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The 2003 Infineon Grand Prix of Sonoma was the third race of the 2003 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Infineon Raceway, California on July 27, 2003.

This race marked the first time in American Le Mans Series history since the introduction of the two separate Le Mans Prototype classes in 2001 that the smaller of the two won a race overall. The LMP675 class Dyson Lola-MG defeated the LMP900 class Joest Audi by a margin of 3.7 seconds.

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP675 16 United States Dyson Racing United States Butch Leitzinger
United Kingdom James Weaver
MG-Lola EX257 G 102
MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
2 LMP900 1 Germany Infineon Team Joest Germany Marco Werner
Germany Frank Biela
Audi R8 M 102
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
3 LMP900 38 United States ADT Champion Racing United Kingdom Johnny Herbert
Finland JJ Lehto
Audi R8 M 102
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
4 LMP900 27 United States Doran Lista Racing Belgium Didier Theys
United States Bill Auberlen
Dallara SP1 M 102
Judd GV5 5.0L V10
5 LMP900 10 United States JML Team Panoz Monaco Olivier Beretta
United States Gunnar Jeannette
Panoz LMP01 Evo M 101
Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
6 LMP900 11 United States JML Team Panoz Switzerland Benjamin Leuenberger
Belgium David Saelens
Panoz LMP01 Evo M 101
Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
7 LMP675 20 United States Dyson Racing United States Chris Dyson
United Kingdom Andy Wallace
MG-Lola EX257 G 100
MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
8 GTS 3 United States Corvette Racing Canada Ron Fellows
United States Johnny O'Connell
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R G 97
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8
9 GTS 4 United States Corvette Racing United States Kelly Collins
United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R G 97
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8
10 GTS 80 United Kingdom Prodrive Australia David Brabham
Denmark Jan Magnussen
Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello M 96
Ferrari 5.9L V12
11 LMP900 30 United States Intersport Racing United States Clint Field
United States Rick Sutherland
Lola B2K/10B G 94
Judd GV4 4.0L V10
12 GTS 88 United Kingdom Prodrive Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
Netherlands Peter Kox
Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello M 94
Ferrari 5.9L V12
13 GT 23 United States Alex Job Racing Germany Lucas Luhr
Germany Sascha Maassen
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 93
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
14 GT 24 United States Alex Job Racing Germany Jörg Bergmeister
Germany Timo Bernhard
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 93
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
15 GT 35 United States Risi Competizione United States Anthony Lazzaro
Germany Ralf Kelleners
Ferrari 360 Modena GTC M 93
Ferrari 3.6L V8
16 GT 66 United States The Racer's Group United States Kevin Buckler
United States Cort Wagner
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 93
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
17 GT 31 United States Petersen Motorsport
United States White Lightning Racing
United States Craig Stanton
United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 92
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
18 LMP675 18 United States Essex Racing Canada David McEntee
United States Jason Workman
Lola B2K/40 P 92
Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6
19 GT 79 United States J3 Racing United States David Murry
United States Justin Jackson
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 91
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
20 GT 43 United States Orbit Racing United States Leo Hindery
United States Peter Baron
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 91
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
21 GT 67 United States The Racer's Group United States Michael Schrom
Germany Pierre Ehret
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 90
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
22 GTS 0 Italy Team Olive Garden Italy Emanuele Naspetti
Italy Mimmo Schiattarella
Ferrari 550 Maranello P 90
Ferrari 6.0L V12
23 GT 42 United States Orbit Racing United States Joe Policastro
United States Joe Policastro Jr.
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 89
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
24 GT 89 United States Inline Cunningham Racing Brazil Oswaldo Negri Jr.
United States Scott Bader
Porsche 911 GT3-RS Y 87
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
25 GT 28 United States JMB Racing USA France Stéphane Grégoire
Chile Eliseo Salazar
Ferrari 360 Modena GTC P 87
Ferrari 3.6L V8
26 GT 61 United Kingdom P.K. Sport United States Keith Alexander
United States Vic Rice
Porsche 911 GT3-R P 87
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
27 GT 63 United States ACEMCO Motorsports United States Terry Borcheller
United States Shane Lewis
Ferrari 360 Modena GTC Y 87
Ferrari 3.6L V8
28 GT 68 United States The Racer's Group United States Marc Bunting
United States Chris Gleason
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 81
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
29
DNF
GT 60 United Kingdom P.K. Sport United Kingdom Robin Liddell
Australia Alex Davison
Porsche 911 GT3-RS P 72
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
30
DNF
GTS 71 United States Carsport America Canada Aaron Povoledo
France Jean-Philippe Belloc
Dodge Viper GTS-R P 71
Dodge 8.0L V10
31
DNF
LMP900 12 United States American Spirit Racing United States Michael Lewis
United States Tomy Drissi
Riley & Scott Mk III C D 45
Lincoln (Élan) 5.0L V8
32
DNF
GT 33 United States ZIP Racing United States Andy Lally
United States Spencer Pumpelly
Porsche 911 GT3-RS D 44
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
33
DNF
GT 29 United States JMB Racing USA Italy Andrea Garbagnati
Italy Ludovico Manfredi
Ferrari 360 Modena GTC P 31
Ferrari 3.6L V8
34
DNF
GT 03 United States Hyper Sport United States Joe Foster
United States Brad Nyberg
United States Rick Skelton
Panoz Esperante GT-LM P 28
Élan 5.0L V8
35
DNF
LMP675 56 United States Team Bucknum Racing United States Jeff Bucknum
United States Bryan Willman
United States Chris McMurry
Pilbeam MP91 D 24
Willman (JPX) 3.4L V6
DNS LMP675 37 United States Intersport Racing United States Jon Field
United States Duncan Dayton
MG-Lola EX257 G -
MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4

Statistics

  • Pole Position - #16 Dyson Racing - 1:23.085
  • Fastest Lap - #16 Dyson Racing - 1:24.229
  • Distance - 415.307 km
  • Average Speed - 150.145 km/h

External links


American Le Mans Series
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2003 Grand Prix of Atlanta
2003 season Next race:
2003 Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières
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