2003 London Champ Car Trophy

The 2003 London Champ Car Trophy was the fourth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on May 5, 2003 on the Indy Circuit at Brands Hatch in Longfield, Kent, England. Sébastien Bourdais won the race, his first victory of 31 in his Champ Car career.

Qualifying results

Because of short length of the Indy circuit Champ Car modified the usual road course qualification rules for this event, adopting an oval-style single car at a time qualifying format.

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Paul Tracy	Team Player's	37.006	43.133	37.006
2		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	37.112	37.044	37.044
3		Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	37.022	37.225	37.022
4		Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	37.254	37.442	37.254
5		Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	37.790	37.422	37.422
6		Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	37.871	37.468	37.468
7		Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	37.978	37.544	37.544
8		Darren Manning	Walker Racing	37.565	37.596	37.565
9		Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	37.580	37.735	37.580
10		Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Team Rahal	37.928	37.705	37.705
11		Mario Haberfeld	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	38.199	37.719	37.719
12		Roberto Moreno	Herdez Competition	40.726	37.730	37.730
13		Alex Yoong	Dale Coyne Racing	38.233	37.865	37.865
14		Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	37.982	38.472	37.982
15		Tiago Monteiro	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	38.073	38.174	38.073
16		Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	-*	38.115	38.115
17		Patrick Lemarié	PK Racing	38.497	38.286	38.286
18		Joël Camathias	Dale Coyne Racing	39.212	38.290	38.290
19		Rodolfo Lavín	Walker Racing	38.803	38.423	38.423

*Ryan Hunter-Reay spun on his warm-up lap and did not set a time in the first qualification session.

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	165	1:51:56.987	2	22
2	1	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	165	+7.8 secs	3	16
3	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	165	+11.5 secs	7	14
4	20	Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	165	+14.4 secs	4	12
5	32	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	165	+15.0 secs	9	10
6	9	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Team Rahal	165	+30.7 secs	10	8
7	4	Roberto Moreno	Herdez Competition	165	+37.0 secs	12	6
8	33	Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	165	+38.8 secs	5	5
9	34	Mario Haberfeld	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	164	+ 1 Lap	11	4
10	15	Darren Manning	Walker Racing	164	+ 1 Lap	8	3
11	27	Patrick Lemarié	PK Racing	163	+ 2 Laps	17	2
12	51	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	163	+ 2 Laps	6	1
13	19	Joël Camathias	Dale Coyne Racing	163	+ 2 Laps	18	0
14	7	Tiago Monteiro	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	163	+ 2 Laps	15	0
15	5	Rodolfo Lavín	Walker Racing	162	+ 3 Laps	19	0
16	31	Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	162	+ 3 Laps	16	0
17	3	Paul Tracy	Team Player's	118	Mechanical	1	1
18	11	Alex Yoong	Dale Coyne Racing	78	Contact	13	0
19	12	Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	1	Mechanical	14	0

Caution flags

Notes

• New Track Record Paul Tracy 37.006 (Qualification Session #1)
• New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:51:56.987
• Average Speed 105.412 mph

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results