2007 Steelback Grand Prix

March 2026 February 2025 Canada Steelback Grand Prix of Toronto Toronto, Ontario street circuit track map.svg Exhibition Place track layout July 8 2007 Steelback Grand Prix of Toronto 7 14 Champ Car Exhibition PlaceToronto, Ontario, Canada Temporary Street Course 1.755 2.824 73 128.115 206.181 Rain/Overcast with temperatures reaching up to 30.9 C F Sébastien Bourdais N/H/L Racing 58.288 France Sébastien Bourdais N/H/L Racing 1:00.083 34 France Will Power Team Australia Australia Neel Jani PKV Racing Switzerland Justin Wilson RSPORTS United Kingdom The 2007 Steelback Grand Prix of Toronto was the seventh round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season. It was held on July 8 at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Will Power won the race, followed by Neel Jani and Justin Wilson. Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 France Sébastien Bourdais N/H/L Racing 58.783 58.288 58.288 2 UK Justin Wilson RSPORTS 59.099 58.299 58.299 3 Spain Oriol Servia Forsythe Racing 58.801 58.661 58.661 4 France Simon Pagenaud Team Australia 59.341 58.664 58.664 5 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing 59.547 58.675 58.675 6 Canada Alex Tagliani RSPORTS 59.737 58.779 58.779 7 AUS Will Power Team Australia 1:01.040 58.790 58.790 8 Belgium Jan Heylen Conquest Racing 59.813 58.816 58.816 9 Switzerland Neel Jani PKV Racing 1:00.123 58.834 58.834 10 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 59.368 58.882 58.882 11 UK Ryan Dalziel Pacific Coast Motorsports 59.880 58.912 58.912 12 NED Robert Doornbos Minardi Team USA 59.132 59.024 59.024 13 UK Dan Clarke Minardi Team USA 59.288 59.263 59.263 14 France Tristan Gommendy PKV Racing 59.624 59.265 59.265 15 USA Graham Rahal N/H/L Racing 59.456 59.384 59.384 16 UK Katherine Legge Dale Coyne Racing 59.520 59.562 59.520 17 USA Alex Figge Pacific Coast Motorsports 1:00.880 59.973 59.973 Sébastien Bourdais led both the Friday and Saturday qualifying sessions to win his 28th career Champ Car pole position. On Saturday Bourdais and Justin Wilson traded the fast lap three times in the final minutes, with Wilson coming up only .011 second short at the end after he brushed the wall on his last lap. Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Australia Will Power Team Australia 73 1:45:58.568 7 31 2 21 Switzerland Neel Jani PKV Racing 73 +2.972 9 28 3 9 UK Justin Wilson RSPORTS 73 +3.480 2 25 4 15 France Simon Pagenaud Team Australia 73 +5.643 4 23 5 19 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing 73 +20.738 5 21 6 14 Netherlands Robert Doornbos Minardi Team USA 72 + 1 Lap 12 19 7 28 UK Ryan Dalziel Pacific Coast Motorsports 72 + 1 Lap 11 17 8 8 Canada Alex Tagliani RSPORTS 71 + 2 Laps 6 15 9 1 France Sébastien Bourdais N/H/L Racing 67 Crash 1 16 10 7 Spain Oriol Servia Forsythe Racing 56 Crash 3 11 11 2 USA Graham Rahal N/H/L Racing 52 Crash 15 10 12 4 UK Dan Clarke Minardi Team USA 43 crash 13 9 13 34 Belgium Jan Heylen Conquest Racing 1 Crash 8 8 14 3 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 0 Crash 10 7 15 22 France Tristan Gommendy PKV Racing 0 Crash 14 6 16 11 UK Katherine Legge Dale Coyne Racing 0 Crash 16 5 17 29 USA Alex Figge Pacific Coast Motorsports 0 Crash 17 4 For the second race in a row rain had a major impact on the proceedings. The race began under cloudy skies and on a track that was still partially damp after heavy rains earlier in the day. Oriol Servia got the best start from the second row and led into the first corner. Trouble began as the cars funneled through turn 3 for the first time. Alex Tagliani contacted Simon Pagenaud, knocking the front wing off Pagenaud's car. Paul Tracy collected the wing but could not see that it remained stuck under his own front wing. Coming out of the fast turn 7 the errant wing began to interfere with Tracy's steering and he hit