2006 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix

  2006 Chinese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 4 of 17 races in the
2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date May 14, 2006
Location Shanghai
Course Permanent racing facility
5.281 km (3.281 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Dani Pedrosa
Time 1:59.009
Fastest lap
Rider Dani Pedrosa
Time 1:59.318
Podium
First Dani Pedrosa
Second Nicky Hayden
Third Colin Edwards
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Héctor Barberá
Time 2:05.781
Fastest lap
Rider Andrea Dovizioso
Time 2:06.865
Podium
First Héctor Barberá
Second Andrea Dovizioso
Third Hiroshi Aoyama
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Mika Kallio
Time 2:11.572
Fastest lap
Rider Álvaro Bautista
Time 2:12.131
Podium
First Mika Kallio
Second Mattia Pasini
Third Álvaro Bautista

The 2006 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 12 –May 14, 2006 at the Shanghai International Circuit.

Contents

Moto GP Classification

Pos No Driver Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 26 Dani Pedrosa Honda 22 44:07.734 1 25
2 69 Nicky Hayden Honda 22 +1.505 5 20
3 5 Colin Edwards Yamaha 22 +14.634 3 16
4 21 John Hopkins Suzuki 22 +19.265 2 13
5 27 Casey Stoner Honda 22 +23.061 7 11
6 6 Makoto Tamada Honda 22 +23.879 11 10
7 33 Marco Melandri Honda 22 +24.101 8 9
8 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati 22 +24.467 10 8
9 15 Sete Gibernau Ducati 22 +28.358 6 7
10 56 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki 22 +33.815 4 6
11 24 Toni Elías Honda 22 +35.316 15 5
12 17 Randy de Puniet Kawasaki 22 +52.004 9 4
13 10 Kenny Roberts, Jr. KR211V 22 +56.293 18 3
14 7 Carlos Checa Yamaha 22 +1:03.575 14 2
15 66 Alex Hofmann Ducati 22 +1:11.172 16 1
16 77 James Ellison Yamaha 22 +1:23.075 17  
17 30 José Luis Cardoso Yamaha 22 +1:35.150 19  
Ret 46 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 17 13  
Ret 71 Chris Vermeulen Suzuki 3 Accident 12  
OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT

250cc Classification

Pos No Driver Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 21 44:49.445 1 25
2 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 21 +0.266 4 20
3 4 Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 21 +3.320 7 16
4 48 Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 21 +3.602 2 13
5 55 Yuki Takahashi Honda 21 +3.618 6 11
6 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 21 +15.850 17 10
7 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 21 +16.003 11 9
8 73 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 21 +16.555 3 8
9 14 Anthony West Aprilia 21 +21.860 8 7
10 96 Jakub Smrž Aprilia 21 +27.041 9 6
11 54 Manuel Poggiali KTM 21 +34.289 10 5
12 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 21 +34.563 12 4
13 36 Martín Cárdenas Honda 21 +39.232 16 3
14 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 21 +41.696 20 2
15 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 21 +42.693 13 1
16 8 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 21 +43.148 15  
17 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 21 +56.667 18  
18 16 Jules Cluzel Aprilia 21 +1:00.754 23  
19 23 Arturo Tizón Honda 21 +1:08.145 19  
20 62 Shi Zhao Huang Yamaha 21 +1:45.025 22  
21 63 Jin Xiao Yamaha 20 +1 Lap 25  
Ret 85 Alessio Palumbo Aprilia 15 27  
Ret 19 Sebastián Porto Honda 12 21  
Ret 22 Luca Morelli Aprilia 7 26  
Ret 59 Chin Feng Ho Aprilia 3 Accident 28  
Ret 60 Zhu Wang Aprilia 3 24  
Ret 7 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 2 Accident 5  
Ret 21 Arnaud Vincent Honda 0 14  
DNQ 61 Zheng Peng Li Aprilia  
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125cc Classification

Pos No Driver Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 36 Mika Kallio KTM 19 42:06.223 1 25
2 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 19 +0.097 6 20
3 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 19 +0.357 4 16
4 14 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 19 +0.899 5 13
5 61 Julián Simón KTM 19 +1.106 3 11
6 52 Lukáš Pešek Derbi 19 +1.886 2 10
7 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 19 +20.727 20 9
8 32 Fabrizio Lai Honda 19 +21.478 11 8
9 29 Tomoyoshi Koyama Malaguti 19 +21.558 10 7
10 24 Simone Corsi Gilera 19 +21.640 19 6
11 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 19 +21.722 13 5
12 35 Raffaele de Rosa Aprilia 19 +22.017 8 4
13 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 19 +23.734 17 3
14 6 Joan Olivé Aprilia 19 +27.491 21 2
15 63 Mike Di Meglio Honda 19 +39.818 16 1
16 41 Aleix Espargaró Honda 19 +49.284 15  
17 11 Sandro Cortese Honda 19 +49.332 18  
18 16 Michele Conti Honda 19 +49.500 23  
19 18 Nicolás Terol Derbi 19 +49.744 24  
20 17 Stefan Bradl KTM 19 +49.793 22  
21 43 Manuel Hernández Aprilia 19 +50.009 25  
22 38 Bradley Smith Honda 19 +50.162 30  
23 12 Federico Sandi Aprilia 19 +54.547 32  
24 53 Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 19 +55.055 39  
25 15 Michele Pirro Aprilia 19 +59.726 31  
26 44 Karel Abraham Aprilia 19 +1:04.809 33  
27 37 Joey Litjens Honda 19 +1:04.818 34  
28 21 Mateo Túnez Aprilia 19 +1:21.244 35  
29 20 Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 19 +1:22.707 38  
30 26 Vincent Braillard Aprilia 19 +1:22.994 37  
31 13 Dino Lombardi Aprilia 19 +1:23.596 36  
32 45 Imre Tóth Aprilia 19 +1:43.819 27  
33 9 Michael Ranseder KTM 19 +1:50.719 29  
Ret 23 Lorenzo Baroni Honda 28 Accident 27  
Ret 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 12 8  
Ret 7 Alexis Masbou Malaguti 10 26  
Ret 1 Thomas Lüthi Honda 4 7  
Ret 10 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 2 Accident 9  
Ret 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 0 Accident 14  
DSQ 86 Ho Wan Chow Honda 40  
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

References

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