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2006 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Catalan
flag	Catalonia
Official Name	Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya
Location	Circuit de Catalunya
Image	Circuit Catalunya 1995-2003.svg
Course_mi	2.937
Course_km	4.727
Race_No	7
Season_No	17
Date	18 June
Year	2006
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:41.855
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Nicky Hayden
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	USA
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:43.048
First_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
First_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_MotoGP	Nicky Hayden
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country	USA
Third_Rider_MotoGP	Kenny Roberts Jr.
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	USA
Pole_Rider_250	Andrea Dovizioso
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_250	1:46.792
Fast_Rider_250	Alex de Angelis
Fast_Rider_250_Country	San Marino
Fast_Time_250	1:47.327
First_Rider_250	Andrea Dovizioso
First_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_250	Jorge Lorenzo
Second_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Third_Rider_250	Alex de Angelis
Third_Rider_250_Country	San Marino
Pole_Rider_125	Álvaro Bautista
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Pole_Time_125	1:50.281
Fast_Rider_125	Héctor Faubel
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Fast_Time_125	1:50.773
First_Rider_125	Álvaro Bautista
First_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Second_Rider_125	Héctor Faubel
Second_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Third_Rider_125	Sergio Gadea
Third_Rider_125_Country	Spain

The 2006 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 2006 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 June 2006 at the Circuit de Catalunya located in Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain.

The MotoGP race was initially red flagged after a crash at the first corner, caused by Loris Capirossi's Ducati making contact with teammate Sete Gibernau's front brake lever. Six riders were involved; John Hopkins, Dani Pedrosa and Randy de Puniet were able to take the restart, while Gibernau, Capirossi and Marco Melandri were not. After the second start was aborted due to an issue with Chris Vermeulen's Suzuki on the grid, the grid reformed for a third time and the race was shortened from 25 laps to 24.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Camel Yamaha Team	Yamaha	24	41:31.237	1	25
69	USA Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+4.509	7	20
10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Roberts	KR211V	24	+9.174	3	16
21	USA John Hopkins	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	24	+13.465	2	13
5	USA Colin Edwards	Camel Yamaha Team	Yamaha	24	+22.548	12	11
71	AUS Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	24	+25.198	4	10
6	JPN Makoto Tamada	Konica Minolta Honda	Honda	24	+30.622	15	9
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	24	+31.277	16	8
77	GBR James Ellison	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	24	+59.203	18	7
66	DEU Alex Hofmann	Pramac d'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	24	+1:14.062	17	6
30	ESP José Luis Cardoso	Pramac d'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	24	+1:46.815	19	5
26	ESP Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	11	Retirement	11
24	ESP Toni Elías	Fortuna Honda	Honda	9	Accident	14
27	AUS Casey Stoner	Honda LCR	Honda	8	Accident	8
17	FRA Randy de Puniet	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	6	Accident	10
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	6	Ignored ride through penalty	5
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	0	Collision	13
33	ITA Marco Melandri	Fortuna Honda	Honda	0	Collision	9
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	0	Collision	6

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
34	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	23	41:28.179	1	25
48	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia	23	+0.095	2	20
7	SMR Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	23	+0.422	4	16
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	23	+1.587	7	13
6	ESP Alex Debón	Aprilia	23	+3.136	3	11
4	JPN Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	23	+4.032	5	10
55	JPN Yuki Takahashi	Honda	23	+4.072	9	9
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	23	+7.315	12	8
14	AUS Anthony West	Aprilia	23	+43.107	14	7
36	COL Martín Cárdenas	Honda	23	+43.193	18	6
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	KTM	23	+43.582	15	5
8	ITA Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	23	+44.405	13	4
16	FRA Jules Cluzel	Aprilia	23	+52.426	11	3
23	ESP Arturo Tizón	Honda	23	+1:05.476	19	2
37	ARG Fabricio Perren	Honda	23	+1:08.871	21	1
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Honda	23	+1:09.556	22
24	ESP Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	23	+1:12.913	20
85	ITA Alessio Palumbo	Aprilia	23	+1:42.301	23
22	ITA Luca Morelli	Aprilia	23	+1:47.629	26
9	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	17	Retirement	16
45	GBR Dan Linfoot	Honda	16	Accident	25
58	ITA Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	12	Accident	10
17	DEU Franz Aschenbrenner	Aprilia	9	Accident	24
96	CZE Jakub Smrž	Aprilia	7	Accident	8
25	ITA Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	6	Retirement	17
73	JPN Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	3	Accident	6
19	ARG Sebastián Porto	Honda		Withdrew

