Champ Car trying out new ideas for 2008

Champ Car established a new rule for the first practice session in Mexico City. Each entrant received eight sets of tires (six primary and two alternate) of the total nine sets allocated for the event as usual. The ninth set (primary) was to be earned in the Friday morning practice. The 75-minute practice session was divided into two segments, with 15 minutes downtime between segments. Segment one consisted of 30 minutes of guaranteed green time, while segment two was run for the remainder of the scheduled session time with no guaranteed green time. Each entrant that completed a minimum of 12 laps during segment one was provided with their ninth set of tires. Just like in Australia, where the morning practice awarded qualifying laps, here in Mexico City, the teams were awarded tires. This is just part of new ideas that Champ Car is trying out as a test to possibly initiate in 2008, as the series prepares for a bigger and better season. Rocketsports PR