Long Beach: Wilson on provisional pole; Tagliani 3rdNewman Haas Lanigan's Justin Wilson took provisional pole in the first qualifying session at Long Beach.
Wilson is half a second ahead of second-placed Oriol Servia, who put his KV Racing onto the outside of the front row with a late lap just 0.029 seconds faster than Tagliani, who had to settle for third. Mario Dominguez scored Pacific Coast Motorsport's best ever Champ Car qualifying result. The Mexican took fourth place, ahead of St Petersburg winner Graham Rahal (Newman Haas Lanigan). Pos Driver Team Time 1. Justin Wilson Newman Haas Lanigan 1:07.356 2. Oriol Servia KV Racing 1:07.858 + 0.502 3. Alex Tagliani Walker 1:07.887 + 0.531 4. Mario Dominguez Pacific Coast 1:07.998 + 0.642 5. Graham Rahal Newman Haas Lanigan 1:08.172 + 0.816 6. Enrique Bernoldi Conquest 1:08.272 + 0.916 7. Franck Montagny Forsythe Pettit 1:08.325 + 0.969 8. Paul Tracy Forsythe Pettit 1:08.488 + 1.132 9. Will Power KV Racing 1:08.519 + 1.163 10. EJ Viso HVM 1:08.532 + 1.176 11. Roberto Moreno Minardi HVM 1:08.549 + 1.193 12. Alex Figge Pacific Coast 1:08.549 + 1.193 13. Antonio Pizzonia Rocketsports 1:08.658 + 1.302 14. Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne 1:08.813 + 1.457 15. Jimmy Vasser KV Racing 1:09.066 + 1.710 16. Franck Perera Conquest 1:09.153 + 1.797 17. David Martinez Forsythe Pettit 1:09.381 + 2.025 18. Mario Moraes Dale Coyne 1:09.438 + 2.082 19. Juho Annala Rocketsports 1:11.265 + 3.909 20. Nelson Philippe Minardi HVM |
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