2006 Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose

2006 San Jose

Race details
Race 9 of 14 in the 2006 Champ Car season
San Jose Street Circuit Layout
Date	July 30, 2006
Official name	Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose
Location	Streets of San Jose, California, United States
Course	Temporary street circuit 1.443 mi / 2.322 km
Distance	97 laps 139.971 mi / 225.234 km
Weather	Sunny with temperatures reaching a high of 82.4 °F (28.0 °C); wind speeds reaching up to 14 miles per hour (23 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	48.989
Fastest lap
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	49.678 (on lap 94 of 97)
Podium
First	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second	Cristiano da Matta (RuSPORT)
Third	Justin Wilson (RuSPORT)

The 2006 Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose was the ninth round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 30, 2006 on the streets of San Jose, California. Sébastien Bourdais dominated the weekend, taking the pole, fastest lap and race win. Finishing second was 2002 CART champion Cristiano da Matta in what turned out to be his final Champ Car event. On August 3 da Matta was severely injured while testing at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin when he collided with a deer on the track. While da Matta recovered to return to racing in 2008, competing in the Rolex Sports Car Series, he has not competed in open wheel racing since. The race is also notable for a shoving match between Canadians Paul Tracy and Alex Tagliani in the pits after Tracy crashed into Tagliani while trying to return to the race course from an escape road, ending both their races.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	50.160	48.989	48.989
2		Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	50.156	49.810	49.810
3		A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	50.246	49.264	49.264
4		Cristiano da Matta	RuSPORT	50.734	49.659	49.659
5		Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	50.388	49.813	49.813
6		Will Power	Team Australia	—	49.867	49.867
7		Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	50.587	49.887	49.887
8		Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	50.925	49.962	49.962
9		Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	50.278	50.161	50.161
10		Mario Domínguez	Dale Coyne Racing	50.861	50.215	50.215
11		Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	50.440	50.312	50.312
12		Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	50.504	50.341	50.341
13		Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	50.373	—	50.373
14		Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	51.004	50.435	50.435
15		Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	51.329	50.473	50.473
16		Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	51.591	50.838	50.838
17		Nicky Pastorelli	Rocketsports Racing	52.344	51.628	51.628

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	97	1:38:00.168	1	34
2	10	Cristiano da Matta	RuSPORT	97	+6.686 secs	4	27
3	9	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	97	+8.100 secs	12	26
4	4	Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	97	+11.059 secs	11	23
5	19	Mario Domínguez	Dale Coyne Racing	97	+12.147 secs	10	21
6	5	Will Power	Team Australia	97	+12.957 secs	6	19
7	7	A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	97	+13.288 secs	3	17
8	6	Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	97	+15.920 secs	5	16
9	34	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	97	+16.458 secs	14	14
10	8	Nicky Pastorelli	Rocketsports Racing	97	+21.580 secs	17	11
11	11	Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	97	+25.360 secs	16	10
12	20	Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	90	+ 7 Laps	15	9
13	27	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	80	Contact	8	8
14	15	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	52	Contact	13	7
15	3	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	51	Contact	2	0*
16	14	Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	49	Gearbox	9	5
17	2	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	2	Contact	7	4

^* Paul Tracy was penalized 7 points and fined an undisclosed amount for causing avoidable contact and bringing the sport into disrepute for his part in the accident and subsequent shoving match with Alex Tagliani. He was also placed on probation for the following 3 races (Denver, Montreal and Road America). Tagliani was also fined an undisclosed amount.

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1	Yellow start
3-5	Junqueira (2) & Servià (6) crash
36-40	Legge (20) crash
53-59	Tracy (3) & Tagliani (15) crash
81-85	Ranger (27) crash

Notes

Laps Leader 4-54* Sébastien Bourdais 55-59 Charles Zwolsman Jr. 60-79 Oriol Servià 80-97 Sébastien Bourdais * Paul Tracy was not credited with leading laps 1-3 as part of his penalty.

Driver Laps led Sébastien Bourdais 69 Oriol Servià 20 Charles Zwolsman Jr. 5

• New Track Record Sébastien Bourdais 48.989 (Qualification Session #2)
• New Race Lap Record Sébastien Bourdais 49.678
• New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:38:00.168
• Average Speed 85.694 mph

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Sébastien Bourdais	255
	2	Justin Wilson	224
	3	A. J. Allmendinger	210
2	4	Mario Domínguez	141
	5	Andrew Ranger	135

• 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 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
• Race Results
• Da Matta Injured in Collision With Deer Archived 2012-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
• Post Race Penalties Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine