Source: Team Australia
Both Team Australia drivers Will Power and Simon Pagenaud have their own reasons to be more determined than ever to make this weekend's event a strong one for the Aussie Vineyards-backed team, the final event of the 14-race 2007 Champ Car World Series. Power earned his fourth pole position for the season at the last event, the Lexmark Indy 300 on the Gold Coast in Australia. The Australian was keen to earn a win on home soil at the Surfers Paradise street circuit, only for his race to turn sour with an incident in pit lane. Despite racing with two hairline fractures in his left wrist as a result of a crash during last month's Lexmark Indy 300, Power will charge with everything he has got this weekend in Mexico to put the heartbreak of the Gold Coast behind him with a strong finish. For Pagenaud this weekend represents the final chance for the Frenchman to record a podium finish in his debut season in Champ Car. It was at this race last season that Power scored his first Champ Car podium, also in the final race of the season. After six top five finishes from 13 races this year, Pagenaud could potentially earn the impressive statistic of a top five in 50 percent of his starts in his rookie season with a top five in Mexico. But while the Frenchman has one eye on consistency and the Rookie of the Year standings, which see him only seven points away from the runner-up position, it's a debut podium result that Pagenaud is pushing for in the #15 Aussie Vineyards Team Australia DP01 this weekend.
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