 The season points leader entering the race , Gil de Ferran , was awarded the pole position when qualifying was cancelled after a practice session was rained out . Bräck took the lead early in the race , and built a seven @-@ second advantage before going off course while trying to lap another car . Carpentier took his place after the lap 64 incident , and held the lead until Tony Kanaan passed him on lap 95 . After passing Carpentier for second , Alex Zanardi moved ahead of Kanaan after a series of pit stops between laps 121 to 123 . Zanardi held the top spot entering his final scheduled pit stop with 12 laps remaining . 
