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Dario Franchitti took advantage of its high strategy in pits to overcome Christian gives Matta and to become of the inaugural round of the CART in Montreal, in the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve adding his second victory of the year.
Franchitti took advantage of the yellow flags by the abandonment the Mexican Mario Domínguez in return 10 to go away to the end, after which Christian it gives Matta decided to enter pits for his first change.
The first race of the Champ Car in the drawn up one Canadian of 2,747 miles in length, goes up to around 13 of the season, meant for the Scot not only its second triumph, but climbing positions until the second general place.
Dario, that also won in Vancouver, crossed the line 2,588 seconds in front of Christian gives Matta. In third party Tony Kanaan, followed of the local hero Paul Tracy and Jimmy Vasser in the sixth position finalized.
The best one of the Mexicans was Michel Jourdain, that continues its great gust of wind in the series to the being the unique pilot in finishing all the races of the season, in addition in the zone to points, because in this occasion it was sixth.
Michel started from position 15, and thanks to his patience and to the concerted effort of his equipment in pits it put until the sixth step, which to him maintains reaping units in which already it is his better season in the series.
They complete the 10 first positions Christian Fittipaldi, Michael Andretti, Shinji Nakano, Scott Dixon (outside track because the motor roared) and Alex Tagliani.
Adrián Fernandez did not have the awaited luck and after carrying out an intelligent and preservative race that maintained to him in the zone of points and with you escape specific, it lost its car to the entrance of a curve and finished in the retaining wall. The impact of Fernandez appeared in return 69 of the 80 to agreed to the competition, and was the cause of one of the yellow flags, to retire its vehicle. The Mexican left by his foot of the car, although surely sore by the impact, of the side where he has the fissures product of his shock in Vancouver.
Mario had worse luck, because its motor simply paused in the tenth return. “I do not know that it happened, the motor simply went out and was impossible to do more”, said disappointed Domínguez, that finished in place 17.
For practical terms, that abandonment was the one that gave the triumph him to Dario, because Christian, that was the leader from pole position, it decided to enter pits and in this way to alter totally his windows of resupply. The Scot remained for the first time in end, and although when entering his changes of tires and their propellent charges Christian he retook the end, the pilot that always went in correct sequence was he, Dario.
With the accident of Adrián, in the 69, It gives Matta entered pits again, by fourth occasion, and Franchitti remained in track, like leader and only with three haltings. When the fight recovered, in turn 74, Franchitti led on the leader of the championship, but the Brazilian no longer could be approached, because the car of Shinji Nakano was in the middle of both.
Of that way the general table moved, partly, to left of Dark brown Junqueira and Patrick Carpentier, that were tied in the second step. Both retirements had to mechanical problems and they did not add point some.
It gives Matta follows of leader, with 161 units, on the 106 of Franchitti, whereas Carpentier and Junqueira follow with 101. Fittipaldi and Jourdain also are tied in fifth position, with 88 units.
“Unlike both past week ends now the Team Rahal gave a perfect car me. Before the race we changed new brakes because plaintiff is a track very, but thanks to an excellent strategy itself in the points, already they are the 13 consecutive races in the points and seems that we will close strong the year”, mentioned Michel.
The beautiful one drawing up surrounded by the River San Lorenzo saw more than 100 thousand spectators for this Sunday, an authentic madness to see the local pilots, who could not shine as he were expected. Although the fourth place of Tracy celebrated as if it was the championship of the series, which demonstrates that to this liking it does not interest to him that the CART cars have been slower than those of Formula 1.
In the final comparison (inevitable before the sense of expectancy), the best return of Formula 1 during the past Great Prize of Canada was of 1:16 (Michael Schumacher), whereas the best one of the Champ Car, in charge of Dario, was of 1:20. Although people saw the spectacle and little fixed in the times, they are the registries for the analysis.

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