2006 Grand Prix of Denver

  2006 Denver
Race details
Race 10 of 14 in the 2006 Champ Car season
Date August 13, 2006
Official name 2006 Grand Prix of Denver
Location The Streets of Denver, Colorado, United States
Course Temporary street circuit
1.657 mi / 2.667 km
Distance 97 laps, 160.729 mi / 258.661 km
Weather Sunny
Pole
Driver Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing
Time 59.096
Fastest Lap
Driver Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing
Time 1:00.314 (on lap 90 of 97)
Podium
First A.J. Allmendinger Forsythe Championship Racing
Second Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing
Third Dan Clarke CTE Racing - HVM

The 2006 Grand Prix of Denver was the tenth round of the 2006 Champ Car World Series season, held on August 13, 2006 on the streets of Denver, Colorado.

Contents

Qualifying results

Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best
1 Sébastien Bourdais Newman-Haas Racing 1:00.763 59.096 59.096
2 A.J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing 1:00.714 59.350 59.350
3 Justin Wilson RuSPORT 1:00.991 59.878 59.878
4 Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 1:05.531 59.903 59.903
5 Alex Tagliani Team Australia 1:00.988 59.919 59.919
6 Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:01.724 1:00.007 1:00.007
7 Bruno Junqueira Newman-Haas Racing 1:01.141 1:00.029 1:00.029
8 Oriol Servià PKV Racing 1:01.302 1:00.096 1:00.096
9 Mario Domínguez Dale Coyne Racing 1:01.304 1:00.147 1:00.147
10 Nelson Philippe CTE Racing - HVM 1:01.767 1:00.333 1:00.333
11 Will Power Team Australia 1:01.587 1:00.405 1:00.405
12 Charles Zwolsman Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:01.644 1:00.453 1:00.453
13 Dan Clarke CTE Racing - HVM 1:02.706 1:00.887 1:00.887
14 Jan Heylen Dale Coyne Racing 1:02.502 1:01.201 1:01.201
15 Katherine Legge PKV Racing 1:01.777 1:01.370 1:01.370
16 Nicky Pastorelli Rocketsports Racing 1:04.251 1:03.472 1:03.472

Race

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 7 A.J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing 97 1:44:59.557 2 33
2 2 Bruno Junqueira Newman-Haas Racing 97 +20.6 secs 7 28
3 14 Dan Clarke CTE Racing - HVM 97 +50.3 secs 13 26
4 5 Will Power Team Australia 97 +55.9 secs 11 23
5 4 Nelson Philippe CTE Racing - HVM 97 +1:14.2 10 21
6 3 Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 96 Contact 4 16*
7 1 Sébastien Bourdais Newman-Haas Racing 96 Contact 1 20
8 9 Justin Wilson RuSPORT 96 + 1 Lap 3 16
9 20 Katherine Legge PKV Racing 96 + 1 Lap 15 13
10 34 Charles Zwolsman Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 95 + 2 Laps 12 11
11 11 Jan Heylen Dale Coyne Racing 95 + 2 Laps 14 10
12 8 Nicky Pastorelli Rocketsports Racing 27 Mechanical 16 9
13 19 Mario Domínguez Dale Coyne Racing 21 Mechanical 9 8
14 27 Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 18 Mechanical 6 7
15 6 Oriol Servià PKV Racing 14 Mechanical 8 6
16 15 Alex Tagliani Team Australia 0 Contact 5 5

* Paul Tracy, who was on probation for an incident and fight with Alex Tagliani at the San Jose race, was penalized 3 points and fined US$25,000 for avoidable contact for his part in a final lap accident with Sébastien Bourdais. His probation was extended to include the Surfer's Paradise event. Bourdais was not assessed a penalty.

Caution flags

Laps Cause
1-2 Tracy (3) spin/stall
35-38 Debris

Notes

Laps Leader
1-20 Sébastien Bourdais
21-31 Bruno Junqueira
32-47 Sébastien Bourdais
48-59 A.J. Allmendinger
60-61 Justin Wilson
62-64 Bruno Junqueira
65-97 A.J. Allmendinger
 
Driver Laps led
A.J. Allmendinger 45
Sébastien Bourdais 36
Bruno Junqueira 14
Justin Wilson 2

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