2006 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix

  2006 Italian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 6 of 17 races in the 2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	4 June 2006
Location	Mugello
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.245 km (3.259 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Sete Gibernau
Time	1:48.969
Fastest lap
Rider	Loris Capirossi
Time	1:50.195
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Loris Capirossi
Third	Nicky Hayden
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo
Time	1:53.787
Fastest lap
Rider	Roberto Locatelli
Time	1:54.749
Podium
First	Jorge Lorenzo
Second	Alex de Angelis
Third	Andrea Dovizioso
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Lukáš Pešek
Time	1:58.202
Fastest lap
Rider	Mattia Pasini
Time	1:58.677
Podium
First	Mattia Pasini
Second	Álvaro Bautista
Third	Lukáš Pešek

The 2006 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 2–4 June 2006 at the Mugello Circuit.

Moto GP Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	23	42:39.610	3	25
2	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	23	+0.575	2	20
3	69	Nicky Hayden	Honda	23	+0.735	4	16
4	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	23	+2.007	8	13
5	15	Sete Gibernau	Ducati	23	+3.070	1	11
6	33	Marco Melandri	Honda	23	+11.793	6	10
7	24	Toni Elías	Honda	23	+18.999	12	9
8	10	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	KR211V	23	+19.172	11	8
9	6	Makoto Tamada	Honda	23	+19.231	10	7
10	21	John Hopkins	Suzuki	23	+19.821	7	6
11	56	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki	23	+19.863	5	5
12	5	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	23	+30.678	14	4
13	17	Randy de Puniet	Kawasaki	23	+37.198	16	3
14	71	Chris Vermeulen	Suzuki	23	+41.712	15	2
15	7	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	23	+56.256	13	1
16	77	James Ellison	Yamaha	23	+1:13.387	17
17	30	José Luis Cardoso	Ducati	22	+1 Lap	19
Ret	27	Casey Stoner	Honda	8	Accident	9
Ret	66	Alex Hofmann	Ducati	8	Accident	18
OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Loris Capirossi 99 2 Nicky Hayden 99 3 Marco Melandri 89 4 Dani Pedrosa 86 5 Valentino Rossi 65

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 131 2 Ducati 99 3 Yamaha 94 4 Suzuki 41 5 Kawasaki 37 6 KR211V 28

250 cc Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia	21	40:35.185	1	25
2	7	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	21	+0.111	4	20
3	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	21	+0.320	5	16
4	55	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	21	+0.334	2	13
5	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	21	+3.315	10	11
6	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	21	+3.327	3	10
7	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	21	+7.930	6	9
8	14	Anthony West	Aprilia	21	+26.048	14	8
9	73	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	21	+26.616	9	7
10	8	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	21	+30.570	12	6
11	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	21	+32.854	16	5
12	54	Manuel Poggiali	KTM	21	+33.743	18	4
13	19	Sebastián Porto	Honda	21	+1:13.549	20	3
14	23	Arturo Tizón	Honda	21	+1:16.159	19	2
15	37	Fabricio Perren	Honda	21	+1:18.533	24	1
16	64	Omar Menghi	Honda	21	+1:48.079	31
17	45	Dan Linfoot	Honda	21	+1:48.388	27
18	85	Alessio Palumbo	Aprilia	20	+1 Lap	30
19	85	Franz Aschenbrenner	Aprilia	20	+1 Lap	28
Ret	36	Martín Cárdenas	Honda	18	Accident	17
Ret	65	Alessandro Brannetti	Honda	18		25
Ret	22	Luca Morelli	Aprilia	13		22
Ret	67	Nicklas Cajback	Aprilia	12		29
Ret	16	Jules Cluzel	Aprilia	8	Accident	21
Ret	24	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	5		26
Ret	96	Jakub Smrž	Aprilia	4	Accident	8
Ret	9	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	2		13
Ret	21	Arnaud Vincent	Honda	0	Accident	23
Ret	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	0	Accident	15
Ret	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	0	Accident	11
Ret	80	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	0		7
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	20	40:00.412	2	25
2	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	20	+0.001	5	20
3	52	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	20	+0.052	1	16
4	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	20	+1.203	15	13
5	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	20	+1.234	3	11
6	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	20	+1.378	8	10
7	61	Julián Simón	KTM	20	+2.303	12	9
8	14	Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	20	+13.320	7	8
9	1	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	20	+13.337	14	7
10	24	Simone Corsi	Gilera	20	+13.376	11	6
11	32	Fabrizio Lai	Honda	20	+13.865	4	5
12	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	20	+14.759	6	4
13	6	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	20	+17.288	21	3
14	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	20	+29.463	17	2
15	29	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Malaguti	20	+29.553	16	1
16	17	Stefan Bradl	KTM	20	+34.174	23
17	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Aprilia	20	+35.827	19
18	18	Nicolás Terol	Derbi	20	+39.480	22
19	38	Bradley Smith	Honda	20	+51.225	32
20	90	Hiroaki Kuzuhara	Honda	20	+1:15.251	33
21	88	Daniele Rossi	Honda	20	+1:18.215	31
22	91	Luca Verdini	Aprilia	20	+1:20.267	34
23	87	Roberto Lacalendola	Honda	20	+1:22.356	36
24	53	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	20	+1:22.570	43
25	45	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	20	+1:22.572	28
26	26	Vincent Braillard	Aprilia	20	+1:22.588	42
27	13	Dino Lombardi	Aprilia	20	+1:23.590	37
28	20	Roberto Tamburini	Aprilia	20	+1:54.909	35
29	16	Michele Conti	Honda	18	+2 Laps	29
Ret	63	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	19	Accident	18
Ret	41	Aleix Espargaró	Honda	17		13
Ret	11	Sandro Cortese	Honda	13	Accident	10
Ret	10	Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	9	Accident	9
Ret	15	Michele Pirro	Aprilia	9		30
Ret	89	Nico Vivarelli	Honda	9		40
Ret	9	Michael Ranseder	KTM	7	Accident	25
Ret	44	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	4	Accident	27
Ret	7	Alexis Masbou	Malaguti	3		24
Ret	37	Joey Litjens	Honda	3		39
Ret	23	Lorenzo Baroni	Honda	2		26
Ret	12	Federico Sandi	Aprilia	1	Accident	38
DSQ	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia		Not coming in for "ride through" penalty	20
DSQ	43	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia		Taking shortcut to pit lane and rejoining the race	41
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

References

• "MotoGP Official Website - Results & Statistics - Gran Premio d'Italia Alice 2006".