The fast Frenchman won the pole with a time of 1:25.919 source: champcarworldseries.com It only took two laps for Sebastien Bourdais (#2 McDonald's Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) of Newman/Haas Racing to claim the top spot on the speed chart only continue to go faster during this afternoon's final qualifying for Round 14 of the Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford in Mexico City. The fast Frenchman won the pole with a time of 1:25.919 (116.733 mph) breaking the track record set by his teammate Bruno Junqueira back in 2002. He earns one Championship point and sits in the points lead for the Championship with a total of 22 markers. This marks Bourdais' eighth pole of the season and the eleventh time he will start on the front row in fourteen races this season. Bruno Junqueira (#6 PacifiCare Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) stayed in the fight for the Champioship by winning the provisional pole yesterday. He was guaranteed a front row starting position, however, he did post the second fastest time of the day.Rookie Justin Wilson (#34 Mi-Jack Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) of Mi-Jack Conquest ran the third best time this afternoon and will start on the inside of row two with Jimmy Vasser (#12 Gulfstream Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone). Oriol Servia (#11 yokeTV.com Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) finished fifth, rounding out the top five of the afternoon. Michel Jourdain Jr. (#9 Gigante Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) will start tenth marking the highest starting Mexican for tomorrow's race in front of their countrymen. Stay tuned for a detailed report on this afternoon's qualifying session for the Gran Premio Telmex-Tecate Presented by Banamex.
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