the outside wall. This set off a chain reaction of carnage behind him as cars behind him rounded the blind turn and were not able thread through the mess. In the end, Tracy, Katherine Legge, Alex Figge, and Tristan Gommendy all ended their races immediately, with Gommendy almost flipping up the back of Jan Heylen, catching air. Heylen was able to limp back to the pits, only to retire (his fourth consecutive retirement since returning to the series), while Graham Rahal was able to return to the race with a new front wing. Servia held the lead until he pitted for fuel and a fresh set of slick tires on lap 34. Rain began to fall soon after. On lap 38, Ryan Dalziel and Neel Jani came out of the pits on rain tires. It turned out to be the correct decision. Servia and Tagliani tangled at the slippery turn 3 on lap 39. Both cars were able to continue but a yellow flag was brought out. Except for Dan Clarke, the rest of the field pitted for rain tires during the caution. Dan Clarke lasted only 3 green flag laps on dry weather tires before finding the wall and ending his day. Meanwhile, Ryan Dalziel led a Champ Car race for the first time in his career. They were also the first laps in the lead for the Pacific Coast Motorsports team. After a caution period for a spin and crash by Graham Rahal, Will Power got around Dalziel on the restart on lap 56 and took the lead which he would not relinquish for the rest of the race. Dalziel was dropped to third by Jani on the next restart on lap 62. With 3 laps to go, Dalziel's hopes for a podium were dashed when Justin Wilson bounced him into the tires as he made the pass for third place. In the end Will Power cruised to his second career Champ Car race win. Meanwhile, Sébastien Bourdais' 9th-place finish cost him the championship lead. Entering the second half of the season a close three-way battle has developed. Robert Doornbos now leads the championship with 164 points, followed closely by Power with 162 and Bourdais with 161. Caution flags Laps Cause1-7 Tracy (3)/Legge (11)/Figge (29)/Gommendy (22)/Rahal (2)/Heylen (34) crash14-16 Debris on track39-42 Servia (7)/Tagliani (8) spin/stall45-48 Clarke (4) crash53-56 Rahal (2) crash58-61 Servia (7) crash68-70 Bourdais (1)/Doornbos (14) crash Notes Laps Leader1-34 Oriol Servia35-35 Sébastien Bourdais36-36 Will Power37-37 Simon Pagenaud38-38 Alex Tagliani39-40 Robert Doornbos41-56 Ryan Dalziel57-73 Will Power Driver Laps ledOriol Servia 34Will Power 18Ryan Dalziel 16Robert Doornbos 2Simon Pagenaud 1Alex Tagliani 1Sébastien Bourdais 1 Fastest Lap Sébastien Bourdais: 1:00.083 (Lap 34) New Race Record Will Power : 1:45:58.568 Average Speed 72.534 mph Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 1 Netherlands Robert Doornbos 164 10px 1 2 AUS Will Power 162 10px 2 3 FRA Sébastien Bourdais 161 10px 4 UK Justin Wilson 138 10px 5 CAN Alex Tagliani 127 Note: Only the top five positions are included. Attendance Race attendance numbers were not released for the 2007 Steelback Grand Prix. However the race reportedly had a 12% attendance increase over the 2006 race weekend. However, the number may be released at a later date as they do exist and are currently being used in sponsor negotiations for 2008. http://416-777-7777.com/Sports/article/234174 TheStar.com Sports T.O. Grand Prix sponsor hopes to extend contract 2007-08-13 https://archive.today/20070930043119/http://416-777-7777.com/Sports/article/234174 2007-09-30 dead References External links Full Weekend Times & Results Race Box Score Drivers Standings After Race Weather Information 2007 Steelback Grand Prix of Toronto 2007 2007 Champ Car Mont-Tremblant 2007 Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton 2006 Molson Grand Prix of Toronto 2009 Honda Indy TorontoIndyCar Series event Steelback Grand Prix, 2007 Category:Grand Prix of Toronto Steelback Grand Prix Category:2007 in Toronto