2006 Champ Car season explained

The 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season was the 28th overall and the third and penultimate season of the Champ Car World Series era of American open wheel racing. It began on April 9, 2006 in Long Beach, California and ended on November 12 in Mexico City, Mexico after 14 races. The Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford Drivers' Champion was Sébastien Bourdais, his third consecutive championship. He was the first driver to win three American open wheel National Championships in a row since Ted Horn in 1948. The Rookie of the Year was Will Power.

Drivers and teams

The 2.65 liter turbo V8 Ford - Cosworth XFE engine continued to be the exclusive power plant for the series. Bridgestone also continued as the exclusive series tire supplier. The two companies continued the marketing agreement that branded the series Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford. All teams ran the Lola B02/00 chassis, the final year these chassis would be run in the series.

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2006 Champ Car season.

Team	No	Drivers	Races	Primary Sponsors
Newman/Haas Racing	1	Sébastien Bourdais	All	McDonald's
	2	Bruno Junqueira	All	Hole in the Wall Camps
Forsythe Racing	3	Paul Tracy	1-13	Indeck
		David Martínez	14	Telmex
	7	Mario Domínguez	1-4	Roshfrans
		A. J. Allmendinger	5-13	Indeck
		Buddy Rice	14
CTE Racing-HVM	4	Nelson Philippe	All	A Bird & A Bear Entertainment
	14	Dan Clarke	All
				The Imagine Appeal
Team Australia	5	Will Power	All	Aussie Vineyards
	15	Alex Tagliani	All
PKV Racing	6		All	Gulfstream
	12	Jimmy Vasser	1	Bell Micro
	20	Katherine Legge	All	Optium Bell Micro
Rocketsports Racing	8	Antônio Pizzonia	1	Champ Car Rotax Kart Challenge
		Nicky Pastorelli	2-6, 8-11	Bavaria City Racing Curacao Tourist Board
		Mario Domínguez	12-14	Pemex
	18	Tõnis Kasemets	5-8, 12	Flexovit Abrasives
		Antônio Pizzonia	11, 13-14	Team Brasil Lexington Energy Services
RuSPORT	9	Justin Wilson	1-12, 14	CDW
	10	A. J. Allmendinger	1-4	RuSPORT
		Cristiano da Matta	5-9
		Ryan Briscoe	13-14
Dale Coyne Racing	11	Jan Heylen	All	Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q Muermans Media Mall BergHOFF
	19	Cristiano da Matta	1-4	Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q
		Mario Domínguez	5-11
		Juan Cáceres	12
		Andreas Wirth	13-14
Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	27	Andrew Ranger	All	Tide Mi-Jack MSR Houston Racing School Grand Prix of Montreal Wal-Mart
	34	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	All	Mi-Jack GoldenPalace.net

Team and driver changes

• Newman/Haas Racing retained their 2005 Series Champion Sébastien Bourdais for the season, who was re-joined by Bruno Junqueira, who began the 2005 season with Newman-Haas but was replaced by Oriol Servià after sustaining a season-ending back injury in the 2005 Indianapolis 500.
• Oriol Servià, in turn, joined PKV Racing, replacing Cristiano da Matta.^[1] Joining Servià was newcomer Katherine Legge, a three-time race winner in Champ Car's primary feeder series, the Toyota Atlantic Championship. Legge became the first woman to run a full season of Champ Car racing.^[2]
• PKV co-owner Jimmy Vasser, the 1996 IndyCar champion, drove a third team car at the Grand Prix of Long Beach. While a preseason press release hinted at further appearances in 2006, it was Vasser's only appearance as a driver in a Champ Car until the 2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, the final race contested under Champ Car rules.^[3]
• Two teams standing pat with their driving lineup for 2006 were Forsythe Championship Racing, retaining Paul Tracy and Mario Domínguez,^[4] and RuSPORT with Justin Wilson and A. J. Allmendinger. However, both teams would see changes while the season was still young.
• Walker Racing continued its branding as Team Australia and kept the same drivers that they ended the 2005 season with, retaining both Alex Tagliani and Will Power.^[5]
• Mi-Jack Conquest Racing kept Andrew Ranger from their 2005 team. Ranger was joined by Charles Zwolsman Jr., the 2005 Toyota Atlantic Championship series champion.^[6]
• CTE-HVM Racing signed two new drivers after using four last year, with Nelson Philippe^[7] matched up with rookie Dan Clarke as his teammate.^[8]
• Dale Coyne Racing picked up the biggest wild card for 2006, signing 2002 series champion Cristiano da Matta as their number one driver alongside a debutant Belgian, Jan Heylen.^[9]
• Rocketsports Racing began the year as a one-car team. Former WilliamsF1 driver Antônio Pizzonia signed on with a one-race contract for Long Beach.^[10]

