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 8:08 am

Full-course caution due to the incident in turn 1; what happened was that Doornbos' car hit the back of Jan Heylen's car............ :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: , then got stuck on the back for a moment before disengaging
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:11 am

Current top-5 after two laps

Wilson, Clarke, Servia, Jani and Tracy; Bourdais stalled on-course when the caution came out and lost several spots......race control reporting he may have hit the engine "kill" switch which is why he stalled
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:12 am

And the comedy of errors continue early on.........Clarke runs into the back of Justin Wilson's car and Wilson's day appears to be done! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:13 am

And the green flag flies; back to racing!

Servia leads from Jani and Tracy
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:15 am

Something is definitely wrong with SeaBass's car; he's lost a few more spots!!!! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Clarke back into pitlane as he broke another front wing; he tried to sneak past teammate Doornbos and tapped Legge in the right-rear


9 laps in; Servia continues to lead from Jani, Tracy, Rahal and Tagliani
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:17 am

Things settling down as Jani tries to slip Servia into one; can't make it stick, Servia still leads
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:20 am

14 laps in the books; Servia continues to lead, Jani in 2nd
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:24 am

Caution's out, caution's out!

Race control reporting the #11 of Katherine Legge has crashed in the turn 2 area; she is out of the car, but her race is done

Race control reporting that the first pit window should be around lap 33 or so; any teams pitting now will be gambling on late cautions to avoid making an extra stop
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:26 am

During the caution Robert Doornbos and Mario Dominguez pitted for fuel and tires


Green's back out!
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:28 am

21 laps in the books; Servia still leads from Jani and Tracy; PT's been on a charge so far, moving from 11th up to 3rd
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:30 am

Watching the on-board telemetry, it appear some of the drivers could be attempting a 2-stop as opposed to a 3-stop strategy................the later portions of the race could be very interesting!
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:33 am

Gommendy with fastest lap, a 51.332(24)

Coming up on the first round of stops; most of the front-runners have yet to make their first stop
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:35 am

Justin Wilson, it seems, must have nine lives; he's back on track after spending all but one or two laps behind the wall...before rolling away, his race engineer said to him, "Get a feel for the car, Justin and get us the fast lap of the race!" :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Fastest lap of the race earns one championship point..........
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:36 am

Tagliani passes Rahal for 4th; now trying to reel in PT
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Post by mlittle » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:38 am

And Wilson resets fast lap, a 50.543(30); that time is almost .6 sec. faster than Servia's fast lap of 51.080
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