2006 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

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	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1	Template:Flagicon	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:07.675	1:06.886	1:06.886
2	Template:Flagicon	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	1:08.318	1:07.208	1:07.208
3	Template:Flagicon	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1:07.741	1:07.225	1:07.225
4	Template:Flagicon	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	1:08.030	1:07.249	1:07.249
5	Template:Flagicon	Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	1:08.871	1:07.301	1:07.301
6	Template:Flagicon	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	1:07.947	1:07.408	1:07.408
7	Template:Flagicon	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	1:08.102	1:07.717	1:07.717
8	Template:Flagicon	Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	1:08.753	1:07.869	1:07.869
9	Template:Flagicon	Will Power	Team Australia	1:08.515	1:07.965	1:07.965
10	Template:Flagicon	Cristiano da Matta	Dale Coyne Racing	1:08.594	1:07.982	1:07.982
11	Template:Flagicon	Antônio Pizzonia	Rocketsports Racing	1:09.476	1:08.242	1:08.242
12	Template:Flagicon	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	1:09.091	1:08.246	1:08.246
13	Template:Flagicon	Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	1:08.766	1:08.410	1:08.410
14	Template:Flagicon	Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	1:11.078	1:08.641	1:08.641
15	Template:Flagicon	Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	1:08.905	1:08.647	1:08.647
16	Template:Flagicon	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:10.063	1:08.855	1:08.855
17	Template:Flagicon	Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	1:09.747	1:09.254	1:09.254
18	Template:Flagicon	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
1	1	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	74	1:40:07.670	1	35
2	9	Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	74	+14.096 secs	2	27
3	15	Template:Flagicon Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	74	+20.485 secs	7	25
4	7	Template:Flagicon Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	74	+22.612 secs	5	23
5	19	Template:Flagicon Cristiano da Matta	Dale Coyne Racing	74	+36.800 secs	10	21
6	27	Template:Flagicon Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	74	+54.924 secs	16	20
7	11	Template:Flagicon Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	74	+1:01.648	14	18
8	20	Template:Flagicon Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	74	+1:02.208	17	15
9	5	Template:Flagicon Will Power	Team Australia	73	+ 1 Lap	9	13
10	8	Template:Flagicon Antônio Pizzonia	Rocketsports Racing	73	+ 1 Lap	11	11
11	14	Template:Flagicon Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	72	+ 2 Laps	13	10
12	34	Template:Flagicon Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	67	Suspension	18	9
13	4	Template:Flagicon Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	46	Gearbox	15	8
14	12	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	24	Engine	12	7
15	2	Template:Flagicon Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1	Sidepod	3	6
16	10	Template:Flagicon A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	0	Contact	4	5
17	3	Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	0	Contact	6	4
18	6	Template:Flagicon 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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