# 2003 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver

The 2003 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver was the fifteenth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on August 31, 2003 on the streets of Denver, Colorado.

## Qualifying results

| Pos | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
| 1 | Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:01.438 | - | 1:01.438 |
| 2 | Oriol Servià | Patrick Racing | 1:02.303 | 1:01.477 | 1:01.477 |
| 3 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:02.262 | 1:01.547 | 1:01.547 |
| 4 | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 1:01.583 | 1:03.821 | 1:01.583 |
| 5 | Tiago Monteiro | Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing | 1:02.281 | 1:01.628 | 1:01.628 |
| 6 | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 1:02.165 | 1:01.804 | 1:01.804 |
| 7 | Darren Manning | Walker Racing | 1:01.869 | 1:02.005 | 1:01.869 |
| 8 | Mario Haberfeld | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:02.100 | 1:02.050 | 1:02.050 |
| 9 | Paul Tracy | Team Player's | 1:02.056 | 1:03.001 | 1:02.056 |
| 10 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 1:02.381 | 1:02.141 | 1:02.141 |
| 11 | Alex Tagliani | Rocketsports Racing | 1:03.463 | 1:02.287 | 1:02.287 |
| 12 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | American Spirit Team Johansson | 1:03.053 | 1:02.447 | 1:02.447 |
| 13 | Jimmy Vasser | American Spirit Team Johansson | 1:02.944 | 1:03.290 | 1:02.944 |
| 14 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 1:03.732 | 1:02.993 | 1:02.993 |
| 15 | Rodolfo Lavín | Walker Racing | 1:03.166 | 1:03.913 | 1:03.166 |
| 16 | Roberto Moreno | Herdez Competition | 1:03.275 | 1:03.296 | 1:03.275 |
| 17 | Mika Salo | PK Racing | 1:03.875 | 1:04.645 | 1:03.875 |
| 18 | Gualter Salles | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:03.891 | 1:09.964 | 1:03.891 |
| 19 | Geoff Boss | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:04.193 | 1:06.592 | 1:04.193 |

## Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 106 | 2:03:10.259 | 1 | 22 |
| 2 | 2 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 106 | +0.335 secs | 3 | 16 |
| 3 | 20 | Oriol Servià | Patrick Racing | 106 | +12.495 secs | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | Paul Tracy | Team Player's | 106 | +13.318 secs | 9 | 12 |
| 5 | 51 | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 106 | +17.715 secs | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 9 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 106 | +18.781 secs | 10 | 8 |
| 7 | 55 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 106 | +19.263 secs | 14 | 6 |
| 8 | 15 | Darren Manning | Walker Racing | 106 | +25.590 secs | 7 | 5 |
| 9 | 33 | Alex Tagliani | Rocketsports Racing | 106 | +26.916 secs | 11 | 4 |
| 10 | 34 | Mario Haberfeld | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 106 | +50.699 secs | 8 | 3 |
| 11 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | American Spirit Team Johansson | 106 | +55.233 secs | 13 | 2 |
| 12 | 11 | Geoff Boss | Dale Coyne Racing | 101 | + 5 Laps | 19 | 1 |
| 13 | 7 | Tiago Monteiro | Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing | 86 | Contact | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | 27 | Mika Salo | PK Racing | 84 | Contact | 17 | 0 |
| 15 | 31 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | American Spirit Team Johansson | 80 | Fire | 12 | 0 |
| 16 | 4 | Roberto Moreno | Herdez Competition | 77 | Contact | 16 | 0 |
| 17 | 32 | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 61 | Contact | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | 19 | Gualter Salles | Dale Coyne Racing | 33 | Mechanical | 18 | 0 |
| 19 | 5 | Rodolfo Lavín | Walker Racing | 2 | Contact | 15 | 0 |

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| 1 | Yellow start |
| 3-5 | Domínguez (55), Lavín (5) & Moreno (4) contact |
| 61-64 | Carpentier (32) contact |
| 78-83 | Moreno (4) contact; Hunter-Reay (31) pit fire; Salo (27) contact |