The 2006 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton was the eighth round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 23, 2006, at JAGFlo Speedway, a temporary track laid out at City Centre Airport in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Sébastien Bourdais took the pole but the race was won by Justin Wilson.
Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 59.895 58.560 58.560 2 Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 1:00.067 58.622 58.622 3 Justin Wilson RuSPORT 1:00.251 58.665 58.665 4 A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing 1:03.971 58.893 58.893 5 Oriol Servià PKV Racing 1:01.321 59.324 59.324 6 Nelson Philippe CTE Racing-HVM 1:00.675 59.510 59.510 7 Will Power (R) Team Australia— 59.539 59.539 8 Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:01.672 1:00.071 1:00.071 9 Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 1:00.085 1:06.279 1:00.085 10 Mario Domínguez Dale Coyne Racing 1:01.647 1:00.106 1:00.106 11 Alex Tagliani Team Australia 1:01.461 1:00.110 1:00.110 12 Jan Heylen (R) Dale Coyne Racing 1:01.603 1:00.199 1:00.199 13 Charles Zwolsman Jr. (R) Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:01.393 1:00.291 1:00.291 14 Cristiano da Matta RuSPORT 1:00.412 1:00.305 1:00.305 15 Katherine Legge (R) PKV Racing 1:01.417 1:00.358 1:00.358 16 Nicky Pastorelli (R) Rocketsports Racing 1:01.760 1:00.978 1:00.978 17 Dan Clarke (R) CTE Racing-HVM 1:01.215— 1:01.215 18 Tõnis Kasemets (R) Rocketsports Racing 1:02.755 1:01.704 1:01.704
Race
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 9 Justin Wilson RuSPORT 85 1:40:30.635 3 33 2 1 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 85 +5.319 secs 1 30 3 7 A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing 85 +9.946 secs 4 25 4 6 Oriol Servià PKV Racing 85 +12.650 secs 5 23 5 3 Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 85 +16.609 secs 2 22 6 5 Will Power (R) Team Australia 85 +27.803 secs 7 19 7 27 Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 84 + 1 Lap 8 17 8 19 Mario Domínguez Dale Coyne Racing 84 + 1 Lap 10 15 9 14 Dan Clarke (R) CTE Racing-HVM 84 + 1 Lap 17 14 10 34 Charles Zwolsman Jr. (R) Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 82 + 3 Laps 13 11 11 18 Tõnis Kasemets (R) Rocketsports Racing 82 + 3 Laps 18 10 12 15 Alex Tagliani Team Australia 78 Contact 11 9 13 20 Katherine Legge (R) PKV Racing 73 + 12 Laps 15 8 14 4 Nelson Philippe CTE Racing-HVM 69 Contact 6 7 15 2 Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 54 Gearbox 9 6 16 11 Jan Heylen (R) Dale Coyne Racing 10 Contact 12 5 17 8 Nicky Pastorelli (R) Rocketsports Racing 4 Contact 16 4 18 10 Cristiano da Matta RuSPORT 0 Contact 14 3
Caution flags
Laps Cause1-3 Junqueira (2) & da Matta (10) crash5-9 Pastorelli (8) crash; Heylen (11) crash 65-69 Tagliani (15) crash70-72 Philippe (4) crash
Notes
Laps Leader1-35 Sébastien Bourdais36-37 Paul Tracy38-53 Sébastien Bourdais54-60 Justin Wilson61-64 Sébastien Bourdais65-85 Justin Wilson Driver Laps ledSébastien Bourdais 55Justin Wilson 28Paul Tracy 2
New Track Record Sébastien Bourdais 58.560 (Qualification Session #2) New Race Lap Record Justin Wilson 59.200 New Race Record Justin Wilson 1:40:30.635 Average Speed 100.112 mph
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Sébastien Bourdais 221 1 2 Justin Wilson 198 1 3 A. J. Allmendinger 193 2 4 Paul Tracy 130 5 Andrew Ranger 127
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
External links
Saturday Qualifying Results Race Results Weather Information