2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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| 2006 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |
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The 2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 58th F.I.M. Road racing World Championship season.
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[edit] Season summary
The 2006 MotoGP season was one of the closest battles and most thrilling in recent memory in which American Nicky Hayden claimed his first World Championship on a Honda. Seven different riders claimed Grand Prix victories including first time winners Daniel 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 team-mate Pedrosa at the penultimate round in Portugal, but he bounced back to win the crown when Rossi crashed at the final round at Valencia.
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.
[edit] Grands Prix
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[edit] 2006 MotoGP World Championship final standings
- Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions.
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| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
[edit] 2006 250cc World Championship final standings
| Place | Rider | # Bike | Country | Team | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jorge Lorenzo |
48 | Spain | Fortuna Aprilia-Aprilia | 289 | 8 |
| 2 |  Andrea Dovizioso |
34 | Italy | Humangest Racing Team-Honda | 272 | 2 |
| 3 |  Alex De Angelis |
7 | San Marino | Master - MVA-Aprilia | 228 | 1 |
| 4 |  Hiroshi Aoyama |
4 | Japan | Red Bull-KTM | 193 | 2 |
| 5 | Roberto Locatelli |
15 | Italy | Team Toth-Aprilia | 191 | 0 |
| 6 | Yuki Takahashi |
55 | Japan | Humangest Racing Team-Honda | 156 | 2 |
| 7 | Héctor Barberá |
80 | Spain | Fortuna Aprilia-Aprilia | 152 | 1 |
| 8 | Shuhei Aoyama |
73 | Japan | Repsol Honda-Honda | 99 | 0 |
| 9 |  Sylvain Guintoli |
50 | France | Equipe GP de France - Scrab-Aprilia | 96 | 0 |
| 10 | Marco Simoncelli |
58 | Italy | Squadra Corse Metis Gilera-Gilera | 92 | 0 |
| 11 |  Anthony West |
14 | Australia | Kiefer - Bos - Racing-Aprilia | 78 | 0 |
| 12 |  Jakub Smrž |
96 | Czech Republic | Cardion AB Motoracing-Aprilia | 58 | 0 |
| 13 | Alex Debón |
6 | Spain | Fortuna Aprilia-Aprilia | 50 | 0 |
| 14 | Manuel Poggiali |
54 | San Marino | Red Bull-KTM | 50 | 0 |
| 15 |  Martín Cárdenas |
36 | Colombia | Würth Honda BQR-Honda Repsol Honda-Honda |
37 | 0 |
| 16 | Alex Baldolini |
25 | Italy | Matteoni Racing-Aprilia | 26 | 0 |
| 17 | Andrea Ballerini |
8 | Italy | Campetella Racing-Aprilia | 24 | 0 |
| 18 |  Sebastian Porto |
19 | Argentina | Repsol Honda-Honda | 20 | 0 |
| 19 | Aleix Espargaró |
42 | Spain | Wurth Honda BQR-Honda | 20 | 0 |
| 20 | Jules Cluzel |
16 | France | Equipe GP de France-Aprilia | 15 | 0 |
| 21 |  Dirk Heidolf |
28 | Germany | Kiefer - Bos - Racing-Aprilia | 15 | 0 |
| 22 | Arnaud Vincent |
21 | France | Arie Molenaar Racing-Honda | 14 | 0 |
| 23 | Arturo Tizón |
23 | Spain | Wurth Honda BQR-Honda | 11 | 0 |
| 24 | David De Gea |
41 | Spain | Repsol Honda-Honda | 9 | 0 |
| 25 | Ryuji Yokoe |
86 | Japan | RT Morinokumasan Sendai-Yamaha | 8 | 0 |
| 26 | Franco Battaini |
9 | Italy | Campetella Racing-Aprilia | 7 | 0 |
| 27 | Fabricio Perren |
