# 2003 Grand Prix of Monterey

The 2003 Grand Prix of Monterey was the seventh round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on June 15, 2003 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California.

## Qualifying results

| Pos | 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.

## Race

| 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 |

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| 1 | Yellow start |