2007 Lexmark Indy 300

March 2026 December 2020 November 2011 Australia Surfers Paradise Surfers Paradise Street Circuit.svg Track map of the Surfers Paradise street circuit at Surfers Paradise, Australia. 21 October 2007 Lexmark Indy 300 13 14 Champ Car Surfers Paradise Street CircuitQueensland, Australia Temporary Street Circuit 2.795 4.498 61 170.495 274.378 Dry and sunny with temperatures reaching up to 26.2 C FWeather information for the 2007 Lexmark Indy 300 at the Australian Government's Bureau of Meteorology Website Will Power Team Australia 1:30.054 AUS Graham Rahal N/H/L Racing 1:31.093 59 USA Sébastien Bourdais N/H/L Racing FRA Justin Wilson RuSPORT GBR Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing BRA The 2007 Lexmark Indy 300 was the thirteenth and penultimate round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season. It was held on 21 October 2007 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in Queensland, Australia. The race was won by Sébastien Bourdais, who also claimed his fourth consecutive Champ Car title, becoming the first man to achieve that distinction. 27 59 17.9 S 153 25 42.1 E type:event_region:AU-QLD title Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 Australia Will Power Team Australia 1:30.895 1:30.054 1:30.054 2 Spain Oriol Servià PKV Racing 1:30.862 1:30.693 1:30.693 3 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 1:31.820 1:30.426 1:30.426 4 France Sébastien Bourdais N/H/L Racing 1:32.883 1:30.438 1:30.438 5 UK Justin Wilson RuSPORT 1:31.365 1:30.586 1:30.586 6 France Simon Pagenaud Team Australia 1:33.018 1:31.038 1:31.038 7 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing 1:32.875 1:31.212 1:31.212 8 Switzerland Neel Jani PKV Racing 1:32.520 1:31.281 1:31.281 9 US Graham Rahal N/H/L Racing 1:34.049 1:31.347 1:31.347 10 UK Dan Clarke Minardi Team USA 1:33.866 1:31.413 1:31.413 11 Canada Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 3:20.825 1:31.664 1:31.664 12 Mexico Mario Domínguez Pacific Coast Motorsports 4:27.161 1:31.746 1:31.746 13 France Nelson Philippe Conquest Racing 1:33.187 1:31.842 1:31.842 14 Netherlands Robert Doornbos PKV Racing 1:32.675 1:31.969 1:31.969 15 USA Alex Figge Pacific Coast Motorsports 1:44.381 1:32.458 1:32.458 16 UK Katherine Legge Dale Coyne Racing 1:33.986 1:32.694 1:32.694 17 Mexico David Martínez Forsythe Racing 1:35.578 1:33.892 1:33.892 Oriol Servià, driving a car for PKV this weekend, nipped local hero Will Power on Friday, snagging the provisional pole position by .033 seconds and locking in a front row starting spot for Sunday's race. Power got revenge on Saturday when he broke the Surfers Paradise track record in winning his fourth pole position of the season by .372 seconds. Race Will Power led away from the standing start, continuing to show the unmatched speed he showed in qualifying on Saturday. But the Australian's race would quickly end in tears. After debris brought out a caution flag on lap 9, Power led the front-runners into the pits for the first stop of the day. The lollipop man released Power back into the pit lane just as David Martínez was entering the pit stall in front of him. Power ran into the back of Martínez's car, damaging his right front suspension. Power was forced to return to the pits for repairs, leaving him at the back of the field. Power's day ended for good on lap 19 when he clouted Katherine Legge while trying to pass her, leaving him with a broken car and a very sore wrist. As is often the case in Champ Car races, the early debris caution led to three drivers rolling the dice on strategy. Paul Tracy (who spun on lap 1), Bruno Junqueira (who had stalled on the grid), and Robert Doornbos (who had a lousy qualifying) stayed out rather than pit. Doornbos led until he pitted on lap 18, with Paul Tracy leading