Manning	Walker Racing	123	Mechanical	12	2
12	31	Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	114	Contact	14	1
13	33	Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	101	Contact	10	0
14	19	Alex Sperafico	Dale Coyne Racing	98	Contact	19	0
15	7	Tiago Monteiro	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	91	Contact	9	0
16	3	Paul Tracy	Team Player's	69	Contact	5	0
17	2	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	69	Contact	4	0
18	5	Rodolfo Lavín	Walker Racing	56	Contact	16	0
19	20	Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	43	Contact	3	0

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
39-43	Boss (11) stopped on course
44-52	Servià (20) contact
68-72	Tracy (3) & Bourdais (2) contact
93-99	Junqueira (1), Fernández (51) & Monteiro (7) contact
100-105	Sperafico (19) contact
118-121	Hunter-Reay (31) contact

Notes

Laps Leader 1 Bruno Junqueira 2-89 Adrian Fernández 90-95 Mika Salo 96-103 Michel Jourdain, Jr. 104-107 Darren Manning 108-135 Mario Domínguez

Driver Laps led Adrian Fernández 88 Mario Domínguez 28 Michel Jourdain, Jr. 8 Mika Salo 6 Darren Manning 4 Bruno Junqueira 1

• New Track Record Adrian Fernández 44.253 (Qualification Session #2)
• New Race Record Mario Domínguez 2:03:19.401
• Average Speed 75.533 mph

References

1. "Weather of the 2003 Grand Prix Americas Champ Car race". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-10-13.

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results