The 2006 Gran Premio Telmex was the fourteenth and final round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on November 12, 2006, on the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico.
This event marked the final race for the Lola B02/00 chassis, as the series transitioned to the Panoz DP01 for 2007. 2004 Indianapolis 500 champion Buddy Rice made his Champ Car debut with Forsythe Racing following A. J. Allmendinger's move to NASCAR.
The pole was won by Justin Wilson, while the race was won by season champion Sébastien Bourdais, his seventh victory of the year.
Qualifying results
Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 9 Justin Wilson RuSPORT 1:25.560 1:24.801 1:24.801 2 1 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:25.449 1:24.986 1:24.986 3 2 Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 1:26.118 1:25.491 1:25.491 4 5 Will Power Team Australia 1:25.624 1:25.736 1:25.624 5 10 Ryan Briscoe RuSPORT 1:26.494 1:25.643 1:25.643 6 14 Dan Clarke CTE Racing - HVM 1:27.516 1:25.942 1:25.942 7 6 Oriol Servià PKV Racing 1:26.527 1:26.068 1:26.068 8 15 Alex Tagliani Team Australia 1:27.436 1:26.087 1:26.087 9 3 David Martínez Forsythe Racing 1:26.819 1:26.146 1:26.146 10 4 Nelson Philippe CTE Racing - HVM 1:26.708 1:26.278 1:26.278 11 8 Mario Domínguez Rocketsports Racing 1:27.151 1:26.450 1:26.450 12 34 Charles Zwolsman Jr. Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:27.268 1:26.480 1:26.480 13 20 Katherine Legge PKV Racing 1:27.720 1:26.607 1:26.607 14 7 Buddy Rice Forsythe Racing 1:27.336 1:26.736 1:26.736 15 18 Antônio Pizzonia Rocketsports Racing 1:27.566 1:26.948 1:26.948 16 27 Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:27.089 1:27.089 1:27.089 17 11 Jan Heylen Dale Coyne Racing 1:27.214 1:28.091 1:27.214 18 19 Andreas Wirth Dale Coyne Racing 1:29.148 1:27.842 1:27.842 References:,
Race
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 66 1:51:31.146 2 34 2 9 Justin Wilson RuSPORT 66 +3.528 secs 1 29 3 5 Will Power Team Australia 66 +46.536 secs 4 26 4 2 Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 66 +1:04.023 3 23 5 15 Alex Tagliani Team Australia 66 +1:18.033 8 22 6 6 Oriol Servià PKV Racing 66 +1:28.745 7 19 7 4 Nelson Philippe CTE Racing - HVM 66 +1:29.997 10 17 8 27 Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 65 + 1 Lap 16 16 9 3 David Martínez Forsythe Racing 65 + 1 Lap 9 13 10 7 Buddy Rice Forsythe Racing 65 + 1 Lap 14 11 11 34 Charles Zwolsman Jr. Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 65 + 1 Lap 12 10 12 18 Antônio Pizzonia Rocketsports Racing 65 + 1 Lap 15 9 13 11 Jan Heylen Dale Coyne Racing 65 + 1 Lap 17 8 14 10 Ryan Briscoe RuSPORT 64 + 2 Laps 5 7 15 19 Andreas Wirth Dale Coyne Racing 64 + 2 Laps 18 6 16 20 Katherine Legge PKV Racing 63 + 3 Laps 13 5 17 8 Mario Domínguez Rocketsports Racing 59 Retired 11 4 18 14 Dan Clarke CTE Racing - HVM 7 Differential 6 3 References:
Final championship standings
Bold indicates the Season Champion. Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Sébastien Bourdais 387 1 2 Justin Wilson 298 1 3 A. J. Allmendinger 285 4 Nelson Philippe 231 2 5 Bruno Junqueira 219
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
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