2006 Champ Car World Series

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2006 Champ Car season
Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford
Champ Car simplified logo (2003-2008).svg
Season
Races14
Start dateApril 9
End dateNovember 12
Awards
Drivers' champion Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais
Nations' Cup Flag of France.svg France
Rookie of the Year Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power
  2005
2007  

The 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season was the third and penultimate season of the Champ Car World Series era of American open wheel racing, and the 28th season overall dating back to the 1979 formation of Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART). It began on April 9, 2006 in Long Beach, California and ended on November 12 in Mexico City, Mexico after 14 races.

Contents

Reigning two-time champion Sébastien Bourdais won the series championship for the third consecutive time with Newman/Haas Racing, becoming the first driver to win three American open wheel National Championships in a row since Ted Horn in 1948, and the first non-American driver in history to win three titles.

Background and series news

The FordCosworth XFE engine continued to be the exclusive power plant for the series. Bridgestone also continued as the exclusive series tire supplier. The two companies continued the marketing agreement that branded the series Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford.

All teams ran the Lola B02/00 chassis, the final year these chassis would be run as a de-facto spec chassis in the series. A new bespoke formula for the series was announced on August 3, 2006 with the unveiling of the Panoz DP01, which would feature the same engine package. The car was slated to weigh 100 pounds less, have onboard starters and paddle shifting, as well as refined aerodynamics. [1]

Sebastien Bourdais won his third consecutive drivers' title driving with Newman-Haas Racing Bourdais.jpg
Sébastien Bourdais won his third consecutive drivers' title driving with Newman-Haas Racing

Drivers and teams

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2006 Champ Car season. All teams used a FordCosworth 2.65-litre turbocharged V8 engine, a Lola B02/00 chassis, and Bridgestone tires.

TeamNoDriver(s)Round(s)Ref(s)
Flag of the United States.svg Newman/Haas Racing 1 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais All [2]
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Junqueira All [3]
Flag of the United States.svg Forsythe Racing 3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy 1–13 [4]
Flag of Mexico.svg David Martínez  R 14 [5] [6]
7 Flag of Mexico.svg Mario Domínguez 1–4 [4]
Flag of the United States.svg A. J. Allmendinger 5–13 [7]
Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Rice  R 14 [8]
Flag of the United States.svg CTE Racing-HVM 4 Flag of France.svg Nelson Philippe All [9]
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Clarke  R All
[10]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Team Australia 5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  R All [11]
15 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alex Tagliani All [12]
Flag of the United States.svg PKV Racing 6 Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servià All [13]
12 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Vasser 1 [14]
20 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katherine Legge  R All [15]
Flag of the United States.svg Rocketsports Racing 8 Flag of Brazil.svg Antônio Pizzonia  R 1 [16]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nicky Pastorelli  R 2–6, 8–11 [17] [18]
Flag of Mexico.svg Mario Domínguez 12–14 [19]
18 Flag of Estonia.svg Tõnis Kasemets  R 5–8, 12 [20] [19]
Flag of Brazil.svg Antônio Pizzonia  R 11, 13–14 [21] [22] [23]
Flag of the United States.svg RuSPORT 9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Justin Wilson All [24]
10 Flag of the United States.svg A. J. Allmendinger 1–4 [24]
Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiano da Matta 5–9 [25] [26]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Briscoe  R 13–14 [27]
Flag of the United States.svg Dale Coyne Racing 11 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jan Heylen  R All [28]
19 Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiano da Matta 1–4 [29]
Flag of Mexico.svg Mario Domínguez 5–11 [30]
Flag of Uruguay.svg Juan Cáceres  R 12 [31]
Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Wirth  R 13–14 [32]
Flag of the United States.svg Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 27 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Andrew Ranger All [33] [34]
34 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Charles Zwolsman Jr.  R All [35]