37 | Argentina | Stop And Go Racing Team-Honda | 5 | 0 |
| 28 |  Ratthapark Wilairot |
87 | Thailand | Thai Honda Castrol Endurance-Honda | 6 | 0 |
| 29 | Jordi Carchano |
24 | Spain | Stop And Go Racing Team-Aprilia WTR Blauer USA-Aprilia |
4 | 0 |
| 30 | Seijin Oikawa |
89 | Japan | Will Access With Plus Myu-Yamaha | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | Taro Sekiguchi |
44 | Japan | Campetella Racing-Aprilia | 3 | 0 |
| 32 |  Chaz Davies |
57 | United Kingdom | Campetella Racing-Aprilia Arie Molenaar Racing-Honda Grillini Racing-Honda |
3 | 0 |
| 33 | Luca Morelli |
22 | Italy | Nocable Angaia Racing-Aprilia | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | Álvaro Molina |
41 | Spain | Andalucia Team Mas-Aprilia | 2 | 0 |
[edit] 2006 125cc World Championship final standings
| Place | Rider | # Bike | Country | Team | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Álvaro Bautista |
19 | Spain | Master - MVA-Aprilia | 338 | 8 |
| 2 |  Mika Kallio |
36 | Finland | Red Bull KTM-KTM | 262 | 3 |
| 3 | Héctor Faubel |
55 | Spain | Master - MVA-Aprilia | 197 | 2 |
| 4 | Mattia Pasini |
75 | Italy | Master - MVA-Aprilia | 192 | 2 |
| 5 | Sergio Gadea |
33 | Spain | Master - MVA-Aprilia | 160 | 0 |
| 6 | Lukáš Pešek |
52 | Czech Republic | Derbi Racing-Derbi | 154 | 0 |
| 7 |  Gábor Talmácsi |
14 | Hungary | Humangest Racing Team-Honda | 119 | 0 |
| 8 |  Thomas Lüthi |
1 | Switzerland | Elit - Caffe Latte-Honda | 113 | 1 |
| 9 | Julián Simón |
60 | Spain | Red Bull KTM-KTM | 97 | 0 |
| 10 | Joan Olivé |
6 | Spain | SSM Racing-Aprilia | 85 | 0 |
| 11 | Fabrizio Lai |
32 | Italy | Valsir Seedor Racing-Honda | 83 | 0 |
| 12 | Simone Corsi |
24 | Italy | Squadra Corse Metis Gilera-Gilera | 79 | 0 |
| 13 | Pablo Nieto |
22 | Spain | Multimedia Racing-Aprilia | 66 | 0 |
| 14 | Nicolás Terol |
18 | Spain | Derbi Racing-Derbi | 53 | 0 |
| 15 | Tomoyoshi Koyama |
71 | Japan | Malaguti Ajo Corse-Malaguti | 49 | 0 |
| 16 | Raffaele De Rosa |
35 | Italy | Multimedia Racing-Aprilia | 37 | 0 |
| 17 | Sandro Cortese |
11 | Germany | Elit - Caffe Latte-Honda | 23 | 0 |
| 18 | Angel Rodríguez |
10 | Spain | 3C Racing-Aprilia | 20 | 0 |
| 19 | Bradley Smith |
38 | United Kingdom | Repsol Honda-Honda | 20 | 0 |
| 20 | Pol Espargaró |
92/42 | Spain | Team RACC Derbi-Derbi Campetella Racing Junior-Derbi |
19 | 0 |
| 21 | Lorenzo Zanetti |
8 | Italy | Skilled I.S.P.A. Racing Team-Aprilia | 18 | 0 |
| 22 | Andrea Ianonne |
29 | Italy | Campetella Racing Junior-Aprilia WTR Blauer USA-Aprilia |
15 | 0 |
| 23 | Esteve Rabat |
80/34 | Spain | Wurth Honda-Honda | 11 | 0 |
| 24 | Karel Abraham |
44 | Czech Republic | Cardion AB Motoracing-Aprilia | 8 | 0 |
| 25 | Mike Di Meglio |
63 | France | FFM Honda Grand Prix 125-Honda | 8 | 0 |
| 26 | Stefan Bradl |
17 | Germany | Red Bull KTM Junior Team -KTM | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | Federico Sandi |
12 | Italy | SSM Racing-Aprilia | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | Manuel Hernández |
43 | Spain | Nocable Angaia Racing-Honda | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | Hiroaki Kuzuhara |
90 | Japan | WTR Blauer USA-Aprilia | 1 | 0 |
- Rabat and Espargaró rode race with wildcard and got permanent ride later. They used two different numbers during the season.
