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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:26 am
by mlittle
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.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:27 am
by mlittle
24 minutes remaining; top-5 unchanged
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:28 am
by mlittle
Back to green............Jani dives into first for the lead and retakes the lead from Doornbos
Servia putting some pressure on Doornbos
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:30 am
by mlittle
Race control reporting that most of the front-runners have about 35-45 seconds of boost remaining; Doornbos, though, only has 2 seconds left
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:31 am
by mlittle
Tagliani pulls off onto pitlane; team's reporting a transmission problem........Justin Wilson back into pitlane as well
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:31 am
by mlittle
Correction; Wilson still out on-track in 15th
19 minutes left in the event
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:34 am
by mlittle
Full-course caution; race control reporting Alex Figge has found the concrete walls btwn turns 4 and 5..................
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:36 am
by mlittle
Race control reporting that the pits are open; it is unlikely, though, that anyone will pit this late in the race.............
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:39 am
by mlittle
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
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:41 am
by mlittle
It's now a sprint to the checkers; no one needs to save fuel and everyone's lit the afterburners..........
Doornbos retakes the lead, passing Jani through turn 1(he used the last few moments of boost in the engine, though.....)
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:42 am
by mlittle
Doornbos opening up a little bit of a lead over Jani; can Bobby D take his second win of the 2007 campaign?
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:43 am
by mlittle
7 minutes remaining, Doornbos continues to lead
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:44 am
by mlittle
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?
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:47 am
by mlittle
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)
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:48 am
by mlittle
Doornbos appears to have the race victory in hand, leading Jani by 5 seconds at the moment