2003 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

The 2003 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on April 13, 2003 on the streets of Long Beach, California. This race was a new low in TV ratings for the series. Only 69,000 people watched the race on SPEED Channel, less than the 95,000 who attended the race.

2003 Long Beach

Race details
Race 3 of 18 in the 2003 CART season
Long Beach Track Layout
Date	April 13, 2003
Official name	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
Location	Long Beach Grand Prix Long Beach, California, United States
Course	Temporary street circuit 1.968 mi / 3.167 km
Distance	90 laps 177.120 mi / 285.030 km
Weather	Mostly Cloudy
Pole position
Driver	Michel Jourdain Jr. (Team Rahal)
Time	1:08.177
Fastest lap
Driver	Michel Jourdain Jr. (Team Rahal)
Time	1:09.050 (on lap 77 of 90)
Podium
First	Paul Tracy (Team Player's)
Second	Adrian Fernández (Fernández Racing)
Third	Bruno Junqueira (Newman/Haas Racing)

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	1:09.530	1:08.177	1:08.177
2		Paul Tracy	Team Player's	1:09.079	1:08.729	1:09.079
3		Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	1:09.752	1:08.371	1:08.371
4		Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1:09.120	1:08.537	1:08.537
5		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:09.242	1:08.549	1:08.549
6		Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	1:09.406	1:08.660	1:08.660
7		Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	1:09.432	1:08.784	1:08.784
8		Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	1:09.546	1:08.821	1:08.821
9		Roberto Moreno	Herdez Competition	1:10.086	1:09.028	1:09.028
10		Darren Manning	Walker Racing	1:10.707	1:09.135	1:09.135
11		Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	1:09.993	1:09.222	1:09.222
12		Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	1:10.408	1:09.359	1:09.359
13		Patrick Lemarié	PK Racing	1:11.026	1:09.736	1:09.736
14		Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	1:10.083	1:09.765	1:09.765
15		Mario Haberfeld	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:10.834	1:10.014	1:10.014
16		Tiago Monteiro	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	1:10.459	1:10.092	1:10.092
17		Rodolfo Lavín	Walker Racing	–	1:11.082	1:11.082
18		Joël Camathias	Dale Coyne Racing	1:12.281	1:11.303	1:11.303
19		Alex Yoong	Dale Coyne Racing	1:12.393	1:11.566	1:11.566

Rodolfo Lavín missed the first qualification session after a crashing during practice.

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Paul Tracy	Team Player's	90	1:56:01.792	2	21
2	51	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	90	+4.5 secs	7	16
3	1	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	90	+13.7 secs	4	14
4	12	Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	90	+21.0 secs	14	12
5	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	90	+22.2 secs	11	10
6	32	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	90	+22.7 secs	6	8
7	31	Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	90	+25.7 secs	12	6
8	15	Darren Manning	Walker Racing	90	+33.4 secs	10	5
9	34	Mario Haberfeld	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	90	+48.6 secs	15	4
10	33	Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	89	+ 1 Lap	3	3
11	7	Tiago Monteiro	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	88	+ 2 Laps	16	2
12	20	Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	87	Out of Fuel	8	1
13	27	Patrick Lemarié	PK Racing	87	+ 3 Lap	13	0
14	19	Joël Camathias	Dale Coyne Racing	84	+ 6 Laps	18	0
15	9	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	83	Gearbox	1	2
16	2	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	70	Engine	5	0
17	4	Roberto Moreno	Herdez Competition	36	Collision	9	0
18	5	Rodolfo Lavín	Walker Racing	35	Collision	17	0
19	11	Alex Yoong	Dale Coyne Racing	32	Accident	19	0

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
28–30	Lemarié (27) stalled on course
33–35	Yoong (11) contact
37–40	Lavín (5) & Moreno (4) contact

Lap leaders

Laps Leader 1–26 Paul Tracy 27–56 Michel Jourdain Jr. 57–61 Oriol Servià 62 Adrian Fernández 63–65 Sébastien Bourdais 66–83 Michel Jourdain Jr. 84–90 Paul Tracy

Driver Laps led Michel Jourdain Jr. 48 Paul Tracy 33 Oriol Servià 5 Sébastien Bourdais 3 Adrian Fernández 1

• New Race Record Paul Tracy 1:56:01.792
• Average Speed 91.590 mph

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results