2006 CCWS Rd. 11--Grand Prix of Montreal
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 2:24 pm
With the dust still settling from a wild weekend on the Front Range, the teams and drivers of the Champ Car World Series now head for one more trip north of the border, to the famous Circuit Gilles Villeneueve, and the Grand Prix of Montreal. It will be, though, a bittersweet event weekend....for two reasons:
1--unless things change, the series is set to depart Montreal and not return for 2007, and
2--everyone's thoughts are still focused on injured RuSport driver Cristiano da Matta, recovering from injuries suffered at Road America earlier this month
All things aside, the focus will be on the series' resident curmudgeon(I mean, veteran Paul Tracy..... ) who has managed to get into scrapes with French-Canadian driver Alex Tagliani(I'll bet PT's going to real...real popular in Montreal this weekend...if you know what I mean..... ) at San Jose, and then with series champion(and ChampCar's fair-haired boy..... )Sebastien Bourdais at Denver. What, praytell, will "The Thrill from West Hill" do for an encore?
Here, then, is the event schedule for the weekend.....(note, all times U.S. EDT/-4 hrs. GMT)
Practice Session #1}10:15 am, 26 August 2006
Practice Session #2}2 pm, 26 August 2006
Qualifying Session #1}2:25 pm, 26 August 2006
Practice Session #3}10:30 am, 27 August 2006
Practice Session #4}2 pm, 27 August 2006
Qualifying Session #2}2:30 pm, 27 August 2006
Final Practice Session}9:30 am, 28 August 2006
Grand Prix of Montreal, 1:30 pm, 28 August 2006
television}NBC Sports(live-USA), TSN(tape delayed-Canada)
terrestrial radio}ChampCar Radio Network(throughout U.S), CBC Sports Radio and Radio Canada International
satellite radio}XM Satellite Radio
1--unless things change, the series is set to depart Montreal and not return for 2007, and
2--everyone's thoughts are still focused on injured RuSport driver Cristiano da Matta, recovering from injuries suffered at Road America earlier this month
All things aside, the focus will be on the series' resident curmudgeon(I mean, veteran Paul Tracy..... ) who has managed to get into scrapes with French-Canadian driver Alex Tagliani(I'll bet PT's going to real...real popular in Montreal this weekend...if you know what I mean..... ) at San Jose, and then with series champion(and ChampCar's fair-haired boy..... )Sebastien Bourdais at Denver. What, praytell, will "The Thrill from West Hill" do for an encore?
Here, then, is the event schedule for the weekend.....(note, all times U.S. EDT/-4 hrs. GMT)
Practice Session #1}10:15 am, 26 August 2006
Practice Session #2}2 pm, 26 August 2006
Qualifying Session #1}2:25 pm, 26 August 2006
Practice Session #3}10:30 am, 27 August 2006
Practice Session #4}2 pm, 27 August 2006
Qualifying Session #2}2:30 pm, 27 August 2006
Final Practice Session}9:30 am, 28 August 2006
Grand Prix of Montreal, 1:30 pm, 28 August 2006
television}NBC Sports(live-USA), TSN(tape delayed-Canada)
terrestrial radio}ChampCar Radio Network(throughout U.S), CBC Sports Radio and Radio Canada International
satellite radio}XM Satellite Radio