2006 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

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Race details
Race 2 of 17 races in the
2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date 8 April 2006
Location Losail Circuit
Course Permanent racing facility
5.380 km (3.343 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Australia Casey Stoner
Time 1:55.683
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:57.305
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second United States Nicky Hayden
Third Italy Loris Capirossi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Time 2:01.755
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Andrea Dovizioso
Time 2:03.246
Podium
First Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Second Italy Andrea Dovizioso
Third Italy Roberto Locatelli
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Álvaro Bautista
Time 2:07.453
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Álvaro Bautista
Time 2:08.591
Podium
First Spain Álvaro Bautista
Second Finland Mika Kallio
Third Spain Sergio Gadea

The 2006 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the second race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 6 –8 April 2006 at the Losail Circuit.

Moto GP Classification

Pos No Driver Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha 22 43:22.229 6 25
2 69 United States Nicky Hayden Honda 22 +0.900 4 20
3 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Ducati 22 +1.494 2 16
4 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Ducati 22 +4.638 7 13
5 27 Australia Casey Stoner Honda 22 +7.575 1 11
6 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda 22 +10.820 5 10
7 33 Italy Marco Melandri Honda 22 +11.784 12 9
8 24 Spain Toni Elías Honda 22 +19.481 3 8
9 5 United States Colin Edwards Yamaha 22 +22.920 8 7
10 10 United States Kenny Roberts, Jr. KR211V 22 +34.286 10 6
11 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Kawasaki 22 +35.316 9 5
12 7 Spain Carlos Checa Yamaha 22 +49.245 14 4
13 77 United Kingdom James Ellison Yamaha 22 +1:01.469 17 3
14 6 Japan Makoto Tamada Honda 22 +1:10.778 16 2
15 66 Germany Alex Hofmann Ducati 22 +1:22.051 18 1
16 30 Spain José Luis Cardoso Ducati 22 +1:33.818 19  
Ret 71 Australia Chris Vermeulen Suzuki 7 11  
Ret 21 United States John Hopkins Suzuki 4 13  
Ret 17 France Randy de Puniet Kawasaki 0 Accident 15  
OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos. Driver Points
1 Italy Loris Capirossi 41
2 United States Nicky Hayden 36
3 Spain Dani Pedrosa 30
4 Italy Valentino Rossi 27
5 Spain Toni Elias 21

Constructors' Championship standings
Pos. Constructor Points
1 Italy Ducati 41
2 Japan Honda 40
3 Japan Yamaha 30
4 Japan Kawasaki 14
5 United States KR211V 14
6 Japan Suzuki 7

250 cc Classification

Pos No Driver Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 20 41:29.946 1 25
2 34 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 20 +0.077 6 20
3 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 20 +19.364 3 16
4 80 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 20 +19.398 2 13
5 4 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 20 +24.051 8 11
6 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 20 +28.695 10 10
7 19 Argentina Sebastián Porto Honda 20 +33.255 5 9
8 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli Gilera 20 +34.214 13 8
9 55 Japan Yuki Takahashi Honda 20 +34.406 11 7
10 96 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Aprilia 20 +34.419 7 6
11 36 Colombia Martín Cárdenas Honda 20 +49.121 21 5
12 8 Italy Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 20 +1:00.069 14 4
13 73 Japan Shuhei Aoyama Honda 20 +1:00.633 16 3
14 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali KTM 20 +1:12.332 9 2
15 28 Germany Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 20 +1:12.332 15 1
16 21 France Arnaud Vincent Honda 20 +1:13.128 19  
17 57 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia 20 +1:44.684 23  
18 22 Italy Luca Morelli Aprilia 20 +1:59.950 25  
19 41 Italy Michele Danese Aprilia 19 +1 Lap 26  
20 85 Italy Alessio Palumbo Aprilia 19 +1 Lap 24  
Ret 24 Spain Jordi Carchano Honda 15 Accident 22  
Ret 16 France Jules Cluzel Aprilia 6 17  
Ret 14 Australia Anthony West Aprilia 6 12  
Ret 23 Spain Arturo Tizón Honda 4 Accident 20  
Ret 25 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 3 18  
Ret 7 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia 0 Accident 4  
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc Classification

Pos No Driver Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 18 38:56.548 1 25
2 36 Finland Mika Kallio KTM 18 +6.765 3 20
3 33 Spain Sergio Gadea Aprilia 18 +6.775 4 16
4 75 Italy Mattia Pasini Aprilia 18 +8.327 2 13
5 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Aprilia 18 +14.551 7 11
6 55 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 18 +15.266 9 10
7 10 Spain Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 18 +15.356 11 9
8 1 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda 18 +16.236 15 8
9 24 Italy Simone Corsi Gilera 18 +22.770 18 7
10 61 Spain Julian Simon KTM 18 +23.137 10 6
11 14 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Honda 18 +29.516 6 5
12 35 Italy Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 18 +29.527 16 4
13 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Aprilia 23 +42.997 12 3
14 32 Italy Fabrizio Lai Honda 18 +45.532 20 2
15 29 Japan Tomoyoshi Koyama Malaguti 18 +58.675 19 1
16 18 Spain Nicolás Terol Derbi 18 +59.145 28  
17 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Honda 18 +1:00.762 23  
18 15 Italy Michele Pirro Aprilia 18 +1:02.635 24  
19 43 Spain Manuel Hernández Aprilia 18 +1:06.073 26  
20 26 Switzerland Vincent Braillard Aprilia 18 +1:12.674 30  
21 8 Italy Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 18 +1:14.590 13  
22 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Honda 18 +1:14.885 22  
23 53 Italy Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 18 +1:16.297 29  
24 44 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Aprilia 18 +1:17.279 34  
25 21 Spain Mateo Túnez Aprilia 18 +1:17.320 25  
26 17 Germany Stefan Bradl KTM 18 +1:21.292 33  
27 37 Netherlands Joey Litjens Honda 18 +1:43.507 36  
28 16 Italy Michele Conti Honda 18 +1:46.382 35  
29 20 Italy Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 18 +1:46.627 37  
30 23 Italy Lorenzo Baroni Honda 18 +1:47.243 31  
Ret 52 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Derbi 17 5  
Ret 12 Italy Federico Sandi Aprilia 5 Accident 14  
Ret 45 Hungary Imre Tóth Aprilia 5 27  
Ret 9 Austria Michael Ranseder KTM 5 Accident 32  
Ret 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Honda 2 Accident 17  
Ret 6 Spain Joan Olivé Aprilia 2 Accident 8  
Ret 63 France Mike Di Meglio Honda 1 21  
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

References

Previous race:
2006 Spanish Grand Prix
FIM Grand Prix World Championship
2006 season
Next race:
2006 Turkish Grand Prix
Previous race:
2005 Qatar Grand Prix
Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix Next race:
2007 Qatar Grand Prix
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