2006 Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose

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	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	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

Notes

• 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. References ↑ "Weather information for the 2006 Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-10-11.  External links Friday Qualifying Results Saturday Qualifying Results Race Results Da Matta Injured in Collision With Deer Post Race Penalities Previous race: 2006 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton Champ Car World Series 2006 season Next race: 2006 Grand Prix of Denver Previous race: 2005 Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose 2006 Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose Next race: 2007 San Jose Grand Prix at Redback Raceway