Gulfstream 6 Champ Car

No, Gulfstream hasn't announced they are developing a new GVI. The Gulfstream 6 is PKV Racing's number 6 Champ Car driven by Oriol Servia's and sponsored by Gulfstream. Oriol has put together a decent season to date and was challenging for the lead of the race this weekend when an unfortunate accident knocked him out of the running. The race was eventually won by American A.J. Allmendinger, his 3rd in a row.

Throughout the course of the season the BusinessJetBlog will keep you informed of the progress of the Gulfstream 6, Oriol Servia, and PKV racing.

The PKV Racing site summed up Oriol's race in the following manner "Servia, who started fifth, dropped to sixth on the opening lap. When the leaders pitted during an early yellow flag on lap 11, the Gulfstream – PKV Racing team decided to stay out moving Servia into second place. He ran in second until lap 25 when he was forced to pit after experiencing a problem with the left front of the car. Rejoining the race in 12th place, but with plenty of clear track, Servia was able to unleash his car and rapidly began to gain track position. He was already ninth by the time the leaders began to pit for the second time, between laps 46 and 50, moving him into fourth. More importantly the track position Servia gained by being out of sequence and running on clear track really paid off when he made his second stop on lap 54. Servia came out of the pits following the stop in fifth place, but one lap later dropped to seventh when he and Alex Tagliani touched wheels allowing Justin Wilson and Tagliani to get by. Servia, who easily had enough fuel to finish the race, regrouped and was once again on the move. When Phillipe and Tagliani, who were using different out sequence strategies, pitted on lap 64 and 70 respectively, Servia was back in fifth. At that point he began to use his fuel advantage to press the car ahead. Six laps later, Phillipe came up from behind and appeared to miss, or even forget about, his braking point ramming Servia from behind and sending both cars sliding into the tires."