Bourdais fastest again today, but loose pole position to Power source: Flagworld Champ Car World Series triple champion posted the fastest time in today's qualifying session but he lost the privilege to start from pole position for the race tomorrow. After more than three hours of discussions, race officials decided to penalize Bourdais and strip him of his best time for blocking another driver on track. Will Power will start from pole and Bourdais will share front line due to his qualifying position on Friday. Behind them will be Justin Wilson and Neel Jani on second row. Oriol Servia and rookie Graham Rahal will share third line. Bourdais was not the only racer to receive a penalty. Alexandre Tagliani was also penalized for a dangerous way he rejoined the track from pit lane. He was stripped of his fastest lap and will start the race from a deceiving 11th place. Do not miss our photo photo album The starting grid for Sunday's race: 1. Will Power Team Australia 57.405 2. S.Bourdais Newman/Haas/Lanigan 57.653 + 0.248 3. Justin Wilson RSPORTS 57.533 + 0.291 4. Neel Jani PKV 57.753 + 0.511 5. Oriol Servia Forsythe Championship 57.790 + 0.548 6. Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan 57.896 + 0.654 7. Simon Pagenaud Team Australia 57.929 + 0.687 8. Tristan Gommendy PKV 58.026 + 0.784 9. Mario Dominguez Forsythe Championship 58.079 + 0.837 10. Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne 58.169 + 0.927 11. Alex Tagliani RSPORTS 58.261 + 0.0856 12. Dan Clarke Minardi Team USA 58.355 + 1.113 13. Robert Doornbos Minardi Team USA 58.569 + 1.327 14. Matthew Halliday Conquest 58.577 + 1.335 15. Ryan Dalziel Pacific Coast Motorsports 58.835 + 1.593 16. Roberto Moreno Pacific Coast Motorsports 59.231 + 1.989 17. Katherine Legge Dale Coyne 59.257 + 2.015
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