Английская Википедия:2007 Steelback Grand Prix

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Шаблон:American Championshp Car race report infobox

The 2007 Steelback Grand Prix of Toronto was the seventh round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season. It was held on July 8 at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Will Power won the race, followed by Neel Jani and Justin Wilson.

Qualifying results

Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best
1 Шаблон:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais N/H/L Racing 58.783 58.288 58.288
2 Шаблон:Flagicon Justin Wilson RSPORTS 59.099 58.299 58.299
3 Шаблон:Flagicon Oriol Servia Forsythe Racing 58.801 58.661 58.661
4 Шаблон:Flagicon Simon Pagenaud Team Australia 59.341 58.664 58.664
5 Шаблон:Flagicon Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing 59.547 58.675 58.675
6 Шаблон:Flagicon Alex Tagliani RSPORTS 59.737 58.779 58.779
7 Шаблон:Flagicon Will Power Team Australia 1:01.040 58.790 58.790
8 Шаблон:Flagicon Jan Heylen Conquest Racing 59.813 58.816 58.816
9 Шаблон:Flagicon Neel Jani PKV Racing 1:00.123 58.834 58.834
10 Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 59.368 58.882 58.882
11 Шаблон:Flagicon Ryan Dalziel Pacific Coast Motorsports 59.880 58.912 58.912
12 Шаблон:Flagicon Robert Doornbos Minardi Team USA 59.132 59.024 59.024
13 Шаблон:Flagicon Dan Clarke Minardi Team USA 59.288 59.263 59.263
14 Шаблон:Flagicon Tristan Gommendy PKV Racing 59.624 59.265 59.265
15 Шаблон:Flagicon Graham Rahal N/H/L Racing 59.456 59.384 59.384
16 Шаблон:Flagicon Katherine Legge Dale Coyne Racing 59.520 59.562 59.520
17 Шаблон:Flagicon Alex Figge Pacific Coast Motorsports 1:00.880 59.973 59.973

Sébastien Bourdais led both the Friday and Saturday qualifying sessions to win his 28th career Champ Car pole position. On Saturday Bourdais and Justin Wilson traded the fast lap three times in the final minutes, with Wilson coming up only .011 second short at the end after he brushed the wall on his last lap.

Race

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 Шаблон:Flagicon Will Power Team Australia 73 1:45:58.568 7 31
2 21 Шаблон:Flagicon Neel Jani PKV Racing 73 +2.972 9 28
3 9 Шаблон:Flagicon Justin Wilson RSPORTS 73 +3.480 2 25
4 15 Шаблон:Flagicon Simon Pagenaud Team Australia 73 +5.643 4 23
5 19 Шаблон:Flagicon Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing 73 +20.738 5 21
6 14 Шаблон:Flagicon Robert Doornbos Minardi Team USA 72 + 1 Lap 12 19
7 28 Шаблон:Flagicon Ryan Dalziel Pacific Coast Motorsports 72 + 1 Lap 11 17
8 8 Шаблон:Flagicon Alex Tagliani RSPORTS 71 + 2 Laps 6 15
9 1 Шаблон:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais N/H/L Racing 67 Contact 1 16
10 7 Шаблон:Flagicon Oriol Servia Forsythe Racing 56 Contact 3 11
11 2 Шаблон:Flagicon Graham Rahal N/H/L Racing 52 Contact 15 10
12 4 Шаблон:Flagicon Dan Clarke Minardi Team USA 43 Contact 13 9
13 34 Шаблон:Flagicon Jan Heylen Conquest Racing 1 Contact 8 8
14 3 Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 0 Contact 10 7
15 22 Шаблон:Flagicon Tristan Gommendy PKV Racing 0 Contact 14 6
16 11 Шаблон:Flagicon Katherine Legge Dale Coyne Racing 0 Contact 16 5
17 29 Шаблон:Flagicon Alex Figge Pacific Coast Motorsports 0 Contact 17 4

