2003 U.S. Bank Cleveland Grand Prix

March 2026 February 2025 USA Cleveland Cleveland Street Course at Burke Lakefront Airport.svg Burke Lakefront Airport Track Layout July 5 2003 2003 U.S. Bank Presents the Cleveland Grand Prix 9 18 CART Burke Lakefront AirportCleveland, Ohio, United States Temporary Airport Circuit 2.106 3.389 115 242.190 389.735 Overcast with Scattered Thunderstorms in 30 miles far from race zone, luckily (Night Race) Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 58.014 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 58.949 41 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing France Paul Tracy Team Player's Canada Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing Brazil The 2003 U.S. Bank Cleveland Grand Prix was the ninth round of 18 of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on July 5, 2003 at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio. It was the first road course race to be held at night in CART history. Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 59.163 58.014 58.014 2 Canada Paul Tracy Team Player's 58.405 1:01.294 58.405 3 Canada Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 58.868 58.449 58.449 4 Spain Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 59.186 58.502 58.502 5 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 59.804 58.506 58.506 6 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 59.223 58.700 58.700 7 Canada Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 59.247 58.718 58.718 8 Mexico Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 59.535 58.724 58.724 9 Brazil Roberto Moreno Herdez Competition 59.954 58.845 58.845 10 USA Jimmy Vasser American Spirit Team Johansson 59.382 58.861 58.861 11 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay American Spirit Team Johansson 59.989 59.073 59.073 12 Brazil Mario Haberfeld Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:00.333 59.141 59.141 13 UK Darren Manning Walker Racing 59.776 59.167 59.167 14 Mexico Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 59.340 59.306 59.306 15 Mexico Rodolfo Lavín Walker Racing 1:00.670 59.531 59.531 16 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing 1:00.003 59.822 59.822 17 Brazil Gualter Salles Dale Coyne Racing 1:01.778 59.968 59.968 18 Italy Max Papis PK Racing 1:00.020 1:00.080 1:00.020 19 USA Geoff Boss Dale Coyne Racing 1:01.103 1:01.525 1:01.103 Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 115 2:03:51.974 1 21 2 3 Canada Paul Tracy Team Player's 115 +2.2 secs 2 18 3 1 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 115 +3.0 secs 5 14 4 32 Canada Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 115 +7.8 secs 3 12 5 55 Mexico Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 115 +8.2 secs 8 10 6 20 Spain Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 115 +9.9 secs 4 8 7 9 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 115 +10.5 secs 6 6 8 33 Canada Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 115 +13.0 secs 7 5 9 31 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay American Spirit Team Johansson 115 +15.4 secs 11 4 10 15 UK Darren Manning Walker Racing 115 +22.2 secs 13 3 11 51 Mexico Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 114 + 1 Lap 14 2 12 27 Italy Max Papis PK Racing 114 + 1 Lap 17 1 13 12 USA Jimmy Vasser American Spirit Team Johansson 113 + 2 Laps 10 0 14 5 Mexico Rodolfo Lavín Walker Racing 112 + 3 Laps 15 0 15 34 Brazil Mario Haberfeld Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 110 + 5 Laps 12 0 16 11 USA Geoff Boss Dale Coyne Racing 36 Mechanical 18 0 17 19 Brazil Gualter Salles Dale Coyne Racing 18 Mechanical 16 0 18 4 Brazil Roberto Moreno Herdez Competition 16 Contact 9 0 - 7 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing - Withdrawn* - 0 *Tiago Monteiro suffered a mild concussion after a pre-race practice crash and was not allowed to start by the CART medical officials. Caution flags Laps Cause15-17 Vasser (12) & Moreno (4) contact20-21 Salles (19) contact57-59 Lavín (5) spin/stall112-113 Vasser (12) spin/stall Notes Laps Leader1-67 Paul Tracy68-82 Jimmy Vasser83-115 Sébastien Bourdais Driver Laps ledPaul Tracy 67Sébastien Bourdais 33Jimmy Vasser 15 Average Speed 117.315 mph External links Full Weekend Times & Results 2003 U.S. Bank Cleveland Grand Prix 2003 2003 G.I. Joe's 200 2003 Molson Indy Toronto 2002 Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland 2004 U.S. Bank Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland 41 31 2.3 N 81 40 58.5 W title Cleveland 2003 Category:2003 in sports in Ohio