2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 58th Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) Road racing World Championship season.

2006 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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World Champion MotoGP – Nicky Hayden (Honda) 250cc – Jorge Lorenzo (Aprilia) 125cc – Álvaro Bautista (Aprilia)

Nicky Hayden became the 2006 MotoGP world champion

Season summary

The 2006 MotoGP season was one of the closest battles in recent years, in which Honda's Nicky Hayden did not claim the championship from Valentino Rossi until the final race of the year. The victory was Hayden's first and only World Championship. Seven different riders claimed Grand Prix victories including first time winners Dani Pedrosa, Toni Elías and Troy Bayliss. Yamaha's Valentino Rossi fought back from a 51-point deficit to lead the championship going into the final rounds. Hayden's fortunes took a dip when he was taken out by his teammate Pedrosa at the penultimate round in Portugal, but he bounced back to win the crown when Rossi crashed in the final race at Valencia. Hayden only won two races to Rossi's five, but the Yamaha suffered a number of mechanical issues which led to more retirements which allowed Hayden to score more podiums. Also, the surprise win of Elias in Portugal, with a margin of just 0.002 second over Rossi, proved to be a major decider in the championship. Rossi had given up five points in that round, the same amount by which he was behind Hayden in the final standings. Had there been a tie, Rossi would have been crowned World Champion due to more race victories than Hayden.

In the 250 class, Aprilia's Jorge Lorenzo won his first championship taking 8 victories. Another Aprilia rider took the 125 crown with Álvaro Bautista also taking 8 wins.

2006 Grand Prix season calendar

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2006:[1][2]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	26 March	Gran Premio betandwin.com de España	Circuito de Jerez
2	8 April	Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar	Losail International Circuit
3	30 April	Grand Prix of Turkey	Istanbul Park
4	14 May	Polini Grand Prix of China	Shanghai International Circuit
5	21 May	Alice Grand Prix de France	Bugatti Circuit
6	4 June	Gran Premio d'Italia Alice	Mugello Circuit
7	18 June	Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya	Circuit de Catalunya
8	24 June ††	A-Style TT Assen	TT Circuit Assen
9	2 July	Gas British Grand Prix	Donington Park
10	16 July	betandwin.com Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland	Sachsenring
11	23 July †	Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
12	20 August	Gauloises Grand Prix České republiky	Brno Circuit
13	10 September	Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit
14	17 September	GMC Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island Circuit
15	24 September	A-Style Grand Prix of Japan	Twin Ring Motegi
16	15 October	bwin.com Grande Prémio de Portugal	Autódromo do Estoril
17	29 October	Gran Premio bwin.com de la Comunitat Valenciana	Circuit Ricardo Tormo

† = MotoGP class only

†† = Saturday Race

Calendar changes

• The Qatar Grand Prix was moved forward, from 1 October to 8 April.
• The Turkish Grand Prix was moved forward, from 23 October to 30 April.
• Only the MotoGP class raced during the United States Grand Prix because of a Californian law on air pollution, preventing the 125 and 250cc classes from racing.
• The Portuguese Grand Prix was moved back, from 17 April to 15 October.

2006 Grand Prix season results

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	125cc winner	250cc winner	MotoGP winner	Report
1	26 March	Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix	Jerez	Álvaro Bautista	Jorge Lorenzo	Loris Capirossi	Report
2	8 April	Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix	Losail	Álvaro Bautista	Jorge Lorenzo	Valentino Rossi	Report
3	30 April	Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix	Istanbul	Héctor Faubel	Hiroshi Aoyama	Marco Melandri	Report
4	14 May	Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix	Shanghai	Mika Kallio	Héctor Barberá	Dani Pedrosa	Report
5	21 May	French motorcycle Grand Prix	Le Mans	Thomas Lüthi	Yuki Takahashi	Marco Melandri	Report
6	4 June	Italian motorcycle Grand Prix	Mugello	Mattia Pasini	Jorge Lorenzo	Valentino Rossi	Report
7	18 June	Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix	Catalunya	Álvaro Bautista	Andrea Dovizioso	Valentino Rossi	Report
8	24 June ††	Dutch TT	Assen	Mika Kallio	Jorge Lorenzo	Nicky Hayden	Report
9	2 July	British motorcycle Grand Prix	Donington Park	Álvaro Bautista	Jorge Lorenzo	Dani Pedrosa	Report
10	16 July	German motorcycle Grand Prix	Sachsenring	Mattia Pasini	Yuki Takahashi	Valentino Rossi	Report
11	23 July †	United States motorcycle Grand Prix	Laguna Seca	No 125cc and 250cc race		Nicky Hayden	Report
12	20 August	Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix	Brno	Álvaro Bautista	Jorge Lorenzo	Loris Capirossi	Report
13	10 September	Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang	Álvaro Bautista	Jorge Lorenzo	Valentino Rossi	Report
14	17 September	Australian motorcycle Grand Prix	Phillip Island	Álvaro Bautista	Jorge Lorenzo	Marco Melandri	Report
15	24 September	Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix	Motegi	Mika Kallio	Hiroshi Aoyama	Loris Capirossi	Report
16	15 October	Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix	Estoril	Álvaro Bautista	Andrea Dovizioso	Toni Elías	Report
17	29 October	Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix	Valencia	Héctor Faubel	Alex de Angelis	Troy Bayliss	Report

† = MotoGP class only

†† = Saturday Race

Participants

MotoGP participants

Constructor Team Motorcycle Tyres No. Rider Rounds Ducati Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Desmosedici GP6 B 12 Troy Bayliss 17 15 Sete Gibernau 1–7, 10–11, 13–16 65 Loris Capirossi All 66 Alex Hofmann 8–9, 12 Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati Desmosedici GP5 30 José Luis Cardoso All 66 Alex Hofmann 1–7, 10–11, 13–17 22 Iván Silva 8–9, 12 Honda Fortuna Honda Honda RC211V M 24 Toni Elías 1–8, 10–17 33 Marco Melandri All 84 Michel Fabrizio 9 Honda LCR Honda RC211V M 27 Casey Stoner All Konica Minolta Honda Honda RC211V M 6 Makoto Tamada All Repsol Honda Team Honda RC211V M 26 Dani Pedrosa All 69 Nicky Hayden All Ilmor Ilmor SRT Ilmor X3 M 8 Garry McCoy 16–17 Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR B 8 Naoki Matsudo 15 17 Randy de Puniet All 56 Shinya Nakano All Roberts Team Roberts Roberts KR211V M 10 Kenny Roberts, Jr. All Suzuki Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R B 21 John Hopkins All 64 Kousuke Akiyoshi 15 71 Chris Vermeulen All Yamaha Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha YZR-M1 M 5 Colin Edwards All 46 Valentino Rossi All Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 7 Carlos Checa All 77 James Ellison All

