2006 Grand Prix of Cleveland

2006 Cleveland
Race details
Race 6 of 14 in the 2006 Champ Car season

Logo for the 2006 Grand Prix of Cleveland
Date June 25, 2006
Official name Grand Prix of Cleveland presented by U.S. Bank
Location Burke Lakefront Airport
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Course Temporary Airport Course
2.106 mi / 3.389 km
Distance 95 laps
200.070 mi / 321.955 km
Weather Temperatures reaching up to 73.9 °F (23.3 °C); wind speeds reaching up to 8.9 miles per hour (14.3 km/h)[1]
Pole position
Driver A. J. Allmendinger (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Time 56.283
Fastest lap
Driver Nelson Philippe (CTE Racing-HVM)
Time 57.508 (on lap 91 of 95)
Podium
First A. J. Allmendinger (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Second Bruno Junqueira (Newman/Haas Racing)
Third Oriol Servià (PKV Racing)

The 2006 Grand Prix of Cleveland was the sixth round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on June 25, 2006 at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio. It was the 25th anniversary edition of the event. A. J. Allmendinger took the pole and the win, his second consecutive victory.

Qualifying results

Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best
1 United States A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing 56.965 56.283 56.283
2 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 56.851 56.638 56.638
3 United Kingdom Justin Wilson RuSPORT 57.312 56.651 56.651
4 Spain Oriol Servià PKV Racing 57.782 56.855 56.855
5 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 57.011 57.604 57.011
6 France Nelson Philippe CTE Racing-HVM 57.779 57.162 57.162
7 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 57.564 57.178 57.178
8 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Australia 57.931 57.401 57.401
9 Australia Will Power Team Australia 58.115 57.538 57.538
10 Brazil Cristiano da Matta RuSPORT 58.499 57.570 57.570
11 United Kingdom Dan Clarke CTE Racing-HVM 59.372 57.619 57.619
12 Canada Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 58.585 57.772 57.772
13 Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 58.859 58.023 58.023
14 United Kingdom Katherine Legge PKV Racing 58.722 58.048 58.048
15 Netherlands Nicky Pastorelli Rocketsports Racing 59.410 58.179 58.179
16 Belgium Jan Heylen Dale Coyne Racing 58.532 58.261 58.261
17 Mexico Mario Domínguez Dale Coyne Racing 58.801 58.801
18 Estonia Tõnis Kasemets Rocketsports Racing 1:00.530 59.549 59.549

Race

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 7 United States A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing 95 2:00:22.619 1 33
2 2 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 95 +3.279 secs 7 28
3 6 Spain Oriol Servià PKV Racing 95 +3.505 secs 4 26
4 15 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Australia 95 +6.708 secs 8 24
5 11 Belgium Jan Heylen Dale Coyne Racing 95 +11.031 secs 16 22
6 19 Mexico Mario Domínguez Dale Coyne Racing 94 Contact 17 19
7 14 United Kingdom Dan Clarke CTE Racing-HVM 94 Contact 11 17
8 20 United Kingdom Katherine Legge PKV Racing 94 + 1 Lap 14 15
9 5 Australia Will Power Team Australia 94 + 1 Lap 9 13
10 4 France Nelson Philippe CTE Racing-HVM 93 + 2 Laps 6 13
11 27 Canada Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 92 + 3 Laps 12 10
12 18 Estonia Tõnis Kasemets Rocketsports Racing 91 + 4 Laps 18 9
13 9 United Kingdom Justin Wilson RuSPORT 77 Contact 3 8
14 10 Brazil Cristiano da Matta RuSPORT 75 + 20 Laps 10 7
15 34 Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 68 Steering 13 6
16 3 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 41 Contact 5 5
17 8 Netherlands Nicky Pastorelli Rocketsports Racing 22 Contact 15 4
18 1 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 0 Contact 2 4

Caution flags

Laps Cause
1-10 Bourdais (1), Tracy (3) & Ranger (27) crash
11-12 Zwolsman (34) spin, stall
23-26 Tracy (3) & Pastorelli (8) crash
38-40 Kasemets (18) spin, stall
43-47 Tracy (3) crash
48 Yellow restart
63-65 Ranger (27) spin, stall
66 Yellow restart
78-83 Wilson (9) crash; Philippe (4) off course

Notes

Laps Leader
1-23 Oriol Servià
24-26 Bruno Junqueira
27-38 A. J. Allmendinger
39-54 Alex Tagliani
55 Nelson Philippe
56-63 A. J. Allmendinger
64-71 Bruno Junqueira
72-77 Nelson Philippe
78-79 Alex Tagliani
80-95 A. J. Allmendinger
 
Driver Laps led
A. J. Allmendinger 36
Oriol Servià 23
Alex Tagliani 18
Bruno Junqueira 11
Nelson Philippe 7

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 France Sébastien Bourdais 166
2 United Kingdom Justin Wilson 140
3 United States A. J. Allmendinger 135
4 Canada Andrew Ranger 99
1 5 Mexico Mario Domínguez 95
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

  1. "Weather information for the 2006 Grand Prix of Cleveland". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-10-11.

External links

Previous race:
2006 Grand Prix of Portland
Champ Car World Series
2006 season
Next race:
2006 Molson Grand Prix of Toronto

Previous race:
2005 Grand Prix of Cleveland
2006 Grand Prix of Cleveland Next race:
2007 Grand Prix of Cleveland
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