2007 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
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| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Race 2 of 14 in the 2007 Champ Car season | |
| File:Long Beach Street Circuit IndyCar.svg Long Beach Track Layout | |
| Date | April 15, 2007 |
| Official name | 33rd Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach |
| Location | Long Beach Grand Prix Long Beach, California, United States |
| Course | Temporary street circuit 1.968 mi / 3.167 km |
| Distance | 78 laps 153.504 mi / 247.026 km |
| Weather | Sunny, some clouds |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Sébastien Bourdais (N/H/L Racing) |
| Time | 1:07.546 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Simon Pagenaud (Team Australia) |
| Time | 1:08.594 (on lap 66 of 78) |
| Podium | |
| First | Sébastien Bourdais (N/H/L Racing) |
| Second | Oriol Servia (Forsythe Racing) |
| Third | Will Power (Team Australia) |
The 2007 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the second round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season, held on April 15 on the streets of Long Beach, California.
Qualifying results
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note: Paul Tracy was injured in practice between Q1 and Q2. Oriol Servia replaced him and drove his backup car in Q2 and will drive in the race.
Grid
| Row | Inside | Outside | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | France Sébastien Bourdais | 5 | Australia Will Power |
| 2 | 15 | France Simon Pagenaud | 8 | Canada Alex Tagliani |
| 3 | 2 | United States Graham Rahal | 14 | Netherlands Robert Doornbos |
| 4 | 9 | United Kingdom Justin Wilson | 19 | Brazil Bruno Junqueira |
| 5 | 22 | France Tristan Gommendy | 7 | Mexico Mario Dominguez |
| 6 | 21 | Switzerland Neel Jani | 42 | New Zealand Matt Halliday |
| 7 | 4 | United Kingdom Dan Clarke | 3 | Spain Oriol Servia |
| 8 | 28 | Scotland Ryan Dalziel | 29 | United States Alex Figge |
| 9 | 11 | United Kingdom Katherine Legge | ||
Race
Caution flags
| Laps | Cause |
|---|---|
| 9-11 | Dominguez crash |
| 54–57 | Pagenaud crash |
| 72–76 | Figge crash |
Notes
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- New Race Record: Sébastien Bourdais: 1:40:43.975 (78 Laps)
Championship standings after the race
- Drivers' Championship standings
| Pos | Driver | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:1rightarrow blue.svg | 1 | Australia Will Power | 59 |
| File:1uparrow green.svg 2 | 2 | Canada Alex Tagliani | 44 |
| File:1uparrow green.svg 10 | 3 | France Sébastien Bourdais | 40 |
| File:1uparrow green.svg 3 | 4 | Brazil Bruno Junqueira | 36 |
| File:1downarrow red.svg 3 | 5 | Netherlands Robert Doornbos | 35 |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
Attendance
Attendance at the 2007 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was approximately 200,000 people over the race weekend with 100,000 of those fans in attendance for the Champ Car main event. This represented a 10% increase over 2006.[1]
References
- ↑ "2008 Grand Prix of Houston – Press Release". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-13.
External links
| Previous race: 2007 Las Vegas Grand Prix |
Champ Car World Series 2007 season |
Next race: 2007 Grand Prix of Houston |
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