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MSR-Houston ChampCar Test, Session #1 results.......

Post by mlittle » Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:56 pm

notes on the session............
~~conditions went from dry to wet; most of the session was run under damp but drying conditions
~~14 drivers posted times in the session

1} Justin Wilson, RuSport Racing.......................1:30.162 sec/95.029 mph
2} Sebastien Bourdais, Newman-Haas Racing.....1:30.378 sec/94.802 mph
3} Paul Tracy, Frosythe Champ. Racing..............1:32.063 sec/93.067 mph
4} (R)Robert Doornbos, Minardi Team USA.........1:32.288 sec/92.842 mph
5} Nelson Phillipe, Conquest Racing....................1:32.847 sec/92.281 mph
6} (R)Graham Rahal, Newman-Haas Racing........1:33.163 sec/91.968 mph
7} (R)Neel Jani, PKV Racing...............................1:33.168 sec/91.963 mph
8} (R)Alex Figge, Pacific Coast Mtrspts................1:34.314 sec/91.167 mph
9} Andreas Wirth, Dale Coyne Racing.................1:35.573 sec/90.845 mph
10} (R)Ryan Dalziel, Pacific Coast Mtrspts...........1:35.573 sec/89.649 mph
11} Oriol Servia, RuSport Racing........................1:35.817 sec/89.420 mph
12} Katherine Legge, Dale Coyne Racing............1:39.256 sec/86.322 mph
13} Alex Tagliani, Rocketsports..........................1:41.717 sec/84.234 mph
14} (R)Simon Pagenaud, Team Australia.............1:43.715 sec/82.611 mph
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MSR-Houston ChampCar Test, Session #2 results.......

Post by mlittle » Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:11 pm

notes on the session..........
~~conditions reamined damp, with scatterings of rain throughout the afternoon
~~11 drivers posted times; total lap amounts for each driver are listed below times

1} Sebastien Bourdais, Newman-Haas Racing................1:31.705 sec/93.430 mph
2} Justin Wilson, RuSport Racing...................................1:33.291 sec/91.842 mph
3} (R)Graham Rahal, Newman-Haas Racing...................1:33.350 sec/91.784 mph
4} (R)Robert Doornbos, Minardi Team USA....................1:33.617 sec/91.522 mph
5} Nelson Phillipe, Conquest Racing...............................1:33.711 sec/91.430 mph
6} Will Power, Team Australia.......................................1:34.256 sec/90.901 mph
7} Oriol Servia, RuSport Racing.....................................1:34.989 sec/90.200 mph
8} Alex Tagliani, Rocketsports.......................................1:35.714 sec/89.517 mph
9} (R)Simon Pagenaud.................................................1:35.719 sec/89.512 mph
10} Katherine Legge, Dale Coyne Racing.......................1:36.215 sec/89.051 mph
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Post by Julian Mayo » Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:33 pm

Lap amounts ??

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Post by mlittle » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:34 pm

Julian Mayo wrote:Lap amounts ??
:oops: :oops: Thanks for reminding me; I forgot to post them........here they are(lap amounts are for entire day....)

Wilson--59 laps
Bourdais--56 laps
Tracy--14 laps
Doornbos--48 laps
Phillipe--26 laps
Rahal--54 laps
Jani--13 laps
Figge--26 laps
Power--8 laps
Wirth--51 laps
Servia--83 laps
Dalziel--33 laps
Tagliani--19 laps
Pagenaud--9 laps
Legge--40 laps
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Post by Julian Mayo » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:35 pm

:lol: Thanks :cheers:

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Post by Julian Mayo » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:36 pm

Looks like Will was just having a looksee :)

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Post by mlittle » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:46 pm

Julian Mayo wrote:Looks like Will was just having a looksee :)
From what I can gather, it appears they're giving Pagenaud more testing time at MSR-Houston than at Sebring......chances are, Pagenaud looks like he'll be in the second Team Oz seat besides Power.
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Post by cmlean » Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:53 pm

Team Australia didn't want to get their cars dirty.

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MSR-Houston ChampCar Test photos(Monday)........

