2003 Molson Indy Vancouver

2003 Vancouver

Race details
Race 10 of 18 in the 2003 CART season
Date	July 27, 2003
Official name	2003 Molson Indy Vancouver
Location	Concord Pacific Place Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Course	Temporary Street Circuit 1.781 mi / 2.866 km
Distance	100 laps 178.100 mi / 286.600 km
Weather	Clear skies with temperatures reaching a high of 25.6 °C (78.1 °F); dropping down to 19.4 °C (66.9 °F) by the end of the event
Pole position
Driver	Paul Tracy (Team Player's)
Time	1:00.926
Fastest lap
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	1:02.011 (on lap 98 of 100)
Podium
First	Paul Tracy (Team Player's)
Second	Bruno Junqueira (Newman/Haas Racing)
Third	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)

The 2003 Molson Indy Vancouver was the eleventh round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on July 27, 2003 on the streets of Concord Pacific Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Paul Tracy	Team Player's	1:01.862	1:00.926	1:00.926
2		Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1:01.845	1:01.070	1:01.070
3		Roberto Moreno	Herdez Competition	1:02.216	1:01.172	1:01.172
4		Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	1:02.350	1:01.582	1:01.582
5		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:01.921	1:01.617	1:01.617
6		Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	1:02.348	1:01.691	1:01.691
7		Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	1:02.032	1:01.816	1:01.816
8		Darren Manning	Walker Racing	1:02.222	1:02.032	1:02.032
9		Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	1:02.103	1:02.063	1:02.063
10		Mario Haberfeld	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:02.838	1:02.344	1:02.344
11		Tiago Monteiro	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	1:05.754	1:02.351	1:02.351
12		Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	1:03.033	1:02.373	1:02.373
13		Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	1:03.461	1:02.458	1:02.458
14		Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	1:02.469	1:02.902	1:02.469
15		Max Papis	PK Racing	1:02.999	1:02.800	1:02.800
16		Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	1:03.317	1:03.347	1:03.317
17		Gualter Salles	Dale Coyne Racing	1:03.928	1:03.388	1:03.388
18		Rodolfo Lavín	Walker Racing	1:03.437	1:03.705	1:03.437
19		Geoff Boss	Dale Coyne Racing	1:04.316	1:04.259	1:04.259

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Paul Tracy	Team Player's	100	1:57:54.322	1	22
2	1	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	100	+17.8 secs	2	17
3	2	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	100	+25.7 secs	5	14
4	9	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	100	+45.4 secs	4	12
5	15	Darren Manning	Walker Racing	98	+ 2 Laps	8	10
6	31	Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	98	+ 2 Laps	16	8
7	34	Mario Haberfeld	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	98	+ 2 Laps	10	6
8	5	Rodolfo Lavín	Walker Racing	98	+ 2 Laps	17	5
9	27	Max Papis	PK Racing	98	+ 2 Laps	15	4
10	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	96	+ 4 Laps	12	3
11	12	Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	90	Mechanical	13	2
12	51	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	72	Mechanical	14	1
13	32	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	60	Contact	6	0
14	33	Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	30	Contact	7	0
15	7	Tiago Monteiro	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	27	Contact	11	0
16	20	Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	4	Contact	9	0
17	4	Roberto Moreno	Herdez Competition	3	Contact	3	0
18	19	Gualter Salles	Dale Coyne Racing	0	DNS Contact	-	0
19	11	Geoff Boss	Dale Coyne Racing	0	DNS Contact	-	0

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1-2	Yellow start - Salles (19) contact during warmup
4-6	Bourdais (2) & Moreno (4) contact; Monteiro (7) & Domínguez (55) contact
31-36	Monteiro (7) & Tagliani (33) contact

Notes

Laps Leader 1-2 Paul Tracy 3-23 Bruno Junqueira 24-60 Paul Tracy 61-62 Sébastien Bourdais 63-100 Paul Tracy

Driver Laps led Paul Tracy 77 Bruno Junqueira 21 Sébastien Bourdais 2

• New Race Record Paul Tracy 1:57:54.322
• Average Speed 90.632 mph

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results