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 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 59.163 58.014 58.014 2 Paul Tracy Team Player's 58.405 1:01.294 58.405 3 Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 58.868 58.449 58.449 4 Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 59.186 58.502 58.502 5 Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 59.804 58.506 58.506 6 Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 59.223 58.700 58.700 7 Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 59.247 58.718 58.718 8 Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 59.535 58.724 58.724 9 Roberto Moreno Herdez Competition 59.954 58.845 58.845 10 Jimmy Vasser American Spirit Team Johansson 59.382 58.861 58.861 11 Ryan Hunter-Reay American Spirit Team Johansson 59.989 59.073 59.073 12 Mario Haberfeld Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:00.333 59.141 59.141 13 Darren Manning Walker Racing 59.776 59.167 59.167 14 Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 59.340 59.306 59.306 15 Rodolfo Lavín Walker Racing 1:00.670 59.531 59.531 16 Tiago Monteiro Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing 1:00.003 59.822 59.822 17 Gualter Salles Dale Coyne Racing 1:01.778 59.968 59.968 18 Max Papis PK Racing 1:00.020 1:00.080 1:00.020 19 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 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 115 2:03:51.974 1 21 2 3 Paul Tracy Team Player's 115 +2.2 secs 2 18 3 1 Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 115 +3.0 secs 5 14 4 32 Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 115 +7.8 secs 3 12 5 55 Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 115 +8.2 secs 8 10 6 20 Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 115 +9.9 secs 4 8 7 9 Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 115 +10.5 secs 6 6 8 33 Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 115 +13.0 secs 7 5 9 31 Ryan Hunter-Reay American Spirit Team Johansson 115 +15.4 secs 11 4 10 15 Darren Manning Walker Racing 115 +22.2 secs 13 3 11 51 Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 114 + 1 Lap 14 2 12 27 Max Papis PK Racing 114 + 1 Lap 17 1 13 12 Jimmy Vasser American Spirit Team Johansson 113 + 2 Laps 10 0 14 5 Rodolfo Lavín Walker Racing 112 + 3 Laps 15 0 15 34 Mario Haberfeld Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 110 + 5 Laps 12 0 16 11 Geoff Boss Dale Coyne Racing 36 Mechanical 18 0 17 19 Gualter Salles Dale Coyne Racing 18 Mechanical 16 0 18 4 Roberto Moreno Herdez Competition 16 Contact 9 0 - 7 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
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