2003 Tecate Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix

March 2026 February 2025 Mexico Monterrey 250px|class=skin-invert Fundidora Park track layout March 23 2003 Tecate Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix 2 18 CART Parque FundidoraMonterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico Temporary street circuit 2.104 3.386 85 178.840 287.810 Sunny Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:14.938 France Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 1:15.700 59 Brazil Paul Tracy Team Player's Canada Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal Mexico Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing Canada The 2003 Tecate Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix was the second round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on March 23, 2003 on the streets of Parque Fundidora in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:17.536 1:14.938 1:14.938 2 Canada Paul Tracy Team Player's 1:17.220 - 1:17.220 3 Canada Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 1:17.555 1:15.437 1:15.437 4 Spain Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 1:17.373 1:15.476 1:15.476 5 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 1:17.526 1:15.869 1:15.869 6 Mexico Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 1:17.790 1:15.938 1:15.938 7 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 1:17.476 1:16.018 1:16.018 8 Mexico Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 1:17.701 1:16.120 1:16.120 9 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay American Spirit Team Johansson 1:18.982 1:16.533 1:16.533 10 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing 1:19.949 1:16.554 1:16.554 11 Brazil Mario Haberfeld Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:18.524 1:16.911 1:16.911 12 France Patrick Lemarié PK Racing 1:19.541 1:16.931 1:16.931 13 UK Darren Manning Walker Racing 1:17.989 1:16.954 1:16.954 14 Brazil Roberto Moreno Herdez Competition 1:19.035 1:17.205 1:17.205 15 Canada Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 1:17.391 - 1:17.391 16 USA Jimmy Vasser American Spirit Team Johansson 1:18.038 - 1:18.038 17 Malaysia Alex Yoong Dale Coyne Racing 1:23.241 1:18.350 1:18.350 18 Mexico Rodolfo Lavín Walker Racing 1:21.292 1:18.593 1:18.593 19 Switzerland Joël Camathias Dale Coyne Racing 1:21.294 1:19.305 1:19.305 Paul Tracy and Jimmy Vasser missed the second qualification session after crashes damaged their cars during practice. Patrick Carpentier missed the same session because of an illness, choosing to rest for the race on Sunday. Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Canada Paul Tracy Team Player's 85 2:03:04.677 2 22 2 9 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 85 +2.0 secs 5 16 3 33 Canada Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 85 +12.0 secs 3 14 4 51 Mexico Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 85 +14.2 secs 6 12 5 1 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 85 +14.9 secs 7 10 6 4 Brazil Roberto Moreno Herdez Competition 85 +30.9 secs 14 8 7 15 UK Darren Manning Walker Racing 85 +35.2 secs 13 6 8 32 Canada Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 84 + 1 Lap 15 5 9 11 Malaysia Alex Yoong Dale Coyne Racing 84 + 1 Lap 17 4 10 27 France Patrick Lemarié PK Racing 84 + 1 Lap 12 3 11 19 Switzerland Joël Camathias Dale Coyne Racing 84 + 1 Lap 19 2 12 31 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay American Spirit Team Johansson 83 + 2 Laps 9 1 13 55 Mexico Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 83 + 2 Laps 8 0 14 12 USA Jimmy Vasser American Spirit Team Johansson 83 + 2 Laps 16 0 15 5 Mexico Rodolfo Lavín Walker Racing 81 + 4 Laps 18 0 16 34 Brazil Mario Haberfeld Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 67 Contact 11 0 17 2 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 40 Contact 1 1 18 20 Spain Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 38 Contact 4 0 19 7 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing 2 Mechanical 10 0 Caution flags Laps Cause4-6 Monteiro (7) off course14-15 Lemarié (27) stalled on course17-18 Lavín (5) spin/stall39-43 Servià (20) off course78-80 Carpentier (32) stalled off course Notes Laps Leader1-16 Sébastien Bourdais17-85 Paul Tracy Driver Laps ledPaul Tracy 69Sébastien Bourdais 16 New Track Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:14.938 (Qualification Session #2) Average Speed 87.184 mph External links Full Weekend Times & Results 2003 Tecate Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix 2003 2003 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg 2003 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 2002 Tecate/Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix 2004 Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey Monterrey Monterrey Category:Grand Prix of Monterrey Category:21st century in Monterrey