Mont Tremblant 2007
A SUCCESSIVE, TYPICAL CHAMPCAR RACE. DISASTROUS START - TRISTAN GOMMENDY (POLE) COULDN'T START HIS CAR FOR THE FORMATION LAP AND STARTED FROM THE PITS 2 LAPS LATER, BOTH TEAM AUSTRALIA CARS (WILL POWER AND SIMON PAGENAUD) STALLED ON THE GRID AS DID JAN HEYLEN. IMMEDIATE YELLOW FLAGS! THE RACE STARTED DRY, DESPITE THE CONTINUAL THREAT OF RAIN, BUT IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE THE RAIN STARTED TO FALL. THEN IT STOPPED AND STARTED TO DRY OUT BEFORE RAINING AGAIN, STOPPING AGAIN FOR A SHORT WHILE AND THEN IT RAINED PROPERLY SO WET TYRES WERE FITTED. ALL THIS LED TO NUMEROUS YELLOWS, ONE OF THEM WHEN SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS WAS LEADING. HE MANAGED TO FALL OFF THE TRACK WHILST BEHIND THE SAFETY CAR AND RE-JOINED IN 11TH PLACE. JUSTIN WILSON WAS HAVING A GREAT DRIVE IN THE WET UNTIL HE TOO VISITED THE SCENERY WHILST LEADING AND DROPPED TO 7TH, EVENTUALLY RECOVERING TO FINISH 5TH. ROBERT DOORNBOS CONTINUED HIS AMAZING RUN BY TAKING THE LEAD WHEN JUSTIN WENT OFF AND HELD IT TO THE END DESPITE SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS HARRYING HIM. SEBASTIEN SEEMS TO BE A POOR LOSER WHEN HE HAS MADE A MISTAKE FROM WHICH HE TRIES TO RECOVER BACK TO THE LEAD - ON THIS OCCASION HIS POST-RACE COMMENTS AGAINST ROBERT DOORNBOS FOR BLOCKING HIM WERE QUITE VITRIOLIC AND DIMINISH HIS TALENT. THE T.V. COVERAGE SHOWED NO SUCH INCIDENT AND THE OFFICIALS NEVER RAISED IT AS AN ISSUE. SOUR GRAPES?
STARTING GRID
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| 1.
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Tristan Gommendy
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| 2.
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Will Power
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| 3.
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Sebastien Bourdais
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| 4.
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Justin Wilson
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| 5.
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Robert Doornbos
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| 6.
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Neel Jani
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| 7.
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Simon Pagenaud
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| 8.
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Alex Tagliani
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| 9.
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Graham Rahal
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| 10.
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Dan Clarke
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| 11.
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Jan Heylen
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| 12.
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Ryan Dalziel
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| 13.
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Oriol Servia
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| 14.
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Alex Figge
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| 15.
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Bruno Junqueira
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| 16.
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Katherine Legge
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| 17.
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Paul Tracy
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RESULT
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| 1.
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Robert Doornbos
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| 2.
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Sebastien Bourdais
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| 3.
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Will Power
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| 4.
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Simon Pagenaud
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| 5.
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Justin Wilson
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| 6.
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Neel Jani
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| 7.
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Graham Rahal
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| 8.
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Alex Tagliani
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| 9.
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Oriol Servia
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| 10.
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Ryan Dalziel
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CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
Drivers :
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| Sebastien Bourdais
| 145
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| =Robert Doornbos
| 145
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| Will Power
| 131
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| Justin Wilson
| 113
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| Alex Tagliani
| 112
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| Simon Pagenaud
| 97
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| Graham Rahal
| 91
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| =Oriol Servia
| 91
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| Neel Jani
| 88
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| Tristan Gommendy
| 74
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Race Results posted by
David Little
2nd July 2007
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