2003 Champ Car Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Race 13 of 18 in the 2003 CART season | |
 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Track Layout | |
| Date | August 10, 2003 |
| Official name | 2003 Champ Car Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio |
| Location | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio, United States |
| Course | Permanent Road Course 2.258 mi / 3.634 km |
| Distance | 92 laps 207.736 mi / 334.328 km |
| Weather | Scattered Clouds |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Paul Tracy (Team Player's) |
| Time | 1:07.058 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Jimmy Vasser (American Spirit Team Johansson) |
| Time | 1:08.366 (on lap 60 of 92) |
| Podium | |
| First | Paul Tracy (Team Player's) |
| Second | Patrick Carpentier (Team Player's) |
| Third | Ryan Hunter-Reay (American Spirit Team Johansson) |
The 2003 Champ Car Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio was the thirteenth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on August 10, 2003 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. It was the last of 22 Champ Car events to take place at the track which was a fixture in the CART calendar for most of its history.
Qualifying results
[edit]| Pos | Nat | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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Paul Tracy | Team Player's | 1:07.204 | 1:07.058 | 1:07.058 |
| 2 | 
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Ryan Hunter-Reay | American Spirit Team Johansson | 1:07.875 | 1:07.074 | 1:07.074 |
| 3 | 
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Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:07.699 | 1:07.130 | 1:07.130 |
| 4 | 
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Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 1:07.696 | 1:07.236 | 1:07.236 |
| 5 |
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Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 1:07.611 | 1:07.296 | 1:07.296 |
| 6 | 
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Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:08.012 | 1:07.300 | 1:07.300 |
| 7 |
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Alex Tagliani | Rocketsports Racing | 1:07.477 | 1:07.739 | 1:07.477 |
| 8 | 
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Oriol Servià | Patrick Racing | 1:07.801 | 1:07.529 | 1:07.529 |
| 9 |
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Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 1:07.652 | 1:07.798 | 1:07.652 |
| 10 |
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Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 1:08.052 | 1:07.678 | 1:07.678 |
| 11 |
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Roberto Moreno | Herdez Competition | 1:07.804 | 1:08.070 | 1:07.804 |
| 12 | 
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Tiago Monteiro | Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing | 1:08.112 | 1:07.914 | 1:07.914 |
| 13 | 
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Darren Manning | Walker Racing | 1:08.002 | 1:07.964 | 1:07.964 |
| 14 |
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Jimmy Vasser | American Spirit Team Johansson | 1:08.125 | - | 1:08.125 |
| 15 |
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Mario Haberfeld | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:08.153 | 1:08.385 | 1:08.153 |
| 16 | 
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Max Papis | PK Racing | 1:08.359 | 1:08.382 | 1:08.359 |
| 17 |
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Rodolfo Lavín | Walker Racing | 1:08.585 | 1:08.461 | 1:08.461 |
| 18 |
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Geoff Boss | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:08.777 | 1:10.157 | 1:08.777 |
| 19 |
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Gualter Salles | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:09.021 | 1:08.785 | 1:08.785 |
Race
[edit]| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Paul Tracy
|
Team Player's | 92 | 1:56:45.737 | 1 | 23 |
| 2 | 32 | Patrick Carpentier
|
Team Player's | 92 | +0.610 secs | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | 31 | Ryan Hunter-Reay
|
American Spirit Team Johansson | 92 | +1.972 secs | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | 9 | Michel Jourdain Jr.
|
Team Rahal | 92 | +3.205 secs | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | Sébastien Bourdais
|
Newman/Haas Racing | 92 | +4.054 secs | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | 33 | Alex Tagliani
|
Rocketsports Racing | 92 | +7.925 secs | 7 | 8 |
| 7 | 51 | Adrian Fernández
|
Fernández Racing | 92 | +8.713 secs | 10 | 6 |
| 8 | 15 | Darren Manning
|
Walker Racing | 92 | +9.162 secs | 13 | 5 |
| 9 | 27 | Max Papis
|
PK Racing | 92 | +10.508 secs | 16 | 4 |
| 10 | 34 | Mario Haberfeld
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Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 92 | +12.414 secs | 15 | 3 |
| 11 | 7 | Tiago Monteiro
|
Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing | 91 | + 1 Lap | 12 | 2 |
| 12 | 5 | Rodolfo Lavín
|
Walker Racing | 91 | + 1 Lap | 17 | 1 |
| 13 | 1 | Bruno Junqueira
|
Newman/Haas Racing | 90 | + 2 Laps | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | 11 | Geoff Boss
|
Dale Coyne Racing | 90 | + 2 Laps | 18 | 0 |
| 15 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser
|
American Spirit Team Johansson | 82 | Contact | 14 | 0 |
| 16 | 55 | Mario Domínguez
|
Herdez Competition | 71 | Mechanical | 9 | 0 |
| 17 | 19 | Gualter Salles
|
Dale Coyne Racing | 46 | Off course | 19 | 0 |
| 18 | 20 | Oriol Servià
|
Patrick Racing | 13 | Contact | 8 | 0 |
| 19 | 4 | Roberto Moreno
|
Herdez Competition | 9 | Contact | 11 | 0 |
Caution flags
[edit]| Laps | Cause |
|---|---|
| 9-11 | Moreno (4) contact |
| 13-16 | Servià (20) & Junqueira (1) contact |
| 83-86 | Vasser (12) contact |
Notes
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- Average Speed 106.251 mph
External links
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