Power wins chaotic Toronto race

Power beat PKV Racing's Neel Jani and RSPORTS driver Justin Wilson to the chequered flag. The Team Australia driver remained composed while all around him there was carnage and a plethora of full-course cautions.

With Sebastien Bourdais failing to finish, Power has launched himself firmly back into the championship frame.

Bourdais was punted unceremoniously into the tyre wall by new nemesis Robert Doornbos of Minardi Team USA as they fought over fifth place. Ironically, Doornbos now leads the title chase.

Two accidents at the start eliminated Paul Tracy of Forsythe Championship Racing, Tristan Gommendy of PKV, Jan Heylen's Conquest car and Katherine Legge's Dale Coyne entry.

Oriol Servia looked set to uphold Forsythe honour as he was leading Bourdais and Wilson until he started to run low on fuel on his last lap before the restart. He would later join the long list of casualties.

Ryan Dalziel, who had pitted for wet tyres and fuel at exactly the right time as the rain started coming down harder, then led for much of the race, and on the penultimate restart the Pacific Coast Motorsports driver had given up places only to Power and Jani.

However, the young Scot had Wilson slide up the inside of him, and the RSPORTS car's rear drifted wide pushing the Pacific Coast car into the tyres terminally.

That allowed Simon Pagenaud, whose broken front wing had caused the original shunt at the start of the race into fourth place, with Bruno Junqueira nabbing fifth for Dale Coyne Racing.

Doornbos, following his clash with Bourdais, was able to pit for a front wing and return to action to claim sixth.

Classified:

Pos  Driver               Team                        Time
 1.  Will Power           Team Australia              1h45:58.568
 2.  Neel Jani            PKV                         +     2.972
 3.  Justin Wilson        RSPORTS                     +     3.480
 4.  Simon Pagenaud       Team Australia              +     5.643
 5.  Bruno Junqueira      Dale Coyne                  +    20.738
 6.  Robert Doornbos      Minardi Team USA            +    1 Lap
 7.  Ryan Dalziel         Pacific Coast Motorsports   +    1 Lap
 8.  Alex Tagliani        RSPORTS                     +    2 Laps

Retirements:

     Driver               Team                       Laps
     Sebastien Bourdais   Newman/Haas/Lanigan         67
     Oriol Servia         Forsythe Championship       56
     Graham Rahal         Newman/Haas/Lanigan         52
     Dan Clarke           Minardi Team USA            43
     Jan Heylen           Conquest                     1
     Paul Tracy           Forsythe Championship        0
     Tristan Gommendy     PKV                          0
     Katherine Legge      Dale Coyne                   0
     Alex Figge           Pacific Coast Motorsports    0

Fastest lap: Bourdais, 1:00.083 on lap 34