When beginning the season of the Champ Car World Series this weekend in Fertile valleys, this week Will Power (#5 Aussie Vineyards Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) commented its plan for the first three races, which would give an advantage him of 15 points until the fourth round in Portland.
And now, after of the Grand Prix of Fertile valleys of today it would give beginning him to season 2007 of the Champ Car, Power is in the middle of its goal to the salary jumped to all the alignment of pilots with his first victory within the Champ Car.
Power dominated to the opener of season of Sunday, registering the fastest return of the race, in way to a margin of victory of 16.787segundos that not only gave his first victory him, but it became Australian aircraft commander in gaining an event of the Champ Car.
Power led 38 of the 68 returns of the day, and it benefitted from the fuel problem that underwent the leader of the principle of the race Paul Tracy (#3 Indeck Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) to obtain his first victory. Power ended up overcoming to the novice Robert Doornbos (#14 Muermans/Jumbo Supermarkten/Mediamall Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) until the line of goal, and with the third place of Tracy they closed the group of pilots in podio.
Tracy took the leadership in the first curve when leaving the green flag, surrounding by it go to the winner of pole Power and going towards the first curve to lead in second half of the circuit. Tracy would remain to the front during a pair of periods of precaution but Power fought and demanded the point in return 11, while Alex Tagliani (#8 LXN2 Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) ran in third party.
The first part of the race saw four flags of precaution in the first 14 returns, but the contact of Gives Clarke (#4 Ticketmaster Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) against the rims in return 14 would finish being the last mishap of the day since what lacked of the race it finished being a street fight without interruptions.
Sebastien Bourdais (#1 McDonald's Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) was the first heavy weight in receiving knockout, since its load from place 16 of the qualification was interrupted after a contact against the wall in return 24. Bourdais already had the third place after 23 returns, but rim forced a ponchada it to go to pits, and six returns later retired of the race.
Power and Tracy did his first shutdowns in return 27, giving the leadership him to Tagliani, but the shutdowns were more important reason why it did not happen to them that reason why yes it happened to them. The equipment Forsythe Championship Racing de Tracy battled with the mechanism of the fuel and they only managed a pair of returns with the methanol that was in the car, forcing to Tracy to go again to pits in return 33, letting his hopes gain the race in a precaution flag that never arrived.
Doornbos took advantage and it was positioned in the second place before beginning the last round of shutdowns in return 42, whereas Power later made its last trip to the track of pits two returns. The leadership happened to Tagliani and Bruno Junqueira (#19 Sonny's Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone Bar-B-q) before it retook it to Tracy in return 49. It had but it to leave due to his extra shutdown forced that it to load fuel when lacking 14 minutes of the timed event, giving to Power the advantage would take that it until the end.
Doornbos had a comfortable margin in front of Tracy, and its second place gave to the new Equipment Minardi the USA podio him in its debut within the Champ Car, whereas Tracy went ahead to him to Tagliani to gain the last place of podio. Tagliani remained in the quarter, whereas the ex- champion of the GP of Macau Tristan Gommendy (#22 Pay By Touch Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) closed the group of the first five in his debut.
Katherine Legge (#11 Dale Coyne Racing Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) finished in the sixth place, equaling the best place of its race and marking a new record Champ Car by the best place of a feminine pilot in a street circuit. Its Co-equipero in DCR Junqueira was in seventh whereas the novice of Pacific Coast Motorsports Alex Figge (#29 Imperial Capital Bank Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) not only finished in the eighth place, but the American pilot also wrote down a point of the championship to advance the greater amount of positions during the event.
Mario Domínguez (#7 Telmex/Cabi Developers Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) was the last car running, finishing in ninth and with the novice Neel Jani (#21 Red Bull/Gulfstream Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) they closed top 10.
Bourdais began its search to break the record with a fourth consecutive title with place 13, whereas the runner-up of the year past Justin Wilson (#9 CDW Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) finished in the 14 after a problem with the axis of communications. The novice Graham Rahal (#2 MEDI|ZONE Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) finished in place 17 after a contact in the second return.
The series will empacará and it will go to the south of California for Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, of the next week that will be second of three races in three weeks.

OPINIONS OF THE FIRST THREE PLACES

Will Power: “After that, already almost it was only. I reached for a moment to Katherine Legge, stopped to me. But after that, it was a very fluid race. We had a good car. The day was handled very well throughout. The unique problem that I had was a pedal of very long brake at the end of the race. But it had an advantage of 18 seconds, so I ran to house and him to it day to Derrick Walker his second victory from 1999. It is his birthday. So pole and the victory, I believe that they were a very good gift for him.”

Robert Doornbos: “No, I enjoyed In fact it. A great beginning for the weekend. And still the salary described yesterday within the first three, we could not have dreamed one better exit. He was a little worried this morning because it is a routine different from the one from the European races with these exits in movement. I am in favor very contented of all, especially by my sponsoring, that came from Holland. It has been a long winter. A very good decision coming to run to the Champ Car.”

Paul Tracy: “He was to Us very well. Obvious, the leadership at the beginning of the race was a good beginning, I could win to Will in the exit. We pass the majority of the first part of the race under yellow flag. We leave and we did ours first shutdown in pits. The car did not receive anything of fuel. We took 15 seconds and I only finished with fuel for four returns. We return and we persecuted, later I had to return to load again. I believe that cleared to us of the fight by the race against Will. I believe that we could it have pressed. It was a good day for all the Forsythe equipment and Monster Energy.”

IMPORTANT NOTES

Will Power becomes Australian aircraft commander in gaining a race of the Champ Car. Geoff Brabham maintained the mark previous, when finishing secondly in three occasions, and the last one of them was in Road America in 1987.

Robert Doornbos is aircraft commander in obtaining podio in his debut in the Champ Car since Nigel Mansell won in its debut in 1993.

Both pilots Robert Doornbos and Tristan Gommendy did their debut in the Champ Car finishing in top 5, marking the first time that has happened this since Jim Crawford (4th) and Emerson Fittipaldi (#5th obtained) it in Long Beach in 1984.

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

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