2007 Bavaria Champ Car Grand Prix of the Netherlands
| Race details | |
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| Race 12 of 14 in the 2007 Champ Car season | |
TT Circuit Assen Layout
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| Date | September 2, 2007 |
| Official name | Bavaria Champ Car Grand Prix Presented by Audi, Gant, Hertz, Pioneer and Jumbo |
| Location | TT Circuit Assen, Assen, Netherlands |
| Course | Permanent Road Course 2.830 mi / 4.554 km |
| Distance | 69 laps 195.270 mi / 314.226 km |
| Weather | Mostly Cloudy |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Sébastien Bourdais (N/H/L Racing) |
| Time | 1:18.765 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Dan Clarke (Minardi Team USA) |
| Time | 1:20.727 (on lap 66 of 69) |
| Podium | |
| First | Justin Wilson (RuSPORT) |
| Second | Jan Heylen (Conquest Racing) |
| Third | Bruno Junqueira (Dale Coyne Racing) |
The 2007 Bavaria Champ Car Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season. It was held on September 2 at TT Circuit Assen in Assen, Netherlands. The race was won by Justin Wilson.
On January 16, 2007 the Champ Car World Series announced a multi-year agreement that briefly saw the return of Champ Cars to Europe for the first time since 2003 with inaugural races in the Netherlands and Belgium. These events added to the Champ Car calendar took place August 26 at the Zolder circuit in Belgium and September 2 at the TT Circuit in Assen, Netherlands. This marked the first time that Champ Car has raced in either of the two European nations.
On July 12, 2007, at a press conference held in Lieshout, Netherlands, Bart Rietbergen of the Dutch Champ Car Grand Prix, Jos Vaessen, Chairman of TT Circuit Assen, and Peer Swinkels, chairman of the Bavaria Beer company, announced that Bavaria Brewery, the second largest brewer in the Netherlands, would be the title sponsor of the 2007 Grand Prix event. Officials also announced the signing of three associate sponsors of the event; those being Audi, Gant, and Hertz. Promotional events leading up to the Grand Prix included driver appearances and track performances of a Champ Car at the Bavaria City Racing held in Rotterdam and at the Rizla Racing Days weekend at the TT Circuit.
The official name of the event was the "Bavaria Champ Car Grand Prix Powered by Audi, Gant & Hertz."
Sébastien Bourdais won his third consecutive pole position and came closer to clinching his fourth consecutive Champ Car title. Justin Wilson was fastest in the wet on Friday to secure the front row spot beside him. Dan Clarke was reinstated from his suspension by Champ Car race director Tony Cotman, meaning the usual 17 drivers would start the race on Sunday.
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