2007 Mazda Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland

The 2007 Mazda Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland was the fourth round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season. It was held on June 10 at the Portland International Raceway, in Portland, Oregon. It featured the first standing start in Champ Car history. Sébastien Bourdais claimed the victory to make it three wins in four races this season.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1	Template:Flagicon	Justin Wilson	RSPORTS	58.000	1:11.670	58.000
2	Template:Flagicon	Robert Doornbos	Minardi Team USA	58.214	1:11.629	58.214
3	Template:Flagicon	Sébastien Bourdais	N/H/L Racing	58.308	1:12.063	58.308
4	Template:Flagicon	Alex Tagliani	RSPORTS	58.363	1:11.941	58.363
5	Template:Flagicon	Tristan Gommendy	PKV Racing	58.399	1:12.443	58.399
6	Template:Flagicon	Simon Pagenaud	Team Australia	58.448	1:12.714	58.448
7	Template:Flagicon	Will Power	Team Australia	58.469	1:11.699	58.469
8	Template:Flagicon	Graham Rahal	N/H/L Racing	58.639	1:11.647	58.639
9	Template:Flagicon	Dan Clarke	Minardi Team USA	58.692	1:12.327	58.692
10	Template:Flagicon	Neel Jani	PKV Racing	58.805	1:12.414	58.805
11	Template:Flagicon	Oriol Servia	Forsythe Racing	58.926	1:14.039	58.926
12	Template:Flagicon	Jan Heylen	Conquest Racing	59.181	1:13.745	59.181
13	Template:Flagicon	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	59.418	1:12.249	59.418
14	Template:Flagicon	Bruno Junqueira	Dale Coyne Racing	59.696	1:12.877	59.696
15	Template:Flagicon	Alex Figge	Pacific Coast Motorsports	59.708	1:14.742	59.708
16	Template:Flagicon	Katherine Legge	Dale Coyne Racing	1:00.421	1:13.591	59.257
17	Template:Flagicon	Ryan Dalziel	Pacific Coast Motorsports	1:04.275	1:15.389	1:04.275

Rain on Saturday meant that the pole was effectively decided during the Qualification 1 session on Friday. Robert Doornbos led the wet Saturday session to start second beside Justin Wilson.

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais	N/H/L Racing	103	1:45:42.774	3	32
2	9	Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson	RSPORTS	103	+13.5 secs	1	28
3	14	Template:Flagicon Robert Doornbos	Minardi Team USA	103	+35.2 secs	2	26
4	5	Template:Flagicon Will Power	Team Australia	103	+43.3 secs	7	24
5	8	Template:Flagicon Alex Tagliani	RSPORTS	103	+61.4 secs	4	21
6	4	Template:Flagicon Dan Clarke	Minardi Team USA	103	+62.0 secs	9	19
7	22	Template:Flagicon Tristan Gommendy	PKV Racing	102	+ 1 Lap	5	17
8	15	Template:Flagicon Simon Pagenaud	Team Australia	102	+ 1 Lap	6	15
9	2	Template:Flagicon Graham Rahal	N/H/L Racing	102	+ 1 Lap	8	13
10	3	Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	102	+ 1 Lap	13	11
11	7	Template:Flagicon Oriol Servia	Forsythe Racing	102	+ 1 Lap	11	10
12	21	Template:Flagicon Neel Jani	PKV Racing	102	+ 1 Lap	10	9
13	19	Template:Flagicon Bruno Junqueira	Dale Coyne Racing	102	+ 1 Lap	14	8
14	28	Template:Flagicon Ryan Dalziel	Pacific Coast Motorsports	101	+ 2 Laps	17	7
15	34	Template:Flagicon Jan Heylen	Conquest Racing	100	Mechanical	12	6
16	29	Template:Flagicon Alex Figge	Pacific Coast Motorsports	100	+ 3 Laps	15	5
17	11	Template:Flagicon Katherine Legge	Dale Coyne Racing	99	Mechanical	16	4

Despite worries about stalled cars and carnage, the first standing start in Champ Car history was executed perfectly as all 17 cars got away from the grid. The race was notable for its lack of caution flags. Only two cars failed to finished, with both Katherine Legge and Jan Heylen both running into problems just before the checkered flag.

Pole sitter Justin Wilson lead easily from the start. Sébastien Bourdais was in fifth place as late as lap 25 after stretching his fuel economy. By short-filling his fuel tank during his first pit stop, Sébastien Bourdais came out on track in second place and was then able to run faster than anyone else on the track, finally passing Wilson after the second pit stop. Once in first, he easily drove away to his third consecutive victory and the 100th in Newman/Haas/Lanigan team history.

Caution flags

None

Notes

Laps Leader 1-26 Justin Wilson 27 Robert Doornbos 28-29 Sébastien Bourdais 30-53 Justin Wilson 54-56 Will Power 57-79 Sébastien Bourdais 80 Justin Wilson 81-103 Sébastien Bourdais

Driver Laps led Sébastien Bourdais 51 Justin Wilson 48 Will Power 3 Robert Doornbos 1

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	1	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais	105
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	2	Template:Flagicon Will Power	94
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	3	Template:Flagicon Robert Doornbos	87
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	4	Template:Flagicon Alex Tagliani	78
File:1uparrow green.svg 3	5	Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson	69

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

Attendance

Attendance for the 3 day race weekend was 72,211 with approximately 30,000 people on hand for the Sunday Champ Car main event. This was lower than hoped for by Champ Car and the race organizers leaving the future of the Portland race in doubt as the race's contract with Champ Car expired after the 2007 race. This was the last Champ Car race held at Portland, as the 2008 race was not absorbed into the IndyCar schedule. On October 12, 2017, it was announced that the IndyCar series will return to Portland during the 2018 Labor Day holiday weekend - Aug 31-Sept. 2, 2018.

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results
• Race Box Score
• Drivers Standings After Race