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Post by Julian Mayo » Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:52 am

Damp 8)

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MSR-Houston ChampCar Test, Session #3 results......

Post by mlittle » Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:03 pm

notes on the session..........
~~15 drivers posted times in the session
~~weather conditions were considerably better, with drying track conditions and clearing skies

1} Will Power, Team Australia........................................1:11.223 sec/120.298 mph
2} (R)Graham Rahal, Newman-Haas Racing....................1:11.518 sec/119.802 mph
3} (R)Neel Jani, PKV Racing...........................................1:11.730 sec/119.448 mph
4} Sebastien Bourdais, Newman-Haas Racing..................1:11.847 sec/119.253 mph
5} Justin Wilson, RuSport Racing....................................1:11.885 sec/119.190 mph
6} Oriol Servia, RuSport Racing......................................1:12.060 sec/118.901 mph
7} Bruno Junquiera, Dale Coyne Racing...........................1:12.113 sec/118.814 mph
8} Alex Tagliani, Rocketsports.........................................1:12.368 sec/118.395 mph
9} Nelson Phillipe, Conquest Racing..................................1:12.627 sec/117.973 mph
10} (R)Simon Pagenaud, Team Australia...........................1:12.849 sec/117.613 mph
11} (R)Ryan Dalziel, Pacific Coast Mtrspts.........................1:13.648 sec/116.337 mph
12} Paul Tracy, Forsythe Champ. Racing...........................1:13.727 sec/116.213 mph
13} (R)Alex Figge, Pacific Coast Mtrspts.............................1:14.077 sec/115.663 mph
14} (R)Robert Doornbos, Minardi Team USA.......................1:14.878 sec/114.426 mph
15} Katherine Legge, Dale Coyne Racing............................1:15.547 sec/113.413 mph
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Post by Julian Mayo » Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:09 pm

much more betterer :lol:

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MSR-Houston ChampCar Test, Session #4 results..........

Post by mlittle » Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:18 pm

notes on the session...........
~~15 drivers posted times in the session
~~weather conditions continued to improve, with clearing skies and dry track conditions

1} Will Power, Team Australia...........................................1:10.040 sec*/122.330 mph
2} (R)Graham Rahal, Newman-Haas Racing........................1:10.079 sec/122.262 mph
3} (R)Neel Jani, PKV Racing...............................................1:10.168 sec/122.107 mph
4} Sebastien Bourdais, Newman-Haas Racing......................1:10.333 sec/121.820 mph
5} Bruno Junquiera, Dale Coyne Racing..............................1:10.560 sec/121.429 mph
6} (R)Simon Pagenaud, Team Australia...............................1:10.776 sec/121.058 mph
7} Nelson Phillipe, Conquest Racing.....................................1:11.035 sec/120.617 mph
8} Justin Wilson, RuSport Racing.........................................1:11.179 sec/120.373 mph
9} (R)Robert Doornbos, Minardi Team USA..........................1:11.216 sec/120.310 mph
10} Oriol Servia, PKV Racing..............................................1:11.257 sec/120.241 mph
11} Paul Tracy, Forsythe Champ. Racing.............................1:11.591 sec/119.680 mph
12} Katherine Legge, Dale Coyne Racing.............................1:11.607 sec/119.653 mph
13} (R)Ryan Dalziel, Pacific Coast Mtrspts............................1:11.658 sec/119.568 mph
14} Alex Tagliani, Rocketsports...........................................1:12.161 sec/118.734 mph
15} (R)Alex Figge, Pacific Coast Mtrspts...............................1:13.567 sec/116.495 mph
*--fastest time set during the two-day test
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Post by mlittle » Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:35 pm

total no. of laps run by each driver in the two-day test at MSR-Houston.......

Power--111 laps
Rahal--151 laps
Jani--119 laps
Bourdais--156 laps
Junquiera--87 laps
Pagenaud--91 laps
Phillipe--116 laps
Wilson--157 laps
Doornbos--135 laps
Servia--191 laps
Tracy--79 laps
Legge--93 laps
Dalziel--118 laps
Tagliani--98 laps
Figge--115 laps
Wirth--51 laps
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