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.

  2006 Qatar Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 17 races in the 2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	8 April 2006
Official name	Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar[1]
Location	Losail International Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.380 km (3.343 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Casey Stoner Time 1:55.683 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:57.305 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Nicky Hayden Third Loris Capirossi
250 cc
Pole position Rider Jorge Lorenzo Time 2:01.755 Fastest lap Rider Andrea Dovizioso Time 2:03.246 Podium First Jorge Lorenzo Second Andrea Dovizioso Third Roberto Locatelli
125 cc
Pole position Rider Álvaro Bautista Time 2:07.453 Fastest lap Rider Álvaro Bautista Time 2:08.591 Podium First Álvaro Bautista Second Mika Kallio Third Sergio Gadea

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Camel Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	43:22.229	6	25
2	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+0.900	4	20
3	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	22	+1.494	2	16
4	15	Sete Gibernau	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	22	+4.638	7	13
5	27	Casey Stoner	Honda LCR	Honda	22	+7.575	1	11
6	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+10.820	5	10
7	33	Marco Melandri	Fortuna Honda	Honda	22	+11.784	12	9
8	24	Toni Elías	Fortuna Honda	Honda	22	+19.481	3	8
9	5	Colin Edwards	Camel Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	+22.920	8	7
10	10	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Team Roberts	KR211V	22	+34.286	10	6
11	56	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	22	+35.316	9	5
12	7	Carlos Checa	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	22	+49.245	14	4
13	77	James Ellison	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	22	+1:01.469	17	3
14	6	Makoto Tamada	Konica Minolta Honda	Honda	22	+1:10.778	16	2
15	66	Alex Hofmann	Pramac d'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	22	+1:22.051	18	1
16	30	José Luis Cardoso	Pramac d'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	22	+1:33.818	19
Ret	71	Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	7	Retirement	11
Ret	21	John Hopkins	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	4	Retirement	13
Ret	17	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	Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia	20	41:29.946	1	25
2	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	20	+0.077	6	20
3	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	20	+19.364	3	16
4	80	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	20	+19.398	2	13
5	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	20	+24.051	8	11
6	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	20	+28.695	10	10
7	19	Sebastián Porto	Honda	20	+33.255	5	9
8	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	20	+34.214	13	8
9	55	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	20	+34.406	11	7
10	96	Jakub Smrž	Aprilia	20	+34.419	7	6
11	36	Martín Cárdenas	Honda	20	+49.121	21	5
12	8	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	20	+1:00.069	14	4
13	73	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	20	+1:00.633	16	3
14	54	Manuel Poggiali	KTM	20	+1:04.619	9	2
15	28	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	20	+1:12.332	15	1
16	21	Arnaud Vincent	Honda	20	+1:13.128	19
17	57	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	20	+1:44.684	23
18	22	Luca Morelli	Aprilia	20	+1:59.950	25
19	41	Michele Danese	Aprilia	19	+1 lap	26
20	85	Alessio Palumbo	Aprilia	19	+1 lap	24
Ret	24	Jordi Carchano	Honda	15	Accident	22
Ret	16	Jules Cluzel	Aprilia	6	Retirement	17
Ret	14	Anthony West	Aprilia	6	Retirement	12
Ret	23	Arturo Tizón	Honda	4	Accident	20
Ret	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	3	Retirement	18
Ret	7	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	0	Accident	4
[5]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	18	38:56.548	1	25
2	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	18	+6.765	3	20
3	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	18	+6.775	4	16
4	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	18	+8.327	2	13
5	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	18	+14.551	7	11
6	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	18	+15.266	9	10
7	10	Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	18	+15.356	11	9
8	1	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	18	+16.236	15	8
9	24	Simone Corsi	Gilera	18	+22.770	18	7
10	60	Julián Simón	KTM	18	+23.137	10	6
11	14	Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	18	+29.516	6	5
12	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Aprilia	18	+29.527	16	4
13	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	18	+42.997	12	3
14	32	Fabrizio Lai	Honda	18	+45.532	20	2
15	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Malaguti	18	+58.675	19	1
16	18	Nicolás Terol	Derbi	18	+59.145	28
17	41	Aleix Espargaró	Honda	18	+1:00.762	23
18	15	Michele Pirro	Aprilia	18	+1:02.635	24
19	43	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	18	+1:06.073	26
20	26	Vincent Braillard	Aprilia	18	+1:12.674	30
21	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	18	+1:14.590	13
22	38	Bradley Smith	Honda	18	+1:14.885	22
23	53	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	18	+1:16.297	29
24	44	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	18	+1:17.279	34
25	21	Mateo Túnez	Aprilia	18	+1:17.320	25
26	17	Stefan Bradl	KTM	18	+1:21.292	33
27	37	Joey Litjens	Honda	18	+1:43.507	36
28	16	Michele Conti	Honda	18	+1:46.382	35
29	20	Roberto Tamburini	Aprilia	18	+1:46.627	37
30	23	Lorenzo Baroni	Honda	18	+1:47.243	31
Ret	52	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	17	Retirement	5
Ret	12	Federico Sandi	Aprilia	5	Accident	14
Ret	45	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	5	Retirement	27
Ret	9	Michael Ranseder	KTM	5	Accident	32
Ret	11	Sandro Cortese	Honda	2	Accident	17
Ret	6	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	2	Accident	8
Ret	63	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	1	Retirement	21
DNS	7	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]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Loris Capirossi 41 2 Nicky Hayden 36 3 Dani Pedrosa 30 4 Valentino Rossi 27 5 Toni Elías 21

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Ducati 41 2 Honda 40 3 Yamaha 30 4 Kawasaki 14 5 KR211V 14

• 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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