2003 Champ Car World Series

American motorsport season February 2025 2003 CART Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford CART logo (2003).svg 19 18 February 23 October 26 Canada Paul Tracy United Kingdom Lola France Sébastien Bourdais Canada Canada 2002 2004 (CCWS) 2004 (IRL) The 2003 Champ Car World Series, the twenty-fifth and final in the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) era of American open-wheel car racing, consisted of 18 races, beginning in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States on February 23 and concluding in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia on October 26. For sponsorship purposes, it was branded as Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford. The intended final event, scheduled to be held in Fontana, California, on November 9 was canceled due to wildfires, one of which was known as the "Grand Prix Fire", burning in and around San Bernardino County. The Drivers' Champion was Paul Tracy. Rookie of the Year was Sébastien Bourdais. At the end of the season, the operations of a now bankrupt CART were assumed by Open Wheel Racing Series LLC, which continued to brand its top series as the Champ Car World Series. Cosworth (backed by Ford) became the series' sole engine supplier for this season following defection of Honda and Toyota to the rival IRL series for 2003. The season was the first since 1993 not to feature Michael Andretti. Drivers and teams With the departure of Honda and Toyota to the Indy Racing League (IRL) for the 2003 season, Cosworth became the exclusive engine supplier for the CART series. Their turbocharged 2.65L XFE V8 engine continued to be badged by Ford. Bridgestone continued on as the exclusive tire supplier for the series. Starting in 2003, CART began branding itself as the Champ Car World Series, and a marketing agreement between CART and the two suppliers resulted in the full branding of "Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford."http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=111881&FS=INDYCAR Ford increases their stake in CART motorsport.com 2002-11-21 2008-05-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20081012150418/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=111881&FS=INDYCAR 2008-10-12 dead The following teams and drivers competed in the 2003 Champ Car World Series season. TeamChassisNoDriversRacesPrimary Sponsors United States Newman/Haas Racing Lola B02/00 1 Brazil Bruno Junqueira All PacifiCare 2 France Sébastien Bourdais orange R silver All Eli Lilly 13 1-8, 10-14McDonald's 3 7, 15-16Cialis 1 17ConnectED 1 18 United States Team Player's Lola B02/00 3 Canada Paul Tracy All Player's 16 1-3, 6-15It's Your World 2 4-5LastLap.ca16-18 32 Canada Patrick Carpentier All Mexico Herdez Competition Lola B02/00 4 Brazil Roberto Moreno 1–16, 18 Herdez Mexico Roberto González orange R silver 17 55 Mexico Mario Domínguez All United States Walker Racing Reynard 02I 5 Mexico Rodolfo Lavín orange R silver All Corona 15 UK Darren Manning orange R silver All RAC AutoWindscreens 6 1-2, 4-7U.S. Air Force 1 3Air China 6 8-13Sportsbook.com 5 14-1825Mexico Luis Díaz orange R silver17Sun Microsystems United States Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing Reynard 02I 7 Portugal Tiago Monteiro orange R silver All Laureus 2 1, 4World Childhood Foundation 8 2-3, 5-10O2 Diesel 7 11-15, 17-18AllSlots.com 1 16 United States Team Rahal Lola B02/00 9 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. All Gigante 17 1-15, 17-18Office Depot 1 16 USA Dale Coyne Racing Lola B02/00 11 Mexico Roberto González orange R silver 1 Lotto Speed 2 1-2Snap-On Tools 1 3 Malaysia Airlines 2 4-5 Malaysia Alex Yoong orange R silver 2–5 Brazil Gualter Salles 6 Alpina USA Geoff Boss orange R silver 7–18 Lacoste 19 Switzerland Joël Camathias orange R silver 1–7 City of Lugano Brazil Gualter Salles 8–9, 11–15, 17–18 Alpina Brazil Alex Sperafico orange R silver 10, 16 Dale Coyne Racing United States American Spirit Team Johansson Reynard 02I 12 United States Jimmy Vasser All American Spirit Team Johansson 17 1-16, 18Gonher de Mexico 1 17 31 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay orange R silver All United States Patrick Racing Lola B02/00 20 Spain Oriol Servià All Visteon United States PK Racing Lola B02/00 27 France Patrick Lemarié orange R silver 1–6 Scientific Atlanta 17 1-17Yalumba 1 18 