ATLANTICS:
1. James Hinchcliffe, Sierra Sierra Enterprises – 1:18.785/108.752 mph
2. Raphael Matos, Sierra Sierra Enterprises – 1:19.169/108.224 mph
3. Robert Wickens (R), Red Bull Team Forsythe – 1:19.360/107.964 mph
4. David Garza (R), US RaceTronics – 1:19.390/107.923 mph
5. Jonathan Bomarito, PR1 Motorsports – 1:19.500/107.774 mph
6. Giacomo Ricci (R), Conquest Racing – 1:19.553/107.702 mph
7. Carl Skerlong (R), US RaceTronics – 1:19.589/107.653 mph
8. Daniel Herrington (R), Newman Wachs Racing – 1:19.768/107.411 mph
9. Matt Lee (R), Conquest Racing – 1:19.780/107.395 mph
10. John Edwards (R), Red Bull Team Forsythe – 1:19.784/107.390 mph
11. J.R. Hildebrand (R), Newman Wachs Racing – 1:19.831/107.327 mph
12. Junior Strous (R), Condor Motorsports – 1:19.977/107.131 mph
13. Simona De Silvestro (R), Walker Racing – 1:20.075/107.000 mph
14. Ryan Lewis, Walker Racing – 1:20.391/106.579 mph
15. Adrian Carrio (R), Genoa Racing – 1:20.408/106.557 mph
16. Alan Sciuto, Gelles Racing – 1:20.508/106.424 mph
17. Gavin Cronje (R), Gelles Racing – 1:20.885/105.928 mph
18. Justin Sofio, Mathiasen Motorsports – 1:20.924/105.877 mph
19. Mike Forest (R), PR1 Motorsports – 1:21.149/105.584 mph
20. Tom Sutherland (R), Jensen MotorSport – 1:21.153/105.578 mph
21. Dominick Muermans (R), Jensen MotorSport – 1:21.239/105.467 mph
22. Tonis Kasemets, Polestar Racing Group – 1:21.569/105.040 mph
23. Frankie Muniz (R), Jensen MotorSport – 1:21.739/104.821 mph
24. Adrien Herberts (R), Paladin Motorsports – 1:21.928/104.580 mph
25. Richard Heistand (R), Gelles Racing – 1:23.929/102.086 mph
CHAMP CARS:
1. Power – Team Australia 1:10.040
2. Rahal - Newman/Haas 1:10:079
3. Jani - Red Bull PKV 1:10:160
4. Bourdais - Newman/Haas 1:10:333
5. Junqueira - Coyne 1:10.560
6. Pagenaud - Team Australia 1:10:776
7. Philippe - Conquest 1:11:035
8. Wilson - RuSPORT 1:11:179
9. Doornbos - Minardi 1:11:216
10. Servia - RuSPORT 1:11:257
11. Tracy - Forsythe 1:11:591
12. Legge - Coyne 1:11:607
13. Dalziel - Pacific Coast 1:11:658
14. Tagliani - Rocketsports 1:12:161
15. Figge - Pacific Coast Motorsports 1:13:567
Those are the headlines, now the RUMOURS behind them...
The Drivers in bold above are confirmed with those teams for the 2007 season. Notice how the new Panoz Chassis has made times extremely close - at least for now!! The empty CCWS seats and the drivers RUMORED to be possible for them are…
Newman Haas (1 seat) – Graham Rahal
Minardi USA – (2 or 3 seats) Robert Doornbos, Nelson Philippe, Dan Clarke
Forsythe (1) – Nelson Philippe, Tiago Montiero
Coyne (2) – Bruno Junquiera, Katherine Legge, Andreas Wirth
Conquest (1) - Jan Heylen, Andrew Ranger, Charles Zwolsman, Alex Premat
PKV (1) – Oriol Servia (fastest at Sebring test,) Scott Speed
Rocketsports (1?) – Oriol Servia, Nicky Pastorelli
RuSPORT (1) Mario Dominguez, Oriol Servia
So doing the math and depending upon how things shake out we may have as many as 20 cars or as few as 18.
And BTW, Champ Car has confirmed that we will be employing the first-ever Champ car standing start in Las Vegas on beautiful Easter Sunday. God Bless us all!!! I would also expect a few more big announcements about the series between now and then.
JHS
