2006 Champ Car Grand Prix de Montreal

  2006 Montreal

Race details
Race 11 of 14 in the 2006 Champ Car season
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Track Layout
Date	August 28, 2006
Official name	Champ Car Grand Prix de Montreal
Location	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course	Permanent Road Course 2.709 mi / 4.360 km
Distance	67 laps, 181.503 mi / 292.120 km
Weather	Monsoonal Rain (Sunday)/Overcast (Monday)
Pole position
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 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

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	—	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

Race

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	+1.398 secs	4	27
3	4	Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	67	+2.750 secs	10	26
4	14	Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	67	+3.120 secs	8	23
5	5	Will Power	Team Australia	67	+6.359 secs	7	21
6	8	Nicky Pastorelli	Rocketsports Racing	67	+7.432 secs	17	20
7	15	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	67	+8.321 secs	12	17
8	34	Charles Zwolsman	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	67	+8.410 secs	11	15
9	11	Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	67	+10.529 secs	14	13
10	19	Mario Domínguez	Dale Coyne Racing	67	+10.618 secs	15	11
11	18	Antônio Pizzonia	Rocketsports Racing	67	+11.266 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	Driveshaft	2	5

Caution flags

Notes

• New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais 2:01:09.290
• Average Speed 89.886 mph

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Sébastien Bourdais 310 1 2 Justin Wilson 248 1 3 A. J. Allmendinger 248 4 Nelson Philippe 175 1 5 Paul Tracy 173 Note: Only the top five positions are included. External links Friday Qualifying Results Saturday Qualifying Results Race Results Previous race: 2006 Grand Prix of Denver Champ Car World Series 2006 season Next race: 2006 Grand Prix of Road America Previous race: 2005 Molson Indy Montreal 2006 Champ Car Grand Prix de Montreal Next race: Final Event Event replaced with Champ Car Mont-Tremblant 07