Team
Player's drivers Paul Tracy and Patrick Carpentier completed their first track
test sessions this morning in preparation for Sunday's Grand Prix of Monterey
at Laguna Seca Raceway.
Carpentier
finished second with a lap time of 1 minute 11.017 seconds around the
3.602-kilometre (2.238-mile) road course. He averaged 182.578 km/h. His teammate
Tracy was fifth with a lap time of 1 minute 11.475 seconds
(181.408 km/h).
Fastest
of the 19 drivers entered for Round 7 of the Champ Car World Series was Bruno
Junqueira who posted a lap time of 1 minute 10.751 seconds (183.264 km/h). The
Brazilian driver was followed by Carpentier, Sébastien Bourdais of France and
Spaniard Oriol Servia. Tracy completed the top five. Alex Tagliani finished 16th.
Drivers
will return on track this afternoon for the first qualifying session beginning
at 2:30 p.m. local time (5:30 p.m. Eastern Time). A full report on today's activities will follow.