2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Grands Prix

Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	125 winner	250 winner	MotoGP winner	Report
March 26	Spain	Jerez	A. Bautista	Jorge Lorenzo	L. Capirossi	Report
April 8	Qatar	Losail Circuit	A. Bautista	Jorge Lorenzo	V. Rossi	Report
April 30	Turkey	Istanbul	H. Faubel	H. Aoyama	M. Melandri	Report
May 14	Chinese	Shanghai	Mika Kallio	H. Barbera	D. Pedrosa	Report
May 21	France	Bugatti Circuit	Thomas Lüthi	Y. Takahashi	M. Melandri	Report
June 4	Italy	Mugello Circuit	M. Pasini	Jorge Lorenzo	V. Rossi	Report
June 18	Catalunya	Catalunya	A. Bautista	A. Dovizioso	V. Rossi	Report
June 24	Netherlands	Assen Circuit	Mika Kallio	Jorge Lorenzo	Nicky Hayden	Report
July 2	England	Donington Park	A. Bautista	Jorge Lorenzo	D. Pedrosa	Report
July 16	Germany	Sachsenring Circuit	Mattia Pasini	Yuki Takahashi	Valentino Rossi	Report
July 23	USA	Laguna Seca	no race	no race		Report
August 20	Czech Republic	Brno Circuit				Report
September 10	Malaysia	Sepang				Report
September 17	Australia	Phillip Island Circuit				Report
September 24	Japan	Twin Ring Motegi				Report
October 15	Portugal	Estoril				Report
October 29	Valencian Community	Circuit de Valencia				Report

Current championship standings

125cc riders current standings

125cc (10/17)

Place	Rider	# Bike	Country	Team	Points	Wins
1	Álvaro Bautista	19	Spain	Master - MVA-Aprilia	205	4
2	Mika Kallio	36	Finland	Red Bull KTM-KTM	141	2
3	Mattia Pasini	75	Italy	Master - MVA-Aprilia	137	2
4	Héctor Faubel	55	Spain	Master - MVA-Aprilia	123	1
5	Sergio Gadea	33	Spain	Master - MVA-Aprilia	120	0
6	Lucas Pesek	52	Czech Republic	Derbi Racing-Derbi	102	0
7	Thomas Lüthi	1	Switzerland	Elit - Caffe Latte-Honda	80	1
8	Simone Corsi	24	Italy	Squadra Corse Metis Gilera-Gilera	70	0
9	Gábor Talmácsi	14	Hungary	Humangest Racing Team-Honda	65	0
10	Joan Olivé	6	Spain	SSM Racing-Aprilia	60	0
11	Pablo Nieto	22	Spain	Multimedia Racing-Aprilia	50	0
-	Fabrizio Lai	32	Italy	Valsir Seedor Racing-Honda	50	0
13	Julián Simón	60	Spain	Red Bull KTM-KTM	46	0
14	Raffaele De Rosa	35	Italy	Multimedia Racing-Aprilia	28	0
15	Tomoyoshi Koyama	71	Japan	Malaguti Ajo Corse-Malaguti	24	0
16	Nicolás Terol	18	Spain	Derbi Racing-Derbi	22	0
17	Angel Rodríguez	10	Spain	3C Racing-Aprilia	20	0
18	Lorenzo Zanetti	8	Italy	Skilled I.S.P.A. Racing Team-Aprilia	15	0
-	Andrea Ianonne	29	Italy	Campetella Racing Junior-Aprilia	15	0
20	Bradley Smith	38	United Kingdom	Repsol Honda-Honda	8	0
21	Sandro Cortese	11	Germany	Elit - Caffe Latte-Honda	8	0
22	Mike Di Meglio	63	France	FFM Honda Grand Prix 125-Honda	4	0
23	Pol Espargaró	92	Spain	Team RACC Derbi-Derbi	3	0
24	Manuel Hernández	43	Spain	Nocable Angaia Racing-Honda	2	0
-	Federico Sandi	12	Italy	SSM Racing-Aprilia	2	0

125cc constructors current standings

125cc (10/17)

Place	Constructor	Points	Wins
1	Aprilia	228	7
2	KTM	146	2
3	Honda	108	1
4	Derbi	102	0
5	Gilera	70	0
6	Malaguti	24	0

250cc riders current standings

250cc (10/17)

Place	Rider	# Bike	Country	Team	Points	Wins
1	Jorge Lorenzo	48	Spain	Fortuna Aprilia-Aprilia	174	5
2	Andrea Dovizioso	34	Italy	Humangest Racing Team-Honda	172	1
3	Yuki Takahashi	55	Japan	Humangest Racing Team-Honda	133	2
4	Alex De Angelis	7	Spain	Master - MVA-Aprilia	131	0
5	Hiroshi Aoyama	4	Japan	Red Bull-KTM	116	1
6	Roberto Locatelli	15	Italy	Team Toth-Aprilia	114	0
7	Héctor Barberá	80	Spain	Fortuna Aprilia-Aprilia	100	1
8	Sylvain Guintoli	50	France	Equipe GP de France - Scrab-Aprilia	65	0
9	Anthony West	14	Australia	Kiefer - Bos - Racing-Aprilia	58	0
10	Marco Simoncelli	58	Italy	Squadra Corse Metis Gilera-Gilera	55	0
11	Shuhei Aoyama	73	Japan	Repsol Honda-Honda	48	0
12	Alex Debón	6	Spain	Fortuna Aprilia-Aprilia	35	0
13	Jakub Smrz	96	Czech Republic	Cardion AB Motoracing-Aprilia	34	0
14	Manuel Poggiali	54	San Marino	Red Bull-KTM	31	0
15	Martín Cárdenas	36	Colombia	Repsol Honda-Honda	28	0
16	Alex Baldolini	25	Italy	Matteoni Racing-Aprilia	20	0
17	Andrea Ballerini	8	Italy	Campetella Racing-Aprilia	19	0
18	Arturo Tizón	23	Spain	Wurth Honda BQR-Honda	10	0
19	Arnaud Vincent	21	France	Arie Molenaar Racing-Honda	7	0
-	Franco Battaini	9	Italy	Campetella Racing-Aprilia	7	0
21	Aleix Espargaró	42	Spain	Wurth Honda BQR-Honda	6	0
22	Jules Cluzel	16	France	Equipe GP de France-Aprilia	5	0
-	Dirk Heidolf	28	Germany	Kiefer - Bos - Racing-Aprilia	5	0
24	Chaz Davies	57	United Kingdom	Arie Molenaar Racing-Honda	3	0
25	Álvaro Molina	41	Spain	Andalucia Team Mas-Aprilia	2	0
-	Fabricio Perren	37	Argentina	Stop And Go Racing Team-Honda	2	0

