2006 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix explained

Grand Prix:	Catalan
Flag:	Catalonia
Official Name:	Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya^[1]
Location:	Circuit de Catalunya
Course Mi:	2.937
Course Km:	4.727
Race No:	7
Season No:	17
Date:	18 June
Year:	2006
Pole Rider Motogp:	Valentino Rossi
Pole Rider Motogp Country:	Italy
Pole Time Motogp:	1:41.855
Fast Rider Motogp:	Nicky Hayden
Fast Rider Motogp Country:	USA
Fast Time Motogp:	1:43.048
First Rider Motogp:	Valentino Rossi
First Rider Motogp Country:	Italy
Second Rider Motogp:	Nicky Hayden
Second Rider Motogp Country:	USA
Third Rider Motogp:	Kenny Roberts Jr.
Third Rider Motogp Country:	USA
Pole Rider 250:	Andrea Dovizioso
Pole Rider 250 Country:	Italy
Pole Time 250:	1:46.792
Fast Rider 250:	Alex de Angelis
Fast Rider 250 Country:	San Marino
Fast Time 250:	1:47.327
First Rider 250:	Andrea Dovizioso
First Rider 250 Country:	Italy
Second Rider 250:	Jorge Lorenzo
Second Rider 250 Country:	Spain
Third Rider 250:	Alex de Angelis
Third Rider 250 Country:	San Marino
Pole Rider 125:	Álvaro Bautista
Pole Rider 125 Country:	Spain
Pole Time 125:	1:50.281
Fast Rider 125:	Héctor Faubel
Fast Rider 125 Country:	Spain
Fast Time 125:	1:50.773
First Rider 125:	Álvaro Bautista
First Rider 125 Country:	Spain
Second Rider 125:	Héctor Faubel
Second Rider 125 Country:	Spain
Third Rider 125:	Sergio Gadea
Third Rider 125 Country:	Spain

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.

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	60	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]

Riders' Championship standings

	Rider	Points
1	Nicky Hayden	119
2	Loris Capirossi	99
3	Valentino Rossi	90
4	Marco Melandri	89
5	Dani Pedrosa	86

Constructors' Championship standings

	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	151
2	Yamaha	119
3	Ducati	105
4	Suzuki	54
5	KR211V	44

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

Notes and References

Web site: 2006 Catalan MotoGP. 13 June 2017. Motorsportmagazine.com. 18 May 2018.
Web site: 2006 Catalan MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database. 13 June 2017. Motorsportmagazine.com. 8 September 2018.
Web site: OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT. Resources.motogp.com. 8 September 2018.
Web site: GRAN PREMI CINZANO DE CATALUNYA · MotoGP Race Classification 2006. Motogp.com. 8 September 2018.
Web site: Standings . 2006. resources.motogp.com . PDF. 2019-08-22.