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250cc participants

According to the official website: www.motogp.com

Team Constructor Motorcycle No Rider Rounds Red Bull KTM GP 250 KTM KTM 250 FRR 4 Hiroshi Aoyama 1–10, 12–17 54 Manuel Poggiali 1–10, 12–17 Master - MVA Aspar Team Aprilia Aprilia RSW 250 7 Alex de Angelis 1–10, 12–17 Kiefer-Bos-Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 14 Anthony West 1–10, 12–17 17 Franz Aschenbrenner 6–9 28 Dirk Heidolf 1–5, 10, 12–17 Team Toth Aprilia Aprilia RSW 250 LE 15 Roberto Locatelli 1–10, 12–17 Equipe GP De France-Scrab Aprilia Aprilia RSW 250 LE 16 Jules Cluzel 1–10, 12–17 50 Sylvain Guintoli 1–10, 12–17 Repsol Honda Honda Honda RS250RW 19 Sebastián Porto 1–6 36 Martín Cárdenas 8, 10, 12–14 52 José David de Gea 15–17 73 Shuhei Aoyama 1–10, 12–17 Arie Molenaar Racing Honda Honda RS250R 21 Arnaud Vincent 1–8, 10, 12–15 57 Chaz Davies 9 65 Alessandro Brannetti 16–17 Nocable Angaia Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 22 Luca Morelli 1–10, 12–17 Wurth Honda BQR Honda Honda RS250R 23 Arturo Tizón 1–10, 12–17 36 Martín Cárdenas 1–7 40 Sinan Sofuoğlu 1, 3 42 Aleix Espargaró 8–10, 12–17 Stop And Go Racing Team Honda Honda RS250RW 24 Jordi Carchano 1–3 37 Fabricio Perrén 6–10, 12–17 Matteoni Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 25 Alex Baldolini 1–10, 12–17 85 Alessio Palumbo 1–8, 10, 12–17 Humangest Racing Team Honda Honda RS250RW 34 Andrea Dovizioso 1–10, 12–17 55 Yuki Takahashi 1–10, 13–17 WTR Blauer USA Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 41 Michele Danese 1–3 24 Jordi Carchano 5–10, 12–17 TicinoHosting Campetella Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 44 Taro Sekiguchi 1, 12–17 57 Chaz Davies 1–5 8 Andrea Ballerini 2–10, 12–17 9 Franco Battaini 6–10 Fortuna Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RSW 250 48 Jorge Lorenzo 1–10, 12–17 80 Héctor Barberá 1–6, 9–10, 12–17 6 Alex Debón 7–8 Aprilia Racing 6 Alex Debón 1, 6, 12, 17 Squadra Corse Metis Gilera Gilera Gilera RSW 250 58 Marco Simoncelli 1–10, 12–17 Cardion AB Motoracing Aprilia Aprilia RSW 250 LE 96 Jakub Smrž 1–10, 12–17 Andalucia Team Mas Andalucia-GFC-Mas Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 31 Álvaro Molina 1, 5, 17 Jaap Kingma Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 66 Hans Smees 1 China Zongshen Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 32 Joao Fernandes 16 56 Rong Zai Su 13, 16 59 Ho Chi Fung 4, 13, 16 Benelli QJ Team of China Aprilia[3] Aprilia RSV 250 60 Wang Zhu 4 61 Li Zheng Peng 4 Yamaha Tianjian Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 62 Huang Shi Zhao 4 63 Xiao Jin 4 Teng Tools Winona Racing Winona Racing Honda Honda RS250R 45 Dan Linfoot 5–7, 9–10, 12, 16–17 Asmv Scaccia Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 47 Marc-Antoine Scaccia 5 VFT Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 64 Omar Menghi 6 Grillini Racing Honda Honda RS250R 57 Chaz Davies 17 65 Alessandro Brannetti 6 Agesta Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 67 Nicklas Cajback 6, 9–10 DE Arend - Filart Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 68 Randy Gevers 8 Racing Team Twello Jaap Kingma Honda Honda RS250R 69 Bram Appelo 8 Amici Racing Honda Honda RS250R 70 Raymond Schouten 8 Roelofs Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 71 Jan Roelofs 8 DRT Mototech Road Racing Honda Honda RS250R 72 David Drieghe 8 BM Groundworks Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 75 Luke Lawrence 9, 12, 16 Dennis Trollope Racing Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 76 Alex Kenchington 9 Danx MotorSport Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 77 Ian Gardner 9 Castrol GP 250 Racing Honda Honda RS250R 17 Franz Aschenbrenner 10 IMT Racing Honda Honda RS250R 78 Meik Kevin Minnerop 10 Ewes Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 79 Andreas Mårtensson 10 Sramek Racing Promotion Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 82 Michal Filla 12 Klub Racing Team Mayer Honda Honda RS250R 83 Jiří Mayer 12 Danish Road Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 84 Kenni Aggerholm 12 Burning Blood Honda Honda RS250R 20 Takumi Takahashi 15 RT Morinokumasan Sendai Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 86 Ryuji Yokoe 15 Thai Honda Castrol Endurance Honda Honda RS250R 87 Ratthapark Wilairot 15 Pro-Tec & Weave Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 88 Youichi Ui 15 Will Access With Plus Myu Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 89 Seijin Oikawa 15 Dydo Miu Racing Honda Honda RS250R 93 Kouki Takahashi 15 Extremadura Junior Honda Honda RS250R 53 Santiago Barragán 17

