2003 CART season
2003 CART season | |
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Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford | |
Season | |
Races | |
Start date | February 23 |
End date | October 26 |
Awards | |
Drivers' champion | Paul Tracy |
Constructors' Cup | Lola |
Nations' Cup | Canada |
Rookie of the Year | Sébastien Bourdais |
The 2003 Champ Car World Series, the twenty-fifth and final in the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) era of American open-wheel car racing, consisted of 18 races, beginning in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States on February 23 and concluding in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia on October 26. For sponsorship purposes, it was branded as Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford.
The intended final event, scheduled to be held in Fontana, California on November 9 was canceled due to wildfires, one of which was known as the "Grand Prix Fire", burning in and around San Bernardino County.
The Drivers' Champion was
The season was the first since
Drivers and teams
With the departure of
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2003 Champ Car World Series season.
Team | Chassis | No | Drivers | Races | Primary Sponsors |
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Newman/Haas Racing | Lola B02/00
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1 | Bruno Junqueira | All | PacifiCare
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2 | Sébastien Bourdais R | All | ConnectED 1
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Team Player's
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Lola B02/00 | 3 | Paul Tracy | All | Player's 16It's Your World 2 LastLap.ca16-18 |
32 | Patrick Carpentier | All | |||
Herdez Competition | Lola B02/00 | 4 | Roberto Moreno | 1-16, 18 | Herdez
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Roberto González R
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17 | ||||
55 | Mario Domínguez | All | |||
Walker Racing | Reynard 02I | 5 | Rodolfo Lavín R | All | Corona |
15 | Darren Manning R | All | 5 | ||
25 | Luis Díaz R | 17 | Sun Microsystems | ||
Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing
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Reynard 02I | 7 | Tiago Monteiro R | All | 8 O2 Diesel 7 AllSlots.com 1 |
Team Rahal | Lola B02/00 | 9 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | All | Gigante 17 Office Depot 1 |
Dale Coyne Racing | Lola B02/00 | 11 | Roberto González R
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1 | Lotto Speed 2 2 |
Alex Yoong R | 2-5 | ||||
Gualter Salles | 6 | Alpina | |||
Geoff Boss R | 7-18 | Lacoste | |||
19 | Joël Camathias R | 1-7 | City of Lugano | ||
Gualter Salles | 8-9, 11-15, 17-18 | Alpina | |||
Alex Sperafico R | 10, 16 | Dale Coyne Racing | |||
American Spirit Team Johansson
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Reynard 02I | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | All | American Spirit Team Johansson 17 Gonher de Mexico 1 |
31 | Ryan Hunter-Reay R | All | |||
Patrick Racing | Lola B02/00 | 20 | Oriol Servià | All | Visteon |
PK Racing | Lola B02/00 | 27 | Patrick Lemarié R | 1-6 | Scientific Atlanta 17 Yalumba 1 |
Bryan Herta | 7 | ||||
Max Papis | 8-14 | ||||
Mika Salo R | 15-18 | ||||
Rocketsports Racing | Lola B02/00 | 33 | Alex Tagliani | All | Johnson Controls |
Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | Reynard 02I | 34 | Mario Haberfeld R
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All | Mi-Jack |
Fernández Racing | Lola B02/00 | 51 | Adrián Fernández | All | Tecate
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Team changes
With the departure of Honda and Toyota to the IRL for the
Four new teams joined the series. Businessman
Driver changes
Along with the major changes to the team lineup to the series, a great many new faces made their debut in 2003. Of the nineteen drivers at the season opener in St. Petersburg, nine were rookies. Most notable was
Familiar Champ Car drivers also found themselves in new surroundings for 2003. With Chip Ganassi Racing gone to the IRL,
The list of drivers not changing teams was short.
Mid-season changes
- Sponsorship problems caused Yoong to lose his race seat to Champ Car veteran Milwaukee.[8]This marked Salles's first Champ Car start since Road America in August 2000.
- After a series of disappointing results to open the season, PK Racing replaced
- Also at Laguna, the revolving door at Coyne continued with Geoff Boss taking over the #11 from Salles.[11]
- The shuffle at Coyne did not stop at Portland as Gualter Salles returned, taking over the #19 car from
- PK Racing brought in Formula One veteran Mika Salo for the final four races of the year starting with the race in Denver.[13]
- Two extra Mexican drivers were brought in for the race in Mexico City. Herdez Competition gave away Roberto Moreno's car to Roberto González for the race, while Walker Racing ran a third car for Luis Díaz.[14]
Season summary
Schedule
O Oval/Speedway
R Road/Street course
Race results
Final driver standings
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Nations' Cup
- Top result per race counts towards Nations' Cup.