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
19	ESP Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	22	40:56.370	1	25
55	ESP Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	22	+0.187	4	20
33	ESP Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	22	+0.423	11	16
75	ITA Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	22	+1.094	5	13
52	CZE Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	22	+2.235	7	11
1	CHE Thomas Lüthi	Honda	22	+2.400	10	10
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	22	+15.456	3	9
14	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	22	+15.529	13	8
6	ESP Joan Olivé	Aprilia	22	+25.259	14	7
32	ITA Fabrizio Lai	Honda	22	+25.441	12	6
18	ESP Nicolás Terol	Derbi	22	+26.400	9	5
35	ITA Raffaele De Rosa	Aprilia	22	+31.589	16	4
42	ESP Pol Espargaró	Derbi	22	+33.772	27	3
43	ESP Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	22	+34.256	28	2
8	ITA Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	22	+36.214	17	1
38	GBR Bradley Smith	Honda	22	+36.238	20
29	ITA Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	22	+43.693	15
63	FRA Mike Di Meglio	Honda	22	+45.599	23
11	DEU Sandro Cortese	Honda	22	+45.636	18
15	ITA Michele Pirro	Aprilia	22	+1:00.138	26
44	CZE Karel Abraham	Aprilia	22	+1:00.230	30
12	ITA Federico Sandi	Aprilia	22	+1:00.316	34
26	CHE Vincent Braillard	Aprilia	22	+1:00.776	37
21	ESP Mateo Túnez	Aprilia	22	+1:06.141	25
23	ITA Lorenzo Baroni	Honda	22	+1:06.225	22
13	ITA Dino Lombardi	Aprilia	22	+1:09.129	24
45	HUN Imre Tóth	Aprilia	22	+1:09.168	31
78	NLD Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	22	+1:15.393	38
37	NLD Joey Litjens	Honda	22	+1:30.456	35
20	ITA Roberto Tamburini	Aprilia	22	+1:54.277	40
16	ITA Michele Conti	Honda	13	Retirement	33
41	ESP Aleix Espargaró	Honda	8	Retirement	21
10	ESP Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	8	Retirement	39
36	FIN Mika Kallio	KTM	2	Accident	2
24	ITA Simone Corsi	Gilera	2	Accident	8
60	ESP Julián Simón	KTM	2	Accident	6
53	ITA Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	0	Retirement	29
7	FRA Alexis Masbou	Malaguti	0	Accident	32
34	ESP Esteve Rabat	Honda	0	Accident	19
9	AUT Michael Ranseder	KTM	0	Accident	36
71	JPN Tomoyoshi Koyama	Malaguti		Did not start
76	ESP Iván Maestro	Honda		Did not qualify
39	GBR Danny Webb	Honda		Did not qualify
17	DEU Stefan Bradl	KTM		Withdrew

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seven has concluded.

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	USA Nicky Hayden	119
2	ITA Loris Capirossi	99
3	ITA Valentino Rossi	90
4	ITA Marco Melandri	89
5	ESP Dani Pedrosa	86

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	151
2	JPN Yamaha	119
3	ITA Ducati	105
4	JPN Suzuki	54
5	USA KR211V	44

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

| Previous_year's_race = 2005 Catalan Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 2007 Catalan Grand Prix

References

(13 June 2017). "2006 Catalan MotoGP".
(13 June 2017). "2006 Catalan MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
"OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT".
"GRAN PREMI CINZANO DE CATALUNYA · MotoGP Race Classification 2006".
(2006). "Standings".

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