For the third time in four Champ Car World Series races this season Englishman Justin Wilson was the only driver capable of holding a candle to runaway title leader Sebastien Bourdais but despite being beaten again by the Frenchman at Milwaukee Wilson was still happy. source: crash.net After leading pre-race testing on Friday and then qualifying fourth before going on to lead 61 of 197 laps in a typically gruelling Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225 the RuSPORT driver was tired but happy at his third runner-up spot in four races this season. "It was a tough race, between trying to chase down Sebastien while at the same time holding off Nelson," said Wilson, who finished three seconds behind the imperious Bourdais but only fractions ahead of Nelson Philippe. "Nelson had great speed in the straights, but didn't have quite as much downforce as I did in the corners. I thought I could hold him off on the outside, but then he'd steam back up on the exit of the turns. So it was tough, but I'm just really pleased. "It's a great result to finish on the podium on an oval, which is something I'm not used to," continued Wilson, who comfortably holds down second place in the championship standings, albeit a massive 31 points behind Bourdais. "I just have to thank the CDW team because it's all about the car here and they did a fantastic job."
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