Mid-season changes

• Dutchman Nicky Pastorelli was announced as Rocketsports Racing's "full-time" driver on April 28.^[11] Pastorelli was a test driver for Jordan Grand Prix in 2005 and in October 2005 had been originally introduced as the third driver for the team which was renamed Midland F1 Racing after the 2005 season,^[12] but that opportunity fell through in December when one of Pastorelli's investors backed out of the deal.^[13] It would not be the last time Nicky would have sponsorship problems.
• On June 9, following the race at the Milwaukee Mile, the RuSPORT team announced that they were replacing A. J. Allmendinger with Cristiano da Matta.^[14] The change was surprise, as Allmendinger had been the cornerstone of the team since its founding in 2002. The Champ Car series was temporarily left without an American driver.
• On June 12 Forsythe Racing announced that they were parting company with Mario Domínguez. Domínguez had crashed on this opening lap of the Milwaukee race, taking out himself and his teammate Paul Tracy as well as Bruno Junqueira. The series stewards penalized him for the crash, stripping him of the points earned for his 14th-place finish.^[15] Two days later the open seat was filled as A. J. Allmendinger was announced as Domínguez's replacement at Forsythe, a pairing that was quickly rewarded with victories in the following three races starting at Portland.^[16] Meanwhile, Domínguez moved to Dale Coyne Racing to take the seat vacated by da Matta.
• Rocketsports Racing expanded back to a two-car team beginning with the Portland race. Atlantic series veteran Tõnis Kasemets became the first Champ Car driver of Estonian descent. Kasemets was initially slated to run six races for the team, but would only end up running five races.^[17]
• Rocketsports Racing reverted to a one-car team at Toronto when one of Nicky Pastorelli's sponsors defaulted and his #8 car was not run.^[18] The sponsorship problem was solved in time for the next round in Edmonton.
• On August 3 Cristiano da Matta was seriously injured after colliding with a deer during testing at Road America. While da Matta would eventually recover, the crash ended his open-wheel racing career.^[19] RuSPORT did not run da Matta's #10 car again until the final two rounds of the season when IndyCar veteran Ryan Briscoe made his Champ Car debut at his home race, Surfers Paradise.^[20]
• Antônio Pizzonia returned to Rocketsports Racing as the driver of the #18 car for the race in Montreal.^[21] Pizzonia would go on to sit out the Road America round in favor of Tõnis Kasemets, but would finish out the remainder of the year for the team in the #18 car.^[22]
• Mario Domínguez found a home at his third race team for the year by signing up to join Rocketsports Racing before the Road America race weekend, taking over the #8 car from Nicky Pastorelli.^[23] Dale Coyne Racing replaced Domínguez in the #19 car with Euroseries 3000 driver and one-time Minardi F1 tester Juan Cáceres of Uruguay.^[24]
• German Andreas Wirth, the third-place finisher in the 2006 Champ Car Atlantic season, took over the Dale Coyne #19 car at Surfers Paradise and also finished the season with the team at Mexico City.^[25]
• On October 24, following the race in Surfers Paradise, A. J. Allmendinger announced that he would drive for Team Red Bull in the Sprint Cup Series in 2007.^[26] On October 27 the Forsythe Racing team announced that Allmendinger would be replaced by 2004 Indianapolis 500 winner Buddy Rice for the final race of the season in Mexico City. This would be Rice's only career Champ Car start.^[27]
• On October 31, the Forsythe Racing team announced that they would run a third car in Mexico City. Mexican David Martínez, a veteran of the Atlantics series, was signed to make his Champ Car debut driving the #33 car.^[28]
• Paul Tracy did not race in the final round in Mexico City after he broke his right scapula in an alcohol-fueled accident that was alternately reported as happening on either an ATV or a golf cart.^{[29] [30]} David Martínez ended up making his Champ Car debut driving Tracy's #3 car instead of the #33 he was originally slated to drive.

