Mexico Starting Grid (Race results included)

[marcus]

1. Sebastien Bourdais (14th Career Pole)
Newman Haas
34th Career start


2.Justin Wilson (2nd time starting 2nd)
Rusport
16th Career start
Equal Career best Qualifying

3.Paul Tracy (17th time starting 3rd)
Forsythe Racing
225th Career start


4.Alex Tagliani (5th time starting 4th)
Team Australia/Walker racing
93rd Career start


5. Bruno Junqueira (5th time starting 5th)
Newman Haas
73rd Career start


6. Mario Dominguez (3rd time starting 6th)
Forsythe Racing
53rd Career start


7. Oriol Servia (4th time starting 7th)
Dale Coyne Racing
88th Career start


8. Jimmy Vasser (11th time starting 8th)
PKV
220th Career Start


9.Cristiano da Matta (4th time starting 9th)
PKV
81st Career start


10.Ronnie Bremer (1st time starting 10th)
HVM
2nd Career Start


11.AJ Allmendinger (3rd time starting 11th)
Rusport
16th Career start


12.Timo Glock (1st time starting 12th)
Rocketsports
2nd Career start


13.Nelson Phillipe (3rd time starting 13th)
Conquest
13th Career start
Equal best Career Qualifying

14.Andrew Ranger (1st time starting 14th)
Conquest
2nd Career Start
Career Best Qualifying

15.Bjorn Wirdheim (1st time starting 15th)
HVM
2nd Career start


16.Ricardo Sperafico (1st time starting 16th)
Dale Coyne Racing
2nd Career start
No Picture Career best Qualifying

17.Ryan Hunter-Reay (3rd time starting 17th)
Rocketsports
34th Career start


18. Jorge Goeters (1st time starting 18th)
Race Debut
No Picture

19. Marcus Marshall (1st time starting 19th)
Team Australia/Walker racing
2nd Career start

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Race Results


1. Bruno Junqueira
8th Career Victory

2. Andrew Ranger


3.Alex Tagliani


4. Justin Wilson


5.Sebastien Bourdais


6.Cristiano da Matta


7.Ryan Hunter Reay


8.Bjorn Wirdheim


9.Oriol Servia


10. AJ Allmendinger




DID NOT FINISH

Paul Tracy

Mario Dominguez

Timo Glock

Ronnie Bremer

Jimmy Vasser

Marcus Marshall

Nelson Phillipe

Ricardo Sperafico

Jorge Goeters


FASTEST LAP

Timo Glock 1.15.307 on lap 31

MOVER OF THE RACE

Easilly Andrew Ranger this week with a stunning 12 place gain on his qualifying position

FALL FROM GRACE

Sebastien Bourdais takes out the fall from grace in mexico slipping from his pole position down to 5th place at the finish


Championship Points

1 Bruno Junqueira 59
2 Sebastien Bourdais 58
3 Justin Wilson 47
4 Paul Tracy 36
5 Andrew Ranger (R) 32
6 Alex Tagliani 31
7 Mario Dominguez 30
8 Cristiano da Matta 30
9 Timo Glock (R) 30
10 A.J. Allmendinger 26
11 Ryan Hunter-Reay 25
12 Bjorn Wirdheim (R) 25
13 Oriol Servia 23
14 Jimmy Vasser 21
15 Ronnie Bremer (R) 20
16 Nelson Philippe 13
17 Marcus Marshall (R) 12
18 Ricardo Sperafico (R) 6
19 Fabrizio Del Monte (R) 5
20 Jorge Goeters (R) 3


Nations Cup

1 Brazil 56
2 France 55
3 Canada 55
4 England 46
5 USA 32
6 Germany 29
7 Mexico 29
8 Sweden 24
9 Catalonia 23
10 Denmark 19
11 Australia 12
12 Italy 5

Rookie of the Year
1 Andrew Ranger (R) 32
2 Timo Glock (R) 30
3 Bjorn Wirdheim (R) 25
4 Ronnie Bremer (R) 20
5 Marcus Marshall (R) 12
6 Ricardo Sperafico (R) 6
7 Fabrizio Del Monte (R) 5
8 Jorge Goeters (R) 3


Passing points

here is something that I was playing around with while I was bored before the start of the race.
Simply this states how many places a driver has gained this season so far (for example in Round 1 Sebastien Bourdais gained 3 places from his grid position so after Round 1 he is +3 , after this race he lost 4 places during the race and so his total score so far is -1) if a driver fails to finish then nothing on his stats get changed.

hopefully you get the picture (or I may be just a little bit too bored )
Obviously not all the top guys will be up front because there arent as many cars to pass but its an interesting stat non the less

After mexico they stand as follows.

1. Andrew Ranger +12
2. Ryan Hunter-Reay +9
3. Bjorn Wirdheim +8
4. Bruno Junqueira +3
= AJ Allmendinger +3
= Marcus Marshall +3
= Fabrizio Delmonte +3
8. Ronnie Bremer +2
= Jimmy Vasser +2
10. Cristiano Da Matta +1
= Oriol Servia +1
12. Timo Glock 0
13. Sebastien Bourdais -1
= Justin Wilson -1
= Paul Tracy -1
16. Mario Dominguez -2
17. Nelson Phillipe -3
18. Alex Tagliani -7

Ricardo Sperafico and Jorge Goeters are yet to record a finish.

[dubby99]

Good work for JW qualifying 2ndgreat stuff.

But wait a second, PT 3rd and Tags 4th. Remember Clevland last year first corner!!!

[luke]

Now that Justin is in a competitve ride you can see he's maximising every advantage he can make out of it.
He's really had the upper hand against AJ so far.

I actually missed qualifying as I went out, but It looked as though Ryan Hunter-Reay didn't set a good lap, did he have a problem? or just of the pace?

[BootsOntheSide]

Excellent stuff from Justin, I hope he get sthe chance to make use of it. It's early days, but AJ might be worried that a newcomer has come ito the team set up for him and (so far) had the edge comfortably. Bremer continues to surprisingly outpace Wirdheim, and Glock is acquitting himself well agaisnt RHR. Marshall looks completely out of his depth, even losing out to the local rookie none of us had eard of a week ago, een with his team-mate up in 4th.

[SALEEN S7R]

Great going by Justin, never doubted for a minute he has the talent to win at this level, if in a competitive ride. He beat Bourdais back in F3000, will he beat him again in Champ car?

[Hazard]

I'm happier seeing Walker Racing back at the front. Good job by Tagliani...now go get 'em.

Shame to see Allmendinger being caned by Wilson too of course

[marcus]

Great race , some wild incidents but a super race for CC and certainly 100 times better than Long Beach.

well done Bruno and a great drive by Andrew ranger , but I was hoping Wirdheim could hang on but just got shuffled out at the end.

[BootsOntheSide]

Fantastic racing really, lots of action and plenty of excitement. As Justin commented, almost everyone seemed to have some good luck and some bad luck, all in the same race.