Houston 2007
3RD CONSECUTIVE WEEKEND! QUITE A SEVERE TEST OF THE NEW DP/O1 CHASSIS AND OF THE TEAMS' ABILITIES IN WORKING WITH THE CARS. ALL THE MORE SO CONSIDERING THESE HAVE ALL BEEN ON TEMPORARY, BUMPY, CIRCUITS AND THIS HOUSTON TRACK WAS THE BUMPIEST YET. IT'S BEEN WHAT'S KNOWN AS A 'SHAKEDOWN'! ALEX FIGGE FOUND THIS WEEK'S PART OF THE 3-WEEK SHAKEDOWN MUCH TOO PAINFUL AFTER INJURING HIS BACK IN LAST WEEK'S RACE AND HE HAD TO WITHDRAW AFTER THE PRACTICE SESSION. AS THERE IS NOW A SEVEN-WEEK BREAK UNTIL PORTLAND ON 10TH JUNE BOTH HE AND PAUL TRACY (SIMILAR INJURY IN LAST WEEK'S PRACTICE SESSIONS) SHOULD BE FIT AND ABLE TO RACE. FIGGE'S PLACE WAS TAKEN HERE BY 48-YEAR OLD ROBERTO MORENO. SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS WON HERE TO MAKE IT 25 WINS FROM 62 STARTS (BUT HE STILL CAN'T MANAGE DECENT VICTORY DOUGHNUTS!) FOLLOWED HOME BY NEWMAN-HAAS' GRAHAM RAHAL, THE YOUNGEST EVER DRIVER TO STEP ONTO A CHAMPCAR PODIUM. THERE IS A SIMILARITY HERE WITH LEWIS HAMILTON IN F1 - PLACE AN OBVIOUSLY TALENTED YOUNG DRIVER IN A TOP CAR RUN BY A TOP TEAM AND HE'S LIKELY TO BREAK RECORDS. NOT AS EASY TO DO FROM THE SEAT OF MID-ORDER OR LOW-ORDER CARS, WHICH IS WHERE MOST DRIVERS GET THEIR EARLY CHANCES. ROBERT DOORNBOS DROVE A GOOD, STEADY RACE FROM 13TH ON THE GRID TO FINISH 3RD AND PUT HIMSELF 3RD IN THE OVERALL STANDINGS.
STARTING GRID
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| 1.
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Will Power
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| 2.
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Sebastien Bourdais
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| 3.
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Justin Wilson
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| 4.
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Neel Jani
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| 5.
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Oriol Servia
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| 6.
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Graham Rahal
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| 7.
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Simon Pagenaud
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| 8.
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Tristan Gommendy
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| 9.
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Mario Dominguez
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| 10.
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Bruno Junqueira
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| 11.
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Alex Tagliani
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| 12.
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Dan Clarke
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| 13.
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Robert Doornbos
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| 14.
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Matt Halliday
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| 15.
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Ryan Dalziel
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| 16.
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Roberto Moreno
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| 17.
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Katherine Legge
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RESULT
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| 1.
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Sebastien Bourdais
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| 2.
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Graham Rahal
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| 3.
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Robert Doornbos
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| 4.
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Oriol Servia
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| 5.
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Simon Pagenaud
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| 6.
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Mario Dominguez
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| 7.
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Bruno Junqueira
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| 8.
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Ryan Dalziel
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| 9.
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Alex Tagliani
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| 10.
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Justin Wilson
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CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
Drivers :
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| Sebastien Bourdais
| 73
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| Will Power
| 70
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| Robert Doornbos
| 61
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| Alex Tagliani
| 57
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| Bruno Junqueira
| 53
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| Oriol Servia
| 51
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| Graham Rahal
| 46
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| Justin Wilson
| 41
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| Tristan Gommendy
| 39
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| Simon Pagenaud
| 28
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Race Results posted by
David Little
23rd April 2007
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