The 2006 Molson Grand Prix of Toronto was the seventh round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 9, 2006 on the streets of Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Justin Wilson took the pole but A. J. Allmendinger took the win, his third consecutive race victory.
Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 Justin Wilson RuSPORT 58.830 58.182 58.182 2 A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing 58.621 58.264 58.264 3 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 59.313 58.345 58.345 4 Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 59.274 58.576 58.576 5 Oriol Servià PKV Racing 59.407 58.920 58.920 6 Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:00.455 59.059 59.059 7 Nelson Philippe CTE Racing-HVM 59.203 59.091 59.091 8 Cristiano da Matta RuSPORT 59.343 59.102 59.102 9 Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 59.367 59.116 59.116 10 Alex Tagliani Team Australia 59.626 59.120 59.120 11 Mario Domínguez Dale Coyne Racing 1:00.556 59.637 59.637 12 Will Power Team Australia 1:00.588 59.687 59.687 13 Jan Heylen Dale Coyne Racing 1:00.792 1:00.132 1:00.132 14 Charles Zwolsman Jr. Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:00.387 1:00.176 1:00.176 15 Katherine Legge PKV Racing 1:01.191 1:00.276 1:00.276 16 Dan Clarke CTE Racing-HVM 1:00.688— 1:00.688 17 Tõnis Kasemets Rocketsports Racing 1:01.530 1:01.182 1:01.182
Race
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 7 A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing 86 1:38:01.286 2 33 2 3 Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 86 +1.851 secs 4 27 3 1 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 86 +2.434 secs 3 25 4 9 Justin Wilson RuSPORT 86 +4.170 secs 1 25 5 10 Cristiano da Matta RuSPORT 86 +6.761 secs 8 21 6 15 Alex Tagliani Team Australia 86 +8.383 secs 10 20 7 5 Will Power Team Australia 86 +9.663 secs 12 18 8 2 Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 86 +12.177 secs 9 15 9 34 Charles Zwolsman Jr. Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 85 + 1 Lap 14 13 10 27 Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 85 + 1 Lap 6 11 11 19 Mario Domínguez Dale Coyne Racing 83 + 3 Laps 11 10 12 6 Oriol Servià PKV Racing 76 Contact 5 10 13 4 Nelson Philippe CTE Racing-HVM 76 Contact 7 9 14 20 Katherine Legge PKV Racing 65 Contact 15 7 15 18 Tõnis Kasemets Rocketsports Racing 49 Half shaft 17 6 16 11 Jan Heylen Dale Coyne Racing 44 Rear axle 13 5 17 14 Dan Clarke CTE Racing-HVM 14 Contact 16 4
Caution flags
Laps Cause9-12 Legge (20), Clarke (14), Kasemets (18) & Heylen (11) crash16-18 Zwolsman (34) & Clarke (14) crash77-82 Philippe (4) & Servià (6) crash
Notes
Laps Leader1-10 Justin Wilson11-34 Nelson Philippe35-49 A. J. Allmendinger50-53 Oriol Servià54-63 Nelson Philippe64-86 A. J. Allmendinger Driver Laps ledA. J. Allmendinger 38Nelson Philippe 34Justin Wilson 10Oriol Servià 4
New Race Record A. J. Allmendinger 1:38:01.286 Average Speed 92.386 mph
Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Sébastien Bourdais 191 1 2 A. J. Allmendinger 168 1 3 Justin Wilson 165 2 4 Alex Tagliani 110 1 5 Andrew Ranger 110
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
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