2006 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2006 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 2006 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 June 2006 at the Circuit de Catalunya located in Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain.

  2006 Catalan Grand Prix
Race details
Race 7 of 17 races in the
2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date18 June 2006
Official nameGran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya[1]
LocationCircuit de Catalunya
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.727 km (2.937 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Valentino Rossi
Time 1:41.855
Fastest lap
Rider Nicky Hayden
Time 1:43.048
Podium
First Valentino Rossi
Second Nicky Hayden
Third Kenny Roberts Jr
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Andrea Dovizioso
Time 1:46.792
Fastest lap
Rider Alex de Angelis
Time 1:47.327
Podium
First Andrea Dovizioso
Second Jorge Lorenzo
Third Alex de Angelis
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Álvaro Bautista
Time 1:50.281
Fastest lap
Rider Héctor Faubel
Time 1:50.773
Podium
First Álvaro Bautista
Second Héctor Faubel
Third Sergio Gadea

The MotoGP race was initially red flagged after a crash at the first corner, caused by Loris Capirossi's Ducati making contact with teammate Sete Gibernau's front brake lever. Six riders were involved; John Hopkins, Dani Pedrosa and Randy de Puniet were able to take the restart, while Gibernau, Capirossi and Marco Melandri were not. After the second start was aborted due to an issue with Chris Vermeulen's Suzuki on the grid, the grid reformed for a third time and the race was shortened from 25 laps to 24.

MotoGP classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Valentino Rossi Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 41:31.237 1 25
2 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +4.509 7 20
3 10 Kenny Roberts, Jr. Team Roberts KR211V 24 +9.174 3 16
4 21 John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 24 +13.465 2 13
5 5 Colin Edwards Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +22.548 12 11
6 71 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 24 +25.198 4 10
7 6 Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda 24 +30.622 15 9
8 7 Carlos Checa Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 24 +31.277 16 8
9 77 James Ellison Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 24 +59.203 18 7
10 66 Alex Hofmann Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 24 +1:14.062 17 6
11 30 José Luis Cardoso Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 24 +1:46.815 19 5
Ret 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 11 Retirement 11
Ret 24 Toni Elías Fortuna Honda Honda 9 Accident 14
Ret 27 Casey Stoner Honda LCR Honda 8 Accident 8
Ret 17 Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 6 Accident 10
DSQ 56 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 6 Ignored ride through penalty 5
DNS 15 Sete Gibernau Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 0 Collision 13
DNS 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Honda Honda 0 Collision 9
DNS 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 0 Collision 6
Sources: [2][3][4]

250 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 23 41:28.179 1 25
2 48 Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 23 +0.095 2 20
3 7 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 23 +0.422 4 16
4 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 23 +1.587 7 13
5 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 23 +3.136 3 11
6 4 Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 23 +4.032 5 10
7 55 Yuki Takahashi Honda 23 +4.072 9 9
8 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 23 +7.315 12 8
9 14 Anthony West Aprilia 23 +43.107 14 7
10 36 Martín Cárdenas Honda 23 +43.193 18 6
11 54 Manuel Poggiali KTM 23 +43.582 15 5
12 8 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 23 +44.405 13 4
13 16 Jules Cluzel Aprilia 23 +52.426 11 3
14 23 Arturo Tizón Honda 23 +1:05.476 19 2
15 37 Fabricio Perren Honda 23 +1:08.871 21 1
16 21 Arnaud Vincent Honda 23 +1:09.556 22
17 24 Jordi Carchano Aprilia 23 +1:12.913 20
18 85 Alessio Palumbo Aprilia 23 +1:42.301 23
19 22 Luca Morelli Aprilia 23 +1:47.629 26
Ret 9 Franco Battaini Aprilia 17 Retirement 16
Ret 45 Dan Linfoot Honda 16 Accident 25
Ret 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 12 Accident 10
Ret 17 Franz Aschenbrenner Aprilia 9 Accident 24
Ret 96 Jakub Smrž Aprilia 7 Accident 8
Ret 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 6 Retirement 17
Ret 73 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 3 Accident 6
WD 19 Sebastián Porto Honda Withdrew
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 22 40:56.370 1 25
2 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 22 +0.187 4 20
3 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 22 +0.423 11 16
4 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 22 +1.094 5 13
5 52 Lukáš Pešek Derbi 22 +2.235 7 11
6 1 Thomas Lüthi Honda 22 +2.400 10 10
7 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 22 +15.456 3 9
8 14 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 22 +15.529 13 8
9 6 Joan Olivé Aprilia 22 +25.259 14 7
10 32 Fabrizio Lai Honda 22 +25.441 12 6
11 18 Nicolás Terol Derbi 22 +26.400 9 5
12 35 Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 22 +31.589 16 4
13 42 Pol Espargaró Derbi 22 +33.772 27 3
14 43 Manuel Hernández Aprilia 22 +34.256 28 2
15 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 22 +36.214 17 1
16 38 Bradley Smith Honda 22 +36.238 20
17 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 22 +43.693 15
18 63 Mike Di Meglio Honda 22 +45.599 23
19 11 Sandro Cortese Honda 22 +45.636 18
20 15 Michele Pirro Aprilia 22 +1:00.138 26
21 44 Karel Abraham Aprilia 22 +1:00.230 30
22 12 Federico Sandi Aprilia 22 +1:00.316 34
23 26 Vincent Braillard Aprilia 22 +1:00.776 37
24 21 Mateo Túnez Aprilia 22 +1:06.141 25
25 23 Lorenzo Baroni Honda 22 +1:06.225 22
26 13 Dino Lombardi Aprilia 22 +1:09.129 24
27 45 Imre Tóth Aprilia 22 +1:09.168 31
28 78 Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 22 +1:15.393 38
29 37 Joey Litjens Honda 22 +1:30.456 35
30 20 Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 22 +1:54.277 40
Ret 16 Michele Conti Honda 13 Retirement 33
Ret 41 Aleix Espargaró Honda 8 Retirement 21
Ret 10 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 8 Retirement 39
Ret 36 Mika Kallio KTM 2 Accident 2
Ret 24 Simone Corsi Gilera 2 Accident 8
Ret 24 Julián Simón KTM 2 Accident 6
Ret 53 Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 0 Retirement 29
Ret 7 Alexis Masbou Malaguti 0 Accident 32
Ret 34 Esteve Rabat Honda 0 Accident 19
Ret 9 Michael Ranseder KTM 0 Accident 36
DNS 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Malaguti Did not start
DNQ 76 Iván Maestro Honda Did not qualify
DNQ 39 Danny Webb Honda Did not qualify
WD 17 Stefan Bradl KTM Withdrew
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seven has concluded.[5]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References
  1. "2006 Catalan MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  2. "2006 Catalan MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  3. "OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  4. "GRAN PREMI CINZANO DE CATALUNYA · MotoGP Race Classification 2006". Motogp.com. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  5. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2006. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
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