for a lap until he drove for the pits on lap 19. Sébastien Bourdais inherited the lead from Tracy. Bourdais had jumped around Oriol Servià in the first pit stop. Servià took the lead when Bourdais pitted on lap 32, who in turn gave up the lead on lap later to Paul Tracy, who was now leading the alternate strategy cars. Bourdais was running in second behind Tracy until a rare event happened on lap 39, he was passed on the track by Justin Wilson. So when Tracy pitted on lap 40 Wilson took over the lead. Both Wilson and Bourdais had one more pit stop to make. Wilson stopped first on lap 44, but Bourdais extended his stop until lap 48, setting down some scorching laps on low tanks in the meantime. Bourdais easily came out in front of Wilson after completing his final pit stop. With first and second places pretty much decided, an interesting battle was shaping up between alternate strategy runners Tracy and Junqueira for the final podium spot. Tracy was looking to redeem a rough patch of races while Junqueira was looking for his third consecutive podium finish. Unfortunately for Tracy, he used too much fuel to stay ahead and had to dive to the pits for fuel on the white flag lap. To add insult to injury he stalled the car and ended the race in ninth, the last lead lap runner. With the victory, Bourdais clinched his fourth consecutive Champ Car title, a feat that has never been done before. He also became the first man to repeat as winner in the 17-year history of the Surfers Paradise event. Race result Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/retired Grid Points 1 1 France Sébastien Bourdais N/H/L Racing 61 1:45:49.318 4 31 2 9 UK Justin Wilson RuSPORT 61 +6.776 5 27 3 19 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing 61 +50.896 7 25 4 14 Netherlands Robert Doornbos Minardi Team USA 61 +1:02.641 14 24 5 15 France Simon Pagenaud Team Australia 61 +1:03.411 6 21 6 34 France Nelson Philippe Conquest Racing 61 +1:09.011 13 19 7 8 Canada Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 61 +1:12.291 11 17 8 21 Switzerland Neel Jani PKV Racing 61 +1:29.789 8 15 9 3 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 61 +1:48.614 3 13 10 7 Mexico David Martínez Forsythe Racing 60 + 1 lap 17 11 11 2 US Graham Rahal N/H/L Racing 60 + 1 lap 9 11 12 28 Mexico Mario Domínguez Pacific Coast Motorsports 59 + 2 laps 12 9 13 29 USA Alex Figge Pacific Coast Motorsports 59 + 2 laps 15 8 14 22 Spain Oriol Servià PKV Racing 58 + 3 laps 2 8 15 11 UK Katherine Legge Dale Coyne Racing 57 Engine 16 6 16 5 Australia Will Power Team Australia 18 Collision 1 6 17 4 UK Dan Clarke Minardi Team USA 12 Accident 10 4 Caution flags Laps Cause9-11 Debris13-15 Figge (29) spin/stall19-22 Power (5) & Legge (11) contact Notes Laps Leader1-10 Will Power11-18 Robert Doornbos19 Paul Tracy20-31 Sébastien Bourdais32-33 Oriol Servià34-39 Paul Tracy40-43 Justin Wilson44-61 Sébastien Bourdais Driver Laps ledSébastien Bourdais 30Will Power 10Robert Doornbos 8Paul Tracy 7Justin Wilson 4Oriol Servià 2 New Track Record Will Power 1:30.054 (Qualification Session #2) New Lap Record Graham Rahal 1:31.093 New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:45:49.318 Average Speed 96.669 mph Championship standings after the race Bold indicates the Season Champion. Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 FRA Sébastien Bourdais 332 10px 2 UK Justin Wilson 270 10px 3 Netherlands Robert Doornbos 262 10px 4 AUS Will Power 234 10px 5 US Graham Rahal 220 Note: Only the top five positions are included. References External links Full Weekend Times & Results Race Box Score 2007 Lexmark Indy 300 2007 2007 Bavaria Champ Car Grand Prixof Holland 2007 Gran Premio Tecate 2006 Lexmark Indy 300 2008 Nikon Indy 300IndyCar Series event Lexmark Indy 300 Lexmark Indy 300 Category:Gold Coast Indy 300