[edit] MotoGP constructors final standings
| Place | Constructor | Points | Wins |
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| 1 | Honda | 360 | 8 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 289 | 5 |
| 3 | Ducati | 248 | 4 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 151 | 0 |
| 5 | KR211V | 134 | 0 |
| 6 | Kawasaki | 109 | 0 |
| 7 | Ilmor | 2 | 0 |
[edit] 250cc constructors final standings
| Place | Constructor | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aprilia | 357 | 10 |
| 2 | Honda | 290 | 4 |
| 3 | KTM | 205 | 2 |
| 4 | Gilera | 92 | 0 |
| 5 | Yamaha | 8 | 0 |
[edit] 125cc constructors final standings
| Place | Constructor | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aprilia | 373 | 12 |
| 2 | KTM | 267 | 3 |
| 3 | Honda | 170 | 1 |
| 4 | Derbi | 163 | 0 |
| 5 | Gilera | 79 | 0 |
| 6 | Malaguti | 49 | 0 |
[edit] Participants
[edit] MotoGP participants
[edit] 250cc participants
According to the official website: www.motogp.com
| Number | Rider | Country | Team |
| 4 | Hiroshi Aoyama | |
Red Bull-KTM |
| 6 | Alex Debón | |
Fortuna Aprilia-Aprilia |
| 7 | Alex De Angelis | |
Master - MVA-Aprilia |
| 8 | Andrea Ballerini | |
Campetella Racing-Aprilia |
| 9 | Franco Battaini | |
Campetella Racing-Aprilia |
| 14 | Anthony West | |
Kiefer - Bos - Racing-Aprilia |
| 15 | Roberto Locatelli | |
Team Toth-Aprilia |
| 16 | Jules Cluzel | |
Equipe GP de France - Scrab-Aprilia |
| 17 | Franz Aschenbrenner | |
Kiefer - Bos - Racing-Aprilia |
| 21 | Arnaud Vincent | |
Arie Molenaar Racing-Honda |
| 22 | Luca Morelli | |
Nocable Angaia Racing-Aprilia |
| 23 | Arturo Tizón | |
Wurth Honda BQR-Honda |
| 24 | Jordi Carchano | |
Stop And Go Racing Team-Aprilia |
| WTR Blauer USA-Honda | |||
| 25 | Alex Baldolini | |
Matteoni Racing-Aprilia |
| 28 | Dirk Heidolf | |
Kiefer - Bos - Racing-Aprilia |
| 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | |
Humangest Racing Team-Honda |
| 36 | Martín Cárdenas | |
Würth Honda BQR-Honda |
| Repsol Honda Team-Honda | |||
| 37 | Fabricio Perren | |
Stop And Go Racing Team-Honda |
| 41 | Michele Danese | |
WTR Blauer USA-Aprilia |
| 42 | Aleix Espargaró | |
Wurth Honda BQR-Honda |
| 44 | Taro Sekiguchi | |
Campetella Racing-Aprilia |
| 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | |
Fortuna Aprilia-Aprilia |
| 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | |
Equipe GP de France - Scrab-Aprilia |
| 52 | David de Gea | |
Repsol Honda-Honda |
| 54 | Manuel Poggiali | |
Red Bull-KTM |
| 55 | Yuki Takahashi | |
Humangest Racing Team-Honda |
| 57 | Chaz Davies | |
Campetella Racing-Aprilia |
| Arie Molenaar Racing-Honda | |||
