Motorcycle Sports
MotoGP World Championship 2006
Final Standings:
1. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] 252
2. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha] 247
3. Loris Capirossi (ita) [Ducati] 229
4. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] 228
5. Dani Pedrosa (spa) [Honda] 215
6. Kenny Roberts Jr. (usa) [KR211V] 134
7. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] 124
8. Casey Stoner (aus) [Honda] 119
9. Toni Elias (spa) [Honda] 116
10. John Hopkins (usa) [Suzuki] 116

Sunday, October 29
Valencia Grand Prix
at Circuito de la Comunitat Valenciana, Valencia (spa):
1. Troy Bayliss (aus) [Ducati]
2. Loris Capirossi (ita) [Ducati] + 1.3
3. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] + 9.2
4. Dani Pedrosa (spa) [Honda] + 12.0
5. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] + 16.3
6. Toni Elias (spa) [Honda] + 17.3
7. Shinya Nakano (jpn) [Kawasaki] + 19.3
8. Kenny Roberts Jr. (usa) [KR211V] + 23.1
9. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 26.0
10. Carlos Checa (spa) [Yamaha] + 28.1

Sunday, October 15
Grand Prix of Portugal
at Circuit Estoril, Estoril (por):
1. Toni Elias (spa) [Honda]
2. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha] s.t.
3. Kenny Roberts Jr. (usa) [KR211V] + 0.1
4. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 0.8
5. Makoto Tamada (jpn) [Honda] + 18.4
6. John Hopkins (usa) [Suzuki] + 25.1
7. Carlos Checa (spa) [Yamaha] + 29.3
8. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] + 31.8
9. Chris Vermeulen (aus) [Suzuki] + 40.1
10. Randy du Puniet (fra) [Kawasaki] + 41.4

Sunday, September 24
Grand Prix of Japan
at Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi (jpn):
1. Loris Capirossi (ita) [Ducati]
2. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha] + 5.0
3. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] + 8.3
4. Sete Gibernau (spa) [Ducati] + 9.7
5. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] + 11.9
6. Toni Elias (spa) [Honda] + 18.1
7. Dani Pedrosa (spa) [Honda] + 19.9
8. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 22.4
9. Kenny Roberts Jr. (usa) [KR211V] + 26.8
10. Makoto Tamada (jpn) [Honda] + 30.9

Sunday, September 17
Australian Grand Prix
at Phillip Island Circuit, Phillip Island (aus):
1. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda]
2. Chris Vermeulen (aus) [Suzuki] + 9.6
3. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha] + 10.5
4. Sete Gibernau (spa) [Ducati] + 10.6
5. Nicky Hayden(usa) [Honda] s.t.
6. Casey Stoner (aus) [Honda] + 11.3
7. Loris Capirossi (ita) [Ducati] + 26.5
8. Shinya Nakano (jpn) [Kawasaki] + 26.6
9. Toni Elias (spa) [Honda] + 57.2
10. Makoto Tamada (jpn) [Honda] + 1:02.2

Sunday, September 10
Grand Prix of Malaysia
at Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur (mls):
1. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha]
2. Loris Capirossi (ita) [Ducati] + 0.8
3. Dani Pedrosa (spa) [Honda] + 3.8
4. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] + 5.7
5. Sete Gibernau (spa) [Ducati] + 9.3
6. John Hopkins (usa) [Suzuki] + 11.0
7. Kenny Roberts Jr. (usa) [KR211V] + 11.8
8. Casey Stoner (aus) [Honda] + 12.2
9. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] + 15.0
10. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 19.9

Sunday, August 20
Czech Grand Prix
at Autodrom Brno, Brno (cze):
1. Loris Capirossi (ita) [Ducati]
2. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha] + 4.9
3. Dani Pedrosa (spa) [Honda] + 8.0
4. Kenny Roberts Jr. (usa) [KR211V] + 14.8
5. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] + 15.0
6. Casey Stoner (aus) [Honda] + 15.6
7. John Hopkins (usa) [Suzuki] + 16.7
8. Shinya Nakano (jpn) [Kawasaki] + 16.9
9. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] + 17.0
10. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 19.4

Sunday, July 23
US Grand Prix
at Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey (usa):
1. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda]
2. Dani Pedrosa (spa) [Honda] + 3.1
3. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] + 10.9
4. Kenny Roberts Jr. (usa) [KR211V] + 11.9
5. Chris Vermeulen (aus) [Suzuki] + 27.4
6. John Hopkins (usa) [Suzuki] + 38.8
7. Carlos Checa (spa) [Yamaha] + 44.8
8. Loris Capirossi (ita) + 48.5
9. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 53.2
10. Sete Gibernau (spa) [Ducati] + 1:06.2

Sunday, July 16
Grand Prix of Germany
at Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal (ger):
1. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha]
2. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] + 0.1
3. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] + 0.2
4. Dani Pedrosa (spa) [Honda] + 0.3
5. Loris Capirossi (ita) [Ducati] + 8.7
6. Shinya Nakano (jpn) [Kawasaki] + 9.1
7. Chris Vermeulen (aus) [Suzuki] + 16.6
8. Sete Gibernau (spa) [Ducati] + 16.6
9. Carlos Checa (spa) [Yamaha] + 17.0
10. John Hopkins (usa) [Suzuki] + 17.7

