2003 Laguna Seca

Race details
Race 7 of 18 in the2003 CART season
Laguna Seca Track Layout
Date	June 15, 2003
Official name	Grand Prix of Monterey
Location	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca,Monterey, California, United States
Course	Permanent Road Course 2.238 mi / 3.602 km
Distance	87 laps 194.706 mi / 313.374 km
Weather	Clear and Cool
Pole position
Driver	Patrick Carpentier (Team Player's)
Time	1:09.575
Fastest lap
Driver	Patrick Carpentier (Team Player's)
Time	1:11.898 (on lap 81 of 87)
Podium
First	Patrick Carpentier (Team Player's)
Second	Bruno Junqueira (Newman/Haas Racing)
Third	Paul Tracy (Team Player's)

The2003 Grand Prix of Monterey was the seventh round of the2003 CART World Series season, held on June 15, 2003 atMazda Raceway Laguna Seca inMonterey, California.

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	1:10.314	1:09.575	1:09.575
2		Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1:10.040	1:09.794	1:09.794
3		Paul Tracy	Team Player's	1:10.341	1:09.671	1:09.671
4		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:10.701	1:10.099	1:10.099
5		Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	1:10.846	1:10.228	1:10.228
6		Mario Haberfeld	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:10.753	1:10.244	1:10.244
7		Darren Manning	Walker Racing	1:11.786	1:10.531	1:10.531
8		Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	1:11.222	1:10.538	1:10.538
9		Roberto Moreno	Herdez Competition	1:11.298	1:10.573	1:10.573
10		Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	1:11.227	1:10.597	1:10.597
11		Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	1:11.210	1:10.800	1:10.800
12		Bryan Herta	PK Racing	1:11.297	1:10.943	1:10.943
13		Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	1:10.970	-**	1:10.970
14		Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	1:11.593	1:11.025	1:11.025
15		Tiago Monteiro	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	-*	1:11.354	1:11.354
16		Rodolfo Lavín	Walker Racing	1:12.302	1:11.430	1:11.430
17		Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	1:12.614	1:11.450	1:11.450
18		Joël Camathias	Dale Coyne Racing	1:12.453	1:11.455	1:11.455
19		Geoff Boss	Dale Coyne Racing	1:13.975	1:12.802	1:12.802

*Tiago Montiero did not set a time in the first qualification session after damaging his car prior to the session. He used his backup car in the second qualification session.
**Michel Jourdain set the fastest time in the second qualification session (1:09.530) but his time was disallowed after his car was found to be underweight during tech inspection.

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	32	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	87	1:48:11.023	1	22
2	1	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	87	+0.8 secs	2	17
3	3	Paul Tracy	Team Player's	87	+28.6 secs	3	14
4	9	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	87	+40.8 secs	13	12
5	34	Mario Haberfeld	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	87	+42.1 secs	6	10
6	20	Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	87	+1:00.2	10	8
7	51	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	87	+1:01.4	5	6
8	12	Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	87	+1:01.8	8	5
9	7	Tiago Monteiro	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	86	+ 1 Lap	15	4
10	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	86	+ 1 Lap	11	3
11	27	Bryan Herta	PK Racing	86	+ 1 Lap	12	2
12	31	Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	86	+ 1 Lap	17	1
13	19	Joël Camathias	Dale Coyne Racing	85	+ 2 Laps	18	0
14	33	Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	85	+ 2 Laps	14	0
15	4	Roberto Moreno	Herdez Competition	85	+ 2 Laps	9	0
16	11	Geoff Boss	Dale Coyne Racing	83	Mechanical	19	0
17	2	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	77	Mechanical	4	0
18	15	Darren Manning	Walker Racing	12	Mechanical	7	0
19	5	Rodolfo Lavín	Walker Racing	10	Mechanical	16	0

• New Race RecordPatrick Carpentier 1:48:11.023
• Average Speed 107.986 mph

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