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
Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 Sébastien Bourdais N/H/L Racing 1:07.970 1:07.546 1:07.546 2 Will Power Team Australia 1:07.920 1:07.695 1:07.695 3 Simon Pagenaud Team Australia 1:08.200 1:07.883 1:07.883 4 Alex Tagliani RSPORTS 1:08.304 1:08.047 1:08.047 5 Graham Rahal N/H/L Racing 1:09.063 1:08.170 1:08.170 6 Robert Doornbos Minardi Team USA 1:09.865 1:08.183 1:08.183 7 Justin Wilson RSPORTS 1:09.553 1:08.200 1:08.200 8 Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing 1:09.099 1:08.430 1:08.430 9 Tristan Gommendy PKV Racing 1:08.823 1:08.527 1:08.527 10 Mario Domínguez Forsythe Racing 1:08.708 1:08.554 1:08.554 11 Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 1:08.573 – 1:08.573 12 Neel Jani PKV Racing 1:09.991 1:08.609 1:08.609 13 Matt Halliday Conquest Racing 1:10.155 1:08.864 1:08.864 14 Dan Clarke Minardi Team USA 1:09.773 1:08.890 1:08.890 15 Oriol Servia Forsythe Racing – 1:08.922 1:08.922 16 Ryan Dalziel Pacific Coast Motorsports 1:09.790 1:09.070 1:09.070 17 Alex Figge Pacific Coast Motorsports 1:09.585 1:09.151 1:09.151 18 Katherine Legge Dale Coyne Racing 1:09.766 1:10.418 1:09.766
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
RowInsideOutside11 Sébastien Bourdais5 Will Power215 Simon Pagenaud8 Alex Tagliani32 Graham Rahal14 Robert Doornbos49 Justin Wilson19 Bruno Junqueira522 Tristan Gommendy7 Mario Domínguez621 Neel Jani42 Matt Halliday74 Dan Clarke3 Oriol Servia828 Ryan Dalziel29 Alex Figge911 Katherine Legge
Race
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Sébastien Bourdais N/H/L Racing 78 1:40:43.975 1 32 2 3 Oriol Servia Forsythe Racing 78 +2.6 secs 14 28 3 5 Will Power Team Australia 78 +3.9 secs 2 26 4 9 Justin Wilson RSPORTS 78 +5.4 secs 7 23 5 8 Alex Tagliani RSPORTS 78 +6.2 secs 4 21 6 19 Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing 78 +6.4 secs 8 19 7 21 Neel Jani PKV Racing 78 +7.7 secs 12 17 8 2 Graham Rahal N/H/L Racing 78 +8.3 secs 5 15 9 28 Ryan Dalziel Pacific Coast Motorsports 78 +9.0 secs 16 13 10 11 Katherine Legge Dale Coyne Racing 78 +9.9 secs 18 11 11 22 Tristan Gommendy PKV Racing 78 +10.3 secs 9 10 12 4 Dan Clarke Minardi Team USA 77 + 1 Lap 14 9 13 14 Robert Doornbos Minardi Team USA 74 + 4 Laps 6 8 14 15 Simon Pagenaud Team Australia 73 + 5 Laps 3 8 15 42 Matt Halliday Conquest Racing 72 Mechanical 13 6 16 29 Alex Figge Pacific Coast Motorsports 69 Contact 17 5 17 7 Mario Domínguez Forsythe Racing 7 Contact 10 4
Caution flags
Laps Cause9-11 Domínguez crash54–57 Pagenaud crash72–76 Figge crash
Notes
Laps Leader1–31 Sébastien Bourdais32–38 Oriol Servia39–54 Sébastien Bourdais55–67 Tristan Gommendy68–78 Sébastien Bourdais Driver Laps ledSébastien Bourdais 58Tristan Gommendy 13Oriol Servia 7
New Race Record: Sébastien Bourdais: 1:40:43.975 (78 Laps)
Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Will Power 59 2 2 Alex Tagliani 44 10 3 Sébastien Bourdais 40 3 4 Bruno Junqueira 36 3 5 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.
References
External links Full Weekend Times & Results Race Box Score Drivers Standings After Race