2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 58th F.I.M. Road racing World Championship season.
Season summary
The 2006 MotoGP season was one of the closest battles and most thrilling in recent memory in which Honda's Nicky Hayden didn't claim the championship from Valentino Rossi until the final race of the year. The victory was Hayden's first World Championship. Seven different riders claimed Grand Prix victories including first time winners Daniel Pedrosa, Toni Elías and Troy Bayliss. Yamaha's Valentino Rossi fought back from a 51 point deficit to lead the championship going into the final rounds. Hayden's fortunes took a dip when he was taken out by his team-mate Pedrosa at the penultimate round in Portugal, but he bounced back to win the crown when Rossi crashed at the final round at Valencia.
In the 250 class, Aprilia's Jorge Lorenzo won his first championship taking 8 victories. Another Aprilia rider took the 125 crown with Álvaro Bautista also taking 8 wins.
Grands Prix
2006 MotoGP World Championship final standings
- Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions.
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Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
2006 250cc World Championship final standings
2006 125cc World Championship final standings
- Rabat and Espargaró rode race with wildcard and got permanent ride later. They used two different numbers during the season.
MotoGP constructors final standings
Place | Constructor | Points | Wins |
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1 | Honda | 360 | 8 |
2 | Yamaha | 289 | 5 |
3 | Ducati | 248 | 4 |
4 | Suzuki | 151 | 0 |
5 | KR211V | 134 | 0 |
6 | Kawasaki | 109 | 0 |
7 | Ilmor | 2 | 0 |
250cc constructors final standings
Place | Constructor | Points | Wins |
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1 | Aprilia | 357 | 10 |
2 | Honda | 290 | 4 |
3 | KTM | 205 | 2 |
4 | Gilera | 92 | 0 |
5 | Yamaha | 8 | 0 |
125cc constructors final standings
Place | Constructor | Points | Wins |
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1 | Aprilia | 373 | 12 |
2 | KTM | 267 | 3 |
3 | Honda | 170 | 1 |
4 | Derbi | 163 | 0 |
5 | Gilera | 79 | 0 |
6 | Malaguti | 49 | 0 |
Participants
MotoGP participants
250cc participants
According to the official website: www.motogp.com
Number | Rider | Country | Team |
4 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Red Bull-KTM | |
6 | Alex Debón | Fortuna Aprilia-Aprilia | |
7 | Alex De Angelis | Master - MVA-Aprilia | |
8 | Andrea Ballerini | Campetella Racing-Aprilia | |
9 | Franco Battaini | Campetella Racing-Aprilia | |
14 | Anthony West | Kiefer - Bos - Racing-Aprilia | |
15 | Roberto Locatelli | Team Toth-Aprilia | |
16 | Jules Cluzel | Equipe GP de France - Scrab-Aprilia | |
17 | Franz Aschenbrenner | Kiefer - Bos - Racing-Aprilia | |
21 | Arnaud Vincent | Arie Molenaar Racing-Honda | |
22 | Luca Morelli | Nocable Angaia Racing-Aprilia | |
23 | Arturo Tizón | Wurth Honda BQR-Honda | |
24 | Jordi Carchano | Stop And Go Racing Team-Aprilia | |
WTR Blauer USA-Honda | |||
25 | Alex Baldolini | Matteoni Racing-Aprilia | |
28 | Dirk Heidolf | Kiefer - Bos - Racing-Aprilia | |
