2007 Gran Premio Tecate

March 2026 February 2025 Mexico Mexico City Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.svg Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Track Layout November 11 2007 Gran Premio Tecate Presented by Banamex 14 14 Champ Car Autódromo Hermanos RodríguezMexico City, Mexico Permanent Road Course 2.774 4.470 64 177.536 286.080 Sunny AUS Will Power Team Australia 1:23.558 Australia NED Robert Doornbos Minardi Team USA 1:24.713 8 Netherlands FRA Sébastien Bourdais N/H/L Racing France AUS Will Power Team Australia Australia ESP Oriol Servià PKV Racing Spain The 2007 Gran Premio Tecate was the fourteenth and final race of the 2007 Champ Car World Series season. It was held on November 11, 2007 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico. The race was won by Sébastien Bourdais in his last Champ Car race before joining the Scuderia Toro Rosso team in Formula One. With the merger of the Indy Racing League and Champ Car World Series in 2008 it would turn out to be the final event run under the Champ Car banner, and penultimate under the v8 turbo formula. Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 Australia Will Power Team Australia 1:25.199 1:23.558 1:23.558 2 France Sébastien Bourdais N/H/L Racing 1:24.698 1:24.901 1:24.698 3 Netherlands Robert Doornbos Minardi Team USA 1:26.220 1:24.152 1:24.152 4 Spain Oriol Servià PKV Racing 1:25.436 1:24.324 1:24.324 5 UK Justin Wilson RuSPORT 1:24.825 1:24.365 1:24.365 6 France Simon Pagenaud Team Australia 1:25.952 1:24.394 1:24.394 7 US Graham Rahal N/H/L Racing 1:25.889 1:24.515 1:24.515 8 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 1:26.130 1:24.608 1:24.608 9 UK Dan Clarke Minardi Team USA 1:26.617 1:24.764 1:24.764 10 Mexico David Martínez Forsythe Racing 1:26.056 1:24.888 1:24.888 11 Switzerland Neel Jani PKV Racing 1:26.156 1:24.929 1:24.929 12 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing 1:26.190 1:25.361 1:25.361 13 France Nelson Philippe Conquest Racing 1:26.952 1:25.405 1:25.405 14 Canada Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 1:27.277 1:25.446 1:25.446 15 Mexico Mario Domínguez Pacific Coast Motorsports 1:26.181 1:25.602 1:25.602 16 UK Katherine Legge Dale Coyne Racing 1:28.069 1:26.277 1:26.277 17 USA Alex Figge Pacific Coast Motorsports 1:27.230 1:26.582 1:26.582 24 hours after Sébastien Bourdais established a new track record in Friday qualifying at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, seven drivers were able to improve on that mark during Saturday's session. But Will Power was far and away the fastest of the fast on the day, finishing .594 seconds ahead of his closest competitor, Robert Doornbos, thus clinching his fifth pole position of the year and second in succession. Power was driving with a broken wrist suffered in his home race three weeks ago in Australia. Bourdais was unable to better his Friday time, but started the race next to Will Power on the front row of the grid. Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 France Sébastien Bourdais N/H/L Racing 64 1:45:02.885 2 32 2 5 Australia Will Power Team Australia 64 +1.906 1 29 3 22 Spain Oriol Servià PKV Racing 64 +3.364 4 25 4 2 US Graham Rahal N/H/L Racing 64 +7.346 7 23 5 3 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 64 +8.593 8 21 6 15 France Simon Pagenaud Team Australia 64 +9.638 6 19 7 19 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing 64 +15.823 12 17 8 28 Mexico Mario Domínguez Pacific Coast Motorsports 64 +16.077 15 16 9 21 Switzerland Neel Jani PKV Racing 64 +16.199 11 13 10 9 UK Justin Wilson RuSPORT 64 +16.954 5 11 11 29 US Alex Figge Pacific Coast Motorsports 63 + 1 Lap 17 10 12 34 France Nelson Philippe Conquest Racing 63 + 1 Lap 13 9 13 8 Canada Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 62 + 2 Laps 14 8 14 7 Mexico David Martínez Forsythe Racing 58 + 6 Laps 10 7 15 19 UK Katherine Legge Dale Coyne Racing 56 Mechanical 16 6 16 14 Netherlands Robert Doornbos Minardi Team USA 12 Mechanical 3 6 17 4 UK Dan Clarke Minardi Team USA 0 Mechanical 9 4 The final race of the season got off to a ragged start as Oriol Servià, Nelson Philippe, and Alex Tagliani all stalled on the grid. At the front, Will Power held off Sébastien Bourdais at the start and took charge of the field behind the pace car. A potential fight for second place in the championship standings between Justin Wilson and Robert Doornbos was blunted when Doornbos' car developed a clutch problem. Doornbos' mechanics valiantly worked to fix the problem in the hopes of securing the point for fastest lap, and after 51 minutes of work, Doornbos did exactly that, securing his third place in the championship over Will Power. At the front of the race Bourdais was working with a bit of a disadvantage for the race because he and teammate Graham Rahal were docked 22 seconds off the allotted 75 seconds of Power-to-Pass time after they laid rubber down on their grid spots making practice starts during the Sunday morning session. But Bourdais was able to get the power down coming out of the Peraltada corner before Power could. This slight handling difference gave Bourdais a critical speed advantage at the end of the long main straight. Bourdais easily passed Power on the main straight on lap 24 and then held off the Australian for the rest of the race, even after a late race yellow flag tightened up the field. Bourdais' victory in his final Champ Car race before heading off to Formula One for the 2008 season was his 31st overall, putting him into a tie for 6th on the all-time Champ Car victory list with Paul Tracy and Al Unser Jr. Highlighting the race behind the Bourdais and Power was the performance of Oriol Servià who recovered from the stall on the grid and fought through the entire field all the way to third place. His performance allowed him to leapfrog from ninth to sixth place in the final championship standings. Caution flags Laps Cause1-3 Servià (22), Philippe (34), Tagliani (8) stalled on grid; Clarke (4) off course55-59 Debris; Legge (11) stalled Notes Laps Leader1-23 Will Power24-64 Sébastien Bourdais Driver Laps ledSébastien Bourdais 41Will Power 23 New Track Record: Will Power: 1:23.558 (Qualification Session #2) New Race Lap Record: Robert Doornbos: 1:24.713 New Race Record: Sébastien Bourdais: 1:45:02.885 Average Speed: 101.403 mph Final Championship standings Bold indicates the Season Champion. Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 FRA Sébastien Bourdais 364 10px 2 UK Justin Wilson 281 10px 3 Netherlands Robert Doornbos 268 10px 4 AUS Will Power 262 10px 5 US Graham Rahal 243 Note: Only the top five positions are included. 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