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 Long Beach Street Circuit. This race was a new low in TV ratings for the series. Only 69,000 people watched the race on SPEED Channel, less than the 95,000 who attended the race.
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 Out of Fuel 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 Gearbox 1 2 16 2 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 70 Engine 5 0 17 4 Roberto Moreno Herdez Competition 36 Collision 9 0 18 5 Rodolfo Lavín Walker Racing 35 Collision 17 0 19 11 Alex Yoong Dale Coyne Racing 32 Accident 19 0
Caution flags Laps Cause28–30 Lemarié (27) stalled on course33–35 Yoong (11) contact37–40 Lavín (5) & Moreno (4) contact
Lap leaders Laps Leader1–26 Paul Tracy27–56 Michel Jourdain Jr.57–61 Oriol Servià62 Adrian Fernández63–65 Sébastien Bourdais66–83 Michel Jourdain Jr.84–90 Paul Tracy Driver Laps ledMichel Jourdain Jr. 48Paul Tracy 33Oriol Servià 5Sébastien Bourdais 3Adrian Fernández 1
New Race Record Paul Tracy 1:56:01.792 Average Speed 91.590 mph
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