Team and driver changes

Preseason

  • On November 7, 2005, Sébastien Bourdais confirmed to L'Équipe he had signed a new two-year deal to remain in Champ Car with Newman/Haas Racing, which still included an exit clause should a Formula One opportunity arise. [2] Talking to Agence France-Presse in December, Bourdais admitted he held off on a new contract because of talks with BMW Sauber to drive in Formula One, which did not come to fruition because of the reported high cost of terminating Jacques Villeneuve's deal. [36] [37]
  • On December 15, 2005, Bruno Junqueira announced he would return to the No. 2 Newman/Haas Racing car in 2006, signing a one-year extension after the conclusion of his three-year deal. [3] Junqueira had missed most of the 2005 season due to an injury sustained at the Indianapolis 500 in May, with Oriol Servià finishing second in the standings as a substitute. Newman/Haas tried to secure funding to run a third car for Servià in 2006, but verbal agreements on the matter failed to materialize. [38]
  • On February 14, 2006, PKV Racing announced Katherine Legge as the first new driver of the team, making the step up from the Atlantic Championship after finishing third in the 2005 standings with three wins. Legge became the seventh woman to compete at the top level of American open-wheel car racing, the first to race in CART or Champ Car since Lyn St. James, who last drove in the series in 1995, and the first to run a full season of Champ Car racing. [15] [39] She effectively replaced driver-owner Jimmy Vasser, who had been pondering the possibility of scaling back or retiring altogether for months.
  • On February 21, 2006, Forsythe Racing announced Mario Domínguez would remain with the team for the 2006 season as Paul Tracy's teammate. [4] The announcement also ratified Tracy's place in the team, despite still having a year left in his contract, as his plans for the year had been on doubt due to his intended full-time switch to NASCAR in 2007. [40] However, by April, Tracy spoke on the media about talks for an extension of his current contract with Forsythe, [41] and a new five-year deal was announced on May 11, 2006. [42]
  • On March 9, 2006, PKV Racing announced Oriol Servià as their lead driver, fresh off his runner-up finish in 2005 for Newman/Haas as an injury stand-in. [13] PKV had tested with Ryan Briscoe, Franck Montagny, Giorgio Pantano and Ryan Dalziel, but elected to go with an experienced Champ Car driver to partner rookie Katherine Legge. Servià's announcement officially left Cristiano da Matta without a seat despite having two years left in his contract, as the former CART champion's relationship with the team had fallen off following a difficult 2005 season. [43]
  • On March 15, 2006, Jimmy Vasser announced he would step back from full-time competition, and confirmed his participation in the Grand Prix of Long Beach in a third car for PKV Racing. [14] While adamant it could be his final Champ Car race, Vasser stopped short of announcing a retirement. The statement indicated Vasser could take part in "selected races" during the season, but he would only make one further start two years later at the Champ Car finale, also in Long Beach. [44]
  • On March 20, 2006, CTE-HVM Racing announced Nelson Philippe as their first driver for 2006, after two seasons with Mi-Jack Conquest Racing. [9]
  • On March 21, 2006, Mi-Jack Conquest Racing announced the signing of Charles Zwolsman Jr., a former Formula 3 driver from the Netherlands who won the Atlantic Championship title on his rookie season with three wins. [35]
  • On March 28, 2006, CTE-HVM Racing completed their line-up by announcing British rookie Dan Clarke for their second seat. Clarke graduated from British Formula 3, where he finished 5th behind future IndyCar drivers Charlie Kimball and Mike Conway. [10] Clarke took the spot intended for Ronnie Bremer, who saw his 2005 deal extended to 2006 back in July when HVM demoted him due to a lack of sponsorship. [45] Bremer later claimed that HVM failed to provide the promised funding to solve the budget shortfall, which led to the deal being voided a few days before the start of the season. [46]
  • On March 29, 2006, Dale Coyne Racing announced the signing of Cristiano da Matta, who had lost his seat in PKV Racing after returning from Formula One. [29] The former series champion agreed to forfeit his salary and drive for free in order to secure the ride. [43]
  • On March 29, 2006, Andrew Ranger was announced by Mi-Jack Conquest Racing for a one-race deal at Long Beach, returning to the team after his rookie campaign. [33] Afterwards, Ranger and Conquest tried to secure additional races, as funding was already in place for the three Canadian events. [47] On May 4, the deal was extended for the rest of the season. [34]
  • On March 29, 2006, Rocketsports Racing announced it would compete at Long Beach with just one car, driven by rookie Antônio Pizzonia in a one-race deal. Pizzonia had competed partially in Formula One for three seasons, including the last five races of 2005. [16] Franck Montagny had been close to secure the second seat [48] before the team was approached with a Brazilian-backed sponsorship effort, which called for Pizzonia to team up with Enrique Bernoldi for a full season under the Team Brazil banner. Both drivers tested with the team, but a deal was not reached in time for the start of the season. [49] Negotiations continued over the season, but no agreement was made. [20]
  • On April 4, 2006, Team Australia announced Alex Tagliani would remain with the team in 2006. Previously, the team unsuccessfully tried to lure Ryan Briscoe after he failed to land a seat at PKV Racing, in order to form an all-Australian lineup alongside Will Power. [12]
  • On April 7, 2006, shortly before the start of practice for the Grand Prix of Long Beach, Dale Coyne Racing announced Jan Heylen would drive the No. 11 car full-time. Heylen was the reigning Eurocup Mégane Trophy champion, after stints in Formula 3000 and Formula Three. He beat fellow rookie Nicky Pastorelli for the seat, after both drivers took part in the pre-season test at Fontana a few days earlier. [28]

