| Race details | ||
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| Race 11 of 14 in the 2006 Champ Car season | ||
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Track Layout |
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| Date | August 28, 2006 | |
| Official name | Champ Car Grand Prix de Montreal | |
| Location | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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| Course | Permanent Road Course 2.709 mi / 4.360 km |
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| Distance | 67 laps, 181.503 mi / 292.120 km | |
| Weather | Monsoonal Rain (Sunday)/Overcast (Monday) | |
| Pole | ||
| Driver | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing |
| Time | 1:20.005 | |
| Fastest Lap | ||
| Driver | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing |
| Time | 1:22.325 (on lap 58 of 67) | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing |
| Second | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Championship Racing |
| Third | Nelson Philippe | CTE Racing - HVM |
The 2006 Champ Car Grand Prix de Montreal was the eleventh round of the 2006 Champ Car World Series season, held on August 27 & 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 an altered starting line-up, albeit laps down if they were on the Sunday. The final 61 laps were then completed without further weather stoppages.
Contents |
| Pos | Nat | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman-Haas Racing | 1:21.193 | 1:20.005 | 1:20.005 | |
| 2 | A.J. Allmendinger | Forsythe Racing | no time | 1:20.361 | 1:20.361 | |
| 3 | Justin Wilson | RuSPORT | 1:22.085 | 1:20.587 | 1:20.587 | |
| 4 | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 1:22.222 | 1:20.669 | 1:20.669 | |
| 5 | Oriol Servià | PKV Racing | 1:21.523 | 1:20.691 | 1:20.691 | |
| 6 | Bruno Junqueira | Newman-Haas Racing | 1:21.856 | 1:20.772 | 1:20.772 | |
| 7 | Will Power | Team Australia | 1:22.796 | 1:21.156 | 1:21.156 | |
| 8 | Dan Clarke | CTE Racing - HVM | 1:22.800 | 1:21.555 | 1:21.555 | |
| 9 | Andrew Ranger | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:22.655 | 1:21.561 | 1:21.561 | |
| 10 | Nelson Philippe | CTE Racing - HVM | 1:22.513 | 1:21.725 | 1:21.725 | |
| 11 | Charles Zwolsman | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:23.114 | 1:21.771 | 1:21.771 | |
| 12 | Alex Tagliani | Team Australia | 1:22.803 | 1:21.916 | 1:21.916 | |
| 13 | Antônio Pizzonia | Rocketsports Racing | 1:22.767 | 1:22.050 | 1:22.050 | |
| 14 | Jan Heylen | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:22.999 | 1:22.096 | 1:22.096 | |
| 15 | Mario Domínguez | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:22.796 | 1:22.581 | 1:22.581 | |
| 16 | Katherine Legge | PKV Racing | 1:23.663 | 1:22.902 | 1:22.902 | |
| 17 | Nicky Pastorelli | Rocketsports Racing | 1:24.204 | 1:25.338 | 1:24.204 |
The restart order on Monday was as follows:
| Row | Inside | Outside | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | A.J. Allmendinger | 1 | Sébastien Bourdais |
| 2 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 9 | Justin Wilson |
| 3 | 2 | Bruno Junqueira | 6 | Oriol Servià |
| 4 | 5 | Will Power | 27 | Andrew Ranger |
| 5 | 34 | Charles Zwolsman | 14 | Dan Clarke |
| 6 | 15 | Alex Tagliani | 18 | Antônio Pizzonia |
| 7 | 19 | Mario Domínguez | 4 | Nelson Philippe |
| 8 | 8 | Nicky Pastorelli | 11 | Jan Heylen |
| 9 | 20 | Katherine Legge | ||
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman-Haas Racing | 67 | 2:01:09.290 | 1 | 35 |
| 2 | 3 | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 67 | +1.4 secs | 4 | 27 |
| 3 | 4 | Nelson Philippe | CTE Racing - HVM | 67 | +2.8 secs | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | 14 | Dan Clarke | CTE Racing - HVM | 67 | +3.1 secs | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | 5 | Will Power | Team Australia | 67 | +6.4 secs | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | 8 | Nicky Pastorelli | Rocketsports Racing | 67 | +7.4 secs | 17 | 20 |
| 7 | 15 | Alex Tagliani | Team Australia | 67 | +8.3 secs | 12 | 17 |
| 8 | 34 | Charles Zwolsman | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 67 | +8.4 secs | 11 | 15 |
| 9 | 11 | Jan Heylen | Dale Coyne Racing | 67 | +10.5 secs | 14 | 13 |
| 10 | 19 | Mario Domínguez | Dale Coyne Racing | 67 | +10.6 secs | 15 | 11 |
| 11 | 18 | Antônio Pizzonia | Rocketsports Racing | 67 | +11.3 secs | 13 | 11 |
| 12 | 2 | Bruno Junqueira | Newman-Haas Racing | 66 | + 1 Lap | 6 | 9 |
| 13 | 20 | Katherine Legge | PKV Racing | 61 | + 6 Laps | 16 | 8 |
| 14 | 9 | Justin Wilson | RuSPORT | 48 | Contact | 3 | 8 |
| 15 | 27 | Andrew Ranger | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 36 | Contact | 9 | 6 |
| 16 | 6 | Oriol Servià | PKV Racing | 30 | Contact | 5 | 5 |
| 17 | 7 | A.J. Allmendinger | Forsythe Racing | 14 | Mechanical | 2 | 5 |
| 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 |
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