Season summary

Schedule

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Circuit	City/Location
1	April 9	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California
2	May 13	Grand Prix of Houston	Reliant Park	Houston, Texas
3	May 21	Tecate Grand Prix of Monterrey Presented by Roshfrans	Fundidora Park	Monterrey, Mexico
4	June 4	Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin
5	June 18	Grand Prix of Portland Presented by G. I. Joe's	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon
6	June 25	Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland Presented by U. S. Bank	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio
7	July 9	Molson Grand Prix of Toronto	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Canada
8	July 23	West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix Presented by The Brick	Rexall Speedway	Edmonton, Canada
9	July 30	Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San José Presented by Taylor Woodrow	Streets of San Jose	San Jose, California
10	August 13	Grand Prix of Denver	Denver Civic Center	Denver, Colorado
11	August 27	Champ Car Grand Prix de Montréal	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Montreal, Canada
12	September 24	Grand Prix of Road America	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
13	October 22	Lexmark Indy 300	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Australia
14	November 12	Gran Premio Telmex Presented by Banamex	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	Mexico City, Mexico

Oval/Speedway
Road/Street course

The initial 2006 schedule announced by Champ Car on August 13, 2005 contained 15 races.^[31] The 15th race was scheduled to take place on a new permanent road course in Ansan, South Korea. The scheduled 2005 race at the track was canceled in September 2005 when the circuit was determined to be unready to host the event. A return to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway was also on the initial schedule, but on November 29, 2005 it was announced that the Champ Cars would be returning to Road America after a one-year hiatus instead of returning to the banked oval in Vegas.^[32] The race schedule shrank back to 14 races in July 2006 when it was announced that the event in Ansan had been canceled yet again.^[33] It was the third year in a row a Champ Car event in South Korea failed to materialize.

Race results

Rnd	Race Name	Pole position	Fastest lap	Led most laps	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach						Report
2	Grand Prix of Houston	Mario Domínguez	Sébastien Bourdais	Mario Domínguez	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
3	Tecate Grand Prix of Monterrey Presented by Roshfrans	Sébastien Bourdais	Sébastien Bourdais	Sébastien Bourdais	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
4	Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225	Sébastien Bourdais	Sébastien Bourdais	Sébastien Bourdais	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
5	Grand Prix of Portland Presented by G. I. Joe's	Bruno Junqueira	Will Power	A. J. Allmendinger	A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	Report
6	Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland Presented by U. S. Bank	A. J. Allmendinger	Nelson Philippe	A. J. Allmendinger	A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	Report
7	Molson Grand Prix of Toronto	Justin Wilson		A. J. Allmendinger	A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	Report
8	West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix Presented by The Brick	Sébastien Bourdais	Justin Wilson	Sébastien Bourdais	Justin Wilson		Report
9		Sébastien Bourdais	Sébastien Bourdais	Sébastien Bourdais	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
10	Grand Prix of Denver	Sébastien Bourdais	Sébastien Bourdais	A. J. Allmendinger	A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	Report
11	Champ Car Grand Prix de Montréal	Sébastien Bourdais	Sébastien Bourdais	Sébastien Bourdais	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
12	Grand Prix of Road America	Dan Clarke	Sébastien Bourdais	Sébastien Bourdais	A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	Report
13	Lexmark Indy 300	Will Power	Paul Tracy	Nelson Philippe Will Power	Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	Report
14	Gran Premio Telmex Presented by Banamex	Justin Wilson	Sébastien Bourdais	Justin Wilson	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	Report

Final driver standings

Pos Driver LBH HOU MTY MIL POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN MTL ROA SRF MXC Pts 1 Sébastien Bourdais 1* 1 1* 1* 3 18 3 2* 1* 7 1* 3* 8 1 387 2 Justin Wilson 2 5 2 2 2 13 4 1 3 8 14 5 Wth ^5 2* 298 3 A. J. Allmendinger 16 8 3 4 1* 1* 1* 3 7 1* 17 1 16 285 4 Nelson Philippe 13 4 17 3 8 10 13 14 4 5 3 14 1* 7 231 5 Bruno Junqueira 15 10 10 15 4 2 8 15 17 2 12 2 6 4 219 6 9 7 11 11 18 9 7 6 6 4 5 13 12 3 213 7 Paul Tracy 17 2 4 16 7 16 2 5 15 6 2 10 4 209 8 Alex Tagliani 3 11 5 Wth 11 4 6 12 14 16 7 11 3 5 205 9 Mario Domínguez 4 3* 6 14 14 6 11 8 5 13 10 12 2 17 202 10 Andrew Ranger 6 6 7 7 9 11 10 7 13 14 15 8 5 8 200 11 Oriol Servià 18 12 8 5 10 3 12 4 8 15 16 4 13 6 197 12 11 16 13 8 6 7 17 9 16 3 4 6 17 18 175 13 12 15 12 9 12 15 9 10 9 10 8 7 7 11 162 14 7 13 16 12 15 5 16 16 11 11 9 9 14 13 140 15 Cristiano da Matta 5 9 9 13 5 14 5 18 2 134 16 8 14 14 6 13 8 14 13 12 9 13 16 15 16 133 17 17 15 10 17 17 17 10 12 6 73 18 10 11 10 12 43 19 16 12 15 11 17 34 20 9 15 19 21 11 14 17 22 9 13 23 10 11 24 Jimmy Vasser 14 7 25 15 6 Pos Driver LBH HOU MTY MIL POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN MTL ROA SRF MXC Pts

