2003 Grand Prix Americas (Champ Car)

2003 MiamiRace details

Race 16 of 18 in the 2003 CART season
Date| September 28, 2003
Official name| 2003 Grand Prix Americas Presented by Sportsbook.com
Location| Bayfront Park
Miami, Florida, United States
Course| Temporary Street Course
1.150 mi / 1.851 km
Distance| 135 laps
155.250 mi / 249.885 km
Weather| Mostly cloudy with temperatures reaching up to 90 °F (32 °C); wind speeds approaching 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h)[1]
Pole position
Driver| Adrian Fernández (Fernández Racing)
Time| 44.253
Fastest lap
Driver| Adrian Fernández (Fernández Racing)
Time| 45.010 (on lap 89 of 135)
Podium
First| Mario Domínguez (Herdez Competition)
Second| Roberto Moreno (Herdez Competition)
Third| Mika Salo (PK Racing)

Motor car race

The 2003 Grand Prix Americas was the sixteenth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on September 28, 2003, on the streets of downtown Miami, Florida.

## Qualifying results[edit]

Pos  | Nat  | Name  | Team  | Qual 1  | Qual 2  | Best

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1  |  | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 46.306  | 44.253 | 44.253
2  |  | Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 45.024 | 45.639  | 45.024
3  |  | Oriol Servià | Patrick Racing | 46.319  | 44.289  | 44.289
4  |  | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing  | 45.770  | 44.609  | 44.609
5  |  | Paul Tracy | Team Player's | 47.401  | 44.768  | 44.768
6  |  | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 46.033  | 44.939  | 44.939
7  |  | Roberto Moreno | Herdez Competition | 46.773  | 45.140  | 45.140
8  |  | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition  | 46.379  | 45.157  | 45.157
9  |  | Tiago Monteiro | Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing | 47.845  | 45.318  | 45.318
10  |  | Alex Tagliani | Rocketsports Racing | 46.328  | 45.372  | 45.372
11  |  | Jimmy Vasser | American Spirit Team Johansson | 46.530  | 45.380  | 45.380
12  |  | Darren Manning | Walker Racing | 47.119  | 45.430  | 45.430
13  |  | Mario Haberfeld | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 51.950  | 45.441  | 45.441
14  |  | Ryan Hunter-Reay | American Spirit Team Johansson  | 46.470  | 45.652  | 45.652
15  |  | Mika Salo | PK Racing | 45.686  | 45.731  | 45.686
16  |  | Rodolfo Lavín | Walker Racing  | 48.398  | 46.319  | 46.319
17  |  | Geoff Boss | Dale Coyne Racing | 48.765  | 46.446  | 46.446
18  |  | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's  | 46.765  | 49.267  | 46.765
19  |  | Alex Sperafico | Dale Coyne Racing  | 48.871  | \-  | 48.871

## Race[edit]

Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points

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1  | 55  |  Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 135  | 2:03:19.401  | 8  | 20
2  | 4  |  Roberto Moreno | Herdez Competition  | 135  | +5.241 secs  | 7  | 16
3  | 27  |  Mika Salo | PK Racing | 135  | +7.988 secs  | 15  | 14
4  | 12  |  Jimmy Vasser | American Spirit Team Johansson | 135  | +9.208 secs  | 11  | 12
5  | 34  |  Mario Haberfeld | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 135  | +9.483 secs  | 13  | 10
6  | 32  |  Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 135  | +10.257 secs  | 18  | 8
7  | 9  |  Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 135  | +19.174 secs  | 6  | 6
8  | 51  |  Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 134  | \+ 1 Lap  | 1  | 7
9  | 1  |  Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 131  | \+ 4 Laps  | 2  | 5
10  | 11  |  Geoff Boss | Dale Coyne Racing | 129  | \+ 6 Laps  | 17  | 3
11  | 15  |  Darren Manning | Walker Racing | 123  | Mechanical  | 12  | 2
12  | 31  |  Ryan Hunter-Reay | American Spirit Team Johansson  | 114  | Contact  | 14  | 1
13  | 33  |  Alex Tagliani | Rocketsports Racing | 101  | Contact  | 10  | 0
14  | 19  |  Alex Sperafico | Dale Coyne Racing  | 98  | Contact  | 19  | 0
15  | 7  |  Tiago Monteiro | Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing | 91  | Contact  | 9  | 0
16  | 3  |  Paul Tracy | Team Player's  | 69  | Contact  | 5  | 0
17  | 2  |  Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing  | 69  | Contact  | 4  | 0
18  | 5  |  Rodolfo Lavín | Walker Racing  | 56  | Contact  | 16  | 0
19  | 20  |  Oriol Servià | Patrick Racing | 43  | Contact  | 3  | 0

## Caution flags[edit]

Laps | Cause

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39-43 | Boss (11) stopped on course
44-52 | Servià (20) contact
68-72 | Tracy (3) & Bourdais (2) contact
93-99 | Junqueira (1), Fernández (51) & Monteiro (7) contact
100-105 | Sperafico (19) contact
118-121 | Hunter-Reay (31) contact

## Notes[edit]

| Laps | Leader

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1 | Bruno Junqueira
2-89 | Adrian Fernández
90-95 | Mika Salo
96-103 | Michel Jourdain Jr.
104-107 | Darren Manning
108-135 | Mario Domínguez
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Adrian Fernández | 88
Mario Domínguez | 28
Michel Jourdain Jr. | 8
Mika Salo | 6
Darren Manning | 4
Bruno Junqueira | 1

* New Track Record Adrian Fernández 44.253 (Qualification Session #2)
* New Race Record Mario Domínguez 2:03:19.401
* Average Speed 75.533 mph

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Weather of the 2003 Grand Prix Americas Champ Car race". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-10-13.

## External links[edit]

* Full Weekend Times & Results

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