From the beginning of the Mazda Champ Car Grand Prix de Portland Presented/displayed by Joe ’ s Sports and Outdoor everybody knew that it would be an historical day, but when it left the flag to pictures the race attracted plus the attention when Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing gained its victory Champ Car number 100. For the first time in the history of the Champ Car, the race began with the exit with the cars stopped instead of the traditional one with the cars in movement. All the pilots could leave without no problem and marked rules for a free race of precaution flags where Sebastien Bourdais (#1 McDonald ’ s Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) obtained his third consecutive victory.
The winner of pole Justin Wilson (#9 CDW Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) led the principle of the race and constructed an advantage of 15 seconds before the first round of shutdowns in pits. In the exit, the Australian Will Power (#5 Aussie Vineyards Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) jumped of the seventh the third position after the Festival of Curves with Sebastien Bourdais and Alex Tagliani (#8 LXN2 Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) stepping on the heels to him.
More back in the exit grill Paul Tracy (#3 Indeck Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) he gained four positions in the first return, but one occurred I spin a top in curve 6 of the third return and passed the rest of the race trying to raise positions, to possibly finish in tenth. Tracy was aircraft commander in entering the track of pits for its service return 17 whereas Bourdais stretched its fuel to the maximum and it did not go to pits until return 29, filling little the car and leaving in the second position.
During the first round of shutdowns in pits, the personnel of the Equipment Australia de Power improved to the mechanics of the Equipment Minardi the USA, winning to him the third position to Robert Doornbos (#14 Minardi Team the USA Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone). Both they continued fighting until return 103 where Doornbos possibly gained his third podio in its four exits within the Champ Car with the third place and Power finished in quarter.
While they two battled, the three times defending champion she began to erase the advantage that Wilson had constructed. Bourdais ran returns a little faster during the second turn and right after the second round of shutdowns in pits, Bourdais managed to escape to Wilson in curve 1 and firmly it separated to demand the victory with a margin of 14 seconds. Wilson did everything what could to follow the passage to him Bourdais but was satisfied to its put second of consecutive runner-up in the Portland International Raceway.
The pilot of RSPORTS Alex Tagliani (#8 LXN2 Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) continued his consistency in this 2007, gaining his third top 5 consecutive of the season with the fifth place. They give Clarke (#4 Minardi Team the USA Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) it left the ninth position and it finished in the sixth place at the end of the race, marking its better end of the season.
The novice Tristan Gommendy (#22 Pay By Touch-Megaspiera Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) continues demonstrating to be a promise after gaining the fifth place in his debut in Fertile valleys, later to lead returns in Long Beach and Houston. The young French ran firmly to finish in seventh place. Another pair of novices, Simon Pagenaud (#15 Aussie Vineyards Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) and Graham Rahal (#2 Medi|Zone Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) gained positions in top 10, finishing in eighth and ninth place respectively.
While the pilots prepare themselves for the races of the summer, the battle by the championship has to Sebastien Bourdais leading the way with 105 points, Will Power is in second with 94 and the novice Robert Doornbos in third party with 87 points. The Co-equiperos of RSPORTS Alex Tagliani and Justin Wilson quarter and fifth place of the table of points are in.
The villa goes up to around of the Champ Car World Series will be carried out in the Airport Burke Lakefront in Cleveland, Ohio, of Friday 22 to Sunday 24 of June with the Grand Prix of Cleveland.

IMPORTANT NOTES

The today race marked the first race Champ Car without no flag of precaution from the event of Road America in the year 2000.

Followed of a yellow exit in 2006, the Champ Cars has completed 207 consecutive returns of green flag in the Portland International Raceway.

Sebastien Bourdais gained to Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing its victory to him Champ Car number 100 with a margin of 13,537 seconds. Mario Andretti began with the victories in 1983 in the Elkhart Lake in Road America with a margin of victory of 15,98 seconds.

DESCRIBED OPINIONS OF THE FIRST THREE

Sebastien Bourdais: “ I do not create to have made history; I believe that only I participated with my equipment. Obvious she is a fantastic organization with three huge proprietors. Mike is the new element of the equipment but I believe that it will be the future. It is very important. It could not be in favor happier of all the equipment, proprietors and McDonald's. Good, I believe that we could work well neither Friday nor Saturday. We knew it very clearly today, the McDonald's car was superior and we could maintain the advantage. Very sweet victory. Number 100 for the equipment. I am very, very honest of being part of this ”.

Justin Wilson: “ the rims were swept much at the outset to me and Robert (Doornbos) could jump very well. He only saw side it. When he restrained, I restrained. He made it very easy for me. I was on the inside. And I could happen. The first turn went very well. It was taking a walk. Very comfortable with the car. One felt very well to handle. The second turn hoped to return to mark the rate. It never happened. It surprised much to me. Sebastien slowly ate my advantage and possibly after the second shutdown in pits it could escape to me. I am pleased to be in podio. I believe that all the equipment of the car #9 CDW did a great east work weekend. I hope to be able to be above and to fight by the victory in Cleveland. ”

Robert Doornbos: “ Was much expectation for the exit of this weekend, I believe that we demonstrated that we can obtain normal exits without no problem, as long as you are relaxed. I believe that the procedure occurred very well with the Champ Car. I thought that I had one better exit than Justin. I demonstrated it because it was next to him. Later I was touched much with a change and the advantage disappeared to me. The boys did a great work in the shutdowns in pits, very consistent. Yes, my third podio in four races. Obvious he is brilliant. It is good for the equipment. Today we demonstrated that if we want to gain races or to challenge these boys, Sebastien or Justin, we needed to improve the car. For the next jump we have two weeks, we hoped that the equipment can work very hard and power to be still more strong in Cleveland ”.

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Photos by Phillip Abbott, the USA LAT Photographic Copyright © 2007 Champ Car World Series, LLC.

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