2003 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
# 2003 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

The 2003 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on April 13, 2003 on the streets of Long Beach, California. This race was a new low in TV ratings for the series. Only 69,000 people watched the race on SPEED Channel, less than the 95,000 who attended the race.

## Qualifying results

| Pos | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 1:09.530 | 1:08.177 | 1:08.177 |
| 2 | Paul Tracy | Team Player's | 1:09.079 | 1:08.729 | 1:09.079 |
| 3 | Alex Tagliani | Rocketsports Racing | 1:09.752 | 1:08.371 | 1:08.371 |
| 4 | Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:09.120 | 1:08.537 | 1:08.537 |
| 5 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:09.242 | 1:08.549 | 1:08.549 |
| 6 | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 1:09.406 | 1:08.660 | 1:08.660 |
| 7 | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 1:09.432 | 1:08.784 | 1:08.784 |
| 8 | Oriol Servià | Patrick Racing | 1:09.546 | 1:08.821 | 1:08.821 |
| 9 | Roberto Moreno | Herdez Competition | 1:10.086 | 1:09.028 | 1:09.028 |
| 10 | Darren Manning | Walker Racing | 1:10.707 | 1:09.135 | 1:09.135 |
| 11 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 1:09.993 | 1:09.222 | 1:09.222 |
| 12 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | American Spirit Team Johansson | 1:10.408 | 1:09.359 | 1:09.359 |
| 13 | Patrick Lemarié | PK Racing | 1:11.026 | 1:09.736 | 1:09.736 |
| 14 | Jimmy Vasser | American Spirit Team Johansson | 1:10.083 | 1:09.765 | 1:09.765 |
| 15 | Mario Haberfeld | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:10.834 | 1:10.014 | 1:10.014 |
| 16 | Tiago Monteiro | Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing | 1:10.459 | 1:10.092 | 1:10.092 |
| 17 | Rodolfo Lavín | Walker Racing | – | 1:11.082 | 1:11.082 |
| 18 | Joël Camathias | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:12.281 | 1:11.303 | 1:11.303 |
| 19 | Alex Yoong | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:12.393 | 1:11.566 | 1:11.566 |

Rodolfo Lavín missed the first qualification session after a crashing during practice.

## Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Paul Tracy | Team Player's | 90 | 1:56:01.792 | 2 | 21 |
| 2 | 51 | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 90 | +4.5 secs | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | 1 | Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 90 | +13.7 secs | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | American Spirit Team Johansson | 90 | +21.0 secs | 14 | 12 |
| 5 | 55 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 90 | +22.2 secs | 11 | 10 |
| 6 | 32 | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 90 | +22.7 secs | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | 31 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | American Spirit Team Johansson | 90 | +25.7 secs | 12 | 6 |
| 8 | 15 | Darren Manning | Walker Racing | 90 | +33.4 secs | 10 | 5 |
| 9 | 34 | Mario Haberfeld | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 90 | +48.6 secs | 15 | 4 |
| 10 | 33 | Alex Tagliani | Rocketsports Racing | 89 | + 1 Lap | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | 7 | Tiago Monteiro | Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing | 88 | + 2 Laps | 16 | 2 |
| 12 | 20 | Oriol Servià | Patrick Racing | 87 | Out of Fuel | 8 | 1 |
| 13 | 27 | Patrick Lemarié | PK Racing | 87 | + 3 Lap | 13 | 0 |
| 14 | 19 | Joël Camathias | Dale Coyne Racing | 84 | + 6 Laps | 18 | 0 |
| 15 | 9 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 83 | Gearbox | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | 2 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 70 | Engine | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | 4 | Roberto Moreno | Herdez Competition | 36 | Collision | 9 | 0 |
| 18 | 5 | Rodolfo Lavín | Walker Racing | 35 | Collision | 17 | 0 |
| 19 | 11 | Alex Yoong | Dale Coyne Racing | 32 | Accident | 19 | 0 |

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| - | - |
| 28–30 | Lemarié (27) stalled on course |
| 33–35 | Yoong (11) contact |
| 37–40 | Lavín (5) & Moreno (4) contact |

## Lap leaders

| Laps | Leader |
| - | - |
| 1–26 | Paul Tracy |
| 27–56 | Michel Jourdain Jr. |
| 57–61 | Oriol Servià |
| 62 | Adrian Fernández |
| 63–65 | Sébastien Bourdais |
| 66–83 | Michel Jourdain Jr. |
| 84–90 | Paul Tracy |
| Driver | Laps led |
| Michel Jourdain Jr. | 48 |
| Paul Tracy | 33 |
| Oriol Servià | 5 |
| Sébastien Bourdais | 3 |
| Adrian Fernández | 1 |

* New Race Record Paul Tracy 1:56:01.792
* Average Speed 91.590 mph
