2006 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix

Portugal  2006 Portuguese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 16 of 17 races in the
2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date15 October 2006
Official namebwin.com Grande Prémio de Portugal[1]
LocationAutódromo do Estoril
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.182 km (2.599 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:36.200
Fastest lap
Rider United States Kenny Roberts Jr.
Time 1:37.914
Podium
First Spain Toni Elías
Second Italy Valentino Rossi
Third United States Kenny Roberts Jr.
250cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Roberto Locatelli
Time 1:41.511
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Hiroshi Aoyama
Time 1:41.676
Podium
First Italy Andrea Dovizioso
Second Japan Hiroshi Aoyama
Third San Marino Alex de Angelis
125cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Álvaro Bautista
Time 1:45.322
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Álvaro Bautista
Time 1:45.746
Podium
First Spain Álvaro Bautista
Second Spain Héctor Faubel
Third Finland Mika Kallio

The 2006 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 13–15 October 2006 at the Estoril circuit. This was the last race won by a non-factory team before the 2016 Dutch TT.[2]

MotoGP classification

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 24 Spain Toni Elías Fortuna Honda Honda 28 46:08.739 11 25
2 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +0.002 1 20
3 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts KR211V 28 +0.176 13 16
4 5 United States Colin Edwards Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +0.864 2 13
5 6 Japan Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda 28 +18.419 14 11
6 21 United States John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 28 +25.181 6 10
7 7 Spain Carlos Checa Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 28 +29.348 9 9
8 33 Italy Marco Melandri Fortuna Honda Honda 28 +31.813 15 8
9 71 Australia Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 28 +40.117 12 7
10 17 France Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 28 +41.496 16 6
11 66 Germany Alex Hofmann Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 28 +41.533 18 5
12 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 28 +44.776 10 4
13 77 United Kingdom James Ellison Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 28 +1:19.113 17 3
14 30 Spain José Luis Cardoso Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 28 +1:40.716 19 2
15 8 Australia Garry McCoy Ilmor SRT Ilmor X3 24 +4 laps 20 1
Ret 69 United States Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 4 Accident 3
Ret 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 4 Accident 4
Ret 27 Australia Casey Stoner Honda LCR Honda 1 Accident 5
Ret 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1 Accident 8
Ret 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 0 Accident 7
Sources: [3][4][5]

250 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 34 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 26 44:30.727 7 25
2 4 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 26 +0.015 2 20
3 7 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia 26 +0.348 6 16
4 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 26 +1.842 1 13
5 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 26 +6.402 4 11
6 55 Japan Yuki Takahashi Honda 26 +9.619 12 10
7 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli Gilera 26 +14.303 3 9
8 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 26 +17.222 10 8
9 14 Australia Anthony West Aprilia 26 +34.819 11 7
10 80 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 26 +37.976 5 6
11 96 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Aprilia 26 +41.584 15 5
12 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali KTM 26 +42.929 18 4
13 42 Spain Aleix Espargaró Honda 26 +43.022 8 3
14 52 Spain José David de Gea Honda 26 +43.040 13 2
15 8 Italy Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 26 +43.935 16 1
16 28 Germany Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 26 +59.454 17
17 37 Argentina Fabricio Perren Honda 26 +1:10.952 20
18 44 Japan Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 26 +1:15.390 19
19 24 Spain Jordi Carchano Aprilia 26 +1:17.577 21
20 23 Spain Arturo Tizón Honda 26 +1:32.205 23
21 22 Italy Luca Morelli Aprilia 25 +1 lap 22
22 85 Italy Alessio Palumbo Aprilia 25 +1 lap 26
23 75 United Kingdom Luke Lawrence Yamaha 25 +1 lap 29
24 32 Portugal João Fernandes Aprilia 24 +2 laps 27
Ret 25 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 25 Accident 14
Ret 73 Japan Shuhei Aoyama Honda 15 Retirement 9
Ret 16 France Jules Cluzel Aprilia 13 Accident 24
Ret 45 United Kingdom Dan Linfoot Honda 11 Retirement 28
Ret 65 Italy Alessandro Brannetti Honda 4 Retirement 25
DNQ 59 China Ho Chi Fung Aprilia Did not qualify
DNQ 56 China Su Rong Zai Aprilia Did not qualify
[6]

