2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Season summary

2006 Grand Prix season calendar

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	26 March	Gran Premio betandwin.com de España	Circuito de Jerez
2	8 April	Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar	Losail International Circuit
3	30 April	Grand Prix of Turkey	Istanbul Park
4	14 May	Polini Grand Prix of China	Shanghai International Circuit
5	21 May	Alice Grand Prix de France	Bugatti Circuit
6	4 June	Gran Premio d'Italia Alice	Mugello Circuit
7	18 June	Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya	Circuit de Catalunya
8	24 June ††	A-Style TT Assen	TT Circuit Assen
9	2 July	Gas British Grand Prix	Donington Park
10	16 July	betandwin.com Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland	Sachsenring
11	23 July †	Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
12	20 August	Gauloises Grand Prix České republiky	Brno Circuit
13	10 September	Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit
14	17 September	GMC Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island Circuit
15	24 September	A-Style Grand Prix of Japan	Twin Ring Motegi
16	15 October	bwin.com Grande Prémio de Portugal	Autódromo do Estoril
17	29 October	Gran Premio bwin.com de la Comunitat Valenciana	Circuit Ricardo Tormo

Calendar changes

• The Qatar Grand Prix was moved forward, from 1 October to 8 April.
• The Turkish Grand Prix was moved forward, from 23 October to 30 April.
• Only the MotoGP class raced during the United States Grand Prix because of a Californian law on air pollution, preventing the 125 and 250cc classes from racing.
• The Portuguese Grand Prix was moved back, from 17 April to 15 October.

  2006 Grand Prix season results

Participants

MotoGP participants

250cc participants

125cc participants According to the official website: Standings MotoGP riders' standings ;Scoring system Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points. Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 250cc riders' standings ;Scoring system Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points. Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 125cc riders' standings ;Scoring system Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points. Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Constructors' standings Each constructor gets the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race. MotoGP Pos Constructor ESP QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER USA CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL Pts 1 Honda 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 3 3 1 3 1 3 360 2 Yamaha 11 1 4 3 6 1 1 8 2 1 7 2 1 3 2 2 9 289 3 Ducati 1 3 6 8 2 2 10 12 9 5 8 1 2 4 1 11 1 248 4 Suzuki 9 Ret 7 4 10 10 4 6 8 7 5 7 6 2 11 6 11 151 5 Roberts 8 10 13 13 Ret 8 3 5 5 Ret 4 4 7 14 9 3 8 134 6 Kawasaki 7 11 8 10 12 11 Ret 2 12 6 12 8 13 8 Ret 10 7 109 7 Ilmor 15 15 2 Pos Manufacturer ESP QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER USA CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL Pts 250cc Each constructor gets the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race. Pos Constructor ESP QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL Pts 1 Aprilia 1 1 2 1 5 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 357 2 Honda 3 2 3 2 1 3 1 3 6 1 2 2 4 4 1 6 290 3 KTM 6 5 1 3 4 12 6 9 3 8 3 Ret 3 1 2 8 205 4 Gilera Ret 8 11 6 8 7 Ret 7 10 Ret 9 8 10 9 7 Ret 92 5 Yamaha 20 23 Ret 19 8 23 8 Pos Manufacturer ESP QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL Pts 125cc Each constructor gets the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race. Pos Constructor ESP QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL Pts 1 Aprilia 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 373 2 KTM 4 2 11 1 2 6 Ret 1 2 8 2 2 2 1 3 2 267 3 Honda 8 8 6 4 1 8 6 8 8 6 3 8 4 8 7 8 170 4 Derbi 2 16 7 6 Ret 3 5 5 7 3 7 9 6 5 4 5 163 5 Gilera 11 9 4 10 10 10 Ret 4 13 5 15 15 DNS DNQ 9 19 79 6 Malaguti 12 15 9 9 13 15 Ret 28 26 15 16 Ret 12 7 6 14 49 Pos Manufacturer ESP QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL Pts