USA Bryan Herta 7 Italy Max Papis 8-14 Finland Mika Salo orange R silver 15–18 United States Rocketsports Racing Lola B02/00 33 Canada Alex Tagliani All Johnson Controls United States Mi-Jack Conquest Racing Reynard 02I 34 Brazil Mário Haberfeld orange R silver All Mi-Jack Mexico Fernández Racing Lola B02/00 51 Mexico Adrián Fernández All Tecate orange R Eligible for Rookie of the Year solid 1px darkgray Team changes With the departure of Honda and Toyota to the IRL for the 2003 season, four CART teams joined them in the rival series as well. Chip Ganassi Racing, Andretti Green Racing (a merger of the former Team Green and Michael Andretti's Team Motorola) and Mo Nunn Racing became full-time IRL competitors for the 2003 season. Meanwhile, Mi-Jack Conquest Racing went against flow and jumped from the IRL to CART.http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=112911&FS=INDYCAR Conquest Racing joins Champ Car Series motorsport.com 2002-12-23 2008-05-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20081012144330/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=112911&FS=INDYCAR 2008-10-12 dead Team Rahal and Fernández Racing split their efforts between the two series, each reducing their Champ Car teams to a single car. Dale Coyne Racing returned to full-time status after a partial season effort in 2002. Four new teams joined the series. Businessman Kevin Kalkhoven and Craig Pollock, who previously managed the British American Racing team in Formula One, started the PK Racing team.http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=113603&FS=INDYCAR Pollock, Kalkhoven form Champ Car team motorsport.com 2003-01-15 2008-05-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20081012153356/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=113603&FS=INDYCAR 2008-10-12 dead Long-time Trans-Am competitor Paul Gentilozzi expanded his Rocketsports Racing team to include a Champ Car effort.http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=111581&FS=INDYCAR Gentilozzi to own CART team in 2003 motorsport.com 2002-11-16 2008-05-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20081012160038/http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=111581&FS=INDYCAR 2008-10-12 dead Kalkhoven and Gentilozzi would go on to become two of the owners of the series in 2004 after the CART organization went bankrupt. Formula One and Champ Car champion Emerson Fittipaldi and businessman Jamie Dingman formed Fittipaldi-Dingman Racinghttp://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=115177&FS=F3000 Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing, driver Monteiro enter Champ Car series motorsport.com 2003-02-10 2008-05-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20051112172944/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=115177&FS=F3000 2005-11-12 dead while Formula One and Champ Car veteran Stefan Johansson formed American Spirit Team Johansson.http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=112861&FS=INDYCAR Johansson forms two car CART team motorsport.com 2002-12-20 2008-05-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20081012153351/http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=112861&FS=INDYCAR 2008-10-12 dead Driver changes Along with the major changes to the team lineup to the series, a great many new faces made their debut in 2003. Of the nineteen drivers at the season opener in St. Petersburg, nine were rookies. Most notable was 2002 Formula 3000 champion Sébastien Bourdais who joined Newman/Haas Racing. Bourdais would impress immediately by taking pole in his first race, winning his fourth race, and finishing fourth in the season championship. Walker Racing had a lineup of two rookies, Rodolfo Lavín and Darren Manning, who actually debuted at the 2002 race at the Rockingham Motor Speedway in Corby, England but was still considered a series rookie. Three rookie teams campaigned with rookie drivers. Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing ran Tiago Monteiro, Mi-Jack Conquest Racing chose Mário Haberfeld, while PK Racing began the year with Patrick Lemarié. Familiar Champ Car drivers also found themselves in new surroundings for 2003. With Chip Ganassi Racing gone to the IRL, Bruno Junqueira took over the #1 car at Newman-Haas, replacing Cristiano da Matta who moved on to Formula One after winning the 2002 CART championship. With Team Green also gone to the IRL, Paul Tracy moved over to Team Player's. Tracy would reward his new team with the season championship. Alex Tagliani lost his Player's seat to Tracy but found a ride with the new Rocketsports Racing team. Champ Car's elder statesman Jimmy Vasser joined the new American Spirit Team Johansson team after Team Rahal downsized to a single car. His teammate there was series rookie Ryan Hunter-Reay. Herdez Competition tabbed veteran Roberto Moreno for their expanded two car team. The list of drivers not changing teams was short. Patrick Carpentier at Player's, Mario Domínguez at Herdez, Michel Jourdain Jr. at Team Rahal, Oriol Servia at Patrick Racing, and Adrian Fernández continued to drive his own car. Mid-season changes Alex Yoong, a former Formula One pay driver, took over the Dale Coyne Racing #11 car from Roberto González starting with the 2nd race of the season in Monterrey.http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=117949&FS=INDYCAR Former F1 driver Yoong joins Dale Coyne Racing motorsport.com 2003-03-21 2008-06-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20081012144335/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=117949&FS=INDYCAR 2008-10-12 dead Sponsorship problems caused Yoong to lose his race seat to Champ Car veteran Gualter Salles at Milwaukee.http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=124721&FS=INDYCAR Yoong steps down at Dale Coyne Racing motorsport.com 2003-05-26 2008-06-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20081012150428/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=124721&FS=INDYCAR 2008-10-12 dead This marked Salles's first Champ Car start since Road America in August 2000. After a series of disappointing results to open the season, PK Racing replaced Patrick Lemarié with noted Laguna Seca expert Bryan Herta for the race there.http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=126512&FS=INDYCAR Herta replaces PK Racing's rookie for Laguna motorsport.com 2003-06-12 2008-06-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20081012160043/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=126512&FS=INDYCAR 2008-10-12 dead Herta's full-time job in 2003 was driving in the IRL for Andretti Green Racing so Max Papis took over the car starting with the following round at Portland.http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=127377&FS=INDYCAR 'Mad Max' Papis returns to Champ Car competition motorsport.com 2003-06-18 2008-06-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20081012160048/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=127377&FS=INDYCAR 2008-10-12 dead Also at Laguna, the revolving door at Coyne continued with Geoff Boss taking over the #11 from Salles.http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=126511&FS=INDYCAR Dale Coyne Racing signs Geoff Boss motorsport.com 2003-06-12 2008-06-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20081012153401/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=126511&FS=INDYCAR 2008-10-12 dead The shuffle at Coyne did not stop at Portland as Gualter Salles returned, taking over the #19 car from Joël Camathias. Salles remained in the #19 for the rest of the year with two exceptions: Alex Sperafico took over the car at Toronto and Miami because Salles had previous commitments those weekends.http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=129560&FS=INDYCAR Toronto: Round ten preview motorsport.com 2003-07-08 2008-06-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20081012144340/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=129560&FS=INDYCAR 2008-10-12 dead PK Racing brought in Formula One veteran Mika Salo for the final four races of the year starting with the race in Denver.http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=134842&FS=INDYCAR Salo to debut at Denver motorsport.com 2003-08-27 2008-06-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20081012160053/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=134842&FS=INDYCAR 2008-10-12 dead Two extra Mexican drivers were brought in for the race in Mexico City. Herdez Competition gave away Roberto Moreno's car to Roberto González for the race, while Walker Racing ran a third car for Luis Díaz.http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=138660&FS=INDYCAR Walker Racing add Luis Diaz to team's Mexico City lineup motorsport.com 2003-09-30 