Champ Car Mont-Tremblant 07
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| Race 6 of 14 in the 2007 Champ Car season | |
Mont-Tremblant Track Layout
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| Date | July 1, 2007 |
| Official name | Champ Car Mont-Tremblant 07 |
| Location |
Circuit Mont-Tremblant Saint-Jovite, Quebec, Canada |
| Course | Permanent Road Course 2.621 mi / 4.218 km |
| Distance | 62 laps 162.502 mi / 261.516 km |
| Weather | Partly Cloudy, Rain |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Tristan Gommendy (PKV Racing) |
| Time | 1:16.776 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Sébastien Bourdais (N/H/L Racing) |
| Time | 1:17.327 (on lap 19 of 62) |
| Podium | |
| First | Robert Doornbos (Minardi Team USA) |
| Second | Sébastien Bourdais (N/H/L Racing) |
| Third | Will Power (Team Australia) |
The Champ Car Mont-Tremblant 07 is the sixth round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season. It was held on July 1 at the Circuit Mont-Tremblant, in Saint-Jovite, Quebec, Canada. Robert Doornbos won his first career Champ Car race, with Sébastien Bourdais and Will Power rounding out the podium.
Wet conditions on Saturday secured the first career Champ Car pole position for Tristan Gommendy, who pipped his countryman Sébastien Bourdais by .007 second on Friday. The Saturday session began with a brief rain shower. The track then dried enough to allow drivers to return to slicks but the times remained well short of Friday's. Will Power led the Saturday session to earn the front row starting spot next to Gommendy.
* Paul Tracy qualified 11th but crashed his car in Sunday practice and started from the back of the grid in his backup car.
The race got off to a ragged start as polesitter Tristan Gommendy's car failed to fire for the formation lap. As the lights for the standing start went out three cars stalled, the first time stalls marred a standing start for Champ Car in three races. Team Australia teammates Will Power and Simon Pagenaud and Jan Heylen were left stranded on the grid. Sébastien Bourdais took advantage of the misfortune in front of him to take the early lead. It appeared as if Bourdais jumped the start, but Champ Car never assessed him a penalty. It would not be the last controversial moment in the race.
The early laps of the race were run in dry but threatening conditions. Power, Pagenaud, and Heylen were all able to rejoin the race on the lead lap, while Gommendy lost two laps while his car troubles were sorted out.
Shortly after the field finished the first round of pit stops staying on slick tires, light rain began to fall. Jan Heylen spun, bringing out a caution flag. Bourdais made an uncharacteristic mistake by sliding off the track on a slippery corner under yellow, dropping him from the lead back to 11th place.
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