2006 Tecate Grand Prix of Monterrey

Template:Infobox American championship car race report The 2006 Tecate Grand Prix of Monterrey was the third round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on May 21, 2006 on the Fundidora Park street circuit in Monterrey, Mexico. Sébastien Bourdais took the pole and the race victory, his third consecutive to open the season. The race was the sixth and final Champ Car race to take place at Fundidora Park.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1	Template:Flagicon	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:14.658	1:13.253	1:13.253
2	Template:Flagicon	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	1:14.305	1:13.532	1:13.532
3	Template:Flagicon	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	1:14.860	1:13.796	1:13.796
4	Template:Flagicon	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1:15.162	1:13.911	1:13.911
5	Template:Flagicon	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	1:15.144	1:14.009	1:14.009
6	Template:Flagicon	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	1:15.571	1:14.534	1:14.534
7	Template:Flagicon	Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	1:15.731	1:14.553	1:14.553
8	Template:Flagicon	Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	1:16.424	1:14.692	1:14.692
9	Template:Flagicon	Will Power	Team Australia	1:17.180	1:14.884	1:14.884
10	Template:Flagicon	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:15.842	1:15.162	1:15.162
11	Template:Flagicon	Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	1:18.003	1:15.220	1:15.220
12	Template:Flagicon	Cristiano da Matta	Dale Coyne Racing	1:16.359	1:15.253	1:15.253
13	Template:Flagicon	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:15.438	1:15.410	1:15.410
14	Template:Flagicon	Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	1:18.520	1:15.484	1:15.484
15	Template:Flagicon	Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	1:16.871	1:15.540	1:15.540
16	Template:Flagicon	Nicky Pastorelli	Rocketsports Racing	1:16.954	1:16.285	1:16.285
17	Template:Flagicon	Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	1:18.159	1:16.351	1:16.351

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	76	1:39:50.252	1	34
2	9	Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	76	+3.066 secs	2	29
3	10	Template:Flagicon A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	76	+14.132 secs	3	25
4	3	Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	76	+47.222 secs	5	23
5	15	Template:Flagicon Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	76	+57.778 secs	6	21
6	7	Template:Flagicon Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	76	+58.782 secs	8	19
7	27	Template:Flagicon Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	76	+59.302 secs	13	18
8	6	Template:Flagicon Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	76	+1:13.956	7	15
9	19	Template:Flagicon Cristiano da Matta	Dale Coyne Racing	76	+1:14.958	12	13
10	2	Template:Flagicon Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	75	+ 1 Lap	4	11
11	5	Template:Flagicon Will Power	Team Australia	75	+ 1 Lap	9	10
12	34	Template:Flagicon Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	75	+ 1 Lap	10	9
13	14	Template:Flagicon Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	75	+ 1 Lap	14	9
14	20	Template:Flagicon Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	75	+ 1 Lap	17	7
15	8	Template:Flagicon Nicky Pastorelli	Rocketsports Racing	74	+ 2 Laps	16	6
16	11	Template:Flagicon Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	71	+ 5 Laps	11	5
17	4	Template:Flagicon Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	0	Contact	15	4

Laps	Cause
24-26	Debris

	Pos	Driver	Points
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	1	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais	102
File:1uparrow green.svg 1	2	Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson	77
File:1downarrow red.svg 1	3	Template:Flagicon Mario Domínguez	69
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	4	Template:Flagicon Andrew Ranger	58
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	5	Template:Flagicon Alex Tagliani	56

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