2006 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

  2006 Qatar Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 17 races in the 2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	8 April 2006
Official name	Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar
Location	Losail International Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.380 km (3.343 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Casey Stoner Time 1:55.683 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:57.305 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Nicky Hayden Third Loris Capirossi
250 cc
Pole position Rider Jorge Lorenzo Time 2:01.755 Fastest lap Rider Andrea Dovizioso Time 2:03.246 Podium First Jorge Lorenzo Second Andrea Dovizioso Third Roberto Locatelli
125 cc
Pole position Rider Álvaro Bautista Time 2:07.453 Fastest lap Rider Álvaro Bautista Time 2:08.591 Podium First Álvaro Bautista Second Mika Kallio Third Sergio Gadea

The 2006 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the second race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 6–8 April 2006 at the Losail Circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Camel Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	43:22.229	6	25
2	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+0.900	4	20
3	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	22	+1.494	2	16
4	15	Sete Gibernau	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	22	+4.638	7	13
5	27	Casey Stoner	Honda LCR	Honda	22	+7.575	1	11
6	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+10.820	5	10
7	33	Marco Melandri	Fortuna Honda	Honda	22	+11.784	12	9
8	24	Toni Elías	Fortuna Honda	Honda	22	+19.481	3	8
9	5	Colin Edwards	Camel Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	+22.920	8	7
10	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Roberts	KR211V	22	+34.286	10	6
11	56	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	22	+35.316	9	5
12	7	Carlos Checa	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	22	+49.245	14	4
13	77	James Ellison	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	22	+1:01.469	17	3
14	6	Makoto Tamada	Konica Minolta Honda	Honda	22	+1:10.778	16	2
15	66	Alex Hofmann	Pramac d'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	22	+1:22.051	18	1
16	30	José Luis Cardoso	Pramac d'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	22	+1:33.818	19
Ret	71	Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	7	Retirement	11
Ret	21	John Hopkins	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	4	Retirement	13
Ret	17	Randy de Puniet	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	0	Accident	15
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250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia	20	41:29.946	1	25
2	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	20	+0.077	6	20
3	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	20	+19.364	3	16
4	80	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	20	+19.398	2	13
5	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	20	+24.051	8	11
6	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	20	+28.695	10	10
7	19	Sebastián Porto	Honda	20	+33.255	5	9
8	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	20	+34.214	13	8
9	55	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	20	+34.406	11	7
10	96	Jakub Smrž	Aprilia	20	+34.419	7	6
11	36	Martín Cárdenas	Honda	20	+49.121	21	5
12	8	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	20	+1:00.069	14	4
13	73	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	20	+1:00.633	16	3
14	54	Manuel Poggiali	KTM	20	+1:04.619	9	2
15	28	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	20	+1:12.332	15	1
16	21	Arnaud Vincent	Honda	20	+1:13.128	19
17	57	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	20	+1:44.684	23
18	22	Luca Morelli	Aprilia	20	+1:59.950	25
19	41	Michele Danese	Aprilia	19	+1 lap	26
20	85	Alessio Palumbo	Aprilia	19	+1 lap	24
Ret	24	Jordi Carchano	Honda	15	Accident	22
Ret	16	Jules Cluzel	Aprilia	6	Retirement	17
Ret	14	Anthony West	Aprilia	6	Retirement	12
Ret	23	Arturo Tizón	Honda	4	Accident	20
Ret	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	3	Retirement	18
Ret	7	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	0	Accident	4

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	18	38:56.548	1	25
2	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	18	+6.765	3	20
3	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	18	+6.775	4	16
4	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	18	+8.327	2	13
5	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	18	+14.551	7	11
6	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	18	+15.266	9	10
7	10	Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	18	+15.356	11	9
8	1	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	18	+16.236	15	8
9	24	Simone Corsi	Gilera	18	+22.770	18	7
10	60	Julián Simón	KTM	18	+23.137	10	6
11	14	Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	18	+29.516	6	5
12	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Aprilia	18	+29.527	16	4
13	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	18	+42.997	12	3
14	32	Fabrizio Lai	Honda	18	+45.532	20	2
15	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Malaguti	18	+58.675	19	1
16	18	Nicolás Terol	Derbi	18	+59.145	28
17	41	Aleix Espargaró	Honda	18	+1:00.762	23
18	15	Michele Pirro	Aprilia	18	+1:02.635	24
19	43	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	18	+1:06.073	26
20	26	Vincent Braillard	Aprilia	18	+1:12.674	30
21	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	18	+1:14.590	13
22	38	Bradley Smith	Honda	18	+1:14.885	22
23	53	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	18	+1:16.297	29
24	44	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	18	+1:17.279	34
25	21	Mateo Túnez	Aprilia	18	+1:17.320	25
26	17	Stefan Bradl	KTM	18	+1:21.292	33
27	37	Joey Litjens	Honda	18	+1:43.507	36
28	16	Michele Conti	Honda	18	+1:46.382	35
29	20	Roberto Tamburini	Aprilia	18	+1:46.627	37
30	23	Lorenzo Baroni	Honda	18	+1:47.243	31
Ret	52	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	17	Retirement	5
Ret	12	Federico Sandi	Aprilia	5	Accident	14
Ret	45	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	5	Retirement	27
Ret	9	Michael Ranseder	KTM	5	Accident	32
Ret	11	Sandro Cortese	Honda	2	Accident	17
Ret	6	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	2	Accident	8
Ret	63	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	1	Retirement	21
DNS	7	Alexis Masbou	Malaguti		Did not start

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Loris Capirossi	41
2	Nicky Hayden	36
3	Dani Pedrosa	30
4	Valentino Rossi	27
5	Toni Elías	21

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Ducati	41
2	Honda	40
3	Yamaha	30
4	Kawasaki	14
5	KR211V	14

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