2006 Molson Grand Prix of Toronto
Appearance
Race details | |
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Race 7 of 14 in the 2006 Champ Car season | |
![]() Exhibition Place track layout | |
Date | July 9, 2006 |
Official name | Molson Grand Prix of Toronto |
Location | Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Course | Temporary Street Course 1.755 mi / 2.824 km |
Distance | 86 laps 150.930 mi / 242.864 km |
Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 28 °C (82 °F); dropping slightly to 22.3 °C (72.1 °F) by the end of the event |
Pole position | |
Driver | Justin Wilson (RuSPORT) |
Time | 58.182 |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Alex Tagliani (Team Australia) |
Time | 1:00.461 (on lap 76 of 86) |
Podium | |
First | A. J. Allmendinger (Forsythe Championship Racing) |
Second | Paul Tracy (Forsythe Championship Racing) |
Third | Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing) |
The 2006 Molson Grand Prix of Toronto was the seventh round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 9, 2006 on the streets of Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Justin Wilson took the pole but A. J. Allmendinger took the win, his third consecutive race victory.
Qualifying results
[edit]Pos | Nat | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
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1 | ![]() |
Justin Wilson | RuSPORT | 58.830 | 58.182 | 58.182 |
2 | ![]() |
A. J. Allmendinger | Forsythe Racing | 58.621 | 58.264 | 58.264 |
3 | ![]() |
Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 59.313 | 58.345 | 58.345 |
4 | ![]() |
Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 59.274 | 58.576 | 58.576 |
5 | ![]() |
Oriol Servià | PKV Racing | 59.407 | 58.920 | 58.920 |
6 | ![]() |
Andrew Ranger | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:00.455 | 59.059 | 59.059 |
7 | ![]() |
Nelson Philippe | CTE Racing-HVM | 59.203 | 59.091 | 59.091 |
8 | ![]() |
Cristiano da Matta | RuSPORT | 59.343 | 59.102 | 59.102 |
9 | ![]() |
Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 59.367 | 59.116 | 59.116 |
10 | ![]() |
Alex Tagliani | Team Australia | 59.626 | 59.120 | 59.120 |
11 | ![]() |
Mario Domínguez | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:00.556 | 59.637 | 59.637 |
12 | ![]() |
Will Power | Team Australia | 1:00.588 | 59.687 | 59.687 |
13 | ![]() |
Jan Heylen | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:00.792 | 1:00.132 | 1:00.132 |
14 | ![]() |
Charles Zwolsman Jr. | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:00.387 | 1:00.176 | 1:00.176 |
15 | ![]() |
Katherine Legge | PKV Racing | 1:01.191 | 1:00.276 | 1:00.276 |
16 | ![]() |
Dan Clarke | CTE Racing-HVM | 1:00.688 | — | 1:00.688 |
17 | ![]() |
Tõnis Kasemets | Rocketsports Racing | 1:01.530 | 1:01.182 | 1:01.182 |
Race
[edit]Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 7 | ![]() |
Forsythe Racing | 86 | 1:38:01.286 | 2 | 33 |
2 | 3 | ![]() |
Forsythe Racing | 86 | +1.851 secs | 4 | 27 |
3 | 1 | ![]() |
Newman/Haas Racing | 86 | +2.434 secs | 3 | 25 |
4 | 9 | ![]() |
RuSPORT | 86 | +4.170 secs | 1 | 25 |
5 | 10 | ![]() |
RuSPORT | 86 | +6.761 secs | 8 | 21 |
6 | 15 | ![]() |
Team Australia | 86 | +8.383 secs | 10 | 20 |
7 | 5 | ![]() |
Team Australia | 86 | +9.663 secs | 12 | 18 |
8 | 2 | ![]() |
Newman/Haas Racing | 86 | +12.177 secs | 9 | 15 |
9 | 34 | ![]() |
Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 85 | + 1 Lap | 14 | 13 |
10 | 27 | ![]() |
Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 85 | + 1 Lap | 6 | 11 |
11 | 19 | ![]() |
Dale Coyne Racing | 83 | + 3 Laps | 11 | 10 |
12 | 6 | ![]() |
PKV Racing | 76 | Contact | 5 | 10 |
13 | 4 | ![]() |
CTE Racing-HVM | 76 | Contact | 7 | 9 |
14 | 20 | ![]() |
PKV Racing | 65 | Contact | 15 | 7 |
15 | 18 | ![]() |
Rocketsports Racing | 49 | Half shaft | 17 | 6 |
16 | 11 | ![]() |
Dale Coyne Racing | 44 | Rear axle | 13 | 5 |
17 | 14 | ![]() |
CTE Racing-HVM | 14 | Contact | 16 | 4 |
Caution flags
[edit]Laps | Cause |
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9-12 | Legge (20), Clarke (14), Kasemets (18) & Heylen (11) crash |
16-18 | Zwolsman (34) & Clarke (14) crash |
77-82 | Philippe (4) & Servià (6) crash |
Notes
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- New Race Record A. J. Allmendinger 1:38:01.286
- Average Speed 92.386 mph
Championship standings after the race
[edit]- Drivers' Championship standings
Pos | Driver | Points | |
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1 | ![]() |
191 |
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2 | ![]() |
168 |
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3 | ![]() |
165 |
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4 | ![]() |
110 |
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5 | ![]() |
110 |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
External links
[edit]- Friday Qualifying Results Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Saturday Qualifying Results Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Race Results
- Weather Information
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