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The '''Grand Prix Americas''' was a [[CART]] race at the streets of [[Bayfront Park]], [[Miami]], [[United States]]. This race happened in [[2002]] and [[2003]].
Several races are called the '''Grand Prix Americas''':
*For the CART event, see [[Grand Prix of Miami (open wheel racing)]]
*For the ALMS event, see [[Grand Prix of Miami (sports car racing)]]


==See also==
==2002 Grand Prix Americas==
{{main|2002 Grand Prix Americas}}
* [[United States Grand Prix (disambiguation)]]
* [[American Grand Prix (disambiguation)]]
At the inaugural race, the [[Brazil|Brazilian]] driver [[Tony Kanaan]], from [[Mo Nunn Racing]], set the pole.
At the start, [[Herdez Competition]] [[Mexican]] driver [[Mario Dominguez]] hit the [[Canadian]] driver [[Patrick Carpentier]], from [[Forsythe Racing]]. Neither Carpentier, nor Dominguez retired. Then, [[Tony Kanaan]] hit the [[New Zealand]] driver Scott Dixon, from [[Chip Ganassi Racing]]. Dixon retired. At lap 31, the [[Spaniard]] [[Oriol Servià]], from [[Patrick Racing]] retired due to mechanical problems. Some laps later, Patrick Carpentier lost control of his car and hit the wall. He retired. At lap 47, [[Forsythe Racing]] driver [[Alex Tagliani]] overtook fellow [[Canadian]] [[Paul Tracy]], from [[Team Green]]. Laps later, the [[Japanese people|Japanese]] former [[Formula One]] driver [[Shinji Nakano]], from [[Fernandez Racing]], retired due to an engine [[fire]]. The Japanese was on fire, but anyone saw the fire, because it was [[methanol]]. At lap 75, Paul Tracy hit the wall. 3 laps later, Tracy did a [[drift]]. At lap 81, the [[Canadian]] driver spun. Then, [[Team Green]]'s driver [[Dario Franchitti]], from [[Scotland]] hit the tyre wall, but did not retired. Laps later, Tony Kanaan was involved in another accident, now with [[Scott Dixon]]'s teammate, the Brazilian [[Bruno Junqueira]]. Both drivers continued in the race. With 7 laps to go, [[Team Rahal]]'s [[United States|American]] driver Jimmy Vasser hit Paul Tracy. The Canadian driver retired. The Brazilian driver [[Cristiano da Matta]], from [[Newman/Haas Racing]] won the race and clinched the [[2002 CART World Series Season]], with 3 races left. His teammate and fellow Brazilian, [[Christian Fittipaldi]] finished second, and Vasser finished third.


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==2003 Grand Prix Americas==
{{main|2003 Grand Prix Americas}}
[[Category:Grand Prix Americas| ]]
At the 2003 race, [[Fernandez Racing]] owner-driver, [[Adrian Fernández]], from [[Mexico]], set a time of 44.253, and the pole position.
At the start, Fernandez lost his lead to [[Bruno Junqueira]], from [[Newman/Haas Racing]], but at the following lap, Fernandez did a very good overtake manoeuvre on Junqueira. At the same curve, [[Rocketsports]] driver [[Alex Tagliani]] overtook [[Herdez Competition]] driver [[Mario Dominguez]]. At lap 43, [[Patrick Racing]] driver [[Oriol Servià]] crashed on the straight. He retired. At lap 56, [[Mexican]] driver [[Rodolfo Lavín]] retired due a crash. At lap 69, [[Forsythe Racing]] driver [[Paul Tracy]] hit the [[Newman/Haas Racing]] [[French people|French]] driver [[Sebastien Bourdais]]. Both retired. Some laps later, Mexican driver [[Michel Jourdain, Jr.]], from [[Team Rahal]] hit the [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] driver [[Tiago Monteiro]], from [[Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing]] in the pits. At lap 91, Monteiro was hit by Bruno Junqueira, who hit Adrian Fernandez. Monteiro retired. For many laps, Jourdain, Jr. was trying to overtake Carpentier, but he didn't accomplished. The winner was [[Mario Dominguez]]. For the second time he won a [[CART]] race. His first win happened at the [[2002 Honda Indy 300]], at the [[Surfers Paradise Street Circuit]], [[Australia]]. His teammate, Brazilian driver [[Roberto Moreno]] finished second, while the [[Finns|Finnish]] driver [[Mika Salo]], from [[PK Racing]], finished third.

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[[Category:Grand Prix Americas]]

Latest revision as of 22:05, 20 December 2015

Several races are called the Grand Prix Americas:

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