| 58 | Marco Simoncelli | |
Squadra Corse Metis Gilera-Gilera |
| 65 | Alessandro Brannetti | |
Arie Molenaar Racing-Honda |
| 73 | Shuhei Aoyama | |
Repsol Honda Team-Honda |
| 80 | Héctor Barberá | |
Fortuna Aprilia-Aprilia |
| 85 | Alessio Palumbo | |
Matteoni Racing-Aprilia |
| 96 | Jakub Smrž | |
Cardion AB Motoracing-Aprilia |
[edit] 125cc participants
According to the official website: www.motogp.com
| Number | Rider | Country | Team |
| 1 | Thomas Lüthi | |
Elit - Caffe Latte-Honda |
| 6 | Joan Olivé | |
SSM Racing-Aprilia |
| 7 | Alexis Masbou | |
Malaguti Ajo Corse-Malaguti |
| 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | |
Skilled I.S.P.A. Racing Team-Aprilia |
| 9 | Michael Ransender |  |
Red Bull Junior-KTM |
| 10 | Angel Rodríguez | |
3C Racing-Aprilia |
| 11 | Sandro Cortese | |
Elit - Caffe Latte-Honda |
| 12 | Federico Sandi | |
SSM Racing-Aprilia |
| 13 | Dino Lombardi | |
3C Racing-Aprilia |
| 14 | Gábor Talmácsi | |
Humangest Racing Team-Honda |
| 15 | Michele Pirro | |
WTR Blauer USA-Aprilia |
| 16 | Michele Conti | |
Valsir Seedorf Racing-Honda |
| 17 | Stefan Bradl | |
Red Bull Junior-KTM |
| 18 | Nicolás Terol | |
Derbi Racing-Derbi |
| 19 | Álvaro Bautista | |
Master - MVA-Aprilia |
| 20 | Roberto Tamburini | |
Matteoni Racing-Aprilia |
| 21 | Mateo Túnez | |
Master - MVA-Aprilia |
| 22 | Pablo Nieto | |
Multimedia Racing-Aprilia |
| 23 | Lorenzo Baroni | |
Humangest Racing Team-Honda |
| 24 | Simone Corsi | |
Squadra Corse Metis Gilera-Gilera |
| 26 | Vincent Braillard | |
Multimedia Racing-Aprilia |
| 29 | Andra Ianonne | |
Campetella Racing Junior-Aprilia |
| 32 | Fabrizio Lai | |
Valsir Seedor Racing-Honda |
| 33 | Sergio Gadea | |
Master - MVA-Aprilia |
| 34 | Esteve Rabat | |
Wurth Honda BQR-Honda |
| 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | |
Multimedia Racing-Aprilia |
| 36 | Mika Kallio | |
Red Bull KTM-KTM |
| 37 | Joey Litjens |  |
Arie Molenaar Racing-Honda |
| 38 | Bradley Smith | |
Repsol Honda-Honda |
| 43 | Manuel Hernández | |
Nocable Angaia Racing-Honda |
| 44 | Karal Abrahám | |
Cardion AB Motoracing-Aprilia |
| 45 | Imre Toth | |
Team Toth-Aprilia |
| 52 | Lukáš Pešek | |
Derbi Racing-Derbi |
| 53 | Simone Grotzkyj | |
Campetella Racing Junior-Aprilia |
| 55 | Héctor Faubel | |
Master - MVA-Aprilia |
| 60 | Julián Simón | |
Red Bull KTM-KTM |
| 63 | Mike Di Meglio | |
FFM Honda Grand Prix 125-Honda |
| 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | |
Malaguti Ajo Corse-Malaguti |
| 75 | Mattia Pasini | |
Master - MVA-Aprilia |
| 90 | Hiroaki Kuzuhara | |
Malaguti Ajo Corse-Malaguti |
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