Motorbike World Championship 2006

Motorbike World Championship 2006

MotoGP world champion
Driver:	Nicky Hayden
Team:	Repsol Honda Team
Constructor:	Honda
250 cc world champion
Driver:	Jorge Lorenzo
Constructor:	Aprilia
125 cc world champion
Driver:	Álvaro Bautista
Constructor:	Aprilia
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The 2006 motorcycle world championship season was the 58th in the history of the FIM - motorcycle road world championship .

17 races were held in the MotoGP class and 16 races in the classes up to 250 cm³ and up to 125 cm³.

Distribution of points

The world champion will be the driver or manufacturer who has accumulated the most points in the world championship by the end of the season. When distributing points, the placements are taken into account in the overall result of the respective race. The top fifteen drivers in each race receive points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
Points	25th	20th	16	13	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

Season overview

Nicky Hayden won his first MotoGP World Championship title in 2006 against defending champion Valentino Rossi, who turned a 51-point gap into a lead from mid-season but lost his chance to win the title by falling in the last race of the season. Seven riders were able to win a race in MotoGP during the season, Dani Pedrosa, Toni Elías and Troy Bayliss each won their first race in this class.

In the 250 cc class, Jorge Lorenzo won his first title on Aprilia with eight race wins. In the 125cc class, Álvaro Bautista, another Aprilia driver, won the world championship.

MotoGP class (990 cm³)

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	26.03.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Loris Capirossi	Dani Pedrosa	Nicky Hayden	Loris Capirossi	Loris Capirossi
2	April 8th	Qatar GP	Doha	Valentino Rossi	Nicky Hayden	Loris Capirossi	Casey Stoner	Valentino Rossi
3	04/30	Turkish GP	Istanbul	Marco Melandri	Casey Stoner	Nicky Hayden	Chris Vermeulen	Toni Elías
4th	14.05.	GP of China	Shanghai	Dani Pedrosa	Nicky Hayden	Colin Edwards	Dani Pedrosa	Dani Pedrosa
5	05/21	French GP	Le Mans	Marco Melandri	Loris Capirossi	Dani Pedrosa	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi
6th	04.06.	Italian GP	Mugello	Valentino Rossi	Loris Capirossi	Nicky Hayden	Sete Gibernau	Loris Capirossi
7th	06/18	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Valentino Rossi	Nicky Hayden	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Valentino Rossi	Nicky Hayden
8th	June 24th	76. Dutch TT	Aces	Nicky Hayden	Shin'ya Nakano	Dani Pedrosa	John Hopkins	Nicky Hayden
9	02.07.	British GP	Donington	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Marco Melandri	Dani Pedrosa	Dani Pedrosa
10	July 16	70th GP of Germany	Sachsenring	Valentino Rossi	Marco Melandri	Nicky Hayden	Dani Pedrosa	Dani Pedrosa
11	07/23	US GP	Laguna Seca	Nicky Hayden	Dani Pedrosa	Marco Melandri	Chris Vermeulen	Dani Pedrosa
12	08/20	Czech GP	Brno	Loris Capirossi	Valentino Rossi	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Loris Capirossi
13	10.09.	Malaysian GP	Sepang	Valentino Rossi	Loris Capirossi	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Loris Capirossi
14th	17.09.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Marco Melandri	Chris Vermeulen	Valentino Rossi	Nicky Hayden	Valentino Rossi
15th	24.09.	Japanese GP	Motegi	Loris Capirossi	Valentino Rossi	Marco Melandri	Loris Capirossi	Valentino Rossi
16	15.10.	GP of Portugal	Estoril	Toni Elías	Valentino Rossi	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Valentino Rossi	Kenny Roberts Jr.
17th	29.10.	Valencia GP	Valencia	Troy Bayliss	Loris Capirossi	Nicky Hayden	Valentino Rossi	Loris Capirossi

Teams and drivers

No. driver team motorcycle tires 5 Colin Edwards Camel Yamaha team Yamaha YZR-M1 M. 6th Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda RC211V M. 7th Carlos Checa Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 D. 8th Naoki Matsudo Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR B. 8th Garry McCoy Ilmor SRT Ilmor SRT X³ M. 10  Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts Roberts / Honda KR211V M. 12 Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Desmosedici GP6 B. 15th Sete Gibernau Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Desmosedici GP6 B. 17th Randy De Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR B. 21st  John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R B. 22nd  Iván Silva Pramac D'Antin MotoGP Ducati Desmosedici GP5 D. 24 Toni Elías Fortuna Honda Honda RC211V B. 26th Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda RC211V M. 27 Casey Stoner Honda LCR Honda RC211V M. 30th José Luis Cardoso Pramac D'Antin MotoGP Ducati Desmosedici GP5 D. 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Honda Honda RC211V M. 46 Valentino Rossi Camel Yamaha team Yamaha YZR-M1 M. 56 Shin'ya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR B. 64 Kousuke Akiyoshi Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R B. 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Desmosedici GP6 B. 66  Alex Hofmann Pramac D'Antin MotoGP Ducati Desmosedici GP5 D. Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Desmosedici GP6 B. 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda RC211V M. 71 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R B. 77  James Ellison Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 D. 84 Michel Fabrizio Fortuna Honda Honda RC211V M.

