2006 British motorcycle Grand Prix

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United Kingdom  2006 British Grand Prix
Race details
Race 9 of 17 races in the
2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date2 July 2006
Official nameGAS British Grand Prix[1][2][3]
LocationDonington Park
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.023 km (2.500 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Dani Pedrosa
Time 1:27.676
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Dani Pedrosa
Time 1:28.714
Podium
First Spain Dani Pedrosa
Second Italy Valentino Rossi
Third Italy Marco Melandri
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Time 1:31.659
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Andrea Dovizioso
Time 1:33.029
Podium
First Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Second San Marino Alex de Angelis
Third Japan Hiroshi Aoyama
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Álvaro Bautista
Time 1:36.203
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Álvaro Bautista
Time 1:37.312
Podium
First Spain Álvaro Bautista
Second Finland Mika Kallio
Third Italy Mattia Pasini

The 2006 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2006 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 30 June – 2 July 2006 at the Donington Park circuit.

Dani Pedrosa, lifting his trophy on the podium after winning the MotoGP race.

MotoGP classification

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 44:54.878 1 25
2 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +3.864 12 20
3 33 Italy Marco Melandri Fortuna Honda Honda 30 +4.016 3 16
4 27 Australia Casey Stoner Honda LCR Honda 30 +5.776 8 13
5 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts
KR211V
 		30 +9.596 9 11
6 5 United States Colin Edwards Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +21.710 10 10
7 69 United States Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +25.764 11 9
8 21 United States John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +29.034 4 8
9 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +35.606 5 7
10 7 Spain Carlos Checa Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 30 +40.442 13 6
11 6 Japan Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda 30 +41.062 14 5
12 17 France Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +42.197 6 4
13 66 Germany Alex Hofmann Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +51.454 15 3
14 77 United Kingdom James Ellison Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 30 +1:17.804 16 2
15 30 Spain José Luis Cardoso Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 29 +1 lap 18 1
16 71 Australia Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 29 +1 lap 2
Ret 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 13 Retirement 7
Ret 22 Spain Iván Silva Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 5 Retirement 17
WD 84 Italy Michel Fabrizio Fortuna Honda Honda Withdrew
Sources:[1][4][5]

250 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 27 42:16.321 1 25
2 7 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia 27 +6.257 4 20
3 4 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 27 +7.366 3 16
4 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 27 +14.788 7 13
5 80 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 27 +20.341 6 11
6 34 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 27 +23.010 2 10
7 55 Japan Yuki Takahashi Honda 27 +23.644 11 9
8 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 27 +26.070 13 8
9 14 Australia Anthony West Aprilia 27 +31.575 12 7
10 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli Gilera 27 +41.298 9 6
11 96 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Aprilia 27 +48.440 10 5
12 42 Spain Aleix Espargaró Honda 27 +1:02.743 16 4
13 73 Japan Shuhei Aoyama Honda 27 +1:03.564 5 3
14 16 France Jules Cluzel Aprilia 27 +1:06.165 18 2
15 8 Italy Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 27 +1:06.461 14 1
16 25 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 27 +1:06.818 20
17 23 Spain Arturo Tizón Honda 27 +1:09.129 17
18 9 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 27 +1:09.498 15
19 22 Italy Luca Morelli Aprilia 26 +1 lap 22
20 17 Germany Franz Aschenbrenner Aprilia 26 +1 lap 24
21 67 Sweden Nicklas Cajback Aprilia 26 +1 lap 27
Ret 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali KTM 23 Accident 8
Ret 24 Spain Jordi Carchano Aprilia 22 Retirement 25
Ret 37 Argentina Fabricio Perren Honda 17 Accident 19
Ret 45 United Kingdom Dan Linfoot Honda 4 Accident 21
Ret 57 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Honda 2 Accident 23
Ret 75 United Kingdom Luke Lawrence Yamaha 2 Accident 26
DNQ 76 United Kingdom Alex Kenchington Yamaha Did not qualify
DNQ 77 United Kingdom Ian Gardner Yamaha Did not qualify
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 25 40:49.054 1 25
2 36 Finland Mika Kallio KTM 25 +3.454 2 20
3 75 Italy Mattia Pasini Aprilia 25 +3.499 3 16
4 55 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 25 +14.869 6 13
5 33 Spain Sergio Gadea Aprilia 25 +17.032 5 11
6 6 Spain Joan Olivé Aprilia 25 +20.683 8 10
7 52 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Derbi 25 +22.286 7 9
8 1 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda 25 +24.899 10 8
9 18 Spain Nicolás Terol Derbi 25 +25.138 9 7
10 14 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Honda 25 +25.276 15 6
11 32 Italy Fabrizio Lai Honda 25 +28.254 11 5
12 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Honda 25 +30.064 13 4
13 24 Italy Simone Corsi Gilera 25 +37.120 4 3
14 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Honda 25 +38.214 14 2
15 8 Italy Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 25 +38.592 16 1
16 63 France Mike Di Meglio Honda 25 +39.964 30
17 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Aprilia 25 +45.145 18
18 9 Austria Michael Ranseder KTM 25 +45.146 19
19 10 Spain Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 25 +48.066 17
20 54 Switzerland Randy Krummenacher KTM 25 +52.668 25
21 21 Spain Mateo Túnez Aprilia 25 +53.161 20
22 26 Switzerland Vincent Braillard Aprilia 25 +53.581 32
23 12 Italy Federico Sandi Aprilia 25 +58.185 26
24 53 Italy Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 25 +1:01.101 35
25 16 Italy Michele Conti Honda 25 +1:05.686 29
26 90 Japan Hiroaki Kuzuhara Malaguti 25 +1:05.836 39
27 23 Italy Lorenzo Baroni Honda 25 +1:10.078 28
28 44 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Aprilia 25 +1:12.056 27
29 20 Italy Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 25 +1:38.823 24
30 66 United Kingdom Anthony Rogers Honda 24 +1 lap 43
31 67 Australia Blake Leigh-Smith Honda 24 +1 lap 41
32 95 Germany Georg Fröhlich Malaguti 24 +1 lap 33
33 65 United Kingdom Kyle Kentish Honda 24 +1 lap 42
Ret 96 United Kingdom Daniel Cooper Honda 23 Retirement 38
Ret 15 Italy Michele Pirro Aprilia 13 Retirement 36
Ret 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Aprilia 13 Retirement 21
Ret 34
Esteve Rabat
 Honda 10 Accident 22
Ret 17 Germany Stefan Bradl KTM 3 Retirement 34
Ret 35 Italy Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 2 Accident 12
Ret 43 Spain Manuel Hernández Aprilia 0 Accident 23
Ret 45 Hungary Imre Tóth Aprilia 0 Accident 31
Ret 64 United Kingdom Alex Lowes Honda 0 Retirement 40
NC 13 Italy Dino Lombardi Aprilia 25 +1:48.750 37
DNS 37 Netherlands Joey Litjens Honda Did not start
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round nine has concluded.[6]

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

References

  1. ^ a b "2006 British MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2006 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Donington Park - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  4. ^ "OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  5. ^ "GAS BRITISH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2006". Motogp.com. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2019.


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