Sunday, July 2
British Grand Prix
at Donington Park, Donington (gbr):
1. Dani Pedrosa (spa) [Honda]
2. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha] + 3.8
3. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] + 4.0
4. Casey Stoner (aus) [Honda] + 5.7
5. Kenny Roberts Jr. (usa) [KR211V] + 9.5
6. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 21.7
7. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] + 25.7
8. John Hopkins (usa) [Suzuki] + 29.0
9. Loris Capirossi (ita) [Ducati] + 35.6
10. Carlos Checa (spa) [Yamaha] + 40.4

Saturday, June 24
Dutch Grand Prix
at TT Circuit Assen, Assen (net):
1. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda]
2. Shinya Nakano (jpn) [Kawasaki] + 4.8
3. Dani Pedrosa (spa) [Honda] + 7.5
4. Casey Stoner (aus) [Honda] + 7.5
5. Kenny Roberts Jr. (usa) [KR211V] + 8.0
6. John Hopkins (usa) [Suzuki] + 17.0
7. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] + 18.0
8. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha] + 23.9
9. Carlos Checa (spa) [Yamaha] + 29.0
10. Chris Vermeulen (aus) [Suzuki] + 31.6

Sunday, June 18
Grand Prix of Catalonia
at Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona (spa):
1. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha]
2. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] + 4.5
3. Kenny Roberts Jr. (usa) [KR211V] + 9.1
4. John Hopkins (usa) [Suzuki] + 13.4
5. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 22.5
6. Chris Vermeulen (aus) [Suzuki] + 25.1
7. Makoto Tamada (jpn) [Honda] + 30.6
8. Carlos Checa (spa) [Yamaha] + 31.2
9. James Ellison (gbr) [Yamaha] + 59.2
10. Alex Hofmann (ger) [Ducati] + 1:14

Sunday, June 4
Grand Prix of Italy
at Autodromo del Mugello, Mugello (ita):
1. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha]
2. Loris Capirossi (ita) [Ducati] + 0.5
3. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] + 0.7
4. Dani Pedrosa (spa) [Honda] + 2.0
5. Sete Gibernau (spa) [Ducati] + 3.0
6. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] + 11.7
7. Toni Elias (spa) [Honda] + 18.9
8. Kenny Roberts Jr. (usa) [KR211V] + 19.1
9. Makoto Tamada (jpn) [Honda] + 19.2
10. John Hopkins (usa) [Suzuki] + 19.8

Sunday, May 21
Grand Prix of France
at Circuit de Le Mans, Le Mans (fra):
1. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda]
2. Loris Capirossi (ita) [Ducati] + 1.9
3. Dani Pedrosa (spa) [Honda] + 2.2
4. Casey Stoner (aus) [Honda] + 5.4
5. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] + 5.7
6. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 11.5
7. Makoto Tamada (jpn) [Honda] + 16.6
8. Sete Gibernau (spa) [Ducati] + 18.1
9. Toni Elias (spa) [Honda] + 23.6
10. Chris Vermeulen (aus) [Suzuki] + 39.3

Sunday, May 14
Grand Prix of China
at Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai (chn):
1. Dani Pedrosa (spa) [Honda]
2. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] + 1.5
3. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 14.6
4. John Hopkins (usa) [Suzuki] + 19.2
5. Casey Stoner (aus) [Honda] + 23.0
6. Makoto Tamada (jpn) [Honda] + 23.8
7. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] + 24.1
8. Loris Capirossi (ita) [Ducati] + 24.4
9. Sete Gibernau (spa) [Ducati] + 28.3
10. Shinya Nakano (jpn) [Kawasaki] + 33.8

Sunday, April 30
Turkish Grand Prix
at Istanbul Park, Istanbul (tur):
1. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda]
2. Casey Stoner (aus) [Honda] + 0.2
3. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] + 5.4
4. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha] + 6.2
5. Toni Elias (spa) [Honda] + 6.5
6. Loris Capirossi (ita) [Ducati] + 16.6
7. Chris Vermeulen (aus) [Suzuki] + 16.7
8. Shinya Nakano (jpn) [Kawasaki] + 21.5
9. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 22.8
10. Makoto Tamada (jpn) [Honda] + 30.4

Saturday, April 8
Grand Prix of Qatar
at Losail Circuit, Doha (qat):
1. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha]
2. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] + 0.9
3. Loris Capirossi (ita) [Ducati] + 1.4
4. Sete Gibernau (spa) [Ducati] + 4.6
5. Casey Stoner (au) [Honda] + 7.5
6. Dani Pedrosa (spa) [Honda] + 10.8
7. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] + 11.7
8. Toni Elias (spa) [Honda] + 19.4
9. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 22.9
10. Kenny Roberts Jr. (usa) [KR211V] + 34.2

Sunday, March 26
Grand Prix of Spain
at Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera (spa):
1. Loris Capirossi (ita) [Ducati]
2. Dani Pedrosa (spa) [Honda] + 4.3
3. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] + 9.9
4. Toni Elias (spa) [Honda] + 10.1
5. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] + 19.5
6. Casey Stoner (aus) [Honda] + 21.2
7. Shinya Nakano (jpn) [Kawasaki] + 21.3
8. Kenny Roberts Jr. (usa) [KR211V] + 32.4
9. John Hopkins (usa) [Suzuki] + 32.6
10. Makoto Tamada (jpn) [Honda] + 35.9