2006 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

  2006 Czech Republic Grand Prix

Race details
Race 12 of 17 races in the 2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	20 August 2006
Location	Brno
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.403 km (3.357 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:56.191
Fastest lap
Rider	Loris Capirossi
Time	1:58.157
Podium
First	Loris Capirossi
Second	Valentino Rossi
Third	Dani Pedrosa
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo
Time	2:02.292
Fastest lap
Rider	Andrea Dovizioso
Time	2:03.402
Podium
First	Jorge Lorenzo
Second	Andrea Dovizioso
Third	Hiroshi Aoyama
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Mika Kallio
Time	2:07.874
Fastest lap
Rider	Mattia Pasini
Time	2:08.114
Podium
First	Álvaro Bautista
Second	Mika Kallio
Third	Gábor Talmácsi

The 2006 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2006 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 18–20 August 2006 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czech Republic.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	22	43:40.145	2	25
2	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	22	+4.902	1	20
3	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	22	+8.012	9	16
4	10	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	KR211V	22	+14.800	3	13
5	33	Marco Melandri	Honda	22	+15.025	11	11
6	27	Casey Stoner	Honda	22	+15.699	12	10
7	21	John Hopkins	Suzuki	22	+16.775	7	9
8	56	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki	22	+16.942	5	8
9	69	Nicky Hayden	Honda	22	+17.061	4	7
10	5	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	22	+19.435	8	6
11	24	Toni Elías	Honda	22	+22.215	6	5
12	71	Chris Vermeulen	Suzuki	22	+23.978	13	4
13	6	Makoto Tamada	Honda	22	+24.967	15	3
14	17	Randy de Puniet	Kawasaki	22	+28.961	10	2
15	7	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	22	+29.296	17	1
16	66	Alex Hofmann	Ducati	22	+29.801	14
17	77	James Ellison	Yamaha	22	+1:02.982	16
18	22	Iván Silva	Ducati	22	+1:44.775	19
Ret	30	José Luis Cardoso	Ducati	6	Retirement	18
OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT

Championship standings after the race

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Nicky Hayden 201 2 Dani Pedrosa 176 3 Valentino Rossi 163 4 Marco Melandri 161 5 Loris Capirossi 151

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 262 2 Yamaha 201 3 Ducati 160 4 Suzuki 101 5 KR211V 92

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

250cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia	20	41:29.204	1	25
2	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	20	+2.507	2	20
3	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	20	+2.524	3	16
4	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	20	+15.294	7	13
5	80	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	20	+30.098	4	11
6	73	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	20	+30.223	6	10
7	36	Martín Cárdenas	Honda	20	+39.405	11	9
8	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	20	+43.800	14	8
9	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	20	+51.756	13	7
10	96	Jakub Smrž	Aprilia	20	+51.815	8	6
11	28	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	20	+53.972	15	5
12	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	20	+1:01.584	10	4
13	8	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	20	+1:03.693	16	3
14	21	Arnaud Vincent	Honda	20	+1:16.241	20	2
15	23	Arturo Tizón	Honda	20	+1:16.372	21	1
16	37	Fabricio Perren	Honda	20	+1:19.692	19
17	44	Taro Sekiguchi	Aprilia	20	+1:52.145	23
18	24	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	20	+1:52.385	22
19	84	Kenni Aggerholm	Yamaha	19	+1 lap	25
Ret	14	Anthony West	Aprilia	13	Retirement	18
Ret	45	Dan Linfoot	Honda	8	Accident	26
Ret	82	Michal Filla	Yamaha	8	Accident	24
Ret	42	Aleix Espargaró	Honda	7	Accident	9
Ret	7	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	4	Accident	5
Ret	54	Manuel Poggiali	KTM	1	Retirement	12
Ret	16	Jules Cluzel	Aprilia	0	Accident	17
DNS	22	Luca Morelli	Aprilia		Did not start
DNQ	85	Alessio Palumbo	Aprilia		Did not qualify
DNQ	75	Luke Lawrence	Yamaha		Did not qualify
DNQ	83	Jiří Mayer	Honda		Did not qualify
WD	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia		Withdrew
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	19	41:00.673	2	25
2	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	19	+0.028	1	20
3	14	Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	19	+11.409	9	16
4	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	19	+11.843	7	13
5	1	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	19	+12.155	15	11
6	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	19	+12.263	5	10
7	18	Nicolás Terol	Derbi	19	+14.750	6	9
8	6	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	19	+14.792	11	8
9	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	19	+15.722	12	7
10	32	Fabrizio Lai	Honda	19	+35.170	10	6
11	11	Sandro Cortese	Honda	19	+40.494	16	5
12	17	Stefan Bradl	KTM	19	+40.544	14	4
13	63	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	19	+41.465	25	3
14	43	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	19	+49.529	23	2
15	24	Simone Corsi	Gilera	19	+51.402	26	1
16	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Malaguti	19	+51.703	20
17	10	Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	19	+52.595	28
18	9	Michael Ranseder	KTM	19	+58.075	24
19	15	Michele Pirro	Aprilia	19	+58.109	17
20	45	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	19	+1:08.139	21
21	21	Mateo Túnez	Aprilia	19	+1:11.341	31
22	20	Roberto Tamburini	Aprilia	19	+1:11.409	30
23	7	Alexis Masbou	Malaguti	19	+1:11.432	27
24	78	Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	19	+1:16.663	38
25	37	Joey Litjens	Honda	19	+1:17.052	36
26	16	Michele Conti	Honda	19	+1:18.796	35
27	81	Robert Mureșan	Aprilia	19	+1:33.558	32
28	13	Dino Lombardi	Aprilia	19	+1:34.101	39
29	53	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	19	+1:37.125	40
30	68	Thomas Mayer	Aprilia	19	+1:42.725	41
31	69	Michal Šembera	Honda	19	+1:44.337	34
32	70	Michal Prášek	Honda	19	+2:10.491	42
33	56	Stefano Musco	Honda	18	+1 lap	43
Ret	52	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	18	Accident	3
Ret	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	18	Accident	4
Ret	12	Federico Sandi	Aprilia	18	Retirement	33
Ret	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Aprilia	13	Retirement	13
Ret	34	Esteve Rabat	Honda	10	Retirement	22
Ret	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	7	Retirement	19
Ret	42	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	6	Accident	29
Ret	44	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	4	Retirement	18
Ret	60	Julián Simón	KTM	3	Accident	8
Ret	26	Vincent Braillard	Aprilia	0	Accident	37
DNS	38	Bradley Smith	Honda		Did not start
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

References

• "MotoGP official website – Results & Statistics – Gauloises Grand Prix České Republiky 2006". Retrieved 2010-06-25. 

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