The Brazilian Tony Kanaan conquered the Indy Japan 300 after surpassing the ex- champion only Give Wheldon to four returns of the end, of the disputed event to 200 turns, in the oval of Twin Ring Motegi.
Kanaan obtained his first victory of the season after making its last resupply five returns after Give Wheldon. Of this form, when Kanaan paused, it loaded less fuel than the Briton and returned to the track closely together to beat it a pair of turns later.
“It was a race in which I had to be very patient. I believe that when we began the championship, the car was not so good”, said Kanaan.
“It knew that the drawn up one was going to be better at the end of the race, reason why I decided to hope to happen to Give. It knew that it had to hope and to stop after he stops to surpass it”, added the Brazilian.
“When he made the last shutdown, I almost was convinced that she could make a shutdown fast and leave it back before he left. My equipment did a great work”, indicated the winner.
Castroneves helium, that led 43 of the 200 returns, little could make to contain the attack of Wheldon, exceeded that it in turn 44. From the Briton it seemed directed firmly to his second there triumph of the season, after dominating with comfort 126 turns. Nevertheless a problem with the communications equipment of Wheldon made difficult to the things for the pilot of Target Ganassi Chip.
“We had the fastest car, but we broke away from the enemy by the radio before and this cost”, said Wheldon to us, that won in this track in 2004 and 2005. “He is something that must be corrected. Is frustrating the one that we lose the opportunity to win by idiot errors.”
But not only the problems of Wheldon favored the triumph of Kanaan. The Brazilian, along with his equipment, used a strategy of fuel saving that allowed him to execute the final plan perfectly.
Coequiper of Kanaan in Andretti Green Racing, the Scot Dario Franchitti, arrived followed third party of Dixon and the pilot of Penske Hornish.
Scott Sharp, Castroneves, Jeff Simmons, Takings Scheckter and Buddy Rice completed the ten best ones of the filing cabinet.
The unique local pilot present in Motegi was Kosuke Matsuura, that after to have shown a good rate in the session of practices and of to have marked the ninth registry of classification, ended up crashing in curve 2 of the first turn.
“I do not know that it happened exactly”, Matsuura said. “Probably the dirty air of my rivals and the cold tires caused the confusion. Very I am disappointed and I ask excuses to him all the fanatics who came to support their to me.”
After three disputed competitions, the table of conductors remains to red the alive one with the Briton Give Wheldon like leader with 118 points, followed of Kanaan (115), Dixon (112) and Castroneves (101).
The fourth test of championship 2007 of IRL IndyCar Series will be disputed in the oval of Kansas, the 29 of next April, race where the Venezuelan Milka Duno will make debut.

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