2006 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2006 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 May 2006 at the Shanghai International Circuit.

Dani Pedrosa and Nicky Hayden, riding their Honda's in the MotoGP race. They went on to finish first and second, which was Pedrosa's first victory in the MotoGP class.
China  2006 Chinese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 4 of 17 races in the
2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date14 May 2006
Official namePolini Grand Prix of China[1][2][3]
LocationShanghai International Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.281 km (3.281 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Dani Pedrosa
Time 1:59.009
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Dani Pedrosa
Time 1:59.318
Podium
First Spain Dani Pedrosa
Second United States Nicky Hayden
Third United States Colin Edwards
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Héctor Barberá
Time 2:05.781
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Andrea Dovizioso
Time 2:06.865
Podium
First Spain Héctor Barberá
Second Italy Andrea Dovizioso
Third Japan Hiroshi Aoyama
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Finland Mika Kallio
Time 2:11.572
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Álvaro Bautista
Time 2:12.131
Podium
First Finland Mika Kallio
Second Italy Mattia Pasini
Third Spain Álvaro Bautista

MotoGP classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 44:07.734 1 25
2 69 United States Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +1.505 5 20
3 5 United States Colin Edwards Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +14.634 3 16
4 21 United States John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 22 +19.265 2 13
5 27 Australia Casey Stoner Honda LCR Honda 22 +23.061 7 11
6 6 Japan Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda 22 +23.879 11 10
7 33 Italy Marco Melandri Fortuna Honda Honda 22 +24.101 8 9
8 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 22 +24.467 10 8
9 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 22 +28.358 6 7
10 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 22 +33.815 4 6
11 24 Spain Toni Elías Fortuna Honda Honda 22 +35.316 15 5
12 17 France Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 22 +52.004 9 4
13 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts KR211V 22 +56.293 18 3
14 7 Spain Carlos Checa Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 22 +1:03.575 14 2
15 66 Germany Alex Hofmann Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 22 +1:11.172 16 1
16 77 United Kingdom James Ellison Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 22 +1:23.075 17
17 30 Spain José Luis Cardoso Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 22 +1:35.150 19
Ret 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 17 Tyre wear 13
Ret 71 Australia Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 3 Accident 12
Sources:[4][5][6]

250 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 80 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 21 44:49.445 1 25
2 34 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 21 +0.266 4 20
3 4 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 21 +3.320 7 16
4 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 21 +3.602 2 13
5 55 Japan Yuki Takahashi Honda 21 +3.618 6 11
6 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli Gilera 21 +15.850 17 10
7 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 21 +16.003 11 9
8 73 Japan Shuhei Aoyama Honda 21 +16.555 3 8
9 14 Australia Anthony West Aprilia 21 +21.860 8 7
10 96 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Aprilia 21 +27.041 9 6
11 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali KTM 21 +34.289 10 5
12 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 21 +34.563 12 4
13 36 Colombia Martín Cárdenas Honda 21 +39.232 16 3
14 25 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 21 +41.696 20 2
15 28 Germany Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 21 +42.693 13 1
16 8 Italy Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 21 +43.148 15
17 57 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia 21 +56.667 18
18 16 France Jules Cluzel Aprilia 21 +1:00.754 23
19 23 Spain Arturo Tizón Honda 21 +1:08.145 19
20 62 China Shi Zhao Huang Yamaha 21 +1:45.025 22
21 63 China Jin Xiao Yamaha 20 +1 lap 25
Ret 85 Italy Alessio Palumbo Aprilia 15 Retirement 27
Ret 19 Argentina Sebastián Porto Honda 12 Retirement 21
Ret 22 Italy Luca Morelli Aprilia 7 Retirement 26
Ret 59 China Chin Feng Ho Aprilia 3 Accident 28
Ret 60 China Zhu Wang Aprilia 3 Retirement 24
Ret 7 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia 2 Accident 5
Ret 21 France Arnaud Vincent Honda 0 Retirement 14
DNQ 61 China Zheng Peng Li Aprilia Did not qualify
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125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 36 Finland Mika Kallio KTM 19 42:06.223 1 25
2 75 Italy Mattia Pasini Aprilia 19 +0.097 6 20
3 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 19 +0.357 4 16
4 14 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Honda 19 +0.899 5 13
5 60 Spain Julián Simón KTM 19 +1.106 3 11
6 52 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Derbi 19 +1.886 2 10
7 55 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 19 +20.727 20 9
8 32 Italy Fabrizio Lai Honda 19 +21.478 11 8
9 71 Japan Tomoyoshi Koyama Malaguti 19 +21.558 10 7
10 24 Italy Simone Corsi Gilera 19 +21.640 19 6
11 33 Spain Sergio Gadea Aprilia 19 +21.722 13 5
12 35 Italy Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 19 +22.017 8 4
13 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Aprilia 19 +23.734 17 3
14 6 Spain Joan Olivé Aprilia 19 +27.491 21 2
15 63 France Mike Di Meglio Honda 19 +39.818 16 1
16 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Honda 19 +49.284 15
17 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Honda 19 +49.332 18
18 16 Italy Michele Conti Honda 19 +49.500 23
19 18 Spain Nicolás Terol Derbi 19 +49.744 24
20 17 Germany Stefan Bradl KTM 19 +49.793 22
21 43 Spain Manuel Hernández Aprilia 19 +50.009 25
22 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Honda 19 +50.162 30
23 12 Italy Federico Sandi Aprilia 19 +54.547 32
24 53 Italy Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 19 +55.055 39
25 15 Italy Michele Pirro Aprilia 19 +59.726 31
26 44 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Aprilia 19 +1:04.809 33
27 37 Netherlands Joey Litjens Honda 19 +1:04.818 34
28 21 Spain Mateo Túnez Aprilia 19 +1:21.244 35
29 20 Italy Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 19 +1:22.707 38
30 26 Switzerland Vincent Braillard Aprilia 19 +1:22.994 37
31 13 Italy Dino Lombardi Aprilia 19 +1:23.596 36
32 45 Hungary Imre Tóth Aprilia 19 +1:43.819 27
33 9 Austria Michael Ranseder KTM 19 +1:50.719 29
Ret 23 Italy Lorenzo Baroni Honda 16 Accident 27
Ret 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Aprilia 15 Retirement 8
Ret 7 France Alexis Masbou Malaguti 10 Retirement 26
Ret 1 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda 4 Retirement 7
Ret 10 Spain Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 2 Accident 9
Ret 8 Italy Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 0 Accident 14
DSQ 86 China Ho Wan Chow Honda 11 Black flag 40
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Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.[9]

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

References
  1. "2006 Chinese MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "2006 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  3. "Shanghai International Circuit | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Archived from the original on 2018-05-17. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
  4. "2006 Chinese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  5. "2006 Chinese Grand Prix : Classifications : 500cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  6. "POLINI GRAND PRIX OF CHINA · MotoGP Race Classification 2006". Motogp.com. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  7. "2006 Chinese Grand Prix : Classifications : 250cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  8. "2006 Chinese Grand Prix : Classifications : 125cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  9. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2006. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
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