What a great day for the Rocketsports Racing team in Montreal source: champcarworldseries.com The Molson Indy Montreal event was a success, and it was great that I was able to drive the #8 DHL Global Mail car home to a second place finish. The team really needed a result like that, I am so happy for the guys. They have been working so hard all season, and I was mad that the best result that I could give them was a sixth place finish. I knew we had what it took to be on the podium, and we were able to demonstrate that in Denver and back that performance in Montreal. I had a bit of confidence heading into this event because I had raced here before. I knew this track so I could start right out of the box preparing for the event, instead of first having to learn my way around the circuit. I made my first Formula One start in Montreal at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve last year and I was so excited to run there again, trying it this time in a Champ Car. Starting 11th on the Molson Indy Montreal grid was not exactly where me and my Rocketsports team wanted to be, but we planned to make the best of it. The first laps went well for me; I was able to get around Jimmy Vasser to gain a position on the first lap. Then I closed the gap between the ninth place car, passing Nelson Philippe on Lap Four. Then I was just stuck, I was going to remain in ninth because I couldn't get around the eighth place car, and it was holding us up. That is when my team, led by my engineer David Watson and Robin Hill, developed a different race strategy. It was a gamble, but it was the best thing for us to do at the point. So I made my first pit stop on Lap 16, pitting four laps before the leaders did. The complete article at champcarworldseries.com
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