2003 Mario Andretti Grand Prix at Road America


The 2003 Mario Andretti Grand Prix at Road America 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 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.

Qualifying results

PosNatNameTeamQual 1Qual 2Best
1Bruno JunqueiraNewman/Haas Racing1:43.9171:43.7031:43.703
2Sébastien BourdaisNewman/Haas Racing1:44.7221:44.2421:44.242
3Patrick CarpentierTeam Player's1:44.8141:44.3061:44.306
4Oriol ServiàPatrick Racing1:45.6541:44.3141:44.314
5Mario DomínguezHerdez Competition1:45.6821:44.3781:44.378
6Paul TracyTeam Player's1:44.7251:44.5191:44.519
7Jimmy VasserAmerican Spirit Team Johansson1:45.0981:44.5451:44.545
8Ryan Hunter-ReayAmerican Spirit Team Johansson1:45.4421:44.5511:44.551
9Adrian FernándezFernández Racing1:44.7351:44.6201:44.620
10Michel Jourdain, Jr.Team Rahal1:45.1881:44.7521:44.752
11Tiago MonteiroFittipaldi-Dingman Racing1:45.7151:44.7781:44.778
12Roberto MorenoHerdez Competition-1:45.0211:45.021
13Alex TaglianiRocketsports Racing-1:45.0441:45.044
14Darren ManningWalker Racing1:45.0761:45.5831:45.076
15Mario HaberfeldMi-Jack Conquest Racing-1:45.1731:45.173
16Max PapisPK Racing1:46.6811:45.7281:45.728
17Rodolfo LavínWalker Racing1:46.0131:46.8471:46.013
18Gualter SallesDale Coyne Racing1:47.4181:47.0031:47.003
19Geoff BossDale Coyne Racing1:48.7271:47.4461:47.446

Race

PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
11 Bruno JunqueiraNewman/Haas Racing341:35:28.491123
22 Sébastien BourdaisNewman/Haas Racing34+0.703 secs216
333 Alex TaglianiRocketsports Racing34+10.883 secs1314
427 Max PapisPK Racing34+14.943 secs1612
532 Patrick CarpentierTeam Player's34+19.494 secs310
615 Darren ManningWalker Racing34+19.592 secs148
74 Roberto MorenoHerdez Competition34+21.298 secs126
834 Mario HaberfeldMi-Jack Conquest Racing34+31.541 secs155
912 Jimmy VasserAmerican Spirit Team Johansson34+34.982 secs74
1031 Ryan Hunter-ReayAmerican Spirit Team Johansson34+41.025 secs83
1119 Gualter SallesDale Coyne Racing34+45.278 secs182
1251 Adrian FernándezFernández Racing34+59.576 secs91
1311 Geoff BossDale Coyne Racing34+1:35.018190
1455 Mario DomínguezHerdez Competition18Off course50
153 Paul TracyTeam Player's10Contact60
169 Michel Jourdain, Jr.Team Rahal10Contact100
177 Tiago MonteiroFittipaldi-Dingman Racing10Contact110
1820 Oriol ServiàPatrick Racing7Contact40
195 Rodolfo LavínWalker Racing0Contact170

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