2006 Champ Car Grand Prix de Montreal

March 2026 February 2025 Canada Montreal Île Notre-Dame (Circuit Gilles Villeneuve).svg Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Track Layout August 28 2006 Champ Car Grand Prix de Montreal 11 14 Champ Car Circuit Gilles VilleneuveMontreal, Quebec, Canada Permanent Road Course 2.709 4.360 67 181.503 292.120 Monsoonal Rain (Sunday)/Overcast (Monday) Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:20.005 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:22.325 58 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing France Paul Tracy Forsythe Championship Racing Canada Nelson Philippe CTE Racing-HVM France 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 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:21.193 1:20.005 1:20.005 2 US A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing— 1:20.361 1:20.361 3 UK Justin Wilson RuSPORT 1:22.085 1:20.587 1:20.587 4 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 1:22.222 1:20.669 1:20.669 5 Spain Oriol Servià PKV Racing 1:21.523 1:20.691 1:20.691 6 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 1:21.856 1:20.772 1:20.772 7 Australia Will Power Team Australia 1:22.796 1:21.156 1:21.156 8 UK Dan Clarke CTE Racing-HVM 1:22.800 1:21.555 1:21.555 9 Canada Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:22.655 1:21.561 1:21.561 10 France Nelson Philippe CTE Racing-HVM 1:22.513 1:21.725 1:21.725 11 Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:23.114 1:21.771 1:21.771 12 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Australia 1:22.803 1:21.916 1:21.916 13 BRA Antônio Pizzonia Rocketsports Racing 1:22.767 1:22.050 1:22.050 14 Belgium Jan Heylen Dale Coyne Racing 1:22.999 1:22.096 1:22.096 15 Mexico Mario Domínguez Dale Coyne Racing 1:22.796 1:22.581 1:22.581 16 UK Katherine Legge PKV Racing 1:23.663 1:22.902 1:22.902 17 NED Nicky Pastorelli Rocketsports Racing 1:24.204 1:25.338 1:24.204 Race The restart order on Monday was as follows: RowInsideOutside17USA A. J. Allmendinger1FRA Sébastien Bourdais23CAN Paul Tracy9GBR Justin Wilson32BRA Bruno Junqueira6ESP Oriol Servià45AUS Will Power27CAN Andrew Ranger534NED Charles Zwolsman Jr.14GBR Dan Clarke615CAN Alex Tagliani18BRA Antônio Pizzonia719MEX Mario Domínguez4FRA Nelson Philippe88NED Nicky Pastorelli11Belgium Jan Heylen920GBR Katherine Legge Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 67 2:01:09.290 1 35 2 3 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 67 +1.398 secs 4 27 3 4 France Nelson Philippe CTE Racing-HVM 67 +2.750 secs 10 26 4 14 UK Dan Clarke CTE Racing-HVM 67 +3.120 secs 8 23 5 5 Australia Will Power Team Australia 67 +6.359 secs 7 21 6 8 NED Nicky Pastorelli Rocketsports Racing 67 +7.432 secs 17 20 7 15 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Australia 67 +8.321 secs 12 17 8 34 Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 67 +8.410 secs 11 15 9 11 Belgium Jan Heylen Dale Coyne Racing 67 +10.529 secs 14 13 10 19 Mexico Mario Domínguez Dale Coyne Racing 67 +10.618 secs 15 11 11 18 BRA Antônio Pizzonia Rocketsports Racing 67 +11.266 secs 13 11 12 2 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 66 + 1 Lap 6 9 13 20 UK Katherine Legge PKV Racing 61 + 6 Laps 16 8 14 9 UK Justin Wilson RuSPORT 48 Contact 3 8 15 27 Canada Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 36 Contact 9 6 16 6 Spain Oriol Servià PKV Racing 30 Contact 5 5 17 7 US 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 10px 1 France Sébastien Bourdais 310 10px 1 2 UK Justin Wilson 248 10px 1 3 US A. J. Allmendinger 248 10px 4 France Nelson Philippe 175 10px 1 5 Canada Paul Tracy 173 Note: Only the top five positions are included. External links Friday Qualifying Results https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204415/http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-montreal-friday-qualifying-times-2/ 2016-03-04 Saturday Qualifying Results https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205215/http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-montreal-saturday-qualifying-times-2/ 2016-03-04 Race Results 2006 Champ Car Grand Prix de Montreal 2006 2006 Grand Prix of Denver 2006 Grand Prix of Road America 2005 Molson Indy Montreal Final EventEvent replaced with Champ Car Mont-Tremblant 07 Montreal Category:Grand Prix of Montreal Champ Car Grand Prix