Legend Regular driver Wildcard driver Substitute driver

Driver ranking

1 Nicky Hayden Honda 252 2 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 247 3 Loris Capirossi Ducati 229 4th Marco Melandri Honda 228 5 Dani Pedrosa Honda 215 6th  Kenny Roberts Jr. KR - Honda 134 7th Colin Edwards Yamaha 124 8th Casey Stoner Honda 119 9  John Hopkins Suzuki 117 10 Toni Elías Honda 116 11 Chris Vermeulen Suzuki 98

12 Makoto Tamada Honda 96 13 Sete Gibernau Ducati 95 14th Shin'ya Nakano Kawasaki 92 15th Carlos Checa Yamaha 74 16 Randy De Puniet Kawasaki 37 17th  Alex Hofmann Ducati 30th 18th  James Ellison Yamaha 26th 19th Troy Bayliss Ducati 25th 20th José Luis Cardoso Ducati 10 21st Kousuke Akiyoshi Suzuki 3 22nd Garry McCoy Ilmor 2

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	360
2	Yamaha	289
3	Ducati	248
4th	Suzuki	151
5	KR - Honda	134
6th	Kawasaki	109
7th	Ilmor SRT X³	2

Team evaluation

1	Repsol Honda Team	467
2	Camel Yamaha team	371
3	Ducati Marlboro Team	356
4th	Fortuna Honda	344
5	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	214
6th	Team Roberts	134
7th	Kawasaki Racing Team	129
8th	Honda LCR	119
9	Tech 3 Yamaha	101
10	Konica Minolta Honda	96
11	Pramac D'Antín MotoGP	33
12	Ilmor SRT	2

250 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	26.03.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Jorge Lorenzo	Alex De Angelis	Andrea Dovizioso	Jorge Lorenzo	Héctor Barberá
2	April 8th	Qatar GP	Doha	Jorge Lorenzo	Andrea Dovizioso	Roberto Locatelli	Jorge Lorenzo	Andrea Dovizioso
3	04/30	Turkish GP	Istanbul	Hiroshi Aoyama	Héctor Barberá	Andrea Dovizioso	Jorge Lorenzo	Alex De Angelis
4th	14.05.	GP of China	Shanghai	Héctor Barberá	Andrea Dovizioso	Hiroshi Aoyama	Héctor Barberá	Andrea Dovizioso
5	05/21	French GP	Le Mans	Yūki Takahashi	Andrea Dovizioso	Shuhei Aoyama	Andrea Dovizioso	Hiroshi Aoyama
6th	04.06.	Italian GP	Mugello	Jorge Lorenzo	Alex De Angelis	Andrea Dovizioso	Jorge Lorenzo	Roberto Locatelli
7th	06/18	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Andrea Dovizioso	Jorge Lorenzo	Alex De Angelis	Andrea Dovizioso	Alex De Angelis
8th	June 24th	76. Dutch TT	Aces	Jorge Lorenzo	Alex De Angelis	Andrea Dovizioso	Jorge Lorenzo	Jorge Lorenzo
9	02.07.	British GP	Donington	Jorge Lorenzo	Alex De Angelis	Hiroshi Aoyama	Jorge Lorenzo	Andrea Dovizioso
10	July 16	70th GP of Germany	Sachsenring	Yūki Takahashi	Alex De Angelis	Jorge Lorenzo	Jorge Lorenzo	Alex De Angelis
11	08/20	Czech GP	Brno	Jorge Lorenzo	Andrea Dovizioso	Hiroshi Aoyama	Jorge Lorenzo	Andrea Dovizioso
12	10.09.	Malaysian GP	Sepang	Jorge Lorenzo	Andrea Dovizioso	Alex De Angelis	Héctor Barberá	Hiroshi Aoyama
13	17.09.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Jorge Lorenzo	Alex De Angelis	Hiroshi Aoyama	Jorge Lorenzo	Alex De Angelis
14th	24.09.	Japanese GP	Motegi	Hiroshi Aoyama	Alex De Angelis	Jorge Lorenzo	Jorge Lorenzo	Hiroshi Aoyama
15th	15.10.	GP of Portugal	Estoril	Andrea Dovizioso	Hiroshi Aoyama	Alex De Angelis	Roberto Locatelli	Hiroshi Aoyama
16	29.10.	Valencia GP	Valencia	Alex De Angelis	Roberto Locatelli	Héctor Barberá	Hiroshi Aoyama	Alex De Angelis

Driver ranking

1 Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 289 2 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 272 3 Alex De Angelis Aprilia 228 4th Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 193 5 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 191 6th Yūki Takahashi Honda 156 7th Héctor Barberá Aprilia 152 8th Shuhei Aoyama Honda 99 9 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 96 10 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 92 11 Anthony West Aprilia 78 12 Jakub Smrž Aprilia 58 13 Alex Debón Aprilia 50 14th Manuel Poggiali KTM 50 15th  Martín Cárdenas Honda 37 16 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 26th 17th Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 24

