Pagenaud tops Zolder warm-up
Last year's Atlantic stars headed the field in Sunday warm-up for the inaugural Champ Car Grand Prix of Belgium, with Simon Pagenaud of Team Australia and Graham Rahal of Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing taking the top two slots
Pagenaud's lap of 1:14.617 put him 0.23 seconds ahead of Rahal, and gave him an average lap speed of 120.230mph, as both rookies revealed that their pace was masked by poor qualifying session yesterday.
Rahal's pole-sitting teammate Sebastien Bourdais was third fastest, ahead of closest championship rival Robert Doornbos (Team Minardi USA).
Oriol Servia was fifth quickest for Forsythe Championship Racing just ahead of local hero, Jan Heylen in the Conquest Racing entry.
The session was stopped on the installation lap when Katherine Legge's Dale Coyne Racing entry lost its right rear wheel. The Briton did not re-emerge.
Pos Driver Team Time 1. Simon Pagenaud Team Australia 1:14.617 2. Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 1:14.841 + 0.224 3. S.Bourdais Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 1:14.850 + 0.233 4. Robert Doornbos Minardi Team USA 1:15.174 + 0.557 5. Oriol Servia Forsythe Championship Racing 1:15.180 + 0.563 6. Jan Heylen Conquest Racing 1:15.222 + 0.605 7. Justin Wilson RuSPORT 1:15.339 + 0.722 8. Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 1:15.358 + 0.741 9. Tristan Gommendy PKV Racing 1:15.421 + 0.804 10. Ryan Dalziel Pacific Coast Motorsports 1:15.638 + 1.021 11. Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing 1:15.646 + 1.029 12. Neel Jani PKV Racing 1:15.785 + 1.168 13. Will Power Team Australia 1:15.809 + 1.192 14. Mario Dominguez Minardi Team USA 1:15.871 + 1.254 15. Paul Tracy Forsythe Championship Racing 1:16.280 + 1.663 16. Alex Figge Pacific Coast Motorsports 1:16.336 + 1.719 17. Katherine Legge Dale Coyne Racing No time
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