The 2003 Grand Prix of Monterey was the seventh round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on June 15, 2003 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California.
Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 1:10.314 1:09.575 1:09.575 2 Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 1:10.040 1:09.794 1:09.794 3 Paul Tracy Team Player's 1:10.341 1:09.671 1:09.671 4 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:10.701 1:10.099 1:10.099 5 Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 1:10.846 1:10.228 1:10.228 6 Mario Haberfeld Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:10.753 1:10.244 1:10.244 7 Darren Manning Walker Racing 1:11.786 1:10.531 1:10.531 8 Jimmy Vasser American Spirit Team Johansson 1:11.222 1:10.538 1:10.538 9 Roberto Moreno Herdez Competition 1:11.298 1:10.573 1:10.573 10 Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 1:11.227 1:10.597 1:10.597 11 Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 1:11.210 1:10.800 1:10.800 12 Bryan Herta PK Racing 1:11.297 1:10.943 1:10.943 13 Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 1:10.970-** 1:10.970 14 Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 1:11.593 1:11.025 1:11.025 15 Tiago Monteiro Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing-* 1:11.354 1:11.354 16 Rodolfo Lavín Walker Racing 1:12.302 1:11.430 1:11.430 17 Ryan Hunter-Reay American Spirit Team Johansson 1:12.614 1:11.450 1:11.450 18 Joël Camathias Dale Coyne Racing 1:12.453 1:11.455 1:11.455 19 Geoff Boss Dale Coyne Racing 1:13.975 1:12.802 1:12.802
*Tiago Montiero did not set a time in the first qualification session after damaging his car prior to the session. He used his backup car in the second qualification session. **Michel Jourdain set the fastest time in the second qualification session (1:09.530) but his time was disallowed after his car was found to be underweight during tech inspection.
Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 32 Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 87 1:48:11.023 1 22 2 1 Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 87 +0.8 secs 2 17 3 3 Paul Tracy Team Player's 87 +28.6 secs 3 14 4 9 Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 87 +40.8 secs 13 12 5 34 Mario Haberfeld Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 87 +42.1 secs 6 10 6 20 Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 87 +1:00.2 10 8 7 51 Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 87 +1:01.4 5 6 8 12 Jimmy Vasser American Spirit Team Johansson 87 +1:01.8 8 5 9 7 Tiago Monteiro Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing 86 + 1 Lap 15 4 10 55 Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 86 + 1 Lap 11 3 11 27 Bryan Herta PK Racing 86 + 1 Lap 12 2 12 31 Ryan Hunter-Reay American Spirit Team Johansson 86 + 1 Lap 17 1 13 19 Joël Camathias Dale Coyne Racing 85 + 2 Laps 18 0 14 33 Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 85 + 2 Laps 14 0 15 4 Roberto Moreno Herdez Competition 85 + 2 Laps 9 0 16 11 Geoff Boss Dale Coyne Racing 83 Mechanical 19 0 17 2 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 77 Mechanical 4 0 18 15 Darren Manning Walker Racing 12 Mechanical 7 0 19 5 Rodolfo Lavín Walker Racing 10 Mechanical 16 0
Caution flags Laps Cause1 Yellow start
Notes Laps Leader1-87 Patrick Carpentier Driver Laps ledPatrick Carpentier 87
New Race Record Patrick Carpentier 1:48:11.023 Average Speed 107.986 mph
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