Domination for Bourdais, frustration for Junqueira and "great overall result" for Allmendinger source: champcarworldseries.com SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS (#2 McDonald's Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) I think it cannot be better, to celebrate the championship by winning the race, having done the pole position and set the fastest lap of the race. It's just been a dominating weekend. I was so scared about not being able to give it a clear shot with an incident at the start or mechanical failure. It is a well-deserved championship for the whole McDonald's team and a fantastic achievement from the Newman/Haas Racing team. I really just scared myself and probably the rest of us when I spun the car going into the stadium. The sun was going down and the shade was gaining on the racetrack. I was trying to pass Mario. I thought he was going to let me by, and he didn't. Then I hit the bump with the rear setup, and when it came back on the racetrack, I spun immediately. I was so afraid to kill the engine at that time that I kept my foot down, spun the wheel as hard as I could. When it came back under control, I was facing the tires, used the reverse and went back out again. It was just a scary moment for a minute or two, then it came back to normal. I'm so glad it's over." BRUNO JUNQUEIRA (#6 PacifiCare Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) "I am a little frustrated finishing second in the Championship, that still is a great result. It was a hard race. I was trying to save fuel and Sebastien (Bourdais) kept pulling away. I was just waiting to see if he was going to have any problems. Then he spun and he was very lucky to have stayed away from the wall. On my last pit stop, we put on the hard tires and the PacifiCare car was better. We were getting closer to Sebastien, but I had to battle with traffic. So was a shame because they didn't penalize the people that didn't let me and Sebastien race. It was pretty shame because the last 10 laps I was racing traffic instead of racing Sebastien. I am happy for Sebastien and the team, it was a close battle. It was a great year for Newman/Haas Racing. I will just work harder for next year." A.J. ALLMENDINGER (#10 Western Union Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) "This weekend has been great overall. We made a mistake in qualifying yesterday with the car setup, and that's what put us back in seventh. I figured we were probably third quickest in qualifying yesterday, too. But overall, the team has done a great job throughout the whole year, rookie team trying to learn the series, finding out how difficult it is. We just got through the turn one wreck and after that, saved some fuel early on, and then the car was absolutely amazing throughout the first two stints. Then the last stint, the car just had way too much understeer. But, overall, I'm thrilled with the finish. It's a great way to end the year and also important to start next year with a lot of momentum. So I think this will do that."
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