2006 Lexmark Indy 300

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Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2006 Surfers Paradise
Race details
Race 13 of 14 in the 2006 Champ Car season
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit.svg
Track map of the Surfers Paradise street circuit at Surfers Paradise, Australia.
Date21 October, 2006
Official name Lexmark Indy 300
Location Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
Queensland, Australia
CourseTemporary Street Circuit
2.795 mi / 4.498 km
Distance59 laps
164.905 mi / 265.382 km
WeatherSunny with temperatures rising up to 28.3 °C (82.9 °F)
Pole position
Driver Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  (Team Australia)
Time1:31.403
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy  (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Time1:33.776 (on lap 39 of 59)
Podium
First Flag of France.svg Nelson Philippe  (CTE Racing-HVM)
Second Flag of Mexico.svg Mario Domínguez  (Rocketsports Racing)
Third Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alex Tagliani  (Team Australia)

The 2006 Lexmark Indy 300 was the thirteenth and penultimate round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on 21 October 2006 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in Queensland, Australia. The pole was won by native Queenslander Will Power, the first of his Champ Car career. The race was won by Nelson Philippe, the first and only win of his Champ Car career. By virtue of his eighth-place finish, Sébastien Bourdais clinched his third consecutive Champ Car season title, the first man to achieve this feat since Ted Horn won three consecutive National Championships from 1946 through 1948.

Contents

Qualifying results

PosNatNameTeamQual 1Qual 2Best
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power Team Australia 1:31.4031:31.8391:31.403
2 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:31.7741:32.2121:31.774
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing —-1:31.9591:31.959
4 Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing1:32.2651:32.8091:32.265
5 Flag of France.svg Nelson Philippe CTE Racing-HVM 1:32.7831:32.3481:32.348
6 Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servià PKV Racing 1:32.3711:33.6741:32.371
7 Flag of the United States.svg A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing1:32.5361:33.7611:32.536
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Clarke CTE Racing-HVM1:32.8211:33.7501:32.821
9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alex Tagliani Team Australia1:32.9331:32.8451:32.845
10 Flag of Mexico.svg Mario Domínguez Rocketsports Racing 1:33.2671:32.9741:32.974
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Briscoe RuSPORT —-1:33.0431:33.043
12 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:34.1551:33.5641:33.564
13 Flag of Brazil.svg Antônio Pizzonia Rocketsports Racing1:33.736—-1:33.736
14 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jan Heylen Dale Coyne Racing 1:34.5931:34.1821:34.182
15 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Charles Zwolsman Jr. Mi-Jack Conquest Racing1:35.0171:34.2821:34.282
16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katherine Legge PKV Racing—-1:34.6341:34.634
17 Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Wirth Dale Coyne Racing1:37.3001:35.1761:35.176
- Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Justin Wilson RuSPORT—-—-No time*

* Justin Wilson fractured the scaphoid bone in his wrist in a crash during practice on Friday and took no further part in the event as a result.

Race

PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/retiredGridPoints
14 Flag of France.svg Nelson Philippe CTE Racing-HVM 591:50:50.985532
28 Flag of Mexico.svg Mario Domínguez Rocketsports Racing 59+0.728 secs1029
315 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alex Tagliani Team Australia 59+6.054 secs925
43 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 59+7.238 secs325
527 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 59+9.377 secs1221
62 Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 59+10.247 secs419
734 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Charles Zwolsman Jr. Mi-Jack Conquest Racing59+16.849 secs1518
81 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing59+18.978 secs215
919 Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Wirth Dale Coyne Racing 59+22.195 secs1713
1018 Flag of Brazil.svg Antônio Pizzonia Rocketsports Racing59+44.086 secs1312
1110 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Briscoe RuSPORT 58+ 1 Lap1110
125 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power Team Australia58+ 1 Lap112
136 Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servià PKV Racing 43Gearbox69
1411 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jan Heylen Dale Coyne Racing42Contact148
1520 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katherine Legge PKV Racing42Contact166
167 Flag of the United States.svg A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing18Contact75
1714 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Clarke CTE Racing-HVM12Contact84
-9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Justin Wilson RuSPORT—-Withdrawn—-0

Caution flags

LapsCause
1Yellow start
14–16 Clarke (14) crash
20–23 Allmendinger (7) crash
29–32 Power (5) stopped on course
44–49 Heylen (11) crash; Legge (20) crash

Notes

LapsLeader
1–13 Will Power
14–20 Jan Heylen
21–30 Charles Zwolsman Jr.
31–34 Oriol Servià
35–39 Nelson Philippe
40–42 Paul Tracy
43 Mario Domínguez
44–51 Antônio Pizzonia
52–59Nelson Philippe
 
DriverLaps led
Nelson Philippe 13
Will Power 13
Charles Zwolsman Jr. 10
Antônio Pizzonia 8
Jan Heylen 7
Oriol Servià 4
Paul Tracy 3
Mario Domínguez 1

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
PosDriverPoints
1rightarrow blue.svg 1 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais 353
1rightarrow blue.svg 2 Flag of the United States.svg A. J. Allmendinger 285
1rightarrow blue.svg 3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Justin Wilson 269
1uparrow green.svg 14 Flag of France.svg Nelson Philippe 214
1downarrow red.svg 15 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy 209
Previous race:
2006 Grand Prix of Road America
Champ Car World Series
2006 season
Next race:
2006 Gran Premio Telmex
Previous race:
2005 Lexmark Indy 300
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2007 Lexmark Indy 300

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