Mid-season

Schedule

The initial 15-race schedule was released by Champ Car on August 13, 2005. [60]

Rd.DateRace nameTrackLocation
1April 9 Flag of the United States.svg Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach  S  Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California
2May 13 Flag of the United States.svg Grand Prix of Houston  S  Reliant Park Houston, Texas
3May 21 Flag of Mexico.svg Tecate Grand Prix of Monterrey  R  Fundidora Park Monterrey, Mexico
4June 4 Flag of the United States.svg Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225  O  Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin
5June 18 Flag of the United States.svg Grand Prix of Portland  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
6June 25 Flag of the United States.svg Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland  R  Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio
7July 9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Molson Grand Prix of Toronto  S  Exhibition Place Toronto, Canada
8July 23 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix  R  Rexall Speedway Edmonton, Canada
9July 30 Flag of the United States.svg Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San José  S  Streets of San Jose San Jose, California
10August 13 Flag of the United States.svg Grand Prix of Denver  S  Denver Civic Center Denver, Colorado
11August 27 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Champ Car Grand Prix de Montréal  R  Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Canada
12September 24 Flag of the United States.svg Grand Prix of Road America  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
-October 15 Flag of South Korea.svg Ansan Champ Car Grand Prix S  Streets of Ansan Ansan, South Korea
13October 22 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lexmark Indy 300  S  Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Australia
14November 12 Flag of Mexico.svg Gran Premio Telmex  R  Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico

Replaced event

Race nameTrackCityOriginal date
Flag of the United States.svg Champ Car Las Vegas 400  O  Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada September 23
References: [61]

 O  Oval/Speedway
 R  Road course
 S  Street circuit

Schedule changes

Results

Rd.Race Pole position Fastest lap Led most lapsRace winnerReport
DriverTeam
1 Flag of the United States.svg Long Beach Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report
2 Flag of the United States.svg Houston Flag of Mexico.svg Mario Domínguez Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of Mexico.svg Mario Domínguez Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report
3 Flag of Mexico.svg Monterrey Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report
4 Flag of the United States.svg Milwaukee Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report
5 Flag of the United States.svg Portland Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Junqueira Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power Flag of the United States.svg A. J. Allmendinger Flag of the United States.svg A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing Report
6 Flag of the United States.svg Cleveland Flag of the United States.svg A. J. Allmendinger Flag of France.svg Nelson Philippe Flag of the United States.svg A. J. Allmendinger Flag of the United States.svg A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing Report
7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toronto Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Justin Wilson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alex Tagliani Flag of the United States.svg A. J. Allmendinger Flag of the United States.svg A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing Report
8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Edmonton Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Justin Wilson Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Justin Wilson RuSPORT Report
9 Flag of the United States.svg San José Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report
10 Flag of the United States.svg Denver Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of the United States.svg A. J. Allmendinger Flag of the United States.svg A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing Report
11 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Montréal Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report
12 Flag of the United States.svg Road America Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Clarke Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of the United States.svg A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing Report
13 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Surfers Paradise Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy Flag of France.svg Nelson Philippe
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power
Flag of France.svg Nelson Philippe CTE Racing-HVM Report
14 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico City Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Justin Wilson Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Justin Wilson Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report