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125cc participants

According to the official website: www.motogp.com

Team Constructor Motorcycle No Rider Rounds Elit - Caffé Latte Honda Honda RS125R 1 Thomas Lüthi 1–10, 12–17 11 Sandro Cortese 1–10, 12–17 SSM Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R 6 Joan Olivé 1–10, 12–17 12 Federico Sandi 1–10, 12–17 Malaguti Ajo Corse Malaguti Malaguti 125 7 Alexis Masbou 1–8, 10, 12–13 40 Nico Vivarelli 17 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama 1–7, 10, 12–17 73 Kazuya Otani 15–16 90 Hiroaki Kuzuhara 8–9 95 Georg Fröhlich 9 Skilled I.S.P.A. Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R 8 Lorenzo Zanetti 1–10, 12–17 Red Bull KTM Junior Team KTM KTM 125 FRR 9 Michael Ranseder 1–9, 12–17 17 Stefan Bradl 1–10, 12–13 67 Blake Leigh-Smith 14–17 Red Bull KTM GP 125 36 Mika Kallio 1–10, 12–17 54 Randy Krummenacher 9–10 60 Julián Simón 1–7, 12–17 3C Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R 10 Ángel Rodríguez 1–10, 12 13 Dino Lombardi 3–10, 12–17 38 Roberto Lacalendola 13–17 Humangest Racing Team Honda Honda RS125R 14 Gábor Talmácsi 1–10, 12–17 15 Michele Pirro 13–14 23 Lorenzo Baroni 1–10 49 Kazuma Watanabe 15–17 56 Stefano Musco 12 WTR Blauer USA Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R 15 Michele Pirro 2–10, 12 29 Andrea Iannone 13 79 Enrique Jerez 1 90 Hiroaki Kuzuhara 14–17 Valsir Seedorf Racing Honda Honda RS125R 16 Michele Conti 1–10, 12–17 32 Fabrizio Lai 1–10, 12–17 Derbi Racing Derbi Derbi RS 125 R 18 Nicolás Terol 1–10, 12–17 52 Lukáš Pešek 1–10, 12–17 Master - MVA Aspar Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R 19 Álvaro Bautista 1–10, 12–17 21 Mateo Túnez 1–5, 7–10, 12, 16–17 33 Sergio Gadea 1–10, 12–17 55 Héctor Faubel 1–10, 12–17 75 Mattia Pasini 1–10, 12–17 Matteoni Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R 20 Roberto Tamburini 1–10, 12–17 Multimedia Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R 22 Pablo Nieto 1–10, 12–14, 16–17 25 Dominique Aegerter 16–17 26 Vincent Braillard 1–10, 12–15 35 Raffaele De Rosa 1–10, 12–17 Squadra Corse Metis Gilera Gilera Gilera RS 125 R 24 Simone Corsi 1–10, 12–17 TicinoHosting Campetella Junior Team Campetella Racing Junior Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R 29 Andrea Iannone 1–10 53 Simone Grotzkyj 1–10, 12–17 Derbi Derbi RS 125 R 42 Pol Espargaró 12–17 Honda BQR Würth Honda BQR Honda Honda RS125R 34 Esteve Rabat 8–10, 12–17 41 Aleix Espargaró 1–7 80 Esteve Rabat 1, 7 Arie Molenaar Racing Honda Honda RS125R 37 Joey Litjens 1–10, 12–17 Repsol Honda Honda Honda RS125R 38 Bradley Smith 1–10, 12, 14–17 39 Danny Webb 7 Nocable Angaia Racing Honda Honda RS125R 43 Manuel Hernández 1 Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R 2–10, 12–17 Cardion AB Motoracing Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R 44 Karel Abraham 1–10, 12–17 Team Tóth Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R 45 Imre Tóth 1–10, 12–17 81 Robert Mureșan 12 FFM Honda Grand Prix 125 Honda Honda RS125R 63 Mike Di Meglio 1–9, 12–16 83 Clément Dunikowski 10, 17 RACC Derbi Derbi Derbi RS 125 R 30 Pere Tutusaus 17 92 Pol Espargaró 7 FRS Honda Honda RS125R 47 Shoya Tomizawa 15 S-way Honda Honda RS125R 48 Toshihisa Kuzuhara 15 Plus One Honda Honda RS125R 50 Hiroomi Iwata 15 Honda Suzuka Racing Honda Honda RS125R 51 Iori Namihira 15 Red Bull ADAC KTM Junior KTM KTM 125 FRR 54 Randy Krummenacher 16–17 61 Robin Lässer 10 Tom Hatton Racing Honda Honda RS125R 57 Tom Hatton 14 Tassie WindsScreens Honda Honda RS125R 58 Brett Symonds 14 Rhys Moller Racing Honda Honda RS125R 59 Rhys Moller 14 Angelo's Aluminium Racing Honda Honda RS125R 62 Brent Rigoli 14 Double Vision Racing Honda Honda RS125R 64 Alex Lowes 9 www.sp125racing.com Honda Honda RS125R 65 Kyle Kentish 9 KRP KRP/dancoopers96.com Honda Honda RS125R 66 Anthony Rogers 9 67 Blake Leigh-Smith 9 96 Daniel Cooper 9 Mayer-Racing Passau Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R 68 Thomas Mayer 12 Kuja Racing Honda Honda RS125R 69 Michal Šembera 12, 16 Roha'c & Fejta Honda Honda RS125R 70 Michal Prášek 12 Sachsenring-Motorrad Unger Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R 72 Eric Hübsch 10 Lambea TMM Racing Honda Honda RS125R 76 Iván Maestro 1, 7 Quinto Almoradi Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R 77 Daniel Sáez 1, 17 Varenhof Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R 78 Hugo van den Berg 1, 5, 7–8, 12, 17 Yamaha Indonesia Yamaha Yamaha YZR 125 80 Doni Tata Pradita 13 Las Vegas Team Romania Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R 81 Robert Mureșan 3, 8 Villiers Team Competition Honda Honda RS125R 82 Matthieu Lussiana 5 Équipe de France FFM Honda Honda RS125R 83 Clément Dunikowski 5 FP Motorsport Honda Honda RS125R 84 Mathieu Olagnon 5 TVX Racing-CTR Distribution Honda Honda RS125R 85 Yannick Deschamps 5 China Zongshein Team Honda Honda RS125R 86 Ho Wan Chow 4 TicinoHosting-MTR Honda Honda RS125R 87 Roberto Lacalendola 6 88 Daniele Rossi 6 Racing Service Honda Honda RS125R 89 Nico Vivarelli 6 Grillini Racing Honda Honda RS125R 90 Hiroaki Kuzuhara 6 RCGM Team Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R 91 Luca Verdini 6 Jan Bakker Auto's Racing Honda Honda RS125R 93 Gert-Jan Kok 8 Lemstra Racing Honda Honda RS125R 94 Patrick van de Waarsenburg 8 Abbink Bos Racing Honda Honda RS125R 95 Georg Fröhlich 8, 10, 16 RZT Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R 97 Joshua Sommer 10 Honda Schumann Reisen Honda Honda RS125R 98 Toni Wirsing 10