250cc constructors current standings

250cc (10/17)

Place	Constructor	Points	Wins
1	Aprilia	221	6
2	Honda	189	3
3	KTM	120	1
4	Gilera	55	0

MotoGP riders current standings

MotoGP (10/17)

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Team	Points	Wins
1	Nicky Hayden	69	United States	Repsol Honda Team-Honda	169	1
2	Valentino Rossi	46	Italy	Camel Yamaha Team-Yamaha	143	4
3	Daniel Pedrosa	26	Spain	Repsol Honda Team-Honda	140	2
4	Marco Melandri	33	Italy	Fortuna Honda-Honda	134	2
5	Loris Capirossi	65	Italy	Ducati Marlboro Team-Ducati	118	1
6	Casey Stoner	27	Australia	Honda LCR-Honda	91	0
7	Colin Edwards	5	United States	Camel Yamaha Team-Yamaha	77	0
8	Shinya Nakano	56	Japan	Kawasaki Racing Team-Kawasaki	67	0
9	Kenny Roberts Jr	10	United States	Team Roberts-KR211V	66	1
10	John Hopkins	21	United States	Rizla Susuki MotoGP-Suzuki	64	0
11	Makoto Tamada	6	Japan	Konica Minolta Honda-Honda	59	0
12	Toni Elías	24	Spain	Fortuna Honda-Honda	58	0
13	Sete Gibernau	15	Spain	Ducati Marlboro Team-Ducati	52	0
14	Chris Vermeulen	71	Australia	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP-Suzuki	46	0
15	Carlos Checa	7	Spain	Tech 3 Yamaha-Yamaha	44	0
16	Alex Hofmann	66	Germany	Ducati Marlboro Team-Ducati	19	0
17	Randy De Puniet	17	France	Kawasaki Racing Team-Kawasaki	17	0
-	James Ellison	77	United Kingdom	Tech 3 Yamaha-Yamaha	17	1
19	José Luís Cardoso	30	Spain	Pramac d'Antin MotoGP-Ducati	8	0

MotoGP constructors current standings

MotoGP (10/17)

Place	Constructor	Points	Wins
1	Honda	221	5
2	Yamaha	172	3
3	Ducati	127	1
4	Suzuki	81	0
5	Kawasaki	71	0
6	KR211V	66	0

Participants

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 Abraham		Cardion AB Motoracing-Aprilia
45	Imre Toth		Team Toth-Aprilia
52	Lukas Pesek		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

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		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		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
54	Manuel Poggiali		Red Bull-KTM
55	Yuki Takahashi		Humangest Racing Team-Honda
58	Marco Simonceli		Squadra Corse Metis Gilera-Gilera
73	Shuhei Aoyama		Repsol Honda Team-Honda
80	Héctor Barberá		Fortuna Aprilia-Aprilia
85	Alessio Palumbo		Matteoni Racing-Aprilia
96	Jakub Smrz		Cardion AB Motoracing-Aprilia

MotoGP participants

According to the official website: www.motogp.com

Number	Rider	Country	Team
5	Colin Edwards		Camel Yamaha Team-Yamaha
6	Makoto Tamada		Konica Minolta Honda-Honda
7	Carlos Checa		Tech 3 Yamaha-Yamaha
10	Kenny Roberts Jr		Team Roberts-KR211V
15	Sete Gibernau		Ducati Marlboro Team-Ducati
17	Randy De Puniet		Kawasaki Racing Team-Kawasaki
21	John Hopkins		Rizla Suzuki MotoGP-Suzuki
22	Ivan Silva		Pramac d'Antín MotoGP-Ducati
24	Toni Elias		Fortuna Honda-Honda
26	Dani Pedrosa		Repsol Honda Team-Honda
27	Casey Stoner		Honda LCR-Honda
30	Jose Luís Cardozo		Pramac d'Antín MotoGP-Ducati
33	Marco Melandri		Fortuna Honda-Honda
46	Valentino Rossi		Camel Yamaha Team-Yamaha
56	Shinya Nakano		Kawasaki Racing Team-Kawasaki
65	Loris Capirossi		Ducati Marlboro Team-Ducati
66	Alex Hofmann		Ducati Marlboro Team-Ducati
69	Nicky Hayden		Repsol Honda Team-Honda
71	Chris Vermeulen		Rizla Suzuki MotoGP-Suzuki
77	James Ellison		Tech 3 Yamaha-Yamaha