Round 9 Race Thread :San Jose (Race Spoilers)

marcus · 24 Jul 2007, 00:37 (Ref:1971643)

Round 9 is at San Jose this week

Champcar Has run here twice before.

2005 Sebastien Bourdais
2006 Sebastien Bourdais

Can Bourdais make it 3 wins in a row at this track ?

Check out the tracks website at http://www.sanjosegrandprix.com

and dont forget you fantasy teams and predictions in the Fantasy Forum.

marcus · 24 Jul 2007, 00:37 (Ref:1971644)

STARTING GRID

1. Justin Wilson 49.039 (6th Career Pole)
RSPORTS
49th Career Start

2. Sebastien Bourdais 49.180 (14th time starting 2nd)

Newman/Haas/Laningan Racing

68th Career Start

3. Dan Clarke 49.092 (1st time starting 3rd)
Minardi Team USA
23rd Career Start

4. Oriol Servia 49.106 (9th time starting 4th)

Forsythe Championship Racing

121st Career Start

5. Neel Jani 49.151 (2nd time starting 5th)
PKV Racing
9th Career Start

6. Graham Rahal 49.178 (2nd time starting 6th)

Newman/Haas/Laningan Racing

9th Career Start

7. Alex Tagliani 49.183 (15th time starting 7th)
RSPORTS
126th Career Start

8. Tristan Gommendy 49.192 (2nd time starting 8th)

PKV Racing

8th Career Start

9. Simon Pagenaud 49.255 (1st time starting 9th)
Team Australia Racing
9th Career Start

10. Bruno Junquiera 49.255 (7th time starting 10th)

Dale Coyne Racing

96th Career Start

11. Paul Tracy 49.270 (12th time starting 11th)
Forsythe Championship Racing
256th Career Start

12. Will Power 49.397 (2nd time starting 12th)

Team Australia Racing

25th Career Start

13. Jan Heylen 49.410 (2nd time starting 13th)
Conquest Racing
20th Career Start

14. Mario Dominguez 49.609 (3rd time starting 14th)

Pacific Coast Motorsports

83rd Career Start

15. Robert Doornbos 49.654 (1st time starting 15th)
Minardi Team USA
9th Career Start

16. Katherine Legge 49.808 (5th time starting 16th)

Dale Coyne Racing

23rd Career Start

17. Alex Figge 50.083 (3rd time starting 17th)
Pacific Coast Motorsports
8th Career Start

marcus · 24 Jul 2007, 00:37 (Ref:1971645)

RACE RESULTS

1.Robert Doornbos (2nd Career Victory)

2.Neel Jani (2nd time finishing 2nd)

EQUAL CAREER BEST FINISH

3.Oriol Servia (8th time finishing 3rd)

4.Will Power (3rd time finishing 4th)

5.Sebastien Bourdais (6th time finishing 5th)

6.Graham Rahal (1st time finishing 6th)

7.Bruno Junqueira (7th time finishing 7th)

8.Tristan Gommendy (1st time finishing 8th)

9.Jan Heylen (3rd time finishing 9th)

10.Simon Pagenaud (1st time Finishing 10th)

11.Paul Tracy (5th time finishing 11th)

12.Mario Dominguez (4th time Finishing 12th)

13.Justin Wilson (1st time Finishing 13th)

DID NOT FINISH

Alex Figge 5th Career DNF

Alex Tagliani 33rd career DNF

Katherine Legge 9th Career DNF

Dan Clarke 10th Career DNF

CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS

1 Sebastien Bourdais 216
2 Robert Doornbos (R) 206
3 Will Power 192
4 Justin Wilson 175
5 Neel Jani (R) 156
6 Simon Pagenaud (R) 154
7 Oriol Servia 146
8 Graham Rahal (R) 145
9 Alex Tagliani 140
10 Bruno Junqueira 125
11 Paul Tracy 113
12 Tristan Gommendy (R) 95
13 Ryan Dalziel (R) 95
14 Dan Clarke 83
15 Katherine Legge 71
16 Alex Figge (R) 57
17 Jan Heylen 50
18 Mario Dominguez 49
19 Matt Halliday (R) 18
20 Roberto Moreno 9

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

1 Robert Doornbos (R) 206
2 Neel Jani (R) 156
3 Simon Pagenaud (R) 154
4 Graham Rahal (R) 145
5 Ryan Dalziel (R) 95
6 Tristan Gommendy (R) 95
7 Alex Figge (R) 57
8 Matt Halliday (R) 18

luke · 24 Jul 2007, 20:29 (Ref:1972475)

2005 a lot of people running around like headless chickens, a parade of a race. The fans still turned out though.

2006 a million times better, a lot of passes and great racing, much better layout, wider not the silly chicane or rail crossing..Smashing event, one of the better of the year.

2007 I am looking forward to the DP 01 taking San Jose by storm... lol

D.R.T. · 26 Jul 2007, 08:17 (Ref:1973667)

2005 was a procession, but the image of all 18 cars jumping and getting air on the rail tracks was amazing.

Knowlesy · 27 Jul 2007, 16:44 (Ref:1974852)

Yeah, that was great. Dramatic pictures!