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Standings

See also: List of FIM World Championship points scoring systems

MotoGP riders' standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos. Rider Bike ESP QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER USA CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL Pts 1 Nicky Hayden Honda 3 2 3 2 5 3 2 1 7 3 1 9 4 5 5 Ret 3 252 2 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 14 1 4 Ret Ret 1 1 8 2 1 Ret 2 1 3 2 2 13 247 3 Loris Capirossi Ducati 1 3 6 8 2 2 DNS 15 9 5 8 1 2 7 1 12 2 229 4 Marco Melandri Honda 5 7 1 7 1 6 DNS 7 3 2 3 5 9 1 3 8 5 228 5 Dani Pedrosa Honda 2 6 14 1 3 4 Ret 3 1 4 2 3 3 15 7 Ret 4 215 6 Kenny Roberts Jr. Roberts 8 10 13 13 Ret 8 3 5 5 Ret 4 4 7 14 9 3 8 134 7 Colin Edwards Yamaha 11 9 9 3 6 12 5 13 6 12 9 10 10 Ret 8 4 9 124 8 Casey Stoner Honda 6 5 2 5 4 Ret Ret 4 4 DNS Ret 6 8 6 Ret Ret Ret 119 9 Toni Elías Honda 4 8 5 11 9 7 Ret WD 11 15 11 Ret 9 6 1 6 116 10 John Hopkins Suzuki 9 Ret 17 4 15 10 4 6 8 10 6 7 6 12 12 6 11 116 11 Chris Vermeulen Suzuki 12 Ret 7 Ret 10 14 6 10 16 7 5 12 11 2 11 9 Ret 98 12 Makoto Tamada Honda 10 14 10 6 7 9 7 11 11 Ret 11 13 14 10 10 5 12 96 13 Sete Gibernau Ducati Ret 4 11 9 8 5 DNS 8 10 5 4 4 Ret 95 14 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki 7 11 8 10 12 11 DSQ 2 Ret 6 Ret 8 Ret 8 Ret Ret 7 92 15 Carlos Checa Yamaha 13 12 15 14 11 15 8 9 10 9 7 15 12 Ret 14 7 10 75 16 Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Ret Ret 12 12 Ret 13 Ret 14 12 Ret 12 14 13 11 Ret 10 Ret 37 17 Alex Hofmann Ducati 15 15 16 15 13 Ret 10 12 13 Ret 14 16 15 13 16 11 Ret 30 18 James Ellison Yamaha 16 13 18 16 14 16 9 Ret 14 13 13 17 16 16 15 13 14 26 19 Troy Bayliss Ducati 1 25 20 José Luis Cardoso Ducati Ret 16 Ret 17 Ret 17 11 17 15 14 16 Ret 17 17 Ret 14 Ret 10 21 Kousuke Akiyoshi Suzuki 13 3 22 Garry McCoy Ilmor X3 15 15 2 Iván Silva Ducati 16 Ret 18 0 Naoki Matsudo Kawasaki Ret 0 Michel Fabrizio Honda WD 0 Pos. Rider Bike ESP QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER USA CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

