2006 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton

March 2026 February 2025 Canada West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton Edmonton Grand Prix racing track.svg July 23 2006 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix Presented by The Brick 8 14 Champ Car JAGFlo SpeedwayEdmonton, Alberta, Canada Temporary Airport Course 1.973 3.175 85 167.705 269.875 Sunny with temperatures reaching up to 34.5 C F; wind speeds remained calm throughout the event Sébastien Bourdais USA Newman/Haas Racing 58.560 France Justin Wilson USA RuSPORT 59.200 82 United Kingdom Justin Wilson UK RuSPORT United Kingdom Sébastien Bourdais France Newman/Haas Racing France A. J. Allmendinger USA Forsythe Championship Racing United States 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 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 59.895 58.560 58.560 2 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 1:00.067 58.622 58.622 3 UK Justin Wilson RuSPORT 1:00.251 58.665 58.665 4 US A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing 1:03.971 58.893 58.893 5 Spain Oriol Servià PKV Racing 1:01.321 59.324 59.324 6 France Nelson Philippe CTE Racing-HVM 1:00.675 59.510 59.510 7 Australia Will Power (R) Team Australia— 59.539 59.539 8 Canada Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:01.672 1:00.071 1:00.071 9 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 1:00.085 1:06.279 1:00.085 10 Mexico Mario Domínguez Dale Coyne Racing 1:01.647 1:00.106 1:00.106 11 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Australia 1:01.461 1:00.110 1:00.110 12 Belgium Jan Heylen (R) Dale Coyne Racing 1:01.603 1:00.199 1:00.199 13 Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. (R) Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:01.393 1:00.291 1:00.291 14 Brazil Cristiano da Matta RuSPORT 1:00.412 1:00.305 1:00.305 15 ENG Katherine Legge (R) PKV Racing 1:01.417 1:00.358 1:00.358 16 NED Nicky Pastorelli (R) Rocketsports Racing 1:01.760 1:00.978 1:00.978 17 ENG Dan Clarke (R) CTE Racing-HVM 1:01.215— 1:01.215 18 Estonia 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 UK Justin Wilson RuSPORT 85 1:40:30.635 3 33 2 1 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 85 +5.319 secs 1 30 3 7 US A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing 85 +9.946 secs 4 25 4 6 Spain Oriol Servià PKV Racing 85 +12.650 secs 5 23 5 3 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 85 +16.609 secs 2 22 6 5 Australia Will Power (R) Team Australia 85 +27.803 secs 7 19 7 27 Canada Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 84 + 1 Lap 8 17 8 19 Mexico Mario Domínguez Dale Coyne Racing 84 + 1 Lap 10 15 9 14 UK Dan Clarke (R) CTE Racing-HVM 84 + 1 Lap 17 14 10 34 Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. (R) Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 82 + 3 Laps 13 11 11 18 Estonia Tõnis Kasemets (R) Rocketsports Racing 82 + 3 Laps 18 10 12 15 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Australia 78 Contact 11 9 13 20 UK Katherine Legge (R) PKV Racing 73 + 12 Laps 15 8 14 4 France Nelson Philippe CTE Racing-HVM 69 Contact 6 7 15 2 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 54 Gearbox 9 6 16 11 Belgium Jan Heylen (R) Dale Coyne Racing 10 Contact 12 5 17 8 NED Nicky Pastorelli (R) Rocketsports Racing 4 Contact 16 4 18 10 Brazil 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 10px 1 France Sébastien Bourdais 221 10px 1 2 UK Justin Wilson 198 10px 1 3 US A. J. Allmendinger 193 10px 2 4 Canada Paul Tracy 130 10px 5 Canada Andrew Ranger 127 Note: Only the top five positions are included. External links https://archive.today/20130129205449/http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-edmonton-friday-qualifying-times-2008-03-27/ Friday Qualifying Results el Saturday Qualifying Results https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095003/http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-edmonton-saturday-qualifying-times-2008-03-27/ 2016-03-04 Race Results Weather Information 2006 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton 2006 2006 Molson Grand Prix of Toronto 2006 Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose 2005 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton 2007 Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton 53 34 32 N 113 31 22.5 W title 2006 in Champ Car 2 Category:2006 in Canadian motorsport Category:2006 in sports in Alberta