2007 Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton

March 2026 February 2025 Canada Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton Edmonton Grand Prix racing track.svg July 22 2007 Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton 8 14 Champ Car Rexall Speedway, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Temporary Airport Course 1.973 3.175 96 189.408 304.800 Mostly cloudy with temperatures reaching up to 27.5 C Fhttps://www.almanac.com/weather/history/AB/Edmonton/2007-07-22 2007 Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton weather information Old Farmers' Almanac 2018-08-31 Will Power AUS Team Australia 58.403 AUS Sébastien Bourdais USA N/H/L Racing 58.653 93 FRA Sébastien Bourdais USA N/H/L Racing FRA Justin Wilson USA RSPORTS UK Graham Rahal USA N/H/L Racing USA The 2007 Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton was the eighth round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season, and was held on July 22, 2007 at Rexall Speedway in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The race was won by Sébastien Bourdais followed by Justin Wilson and Graham Rahal. Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 AUS Will Power Team Australia 59.155 58.403 58.403 2 France Sébastien Bourdais N/H/L Racing 58.709 58.596 58.596 3 UK Justin Wilson RSPORTS 59.174 58.410 58.410 4 US Graham Rahal N/H/L Racing 59.112 58.485 58.485 5 Switzerland Neel Jani (R) PKV Racing 59.465 58.762 58.762 6 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing 59.127 58.846 58.846 7 France Simon Pagenaud (R) Team Australia 58.974 58.868 58.868 8 UK Ryan Dalziel Pacific Coast Motorsports 1:01.055 59.256 59.256 9 Canada Alex Tagliani RSPORTS 59.483 59.549 59.483 10 UK Dan Clarke Minardi Team USA no time 59.503 59.503 11 NED Robert Doornbos (R) Minardi Team USA 59.941 59.553 59.553 12 Belgium Jan Heylen Conquest Racing 1:00.470 59.561 59.561 13 Spain Oriol Servia Forsythe Racing 59.582 59.695 59.582 14 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 1:01.840 1:00.107 1:00.107 15 UK Katherine Legge Dale Coyne Racing 1:00.222 1:00.850 1:00.222 16 US Alex Figge (R) Pacific Coast Motorsports 1:00.937 1:01.996 1:00.937 Will Power won his fourth career pole position by nipping Justin Wilson by .007 of a second. Power knocked the front wing off his car while going off course during his final lap, but Wilson was unable to better Power's earlier best lap. Sébastien Bourdais was only fourth fastest on Saturday but his top time from Friday secured him a front row beside his championship rival Power. Tristan Gommendy will not take part in the race after suffering a back injury when he contacted the wall in Friday's qualification session. He was replaced by Mario Domínguez, who is searching for a full-time ride in the series and was in Edmonton driving the Minardi two-seater. Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 France Sébastien Bourdais N/H/L Racing 96 1:45:41.953 2 33 2 9 UK Justin Wilson RSPORTS 96 +3.9 secs 3 27 3 2 USA Graham Rahal N/H/L Racing 96 +6.6 secs 4 25 4 15 France Simon Pagenaud (R) Team Australia 96 +24.8 secs 7 23 5 3 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 96 +28.1 secs 14 22 6 7 Spain Oriol Servia Forsythe Racing 96 +30.0 secs 13 19 7 19 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing 96 +30.7 secs 6 17 8 4 UK Dan Clarke Minardi Team USA 96 +35.3 secs 10 15 9 21 Switzerland Neel Jani (R) PKV Racing 96 +37.8 secs 5 13 10 34 Belgium Jan Heylen Conquest Racing 96 +58.7 secs 12 11 11 14 Netherlands Robert Doornbos (R) Minardi Team USA 95 + 1 Lap 11 10 12 28 UK Ryan Dalziel Pacific Coast Motorsports 95 + 1 Lap 8 9 13 29 USA Alex Figge (R) Pacific Coast Motorsports 95 + 1 Lap 16 8 14 8 Canada Alex Tagliani RSPORTS 69 Contact 9 7 15 5 Australia Will Power Team Australia 69 Mechanical 1 7 16 11 UK Katherine Legge Dale Coyne Racing 36 Mechanical 15 5 17 22 Mexico Mario Domínguez PKV Racing 32 Mechanical 17 4 Going into the race Sebastien Bourdais found himself in an unusual position: third place in the season points standings behind Robert Doornbos and Will Power. Starting from second on the grid next to Power, Bourdais swept around the pole-sitter on the outside through Edmonton's wide first turn. Bourdais led the race until his first pit stop on lap 21. Bourdais was forced to wait critical seconds for Katherine Legge to enter her pit stall and lost two positions. Power now led the race in front of Justin Wilson and Bourdais. He led until his second pit stop on lap 49. Wilson stayed out an extra lap, coming in on lap 50, but Bourdais stayed out until lap 52, which proved to be the critical strategic move of the race. Bourdais came out in the lead after his stop. Bourdais now led in front of Wilson and Graham Rahal, with Power back in fourth place. Disaster hit Power on lap 66 when the steering rack on his Panoz broke. Meanwhile, Robert Doornbos', who spent the early stages of the race stuck deep in the field unable to improve much on his 11th place grid position, tangled with the lapped car of Alex Tagliani on lap 69. Tagliani was knocked out of the race, while Doornbos was able to continue, but a lap down. Bourdais cruised to his fourth victory of the year, followed by Justin Wilson and teammate Graham Rahal. Even more impressive was the turnaround in the season points championship. At the end of the race Bourdais led Doornbos by 20 and Will Power by 25 in his drive for an unprecedented fourth consecutive Champ Car title. Caution flags Laps Cause19-21 Debris on track69-73 Doornbos (14)/Tagliani (8) crash Notes Laps Leader1-20 Sébastien Bourdais21-48 Will Power49 Justin Wilson50-96 Sébastien Bourdais Driver Laps ledSébastien Bourdais 67Will Power 28Justin Wilson 1 Fastest Lap Sébastien Bourdais: 58.653 (Lap 93) New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais : 1:45:41.953 Average Speed 107.517 mph Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 2 1 FRA Sébastien Bourdais 194 10px 1 2 Netherlands Robert Doornbos 174 10px 1 3 AUS Will Power 169 10px 4 UK Justin Wilson 165 10px 1 5 France Simon Pagenaud 143 Note: Only the top five positions are included. Attendance Race weekend attendance was 167,152. 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