250cc riders' standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos. Rider Team ESP QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL Pts 1 Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 1 1 Ret 4 Ret 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 5 4 289 2 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 3 2 3 2 2 3 1 3 6 4 2 2 4 4 1 7 272 3 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 2 Ret 12 Ret 5 2 3 2 2 2 Ret 3 2 2 3 1 228 4 Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 6 5 1 3 4 Ret 6 9 3 8 3 Ret 3 1 2 Ret 193 5 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 7 3 4 7 6 6 4 5 4 6 4 5 7 5 4 2 191 6 Yuki Takahashi Honda 4 9 5 5 1 4 7 6 7 1 4 Ret Ret 6 WD 156 7 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 5 4 2 1 7 Ret 5 5 5 Ret 6 7 10 3 152 8 Shuhei Aoyama Honda Ret 13 Ret 8 3 9 Ret 12 13 9 6 6 5 6 Ret 6 99 9 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 9 6 6 12 9 11 8 Ret 8 10 8 7 Ret Ret 8 10 96 10 Marco Simoncelli Gilera Ret 8 11 6 8 7 Ret 7 10 Ret 9 8 10 9 7 Ret 92 11 Anthony West Aprilia Ret Ret 9 9 11 8 9 8 9 7 Ret 15 9 11 9 19 78 12 Jakub Smrž Aprilia Ret 10 7 10 10 Ret Ret Ret 11 14 10 Ret 8 Ret 11 11 58 13 Alex Debón Aprilia DNS 5 5 4 12 5 50 14 Manuel Poggiali KTM 11 14 15 11 17 12 11 10 Ret 13 Ret 11 13 12 12 8 50 15 Martín Cárdenas Honda 8 11 13 13 13 Ret 10 Ret Ret 7 Ret WD 37 16 Alex Baldolini Aprilia Ret Ret 8 14 19 Ret Ret 11 16 11 WD WD 18 14 Ret 12 26 17 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 12 16 12 10 12 Ret 15 Ret 13 Ret 16 Ret 15 15 24 18 Sebastián Porto Honda Ret 7 10 Ret 14 13 WD 20 19 Aleix Espargaró Honda 15 12 15 Ret 9 15 Ret 13 13 20 20 Jules Cluzel Aprilia Ret Ret 16 18 Ret Ret 13 Ret 14 18 Ret 10 12 17 Ret Ret 15 21 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 15 15 14 15 18 16 11 Ret 11 16 16 Ret 15 22 Arnaud Vincent Honda 10 16 Ret Ret 15 Ret 16 DNQ Ret 14 11 Ret DNS 14 23 Arturo Tizón Honda 12 Ret Ret 19 16 14 14 14 17 Ret 15 Ret Ret 21 20 18 11 24 José David de Gea Honda Ret 14 9 9 25 Ryuji Yokoe Yamaha 8 8 26 Franco Battaini Aprilia Ret Ret 13 18 12 7 27 Fabricio Perren Honda 15 15 16 Ret 17 16 Ret 14 15 17 14 7 28 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 10 6 29 Jordi Carchano Honda 18 Ret 17 Ret 4 Aprilia 22 17 17 Ret 20 18 12 17 22 19 22 30 Seijin Oikawa Yamaha 13 3 31 Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia DNS 17 13 19 18 18 16 3 32 Chaz Davies Aprilia 13 17 Ret 17 Ret 3 Honda Ret 21 33 Luca Morelli Aprilia Ret 18 18 Ret 21 Ret 19 18 19 21 DNS 14 20 Ret 21 24 2 34 Álvaro Molina Aprilia 14 20 17 2 Michele Danese Aprilia 16 19 Ret 0 Ho Chi Fung Aprilia Ret 16 DNQ 0 Omar Menghi Honda 16 0 Dan Linfoot Honda Ret 17 Ret Ret 19 Ret Ret Ret 0 Su Rong Zai Aprilia 17 DNQ 0 Hans Smees Aprilia 17 0 Alessio Palumbo Aprilia Ret 20 Ret Ret 23 18 18 DNQ WD DNQ 18 DNQ 24 22 Ret 0 Franz Aschenbrenner Aprilia 19 Ret 19 20 0 Honda 23 Sinan Sofuoğlu Honda DNQ 19 0 Youichi Ui Yamaha 19 0 Kenni Aggerholm Yamaha 19 0 Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia Ret Ret 20 0 Kouki Takahashi Honda 20 0 Raymond Schouten Honda 20 0 Shi Zhao Huang Yamaha 20 0 Nicklas Cajback Aprilia Ret 21 Ret 0 Randy Gevers Aprilia 21 0 Jin Xiao Yamaha 21 0 Meik Kevin Minnerop Honda 22 0 Bram Appelo Honda 22 0 Luke Lawrence Yamaha Ret DNQ 23 0 Santiago Barragán Honda 23 0 Takumi Takahashi Honda 23 0 Jan Roelofs Yamaha 23 0 João Fernandes Aprilia 24 0 Michal Filla Yamaha Ret 0 Andreas Mårtensson Aprilia Ret 0 Zhu Wang Aprilia Ret 0 Jiří Mayer Honda DNQ 0 Alex Kenchington Yamaha DNQ 0 Ian Gardner Yamaha DNQ 0 David Drieghe Honda DNQ 0 Zheng Peng Li Aprilia DNQ 0 Marc Antoine Scaccia Aprilia DNQ 0 Pos. Rider Team ESP QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

