2003 Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante

2003 Mexico City

Race details
Race 17 of 18 in the 2003 CART season
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Track Layout
Date	October 12, 2003
Official name	2003 Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante Presented by Banamex/VISA
Location	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico
Course	Permanent Road Course 2.786 mi / 4.484 km
Distance	70 laps 195.020 mi / 313.880 km
Pole position
Driver	Paul Tracy (Team Player's)
Time	1:28.842
Fastest lap
Driver	Ryan Hunter-Reay (American Spirit Team Johansson)
Time	1:29.066 (on lap 63 of 70)
Podium
First	Paul Tracy (Team Player's)
Second	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Third	Mario Domínguez (Herdez Competition)

The 2003 Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante was the seventeenth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on October 12, 2003 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Paul Tracy	Team Player's	1:28.842	1:29.201	1:28.842
2		Tiago Monteiro	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	1:29.687	1:29.042	1:29.042
3		Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1:28.905	1:29.351	1:28.905
4		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:29.110	1:29.235	1:29.110
5		Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	1:29.498	1:29.191	1:29.191
6		Darren Manning	Walker Racing	1:29.580	1:29.193	1:29.193
7		Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	1:29.315	1:29.504	1:29.315
8		Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	1:29.387	1:29.375	1:29.375
9		Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	1:29.616	1:29.449	1:29.449
10		Luis Díaz	Walker Racing	1:30.478	1:29.546	1:29.546
11		Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	1:29.890	1:29.611	1:29.611
12		Mika Salo	PK Racing	1:30.558	1:29.761	1:29.761
13		Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	1:29.882	1:30.383	1:29.882
14		Mario Haberfeld	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:30.096	1:29.958	1:29.958
15		Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	1:30.044	1:30.372	1:30.044
16		Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	1:30.383	1:30.510	1:30.383
17		Rodolfo Lavín	Walker Racing	1:30.584	1:30.827	1:30.584
18		Roberto González	Herdez Competition	1:31.162	1:31.687	1:31.162
19		Gualter Salles	Dale Coyne Racing	1:31.927	1:31.442	1:31.442
20		Geoff Boss	Dale Coyne Racing	1:31.847	1:31.626	1:31.626

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Paul Tracy	Team Player's	70	1:56:51.396	1	22
2	2	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	70	+1.782 secs	4	16
3	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	70	+3.254 secs	11	14
4	9	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	70	+12.118 secs	8	12
5	27	Mika Salo	PK Racing	70	+13.787 secs	12	10
6	7	Tiago Monteiro	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	70	+17.744 secs	2	9
7	1	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	70	+18.080 secs	3	6
8	51	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	70	+19.679 secs	15	5
9	15	Darren Manning	Walker Racing	70	+27.476 secs	6	4
10	4	Roberto González	Herdez Competition	70	+42.989 secs	18	3
11	31	Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	70	+52.190 secs	5	2
12	34	Mario Haberfeld	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	70	+56.996 secs	14	1
13	20	Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	69	+ 1 Lap	16	0
14	32	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	68	Mechanical	9	0
15	19	Gualter Salles	Dale Coyne Racing	53	Mechanical	19	0
16	33	Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	40	Contact	13	0
17	12	Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	40	Contact	7	0
18	5	Rodolfo Lavín	Walker Racing	20	Mechanical	17	0
19	25	Luis Díaz	Walker Racing	12	Mechanical	10	0
20	11	Geoff Boss	Dale Coyne Racing	4	Off course	20	0

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1	Yellow start
2	Vasser (12), Manning (15) & Fernández (51) contact
40-44	Vasser (12) & Tagliani (33) contact
46-47	Manning (15) & Gonzalez (4) contact

Notes

Laps Leader 1-57 Paul Tracy 58-63 Adrian Fernández 64-70 Paul Tracy

Driver Laps led Paul Tracy 64 Adrian Fernández 6

• New Race Record Paul Tracy 1:56:51.396
• Average Speed 100.133 mph

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results