Points standings

Driver standings

PosDriver LBH Flag of the United States.svg HOU Flag of the United States.svg FUN Flag of Mexico.svg MIL Flag of the United States.svg POR Flag of the United States.svg CLE Flag of the United States.svg TOR Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg EDM Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg SJO Flag of the United States.svg DEN Flag of the United States.svg CGV Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg ROA Flag of the United States.svg SUR Flag of Australia (converted).svg MXC Flag of Mexico.svg Pts
1 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais 1*11*1*31832*1*71*3*81387
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Justin Wilson 25222134138145Wth 52*298
3 Flag of the United States.svg A. J. Allmendinger 168341*1*1*371*17116285
4 Flag of France.svg Nelson Philippe 1341738101314453141*7231
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Junqueira 151010154281517212264219
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  RY 9711111897664513123213
7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy 1724167162515 36 42104209
8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alex Tagliani 3115Wth 1114612141671135205
9 Flag of Mexico.svg Mario Domínguez 43*614 21461185131012217202
10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Andrew Ranger 6677911107131415858200
11 Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servià 181285103124815164136197
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Clarke  R 111613867179163461718175
13 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Charles Zwolsman Jr.  R 1215129121591091087711162
14 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jan Heylen  R 713161215516161111991413140
15 Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiano da Matta 599135145182134
16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katherine Legge  R 814146138141312913161516133
17 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nicky Pastorelli  R 1715101717171012673
18 Flag of Brazil.svg Antônio Pizzonia  R 1011101243
19 Flag of Estonia.svg Tõnis Kasemets  R 161215111734
20 Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Wirth  R 91519
21 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Briscoe  R 111417
22 Flag of Mexico.svg David Martínez  R 913
23 Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Rice  R 1011
24 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Vasser 147
25 Flag of Uruguay.svg Juan Cáceres  R 156
PosDriver LBH Flag of the United States.svg HOU Flag of the United States.svg FUN Flag of Mexico.svg MIL Flag of the United States.svg POR Flag of the United States.svg CLE Flag of the United States.svg TOR Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg EDM Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg SJO Flag of the United States.svg DEN Flag of the United States.svg CGV Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg ROA Flag of the United States.svg SUR Flag of Australia (converted).svg MXC Flag of Mexico.svg Pts
ColorResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
Green4th & 5th place
Light Blue6th-10th place
Dark BlueFinished
(Outside Top 10)
PurpleDid not finish
RedDid not qualify
(DNQ)
BrownWithdrawn
(Wth)
BlackDisqualified
(DSQ)
WhiteDid not start
(DNS)
BlankDid not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
ItalicsRan fastest race lap
*Led most race laps
 RY Rookie of the Year
 R Rookie

Notes:

Nations' Cup

PosCountry LBH Flag of the United States.svg HOU Flag of the United States.svg FUN Flag of Mexico.svg MIL Flag of the United States.svg POR Flag of the United States.svg CLE Flag of the United States.svg TOR Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg EDM Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg SJO Flag of the United States.svg DEN Flag of the United States.svg CGV Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg ROA Flag of the United States.svg SUR Flag of Australia (converted).svg MXC Flag of Mexico.svg Pts
1 Flag of France.svg France111131032151311397
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom252227413345152331
3 Flag of the United States.svg United States148341113711711610292
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada324774251362835292
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil59913425152211264266
6 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico436141146118513101229209
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia9711111897664513113209
8 Flag of Spain.svg Spain181285103124815164136192
9 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands1215129121591091067711163
10 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium713161215516161111991413137
11 Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia161215111734
12 Flag of Germany.svg Germany91519
12 Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay156
PosCountry LBH Flag of the United States.svg HOU Flag of the United States.svg FUN Flag of Mexico.svg MIL Flag of the United States.svg POR Flag of the United States.svg CLE Flag of the United States.svg TOR Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg EDM Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg SJO Flag of the United States.svg DEN Flag of the United States.svg CGV Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg ROA Flag of the United States.svg SUR Flag of Australia (converted).svg MXC Flag of Mexico.svg Pts

Notes

1 Mexico was penalized 7 points as a result of a penalty applied to Mario Domínguez in Milwaukee [68]

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