2006 Gran Premio Telmex

The 2006 Gran Premio Telmex was the fourteenth and final round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on November 12, 2006, on the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico. The pole was won by Justin Wilson, while the race was won by season champion Sébastien Bourdais, his seventh victory of the year.

2006 Mexico City

Race details
Race 14 of 14 in the 2006 Champ Car season
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Track Layout
Date	November 12, 2006
Official name	Gran Premio Telmex presented by Banamex
Location	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico
Course	Permanent Road Course 2.774 mi / 4.464 km
Distance	66 laps 183.084 mi / 294.624 km
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Justin Wilson (RuSPORT)
Time	1:24.801
Fastest lap
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	1:27.644 (on lap 6 of 66)
Podium
First	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second	Justin Wilson (RuSPORT)
Third	Will Power (Team Australia)

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	1:25.560	1:24.801	1:24.801
2		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:25.449	1:24.986	1:24.986
3		Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1:26.118	1:25.491	1:25.491
4		Will Power	Team Australia	1:25.624	1:25.736	1:25.624
5		Ryan Briscoe	RuSPORT	1:26.494	1:25.643	1:25.643
6		Dan Clarke	CTE Racing - HVM	1:27.516	1:25.942	1:25.942
7		Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	1:26.527	1:26.068	1:26.068
8		Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	1:27.436	1:26.087	1:26.087
9		David Martínez	Forsythe Racing	1:26.819	1:26.146	1:26.146
10		Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing - HVM	1:26.708	1:26.278	1:26.278
11		Mario Domínguez	Rocketsports Racing	1:27.151	1:26.450	1:26.450
12		Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:27.268	1:26.480	1:26.480
13		Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	1:27.720	1:26.607	1:26.607
14		Buddy Rice	Forsythe Racing	1:27.336	1:26.736	1:26.736
15		Antônio Pizzonia	Rocketsports Racing	1:27.566	1:26.948	1:26.948
16		Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:27.089	1:27.089	1:27.089
17		Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	1:27.214	1:28.091	1:27.214
18		Andreas Wirth	Dale Coyne Racing	1:29.148	1:27.842	1:27.842

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	66	1:51:31.146	2	34
2	9	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	66	+3.528 secs	1	29
3	5	Will Power	Team Australia	66	+46.536 secs	4	26
4	2	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	66	+1:04.023	3	23
5	15	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	66	+1:18.033	8	22
6	6	Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	66	+1:28.745	7	19
7	4	Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing - HVM	66	+1:29.997	10	17
8	27	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	65	+ 1 Lap	16	16
9	3	David Martínez	Forsythe Racing	65	+ 1 Lap	9	13
10	7	Buddy Rice	Forsythe Racing	65	+ 1 Lap	14	11
11	34	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	65	+ 1 Lap	12	10
12	18	Antônio Pizzonia	Rocketsports Racing	65	+ 1 Lap	15	9
13	11	Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	65	+ 1 Lap	17	8
14	10	Ryan Briscoe	RuSPORT	64	+ 2 Laps	5	7
15	19	Andreas Wirth	Dale Coyne Racing	64	+ 2 Laps	18	6
16	20	Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	63	+ 3 Laps	13	5
17	8	Mario Domínguez	Rocketsports Racing	59	Retired	11	4
18	14	Dan Clarke	CTE Racing - HVM	7	Differential	6	3

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1-5	Domínguez (8) & Legge (20) crash

Notes

Laps Leader 1-5 Justin Wilson 6-22 Sébastien Bourdais 23 Justin Wilson 24 Will Power 25 Alex Tagliani 26-32 Justin Wilson 33-34 Sébastien Bourdais 35-53 Justin Wilson 54-57 Sébastien Bourdais 58-65 Justin Wilson 66 Sébastien Bourdais

Driver Laps led Justin Wilson 40 Sébastien Bourdais 24 Will Power 1 Alex Tagliani 1

• New Track Record Justin Wilson 1:24.801 (Qualification Session #2)
• New Race Lap Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:27.644
• New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:51:31.146
• Average Speed 98.504 mph

Final championship standings

Bold indicates the Season Champion. Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Sébastien Bourdais 387 1 2 Justin Wilson 298 1 3 A. J. Allmendinger 285 4 Nelson Philippe 231 2 5 Bruno Junqueira 219

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

External links

• Friday Qualification Times
• Saturday Qualification Times
• Race Results

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