2003 Molson Indy Vancouver

Canada 2003 Vancouver
Race details
Race 10 of 18 in the 2003 CART season
DateJuly 27, 2003
Official name2003 Molson Indy Vancouver
LocationConcord Pacific Place
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
CourseTemporary Street Circuit
1.781 mi / 2.866 km
Distance100 laps
178.100 mi / 286.600 km
WeatherClear 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[1]
Pole position
DriverPaul Tracy (Team Player's)
Time1:00.926
Fastest lap
DriverSébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time1:02.011 (on lap 98 of 100)
Podium
FirstPaul Tracy (Team Player's)
SecondBruno Junqueira (Newman/Haas Racing)
ThirdSébastien 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

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

Race

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

Caution flags

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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

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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

References

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  1. ^ "2003 Molson Indy Vancouver weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
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