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.
Qualifying results
Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 1:43.917 1:43.703 1:43.703 2 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:44.722 1:44.242 1:44.242 3 Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 1:44.814 1:44.306 1:44.306 4 Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 1:45.654 1:44.314 1:44.314 5 Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 1:45.682 1:44.378 1:44.378 6 Paul Tracy Team Player's 1:44.725 1:44.519 1:44.519 7 Jimmy Vasser American Spirit Team Johansson 1:45.098 1:44.545 1:44.545 8 Ryan Hunter-Reay American Spirit Team Johansson 1:45.442 1:44.551 1:44.551 9 Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 1:44.735 1:44.620 1:44.620 10 Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 1:45.188 1:44.752 1:44.752 11 Tiago Monteiro Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing 1:45.715 1:44.778 1:44.778 12 Roberto Moreno Herdez Competition- 1:45.021 1:45.021 13 Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing- 1:45.044 1:45.044 14 Darren Manning Walker Racing 1:45.076 1:45.583 1:45.076 15 Mario Haberfeld Mi-Jack Conquest Racing- 1:45.173 1:45.173 16 Max Papis PK Racing 1:46.681 1:45.728 1:45.728 17 Rodolfo Lavín Walker Racing 1:46.013 1:46.847 1:46.013 18 Gualter Salles Dale Coyne Racing 1:47.418 1:47.003 1:47.003 19 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 Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 34 1:35:28.491 1 23 2 2 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 34 +0.703 secs 2 16 3 33 Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 34 +10.883 secs 13 14 4 27 Max Papis PK Racing 34 +14.943 secs 16 12 5 32 Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 34 +19.494 secs 3 10 6 15 Darren Manning Walker Racing 34 +19.592 secs 14 8 7 4 Roberto Moreno Herdez Competition 34 +21.298 secs 12 6 8 34 Mario Haberfeld Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 34 +31.541 secs 15 5 9 12 Jimmy Vasser American Spirit Team Johansson 34 +34.982 secs 7 4 10 31 Ryan Hunter-Reay American Spirit Team Johansson 34 +41.025 secs 8 3 11 19 Gualter Salles Dale Coyne Racing 34 +45.278 secs 18 2 12 51 Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 34 +59.576 secs 9 1 13 11 Geoff Boss Dale Coyne Racing 34 +1:35.018 19 0 14 55 Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 18 Off course 5 0 15 3 Paul Tracy Team Player's 10 Contact 6 0 16 9 Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 10 Contact 10 0 17 7 Tiago Monteiro Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing 10 Contact 11 0 18 20 Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 7 Contact 4 0 19 5 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
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