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Not competing align=center colspan=2 In-line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap *| align=center|Led most race laps|-|style="text-align:center"| |align=center|Rookie of the Year|-|style="text-align:center"| |align=center|Rookie|}|}|} Notes: Alex Tagliani withdrew from the race in Milwaukee after his car was heavily damaged in a crash during practice^[34] Mario Domínguez was docked 7 points for causing an avoidable crash in Milwaukee^[35] Paul Tracy was docked 7 points for causing an avoidable crash in San Jose^[36] Paul Tracy was once again docked 3 points for causing an avoidable crash in Denver^[37] Justin Wilson withdrew from the race in Surfers Paradise after breaking his wrist in a crash during practice^[38] Nations' Cup Top result per race counts towards the Nations' Cup Pos Country LBH HOU MTY MIL POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN MTL ROA SRF MXC Pts 1 France 1 1 1 1 3 10 3 2 1 5 1 3 1 1 397 2 United Kingdom 2 5 2 2 2 7 4 1 3 3 4 5 15 2 331 3 United States 14 8 3 4 1 1 1 3 7 1 17 1 16 10 292 3 Canada 3 2 4 7 7 4 2 5 13 6 2 8 3 5 292 5 Brazil 5 9 9 13 4 2 5 15 2 2 11 2 6 4 266 6 Mexico 4 3 6 14 14 6 11 8 5 13 10 12 2 9 209 7 Australia 9 7 11 11 18 9 7 6 6 4 5 13 11 3 209 8 Spain 18 12 8 5 10 3 12 4 8 15 16 4 13 6 192 9 Netherlands 12 15 12 9 12 15 9 10 9 10 6 7 7 11 163 10 Belgium 7 13 16 12 15 5 16 16 11 11 9 9 14 13 137 11 Estonia 16 12 15 11 17 34 12 Germany 9 15 19 12 Uruguay 15 6 Pos Country LBH HOU MTY MIL POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN MTL ROA SRF MXC Pts Notes Mexico was penalized 7 points as a result of a penalty applied to Mario Domínguez in Milwaukee Driver Breakdown Pos Driver Team Entries Wins Podiums Top 5 Top 10 Poles Laps Led Pts 1 Bourdais Newman-Haas Racing 14 7 7 387 2 Wilson RuSPORT 13 1 2 298 3 Allmendinger Forsythe Racing RuSPORT 13 5 1 285 4 Philippe CTE Racing - HVM 14 1 align="center" -- 231 5 Junqueira Newman-Haas Racing 14 align="center" -- 1 219 6 Team Australia 14 align="center" -- 1 213 7 Tracy Forsythe Racing 13 align="center" -- align="center" -- 209 8 Tagliani Team Australia 14 align="center" -- align="center" -- 205 9 Domínguez Rocketsports Racing Dale Coyne Racing Forsythe Racing 14 align="center" -- 1 202 10 Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 14 align="center" -- -- align="center" -- -- 200 11 Servià PKV Racing 14 align="center" -- align="center" -- 197 12 CTE Racing - HVM 14 align="center" -- 1 175 13 Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 14 align="center" -- -- -- align="center" -- 162 14 Dale Coyne Racing 14 align="center" -- -- align="center" -- 140 15 da Matta RuSPORT Dale Coyne Racing 9 align="center" -- align="center" -- -- 134 16 PKV Racing 14 align="center" -- -- -- align="center" -- 133 17 Rocketsports Racing 9 align="center" -- -- -- align="center" -- -- 73 18 Rocketsports Racing 4 align="center" -- -- -- align="center" -- 43 19 Rocketsports Racing 5 align="center" -- -- -- -- align="center" -- -- 34 20 Dale Coyne Racing 2 align="center" -- -- -- align="center" -- -- 19 21 RuSPORT 2 align="center" -- -- -- -- align="center" -- -- 17 22 Forsythe Racing 1 align="center" -- -- -- align="center" -- -- 13 23 Forsythe Racing 1 align="center" -- -- -- align="center" -- -- 11 24 Vasser PKV Racing 1 align="center" -- -- -- -- align="center" -- -- 7 25 Dale Coyne Racing 1 align="center" -- -- -- -- align="center" -- -- 6 Notes Round 2 Jimmy Vasser (PKV Racing #12) did not compete in Round 2. Nicky Pastorelli replaces Antônio Pizzonia in the Rocketsports Racing #8 car from Round 2 onwards. Round 4 Mario Domínguez was penalized 7 points for causing avoidable contact in the race at the Milwaukee Mile. http://www.champcarworldseries.com/News/Article.asp?ID=10355 Round 9 The first all-American Champ Car Panoz DP01 is launched on the weekend of the San Jose Grand Prix. Every team in the Champ Car World Series will be using the chassis next year. In San Jose, it was announced that Atlantic Series team Gelles Racing would run a two-car operation in next years Champ Car World Series. Paul Tracy was penalized 7 points and fined an undisclosed amount for causing avoidable contact and bringing the sport into disrepute for his part in the accident and shoving match with Alex Tagliani. He was also placed on probation for 3 races (Denver, Montreal & Road America). Tagliani was also fined an undisclosed amount. Round 10 Cristiano da Matta was in a medically induced coma after a testing accident at Road America between San Jose & Denver in which he hit a deer on track. As a result, RuSPORT only run the car of Justin Wilson for the Denver round. Paul Tracy was penalised 3 points and fined US$25,000 for causing avoidable contact for his part in the accident with Sébastien Bourdais. His probation was also extended to include Surfers Paradise. Bourdais was not assessed a penalty. References Web site: Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford 2006 . Åberg, Andreas . Driver Database . 2009-05-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081005040651/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/5-2006/ . 2008-10-05 . live . Web site: 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford . Champ Car Stats . 2009-05-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090502182717/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/2006.htm . 2009-05-02 . live . Web site: Standings after Mexico City . Champ Car World Series . 2009-05-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081022080430/http://www.champcar.ws/Results/Standings.asp?Year=2006 . 2008-10-22 . dead . See also 2006 Champ Car Atlantic season 2006 Indianapolis 500 2006 IndyCar Series 2006 Indy Pro Series season ]

