The 2006 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the first race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 24–26 March 2006 at the Jerez circuit.

MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 27 45:57.733 1 25 2 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +4.375 5 20 3 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +9.996 4 16 4 24 Toni Elías Fortuna Honda Honda 27 +10.135 6 13 5 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Honda Honda 27 +19.547 7 11 6 27 Casey Stoner Honda LCR Honda 27 +21.237 15 10 7 56 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 27 +21.372 3 9 8 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts KR211V 27 +32.414 13 8 9 21 John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 27 +32.659 12 7 10 6 Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda 27 +35.983 16 6 11 5 Colin Edwards Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +37.930 10 5 12 71 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 27 +39.514 11 4 13 7 Carlos Checa Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 27 +42.829 14 3 14 46 Valentino Rossi Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +1:05.766 9 2 15 66 Alex Hofmann Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 27 +1:23.300 19 1 16 77 James Ellison Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 26 +1 lap 18 Ret 30 José Luis Cardoso Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 13 Retirement 17 Ret 17 Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 6 Retirement 8 Ret 15 Sete Gibernau Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 2 Retirement 2 Sources:

250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 48 Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 26 45:57.390 1 25 2 7 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 26 +4.919 5 20 3 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 26 +8.865 11 16 4 55 Yuki Takahashi Honda 26 +8.922 2 13 5 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 26 +9.515 3 11 6 4 Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 26 +23.622 7 10 7 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 26 +34.520 10 9 8 36 Martín Cárdenas Honda 26 +50.898 17 8 9 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 26 +56.314 19 7 10 21 Arnaud Vincent Honda 26 +1:04.082 20 6 11 54 Manuel Poggiali KTM 26 +1:09.312 18 5 12 23 Arturo Tizón Honda 26 +1:27.801 14 4 13 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 26 +1:30.466 16 3 14 31 Álvaro Molina Aprilia 26 +1:34.877 24 2 15 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 26 +1:39.114 12 1 16 41 Michele Danese Aprilia 25 +1 lap 25 17 66 Hans Smees Aprilia 25 +1 lap 28 18 24 Jordi Carchano Honda 20 +6 laps 23 Ret 14 Anthony West Aprilia 22 Retirement 6 Ret 96 Jakub Smrž Aprilia 20 Accident 13 Ret 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 18 Accident 8 Ret 85 Alessio Palumbo Aprilia 17 Accident 27 Ret 19 Sebastián Porto Honda 7 Retirement 22 Ret 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 4 Accident 9 Ret 16 Jules Cluzel Aprilia 2 Accident 21 Ret 73 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 1 Accident 4 Ret 22 Luca Morelli Aprilia 1 Retirement 26 DNS 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 0 Did not start 15 DNS 44 Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia Did not start DNQ 40 Sinan Sofuoğlu Honda Did not qualify

125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 23 41:42.761 2 25 2 52 Lukáš Pešek Derbi 23 +3.072 3 20 3 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 23 +6.491 1 16 4 36 Mika Kallio KTM 23 +6.693 6 13 5 60 Julián Simón KTM 23 +6.877 4 11 6 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 23 +7.137 5 10 7 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 23 +7.291 8 9 8 14 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 23 +19.931 7 8 9 6 Joan Olivé Aprilia 23 +22.886 10 7 10 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 23 +27.176 9 6 11 24 Simone Corsi Gilera 23 +28.951 13 5 12 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Malaguti 23 +37.653 15 4 13 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 23 +42.814 19 3 14 12 Federico Sandi Aprilia 23 +42.909 24 2 15 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 23 +42.998 16 1 16 11 Sandro Cortese Honda 23 +46.381 21 17 38 Bradley Smith Honda 23 +50.685 25 18 43 Manuel Hernández Honda 23 +51.169 31 19 18 Nicolás Terol Derbi 23 +51.260 23 20 9 Michael Ranseder KTM 23 +51.803 18 21 63 Mike Di Meglio Honda 23 +52.726 11 22 23 Lorenzo Baroni Honda 23 +55.698 22 23 44 Karel Abraham Aprilia 23 +1:01.202 32 24 79 Enrique Jerez Aprilia 23 +1:03.282 36 25 26 Vincent Braillard Aprilia 23 +1:12.858 29 26 45 Imre Tóth Aprilia 23 +1:17.040 28 27 78 Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 23 +1:24.686 30 28 21 Mateo Túnez Aprilia 23 +1:28.944 27 29 16 Michele Conti Honda 23 +1:31.226 33 30 80 Esteve Rabat Honda 23 +1:35.989 34 31 53 Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 23 +1:44.938 37 32 77 Daniel Sáez Aprilia 23 +1:49.656 35 33 37 Joey Litjens Honda 22 +1 lap 38 34 20 Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 22 +1 lap 40 Ret 35 Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 20 Retirement 12 Ret 10 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 19 Accident 14 Ret 1 Thomas Lüthi Honda 12 Accident 17 Ret 41 Aleix Espargaró Honda 10 Retirement 20 Ret 32 Fabrizio Lai Honda 8 Retirement 26 Ret 76 Iván Maestro Honda 6 Retirement 39 DNS 7 Alexis Masbou Malaguti Did not start DNQ 17 Stefan Bradl KTM Did not qualify

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Loris Capirossi 25 2 Dani Pedrosa 20 3 Nicky Hayden 16 4 Toni Elías 13 5 Marco Melandri 11

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Ducati 25 2 Honda 20 3 Kawasaki 9 4 KR211V 8 5 Suzuki 7

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

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