18th Sebastián Porto Honda 20th 19th Aleix Espargaró Honda 20th 20th Jules Cluzel Aprilia 15th 21st Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 15th 22nd Arnaud Vincent Honda 14th 23 Arturo Tizón Honda 11 24  David De Gea Honda 9 25th Ryūji Yokoe Yamaha 8th 26th Franco Battaini Aprilia 7th 27 Fabricio Perren Honda 5 28 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 6th 29 Jordi Carchano Aprilia 4th 30th Seijin Oikawa Yamaha 3 31 Tarō Sekiguchi Aprilia 3 32 Chaz Davies Aprilia 3 33 Luca Morelli Aprilia 2 34 Álvaro Molina Aprilia 2

Constructors' championship

1	Aprilia	357
2	Honda	290
3	KTM	205
4th	Gilera	92
5	Yamaha	8th

125 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	26.03.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Álvaro Bautista	Lukáš Pešek	Mattia Pasini	Mattia Pasini	Lukáš Pešek
2	April 8th	Qatar GP	Doha	Álvaro Bautista	Mika Kallio	Sergio Gadea	Álvaro Bautista	Álvaro Bautista
3	04/30	Turkish GP	Istanbul	Héctor Faubel	Álvaro Bautista	Sergio Gadea	Álvaro Bautista	Joan Olivé
4th	14.05.	GP of China	Shanghai	Mika Kallio	Mattia Pasini	Álvaro Bautista	Mika Kallio	Álvaro Bautista
5	05/21	French GP	Le Mans	Thomas Lüthi	Mika Kallio	Fabrizio Lai	Mattia Pasini	Sergio Gadea
6th	04.06.	Italian GP	Mugello	Mattia Pasini	Álvaro Bautista	Lukáš Pešek	Lukáš Pešek	Mattia Pasini
7th	06/18	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Álvaro Bautista	Héctor Faubel	Sergio Gadea	Álvaro Bautista	Héctor Faubel
8th	June 24th	76. Dutch TT	Aces	Mika Kallio	Sergio Gadea	Álvaro Bautista	Mika Kallio	Sergio Gadea
9	02.07.	British GP	Donington	Álvaro Bautista	Mika Kallio	Mattia Pasini	Álvaro Bautista	Álvaro Bautista
10	July 16	70th GP of Germany	Sachsenring	Mattia Pasini	Álvaro Bautista	Lukáš Pešek	Lukáš Pešek	Álvaro Bautista
11	08/20	Czech GP	Brno	Álvaro Bautista	Mika Kallio	Gábor Talmácsi	Mika Kallio	Mattia Pasini
12	10.09.	Malaysian GP	Sepang	Álvaro Bautista	Mika Kallio	Héctor Faubel	Álvaro Bautista	Álvaro Bautista
13	17.09.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Álvaro Bautista	Mika Kallio	Mattia Pasini	Mika Kallio	Álvaro Bautista
14th	24.09.	Japanese GP	Motegi	Mika Kallio	Álvaro Bautista	Julián Simón	Álvaro Bautista	Mika Kallio
15th	15.10.	GP of Portugal	Estoril	Álvaro Bautista	Héctor Faubel	Mika Kallio	Álvaro Bautista	Álvaro Bautista
16	29.10.	Valencia GP	Valencia	Héctor Faubel	Mika Kallio	Sergio Gadea	Álvaro Bautista	Héctor Faubel

Driver ranking

1 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 338 2 Mika Kallio KTM 262 3 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 197 4th Mattia Pasini Aprilia 192 5 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 160 6th Lukáš Pešek Derbi 154 7th Gábor Talmácsi Honda 119 8th Thomas Lüthi Honda 113 9 Julián Simón KTM 97 10 Joan Olivé Aprilia 85 11 Fabrizio Lai Honda 83 12 Simone Corsi Gilera 79 13 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 66 14th Nicolás Terol Derbi 53 15th Tomoyoshi Koyama Malaguti 49

16 Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 37 17th Sandro Cortese Honda 23 18th  Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 20th  Bradley Smith Honda 20th 20th Pol Espargaró Derbi 19th Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 19th 22nd Andrea Iannone Aprilia 15th 23 Esteve Rabat Honda 11 24 Karel Abraham Aprilia 8th 25th Mike Di Meglio Honda 8th 26th Stefan Bradl KTM 4th Federico Sandi Aprilia 4th  Manuel Hernández Jr. Aprilia 4th 29 Hiroaki Kuzuhara Aprilia 1

Constructors' championship

1	Aprilia	373
2	KTM	267
3	Honda	170
4th	Derbi	163
5	Gilera	79
6th	Malaguti	49

Web links

Commons : Motorbike World Cup 2006 season  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the motorcycle world championship
• Detailed statistics for the 2006 season at racingmemo.free.fr (French)