The 2006 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 May 2006 at the Shanghai International Circuit.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 44:07.734 1 25 2 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +1.505 5 20 3 5 Colin Edwards Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +14.634 3 16 4 21 John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 22 +19.265 2 13 5 27 Casey Stoner Honda LCR Honda 22 +23.061 7 11 6 6 Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda 22 +23.879 11 10 7 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Honda Honda 22 +24.101 8 9 8 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 22 +24.467 10 8 9 15 Sete Gibernau Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 22 +28.358 6 7 10 56 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 22 +33.815 4 6 11 24 Toni Elías Fortuna Honda Honda 22 +35.316 15 5 12 17 Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 22 +52.004 9 4 13 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts KR211V 22 +56.293 18 3 14 7 Carlos Checa Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 22 +1:03.575 14 2 15 66 Alex Hofmann Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 22 +1:11.172 16 1 16 77 James Ellison Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 22 +1:23.075 17 17 30 José Luis Cardoso Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 22 +1:35.150 19 Ret 46 Valentino Rossi Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 17 Tyre wear 13 Ret 71 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 3 Accident 12 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 21 44:49.445 1 25 2 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 21 +0.266 4 20 3 4 Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 21 +3.320 7 16 4 48 Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 21 +3.602 2 13 5 55 Yuki Takahashi Honda 21 +3.618 6 11 6 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 21 +15.850 17 10 7 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 21 +16.003 11 9 8 73 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 21 +16.555 3 8 9 14 Anthony West Aprilia 21 +21.860 8 7 10 96 Jakub Smrž Aprilia 21 +27.041 9 6 11 54 Manuel Poggiali KTM 21 +34.289 10 5 12 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 21 +34.563 12 4 13 36 Martín Cárdenas Honda 21 +39.232 16 3 14 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 21 +41.696 20 2 15 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 21 +42.693 13 1 16 8 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 21 +43.148 15 17 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 21 +56.667 18 18 16 Jules Cluzel Aprilia 21 +1:00.754 23 19 23 Arturo Tizón Honda 21 +1:08.145 19 20 62 Shi Zhao Huang Yamaha 21 +1:45.025 22 21 63 Jin Xiao Yamaha 20 +1 lap 25 Ret 85 Alessio Palumbo Aprilia 15 Retirement 27 Ret 19 Sebastián Porto Honda 12 Retirement 21 Ret 22 Luca Morelli Aprilia 7 Retirement 26 Ret 59 Chin Feng Ho Aprilia 3 Accident 28 Ret 60 Zhu Wang Aprilia 3 Retirement 24 Ret 7 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 2 Accident 5 Ret 21 Arnaud Vincent Honda 0 Retirement 14 DNQ 61 Zheng Peng Li Aprilia Did not qualify
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 36 Mika Kallio KTM 19 42:06.223 1 25 2 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 19 +0.097 6 20 3 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 19 +0.357 4 16 4 14 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 19 +0.899 5 13 5 60 Julián Simón KTM 19 +1.106 3 11 6 52 Lukáš Pešek Derbi 19 +1.886 2 10 7 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 19 +20.727 20 9 8 32 Fabrizio Lai Honda 19 +21.478 11 8 9 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Malaguti 19 +21.558 10 7 10 24 Simone Corsi Gilera 19 +21.640 19 6 11 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 19 +21.722 13 5 12 35 Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 19 +22.017 8 4 13 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 19 +23.734 17 3 14 6 Joan Olivé Aprilia 19 +27.491 21 2 15 63 Mike Di Meglio Honda 19 +39.818 16 1 16 41 Aleix Espargaró Honda 19 +49.284 15 17 11 Sandro Cortese Honda 19 +49.332 18 18 16 Michele Conti Honda 19 +49.500 23 19 18 Nicolás Terol Derbi 19 +49.744 24 20 17 Stefan Bradl KTM 19 +49.793 22 21 43 Manuel Hernández Aprilia 19 +50.009 25 22 38 Bradley Smith Honda 19 +50.162 30 23 12 Federico Sandi Aprilia 19 +54.547 32 24 53 Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 19 +55.055 39 25 15 Michele Pirro Aprilia 19 +59.726 31 26 44 Karel Abraham Aprilia 19 +1:04.809 33 27 37 Joey Litjens Honda 19 +1:04.818 34 28 21 Mateo Túnez Aprilia 19 +1:21.244 35 29 20 Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 19 +1:22.707 38 30 26 Vincent Braillard Aprilia 19 +1:22.994 37 31 13 Dino Lombardi Aprilia 19 +1:23.596 36 32 45 Imre Tóth Aprilia 19 +1:43.819 27 33 9 Michael Ranseder KTM 19 +1:50.719 29 Ret 23 Lorenzo Baroni Honda 16 Accident 27 Ret 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 15 Retirement 8 Ret 7 Alexis Masbou Malaguti 10 Retirement 26 Ret 1 Thomas Lüthi Honda 4 Retirement 7 Ret 10 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 2 Accident 9 Ret 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 0 Accident 14 DSQ 86 Ho Wan Chow Honda 11 Black flag 40
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Nicky Hayden 72 2 Loris Capirossi 59 3 Dani Pedrosa 57 4 Marco Melandri 54 5 Casey Stoner 52
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 90 2 Yamaha 59 3 Ducati 59 4 Suzuki 29 5 Kawasaki 28
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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