2007 Mazda Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland

March 2026 February 2025 United States Mazda Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland Portland_international_raceway.svg Portland International Raceway Track Layout June 10 2007 Mazda Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland Presented by Joe's Sports and Outdoor 4 14 Champ Car Portland International RacewayPortland, Oregon, United States Permanent Road Course 1.964 3.142 103 202.292 323.626 Overcast with temperatures reaching up to 68 F C; wind speeds approaching 13 mph km/h http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/OR/Portland/2007-06-10 2007 Mazda Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland The Old Farmers' Almanac 2013-10-15 Justin Wilson RSPORTS 58.000 UK Sébastien Bourdais N/H/L Racing 59.331 84 FRA Sébastien Bourdais N/H/L Racing FRA Justin Wilson RSPORTS UK Robert Doornbos Minardi Team USA NED 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 Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 UK Justin Wilson RSPORTS 58.000 1:11.670 58.000 2 NED Robert Doornbos Minardi Team USA 58.214 1:11.629 58.214 3 France Sébastien Bourdais N/H/L Racing 58.308 1:12.063 58.308 4 Canada Alex Tagliani RSPORTS 58.363 1:11.941 58.363 5 France Tristan Gommendy PKV Racing 58.399 1:12.443 58.399 6 France Simon Pagenaud Team Australia 58.448 1:12.714 58.448 7 AUS Will Power Team Australia 58.469 1:11.699 58.469 8 US Graham Rahal N/H/L Racing 58.639 1:11.647 58.639 9 UK Dan Clarke Minardi Team USA 58.692 1:12.327 58.692 10 Switzerland Neel Jani PKV Racing 58.805 1:12.414 58.805 11 Spain Oriol Servia Forsythe Racing 58.926 1:14.039 58.926 12 Belgium Jan Heylen Conquest Racing 59.181 1:13.745 59.181 13 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 59.418 1:12.249 59.418 14 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing 59.696 1:12.877 59.696 15 US Alex Figge Pacific Coast Motorsports 59.708 1:14.742 59.708 16 UK Katherine Legge Dale Coyne Racing 1:00.421 1:13.591 59.257 17 UK 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 France Sébastien Bourdais N/H/L Racing 103 1:45:42.774 3 32 2 9 UK Justin Wilson RSPORTS 103 +13.5 secs 1 28 3 14 Netherlands Robert Doornbos Minardi Team USA 103 +35.2 secs 2 26 4 5 Australia Will Power Team Australia 103 +43.3 secs 7 24 5 8 Canada Alex Tagliani RSPORTS 103 +61.4 secs 4 21 6 4 UK Dan Clarke Minardi Team USA 103 +62.0 secs 9 19 7 22 France Tristan Gommendy PKV Racing 102 + 1 Lap 5 17 8 15 France Simon Pagenaud Team Australia 102 + 1 Lap 6 15 9 2 USA Graham Rahal N/H/L Racing 102 + 1 Lap 8 13 10 3 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 102 + 1 Lap 13 11 11 7 Spain Oriol Servia Forsythe Racing 102 + 1 Lap 11 10 12 21 Switzerland Neel Jani PKV Racing 102 + 1 Lap 10 9 13 19 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing 102 + 1 Lap 14 8 14 28 UK Ryan Dalziel Pacific Coast Motorsports 101 + 2 Laps 17 7 15 34 Belgium Jan Heylen Conquest Racing 100 Mechanical 12 6 16 29 US Alex Figge Pacific Coast Motorsports 100 + 3 Laps 15 5 17 11 UK 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 None Notes Laps Leader1-26 Justin Wilson27 Robert Doornbos28-29 Sébastien Bourdais30-53 Justin Wilson54-56 Will Power57-79 Sébastien Bourdais80 Justin Wilson81-103 Sébastien Bourdais Driver Laps ledSébastien Bourdais 51Justin Wilson 48Will Power 3Robert Doornbos 1 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 FRA Sébastien Bourdais 105 10px 2 AUS Will Power 94 10px 3 Netherlands Robert Doornbos 87 10px 4 CAN Alex Tagliani 78 10px 3 5 UK Justin Wilson 69 Note: Only the top five positions are included. Attendance Attendance for the 3 day race weekend was 72,211 with approximately 30,000 people on hand for the Sunday Champ Car main event. This was lower than hoped for by Champ Car and the race organizers leaving the future of the Portland race in doubt as the race's contract with Champ Car expired after the 2007 race.http://www.oregonlive.com/motorsports/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/sports/1181703330163610.xml&coll=7 Story not found - OregonLive.com August 13, 2007 August 12, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070812012422/http://www.oregonlive.com/motorsports/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/sports/1181703330163610.xml&coll=7 dead This was the last Champ Car race held at Portland, as the 2008 race was not absorbed into the IndyCar schedule. On October 12, 2017, it was announced that the IndyCar series will return to Portland during the 2018 Labor Day holiday weekend - Aug 31-Sept. 2, 2018. References External links Full Weekend Times & Results Race Box Score Drivers Standings After Race 2007 Mazda Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland 2007 2007 Grand Prix of Houston 2007 Grand Prix of Cleveland 2006 Grand Prix of Portland 2018 Grand Prix of PortlandIndyCar Series event Portland, Oregon Mazda Champ Car Grand Prix Category:Grand Prix of Portland Category:2007 in Portland, Oregon