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; 1.968 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.

Qualifying results

Pos	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

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	+14.096 secs	2	27
3	15	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	74	+20.485 secs	7	25
4	7	Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	74	+22.612 secs	5	23
5	19	Cristiano da Matta	Dale Coyne Racing	74	+36.800 secs	10	21
6	27	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	74	+54.924 secs	16	20
7	11	Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	74	+1:01.648	14	18
8	20	Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	74	+1:02.208	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	Suspension	18	9
13	4	Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	46	Gearbox	15	8
14	12	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	24	Engine	12	7
15	2	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1	Sidepod	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

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

Driver	Laps led
Sébastien Bourdais	70
Jan Heylen	4

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