2006 British motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2006 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2006 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 30 June – 2 July 2006 at the Donington Park circuit.

Dani Pedrosa, lifting his trophy on the podium after winning the MotoGP race.

  2006 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 17 races in the 2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	2 July 2006
Official name	GAS British Grand Prix[1][2][3]
Location	Donington Park
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.023 km (2.500 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Dani Pedrosa Time 1:27.676 Fastest lap Rider Dani Pedrosa Time 1:28.714 Podium First Dani Pedrosa Second Valentino Rossi Third Marco Melandri
250cc
Pole position Rider Jorge Lorenzo Time 1:31.659 Fastest lap Rider Andrea Dovizioso Time 1:33.029 Podium First Jorge Lorenzo Second Alex de Angelis Third Hiroshi Aoyama
125cc
Pole position Rider Álvaro Bautista Time 1:36.203 Fastest lap Rider Álvaro Bautista Time 1:37.312 Podium First Álvaro Bautista Second Mika Kallio Third Mattia Pasini

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	30	44:54.878	1	25
2	46	Valentino Rossi	Camel Yamaha Team	Yamaha	30	+3.864	12	20
3	33	Marco Melandri	Fortuna Honda	Honda	30	+4.016	3	16
4	27	Casey Stoner	Honda LCR	Honda	30	+5.776	8	13
5	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Roberts	KR211V	30	+9.596	9	11
6	5	Colin Edwards	Camel Yamaha Team	Yamaha	30	+21.710	10	10
7	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	30	+25.764	11	9
8	21	John Hopkins	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	30	+29.034	4	8
9	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	30	+35.606	5	7
10	7	Carlos Checa	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	30	+40.442	13	6
11	6	Makoto Tamada	Konica Minolta Honda	Honda	30	+41.062	14	5
12	17	Randy de Puniet	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	30	+42.197	6	4
13	66	Alex Hofmann	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	30	+51.454	15	3
14	77	James Ellison	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	30	+1:17.804	16	2
15	30	José Luis Cardoso	Pramac d'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	29	+1 lap	18	1
16	71	Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	29	+1 lap	2
Ret	56	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	13	Retirement	7
Ret	22	Iván Silva	Pramac d'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	5	Retirement	17
WD	84	Michel Fabrizio	Fortuna Honda	Honda		Withdrew
Sources:[1][4][5]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia	27	42:16.321	1	25
2	7	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	27	+6.257	4	20
3	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	27	+7.366	3	16
4	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	27	+14.788	7	13
5	80	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	27	+20.341	6	11
6	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	27	+23.010	2	10
7	55	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	27	+23.644	11	9
8	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	27	+26.070	13	8
9	14	Anthony West	Aprilia	27	+31.575	12	7
10	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	27	+41.298	9	6
11	96	Jakub Smrž	Aprilia	27	+48.440	10	5
12	42	Aleix Espargaró	Honda	27	+1:02.743	16	4
13	73	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	27	+1:03.564	5	3
14	16	Jules Cluzel	Aprilia	27	+1:06.165	18	2
15	8	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	27	+1:06.461	14	1
16	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	27	+1:06.818	20
17	23	Arturo Tizón	Honda	27	+1:09.129	17
18	9	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	27	+1:09.498	15
19	22	Luca Morelli	Aprilia	26	+1 lap	22
20	17	Franz Aschenbrenner	Aprilia	26	+1 lap	24
21	67	Nicklas Cajback	Aprilia	26	+1 lap	27
Ret	54	Manuel Poggiali	KTM	23	Accident	8
Ret	24	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	22	Retirement	25
Ret	37	Fabricio Perren	Honda	17	Accident	19
Ret	45	Dan Linfoot	Honda	4	Accident	21
Ret	57	Chaz Davies	Honda	2	Accident	23
Ret	75	Luke Lawrence	Yamaha	2	Accident	26
DNQ	76	Alex Kenchington	Yamaha		Did not qualify
DNQ	77	Ian Gardner	Yamaha		Did not qualify
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	25	40:49.054	1	25
2	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	25	+3.454	2	20
3	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	25	+3.499	3	16
4	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	25	+14.869	6	13
5	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	25	+17.032	5	11
6	6	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	25	+20.683	8	10
7	52	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	25	+22.286	7	9
8	1	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	25	+24.899	10	8
9	18	Nicolás Terol	Derbi	25	+25.138	9	7
10	14	Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	25	+25.276	15	6
11	32	Fabrizio Lai	Honda	25	+28.254	11	5
12	38	Bradley Smith	Honda	25	+30.064	13	4
13	24	Simone Corsi	Gilera	25	+37.120	4	3
14	11	Sandro Cortese	Honda	25	+38.214	14	2
15	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	25	+38.592	16	1
16	63	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	25	+39.964	30
17	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	25	+45.145	18
18	9	Michael Ranseder	KTM	25	+45.146	19
19	10	Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	25	+48.066	17
20	54	Randy Krummenacher	KTM	25	+52.668	25
21	21	Mateo Túnez	Aprilia	25	+53.161	20
22	26	Vincent Braillard	Aprilia	25	+53.581	32
23	12	Federico Sandi	Aprilia	25	+58.185	26
24	53	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	25	+1:01.101	35
25	16	Michele Conti	Honda	25	+1:05.686	29
26	90	Hiroaki Kuzuhara	Malaguti	25	+1:05.836	39
27	23	Lorenzo Baroni	Honda	25	+1:10.078	28
28	44	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	25	+1:12.056	27
29	20	Roberto Tamburini	Aprilia	25	+1:38.823	24
30	66	Anthony Rogers	Honda	24	+1 lap	43
31	67	Blake Leigh-Smith	Honda	24	+1 lap	41
32	95	Georg Fröhlich	Malaguti	24	+1 lap	33
33	65	Kyle Kentish	Honda	24	+1 lap	42
Ret	96	Daniel Cooper	Honda	23	Retirement	38
Ret	15	Michele Pirro	Aprilia	13	Retirement	36
Ret	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	13	Retirement	21
Ret	34	Esteve Rabat	Honda	10	Accident	22
Ret	17	Stefan Bradl	KTM	3	Retirement	34
Ret	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Aprilia	2	Accident	12
Ret	43	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	0	Accident	23
Ret	45	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	0	Accident	31
Ret	64	Alex Lowes	Honda	0	Retirement	40
NC	13	Dino Lombardi	Aprilia	25	+1:48.750	37
DNS	37	Joey Litjens	Honda		Did not start
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round nine has concluded.^[6]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Nicky Hayden 153 2 Dani Pedrosa 127 3 Valentino Rossi 118 4 Marco Melandri 114 5 Loris Capirossi 107

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 201 2 Yamaha 147 3 Ducati 116 4 Suzuki 72 5 KR211V 66

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