The 2003 Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante was the seventeenth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on October 12, 2003 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico.
Qualifying results
Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 Paul Tracy Team Player's 1:28.842 1:29.201 1:28.842 2 Tiago Monteiro Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing 1:29.687 1:29.042 1:29.042 3 Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 1:28.905 1:29.351 1:28.905 4 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:29.110 1:29.235 1:29.110 5 Ryan Hunter-Reay American Spirit Team Johansson 1:29.498 1:29.191 1:29.191 6 Darren Manning Walker Racing 1:29.580 1:29.193 1:29.193 7 Jimmy Vasser American Spirit Team Johansson 1:29.315 1:29.504 1:29.315 8 Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 1:29.387 1:29.375 1:29.375 9 Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 1:29.616 1:29.449 1:29.449 10 Luis Díaz Walker Racing 1:30.478 1:29.546 1:29.546 11 Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 1:29.890 1:29.611 1:29.611 12 Mika Salo PK Racing 1:30.558 1:29.761 1:29.761 13 Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 1:29.882 1:30.383 1:29.882 14 Mario Haberfeld Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:30.096 1:29.958 1:29.958 15 Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 1:30.044 1:30.372 1:30.044 16 Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 1:30.383 1:30.510 1:30.383 17 Rodolfo Lavín Walker Racing 1:30.584 1:30.827 1:30.584 18 Roberto González Herdez Competition 1:31.162 1:31.687 1:31.162 19 Gualter Salles Dale Coyne Racing 1:31.927 1:31.442 1:31.442 20 Geoff Boss Dale Coyne Racing 1:31.847 1:31.626 1:31.626
Race
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Paul Tracy Team Player's 70 1:56:51.396 1 22 2 2 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 70 +1.782 secs 4 16 3 55 Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 70 +3.254 secs 11 14 4 9 Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 70 +12.118 secs 8 12 5 27 Mika Salo PK Racing 70 +13.787 secs 12 10 6 7 Tiago Monteiro Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing 70 +17.744 secs 2 9 7 1 Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 70 +18.080 secs 3 6 8 51 Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 70 +19.679 secs 15 5 9 15 Darren Manning Walker Racing 70 +27.476 secs 6 4 10 4 Roberto González Herdez Competition 70 +42.989 secs 18 3 11 31 Ryan Hunter-Reay American Spirit Team Johansson 70 +52.190 secs 5 2 12 34 Mario Haberfeld Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 70 +56.996 secs 14 1 13 20 Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 69 + 1 Lap 16 0 14 32 Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 68 Mechanical 9 0 15 19 Gualter Salles Dale Coyne Racing 53 Mechanical 19 0 16 33 Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 40 Contact 13 0 17 12 Jimmy Vasser American Spirit Team Johansson 40 Contact 7 0 18 5 Rodolfo Lavín Walker Racing 20 Mechanical 17 0 19 25 Luis Díaz Walker Racing 12 Mechanical 10 0 20 11 Geoff Boss Dale Coyne Racing 4 Off course 20 0
Caution flags Laps Cause1 Yellow start2 Vasser (12), Manning (15) & Fernández (51) contact40-44 Vasser (12) & Tagliani (33) contact46-47 Manning (15) & Gonzalez (4) contact
Notes
Laps Leader1-57 Paul Tracy58-63 Adrian Fernández64-70 Paul Tracy Driver Laps ledPaul Tracy 64Adrian Fernández 6
New Race Record Paul Tracy 1:56:51.396 Average Speed 100.133 mph
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