Vegas: Bourdais nips Tracy in first practice session

On a track still quite dusty, defending Champ Car champion Sebastien Bourdais turned the fastest lap on the new 2.44-mile downtown street circuit in Las Vegas where practice began for the season opener. Close behind was his old nemesis Paul Tracy. Justin Wilson was third.

Pos Driver # Lap Time Mph Gap
1 S. Bourdais 1 1:24.384 104.096
2 P. Tracy 3 1:24.460 104.002 0.076
3 J. Wilson 9 1:24.768 103.624 0.384
4 S. Pagenaud 15 1:24.999 103.342 0.615
5 N. Jani 21 1:25.463 102.781 1.079
6 A. Tagliani 8 1:25.559 102.666 1.175
7 G. Rahal 2 1:25.682 102.519 1.298
8 W. Power 5 1:26.064 102.064 1.680
9 M. Halliday 42 1:26.161 101.949 1.777
10 B. Junqueira 19 1:26.230 101.867 1.846
11 A. Figge 29 1:26.402 101.664 2.018
12 T. Gommendy 22 1:26.494 101.556 2.110
13 M. Dominguez 7 1:27.099 100.851 2.715
14 R. Doornbos 14 1:27.542 100.340 3.158
15 R. Dalziel 28 1:28.629 99.110 4.245
16 K. Legge 11 1:29.121 98.563 4.737
17 D. Clarke 4 1:29.180 98.497 4.796