- Qualifying results
- Race
- Caution flags
- Notes
- External links
{{American Championshp Car race report infobox|Country = Mexico| Race = Mexico City| Image = Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.svg| Caption = Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Track Layout| Date = October 12| Year = 2003| Official name = 2003 Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante Presented by Banamex/VISA| Race_No = 17| Season_No = 18| Series = CART| Location = Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Mexico City, Mexico| Course = Permanent Road Course| Course_mi = 2.786| Course_km = 4.484| Distance_laps = 70| Distance_mi = 195.020| Distance_km = 313.880| Weather = | Pole_Driver = Paul Tracy| Pole_Team = Team Player's| Pole_Time = 1:28.842| Pole_Country = Canada| Fast_Driver = Ryan Hunter-Reay| Fast_Team = American Spirit Team Johansson| Fast_Time = 1:29.066| Fast_Lap = 63| Fast_Country = USA| First_Driver = Paul Tracy| First_Team = Team Player's| First_Country = Canada| Second_Driver = Sébastien Bourdais| Second_Team = Newman/Haas Racing| Second_Country= France| Third_Driver = Mario Domínguez| Third_Team = Herdez Competition| Third_Country = Mexico|
}}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 | Nat | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
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| 1 | Canada}} | Paul Tracy | Team Player's | 1:28.842 | 1:29.201 | 1:28.842 |
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| 2 | Portugal}} | Tiago Monteiro | Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing | 1:29.687 | 1:29.042 | 1:29.042 |
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| 3 | Brazil}} | Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:28.905 | 1:29.351 | 1:28.905 |
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| 4 | France}} | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:29.110 | 1:29.235 | 1:29.110 |
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| 5 | USA}} | Ryan Hunter-Reay | American Spirit Team Johansson | 1:29.498 | 1:29.191 | 1:29.191 |
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| 6 | UK}} | Darren Manning | Walker Racing | 1:29.580 | 1:29.193 | 1:29.193 |
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| 7 | USA}} | Jimmy Vasser | American Spirit Team Johansson | 1:29.315 | 1:29.504 | 1:29.315 |
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| 8 | Mexico}} | Michel Jourdain, Jr. | Team Rahal | 1:29.387 | 1:29.375 | 1:29.375 |
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| 9 | Canada}} | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 1:29.616 | 1:29.449 | 1:29.449 |
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| 10 | Mexico}} | Luis Díaz | Walker Racing | 1:30.478 | 1:29.546 | 1:29.546 |
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| 11 | Mexico}} | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 1:29.890 | 1:29.611 | 1:29.611 |
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| 12 | Finland}} | Mika Salo | PK Racing | 1:30.558 | 1:29.761 | 1:29.761 |
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| 13 | Canada}} | Alex Tagliani | Rocketsports Racing | 1:29.882 | 1:30.383 | 1:29.882 |
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| 14 | Brazil}} | Mario Haberfeld | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:30.096 | 1:29.958 | 1:29.958 |
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| 15 | Mexico}} | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 1:30.044 | 1:30.372 | 1:30.044 |
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| 16 | Spain}} | Oriol Servià | Patrick Racing | 1:30.383 | 1:30.510 | 1:30.383 |
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| 17 | Mexico}} | Rodolfo Lavín | Walker Racing | 1:30.584 | 1:30.827 | 1:30.584 |
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| 18 | Mexico}} | Roberto González | Herdez Competition | 1:31.162 | 1:31.687 | 1:31.162 |
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| 19 | Brazil}} | Gualter Salles | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:31.927 | 1:31.442 | 1:31.442 |
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| 20 | USA}} | Geoff Boss | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:31.847 | 1:31.626 | 1:31.626 |
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Race | Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 3 | Canada}} Paul Tracy | Team Player's | 70 | 1:56:51.396 | 1 | 22 |
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| 2 | 2 | France}} Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 70 | +1.782 secs | 4 | 16 |
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| 3 | 55 | Mexico}} Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 70 | +3.254 secs | 11 | 14 |
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| 4 | 9 | Mexico}} Michel Jourdain, Jr. | Team Rahal | 70 | +12.118 secs | 8 | 12 |
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| 5 | 27 | Finland}} Mika Salo | PK Racing | 70 | +13.787 secs | 12 | 10 |
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| 6 | 7 | Portugal}} Tiago Monteiro | Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing | 70 | +17.744 secs | 2 | 9 |
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| 7 | 1 | Brazil}} Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 70 | +18.080 secs | 3 | 6 |
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| 8 | 51 | Mexico}} Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 70 | +19.679 secs | 15 | 5 |
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| 9 | 15 | UK}} Darren Manning | Walker Racing | 70 | +27.476 secs | 6 | 4 |
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| 10 | 4 | Mexico}} Roberto González | Herdez Competition | 70 | +42.989 secs | 18 | 3 |
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| 11 | 31 | USA}} Ryan Hunter-Reay | American Spirit Team Johansson | 70 | +52.190 secs | 5 | 2 |
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| 12 | 34 | Brazil}} Mario Haberfeld | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 70 | +56.996 secs | 14 | 1 |
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| 13 | 20 | Spain}} Oriol Servià | Patrick Racing | 69 | + 1 Lap | 16 | 0 |
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| 14 | 32 | Canada}} Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 68 | Mechanical | 9 | 0 |
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| 15 | 19 | Brazil}} Gualter Salles | Dale Coyne Racing | 53 | Mechanical | 19 | 0 |
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| 16 | 33 | Canada}} Alex Tagliani | Rocketsports Racing | 40 | Contact | 13 | 0 |
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| 17 | 12 | USA}} Jimmy Vasser | American Spirit Team Johansson | 40 | Contact | 7 | 0 |
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| 18 | 5 | Mexico}} Rodolfo Lavín | Walker Racing | 20 | Mechanical | 17 | 0 |
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| 19 | 25 | Mexico}} Luis Díaz | Walker Racing | 12 | Mechanical | 10 | 0 |
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| 20 | 11 | USA}} Geoff Boss | Dale Coyne Racing | 4 | Off course | 20 | 0 |
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Caution flags | Laps | Cause |
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| 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 |
Notes | Laps | Leader |
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| 1-57 | Paul Tracy | | 58-63 | Adrian Fernández | | 64-70 | Paul Tracy |
| | | Driver | Laps led |
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| Paul Tracy | 64 | | Adrian Fernández | 6 |
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- New Race Record Paul Tracy 1:56:51.396
- Average Speed 100.133 mph
External links- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081120171648/http://www.champcarworldseries.com/Results/ResultsIndex.asp?ID=462 Full Weekend Times & Results]
{{CART World Series race report| Name_of_race = 2003 Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante | Year_of_race = 2003 | Previous_race_in_season = 2003 Grand Prix Americas | Next_race_in_season = 2003 Lexmark Indy 300 | Previous_year's_race = 2002 Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante | Next_year's_race = 2004 Gran Premio Telmex/Tecate
}} 3 : 2003 in CART|2003 in Mexican motorsport|Gran Premio Tecate |