Bourdais tops practice 3 in Mexico City
Provisional pole sitter Sebastien Bourdais, visibly attacking the challenging Mexico City turns with tail-out driving, topped Saturday morning warm-up for Sunday's Mexico City Champ Car race. PKV's Neel Jani was 2nd fastest ahead of Robert Doornbos who improved significantly from Friday. Justin Wilson and Will Power rounded out thee top-5.
Final qualifying is next up this afternoon.
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Pos |
Driver | # | Team | Lap Time | Mph | Leader |
| 1 | S. Bourdais | 1 | Newman/ Haas/ Lanigan Racing | 1:24.815 | 117.743 | |
| 2 | N. Jani | 21 | PKV Racing | 1:24.882 | 117.650 | 0.067 |
| 3 | R. Doornbos | 14 | Minardi Team USA | 1:24.918 | 117.601 | 0.103 |
| 4 | J. Wilson | 9 | RuSPORTS | 1:24.943 | 117.566 | 0.128 |
| 5 | W. Power | 5 | Team Australia | 1:25.072 | 117.388 | 0.257 |
| 6 | P. Tracy | 3 | Forsythe Championship Racing | 1:25.886 | 116.275 | 1.071 |
| 7 | O. Servia | 22 | PKV Racing | 1:25.939 | 116.203 | 1.124 |
| 8 | D. Clarke | 4 | Minardi Team USA | 1:26.216 | 115.830 | 1.401 |
| 9 | S. Pagenaud | 15 | Team Australia | 1:26.248 | 115.787 | 1.433 |
| 10 | D. Martinez | 7 | Forsythe Championship Racing | 1:26.305 | 115.711 | 1.490 |
| 11 | B. Junqueira | 19 | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:26.516 | 115.428 | 1.701 |
| 12 | G. Rahal | 2 | Newman/ Haas/ Lanigan Racing | 1:26.564 | 115.364 | 1.749 |
| 13 | N. Philippe | 34 | Conquest Racing | 1:26.642 | 115.260 | 1.827 |
| 14 | A. Figge | 29 | Pacific Coast Motorsports | 1:26.780 | 115.077 | 1.965 |
| 15 | M. Dominguez | 28 | Pacific Coast Motorsports | 1:26.808 | 115.040 | 1.993 |
| 16 | A. Tagliani | 8 | Rocketsports | 1:26.957 | 114.843 | 2.142 |
| 17 | K. Legge | 11 | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:27.903 | 113.607 | 3.088 |