2006 Gran Premio Telmex

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)

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 the Justin Wilson, while the race was won by season champion Sébastien Bourdais, his seventh victory of the year.

Qualifying results

Pos	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	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

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	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

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

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