Will Power Fastest On First Day In Zolder, Belgium
Written by Scott Keller · August 24, 2007
In case you didn’t know, Champ Car is in Europe for a swing of two races. They kicked off the weekend today, and Will Power showed the way.
You might notice a very important drive from Belgium that did not post a time: Jan Heyelen. He and several others sat out the session after some sort of incident that involved Dan Clarke. It is hard to say what happened yet, because I have not seen any footage. Conquest Racing has a statement below about the incident. But first, here are the results of today’s session with only 13 cars posting times.
Pos Driver # Team Lap Time Mph km/h Leader Previous
1 W. Power 5 Team Australia 1:13.810 121.545 195.607
2 S. Bourdais 1 Newman/ Haas/ Lanigan Racing 1:14.023 121.195 195.044 0.213
3 S. Pagenaud 15 Team Australia 1:14.030 121.183 195.025 0.220 0.007
4 G. Rahal 2 Newman/ Haas/ Lanigan Racing 1:14.224 120.867 194.516 0.414 0.194
5 B. Junqueira 19 Dale Coyne Racing 1:14.433 120.527 193.969 0.623 0.209
6 T. Gommendy 22 PKV Racing 1:14.590 120.273 193.560 0.780 0.157
7 O. Servia 7 Forsythe Championship Racing 1:14.812 119.917 192.987 1.002 0.222
8 N. Jani 21 PKV Racing 1:14.823 119.899 192.958 1.013 0.011
9 P. Tracy 3 Forsythe Championship Racing 1:14.829 119.889 192.942 1.019 0.006
10 A. Tagliani 8 RSPORTS 1:14.960 119.680 192.606 1.150 0.131
11 J. Wilson 9 RSPORTS 1:15.041 119.551 192.398 1.231 0.081
12 R. Dalziel 28 Pacific Coast Motorsports 1:15.498 118.827 191.233 1.688 0.457
13 K. Legge 11 Dale Coyne Racing 1:15.603 118.662 190.968 1.793 0.105
STATEMENT FROM CONQUEST RACING
Due to the incident involving Jan Heylen (#34 Grafiprint / Cosworth / DP01 / Bridgestone) during Friday morning’s practice session, Conquest Racing will not be participating in the provisional qualifying session. The incident, caused by Dan Clarke, involved a total of four cars from the field and resulted in extensive damage to the #34 Grafiprint car. The team will be working hard to fix Jan’s car tonight and he will be back in the cockpit for Saturday’s morning practice session and final qualifying.
Event Information:
The eleventh round of the Champ Car World Series will be held at the Champ Car Grand Prix of Belgium at Zolder. The Circuit of Zolder is a 2.492-mile road course.
When:
Friday, August 24th - Sunday, August 26th. The green flag drops on the eleventh round at 8:00 a.m. EST, 2:00 p.m. local.
TV Broadcast:
Race will be broadcast on ESPN Classic beginning at 8:00 a.m. EST on Sunday, August 26th. In Belgium, RTBF will be broadcasting the race at 15h45 and VT4 will be broadcasting at 14h30.
About Conquest Racing
1991 Indy Lights Champion Eric Bachelart started Conquest Racing in 1997 to compete in the Indy Lights series, scoring a podium finish with driver Christophe Tinseau in the team’s first season. Conquest Racing competed in the next four seasons in Indy Lights, winning races with Felipe Giaffone and Kristian Kolby.
Conquest Racing contested the 2002 Indy Racing League season with rookie Laurent Redon, netting a podium finish in just the third race of the season and clinching the Rookie of the Year award.
Conquest Racing rejoined the Champ Car family in 2003, stepping up to the Champ Car World Series with Brazilian Mario Haberfeld and scoring eleven top-ten finishes despite competing with a Reynard. Conquest Racing continued its tradition of working well with young drivers in 2004 as Justin Wilson took second in the Roshfrans Rookie of the Year battle, with Nelson Philippe scoring two top-ten finishes after joining the team in the closing stages of the season.
Conquest continued a long history of developing young drivers in 2006, as Andrew Ranger returned for his sophomore season to take tenth in the driver’s championship, the third consecutive season for the team to have a driver in the top-ten. 2005 Champ Car Atlantic Champion Charles Zwolsman finished thirteenth in his rookie season, taking seven consecutive top-ten finishes with the team as he improved progressively throughout the season.
Additional information available at: www.conquestracing.com
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