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2006 Gran Premio Telmex

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Mexico 2006 Mexico City
Race details
Race 14 of 14 in the 2006 Champ Car season
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Track Layout
DateNovember 12, 2006
Official nameGran Premio Telmex presented by Banamex
LocationAutódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Mexico City, Mexico
CoursePermanent Road Course
2.774 mi / 4.464 km
Distance66 laps
183.084 mi / 294.624 km
WeatherSunny
Pole position
DriverJustin Wilson (RuSPORT)
Time1:24.801
Fastest lap
DriverSébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time1:27.644 (on lap 6 of 66)
Podium
FirstSébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
SecondJustin Wilson (RuSPORT)
ThirdWill Power (Team Australia)

The 2006 Gran Premio Telmex was the fourteenth and final round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on November 12, 2006, on the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico. The pole was won by Justin Wilson, while the race was won by season champion Sébastien Bourdais, his seventh victory of the year.

Qualifying results

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Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best
1 United Kingdom Justin Wilson RuSPORT 1:25.560 1:24.801 1:24.801
2 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:25.449 1:24.986 1:24.986
3 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 1:26.118 1:25.491 1:25.491
4 Australia Will Power Team Australia 1:25.624 1:25.736 1:25.624
5 Australia Ryan Briscoe RuSPORT 1:26.494 1:25.643 1:25.643
6 United Kingdom Dan Clarke CTE Racing - HVM 1:27.516 1:25.942 1:25.942
7 Spain Oriol Servià PKV Racing 1:26.527 1:26.068 1:26.068
8 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Australia 1:27.436 1:26.087 1:26.087
9 Mexico David Martínez Forsythe Racing 1:26.819 1:26.146 1:26.146
10 France Nelson Philippe CTE Racing - HVM 1:26.708 1:26.278 1:26.278
11 Mexico Mario Domínguez Rocketsports Racing 1:27.151 1:26.450 1:26.450
12 Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:27.268 1:26.480 1:26.480
13 United Kingdom Katherine Legge PKV Racing 1:27.720 1:26.607 1:26.607
14 United States Buddy Rice Forsythe Racing 1:27.336 1:26.736 1:26.736
15 Brazil Antônio Pizzonia Rocketsports Racing 1:27.566 1:26.948 1:26.948
16 Canada Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:27.089 1:27.089 1:27.089
17 Belgium Jan Heylen Dale Coyne Racing 1:27.214 1:28.091 1:27.214
18 Germany Andreas Wirth Dale Coyne Racing 1:29.148 1:27.842 1:27.842

Race

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Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 66 1:51:31.146 2 34
2 9 United Kingdom Justin Wilson RuSPORT 66 +3.528 secs 1 29
3 5 Australia Will Power Team Australia 66 +46.536 secs 4 26
4 2 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 66 +1:04.023 3 23
5 15 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Australia 66 +1:18.033 8 22
6 6 Spain Oriol Servià PKV Racing 66 +1:28.745 7 19
7 4 France Nelson Philippe CTE Racing - HVM 66 +1:29.997 10 17
8 27 Canada Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 65 + 1 Lap 16 16
9 3 Mexico David Martínez Forsythe Racing 65 + 1 Lap 9 13
10 7 United States Buddy Rice Forsythe Racing 65 + 1 Lap 14 11
11 34 Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 65 + 1 Lap 12 10
12 18 Brazil Antônio Pizzonia Rocketsports Racing 65 + 1 Lap 15 9
13 11 Belgium Jan Heylen Dale Coyne Racing 65 + 1 Lap 17 8
14 10 Australia Ryan Briscoe RuSPORT 64 + 2 Laps 5 7
15 19 Germany Andreas Wirth Dale Coyne Racing 64 + 2 Laps 18 6
16 20 United Kingdom Katherine Legge PKV Racing 63 + 3 Laps 13 5
17 8 Mexico Mario Domínguez Rocketsports Racing 59 Retired 11 4
18 14 United Kingdom Dan Clarke CTE Racing - HVM 7 Differential 6 3

Caution flags

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Laps Cause
1-5 Domínguez (8) & Legge (20) crash

Notes

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Laps Leader
1-5 Justin Wilson
6-22 Sébastien Bourdais
23 Justin Wilson
24 Will Power
25 Alex Tagliani
26-32 Justin Wilson
33-34 Sébastien Bourdais
35-53 Justin Wilson
54-57 Sébastien Bourdais
58-65 Justin Wilson
66 Sébastien Bourdais
 
Driver Laps led
Justin Wilson 40
Sébastien Bourdais 24
Will Power 1
Alex Tagliani 1

Final championship standings

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.
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