2006 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

  2006 Long Beach

Race details
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 1.969 mi / 3.169 km
Distance	74 laps, 145.706 mi / 234.506 km
Weather	Sunny
Pole
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 Champ Car season, held on April 9, 2006 on the streets of Long Beach, California. The race was Jimmy Vasser's final Champ Car race, ending a 15 year career that featured 10 wins and the series championship in 1996.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
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	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:10.147	1:09.554	1:09.554

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman-Haas Racing	74	1:40:07.670	1	35
2	9	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	74	+14.1 secs	2	27
3	15	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	74	+20.5 secs	7	25
4	7	Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	74	+22.6 secs	5	23
5	19	Cristiano da Matta	Dale Coyne Racing	74	+36.8 secs	10	21
6	27	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	74	+54.9 secs	16	20
7	11	Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	74	+61.1 secs	14	18
8	20	Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	74	+62.2 secs	17	15
9	5	Will Power	Team Australia	73	+ 1 Lap	9	13
10	8	Antônio Pizzonia	Rocketsports Racing	73	+ 1 Lap	11	11
11	14	Dan Clarke	CTE Racing - HVM	72	+ 2 Laps	13	10
12	34	Charles Zwolsman	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	67	Contact	18	9
13	4	Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing - HVM	46	Mechanical	15	8
14	12	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	24	Mechanical	12	7
15	2	Bruno Junqueira	Newman-Haas Racing	1	Contact	3	6
16	10	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	0	Contact	4	5
17	3	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	0	Contact	6	4
18	6	Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	0	Contact	8	3

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
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

Notes

Laps Leader 1-47 Sébastien Bourdais 48-51 Jan Heylen 52-74 Sébastien Bourdais

Driver Laps led Sébastien Bourdais 70 Jan Heylen 4

• New Track Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:06.886 (Qualifying Session #2)
• New Race Lap Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:07.931
• New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:40:07.670
• Average Speed 87.268 mph

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results