For the second race in a row rain had a major impact on the proceedings. The race began under cloudy skies and on a track that was still partially damp after heavy rains earlier in the day. Oriol Servia got the best start from the second row and led into the first corner. Trouble began as the cars funneled through turn 3 for the first time. Alex Tagliani contacted Simon Pagenaud, knocking the front wing off Pagenaud's car. Paul Tracy collected the wing but could not see that it remained stuck under his own front wing. Coming out of the fast turn 7 the errant wing began to interfere with Tracy's steering and he hit the outside wall. This set off a chain reaction of carnage behind him as cars behind him rounded the blind turn and were not able thread through the mess. In the end, Tracy, Katherine Legge, Alex Figge, and Tristan Gommendy all ended their races immediately, with Gommendy almost flipping up the back of Jan Heylen, catching air. Heylen was able to limp back to the pits, only to retire (his fourth consecutive retirement since returning to the series), while Graham Rahal was able to return to the race with a new front wing.

Servia held the lead until he pitted for fuel and a fresh set of slick tires on lap 34. Rain began to fall soon after. On lap 38, Ryan Dalziel and Neel Jani came out of the pits on rain tires. It turned out to be the correct decision. Servia and Tagliani tangled at the slippery turn 3 on lap 39. Both cars were able to continue but a yellow flag was brought out. Except for Dan Clarke, the rest of the field pitted for rain tires during the caution.

Dan Clarke lasted only 3 green flag laps on dry weather tires before finding the wall and ending his day. Meanwhile, Ryan Dalziel led a Champ Car race for the first time in his career. They were also the first laps in the lead for the Pacific Coast Motorsports team.

After a caution period for a spin and crash by Graham Rahal, Will Power got around Dalziel on the restart on lap 56 and took the lead which he would not relinquish for the rest of the race. Dalziel was dropped to third by Jani on the next restart on lap 62. With 3 laps to go, Dalziel's hopes for a podium were dashed when Justin Wilson bounced him into the tires as he made the pass for third place.

In the end Will Power cruised to his second career Champ Car race win. Meanwhile, Sébastien Bourdais' 9th-place finish cost him the championship lead. Entering the second half of the season a close three-way battle has developed. Robert Doornbos now leads the championship with 164 points, followed closely by Power with 162 and Bourdais with 161.

Caution flags

Laps Cause
1-7 Tracy (3)/Legge (11)/Figge (29)/Gommendy (22)/Rahal (2)/Heylen (34) crash
14-16 Debris on track
39-42 Servia (7)/Tagliani (8) spin/stall
45-48 Clarke (4) crash
53-56 Rahal (2) crash
58-61 Servia (7) crash
68-70 Bourdais (1)/Doornbos (14) crash

Notes

Laps Leader
1-34 Oriol Servia
35-35 Sébastien Bourdais
36-36 Will Power
37-37 Simon Pagenaud
38-38 Alex Tagliani
39-40 Robert Doornbos
41-56 Ryan Dalziel
57-73 Will Power
 
Driver Laps led
Oriol Servia 34
Will Power 18
Ryan Dalziel 16
Robert Doornbos 2
Simon Pagenaud 1
Alex Tagliani 1
Sébastien Bourdais 1

Championship standings after the race

Шаблон:Col-start Шаблон:Col-2

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
Файл:1uparrow green.svg 1 1 Шаблон:Flagicon Robert Doornbos 164
Файл:1uparrow green.svg 1 2 Шаблон:Flagicon Will Power 162
Файл:1downarrow red.svg 2 3 Шаблон:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais 161
Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg 4 Шаблон:Flagicon Justin Wilson 138
Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg 5 Шаблон:Flagicon Alex Tagliani 127
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

Attendance

Race attendance numbers were not released for the 2007 Steelback Grand Prix. However the race reportedly had a 12% attendance increase over the 2006 race weekend. However, the number may be released at a later date as they do exist and are currently being used in sponsor negotiations for 2008.[1]

References

External links

Шаблон:Champ Car World Series race report Шаблон:Honda Indy Toronto