2007 CCWS Rd. 9--San Jose Grand Prix

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Who will win the San Jose Grand Prix?

Poll ended at Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:31 am

Sebastien Bourdais
1
33%
Will Power
1
33%
Justin Wilson
0
No votes
Paul Tracy
0
No votes
Robert Doornbos
1
33%
none of the above
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 3

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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:26 am

Getting ready for the restart.........lights out on the safety car. Everyone's expected to make it through to the checkers unless they were shortfilled to gain positions................


Restart waved off again; one more lap of caution.
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:27 am

24 minutes remaining; top-5 unchanged
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:28 am

Back to green............Jani dives into first for the lead and retakes the lead from Doornbos

Servia putting some pressure on Doornbos
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:30 am

Race control reporting that most of the front-runners have about 35-45 seconds of boost remaining; Doornbos, though, only has 2 seconds left
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:31 am

Tagliani pulls off onto pitlane; team's reporting a transmission problem........Justin Wilson back into pitlane as well
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:31 am

Correction; Wilson still out on-track in 15th

19 minutes left in the event
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:34 am

Full-course caution; race control reporting Alex Figge has found the concrete walls btwn turns 4 and 5..................
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:36 am

Race control reporting that the pits are open; it is unlikely, though, that anyone will pit this late in the race.............
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:39 am

Gommendy was given a drive-through penaly for passing the pace car during the previous caution; he currently sits in 10th

Green flag! Green flag!
Jani, Doornbos and Servia separated by .8 seconds from P1-P3
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:41 am

It's now a sprint to the checkers; no one needs to save fuel and everyone's lit the afterburners.......... :burnout: :burnout: :burnout:

Doornbos retakes the lead, passing Jani through turn 1(he used the last few moments of boost in the engine, though.....)
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:42 am

Doornbos opening up a little bit of a lead over Jani; can Bobby D take his second win of the 2007 campaign?
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:43 am

7 minutes remaining, Doornbos continues to lead
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:44 am

Race control reporting that Doornbos' last stop was 2 seconds faster than everybody else's..question is, did they short-fill him or does he have the fuel to run the distance?
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:47 am

5 minutes remaining.........Graham Rahal reporting to his team that he's having a bit of a problem with the steering on the Medi/Zone #2; otherwise, everything is still ok

Race control reporting that Doornbos hadn't gone quite as long as the others(only 23 laps btwn. stops), which is why they short-filled him(he didn't need as much fuel)
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:48 am

Doornbos appears to have the race victory in hand, leading Jani by 5 seconds at the moment
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