2006 Champ Car Grand Prix de Montreal

Canada 2006 Montreal
Race details
Race 11 of 14 in the 2006 Champ Car season
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Track Layout
DateAugust 28, 2006
Official nameChamp Car Grand Prix de Montreal
LocationCircuit Gilles Villeneuve
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
CoursePermanent Road Course
2.709 mi / 4.360 km
Distance67 laps
181.503 mi / 292.120 km
WeatherMonsoonal Rain (Sunday)/Overcast (Monday)
Pole position
DriverSébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time1:20.005
Fastest lap
DriverSébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time1:22.325 (on lap 58 of 67)
Podium
FirstSébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
SecondPaul Tracy (Forsythe Championship Racing)
ThirdNelson Philippe (CTE Racing-HVM)

The 2006 Champ Car Grand Prix de Montreal was the eleventh round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on August 27 and August 28, 2006 on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

The race began on Sunday the 27th, but the race was red flagged due to excessive rain after only 6 laps were completed. The remainder of the race was rescheduled for 10:00am the following day, with all retired cars allowed to restart in the positions they held at the time of the red flag, albeit laps down if they were on the Sunday. The final 61 laps were completed without further weather stoppages. Sébastien Bourdais took the race win from the pole as well as a stranglehold on his third consecutive season championship with his closest competitors A. J. Allmendinger and Justin Wilson both finishing well back.