2006 Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose
# 2006 Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose

The 2006 Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose was the ninth round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 30, 2006 on the streets of San Jose, California. Sébastien Bourdais dominated the weekend, taking the pole, fastest lap and race win. Finishing second was 2002 CART champion Cristiano da Matta in what turned out to be his final Champ Car event. On August 3 da Matta was severely injured while testing at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin when he collided with a deer on the track. While da Matta recovered to return to racing in 2008, competing in the Rolex Sports Car Series, he has not competed in open wheel racing since. The race is also notable for a shoving match between Canadians Paul Tracy and Alex Tagliani in the pits after Tracy crashed into Tagliani while trying to return to the race course from an escape road, ending both their races.

## Qualifying results

| Pos | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 50.160 | 48.989 | 48.989 |
| 2 | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 50.156 | 49.810 | 49.810 |
| 3 | A. J. Allmendinger | Forsythe Racing | 50.246 | 49.264 | 49.264 |
| 4 | Cristiano da Matta | RuSPORT | 50.734 | 49.659 | 49.659 |
| 5 | Oriol Servià | PKV Racing | 50.388 | 49.813 | 49.813 |
| 6 | Will Power | Team Australia | — | 49.867 | 49.867 |
| 7 | Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 50.587 | 49.887 | 49.887 |
| 8 | Andrew Ranger | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 50.925 | 49.962 | 49.962 |
| 9 | Dan Clarke | CTE Racing-HVM | 50.278 | 50.161 | 50.161 |
| 10 | Mario Domínguez | Dale Coyne Racing | 50.861 | 50.215 | 50.215 |
| 11 | Nelson Philippe | CTE Racing-HVM | 50.440 | 50.312 | 50.312 |
| 12 | Justin Wilson | RuSPORT | 50.504 | 50.341 | 50.341 |
| 13 | Alex Tagliani | Team Australia | 50.373 | — | 50.373 |
| 14 | Charles Zwolsman Jr. | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 51.004 | 50.435 | 50.435 |
| 15 | Katherine Legge | PKV Racing | 51.329 | 50.473 | 50.473 |
| 16 | Jan Heylen | Dale Coyne Racing | 51.591 | 50.838 | 50.838 |
| 17 | Nicky Pastorelli | Rocketsports Racing | 52.344 | 51.628 | 51.628 |

## Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 97 | 1:38:00.168 | 1 | 34 |
| 2 | 10 | Cristiano da Matta | RuSPORT | 97 | +6.686 secs | 4 | 27 |
| 3 | 9 | Justin Wilson | RuSPORT | 97 | +8.100 secs | 12 | 26 |
| 4 | 4 | Nelson Philippe | CTE Racing-HVM | 97 | +11.059 secs | 11 | 23 |
| 5 | 19 | Mario Domínguez | Dale Coyne Racing | 97 | +12.147 secs | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | 5 | Will Power | Team Australia | 97 | +12.957 secs | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | 7 | A. J. Allmendinger | Forsythe Racing | 97 | +13.288 secs | 3 | 17 |
| 8 | 6 | Oriol Servià | PKV Racing | 97 | +15.920 secs | 5 | 16 |
| 9 | 34 | Charles Zwolsman Jr. | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 97 | +16.458 secs | 14 | 14 |
| 10 | 8 | Nicky Pastorelli | Rocketsports Racing | 97 | +21.580 secs | 17 | 11 |
| 11 | 11 | Jan Heylen | Dale Coyne Racing | 97 | +25.360 secs | 16 | 10 |
| 12 | 20 | Katherine Legge | PKV Racing | 90 | + 7 Laps | 15 | 9 |
| 13 | 27 | Andrew Ranger | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 80 | Contact | 8 | 8 |
| 14 | 15 | Alex Tagliani | Team Australia | 52 | Contact | 13 | 7 |
| 15 | 3 | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 51 | Contact | 2 | $0^*$ |
| 16 | 14 | Dan Clarke | CTE Racing-HVM | 49 | Gearbox | 9 | 5 |
| 17 | 2 | Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 2 | Contact | 7 | 4 |

$^*$ Paul Tracy was penalized 7 points and fined an undisclosed amount for causing avoidable contact and bringing the sport into disrepute for his part in the accident and subsequent shoving match with Alex Tagliani. He was also placed on probation for the following 3 races (Denver, Montreal and Road America). Tagliani was also fined an undisclosed amount.

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| - | - |
| 1 | Yellow start |
| 3-5 | Junqueira (2) & Servià (6) crash |
| 36-40 | Legge (20) crash |
| 53-59 | Tracy (3) & Tagliani (15) crash |
| 81-85 | Ranger (27) crash |
