2006 Champ Car Grand Prix de Montreal
# 2006 Champ Car Grand Prix de Montreal

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 | 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:

| Row | Inside | Inside | Outside | Outside |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 7 | A. J. Allmendinger | 1 | Sébastien Bourdais |
| 2 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 9 | Justin Wilson |
| 3 | 2 | Bruno Junqueira | 6 | Oriol Servià |
| 4 | 5 | Will Power | 27 | Andrew Ranger |
| 5 | 34 | Charles Zwolsman Jr. | 14 | Dan Clarke |
| 6 | 15 | Alex Tagliani | 18 | Antônio Pizzonia |
| 7 | 19 | Mario Domínguez | 4 | Nelson Philippe |
| 8 | 8 | Nicky Pastorelli | 11 | Jan Heylen |
| 9 | 20 | 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 | Cause |
| - | - |
| 3-5 | Legge (20) Crash |
| 6 | Rain (Red Flag) |
| 7-9 | Yellow Restart |
| 11-13 | Ranger (27) Spin/Stall |
| 19-21 | Legge (20) Spin/Stall |
| 32-35 | Servià (6) Crash |
| 39-41 | Ranger (27) Crash |
| 49-53 | Wilson (9) Crash |
| 64-66 | Debris |
