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2006 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Spanish
flag	Spain
Official Name	Gran Premio betandwin.com de España
Location	Circuito de Jerez
Image	Jerez.svg
Course_mi	2.748
Course_km	4.423
Race_No	1
Season_No	17
Date	26 March
Year	2006
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Loris Capirossi
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:39.064
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Loris Capirossi
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:41.248
First_Rider_MotoGP	Loris Capirossi
First_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_MotoGP	Dani Pedrosa
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Spain
Third_Rider_MotoGP	Nicky Hayden
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	United States
Pole_Rider_250	Jorge Lorenzo
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Pole_Time_250	1:43.270
Fast_Rider_250	Héctor Barberá
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Fast_Time_250	1:45.037
First_Rider_250	Jorge Lorenzo
First_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Second_Rider_250	Alex de Angelis
Second_Rider_250_Country	San Marino
Third_Rider_250	Andrea Dovizioso
Third_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_125	Mattia Pasini
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_125	1:46.937
Fast_Rider_125	Lukáš Pešek
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Czech Republic
Fast_Time_125	1:47.404
First_Rider_125	Álvaro Bautista
First_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Second_Rider_125	Lukáš Pešek
Second_Rider_125_Country	Czech Republic
Third_Rider_125	Mattia Pasini
Third_Rider_125_Country	Italy

The 2006 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the first race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 24–26 March 2006 at the Jerez circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	27	45:57.733	1	25
26	ESP Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+4.375	5	20
69	USA Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+9.996	4	16
24	ESP Toni Elías	Fortuna Honda	Honda	27	+10.135	6	13
33	ITA Marco Melandri	Fortuna Honda	Honda	27	+19.547	7	11
27	AUS Casey Stoner	Honda LCR	Honda	27	+21.237	15	10
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	27	+21.372	3	9
10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Roberts	KR211V	27	+32.414	13	8
21	USA John Hopkins	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	27	+32.659	12	7
6	JPN Makoto Tamada	Konica Minolta Honda	Honda	27	+35.983	16	6
5	USA Colin Edwards	Camel Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+37.930	10	5
71	AUS Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	27	+39.514	11	4
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	27	+42.829	14	3
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Camel Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+1:05.766	9	2
66	DEU Alex Hofmann	Pramac d'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	27	+1:23.300	19	1
77	GBR James Ellison	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	26	+1 lap	18
30	ESP José Luis Cardoso	Pramac d'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	13	Retirement	17
17	FRA Randy de Puniet	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	6	Retirement	8
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	2	Retirement	2

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
48	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia	26	45:57.390	1	25
7	SMR Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	26	+4.919	5	20
34	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	26	+8.865	11	16
55	JPN Yuki Takahashi	Honda	26	+8.922	2	13
80	ESP Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	26	+9.515	3	11
4	JPN Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	26	+23.622	7	10
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	26	+34.520	10	9
36	COL Martín Cárdenas	Honda	26	+50.898	17	8
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	26	+56.314	19	7
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Honda	26	+1:04.082	20	6
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	KTM	26	+1:09.312	18	5
23	ESP Arturo Tizón	Honda	26	+1:27.801	14	4
57	GBR Chaz Davies	Aprilia	26	+1:30.466	16	3
31	ESP Álvaro Molina	Aprilia	26	+1:34.877	24	2
28	DEU Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	26	+1:39.114	12	1
41	ITA Michele Danese	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	25
66	NLD Hans Smees	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	28
24	ESP Jordi Carchano	Honda	20	+6 laps	23
14	AUS Anthony West	Aprilia	22	Retirement	6
96	CZE Jakub Smrž	Aprilia	20	Accident	13
58	ITA Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	18	Accident	8
85	ITA Alessio Palumbo	Aprilia	17	Accident	27
19	ARG Sebastián Porto	Honda	7	Retirement	22
25	ITA Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	4	Accident	9
16	FRA Jules Cluzel	Aprilia	2	Accident	21
73	JPN Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	1	Accident	4
22	ITA Luca Morelli	Aprilia	1	Retirement	26
6	ESP Alex Debón	Aprilia	0	Did not start	15
44	JPN Taro Sekiguchi	Aprilia		Did not start
40	TUR Sinan Sofuoğlu	Honda		Did not qualify

