2007 Mazda Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland
# 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 | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Justin Wilson | RSPORTS | 58.000 | 1:11.670 | 58.000 |
| 2 | Robert Doornbos | Minardi Team USA | 58.214 | 1:11.629 | 58.214 |
| 3 | Sébastien Bourdais | N/H/L Racing | 58.308 | 1:12.063 | 58.308 |
| 4 | Alex Tagliani | RSPORTS | 58.363 | 1:11.941 | 58.363 |
| 5 | Tristan Gommendy | PKV Racing | 58.399 | 1:12.443 | 58.399 |
| 6 | Simon Pagenaud | Team Australia | 58.448 | 1:12.714 | 58.448 |
| 7 | Will Power | Team Australia | 58.469 | 1:11.699 | 58.469 |
| 8 | Graham Rahal | N/H/L Racing | 58.639 | 1:11.647 | 58.639 |
| 9 | Dan Clarke | Minardi Team USA | 58.692 | 1:12.327 | 58.692 |
| 10 | Neel Jani | PKV Racing | 58.805 | 1:12.414 | 58.805 |
| 11 | Oriol Servia | Forsythe Racing | 58.926 | 1:14.039 | 58.926 |
| 12 | Jan Heylen | Conquest Racing | 59.181 | 1:13.745 | 59.181 |
| 13 | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 59.418 | 1:12.249 | 59.418 |
| 14 | Bruno Junqueira | Dale Coyne Racing | 59.696 | 1:12.877 | 59.696 |
| 15 | Alex Figge | Pacific Coast Motorsports | 59.708 | 1:14.742 | 59.708 |
| 16 | Katherine Legge | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:00.421 | 1:13.591 | 59.257 |
| 17 | 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 | Sébastien Bourdais | N/H/L Racing | 103 | 1:45:42.774 | 3 | 32 |
| 2 | 9 | Justin Wilson | RSPORTS | 103 | +13.5 secs | 1 | 28 |
| 3 | 14 | Robert Doornbos | Minardi Team USA | 103 | +35.2 secs | 2 | 26 |
| 4 | 5 | Will Power | Team Australia | 103 | +43.3 secs | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | 8 | Alex Tagliani | RSPORTS | 103 | +61.4 secs | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | 4 | Dan Clarke | Minardi Team USA | 103 | +62.0 secs | 9 | 19 |
| 7 | 22 | Tristan Gommendy | PKV Racing | 102 | + 1 Lap | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | 15 | Simon Pagenaud | Team Australia | 102 | + 1 Lap | 6 | 15 |
| 9 | 2 | Graham Rahal | N/H/L Racing | 102 | + 1 Lap | 8 | 13 |
| 10 | 3 | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 102 | + 1 Lap | 13 | 11 |
| 11 | 7 | Oriol Servia | Forsythe Racing | 102 | + 1 Lap | 11 | 10 |
| 12 | 21 | Neel Jani | PKV Racing | 102 | + 1 Lap | 10 | 9 |
| 13 | 19 | Bruno Junqueira | Dale Coyne Racing | 102 | + 1 Lap | 14 | 8 |
| 14 | 28 | Ryan Dalziel | Pacific Coast Motorsports | 101 | + 2 Laps | 17 | 7 |
| 15 | 34 | Jan Heylen | Conquest Racing | 100 | Mechanical | 12 | 6 |
| 16 | 29 | Alex Figge | Pacific Coast Motorsports | 100 | + 3 Laps | 15 | 5 |
| 17 | 11 | 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

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