34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Humangest Racing Team-Honda | |
36 | Martín Cárdenas | Würth Honda BQR-Honda | |
Repsol Honda Team-Honda | |||
37 | Fabricio Perren | Stop And Go Racing Team-Honda | |
41 | Michele Danese | WTR Blauer USA-Aprilia | |
42 | Aleix Espargaró | Wurth Honda BQR-Honda | |
44 | Taro Sekiguchi | Campetella Racing-Aprilia | |
48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Fortuna Aprilia-Aprilia | |
50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Equipe GP de France - Scrab-Aprilia | |
52 | David de Gea | Repsol Honda-Honda | |
54 | Manuel Poggiali | Red Bull-KTM | |
55 | Yuki Takahashi | Humangest Racing Team-Honda | |
57 | Chaz Davies | Campetella Racing-Aprilia | |
Arie Molenaar Racing-Honda | |||
58 | Marco Simoncelli | Squadra Corse Metis Gilera-Gilera | |
65 | Alessandro Brannetti | Arie Molenaar Racing-Honda | |
73 | Shuhei Aoyama | Repsol Honda Team-Honda | |
80 | Héctor Barberá | Fortuna Aprilia-Aprilia | |
85 | Alessio Palumbo | Matteoni Racing-Aprilia | |
96 | Jakub Smrž | Cardion AB Motoracing-Aprilia |
125cc participants
According to the official website: www.motogp.com
Number | Rider | Country | Team |
1 | Thomas Lüthi | Elit - Caffe Latte-Honda | |
6 | Joan Olivé | SSM Racing-Aprilia | |
7 | Alexis Masbou | Malaguti Ajo Corse-Malaguti | |
8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | Skilled I.S.P.A. Racing Team-Aprilia | |
9 | Michael Ransender | Red Bull Junior-KTM | |
10 | Angel Rodríguez | 3C Racing-Aprilia | |
11 | Sandro Cortese | Elit - Caffe Latte-Honda | |
12 | Federico Sandi | SSM Racing-Aprilia | |
13 | Dino Lombardi | 3C Racing-Aprilia | |
14 | Gábor Talmácsi | Humangest Racing Team-Honda | |
15 | Michele Pirro | WTR Blauer USA-Aprilia | |
16 | Michele Conti | Valsir Seedorf Racing-Honda | |
17 | Stefan Bradl | Red Bull Junior-KTM | |
18 | Nicolás Terol | Derbi Racing-Derbi | |
19 | Álvaro Bautista | Master - MVA-Aprilia | |
20 | Roberto Tamburini | Matteoni Racing-Aprilia | |
21 | Mateo Túnez | Master - MVA-Aprilia | |
22 | Pablo Nieto | Multimedia Racing-Aprilia | |
23 | Lorenzo Baroni | Humangest Racing Team-Honda | |
24 | Simone Corsi | Squadra Corse Metis Gilera-Gilera | |
26 | Vincent Braillard | Multimedia Racing-Aprilia | |
29 | Andra Ianonne | Campetella Racing Junior-Aprilia | |
32 | Fabrizio Lai | Valsir Seedor Racing-Honda | |
33 | Sergio Gadea | Master - MVA-Aprilia | |
34 | Esteve Rabat | Wurth Honda BQR-Honda | |
35 | Raffaele De Rosa | Multimedia Racing-Aprilia | |
36 | Mika Kallio | Red Bull KTM-KTM | |
37 | Joey Litjens | Arie Molenaar Racing-Honda | |
38 | Bradley Smith | Repsol Honda-Honda | |
43 | Manuel Hernández | Nocable Angaia Racing-Honda | |
44 | Karal Abrahám | Cardion AB Motoracing-Aprilia | |
45 | Imre Toth | Team Toth-Aprilia | |
52 | Lukáš Pešek | Derbi Racing-Derbi | |
53 | Simone Grotzkyj | Campetella Racing Junior-Aprilia | |
55 | Héctor Faubel | Master - MVA-Aprilia | |
60 | Julián Simón | Red Bull KTM-KTM | |
63 | Mike Di Meglio | FFM Honda Grand Prix 125-Honda | |
71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | Malaguti Ajo Corse-Malaguti | |
75 | Mattia Pasini | Master - MVA-Aprilia | |
90 | Hiroaki Kuzuhara | Malaguti Ajo Corse-Malaguti |