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
19	ESP Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	23	41:42.761	2	25
52	CZE Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	23	+3.072	3	20
75	ITA Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	23	+6.491	1	16
36	FIN Mika Kallio	KTM	23	+6.693	6	13
60	ESP Julián Simón	KTM	23	+6.877	4	11
55	ESP Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	23	+7.137	5	10
33	ESP Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	23	+7.291	8	9
14	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	23	+19.931	7	8
6	ESP Joan Olivé	Aprilia	23	+22.886	10	7
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	23	+27.176	9	6
24	ITA Simone Corsi	Gilera	23	+28.951	13	5
71	JPN Tomoyoshi Koyama	Malaguti	23	+37.653	15	4
8	ITA Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	23	+42.814	19	3
12	ITA Federico Sandi	Aprilia	23	+42.909	24	2
29	ITA Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	23	+42.998	16	1
11	DEU Sandro Cortese	Honda	23	+46.381	21
38	GBR Bradley Smith	Honda	23	+50.685	25
43	ESP Manuel Hernández	Honda	23	+51.169	31
18	ESP Nicolás Terol	Derbi	23	+51.260	23
9	AUT Michael Ranseder	KTM	23	+51.803	18
63	FRA Mike Di Meglio	Honda	23	+52.726	11
23	ITA Lorenzo Baroni	Honda	23	+55.698	22
44	CZE Karel Abraham	Aprilia	23	+1:01.202	32
79	ESP Enrique Jerez	Aprilia	23	+1:03.282	36
26	CHE Vincent Braillard	Aprilia	23	+1:12.858	29
45	HUN Imre Tóth	Aprilia	23	+1:17.040	28
78	NLD Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	23	+1:24.686	30
21	ESP Mateo Túnez	Aprilia	23	+1:28.944	27
16	ITA Michele Conti	Honda	23	+1:31.226	33
80	ESP Esteve Rabat	Honda	23	+1:35.989	34
53	ITA Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	23	+1:44.938	37
77	ESP Daniel Sáez	Aprilia	23	+1:49.656	35
37	NLD Joey Litjens	Honda	22	+1 lap	38
20	ITA Roberto Tamburini	Aprilia	22	+1 lap	40
35	ITA Raffaele De Rosa	Aprilia	20	Retirement	12
10	ESP Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	19	Accident	14
1	CHE Thomas Lüthi	Honda	12	Accident	17
41	ESP Aleix Espargaró	Honda	10	Retirement	20
32	ITA Fabrizio Lai	Honda	8	Retirement	26
76	ESP Iván Maestro	Honda	6	Retirement	39
7	FRA Alexis Masbou	Malaguti		Did not start
17	DEU Stefan Bradl	KTM		Did not qualify

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Loris Capirossi	25
2	ESP Dani Pedrosa	20
3	USA Nicky Hayden	16
4	ESP Toni Elías	13
5	ITA Marco Melandri	11

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	ITA Ducati	25
2	JPN Honda	20
3	JPN Kawasaki	9
4	USA KR211V	8
5	JPN Suzuki	7

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

References

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

References

(13 June 2017). "2006 Spanish MotoGP".
(13 June 2017). "2006 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
"2006 Spanish Grand Prix : Classifications : 500cc".
"GRAN PREMIO betandwin.com DE ESPAÑA · MotoGP Race Classification 2006".
"2006 Spanish Grand Prix : Classifications : 250cc".
"2006 Spanish Grand Prix : Classifications : 125cc".
(2006). "Standings".

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