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Without Christian it already gives to Matta in the track Canadian Patrick Carpentier handled to his first victory of the season in the ninth round of Cart, in the Burke Lakefront Airport.
Carpentier was not of the favorites to take the triumph, but once Christian it gives Matta left in pits, it took advantage of a shutdown in pits Dario Franchitti to go away to the first site.
Franchitti also would say goodbye and in this way the Canadian remained without pressure to handle to his second victory in its race (Michigan 2001) and first in this year.
Secondly Michael Andretti to 17,059 seconds of the leader finalized, which demonstrates the great step that maintained Patrick in the ninth round of the Cart, the Grand Prix of Cleveland, in the temporary outline of 2,106 miles in length.
The podium completed Paul Tracy, to 28,295 seconds, whereas they completed the five first places Kenny Bräck and Alex Tagliani.
Michel Jourdain could not blunt in this weekend but of new account the competition within the zone of points culminated, when finalizing in ninth, although it could not be useful more than the three first sites of the championship left in this occasion.
Adrián Fernandez, with multiple problems in the car as soon as it was managed to put to position 11, like the last car that finished the test rolling, four turns behind Patrick.
The third party of the Mexicans, Mario Domínguez, left from the second return, when it was surrounded in an accident in the first curve.
As it is already tradition in this airport, the first turn of competition left soldiers in the way. After which the starting did not occur until return one (because in the zero yellow flag by bad formation occurred) Jimmy Vasser received a small touch from Toranosuke Takagi, who, when remaining prisoner, it took the hits of Townsend Bell and Mario Domínguez.
As much Bell as the Mexican could not follow in the fight and they became spectators, while they appeared the yellow flags.
Christian gives Matta was in end after sweeping in the qualification and its attention was in a single thing, to impose a new record in the series, the one of more consecutive victories (already it added four).
With the yellow flag Adrián Fernandez it was useful to enter pits to initiate his first resupply, and in this way to play with the strategy (by regulation a maximum of 27 turns could only be given).
Jimmy and Tora could arrive at his pits so that they fixed the flaws to them by the touch they again put and them in track.
It gives Matta stayed like leader, with Dario Franchitti secondly, Patrick in third party, Michael Andretti and Tony Kanaan in quarter and fifth.
The restarted one occurred in return five, and immediately Christian it began to mark his avasallante time.
There were not many changes in those first returns. Everything indicated that Christian it would mark his record. Return 20 and with an advantage of more than 20 seconds on Dario the Brazilian of the Newman/Haas entered pits, but he was not a normal entrance.
It gives Matta shared information with his mechanics while it received his resupply. It returned to the track, but the fault followed… was the motor… a turn after new was in pits. It left the test.
Dario inherited the end and with her a comfortable advantage on Patrick and Michael. In the last return to enter pits for the first time, the 27, the pilots were in flock by their tires, and when leaving Dario pits it followed of leader.
Franchitti was arranged to authenticate the race that won in 2001, and seemed to go direct to its objective, but it went ahead to his sequence in return 50, when it decided to enter pits again and to play with the strategy.
No longer it could leave in end, that site era of Patrick Carpentier. Behind Dario, in the third step the pressure was for Michael Andretti, because Paul Tracy trimmed time to him to the advantage.
Carpentier never would loosen the end, however it would receive another breathing when the return 70 Dario Franchitti pit entered his to retire of the race. The motor did not resist the fight train and said is enough.
The advantage between Patrick and Michael was of 12,8 seconds, and thanks to the multiple abandonments the Mexicans that followed in track strained automatically to the zone of points.
There were no majors changes, until another retirement would be the note, in the 88. When going in sixth Dark brown place Junqueira he had to stop to a side of the track, because its motor burst. The subleader could not take advantage of the absence Gives Matta and either he did not add points.
A similar history would be the one that carried out Christian Fittipaldi, that retired in return 97, when it went thirdly. Fittipaldi also left its car to a side of the way, and it only said by radio to his mechanics: The car roared, that is everything.
For return 101 the advantage of Carpentier on Andretti was of 38,711 seconds, everything was written.
With this Carpentier triumph it climbs to the fourth general place, with 62 points, the same that the Mexican Michel Jourdain adds. The three first places do not modify, and Gives Matta follows of leader with 120, followed of Dark brown with 70 and Dario with 62. Bräck is placed behind Michel with 60.

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