Race details | |
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Race 1 of 14 in the 2006 Champ Car season | |
![]() Long Beach Track Layout | |
Date | April 9, 2006 |
Official name | Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach |
Location | Long Beach Grand Prix Long Beach, California, United States |
Course | Temporary street circuit 1.968 mi / 3.167 km |
Distance | 74 laps 145.632 mi / 234.358 km |
Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 68 °F (20 °C); wind speeds reaching up to 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h)[1] |
Pole position | |
Driver | Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing) |
Time | 1:06.886 |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing) |
Time | 1:07.931 (on lap 71 of 74) |
Podium | |
First | Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing) |
Second | Justin Wilson (RuSPORT) |
Third | Alex Tagliani (Team Australia) |
The 2006 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the first round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on April 9, 2006 on the streets of Long Beach, California. The pole and race win were both captured by the two-time running Champ Car champion, Sébastien Bourdais. The race was billed at the time as Jimmy Vasser's final Champ Car race, ending a 15-year career that featured 10 wins and the series championship in 1996, though he would later make a come out of retirement to drive in the 2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, the final race run under Champ Car sanction.
Pos | Nat | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
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1 | ![]() |
Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:07.675 | 1:06.886 | 1:06.886 |
2 | ![]() |
Justin Wilson | RuSPORT | 1:08.318 | 1:07.208 | 1:07.208 |
3 | ![]() |
Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:07.741 | 1:07.225 | 1:07.225 |
4 | ![]() |
A. J. Allmendinger | RuSPORT | 1:08.030 | 1:07.249 | 1:07.249 |
5 | ![]() |
Mario Domínguez | Forsythe Racing | 1:08.871 | 1:07.301 | 1:07.301 |
6 | ![]() |
Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 1:07.947 | 1:07.408 | 1:07.408 |
7 | ![]() |
Alex Tagliani | Team Australia | 1:08.102 | 1:07.717 | 1:07.717 |
8 | ![]() |
Oriol Servià | PKV Racing | 1:08.753 | 1:07.869 | 1:07.869 |
9 | ![]() |
Will Power | Team Australia | 1:08.515 | 1:07.965 | 1:07.965 |
10 | ![]() |
Cristiano da Matta | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:08.594 | 1:07.982 | 1:07.982 |
11 | ![]() |
Antônio Pizzonia | Rocketsports Racing | 1:09.476 | 1:08.242 | 1:08.242 |
12 | ![]() |
Jimmy Vasser | PKV Racing | 1:09.091 | 1:08.246 | 1:08.246 |
13 | ![]() |
Dan Clarke | CTE Racing-HVM | 1:08.766 | 1:08.410 | 1:08.410 |
14 | ![]() |
Jan Heylen | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:11.078 | 1:08.641 | 1:08.641 |
15 | ![]() |
Nelson Philippe | CTE Racing-HVM | 1:08.905 | 1:08.647 | 1:08.647 |
16 | ![]() |
Andrew Ranger | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:10.063 | 1:08.855 | 1:08.855 |
17 | ![]() |
Katherine Legge | PKV Racing | 1:09.747 | 1:09.254 | 1:09.254 |
18 | ![]() |
Charles Zwolsman Jr. | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:10.147 | 1:09.554 | 1:09.554 |
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 1 | ![]() |
Newman/Haas Racing | 74 | 1:40:07.670 | 1 | 35 |
2 | 9 | ![]() |
RuSPORT | 74 | +14.096 secs | 2 | 27 |
3 | 15 | ![]() |
Team Australia | 74 | +20.485 secs | 7 | 25 |
4 | 7 | ![]() |
Forsythe Racing | 74 | +22.612 secs | 5 | 23 |
5 | 19 | ![]() |
Dale Coyne Racing | 74 | +36.800 secs | 10 | 21 |
6 | 27 | ![]() |
Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 74 | +54.924 secs | 16 | 20 |
7 | 11 | ![]() |
Dale Coyne Racing | 74 | +1:01.648 | 14 | 18 |
8 | 20 | ![]() |
PKV Racing | 74 | +1:02.208 | 17 | 15 |
9 | 5 | ![]() |
Team Australia | 73 | + 1 Lap | 9 | 13 |
10 | 8 | ![]() |
Rocketsports Racing | 73 | + 1 Lap | 11 | 11 |
11 | 14 | ![]() |
CTE Racing-HVM | 72 | + 2 Laps | 13 | 10 |
12 | 34 | ![]() |
Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 67 | Suspension | 18 | 9 |
13 | 4 | ![]() |
CTE Racing-HVM | 46 | Gearbox | 15 | 8 |
14 | 12 | ![]() |
PKV Racing | 24 | Engine | 12 | 7 |
15 | 2 | ![]() |
Newman/Haas Racing | 1 | Sidepod | 3 | 6 |
16 | 10 | ![]() |
RuSPORT | 0 | Contact | 4 | 5 |
17 | 3 | ![]() |
Forsythe Racing | 0 | Contact | 6 | 4 |
18 | 6 | ![]() |
PKV Racing | 0 | Contact | 8 | 3 |
Laps | Cause |
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1–4 | Servià (6), Tracy (3), Junqueira (2) & Allmendinger (10) crash |
13–15 | Clarke (14) crash |
25–27 | Vasser (12) stopped on course |
36–38 | Legge (20) spin, stall |
50–54 | Pizzonia (8) stopped on course |