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 Jr. 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: RowInsideOutside17 A. J. Allmendinger1 Sébastien Bourdais23 Paul Tracy9 Justin Wilson32 Bruno Junqueira6 Oriol Servià45 Will Power27 Andrew Ranger534 Charles Zwolsman Jr.14 Dan Clarke615 Alex Tagliani18 Antônio Pizzonia719 Mario Domínguez4 Nelson Philippe88 Nicky Pastorelli11 Jan Heylen920 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 Jr. 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 Laps Cause3-5 Legge (20) Crash6 Rain (Red Flag)7-9 Yellow Restart11-13 Ranger (27) Spin/Stall19-21 Legge (20) Spin/Stall32-35 Servià (6) Crash39-41 Ranger (27) Crash49-53 Wilson (9) Crash64-66 Debris
Notes Laps Leader1-13 A. J. Allmendinger14-30 Sébastien Bourdais31-33 Justin Wilson34-49 Sébastien Bourdais50-51 Antônio Pizzonia52-62 Nelson Philippe63-67 Sébastien Bourdais Driver Laps ledSébastien Bourdais 38A. J. Allmendinger 13Nelson Philippe 11Justin Wilson 3Antônio Pizzonia 2
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.
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