2006 Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose

March 2026 March 2026 February 2025 United States San Jose San Jose, California street circuit track map--2006 on.svg San Jose Street Circuit Layout July 30 2006 Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose 9 14 Champ Car Streets of San Jose, California, United States Temporary street circuit 1.443 2.322 97 139.971 225.234 Sunny with temperatures reaching a high of 82.4 F C; wind speeds reaching up to 14 mph km/h http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/CA/San%20Jose/2006-07-30 Weather information for the 2006 Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose The Old Farmers' Almanac 2013-10-11 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 48.989 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 49.678 94 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing France Cristiano da Matta RuSPORT Brazil Justin Wilson RuSPORT UK 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 Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 50.160 48.989 48.989 2 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 50.156 49.810 49.810 3 US A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing 50.246 49.264 49.264 4 Brazil Cristiano da Matta RuSPORT 50.734 49.659 49.659 5 Spain Oriol Servià PKV Racing 50.388 49.813 49.813 6 Australia Will Power Team Australia— 49.867 49.867 7 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 50.587 49.887 49.887 8 Canada Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 50.925 49.962 49.962 9 UK Dan Clarke CTE Racing-HVM 50.278 50.161 50.161 10 Mexico Mario Domínguez Dale Coyne Racing 50.861 50.215 50.215 11 France Nelson Philippe CTE Racing-HVM 50.440 50.312 50.312 12 UK Justin Wilson RuSPORT 50.504 50.341 50.341 13 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Australia 50.373— 50.373 14 Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 51.004 50.435 50.435 15 UK Katherine Legge PKV Racing 51.329 50.473 50.473 16 Belgium Jan Heylen Dale Coyne Racing 51.591 50.838 50.838 17 NED Nicky Pastorelli Rocketsports Racing 52.344 51.628 51.628 Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 97 1:38:00.168 1 34 2 10 Brazil Cristiano da Matta RuSPORT 97 +6.686 secs 4 27 3 9 UK Justin Wilson RuSPORT 97 +8.100 secs 12 26 4 4 France Nelson Philippe CTE Racing-HVM 97 +11.059 secs 11 23 5 19 Mexico Mario Domínguez Dale Coyne Racing 97 +12.147 secs 10 21 6 5 Australia Will Power Team Australia 97 +12.957 secs 6 19 7 7 US A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing 97 +13.288 secs 3 17 8 6 Spain Oriol Servià PKV Racing 97 +15.920 secs 5 16 9 34 Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 97 +16.458 secs 14 14 10 8 NED Nicky Pastorelli Rocketsports Racing 97 +21.580 secs 17 11 11 11 Belgium Jan Heylen Dale Coyne Racing 97 +25.360 secs 16 10 12 20 UK Katherine Legge PKV Racing 90 + 7 Laps 15 9 13 27 Canada Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 80 Contact 8 8 14 15 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Australia 52 Contact 13 7 15 3 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 51 Contact 2 0* 16 14 UK Dan Clarke CTE Racing-HVM 49 Gearbox 9 5 17 2 Brazil 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 Cause1 Yellow start3-5 Junqueira (2) & Servià (6) crash36-40 Legge (20) crash53-59 Tracy (3) & Tagliani (15) crash81-85 Ranger (27) crash Notes Laps Leader1-3* Paul Tracy4-54 Sébastien Bourdais55-59 Charles Zwolsman Jr.60-79 Oriol Servià80-97 Sébastien Bourdais * Paul Tracy was not credited with leading laps 1-3 as part of his penalty. Driver Laps ledSébastien Bourdais 69Oriol Servià 20Charles Zwolsman Jr. 5 New Track Record Sébastien Bourdais 48.989 (Qualification Session #2) New Race Lap Record Sébastien Bourdais 49.678 New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:38:00.168 Average Speed 85.694 mph Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 France Sébastien Bourdais 255 10px 2 UK Justin Wilson 224 10px 3 US A. J. Allmendinger 210 10px 2 4 Mexico Mario Domínguez 141 10px 5 Canada Andrew Ranger 135 Note: Only the top five positions are included. References External links Friday Qualifying Results https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054634/http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-san-jose-friday-qualifying-times/ 2016-03-04 Saturday Qualifying Results https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110855/http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-san-jose-saturday-qualifying-times/ 2016-03-04 Race Results Da Matta Injured in Collision With Deer https://web.archive.org/web/20121018110041/http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-da-matta-injured-in-a-collision-with-a-deer/ 2012-10-18 Post Race Penalties https://web.archive.org/web/20140203093959/http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-san-jose-penalties-announced-for-three-drivers/ 2014-02-03 2006 Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose 2006 2006 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton 2006 Grand Prix of Denver 2005 Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose 2007 San Jose Grand Prix at Redback Raceway Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose San Jose Category:Sports in San Jose, California