Paul Tracy's winning
streak ends at Brands Hatch
source: F1-Live.com While Tracy was shut out of the points, his teammate Patrick Carpentier produced his best finish of the Champ Car World Series season with a fifth-place effort, up four spots from his position on the starting grid. Rookie Sebastien Bourdais of France, who qualified on the front row alongside the pole-sitting Tracy, won the race for his first career victory in the Champ Car series, while Bourdais' teammate, Brazilian Bruno Junqueira, was second and Mexico's Mario Dominguez took third for his second career podium. Canadian Alex Tagliani, who led some laps in the latter stages of the race before having to pit, finished eighth. The outcome of this fourth race of the season tightened the drivers' standings, as Tracy saw his lead over Junqueira, his closest pursuer, cut to 11 points (65-54). Carpentier continued his climb up the standings, moving into fifth with 28 points, while Tagliani stands ninth with 22 points. Tracy, seeking to win his fourth straight race and equal a feat achieved by only three other drivers since the inception of the Champ Car series in 1979, led for the first 54 laps, before his first pit stop. Bourdais, who pitted a lap later, assumed the lead when he returned and dominated for the rest of the race. Tracy was still running second after his second pit stop, but plumes of smoke appeared from the back of the car as he started getting up to speed after pitting.
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