# 2006 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

The 2006 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the first round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on April 9, 2006, on the streets of Long Beach, California. The pole and race win were both captured by the two-time running Champ Car champion, Sébastien Bourdais. The race was billed at the time as Jimmy Vasser's final Champ Car race, ending a 15-year career that featured 10 wins and the series championship in 1996, though he would later make a come out of retirement to drive in the 2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, the final race run under Champ Car sanction.

## Qualifying results

| Pos | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
| 1 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:07.675 | 1:06.886 | 1:06.886 |
| 2 | Justin Wilson | RuSPORT | 1:08.318 | 1:07.208 | 1:07.208 |
| 3 | Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:07.741 | 1:07.225 | 1:07.225 |
| 4 | A. J. Allmendinger | RuSPORT | 1:08.030 | 1:07.249 | 1:07.249 |
| 5 | Mario Domínguez | Forsythe Racing | 1:08.871 | 1:07.301 | 1:07.301 |
| 6 | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 1:07.947 | 1:07.408 | 1:07.408 |
| 7 | Alex Tagliani | Team Australia | 1:08.102 | 1:07.717 | 1:07.717 |
| 8 | Oriol Servià | PKV Racing | 1:08.753 | 1:07.869 | 1:07.869 |
| 9 | Will Power | Team Australia | 1:08.515 | 1:07.965 | 1:07.965 |
| 10 | Cristiano da Matta | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:08.594 | 1:07.982 | 1:07.982 |
| 11 | Antônio Pizzonia | Rocketsports Racing | 1:09.476 | 1:08.242 | 1:08.242 |
| 12 | Jimmy Vasser | PKV Racing | 1:09.091 | 1:08.246 | 1:08.246 |
| 13 | Dan Clarke | CTE Racing-HVM | 1:08.766 | 1:08.410 | 1:08.410 |
| 14 | Jan Heylen | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:11.078 | 1:08.641 | 1:08.641 |
| 15 | Nelson Philippe | CTE Racing-HVM | 1:08.905 | 1:08.647 | 1:08.647 |
| 16 | Andrew Ranger | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:10.063 | 1:08.855 | 1:08.855 |
| 17 | Katherine Legge | PKV Racing | 1:09.747 | 1:09.254 | 1:09.254 |
| 18 | Charles Zwolsman Jr. | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:10.147 | 1:09.554 | 1:09.554 |

## Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 74 | 1:40:07.670 | 1 | 35 |
| 2 | 9 | Justin Wilson | RuSPORT | 74 | +14.096 secs | 2 | 27 |
| 3 | 15 | Alex Tagliani | Team Australia | 74 | +20.485 secs | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | 7 | Mario Domínguez | Forsythe Racing | 74 | +22.612 secs | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | 19 | Cristiano da Matta | Dale Coyne Racing | 74 | +36.800 secs | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | 27 | Andrew Ranger | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 74 | +54.924 secs | 16 | 20 |
| 7 | 11 | Jan Heylen | Dale Coyne Racing | 74 | +1:01.648 | 14 | 18 |
| 8 | 20 | Katherine Legge | PKV Racing | 74 | +1:02.208 | 17 | 15 |
| 9 | 5 | Will Power | Team Australia | 73 | + 1 Lap | 9 | 13 |
| 10 | 8 | Antônio Pizzonia | Rocketsports Racing | 73 | + 1 Lap | 11 | 11 |
| 11 | 14 | Dan Clarke | CTE Racing-HVM | 72 | + 2 Laps | 13 | 10 |
| 12 | 34 | Charles Zwolsman Jr. | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 67 | Suspension | 18 | 9 |
| 13 | 4 | Nelson Philippe | CTE Racing-HVM | 46 | Gearbox | 15 | 8 |
| 14 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | PKV Racing | 24 | Engine | 12 | 7 |
| 15 | 2 | Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 1 | Sidepod | 3 | 6 |
| 16 | 10 | A. J. Allmendinger | RuSPORT | 0 | Contact | 4 | 5 |
| 17 | 3 | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 0 | Contact | 6 | 4 |
| 18 | 6 | Oriol Servià | PKV Racing | 0 | Contact | 8 | 3 |

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| 1–4 | Servià (6), Tracy (3), Junqueira (2) & Allmendinger (10) crash |
| 13–15 | Clarke (14) crash |
| 25–27 | Vasser (12) stopped on course |
| 36–38 | Legge (20) spin, stall |
| 50–54 | Pizzonia (8) stopped on course |