2006 Champ Car World Series Testing Schedule and News

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Combined practice results(sessions 1-3 Thursday)

1}S. Bourdais, Newman-Haas Racing........................1:43.669 sec
2}A.J. Allmendinger, Forsythe Ch. Racing..................1:44.449 sec
3}C. da Matta, RuSport Racing.................................1:44.880 sec
4}(R)D. Clarke, CTE-HVM Racing..............................1:45.064 sec
5}P. Tracy, Forsythe Ch. Racing...............................1:45.129 sec
6}B. Junquiera, Newman-Haas Racing.......................1:45.340 sec
7}J. Wilson, RuSport Racing.....................................1:45.365 sec
8}(R)K. Legge, PKV Racing......................................1:45.760 sec
9}(R)C. Zwolsman, MiJack-Conquest Racing..............1:46.098 sec
10}O. Servia, PKV Racing........................................1:46.255 sec
11}N. Phillipe, CTE-HVm Racing................................1:46.861 sec
12}(R)T. Kasemets, Rocketsports Racing...................1:47.430 sec

Note.......da Matta's time was set just before his accident Thursday afternoon

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Friday Session #4 results, Road America

1}B. Junquiera, Newman-Haas Racing......................1:43.325 sec
2}O. Servia, PKV Racing.........................................1:44.129 sec
3}(R)D. Clarke, CTE-HVM Racing.............................1:44.805 sec
4}(R)C. Zwolsman, MiJack-Conquest Racing.............1:44.872 sec
5}(R)K. legge, PKV Racing......................................1:44.907 sec
6}S. Bourdais, Newman-Haas Racing.......................1:45.091 sec
7}N. Phillipe, CTE-HVM Racing.................................1:45.811 sec
8}(R)N. Pastorelli, Rocketsports Racing....................1:46.759 sec
9}(R)J. Heylen, Dale Coyne Racing..........................1:47.125 sec
10}(R)E. Toccacelo, MiJack-Conquest Racing............1:48.389 sec

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Friday Session #5 results.....................

1}S. Bourdais, Newman-Haas Racing..........................1:42.185 sec
2}O. Servia, PKV Racing............................................1:42.681 sec
3}N. Phillipe, CTE-HVM Racing....................................1:43.273 sec
4}B. Junquiera, Newman-Haas Racing.........................1:43.460 sec
5}(R)D. Clarke, CTE-HVM Racing................................1:43.784 sec
6}(R)N. Pastorelli, Rocketsports Racing.......................1:44.049 sec
7}(R)C. Zwolsman, MiJack-Conquest Racing................1:44.155 sec
8}(R)J. Heylen, Dale Coyne Racing.............................1:44.391 sec
9}(R)E. Toccacelo, MiJack-Conquest Racing.................1:45.869 sec

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ChampCar driver Cristiano da Matta is continuing to recover after being injured in a crash with a deer during a test session at Road America Thursdaty. According to CCWS Chief Medical Officer Dr. Chris Pinderski, "Cristiano da Matta continues to recover from a serious head injury sustained yesterday during Champ Car Open Testing at Road America. He remains in the Intensive Care Unit at Theda Clark Memorial Hospital in Neenah, Wisconsin and is under close observation by the attending neurosurgeons."

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ChampCar driver Cristiano da Matta is continuing to recover after being injured in a crash with a deer during a test session at Road America Thursdaty. According to CCWS Chief Medical Officer Dr. Chris Pinderski, "Cristiano da Matta continues to recover from a serious head injury sustained yesterday during Champ Car Open Testing at Road America. He remains in the Intensive Care Unit at Theda Clark Memorial Hospital in Neenah, Wisconsin and is under close observation by the attending neurosurgeons."

Fingers crossed for a full recovery

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ChampCar driver Cristiano da Matta is continuing to recover after being injured in a crash with a deer during a test session at Road America Thursdaty. According to CCWS Chief Medical Officer Dr. Chris Pinderski, "Cristiano da Matta continues to recover from a serious head injury sustained yesterday during Champ Car Open Testing at Road America. He remains in the Intensive Care Unit at Theda Clark Memorial Hospital in Neenah, Wisconsin and is under close observation by the attending neurosurgeons."

Fingers crossed for a full recovery

You and me both, julian.

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ChampCar driver Cristiano da Matta is continuing to recover after being injured in a crash with a deer during a test session at Road America Thursdaty. According to CCWS Chief Medical Officer Dr. Chris Pinderski, "Cristiano da Matta continues to recover from a serious head injury sustained yesterday during Champ Car Open Testing at Road America. He remains in the Intensive Care Unit at Theda Clark Memorial Hospital in Neenah, Wisconsin and is under close observation by the attending neurosurgeons."

Fingers crossed for a full recovery

You and me both, julian.

...And baby makes three! Continue to rock on, Cristiano!!!

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According to ChampCar and Theda Clark Medical Center(a/k/a Theda Clark Memorial Hospital...... ) personnel, RuSport driver Cristiano da Matta is continuing to make improvements in his condition after being injured last week at Road America; according to both groups, da Matta is nearly out of sedation and now moving his extremities both spontaneously and in response to physical stimuli.

From the North American Motorsports desk......keep up the improvement, Shorty!!

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ChampCar officials released a brief statement Saturday concerning the health of RuSport driver Cristiano da Matta, who was injured at Road America back at the beginning of August. ChampCar Chief Medical Officer Dr. Chris Pinderski, who has been in continuose contact w/medical staff at Theda Clark Medical Center, said the following........

Cristiano is still making daily progress while recovering from injuries suffered two weeks ago. Yesterday, he was transferred out of the intensive care unit; we will now begin the process of planning for longer-term rehabilitation which is necessary after significant head injuries.

Continuing updates will be available as they are announced. From the North American Motorsports desk, let's all continue wishing Shorty the best as he recovers from his injuries.

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Besides the continued testing of the new Panoz DP01 ChampCar, there was additional testing activity going on, as Atlantic Championship racer Graham Rahal, so of 3-time CART and 1986 Indy 500 winner Bobby Rahal, completed a 2-day test w/Newman-Haas Racing, completing over 360 miles of testing Wednesday and Thursday(fastest time on Wed. was 52.4 secs., a 51.5 sec. time on Thurs.). Although Thursday's session was ended early due to lingering showers over Sebring, both Rahal and Newman-Haas officials were pleased with the results. Here are some quotes from those involved...

Graham Rahal, Atlantic Championship driver(MiJack-Conquest):

Everything went really well. I was able to go 9/10ths' faster (today) than yesterday. It was nice to improve. Everything from the data from Sebastien and Bruno's test there told us the areas we could improve and we were able to so I am happy with the progress. Unfortunately the rain ended the test early but we were able to practice some pitstops. To improve made me happy and ended the test on a positive note. I think I like the car a little different than they are used to; I was fairly easy on the rear tires so they could tune the car more. I wasn't going to push the tires too much and force an error but certainly it worked to my advantage. The team were great to work with and I hope I can work with them again in the future.

Brian Lisles, general manager, Newman-Haas Racing:

The team had two good test days with Graham. He learns fast and gives good feedback which is the mark of a good race driver. He was able to run competitive lap times and worked well with the team. We believe he has a great future.