Race details | |
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Race 16 of 18 in the 2003 CART season | |
Date | September 28, 2003 |
Official name | 2003 Grand Prix Americas Presented by Sportsbook.com |
Location | Bayfront Park Miami, Florida, United States |
Course | Temporary Street Course 1.150 mi / 1.851 km |
Distance | 135 laps 155.250 mi / 249.885 km |
Weather | Mostly cloudy with temperatures reaching up to 90 °F (32 °C); wind speeds approaching 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h) [1] |
Pole position | |
Driver | Adrian Fernández (Fernández Racing) |
Time | 44.253 |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Adrian Fernández (Fernández Racing) |
Time | 45.010 (on lap 89 of 135) |
Podium | |
First | Mario Domínguez (Herdez Competition) |
Second | Roberto Moreno (Herdez Competition) |
Third | Mika Salo (PK Racing) |
The 2003 Grand Prix Americas was the sixteenth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on September 28, 2003 on the streets of downtown Miami, Florida.
Pos | Nat | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
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1 | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 46.306 | 44.253 | 44.253 | |
2 | Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 45.024 | 45.639 | 45.024 | |
3 | Oriol Servià | Patrick Racing | 46.319 | 44.289 | 44.289 | |
4 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 45.770 | 44.609 | 44.609 | |
5 | Paul Tracy | Team Player's | 47.401 | 44.768 | 44.768 | |
6 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 46.033 | 44.939 | 44.939 | |
7 | Roberto Moreno | Herdez Competition | 46.773 | 45.140 | 45.140 | |
8 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 46.379 | 45.157 | 45.157 | |
9 | Tiago Monteiro | Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing | 47.845 | 45.318 | 45.318 | |
10 | Alex Tagliani | Rocketsports Racing | 46.328 | 45.372 | 45.372 | |
11 | Jimmy Vasser | American Spirit Team Johansson | 46.530 | 45.380 | 45.380 | |
12 | Darren Manning | Walker Racing | 47.119 | 45.430 | 45.430 | |
13 | Mario Haberfeld | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 51.950 | 45.441 | 45.441 | |
14 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | American Spirit Team Johansson | 46.470 | 45.652 | 45.652 | |
15 | Mika Salo | PK Racing | 45.686 | 45.731 | 45.686 | |
16 | Rodolfo Lavín | Walker Racing | 48.398 | 46.319 | 46.319 | |
17 | Geoff Boss | Dale Coyne Racing | 48.765 | 46.446 | 46.446 | |
18 | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 46.765 | 49.267 | 46.765 | |
19 | Alex Sperafico | Dale Coyne Racing | 48.871 | - | 48.871 |
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 55 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 135 | 2:03:19.401 | 8 | 20 |
2 | 4 | Roberto Moreno | Herdez Competition | 135 | +5.241 secs | 7 | 16 |
3 | 27 | Mika Salo | PK Racing | 135 | +7.988 secs | 15 | 14 |
4 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | American Spirit Team Johansson | 135 | +9.208 secs | 11 | 12 |
5 | 34 | Mario Haberfeld | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 135 | +9.483 secs | 13 | 10 |
6 | 32 | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 135 | +10.257 secs | 18 | 8 |
7 | 9 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 135 | +19.174 secs | 6 | 6 |
8 | 51 | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 134 | + 1 Lap | 1 | 7 |
9 | 1 | Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 131 | + 4 Laps | 2 | 5 |
10 | 11 | Geoff Boss | Dale Coyne Racing | 129 | + 6 Laps | 17 | 3 |
11 | 15 | Darren Manning | Walker Racing | 123 | Mechanical | 12 | 2 |
12 | 31 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | American Spirit Team Johansson | 114 | Contact | 14 | 1 |
13 | 33 | Alex Tagliani | Rocketsports Racing | 101 | Contact | 10 | 0 |
14 | 19 | Alex Sperafico | Dale Coyne Racing | 98 | Contact | 19 | 0 |
15 | 7 | Tiago Monteiro | Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing | 91 | Contact | 9 | 0 |
16 | 3 | Paul Tracy | Team Player's | 69 | Contact | 5 | 0 |
17 | 2 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 69 | Contact | 4 | 0 |
18 | 5 | Rodolfo Lavín | Walker Racing | 56 | Contact | 16 | 0 |
19 | 20 | Oriol Servià | Patrick Racing | 43 | Contact | 3 | 0 |
Laps | Cause |
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39-43 | Boss (11) stopped on course |
44-52 | Servià (20) contact |
68-72 | Tracy (3) & Bourdais (2) contact |
93-99 | Junqueira (1), Fernández (51) & Monteiro (7) contact |
100-105 | Sperafico (19) contact |
118-121 | Hunter-Reay (31) contact |
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