Round 12 Race Thread :Assen (RACE Spoilers)

[marcus]

Now this is one track I have been waiting for all year.
The famous Assen circuit , sadly it has changed configuration in the recent past as I think the old track would have been superb , but its still a great place and should be very interesting.

I have never seen a car race on the Assen circuit and have always wondered what cars would be like and now heres my chance.


2.83 mile road course with some really challenging places around the track.

Check out the website at www.champcargp-assen.nl

and dont forget your fantasy and predictions picks in the fantasy forum.

who will take the honours for the first time at Assen ?

[marcus]

STARTING GRID

1. Sebastien Bourdais 1:18.765 (32nd Career Pole)
Newman/Haas/Laningan Racing
71st Career Start


2. Justin Wilson 1:19.710 (7th time starting 2nd)
RSPORTS
52nd Career Start


3. Tristan Gommendy 1:19.025 (1st time starting 3rd)
PKV Racing
11th Career Start


4. Neel Jani 1:19.302 (2nd time starting 4th)
PKV Racing
12th Career Start
EQUAL CAREER BEST QUALIFYING

5. Simon Pagenaud 1:19.353 (2nd time starting 5th)
Team Australia Racing
12th Career Start


6. Graham Rahal 1:19.373 (3rd time starting 6th)
Newman/Haas/Laningan Racing
12th Career Start


7. Jan Heylen 1:19.412 (1st time starting 7th)
Conquest Racing
23rd Career Start
CAREER BEST QUALIFYING

8. Will Power 1:19.415 (1st time starting 8th)
Team Australia Racing
28th Career Start


9. Robert Doornbos 1:19.612 (1st time starting 9th)
Minardi Team USA
12th Career Start


10. Dan Clarke 1:19.718 (3rd time starting 10th)

Minardi Team USA
25th Career Start


11. Bruno Junquiera 1:19.813 (3rd time starting 11th)
Dale Coyne Racing
99th Career Start


12. Alex Tagliani 1:19.934 (5th time starting 12th)
RSPORTS
129th Career Start


13. Oriol Servia 1:20.033 (10th time starting 13th)
Forsythe Championship Racing
124th Career Start


14. Katherine Legge 1:20.548 (3rd time starting 14th)
Dale Coyne Racing
26th Career Start


15. Ryan Dalziel 1:20.744 (4th time starting 15th)
Pacific Coast Motorsports
12th Career Start


16. Alex Figge 1:21.039 (3rd time starting 16th)
Pacific Coast Motorsports
11th Career Start


17. Paul Tracy 1:22.936 (9th time starting 17th)
Forsythe Championship Racing
259th Career Start

[marcus]

RACE RESULTS

1.Justin Wilson (4th Career Victory)


2.Jan Heylen (1st time finishing 2nd))
CAREER BEST FINISH

3.Bruno Junqueira (9th time finishing 3rd)


4.Tristan Gommendy (1st time finishing 4th)
CAREER BEST FINISH

5.Neel Jani (1st time finishinh 5th)


6.Simon Pagenaud (1st time Finishing 6th)


7.Sebastien Bourdais (2nd time finishing 7th)


8.Oriol Servia (5th time finishing 8th)


9.Graham Rahal (2nd time finishing 9th)


10.Ryan Dalziel (2nd time Finishing 10th)


11.Dan Clarke (3rd time finishing 11th)


12.Katherine Legge (2nd time finishing 12th)


13.Robert Doornbos (2nd time Finishing 13th)


14.Will Power (1st time finishing 14th)


15.Alex Tagliani (4th time Finishing 15th)


16.Alex Figge (2nd time finishing 16th)



DID NOT FINISH

Paul Tracy 101st Career DNF


CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

1 Sebastien Bourdais 301
2 Justin Wilson 243
3 Robert Doornbos (R) 238
4 Will Power 228
5 Graham Rahal (R) 209
6 Oriol Servia 204
7 Neel Jani (R) 203
8 Simon Pagenaud (R) 192
9 Bruno Junqueira 191
10 Alex Tagliani 180
11 Tristan Gommendy (R) 140
12 Paul Tracy 137
13 Dan Clarke 121
14 Ryan Dalziel (R) 116
15 Jan Heylen 104
16 Katherine Legge 96
17 Alex Figge (R) 77
18 Mario Dominguez 53
19 Matt Halliday (R) 18
20 Roberto Moreno 9


ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

1 Robert Doornbos (R) 238
2 Graham Rahal (R) 209
3 Neel Jani (R) 203
4 Simon Pagenaud (R) 192
5 Tristan Gommendy (R) 140
6 Ryan Dalziel (R) 116
7 Alex Figge (R) 77
8 Matt Halliday (R) 18

[marcus]

One question I have straight up is will Dan Clarke be driving ?