125cc riders' standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos. Rider Team ESP QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL Pts 1 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 4 338 2 Mika Kallio KTM 4 2 Ret 1 2 6 Ret 1 2 8 2 2 2 1 3 2 262 3 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 6 6 1 7 14 5 2 6 4 4 Ret 3 13 6 2 1 197 4 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 3 4 17 2 Ret 1 4 7 3 1 6 7 3 4 Ret 9 192 5 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 7 3 3 11 8 4 3 2 5 10 4 6 DNS 20 15 3 160 6 Lukáš Pešek Derbi 2 Ret 7 6 Ret 3 5 5 7 3 Ret 9 6 5 4 5 154 7 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 8 11 6 4 17 8 8 11 10 14 3 8 9 9 8 8 119 8 Thomas Lüthi Honda Ret 8 12 Ret 1 9 6 8 8 6 5 13 4 Ret Ret 10 113 9 Julián Simón KTM 5 10 11 5 12 7 Ret Ret 4 5 3 5 Ret 97 10 Joan Olivé Aprilia 9 Ret 5 14 7 13 9 12 6 9 8 5 10 Ret Ret 20 85 11 Fabrizio Lai Honda Ret 14 13 8 3 11 10 Ret 11 11 10 11 8 11 7 Ret 83 12 Simone Corsi Gilera 11 9 4 10 10 10 Ret 4 13 5 15 15 DNS WD 9 19 79 13 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 10 5 14 Ret 5 12 7 9 Ret Ret 9 Ret DNS DNS 7 66 14 Nicolás Terol Derbi 19 16 27 19 Ret 18 11 15 9 7 7 10 11 10 Ret 11 53 15 Tomoyoshi Koyama Malaguti 12 15 9 9 13 15 DNS 15 16 Ret 12 7 6 14 49 16 Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia Ret 12 24 12 6 17 12 10 Ret 20 Ret Ret 7 Ret 19 Ret 37 17 Sandro Cortese Honda 16 Ret 16 17 15 Ret 19 14 14 13 11 17 14 14 10 18 23 18 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia Ret 7 10 Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret 17 20 19 Bradley Smith Honda 17 22 Ret 22 21 19 16 16 12 12 DNS 28 8 Ret 12 20 20 Pol Espargaró Derbi 13 Ret 14 16 19 12 6 19 21 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 13 21 8 Ret Ret 14 15 17 15 17 Ret Ret 19 Ret 13 15 18 22 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 15 13 15 13 9 DSQ 17 Ret 17 24 DNS 15 23 Esteve Rabat Honda 30 Ret 25 Ret 31 Ret 12 Ret 12 17 13 11 24 Karel Abraham Aprilia 23 24 22 26 25 Ret 21 Ret 28 Ret Ret 18 17 13 11 Ret 8 25 Mike Di Meglio Honda 21 Ret Ret 15 27 Ret 18 13 16 13 Ret 15 Ret Ret 8 26 Stefan Bradl KTM DNQ 26 19 20 18 16 WD 31 Ret 18 12 DNS 4 27 Federico Sandi Aprilia 14 Ret 35 23 DNQ Ret 22 Ret 23 22 Ret 16 Ret Ret 14 22 4 28 Manuel Hernández Honda 18 4 Aprilia 19 18 21 22 DSQ 14 18 Ret 28 14 22 Ret 24 24 21 29 Hiroaki Kuzuhara Honda 20 1 Malaguti 28 26 Aprilia 25 15 Ret 27 Randy Krummenacher KTM 20 16 16 Ret 0 Aleix Espargaró Honda Ret 17 21 16 DNQ Ret Ret 0 Michael Ranseder KTM 20 Ret 26 33 16 Ret Ret 22 18 18 20 20 23 Ret 24 0 Mateo Túnez Aprilia 28 25 25 28 Ret 24 NC 21 30 21 23 16 0 Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 31 23 30 24 Ret 24 Ret 26 24 Ret 29 DNS 21 16 Ret 28 0 Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 34 29 31 29 Ret 28 30 27 29 Ret 22 19 22 18 Ret 17 0 Vincent Braillard Aprilia 25 20 32 30 28 26 23 21 22 21 Ret DNS 23 17 0 Michele Conti Honda 29 28 23 18 Ret 29 Ret 20 25 26 26 21 18 28 21 23 0 Michele Pirro Aprilia 18 Ret 25 23 Ret 20 Ret Ret 23 19 24 Ret 0 Imre Tóth Aprilia 26 Ret 29 32 20 25 27 29 Ret 27 20 23 Ret 25 18 33 0 Lorenzo Baroni Honda 22 30 28 Ret 19 Ret 25 24 27 29 0 Georg Fröhlich Honda 23 19 29 0 Malaguti 32 Joey Litjens Honda 33 27 34 27 24 Ret 29 19 DNS Ret 25 Ret DNS 29 25 25 0 Alexis Masbou Malaguti DNS DNS 20 Ret 29 Ret Ret Ret 25 23 DNS 0 Kazuma Watanabe Honda Ret 20 30 0 Roberto Lacalendola Honda 23 0 Aprilia 25 26 21 DNS 34 Daniele Rossi Honda 21 0 Dino Lombardi Aprilia 33 31 30 27 26 30 NC Ret 28 Ret 24 26 22 31 0 Blake Leigh-Smith Honda 31 0 KTM 27 22 27 32 Luca Verdini Aprilia 22 0 Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 27 26 28 Ret 24 Ret 0 Enrique Jerez Aprilia 24 0 Dominique Aegerter Aprilia 26 29 0 Pere Tutusaus Derbi 26 0 Doni Tata Pradita Yamaha 26 0 Robert Mureșan Aprilia DNQ 32 27 0 Hiroomi Iwata Honda 27 0 Kazuya Otani Malaguti Ret 28 0 Michal Šembera Honda 31 30 0 Toshihisa Kuzuhara Honda 30 0 Thomas Mayer Aprilia 30 0 Anthony Rogers Honda 30 0 Iori Namihira Honda 31 0 Yannick Deschamps Honda 31 0 Daniel Sáez Aprilia 32 36 0 Michal Prášek Honda 32 0 Toni Wirsing Honda 32 0 Stefano Musco Honda 33 0 Kyle Kentish Honda 33 0 Patrick van de Waarsenburg Honda 33 0 Nico Vivarelli Honda Ret 0 Malaguti 35 Clément Dunikowski Honda DNS Ret 37 0 Iván Maestro Honda Ret DNQ 0 Shoya Tomizawa Honda Ret 0 Rhys Moller Honda Ret 0 Robin Lässer KTM Ret 0 Eric Hübsch Aprilia Ret 0 Daniel Cooper Honda Ret 0 Alex Lowes Honda Ret 0 Gert-Jan Kok Honda Ret 0 Matthieu Lussiana Honda Ret 0 Ho Wan Chow Honda DSQ 0 Joshua Sommer Aprilia DNS 0 Mathieu Olagnon Honda DNS 0 Brett Symonds Honda DNQ 0 Tom Hatton Honda DNQ 0 Brent Rigoli Honda DNQ 0 Danny Webb Honda DNQ 0 Pos. Rider Team ESP QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

