During the Saturday afternoon qualifying session Capello posted the fastest lap in Mosport's rich 46-year history, a sparkling time of 1:05.829 behind the wheel of an Audi R10 TDI prototype for his fourth LMP1 pole position of the 2007 season and first overall pole since 2001. He edged out Penske Motorsports' Romain Dumas by 0.09 seconds in the No. 7 Porsche RS Spyder, the LMP2 pole-winner, shattering the previous mark of 1:07.169 which was set by Frank Biela behind the wheel of an Audi R8 in August 2002. Although Dumas wasn't quite as fast as Capello, his time of 1:05.919 was good enough to reset the LMP2 qualifying record.
"I was surprised how good the grip was in the first two runs," Capello said. "I didn't push so much these practices because I never got to try new tires. And during the first run I found the grip was very good. I made a good decision to come in and ask the engineers if I could swap the rear tires because I was having trouble in the really slow corners. Then when I went back out I tried hard and found I could push hard so I ran like hell and got a great lap."
Markham, Ontario's Daniel Morad, one of Canada's young open-wheel stars, also etched his name in the Mosport record books after he turned the fastest Formula BMW USA race lap en route to clinching his first Series championship.
Among the other new records set at Mosport in 2007 were in the P1 (qualifying and race), P2 (qualifying and race) and GT2 (qualifying and race) classes of the American Le Mans Series and the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge (race).
Mosport lap records established in 2007
CLASS TYPE DRIVER/CAR DATE TIME MPH KM/H
OUTRIGHT Qual: Dindo Capello, Audi R10 TDI Aug. 2007 1:05.829 134.476 218.748
ALMS P1 Qual: Dindo Capello, Audi R10 TDI Aug. 2007 1:05.829 134.476 218.748
Race: Marco Werner, Audi R10 TD Aug. 2007 1:06.371 133.377 216.962
ALMS P2 Qual: Romain Dumas, Porsche RS Spyder Aug. 2007 1:05.919 134.292 218.449
(Revised class) Race Ryan Briscoe, Porsche RS Spyder Aug. 2007 1:06.490 133.138 216.573
ALMS GT2 Qual: Jaime Melo, Ferrari 430 GT Aug. 2007 1:17.841 113.724 184.992
Race: Jaime Melo, Ferrari 430 GT Aug. 2007 1:18.539 112.713 183.348
Formula BMW Race: Daniel Morad, Formula BMW FB02 Aug. 2007 1:23.464 106.062 172.529
USA
IMSA GT3 Race: Tom Papadopoulos, Porsche/997 Aug. 2007 1:23.260 106.322 172.952
Cup Challenge
IMSA Lites L1 Qual: Gerardo Bonilla, Elan DP02 Aug. 2007 1:19.214 111.752 181.786
Race: Gerardo Bonilla, Elan DP02 Aug. 2007 1:19.214 111.752 181.786
IMSA Lites L2 Qual: Dan McBreen, West WR1000 Aug. 2007 1:22.504 107.297 174.536
Race: Dan McBreen, West WR1000 Aug. 2007 1:22.861 106.834 173.785
IMSA Lites L3 Qual: Richard Spicer, FSCCA Sports Car Aug. 2007 1:24.937 104.223 169.537
Race: Richard Spicer, FSCCA Sports Car Aug. 2007 1:25.080 104.047 169.252
NASCAR Qual: Andrew Ranger, Ford Fusion June 2007 1:25.436 103.614 168.547
Cdn. Tire Series Race: Andrew Ranger, Ford Fusion June 2007 1:25.881 103.077 165.871
From Lee Bailie, Mosport