Pos | Country | STP | MTY | LBH | BRH | LAU | MIL | LAG | POR | CLE | TOR | VAN | ROA | MDO | MTL | DEN | MEX | SUR | Pts | |
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1 | Canada | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 298 |
2 | Mexico | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 262 |
3 | Brazil | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 228 |
4 | France | 10 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 161 |
5 | United States | 6 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 107 |
6 | Spain | 12 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 19 | 106 |
7 | England | 13 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 103 |
8 | Portugal | 7 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 19 | Wth | 10 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 28 |
9 | Finland | 14 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 26 | ||||||||||||||
10 | Italy | 15 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 25 | |||||||||||
11 | Switzerland | 9 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 6 | |||||||||||
12 | Malaysia | 9 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Pos | Country | STP | MTY | LBH | BRH | LAU | MIL | LAG | POR | CLE | TOR | VAN | ROA | MDO | MTL | DEN | MEX | SUR | Pts |
Chassis Constructors' Cup
Pos | Chassis | Pts |
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1 | Lola | 387 |
2 | Reynard | 161 |
Pos | Chassis | Pts |
Driver breakdown
Pos | Driver | Team | Entries | Wins | Podiums | Top 5s | Top 10s | Poles | Laps Lead | Points |
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1 | Tracy | Team Player's | 18 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 658 | 226 |
2 | Junqueira | Newman-Haas Racing
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18 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 184 | 199 |
3 | Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal
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18 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 350 | 195 |
4 | Bourdais R | Newman-Haas Racing
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18 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 254 | 159 |
5 | Carpentier | Team Player's | 18 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 107 | 146 |
6 | Domínguez | Herdez Competition
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18 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -- | 76 | 118 |
7 | Servià | Patrick Racing | 18 | -- | 3 | 7 | 9 | -- | 37 | 108 |
8 | Fernández
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Fernández Racing | 18 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 123 | 105 |
9 | Manning R | Walker Racing | 18 | -- | 1 | 3 | 15 | -- | 4 | 103 |
10 | Tagliani | Rocketsports Racing | 18 | -- | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1* | 70 | 97 |
11 | Vasser | American Spirit Team Johansson
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18 | -- | 1 | 3 | 8 | -- | 18 | 72 |
12 | Haberfeld R
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Mi-Jack Conquest Racing
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18 | -- | -- | 3 | 11 | -- | -- | 71 |
13 | Moreno | Herdez Competition
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17 | -- | 1 | 2 | 9 | -- | 6 | 67 |
14 | Hunter-Reay R | American Spirit Team Johansson
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18 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -- | 15 | 64 |
15 | Monteiro R | Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing
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18 | -- | -- | -- | 5 | -- | 14 | 29 |
16 | Salo R | PK Racing
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4 | -- | 1 | 2 | 2 | -- | 6 | 26 |
17 | Papis | PK Racing
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7 | -- | -- | 1 | 4 | -- | -- | 25 |
18 | Lavín R | Walker Racing | 18 | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- | 17 |
19 | Salles | Dale Coyne Racing | 9 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 11 |
20 | Boss R | Dale Coyne Racing | 11 | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | 8 |
21 | Lemarié R | PK Racing
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6 | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | 8 |
22 | Camathias R | Dale Coyne Racing | 7 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 6 |
23 | Yoong R | Dale Coyne Racing | 4 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 4 |
24 | Roberto González R
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2 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 3 | |
25 | Herta | PK Racing
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1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
26 | Sperafico R | Dale Coyne Racing | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0 |
27 | Díaz R | Walker Racing | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0 |
* Alex Tagliani started on pole at Milwaukee but was not awarded the bonus point for it when the qualification session was rained out. The grid was set by practice times. This result is not counted in Tagliani's season total in this table.
See also
- 2003 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
- 2003 Indianapolis 500
- 2003 IndyCar Series
- 2003 Infiniti Pro Series season
Notes
- ^ "Ford increases their stake in CART". motorsport.com. 2002-11-21. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
- ^ "Conquest Racing joins Champ Car Series". motorsport.com. 2002-12-23. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
- ^ "Pollock, Kalkhoven form Champ Car team". motorsport.com. 2003-01-15. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
- ^ "Gentilozzi to own CART team in 2003". motorsport.com. 2002-11-16. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
- ^ "Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing, driver Monteiro enter Champ Car series". motorsport.com. 2003-02-10. Archived from the original on 2005-11-12. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
- ^ "Johansson forms two car CART team". motorsport.com. 2002-12-20. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
- ^ "Former F1 driver Yoong joins Dale Coyne Racing". motorsport.com. 2003-03-21. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ^ "Yoong steps down at Dale Coyne Racing". motorsport.com. 2003-05-26. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ^ "Herta replaces PK Racing's rookie for Laguna". motorsport.com. 2003-06-12. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ^ "'Mad Max' Papis returns to Champ Car competition". motorsport.com. 2003-06-18. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ^ "Dale Coyne Racing signs Geoff Boss". motorsport.com. 2003-06-12. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ^ "Toronto: Round ten preview". motorsport.com. 2003-07-08. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ^ "Salo to debut at Denver". motorsport.com. 2003-08-27. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ^ "Walker Racing add Luis Diaz to team's Mexico City lineup". motorsport.com. 2003-09-30. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
References
- Åberg, Andreas. "Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford 2003". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- "2003 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford". Champ Car Stats. Archived from the original on 2008-11-22. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- "Bankruptcy Judge Awards CART, Inc. Assets to Open Wheel Racing Series". The Auto Channel. 2004-01-28. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
- "FEMA Quickly Authorizes Funds To Help Fight Grand Prix Fire" (Press release). Federal Emergency Management Agency. 2003-10-24. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
- "Standings after Fontana". Champ Car World Series. Archived from the original on 2008-10-22. Retrieved 2009-05-19.