125 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 23 40:48.792 1 25
2 55 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 23 +15.098 2 20
3 36 Finland Mika Kallio KTM 23 +15.112 11 16
4 52 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Derbi 23 +15.745 3 13
5 60 Spain Julián Simón KTM 23 +15.778 4 11
6 71 Japan Tomoyoshi Koyama Malaguti 23 +27.588 7 10
7 32 Italy Fabrizio Lai Honda 23 +27.609 6 9
8 14 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Honda 23 +27.652 8 8
9 24 Italy Simone Corsi Gilera 23 +31.877 18 7
10 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Honda 23 +38.878 15 6
11 44 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Aprilia 23 +39.265 10 5
12 42 Spain Pol Espargaró Derbi 23 +44.501 23 4
13 8 Italy Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 23 +44.543 22 3
14 12 Italy Federico Sandi Aprilia 23 +46.069 21 2
15 33 Spain Sergio Gadea Aprilia 23 +48.087 12 1
16 54 Switzerland Randy Krummenacher KTM 23 +59.731 27
17 34 Spain Esteve Rabat Honda 23 +59.788 19
18 45 Hungary Imre Tóth Aprilia 23 +1:07.489 17
19 35 Italy Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 23 +1:07.519 26
20 49 Japan Kazuma Watanabe Honda 23 +1:21.367 34
21 16 Italy Michele Conti Honda 23 +1:21.417 32
22 13 Italy Dino Lombardi Aprilia 23 +1:26.874 40
23 21 Spain Mateo Túnez Aprilia 23 +1:29.379 36
24 43 Spain Manuel Hernández Aprilia 23 +1:29.402 29
25 37 Netherlands Joey Litjens Honda 23 +1:29.420 35
26 25 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter Aprilia 23 +1:30.416 28
27 67 Australia Blake Leigh-Smith KTM 23 +1:33.029 33
28 73 Japan Kazuya Otani Malaguti 23 +1:33.112 39
29 95 Germany Georg Fröhlich Honda 23 +1:33.183 38
30 69 Czech Republic Michal Šembera Honda 22 +1 lap 41
Ret 18 Spain Nicolás Terol Derbi 19 Retirement 13
Ret 20 Italy Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 19 Accident 24
Ret 53 Italy Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 19 Retirement 31
Ret 90 Japan Hiroaki Kuzuhara Aprilia 19 Retirement 30
Ret 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Honda 15 Accident 20
Ret 75 Italy Mattia Pasini Aprilia 12 Retirement 5
Ret 9 Austria Michael Ranseder KTM 10 Accident 25
Ret 6 Spain Joan Olivé Aprilia 3 Accident 14
Ret 1 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda 3 Accident 16
Ret 63 France Mike Di Meglio Honda 1 Accident 9
DNS 87 Italy Roberto Lacalendola Aprilia 0 Did not start 37
DNS 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Aprilia Did not start
[7]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.[8]

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

References

  1. ^ "2006 Portuguese MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Jack Miller wins an astonishing Dutch TT".
  3. ^ "2006 Portuguese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  4. ^ "2006 Portuguese Grand Prix : Classifications : 500cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  5. ^ "motogp.com · bwin.com GRANDE PREMIO DE PORTUGAL · MotoGP Race Classification 2006". www.motogp.com.
  6. ^ "2006 Malaysian Grand Prix : Classifications : 250cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  7. ^ "2006 Malaysian Grand Prix : Classifications : 500cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2006. Retrieved 2019-08-22.


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