2003 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver

The 2003 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver was the fifteenth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on August 31, 2003 on the streets of Denver, Colorado.

2003 Denver

Race details
Race 15 of 18 in the 2003 CART season
Date	August 31, 2003
Official name	2003 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver
Location	Streets of Denver Denver, Colorado, United States
Course	Temporary Street Course 1.647 mi / 2.651 km
Distance	106 laps 174.582 mi / 281.006 km
Weather	Mostly cloudy with temperatures reaching up to 70 °F (21 °C); wind speeds approaching 9.9 miles per hour (15.9 km/h)[1]
Pole position
Driver	Bruno Junqueira (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	1:01.438
Fastest lap
Driver	Mario Haberfeld (Mi-Jack Conquest Racing)
Time	1:02.082 (on lap 100 of 106)
Podium
First	Bruno Junqueira (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Third	Oriol Servià (Patrick Racing)

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1:01.438	-	1:01.438
2		Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	1:02.303	1:01.477	1:01.477
3		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:02.262	1:01.547	1:01.547
4		Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	1:01.583	1:03.821	1:01.583
5		Tiago Monteiro	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	1:02.281	1:01.628	1:01.628
6		Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	1:02.165	1:01.804	1:01.804
7		Darren Manning	Walker Racing	1:01.869	1:02.005	1:01.869
8		Mario Haberfeld	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:02.100	1:02.050	1:02.050
9		Paul Tracy	Team Player's	1:02.056	1:03.001	1:02.056
10		Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	1:02.381	1:02.141	1:02.141
11		Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	1:03.463	1:02.287	1:02.287
12		Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	1:03.053	1:02.447	1:02.447
13		Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	1:02.944	1:03.290	1:02.944
14		Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	1:03.732	1:02.993	1:02.993
15		Rodolfo Lavín	Walker Racing	1:03.166	1:03.913	1:03.166
16		Roberto Moreno	Herdez Competition	1:03.275	1:03.296	1:03.275
17		Mika Salo	PK Racing	1:03.875	1:04.645	1:03.875
18		Gualter Salles	Dale Coyne Racing	1:03.891	1:09.964	1:03.891
19		Geoff Boss	Dale Coyne Racing	1:04.193	1:06.592	1:04.193

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	106	2:03:10.259	1	22
2	2	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	106	+0.335 secs	3	16
3	20	Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	106	+12.495 secs	2	15
4	3	Paul Tracy	Team Player's	106	+13.318 secs	9	12
5	51	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	106	+17.715 secs	4	10
6	9	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	106	+18.781 secs	10	8
7	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	106	+19.263 secs	14	6
8	15	Darren Manning	Walker Racing	106	+25.590 secs	7	5
9	33	Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	106	+26.916 secs	11	4
10	34	Mario Haberfeld	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	106	+50.699 secs	8	3
11	12	Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	106	+55.233 secs	13	2
12	11	Geoff Boss	Dale Coyne Racing	101	+ 5 Laps	19	1
13	7	Tiago Monteiro	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	86	Contact	5	0
14	27	Mika Salo	PK Racing	84	Contact	17	0
15	31	Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	80	Fire	12	0
16	4	Roberto Moreno	Herdez Competition	77	Contact	16	0
17	32	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	61	Contact	6	0
18	19	Gualter Salles	Dale Coyne Racing	33	Mechanical	18	0
19	5	Rodolfo Lavín	Walker Racing	2	Contact	15	0

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1	Yellow start
3-5	Domínguez (55), Lavín (5) & Moreno (4) contact
61-64	Carpentier (32) contact
78-83	Moreno (4) contact; Hunter-Reay (31) pit fire; Salo (27) contact

Notes

Laps Leader 1-32 Bruno Junqueira 33-62 Oriol Servià 63-106 Bruno Junqueira

Driver Laps led Bruno Junqueira 76 Oriol Servià 30

• New Track Record Bruno Junqueira 1:01.438 (Qualification Session #1)
• New Race Record Bruno Junqueira 2:03:10.259
• Average Speed 85.044 mph