2006 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2006 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the second race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 6–8 April 2006 at the Losail Circuit.

Qatar  2006 Qatar Grand Prix
Race details
Race 2 of 17 races in the
2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date8 April 2006
Official nameCommercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar[1]
LocationLosail International Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.380 km (3.343 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Australia Casey Stoner
Time 1:55.683
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:57.305
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second United States Nicky Hayden
Third Italy Loris Capirossi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Time 2:01.755
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Andrea Dovizioso
Time 2:03.246
Podium
First Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Second Italy Andrea Dovizioso
Third Italy Roberto Locatelli
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Álvaro Bautista
Time 2:07.453
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Álvaro Bautista
Time 2:08.591
Podium
First Spain Álvaro Bautista
Second Finland Mika Kallio
Third Spain Sergio Gadea

MotoGP classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 43:22.229 6 25
2 69 United States Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +0.900 4 20
3 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 22 +1.494 2 16
4 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 22 +4.638 7 13
5 27 Australia Casey Stoner Honda LCR Honda 22 +7.575 1 11
6 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +10.820 5 10
7 33 Italy Marco Melandri Fortuna Honda Honda 22 +11.784 12 9
8 24 Spain Toni Elías Fortuna Honda Honda 22 +19.481 3 8
9 5 United States Colin Edwards Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +22.920 8 7
10 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts KR211V 22 +34.286 10 6
11 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 22 +35.316 9 5
12 7 Spain Carlos Checa Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 22 +49.245 14 4
13 77 United Kingdom James Ellison Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 22 +1:01.469 17 3
14 6 Japan Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda 22 +1:10.778 16 2
15 66 Germany Alex Hofmann Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 22 +1:22.051 18 1
16 30 Spain José Luis Cardoso Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 22 +1:33.818 19
Ret 71 Australia Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 7 Retirement 11
Ret 21 United States John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 4 Retirement 13
Ret 17 France Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 0 Accident 15
Sources: [2][3][4]

250 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 20 41:29.946 1 25
2 34 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 20 +0.077 6 20
3 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 20 +19.364 3 16
4 80 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 20 +19.398 2 13
5 4 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 20 +24.051 8 11
6 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 20 +28.695 10 10
7 19 Argentina Sebastián Porto Honda 20 +33.255 5 9
8 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli Gilera 20 +34.214 13 8
9 55 Japan Yuki Takahashi Honda 20 +34.406 11 7
10 96 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Aprilia 20 +34.419 7 6
11 36 Colombia Martín Cárdenas Honda 20 +49.121 21 5
12 8 Italy Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 20 +1:00.069 14 4
13 73 Japan Shuhei Aoyama Honda 20 +1:00.633 16 3
14 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali KTM 20 +1:04.619 9 2
15 28 Germany Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 20 +1:12.332 15 1
16 21 France Arnaud Vincent Honda 20 +1:13.128 19
17 57 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia 20 +1:44.684 23
18 22 Italy Luca Morelli Aprilia 20 +1:59.950 25
19 41 Italy Michele Danese Aprilia 19 +1 lap 26
20 85 Italy Alessio Palumbo Aprilia 19 +1 lap 24
Ret 24 Spain Jordi Carchano Honda 15 Accident 22
Ret 16 France Jules Cluzel Aprilia 6 Retirement 17
Ret 14 Australia Anthony West Aprilia 6 Retirement 12
Ret 23 Spain Arturo Tizón Honda 4 Accident 20
Ret 25 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 3 Retirement 18
Ret 7 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia 0 Accident 4
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125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 18 38:56.548 1 25
2 36 Finland Mika Kallio KTM 18 +6.765 3 20
3 33 Spain Sergio Gadea Aprilia 18 +6.775 4 16
4 75 Italy Mattia Pasini Aprilia 18 +8.327 2 13
5 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Aprilia 18 +14.551 7 11
6 55 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 18 +15.266 9 10
7 10 Spain Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 18 +15.356 11 9
8 1 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda 18 +16.236 15 8
9 24 Italy Simone Corsi Gilera 18 +22.770 18 7
10 60 Spain Julián Simón KTM 18 +23.137 10 6
11 14 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Honda 18 +29.516 6 5
12 35 Italy Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 18 +29.527 16 4
13 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Aprilia 18 +42.997 12 3
14 32 Italy Fabrizio Lai Honda 18 +45.532 20 2
15 71 Japan Tomoyoshi Koyama Malaguti 18 +58.675 19 1
16 18 Spain Nicolás Terol Derbi 18 +59.145 28
17 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Honda 18 +1:00.762 23
18 15 Italy Michele Pirro Aprilia 18 +1:02.635 24
19 43 Spain Manuel Hernández Aprilia 18 +1:06.073 26
20 26 Switzerland Vincent Braillard Aprilia 18 +1:12.674 30
21 8 Italy Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 18 +1:14.590 13
22 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Honda 18 +1:14.885 22
23 53 Italy Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 18 +1:16.297 29
24 44 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Aprilia 18 +1:17.279 34
25 21 Spain Mateo Túnez Aprilia 18 +1:17.320 25
26 17 Germany Stefan Bradl KTM 18 +1:21.292 33
27 37 Netherlands Joey Litjens Honda 18 +1:43.507 36
28 16 Italy Michele Conti Honda 18 +1:46.382 35
29 20 Italy Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 18 +1:46.627 37
30 23 Italy Lorenzo Baroni Honda 18 +1:47.243 31
Ret 52 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Derbi 17 Retirement 5
Ret 12 Italy Federico Sandi Aprilia 5 Accident 14
Ret 45 Hungary Imre Tóth Aprilia 5 Retirement 27
Ret 9 Austria Michael Ranseder KTM 5 Accident 32
Ret 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Honda 2 Accident 17
Ret 6 Spain Joan Olivé Aprilia 2 Accident 8
Ret 63 France Mike Di Meglio Honda 1 Retirement 21
DNS 7 France Alexis Masbou Malaguti Did not start
[6]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.[7]

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

References
  1. "2006 Qatar MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  2. "2006 Qatar MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  3. "2006 Qatar Grand Prix : Classifications : 500cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  4. "COMMERCIALBANK GRAND PRIX OF QATAR · MotoGP Race Classification 2006". Motogp.com. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  5. "2006 Qatar Grand Prix : Classifications : 250cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  6. "2006 Qatar Grand Prix : Classifications : 125cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  7. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2006. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
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