2003 Mario Andretti Grand Prix at Road America

July 2023 February 2025 USA Road America Road_America.svg Road America Track Layout August 3 2003 2003 Mario Andretti Grand Prix at Road America Presented by Briggs & Stratton 12 18 CART Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, United States Permanent Road Course 4.048 6.515 34 137.632 221.510 Cool and wet with scattered thunderstorms (Rain shortened, race scheduled for 60 laps) Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 1:43.703 Brazil Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:58.187 33 France Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing Brazil Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing France Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing Canada The 2003 Mario Andretti Grand Prix at Road America Presented by Briggs & Stratton was the twelfth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on August 3, 2003 at the Road America circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The race was shortened to 34 laps from the scheduled 60 after the race was red-flagged twice because of rain. The first stoppage lasted 20 minutes after only 1 lap and the second lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes after lap 7. With darkness impending at the restart after the second red flag period, the race had to be shortened from its original length. Race cancellation and rescheduling This race was canceled in March 2003 (along with the planned race for 2004) after a legal dispute developed between the Road America's owner George Bruggenthies and CART. However, Mario Andretti was able to negotiate an agreement between the parties and the race was restored to CART's schedule in April. The race was then named in Andretti's honor.http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=120704&FS=INDYCAR Mario Andretti brings back Road America motorsport.com 2003-04-24 2008-10-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20110607121012/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=120704&FS=INDYCAR 2011-06-07 dead Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 1:43.917 1:43.703 1:43.703 2 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:44.722 1:44.242 1:44.242 3 Canada Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 1:44.814 1:44.306 1:44.306 4Spain Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 1:45.654 1:44.314 1:44.314 5 Mexico Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 1:45.682 1:44.378 1:44.378 6 Canada Paul Tracy Team Player's 1:44.725 1:44.519 1:44.519 7 USA Jimmy Vasser American Spirit Team Johansson 1:45.098 1:44.545 1:44.545 8 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay American Spirit Team Johansson 1:45.442 1:44.551 1:44.551 9 Mexico Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 1:44.735 1:44.620 1:44.620 10 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 1:45.188 1:44.752 1:44.752 11 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing 1:45.715 1:44.778 1:44.778 12 Brazil Roberto Moreno Herdez Competition- 1:45.021 1:45.021 13 Canada Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing- 1:45.044 1:45.044 14 UK Darren Manning Walker Racing 1:45.076 1:45.583 1:45.076 15 Brazil Mario Haberfeld Mi-Jack Conquest Racing- 1:45.173 1:45.173 16 Italy Max Papis PK Racing 1:46.681 1:45.728 1:45.728 17 Mexico Rodolfo Lavín Walker Racing 1:46.013 1:46.847 1:46.013 18 Brazil Gualter Salles Dale Coyne Racing 1:47.418 1:47.003 1:47.003 19 USA Geoff Boss Dale Coyne Racing 1:48.727 1:47.446 1:47.446 Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 34 1:35:28.491 1 23 2 2 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 34 +0.703 secs 2 16 3 33 Canada Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 34 +10.883 secs 13 14 4 27 Italy Max Papis PK Racing 34 +14.943 secs 16 12 5 32 Canada Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 34 +19.494 secs 3 10 6 15 UK Darren Manning Walker Racing 34 +19.592 secs 14 8 7 4 Brazil Roberto Moreno Herdez Competition 34 +21.298 secs 12 6 8 34 Brazil Mario Haberfeld Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 34 +31.541 secs 15 5 9 12 USA Jimmy Vasser American Spirit Team Johansson 34 +34.982 secs 7 4 10 31 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay American Spirit Team Johansson 34 +41.025 secs 8 3 11 19 Brazil Gualter Salles Dale Coyne Racing 34 +45.278 secs 18 2 12 51 Mexico Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 34 +59.576 secs 9 1 13 11 USA Geoff Boss Dale Coyne Racing 34 +1:35.018 19 0 14 55 Mexico Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 18 Off course 5 0 15 3 Canada Paul Tracy Team Player's 10 Contact 6 0 16 9 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 10 Contact 10 0 17 7 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing 10 Contact 11 0 18 20 Spain Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 7 Contact 4 0 19 5 Mexico Rodolfo Lavín Walker Racing 0 Contact 17 0 Caution flags Laps Cause1 Yellow start2-7 Yellow restart after red flag (20:44)8-9 Yellow restart after red flag (2:40:56)11-13 Tracy (3) contact; Jourdain Jr. (9), Monteiro (7), Manning (15) & Moreno (4) contact19-21 Domínguez (55) spun off course Notes Laps Leader1-34 Bruno Junqueira Driver Laps ledBruno Junqueira 34 Average Speed 86.493 mph External links Full Weekend Times & Results References 2003 Mario Andretti Grand Prix at Road America 2003 2003 Molson Indy Vancouver 2003 Champ Car Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio 2002 Grand Prix at Road America 2004 Grand Prix of Road America Road America Mario Grand Prix At Road America Category:Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America