2006 Champ Car Grand Prix de Montreal explained

The 2006 Champ Car Grand Prix de Montreal was the eleventh round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on August 27 and August 28, 2006 on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

The race began on Sunday the 27th, but the race was red flagged due to excessive rain after only 6 laps were completed. The remainder of the race was rescheduled for 10:00am the following day, with all retired cars allowed to restart in the positions they held at the time of the red flag, albeit laps down if they were on the Sunday. The final 61 laps were completed without further weather stoppages. Sébastien Bourdais took the race win from the pole as well as a stranglehold on his third consecutive season championship with his closest competitors A. J. Allmendinger and Justin Wilson both finishing well back.

Qualifying results

PosNatNameTeamQual 1Qual 2Best
1Sébastien BourdaisNewman/Haas Racing1:21.1931:20.0051:20.005
2A. J. AllmendingerForsythe Racing1:20.3611:20.361
3Justin WilsonRuSPORT1:22.0851:20.5871:20.587
4Paul TracyForsythe Racing1:22.2221:20.6691:20.669
5Oriol ServiàPKV Racing1:21.5231:20.6911:20.691
6Bruno JunqueiraNewman/Haas Racing1:21.8561:20.7721:20.772
7Will PowerTeam Australia1:22.7961:21.1561:21.156
8Dan ClarkeCTE Racing-HVM1:22.8001:21.5551:21.555
9Andrew RangerMi-Jack Conquest Racing1:22.6551:21.5611:21.561
10Nelson PhilippeCTE Racing-HVM1:22.5131:21.7251:21.725
11Charles Zwolsman Jr.Mi-Jack Conquest Racing1:23.1141:21.7711:21.771
12Alex TaglianiTeam Australia1:22.8031:21.9161:21.916
13Antônio PizzoniaRocketsports Racing1:22.7671:22.0501:22.050
14Jan HeylenDale Coyne Racing1:22.9991:22.0961:22.096
15Mario DomínguezDale Coyne Racing1:22.7961:22.5811:22.581
16Katherine LeggePKV Racing1:23.6631:22.9021:22.902
17Nicky PastorelliRocketsports Racing1:24.2041:25.3381:24.204

Race

The restart order on Monday was as follows:

RowInsideOutside
17 A. J. Allmendinger1 Sébastien Bourdais
23 Paul Tracy9 Justin Wilson
32 Bruno Junqueira6 Oriol Servià
45 Will Power27 Andrew Ranger
534 Charles Zwolsman Jr.14 Dan Clarke
615 Alex Tagliani18 Antônio Pizzonia
719 Mario Domínguez4 Nelson Philippe
88 Nicky Pastorelli11 Jan Heylen
920 Katherine Legge
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
11 Sébastien BourdaisNewman/Haas Racing672:01:09.290135
23 Paul TracyForsythe Racing67+1.398 secs427
34 Nelson PhilippeCTE Racing-HVM67+2.750 secs1026
414 Dan ClarkeCTE Racing-HVM67+3.120 secs823
55 Will PowerTeam Australia67+6.359 secs721
68 Nicky PastorelliRocketsports Racing67+7.432 secs1720
715 Alex TaglianiTeam Australia67+8.321 secs1217
834 Charles Zwolsman Jr.Mi-Jack Conquest Racing67+8.410 secs1115
911 Jan HeylenDale Coyne Racing67+10.529 secs1413
1019 Mario DomínguezDale Coyne Racing67+10.618 secs1511
1118 Antônio PizzoniaRocketsports Racing67+11.266 secs1311
122 Bruno JunqueiraNewman/Haas Racing66+ 1 Lap69
1320 Katherine LeggePKV Racing61+ 6 Laps168
149 Justin WilsonRuSPORT48Contact38
1527 Andrew RangerMi-Jack Conquest Racing36Contact96
166 Oriol ServiàPKV Racing30Contact55
177 A. J. AllmendingerForsythe Racing14Driveshaft25

Caution flags

Laps Cause
3-5 Legge (20) Crash
6 Rain (Red Flag)
7-9 Yellow Restart
11-13 Ranger (27) Spin/Stall
19-21 Legge (20) Spin/Stall
32-35 Servià (6) Crash
39-41 Ranger (27) Crash
49-53 Wilson (9) Crash
64-66 Debris

Notes

Laps Leader
1-13 A. J. Allmendinger
14-30 Sébastien Bourdais
31-33 Justin Wilson
34-49 Sébastien Bourdais
50-51 Antônio Pizzonia
52-62 Nelson Philippe
63-67 Sébastien Bourdais
 
Driver Laps led
38
13
11
3
2

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
PosDriverPoints
1 Sébastien Bourdais310
12 Justin Wilson248
13 A. J. Allmendinger248
4 Nelson Philippe175
15 Paul Tracy173

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