Las Vegas 2007
PAUL TRACY SUFFERED A BROKEN VERTEBRAE IN HIS BACK WHEN HE CRASHED DURING PRACTICE FOR THIS RACE AND HAD TO WITHDRAW. THE INITIAL MEDICAL PROGNOSIS IS THAT IT COULD TAKE 3 MONTHS TO HEAL. PAUL'S BAD LUCK WAS ALSO ORIOL SERVIA'S GOOD LUCK. HE HAS NO DRIVE AT PRESENT AND SO WAS FREE TO ACCEPT THE INVITATION FROM THE FORSYTH TEAM TO DEPUTISE FOR TRACY UNTIL HE IS FIT TO RETURN. LACKING ANY REAL TIME IN THE CAR, HE WAS ONLY ABLE TO QUALIFY IN 14TH PLACE BUT HE IS OBVIOUSLY A QUICK LEARNER BECAUSE HE CAME 2ND IN THE RACE ITSELF - QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT FROM 14TH ON THE GRID. THE RACE WAS WON FROM POLE BY SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS IN A WELCOME RESURRECTION FROM THE DISASTROUS WEEKEND AT LAS VEGAS. WHEN ALEX FIGGE HIT THE WALL NEAR THE END OF THE RACE, BRINGING OUT THE YELLOWS, THE RESTART ONLY LEFT 2 LAPS TO BE COMPLETED AND AT THAT STAGE ALEX TAGLIANI WAS IN 3RD PLACE BUT FIRST WILL POWER GOT BY HIM, FINISHING 3RD, AND THEN ALEX'S TEAM-MATE, JUSTIN WILSON, DID THE SAME TO FINISH 4TH WITH ALEX IN 5TH. TAGLIANI DID NOT SEEM TO BE ABLE TO PREVENT THE TWO MOVES SO HE MUST HAVE HAD A PROBLEM (OR PERHAPS NO MORE 'PUSH TO PASS'). THE FUEL RIG PROBLEMS THAT DOGGED THE LAST RACE APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN OVERCOME, WHICH IS A RELIEF, AND ANOTHER 'RELIEF' WAS THE WELCOME NEWS THAT CRISTIANO DA MATTA IS NOT ONLY UP AND ABOUT BUT WAS AT THE TRACK LOOKING AND SOUNDING VERY CHIRPY. HE SAYS THAT HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO DRIVE A CHAMPCAR AGAIN - AS IS EVERY FAN OF CHAMPCARS.
STARTING GRID
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| 1.
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Sebastien Bourdais
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| 2.
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Will Power
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| 3.
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Simon Pagenaud
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| 4.
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Alex Tagliani
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| 5.
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Graham Rahal
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| 6.
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Robert Doornbos
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| 7.
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Justin Wilson
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| 8.
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Bruno Junqueira
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| 9.
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Tristan Gommendy
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| 10.
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Mario Dominguez
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| 11.
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Neel Jani
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| 12.
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Matt Halliday
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| 13.
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Dan Clarke
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| 14.
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Oriol Servia
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| 15.
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Ryan Dalziel
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| 16.
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Alex Figge
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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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Oriol Servia
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| 3.
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Will Power
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| 4.
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Justin Wilson
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| 5.
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Alex Tagliani
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| 6.
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Bruno Junqueira
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| 7.
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Neel Jani
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| 8.
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Graham Rahal
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| 9.
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Ryan Dalziel
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| 10.
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Katherine Legge
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CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
Drivers :
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| Will Power
| 59
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| Alex Tagliani
| 44
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| Sebastien Bourdais
| 40
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| Bruno Junqueira
| 36
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| Robert Doornbos
| 35
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| Tristan Gommendy
| 31
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| Justin Wilson
| 30
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| =Katherine Legge
| 30
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| Oriol Servia
| 28
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| =Neel Jani
| 28
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Race Results posted by
David Little
16th April 2007
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