Or will Champcar keep him out of this event as well ?

I havent heard anything official as of yet

[marcel82]

I heard they expected a decision on Friday (which is way to late, if you ask me)

[D.R.T.]

How do we think open wheelers will go on the circuit ? Seems a little narrow.

[luke]

So was Zolder, I think they'll do fine.

[mac]

I've always thought Assen was a great track, but would be rubbish for cars.

It might be nice to drive, but I just don't really think it will produce great racing. I hope I am proved incredibly wrong though...

[mountainstar]

I heard ticket sales for assen are very strong with at least 50K already sold for raceday.

[Knowlesy]

It's a bike circuit, so don't hold your breath for a thriller.

I do, however, hope I am wrong and I suppose it will be interesting to see these cars on such a track.

[mp356a]

Dan Clarke has been cleared to drive.

[D.R.T.]

It seems Clarke tried his hand at a few other things over the Zolder weekend, lollypop man, race control so hopefully we will see a different Dan Clarke this weekend.

Maybe a win. Wouldnt that be a story

[Tim Northcutt]

I'm interested in seeing how they run at Assen, because some of the renovations they made a few years ago were designed to have the track accommodate cars pretty well, IIRC.

I've always thought that the LMS sportscars should have consider going to Assen...the Spyker andLammers factors alone would've drawn Dutch fans in droves to the race.

I believe that they will turn out to cheer on Doornbos as well, since he is in contention for the championship and is having a great season.

[Knowlesy]

It'll be very packed I'd say. The Dutch love motor racing, properly knowledgeable. They turned out in droves to see Verstappen, so how they'll turn out for a driver with a modicum of success boggles the mind!

[marcus]

PRACTICE 1 RESULTS


1 S. Bourdais 1:20.234
2 G. Rahal 1:20.268
3 S. Pagenaud 1:20.294
4 O. Servia 1:20.399
5 J. Wilson 1:20.550
6 T. Gommendy 1:20.566
7 W. Power 1:20.634
8 D. Clarke 1:20.733
9 N. Jani 1:20.813
10 J. Heylen 1:21.179
11 R. Doornbos 1:21.309
12 B. Junqueira 1:21.355
13 A. Tagliani 1:21.403
14 P. Tracy 1:21.671
15 R. Dalziel 1:21.889
16 K. Legge 1:22.302
17 A. Figge 1:22.760

[D.R.T.]

Top 10 are mighty tight

[marcus]

well this has to be one of the most pleasing sights of the season I believe.

PRACTICE 2 RESULTS

1 J. Heylen 1:19.759
2 G. Rahal 1:19.997
3 N. Jani 1:20.496
4 O. Servia 1:20.747
5 R. Doornbos 1:20.752
6 T. Gommendy 1:20.895
7 B. Junqueira 1:20.898
8 S. Pagenaud 1:21.237
9 W. Power 1:21.319
10 S. Bourdais 1:21.341
11 J. Wilson 1:22.278
12 P. Tracy 1:22.324
13 D. Clarke 1:22.384
14 A. Tagliani 1:22.428
15 R. Dalziel 1:23.686
16 K. Legge 1:24.004
17 A. Figge 1:30.854


GO JAN YOU GOOD THING !!!!!

[marcel82]

woot!

Hope he pulls through in Q1, get a front row start on Sunday

[icemachine]

Pos Driver Lap Time
1 J. Wilson 01:30.7
2 S. Pagenaud 01:31.6
3 T. Gommendy 01:31.7
4 G. Rahal 01:31.9
5 O. Servia 01:31.9
6 S. Bourdais 01:32.2
7 W. Power 01:32.3
8 R. Doornbos 01:32.3
9 A. Tagliani 01:32.6
10 P. Tracy 01:32.7
11 N. Jani 01:33.0
12 B. Junqueira 01:33.3
13 A. Figge 01:33.7
14 D. Clarke 01:33.7
15 J. Heylen 01:33.8
16 R. Dalziel 01:34.1
17 K. Legge 01:36.1

[luke]

icemachine; did you mean q1 results?

[icemachine]

Yep, already edited

[marcus]

yeah thats qualifying 1 results

seems a shower of rain passed by dropping times by 10 seconds , a shame Heylen couldnt produce his lap of practice 2 but great to see Wilson up there

[marcel82]

looks like the other teams were preparing for the rain in FP2, and that's why Jan was fastest then

still nice of him

[D.R.T.]

Great Qualifying 1 result for Justin Wilson.

Hopefully Doornbos and Power can put in a strong qualifying 2 today

[Hazard]

Hmmm, another Bourdais pole.

All PKV row 2. Minardi back on row 5. Tracy last.

Title time is nigh.