2008-06-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20081012144345/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=138660&FS=INDYCAR 2008-10-12 dead Schedule Icon Legend white O silver Oval/Speedway lightblue R silver Road course peachpuff S silver Street circuitCCancelled race Rnd Date Race Name Circuit City/Location 1 February 23 USA Grand Prix of St. Petersburg peachpuff S silver St. Petersburg Street Circuit St. Petersburg, Florida 2 March 23 Mexico Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix lightblue R silver Fundidora Park Monterrey, Mexico 3 April 13 USA Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach peachpuff S silver Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California 4 May 5 UK London Champ Car Trophy lightblue R silver Brands Hatch Longfield, United Kingdom 5 May 11 GER German 500 white O silver EuroSpeedway Lausitz Klettwitz, Germany 6 May 31 USA Milwaukee Mile Centennial 250 white O silver Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin 7 June 15 United States Grand Prix of Monterey lightblue R silver Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California 8 June 22 United States G.I. Joe's 200 lightblue R silver Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon 9 July 5 United States Cleveland Grand Prix lightblue R silver Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio 10 July 13 Canada Molson Indy Toronto peachpuff S silver Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario 11 July 27 Canada Molson Indy Vancouver peachpuff S silver Concord Pacific Place Vancouver, British Columbia 12 August 3 United States Mario Andretti Grand Prix at Road America lightblue R silver Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin 13 August 10 United States Champ Car Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio lightblue R silver Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 14 August 24 Canada Molson Indy Montreal lightblue R silver Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Quebec 15 August 31 USA Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver peachpuff S silver Denver Civic Center Denver, Colorado 16 September 28 USA Grand Prix Americas peachpuff S silver Miami Bayfront Park Street Circuit Miami, Florida 17 October 12 Mexico Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante lightblue R silver Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico 18 October 26 Australia Lexmark Indy 300 peachpuff S silver Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, AustraliaC November 9 USA King Taco 500 white O silver California Speedway Fontana, California Results Rnd Race Name Pole position Fastest lap Lead most laps Winning driver Winning team Report 1 United States St. Petersburg France Sébastien Bourdais France Sébastien Bourdais CAN Paul Tracy CAN Paul Tracy Team Player's Report 2 Mexico Monterrey France Sébastien Bourdais Brazil Bruno Junqueira CAN Paul Tracy CAN Paul Tracy Team Player's Report 3 United States Long Beach MEX Michel Jourdain Jr. MEX Michel Jourdain Jr. MEX Michel Jourdain Jr. CAN Paul Tracy Team Player's Report 4 UK Brands Hatch CAN Paul Tracy MEX Adrián Fernández France Sébastien Bourdais France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report 5 Germany EuroSpeedway France Sébastien Bourdais MEX Michel Jourdain Jr. France Sébastien Bourdais France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report 6 United States Milwaukee CAN Alex Tagliani Canada Patrick Carpentier MEX Michel Jourdain Jr. MEX Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal Report 7 United States Laguna Seca Canada Patrick Carpentier Canada Patrick Carpentier Canada Patrick Carpentier Canada Patrick Carpentier Team Player's Report 8 United States Portland Canada Paul Tracy Canada Alex Tagliani Canada Paul TracyMEX Michel Jourdain Jr. MEX Adrián Fernández Fernández Racing Report 9 United States Cleveland France Sébastien Bourdais France Sébastien Bourdais Canada Paul Tracy France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report 10 Canada Toronto CAN Paul Tracy CAN Paul Tracy Canada Paul Tracy CAN Paul Tracy Team Player's Report 11 Canada Vancouver CAN Paul Tracy France Sébastien Bourdais Canada Paul Tracy CAN Paul Tracy Team Player's Report 12 United States Road America Brazil Bruno Junqueira France Sébastien Bourdais Brazil Bruno Junqueira Brazil Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing Report 13 United States Mid-Ohio CAN Paul Tracy USA Jimmy Vasser CAN Paul Tracy CAN Paul Tracy Team Player's Report 14 Canada Montreal CAN Alex Tagliani Brazil Bruno Junqueira CAN Alex Tagliani MEX Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal Report 15 USA Denver Brazil Bruno Junqueira Brazil Mário Haberfeld Brazil Bruno Junqueira Brazil Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing Report 16 USA Miami MEX Adrián Fernández MEX Adrián Fernández MEX Adrián Fernández MEX Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition Report 17 Mexico Mexico City CAN Paul Tracy USA Ryan Hunter-Reay CAN Paul Tracy CAN Paul Tracy Team Player's Report 18 Australia Surfers Paradise France Sébastien Bourdais Brazil Roberto Moreno Brazil Bruno Junqueira USA Ryan Hunter-Reay American Spirit Team Johansson Report 19 USA Fontana Race cancelled due to wildfires Report Final driver standings List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems Pos Driver STP USA FUN Mexico LBH USA BRH UK LAU Germany MIL USA LAG USA POR USA CLE USA TOR Canada VAN Canada ROA USA MOH USA CGV Canada DEN USA BAY USA MXC Mexico SUR Australia Pts 1 Canada Paul Tracy 1* 1* 1 17 12 12 3 2* 2* 1* 1* 15 1* 6 4 16 1* 13 226 2 Brazil Bruno Junqueira 3 5 3 2 4 17 2 4 3 3 2 1* 13 13 1* 9 7 15* 199 3 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. 2 2 15* 6 3 1* 4 12 7 2 4 16 4 1 6 7 4 4 195 4France Sébastien Bourdais yellow RY silver 11 17 16 1* 1* 9 17 14 1 4 3 2 5 19 2 17 2 17 159 5 Canada Patrick Carpentier 8 8 6 5 7 3 1* 16 4 7 13 5 2 3 17 6 14 5 146 6 Mexico Mario Domínguez 14 13 5 3 2 8 10 10 5 12 10 14 16 5 7 1 3 10 118 7 Spain Oriol Servià 12 18 12 4 5 2 6 5 6 5 16 18 18 2 3 19 13 19 108 8 Mexico Adrián Fernández 15 4 2 12 15 6 7 1 11 9 12 12 7 8 5 8* 8 12 105 9UK Darren Manning orange R silver 13 7 8 10 6 4 18 6 10 8 5 6 8 10 8 11 9 2 103 10 Canada Alex Tagliani 19 3 10 8 18 5 14 3 8 17 14 3 6 4* 9 13 16 7 97 11 USA Jimmy Vasser 6 14 4 19 8 11 8 7 13 13 11 9 15 16 11 4 17 3 72 12Brazil Mário Haberfeld orange R silver 4 16 9 9 14 7 5 8 15 19 7 8 10 11 10 5 12 14 71 13 Brazil Roberto Moreno 5 6 17 7 10 19 15 9 18 6 17 7 19 7 16 2 16 67 14USA Ryan Hunter-Reay orange R silver 16 12 7 16 11 16 12 17 9 11 6 10 3 17 15 12 11 1 64 15Portugal Tiago Monteiro orange R silver 7 19 11 14 13 10 9 19 Wth 10 15 17 11 18 13 15 6 18 29 16Finland Mika Salo orange R silver 14 3 5 11 26 17 Italy Max Papis 15 12 16 9 4 9 9 25 18Mexico Rodolfo Lavín orange R silver 18 15 18 15 9 14 19 11 14 15 8 19 12 15 19 18 18 8 17 19 Brazil Gualter Salles 13 18 17 18 11 17 12 18 15 6 11 20USA Geoff Boss orange R silver 16 13 16 14 19 13 14 14 12 10 20 9 8 21France Patrick Lemarié orange R silver 10 10 13 11 19 18 8 22Switzerland Joël Camathias orange R silver 9 11 14 13 16 15 13 6 23Malaysia Alex Yoong orange R silver 9 19 18 17 4 24 Mexico Roberto González orange R silver 17 10 3 25 USA Bryan Herta 11 2 26Brazil Alex Sperafico orange R silver 18 14 0 27Mexico Luis Díaz orange R silver 19 0 Pos Driver STP USA FUN Mexico LBH USA BRH UK LAU Germany MIL USA LAG USA POR USA CLE USA TOR Canada VAN Canada ROA USA MOH USA CGV Canada DEN USA BAY USA MXC Mexico SUR Australia Pts Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th-6th place Light Blue 7th-12th place Dark Blue Finished(Outside Top 12) Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify(DNQ) Brown Withdrawn(Wth) Black Disqualified(DSQ) White Did not start(DNS) Blank Did notparticipate(DNP) Not competingIn-line notationBoldPole positionItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led most race lapsyellow RY silver Rookie of the Yearorange R silverRookie Nations' Cup Top result per race counts towards Nations' Cup. Pos Country STP USA FUN Mexico LBH USA BRH UK LAU Germany MIL USA LAG USA POR USA CLE USA TOR Canada VAN Canada ROA USA MOH USA CGV Canada DEN USA BAY USA MXC Mexico SUR Australia Pts 1 Canada Canada 1 1 1 5 7 3 1 2 2 1 1 3 1 3 4 6 1 5 298 2 Mexico Mexico 2 2 2 3 2 1 4 1 5 2 4 12 4 1 5 1 3 4 262 3 Brazil Brazil 3 5 3 2 4 7 2 4 3 3 2 1 10 7 1 2 7 6 228 4 France France 10 10 13 1 1 9 17 14 1 4 3 2 5 19 2 17 2 17 161 5 USA United States 6 12 4 16 8 11 8 7 9 11 6 9 3 14 11 4 11 1 107 6 Spain Spain 12 18 12 4 5 2 6 5 6 5 16 18 18 2 3 19 13 19 106 7 England England 13 7 8 10 6 4 18 6 10 8 5 6 8 10 8 11 9 2 103 8 Portugal Portugal 7 19 11 14 13 10 9 19 Wth 10 15 17 11 18 13 15 6 18 28 9 Finland Finland 14 