# 2003 U.S. Bank Cleveland Grand Prix

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 | 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 | Cause |
| 15-17 | Vasser (12) & Moreno (4) contact |
| 20-21 | Salles (19) contact |
| 57-59 | Lavín (5) spin/stall |
| 112-113 | Vasser (12) spin/stall |