Notes and References

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5. News: Team Australia re-signs Tagliani . motorsport.com. 2006-04-04 . 2011-06-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110615012006/http://www.motorsport.com/. 15 June 2011 . live.
6. News: Mi-Jack Conquest Racing signs Charles Zwolsman . motorsport.com. 2006-03-21 . 2011-06-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110615012006/http://www.motorsport.com/. 15 June 2011 . live.
7. News: CTE Racing - HVM signs Nelson Phillippe . motorsport.com. 2006-03-20 . 2011-06-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110615012006/http://www.motorsport.com/. 15 June 2011 . live.
8. News: Dan Clarke named to CTE/HVM for 2006 . motorsport.com. 2006-03-28 . 2011-06-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110615012006/http://www.motorsport.com/. 15 June 2011 . live.
9. News: Dale Coyne Racing signs Cristiano da Matta . motorsport.com. 2006-03-30 . 2011-06-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110615012006/http://www.motorsport.com/. 15 June 2011 . live.
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35. News: Milwaukee: Driver penalties announced . motorsport.com . 2006-06-07 . 2012-03-11 . 2014-02-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140203094006/http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-milwaukee-driver-penalties-announced/ . dead .
36. News: San Jose: Penalties announced for three drivers . motorsport.com . 2006-08-02 . 2012-03-11 . 2014-02-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140203093959/http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-san-jose-penalties-announced-for-three-drivers/ . dead .
37. News: Denver: Post-race penalties handed to Tracy . motorsport.com . 2006-08-15 . 2012-03-11 . 2014-02-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140203094134/http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-denver-post-race-penalties-handed-to-tracy/ . dead .
38. News: RuSPORT withdraws #9 car . motorsport.com . 2006-10-20 . 2012-03-11 . 2014-02-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140203094143/http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-rusport-withdraws-9-car/ . dead .