2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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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) |
The 2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 58th Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) Road racing World Championship season.
Contents
1 Season summary
2 2006 Grand Prix season calendar
2.1 Calendar changes
3 2006 Grand Prix season results
4 Participants
4.1 MotoGP participants
4.2 250cc participants
4.3 125cc participants
5 Standings
5.1 MotoGP riders' standings
5.2 250cc riders' standings
5.3 125cc riders' standings
5.4 Constructors' standings
5.4.1 MotoGP
5.4.2 250cc
5.4.3 125cc
6 References
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. 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 |
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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 |
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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
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250cc participants
According to the official website: www.motogp.com
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125cc participants
According to the official website: www.motogp.com
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Standings
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 |
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Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole position |
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 |
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Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole position |
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 |
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Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole position |
Constructors' standings
- Each constructor gets the same amount of points as their best placed rider in each race.
MotoGP
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Pos | Constructor | ESP | QAT | TUR | CHN | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GBR | GER | CZE | MAL | AUS | JPN | POR | VAL | Pts |
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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 amount 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 |
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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 |
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