2003 Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante
# 2003 Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante

The 2003 Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante was the seventeenth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on October 12, 2003 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico.

## Qualifying results

| Pos | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Paul Tracy | Team Player's | 1:28.842 | 1:29.201 | 1:28.842 |
| 2 | Tiago Monteiro | Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing | 1:29.687 | 1:29.042 | 1:29.042 |
| 3 | Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:28.905 | 1:29.351 | 1:28.905 |
| 4 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:29.110 | 1:29.235 | 1:29.110 |
| 5 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | American Spirit Team Johansson | 1:29.498 | 1:29.191 | 1:29.191 |
| 6 | Darren Manning | Walker Racing | 1:29.580 | 1:29.193 | 1:29.193 |
| 7 | Jimmy Vasser | American Spirit Team Johansson | 1:29.315 | 1:29.504 | 1:29.315 |
| 8 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 1:29.387 | 1:29.375 | 1:29.375 |
| 9 | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 1:29.616 | 1:29.449 | 1:29.449 |
| 10 | Luis Díaz | Walker Racing | 1:30.478 | 1:29.546 | 1:29.546 |
| 11 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 1:29.890 | 1:29.611 | 1:29.611 |
| 12 | Mika Salo | PK Racing | 1:30.558 | 1:29.761 | 1:29.761 |
| 13 | Alex Tagliani | Rocketsports Racing | 1:29.882 | 1:30.383 | 1:29.882 |
| 14 | Mario Haberfeld | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:30.096 | 1:29.958 | 1:29.958 |
| 15 | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 1:30.044 | 1:30.372 | 1:30.044 |
| 16 | Oriol Servià | Patrick Racing | 1:30.383 | 1:30.510 | 1:30.383 |
| 17 | Rodolfo Lavín | Walker Racing | 1:30.584 | 1:30.827 | 1:30.584 |
| 18 | Roberto González | Herdez Competition | 1:31.162 | 1:31.687 | 1:31.162 |
| 19 | Gualter Salles | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:31.927 | 1:31.442 | 1:31.442 |
| 20 | Geoff Boss | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:31.847 | 1:31.626 | 1:31.626 |

## Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Paul Tracy | Team Player's | 70 | 1:56:51.396 | 1 | 22 |
| 2 | 2 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 70 | +1.782 secs | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | 55 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 70 | +3.254 secs | 11 | 14 |
| 4 | 9 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 70 | +12.118 secs | 8 | 12 |
| 5 | 27 | Mika Salo | PK Racing | 70 | +13.787 secs | 12 | 10 |
| 6 | 7 | Tiago Monteiro | Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing | 70 | +17.744 secs | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | 1 | Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 70 | +18.080 secs | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 51 | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 70 | +19.679 secs | 15 | 5 |
| 9 | 15 | Darren Manning | Walker Racing | 70 | +27.476 secs | 6 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | Roberto González | Herdez Competition | 70 | +42.989 secs | 18 | 3 |
| 11 | 31 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | American Spirit Team Johansson | 70 | +52.190 secs | 5 | 2 |
| 12 | 34 | Mario Haberfeld | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 70 | +56.996 secs | 14 | 1 |
| 13 | 20 | Oriol Servià | Patrick Racing | 69 | + 1 Lap | 16 | 0 |
| 14 | 32 | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 68 | Mechanical | 9 | 0 |
| 15 | 19 | Gualter Salles | Dale Coyne Racing | 53 | Mechanical | 19 | 0 |
| 16 | 33 | Alex Tagliani | Rocketsports Racing | 40 | Contact | 13 | 0 |
| 17 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | American Spirit Team Johansson | 40 | Contact | 7 | 0 |
| 18 | 5 | Rodolfo Lavín | Walker Racing | 20 | Mechanical | 17 | 0 |
| 19 | 25 | Luis Díaz | Walker Racing | 12 | Mechanical | 10 | 0 |
| 20 | 11 | Geoff Boss | Dale Coyne Racing | 4 | Off course | 20 | 0 |

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| - | - |
| 1 | Yellow start |
| 2 | Vasser (12), Manning (15) & Fernández (51) contact |
| 40-44 | Vasser (12) & Tagliani (33) contact |
| 46-47 | Manning (15) & Gonzalez (4) contact |