I really do hate San Jose with every fibre of my being. But Road America is next up!

marcus · 27 Jul 2007, 20:12 (Ref:1974958)

FIRST PRACTICE RESULTS

1 W. Power 50.097
2 S. Pagenaud 50.286
3 S. Bourdais 50.389
4 J. Wilson 50.458
5 B. Junqueira 50.463
6 O. Servia 50.580
7 G. Rahal 50.707
8 A. Tagliani 50.716
9 D. Clarke 50.853
10 R. Doornbos 50.940
11 P. Tracy 50.959
12 M. Dominguez 51.051
13 A. Figge 51.114
14 K. Legge 51.141
15 J. Heylen 51.206
16 T. Gommendy 51.462
17 N. Jani 52.080

luke · 27 Jul 2007, 20:39 (Ref:1974969)

Go team Australia!!!!!!

marcus · 27 Jul 2007, 21:54 (Ref:1975005)

2ND PRACTICE RESULTS

1 R. Doornbos 50.440
2 J. Wilson 50.488
3 S. Pagenaud 50.607
4 A. Tagliani 50.759
5 D. Clarke 50.811
6 W. Power 50.846
7 M. Dominguez 50.885
8 T. Gommendy 50.896
9 N. Jani 51.024
10 B. Junqueira 51.139
11 S. Bourdais 51.158
12 O. Servia 51.180
13 J. Heylen 51.197
14 K. Legge 51.252
15 A. Figge 51.458
16 P. Tracy 52.801
17. G Rahal No time

luke · 27 Jul 2007, 21:55 (Ref:1975006)

Well it seems that Pagenaud is right on the pace so far.

marcus · 27 Jul 2007, 21:59 (Ref:1975008)

1ST QUALIFYING RESULTS

1 S. Bourdais 49.509
2 J. Wilson 49.747
3 W. Power 49.822
4 B. Junqueira 49.852
5 A. Tagliani 49.852
6 R. Doornbos 49.918
7 O. Servia 49.936
8 S. Pagenaud 49.944
9 T. Gommendy 49.981
10 P. Tracy 50.079
11 J. Heylen 50.110
12 D. Clarke 50.208
13 G. Rahal 50.217
14 M. Dominguez 50.318
15 K. Legge 50.531
16 A. Figge 50.606
17 N. Jani 50.631

marcus · 27 Jul 2007, 22:01 (Ref:1975009)

Sebastien Bourdais left it until the last 2 or 3 minutes of qualifying to claim provisional pole

But the amazing thing is the entire field is covered by just over 1 second , very close indeed

luke · 27 Jul 2007, 23:31 (Ref:1975062)

1 second from 1st to last. CC definitely is more competitive all round. It is a short lap but still impressive.

marcus · 28 Jul 2007, 21:02 (Ref:1975440)

the cars are on track for their final practice session before 2nd qualifying gets underway

marcus · 28 Jul 2007, 21:08 (Ref:1975447)

PROBLEM

Now there seems to be a problem , a corner worker has noticed that a manhole cover is loose and is being kicked up a bit by the cars as they go over.

The session has been red flagged.

could be a very serious situation if left unattended, hopefully they can get it sorted quickly

marcus · 28 Jul 2007, 21:17 (Ref:1975450)

problem fixed , the session has been restarted

marcus · 28 Jul 2007, 21:32 (Ref:1975456)

FINAL PRACTICE RESULTS

1 G. Rahal 49.145
2 A. Tagliani 49.329
3 O. Servia 49.423
4 J. Wilson 49.474
5 D. Clarke 49.502
6 W. Power 49.529
7 T. Gommendy 49.534
8 S. Pagenaud 49.611
9 R. Doornbos 49.679
10 J. Heylen 49.726
11 B. Junqueira 49.854
12 M. Dominguez 49.877
13 S. Bourdais 49.899
14 K. Legge 50.029
15 A. Figge 50.234
16 P. Tracy 50.337
17 N. Jani 50.353

marcus · 28 Jul 2007, 22:24 (Ref:1975482)

Starting grid is posted above

marcus · 29 Jul 2007, 22:04 (Ref:1976001)

The race is about to start

mp356a · 29 Jul 2007, 22:55 (Ref:1976022)

What happened to Tag? -1 lap? Did I nod off or something?

marcus · 29 Jul 2007, 23:05 (Ref:1976023)

he is only 36 seconds down now , so mus have been something to do with the pitstops

luke · 30 Jul 2007, 00:12 (Ref:1976033)

That was a good race. Enjoyed that. Well done to Robert. Janu also drove well.

marcus · 30 Jul 2007, 00:20 (Ref:1976036)

Full Race results and Championship points posted above

norman-normal · 30 Jul 2007, 00:51 (Ref:1976045)

Great race, there seems to actually be a growing parity I really couldn't tell who was going to win until the last lap. The crowd seemed to be in no hurry to leave and gave Robert a big ovation.

Rahal looked good but keeps making those "youthful" mistakes.

Looks like Kathrine won't be in CC next year.

JohnSSC · 30 Jul 2007, 01:34 (Ref:1976056)

Were we watching the same race? Do these guys know how to enter the pit lane, for example, without driving right into the back of someone?

I understand part of the problem is that the track itself does not lend itself to racing anything much bigger than a Formula Vee, but for drivers in a "top tier" racing series these ongoing incidents from Wilson, Doornbos, Clarke etc are not demonstrating a high level of driver competence.

Legge, Figge, & Clarke are on the short list to not be in CC next year based on what they have shown so far.

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