2006 Toronto

Race details
Race 7 of 14 in the 2006 Champ Car season
Exhibition Place track layout
Date	July 9, 2006
Official name	Molson Grand Prix of Toronto
Location	Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Course	Temporary Street Course 1.755 mi / 2.824 km
Distance	86 laps 150.930 mi / 242.864 km
Weather	Temperatures reaching up to 28 °C (82 °F); dropping slightly to 22.3 °C (72.1 °F) by the end of the event
Pole position
Driver	Justin Wilson (RuSPORT)
Time	58.182
Fastest lap
Driver	Alex Tagliani (Team Australia)
Time	1:00.461 (on lap 76 of 86)
Podium
First	A. J. Allmendinger (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Second	Paul Tracy (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Third	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)

The 2006 Molson Grand Prix of Toronto was the seventh round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 9, 2006 on the streets of Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Justin Wilson took the pole but A. J. Allmendinger took the win, his third consecutive race victory.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	58.830	58.182	58.182
2		A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	58.621	58.264	58.264
3		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	59.313	58.345	58.345
4		Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	59.274	58.576	58.576
5		Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	59.407	58.920	58.920
6		Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:00.455	59.059	59.059
7		Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	59.203	59.091	59.091
8		Cristiano da Matta	RuSPORT	59.343	59.102	59.102
9		Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	59.367	59.116	59.116
10		Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	59.626	59.120	59.120
11		Mario Domínguez	Dale Coyne Racing	1:00.556	59.637	59.637
12		Will Power	Team Australia	1:00.588	59.687	59.687
13		Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	1:00.792	1:00.132	1:00.132
14		Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:00.387	1:00.176	1:00.176
15		Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	1:01.191	1:00.276	1:00.276
16		Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	1:00.688	—	1:00.688
17		Tõnis Kasemets	Rocketsports Racing	1:01.530	1:01.182	1:01.182

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	86	1:38:01.286	2	33
2	3	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	86	+1.851 secs	4	27
3	1	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	86	+2.434 secs	3	25
4	9	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	86	+4.170 secs	1	25
5	10	Cristiano da Matta	RuSPORT	86	+6.761 secs	8	21
6	15	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	86	+8.383 secs	10	20
7	5	Will Power	Team Australia	86	+9.663 secs	12	18
8	2	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	86	+12.177 secs	9	15
9	34	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	85	+ 1 Lap	14	13
10	27	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	85	+ 1 Lap	6	11
11	19	Mario Domínguez	Dale Coyne Racing	83	+ 3 Laps	11	10
12	6	Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	76	Contact	5	10
13	4	Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	76	Contact	7	9
14	20	Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	65	Contact	15	7
15	18	Tõnis Kasemets	Rocketsports Racing	49	Half shaft	17	6
16	11	Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	44	Rear axle	13	5
17	14	Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	14	Contact	16	4

Caution flags

Notes

• New Race Record A. J. Allmendinger 1:38:01.286
• Average Speed 92.386 mph

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Sébastien Bourdais 191 1 2 A. J. Allmendinger 168 1 3 Justin Wilson 165 2 4 Alex Tagliani 110 1 5 Andrew Ranger 110 Note: Only the top five positions are included. External links Friday Qualifying Results Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Saturday Qualifying Results Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Race Results Weather Information Previous race: 2006 Grand Prix of Cleveland Champ Car World Series 2006 season Next race: 2006 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton Previous race: 2005 Molson Indy Toronto 2006 Molson Grand Prix of Toronto Next race: 2007 Steelback Grand Prix of Toronto