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Christian only gives Matta wanted to finish round 12 of the CART after three abandonments of consecutive way. It obtained not only it, but sixth victory of the season added his and increases its advantage.
Small the Brazilian follows in great plan and won in the drawn up one more beautiful of the American Union, Road America, of 4,048 miles of length when being useful the yellow flags and having a good performance of his car.
“Before the race we decided that the most important era to finish and this result are very good for us. To finish first is a very good form to obtain more impulse and to begin to add points in each race again. The equipment did a great work in the shutdowns in pits. This is the best track in terms of the funny thing that is to handle here and this he is definitively one of the best circuits in those than to compete”, commented Christian gives Matta.
Secondly the Canadian Alex Tagliani, escorted by Dark brown Junqueira, winner of pole and defender of the test crossed the goal after the 60 returns.
Tony Kanaan realized the most spectacular race of the day, because it started in position 18 and it finalized in quarter, in front of Jimmy Vasser and of Christian Fittipaldi. Patrick Carpentier was seventh, in front of the Mexican Mario Domínguez, that obtained its better position in its season debut in the series.
“This is the crazy person of the races. You are down a day and above the following one. Unfortunately, also it works the other way around. This result feels like like a victory for my and the boys. We battle all the weekend with problem after problem. To only I said them that if gave a good car me, I would do I work. So here we are… work done in which respecta”, Kanaan expressed.
For Michel Jourdain this was another race within the zone of points when finalizing in ninth, and so it imposes a record for his equipment, the Team Rahal, the one of more rounds of consecutive way in the points, with 12, that is to say, all the season. Michel is the unique pilot who has finished all the races of the year, is leader in that department, besides being it in the one of more complete returning.
They close the zone of points: Michael Andretti, Shinji Nakano and Dario Franchitti. Only nine of the 18 cars that took the exit culminated in the return of the leader.
The third Mexican in the series, Adrián Fernandez, could not finish the test and he only gave 26 returns, by problems in his motor. Adrián realized a concerted effort when handling, after its rehabilitation by the accident in Vancouver, same that it prevented him to compete in Mid-Ohio.
In the starting there were no accidents, but Paul Tracy gave account of Christian to go away to the put second, and before finishing the return already he was leader, when happening to Dark brown Junqueira. Michael Andretti went alone to grama, which brought the yellow flags, but could return to the fight.
The re-start occurred and Paul led the contingent, followed of Dark brown, Cristiano and Alex Tagliani, while the pilots of Fernandez Racing ran of the hand, in eighth and ninth, with Shinji to the front.
Fittipaldi went first in entering pits in search of a good strategy, in return five, him followed Toranosuke to him Takagi.
For the return eight Kanaan already it was in position 11, which demonstrated the great work of its at night previous equipment, after which it could not leave to describe.
The turn the 14 leaders entered pits, as he marked as returned maximum the regulations to it and that were profiteer by the Mexican Mario Domínguez to roll for the first time in its life like leader.
Mario had entered at the end of return one, by the yellow flags of Andretti, and lamentably it could not cross the goal in the first site, because it had to enter to fulfill to pits.
When returning all to the Tracy track followed in the end, followed of Dark brown and Kenny Bräck, that had advanced thanks to the work of its equipment in pits. It gives observed them to Matta.
The race did not show great emotions because the pilots took a train from quick race, but without shifts of position.
The turn 26 Adrián it entered pits by problems the motor, finally to leave.
Seconds later, in curve five, Scott Dixon had an incident and it was followed in the past one. Its motor began to catch fire and was everything for the New Zealander.
In the return the 28 leaders returned to pits and the best Brazilian strategy was the one of the Dark brown Christian and, that left in front of Paul Tracy.
Tracy was placed in the third place, but Kenny Bräck stuck to him as lapa and did not give breathing him. Finally in return 39 it found a curve in which one put to him on the inside to the Canadian and since it had the nose of his car ahead for exceeds Tracy closed the door to him. Both were enllantaron and finished in the sand trap. The fault was of Tracy and Bräck informed it when lowering of the car.
The yellow flags served so that the leaders of new account went to make their change of tires and to load fuel.
It gives Matta, with his experience and dominion in circuits removed more advantage from its pursuers, because Tagliani advanced in pits when winning to him the exit to Dark brown. Not more changes in the three first.
The abandonments continued, but the yellows appeared until the 44, with a confusion of Shinji Nakano, that could return. In this way they entered his last pit commitment.
In the 53 the re-start occurred and history already was written. Christian extends his advantage now, because sum 143 points, against the 101 of Patrick and Dark brown, that still have hopes to overcome in the fight of the Vanderbilt Glass.
With seven dates to come (many points still in dispute) Dario Franchitti he has 85 units, by 82 of Fittipaldi and 80 of Alex Tagliani and of the Mexican Jourdain.
Christian has encountered again the way, and we know that when enlists, he is demolishing.

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