2006 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

Czech Republic  2006 Czech Republic Grand Prix
Race details
Race 12 of 17 races in the
2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date20 August 2006
Official nameGauloises Grand Prix České republiky[1][2][3]
LocationBrno Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.403 km (3.357 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:56.191
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Loris Capirossi
Time 1:58.157
Podium
First Italy Loris Capirossi
Second Italy Valentino Rossi
Third Spain Dani Pedrosa
250cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Time 2:02.292
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Andrea Dovizioso
Time 2:03.402
Podium
First Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Second Italy Andrea Dovizioso
Third Japan Hiroshi Aoyama
125cc
Pole position
Rider Finland Mika Kallio
Time 2:07.874
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Mattia Pasini
Time 2:08.114
Podium
First Spain Álvaro Bautista
Second Finland Mika Kallio
Third Hungary Gábor Talmácsi

The 2006 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2006 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 18–20 August 2006 at the Brno Circuit located in Brno, Czech Republic.

This was the last European round to feature tobacco sponsorship, because tobacco companies sponsoring MotoGP rounds would be banned from the 2007 season onwards.

Valentino Rossi, Loris Capirossi and Dani Pedrosa, celebrating on the podium after finishing second, first and third at the MotoGP race.

MotoGP classification

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 22 43:40.145 2 25
2 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +4.902 1 20
3 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +8.012 9 16
4 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts KR211V 22 +14.800 3 13
5 33 Italy Marco Melandri Fortuna Honda Honda 22 +15.025 11 11
6 27 Australia Casey Stoner Honda LCR Honda 22 +15.699 12 10
7 21 United States John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 22 +16.775 7 9
8 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 22 +16.942 5 8
9 69 United States Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +17.061 4 7
10 5 United States Colin Edwards Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +19.435 8 6
11 24 Spain Toni Elías Fortuna Honda Honda 22 +22.215 6 5
12 71 Australia Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 22 +23.978 13 4
13 6 Japan Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda 22 +24.967 15 3
14 17 France Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 22 +28.961 10 2
15 7 Spain Carlos Checa Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 22 +29.296 17 1
16 66 Germany Alex Hofmann Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 22 +29.801 14
17 77 United Kingdom James Ellison Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 22 +1:02.982 16
18 22 Spain Iván Silva Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 22 +1:44.775 19
Ret 30 Spain José Luis Cardoso Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 6 Retirement 18
Sources: [2][4][5]

250cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 20 41:29.204 1 25
2 34 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 20 +2.507 2 20
3 4 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 20 +2.524 3 16
4 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 20 +15.294 7 13
5 80 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 20 +30.098 4 11
6 73 Japan Shuhei Aoyama Honda 20 +30.223 6 10
7 36 Colombia Martín Cárdenas Honda 20 +39.405 11 9
8 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 20 +43.800 14 8
9 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli Gilera 20 +51.756 13 7
10 96 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Aprilia 20 +51.815 8 6
11 28 Germany Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 20 +53.972 15 5
12 6 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia 20 +1:01.584 10 4
13 8 Italy Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 20 +1:03.693 16 3
14 21 France Arnaud Vincent Honda 20 +1:16.241 20 2
15 23 Spain Arturo Tizón Honda 20 +1:16.372 21 1
16 37 Argentina Fabricio Perren Honda 20 +1:19.692 19
17 44 Japan Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 20 +1:52.145 23
18 24 Spain Jordi Carchano Aprilia 20 +1:52.385 22
19 84 Denmark Kenni Aggerholm Yamaha 19 +1 lap 25
Ret 14 Australia Anthony West Aprilia 13 Retirement 18
Ret 45 United Kingdom Dan Linfoot Honda 8 Accident 26
Ret 82 Czech Republic Michal Filla Yamaha 8 Accident 24
Ret 42 Spain Aleix Espargaró Honda 7 Accident 9
Ret 7 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia 4 Accident 5
Ret 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali KTM 1 Retirement 12
Ret 16 France Jules Cluzel Aprilia 0 Accident 17
DNS 22 Italy Luca Morelli Aprilia Did not start
DNQ 85 Italy Alessio Palumbo Aprilia Did not qualify
DNQ 75 United Kingdom Luke Lawrence Yamaha Did not qualify
DNQ 83 Czech Republic Jiří Mayer Honda Did not qualify
WD 25 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia Withdrew
[6]

125cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 19 41:00.673 2 25
2 36 Finland Mika Kallio KTM 19 +0.028 1 20
3 14 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Honda 19 +11.409 9 16
4 33 Spain Sergio Gadea Aprilia 19 +11.843 7 13
5 1 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda 19 +12.155 15 11
6 75 Italy Mattia Pasini Aprilia 19 +12.263 5 10
7 18 Spain Nicolás Terol Derbi 19 +14.750 6 9
8 6 Spain Joan Olivé Aprilia 19 +14.792 11 8
9 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Aprilia 19 +15.722 12 7
10 32 Italy Fabrizio Lai Honda 19 +35.170 10 6
11 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Honda 19 +40.494 16 5
12 17 Germany Stefan Bradl KTM 19 +40.544 14 4
13 63 France Mike Di Meglio Honda 19 +41.465 25 3
14 43 Spain Manuel Hernández Aprilia 19 +49.529 23 2
15 24 Italy Simone Corsi Gilera 19 +51.402 26 1
16 71 Japan Tomoyoshi Koyama Malaguti 19 +51.703 20
17 10 Spain Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 19 +52.595 28
18 9 Austria Michael Ranseder KTM 19 +58.075 24
19 15 Italy Michele Pirro Aprilia 19 +58.109 17
20 45 Hungary Imre Tóth Aprilia 19 +1:08.139 21
21 21 Spain Mateo Túnez Aprilia 19 +1:11.341 31
22 20 Italy Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 19 +1:11.409 30
23 7 France Alexis Masbou Malaguti 19 +1:11.432 27
24 78 Netherlands Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 19 +1:16.663 38
25 37 Netherlands Joey Litjens Honda 19 +1:17.052 36
26 16 Italy Michele Conti Honda 19 +1:18.796 35
27 81 Romania Robert Mureșan Aprilia 19 +1:33.558 32
28 13 Italy Dino Lombardi Aprilia 19 +1:34.101 39
29 53 Italy Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 19 +1:37.125 40
30 68 Germany Thomas Mayer Aprilia 19 +1:42.725 41
31 69 Czech Republic Michal Šembera Honda 19 +1:44.337 34
32 70 Czech Republic Michal Prášek Honda 19 +2:10.491 42
33 56 Italy Stefano Musco Honda 18 +1 lap 43
Ret 52 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Derbi 18 Accident 3
Ret 55 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 18 Accident 4
Ret 12 Italy Federico Sandi Aprilia 18 Retirement 33
Ret 35 Italy Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 13 Retirement 13
Ret 34 Spain Esteve Rabat Honda 10 Retirement 22
Ret 8 Italy Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 7 Retirement 19
Ret 42 Spain Pol Espargaró Derbi 6 Accident 29
Ret 44 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Aprilia 4 Retirement 18
Ret 60 Spain Julián Simón KTM 3 Accident 8
Ret 26 Switzerland Vincent Braillard Aprilia 0 Accident 37
DNS 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Honda Did not start
[7]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round twelve has concluded.[8]

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

References

  1. ^ "2006 Czech MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b "2006 Czech MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Brno Circuit | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Archived from the original on 2018-05-15. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
  4. ^ "2005 Czech Republic Grand Prix : Classifications : 500cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  5. ^ "GAULOISES GRAND PRIX CESKE REPUBLIKY · MotoGP Race Classification 2006". Motogp.com. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  6. ^ "2005 Czech Republic Grand Prix : Classifications : 250cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  7. ^ "2005 Czech Republic Grand Prix : Classifications : 125cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2006. Retrieved 2019-08-22.


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