3 5 11 26 10 Italy Italy 15 12 16 9 4 9 9 25 11 Switzerland Switzerland 9 11 14 13 16 15 13 6 12 Malaysia Malaysia 9 19 18 17 4 Pos Country STP USA FUN Mexico LBH USA BRH UK LAU Germany MIL USA LAG USA POR USA CLE USA TOR Canada VAN Canada ROA USA MOH USA CGV Canada DEN USA BAY USA MXC Mexico SUR Australia Pts Chassis Constructors' Cup Pos Chassis Pts 1 GBR Lola 387 2 GBR Reynard 161 Pos Chassis Pts Driver breakdown Pos Driver Team Entries Wins Podiums Top 5s Top 10s Poles Laps Lead Points 1 Canada Tracy USA Team Player's 18 7 10 11 12 6 658 226 2 Brazil Junqueira USA Newman-Haas Racing 18 2 9 12 14 2 184 199 3 Mexico Jourdain Jr. USA Team Rahal 18 2 6 11 15 1 350 195 4 France Bourdais orange R silver USA Newman-Haas Racing 18 3 7 9 10 5 254 159 5 Canada Carpentier USA Team Player's 18 1 4 8 14 1 107 146 6 Mexico Domínguez Mexico Herdez Competition 18 1 4 7 13 0-- 76 118 7 Spain Servià USA Patrick Racing 18 0-- 3 7 9 0-- 37 108 8 Mexico Fernández Mexico Fernández Racing 18 1 2 4 11 1 123 105 9 UK Manning orange R silver USA Walker Racing 18 0-- 1 3 15 0-- 4 103 10 Canada Tagliani USA Rocketsports Racing 18 0-- 3 5 11 1* 70 97 11 USA Vasser USA American Spirit Team Johansson 18 0-- 1 3 8 0-- 18 72 12 Brazil Haberfeld orange R silver USA Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 18 0-- 0-- 3 11 0-- 0-- 71 13 Brazil Moreno Mexico Herdez Competition 17 0-- 1 2 9 0-- 6 67 14 USA Hunter-Reay orange R silver USA American Spirit Team Johansson 18 1 2 2 6 0-- 15 64 15 Portugal Monteiro orange R silver USA Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing 18 0-- 0-- 0-- 5 0-- 14 29 16 Finland Salo orange R silver USA PK Racing 4 0-- 1 2 2 0-- 6 26 17 Italy Papis USA PK Racing 7 0-- 0-- 1 4 0-- 0-- 25 18 Mexico Lavín orange R silver USA Walker Racing 18 0-- 0-- 0-- 3 0-- 0-- 17 19 Brazil Salles USA Dale Coyne Racing 9 0-- 0-- 0-- 1 0-- 0-- 11 20 USA Boss orange R silver USA Dale Coyne Racing 11 0-- 0-- 0-- 2 0-- 0-- 8 21 France Lemarié orange R silver USA PK Racing 6 0-- 0-- 0-- 2 0-- 0-- 8 22 Switzerland Camathias orange R silver USA Dale Coyne Racing 7 0-- 0-- 0-- 1 0-- 0-- 6 23 Malaysia Yoong orange R silver USA Dale Coyne Racing 4 0-- 0-- 0-- 1 0-- 0-- 4 24 Mexico Roberto González orange R silver Mexico Herdez CompetitionUSA Dale Coyne Racing 2 0-- 0-- 0-- 1 0-- 0-- 3 25 USA Herta USA PK Racing 1 0-- 0-- 0-- 0-- 0-- 0-- 2 26 Brazil Sperafico orange R silver USA Dale Coyne Racing 2 0-- 0-- 0-- 0-- 0-- 0-- 0 27 Mexico Díaz orange R silver USA Walker Racing 1 0-- 0-- 0-- 0-- 0-- 0-- 0 * Alex Tagliani started on pole at Milwaukee but was not awarded the bonus point for it when the qualification session was rained out. The grid was set by practice times. This result is not counted in Tagliani's season total in this table. See also 2003 Toyota Atlantic Championship season 2003 Indianapolis 500 2003 IndyCar Series 2003 Infiniti Pro Series season Notes References http://www.driverdb.com/standings/5-2003/ Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford 2003 Åberg, Andreas Driver Database 2009-05-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20081009124532/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/5-2003/ 2008-10-09 live http://www.champcarstats.com/year/2003.htm 2003 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford Champ Car Stats 2009-05-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20081122002702/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/2003.htm 2008-11-22 live http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2004/01/28/178394.html Bankruptcy Judge Awards CART, Inc. Assets to Open Wheel Racing Series The Auto Channel 2004-01-28 2009-05-20 http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=6789 FEMA Quickly Authorizes Funds To Help Fight Grand Prix Fire Federal Emergency Management Agency 2003-10-24 2009-05-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20090506232226/http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=6789 2009-05-06 dead http://www.champcar.ws/Results/Standings.asp?Year=2003 Standings after Fontana Champ Car World Series 2009-05-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20081022080415/http://www.champcar.ws/Results/Standings.asp?Year=2003 2008-10-22 dead Bibliography Shaw Jeremy Autocourse Champ Car Official Yearbook 2003-2004 2004 Hazleton Publishing Richmond, Surrey 978-1-903135-33-4 Category:Champ Car seasons CART CART CART