Constructors' standings

• Each constructor gets the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

MotoGP

Pos Constructor ESP QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER USA CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL Pts 1 Honda 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 3 3 1 3 1 3 360 2 Yamaha 11 1 4 3 6 1 1 8 2 1 7 2 1 3 2 2 9 289 3 Ducati 1 3 6 8 2 2 10 12 9 5 8 1 2 4 1 11 1 248 4 Suzuki 9 Ret 7 4 10 10 4 6 8 7 5 7 6 2 11 6 11 151 5 Roberts 8 10 13 13 Ret 8 3 5 5 Ret 4 4 7 14 9 3 8 134 6 Kawasaki 7 11 8 10 12 11 Ret 2 12 6 12 8 13 8 Ret 10 7 109 7 Ilmor 15 15 2 Pos Manufacturer ESP QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER USA CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL Pts 250cc Each constructor gets the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race. Pos Constructor ESP QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL Pts 1 Aprilia 1 1 2 1 5 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 357 2 Honda 3 2 3 2 1 3 1 3 6 1 2 2 4 4 1 6 290 3 KTM 6 5 1 3 4 12 6 9 3 8 3 Ret 3 1 2 8 205 4 Gilera Ret 8 11 6 8 7 Ret 7 10 Ret 9 8 10 9 7 Ret 92 5 Yamaha 20 23 Ret 19 8 23 8 Pos Manufacturer ESP QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL Pts 125cc Each constructor gets the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race. Pos Constructor ESP QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL Pts 1 Aprilia 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 373 2 KTM 4 2 11 1 2 6 Ret 1 2 8 2 2 2 1 3 2 267 3 Honda 8 8 6 4 1 8 6 8 8 6 3 8 4 8 7 8 170 4 Derbi 2 16 7 6 Ret 3 5 5 7 3 7 9 6 5 4 5 163 5 Gilera 11 9 4 10 10 10 Ret 4 13 5 15 15 DNS DNQ 9 19 79 6 Malaguti 12 15 9 9 13 15 Ret 28 26 15 16 Ret 12 7 6 14 49 Pos Manufacturer ESP QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL Pts References "MotoGP Calendar". www.yamaha-racing.com. "2006 World Motorcycle Championship". 12 June 2017. "Polini Grand Prix of China 2006". motogp.com. "The Official MotoGP website". Retrieved 2010-07-07.