The 2006 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 13–15 October 2006 at the Estoril circuit. This was the last race won by a non-factory team before the 2016 Dutch TT.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 24 Toni Elías Fortuna Honda Honda 28 46:08.739 11 25 2 46 Valentino Rossi Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +0.002 1 20 3 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts KR211V 28 +0.176 13 16 4 5 Colin Edwards Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +0.864 2 13 5 6 Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda 28 +18.419 14 11 6 21 John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 28 +25.181 6 10 7 7 Carlos Checa Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 28 +29.348 9 9 8 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Honda Honda 28 +31.813 15 8 9 71 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 28 +40.117 12 7 10 17 Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 28 +41.496 16 6 11 66 Alex Hofmann Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 28 +41.533 18 5 12 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 28 +44.776 10 4 13 77 James Ellison Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 28 +1:19.113 17 3 14 30 José Luis Cardoso Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 28 +1:40.716 19 2 15 8 Garry McCoy Ilmor SRT Ilmor X3 24 +4 laps 20 1 Ret 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 4 Accident 3 Ret 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 4 Accident 4 Ret 27 Casey Stoner Honda LCR Honda 1 Accident 5 Ret 15 Sete Gibernau Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1 Accident 8 Ret 56 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 0 Accident 7 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 26 44:30.727 7 25 2 4 Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 26 +0.015 2 20 3 7 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 26 +0.348 6 16 4 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 26 +1.842 1 13 5 48 Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 26 +6.402 4 11 6 55 Yuki Takahashi Honda 26 +9.619 12 10 7 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 26 +14.303 3 9 8 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 26 +17.222 10 8 9 14 Anthony West Aprilia 26 +34.819 11 7 10 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 26 +37.976 5 6 11 96 Jakub Smrž Aprilia 26 +41.584 15 5 12 54 Manuel Poggiali KTM 26 +42.929 18 4 13 42 Aleix Espargaró Honda 26 +43.022 8 3 14 52 José David de Gea Honda 26 +43.040 13 2 15 8 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 26 +43.935 16 1 16 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 26 +59.454 17 17 37 Fabricio Perren Honda 26 +1:10.952 20 18 44 Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 26 +1:15.390 19 19 24 Jordi Carchano Aprilia 26 +1:17.577 21 20 23 Arturo Tizón Honda 26 +1:32.205 23 21 22 Luca Morelli Aprilia 25 +1 lap 22 22 85 Alessio Palumbo Aprilia 25 +1 lap 26 23 75 Luke Lawrence Yamaha 25 +1 lap 29 24 32 João Fernandes Aprilia 24 +2 laps 27 Ret 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 25 Accident 14 Ret 73 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 15 Retirement 9 Ret 16 Jules Cluzel Aprilia 13 Accident 24 Ret 45 Dan Linfoot Honda 11 Retirement 28 Ret 65 Alessandro Brannetti Honda 4 Retirement 25 DNQ 59 Ho Chi Fung Aprilia Did not qualify DNQ 56 Su Rong Zai Aprilia Did not qualify
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 23 40:48.792 1 25 2 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 23 +15.098 2 20 3 36 Mika Kallio KTM 23 +15.112 11 16 4 52 Lukáš Pešek Derbi 23 +15.745 3 13 5 60 Julián Simón KTM 23 +15.778 4 11 6 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Malaguti 23 +27.588 7 10 7 32 Fabrizio Lai Honda 23 +27.609 6 9 8 14 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 23 +27.652 8 8 9 24 Simone Corsi Gilera 23 +31.877 18 7 10 11 Sandro Cortese Honda 23 +38.878 15 6 11 44 Karel Abraham Aprilia 23 +39.265 10 5 12 42 Pol Espargaró Derbi 23 +44.501 23 4 13 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 23 +44.543 22 3 14 12 Federico Sandi Aprilia 23 +46.069 21 2 15 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 23 +48.087 12 1 16 54 Randy Krummenacher KTM 23 +59.731 27 17 34 Esteve Rabat Honda 23 +59.788 19 18 45 Imre Tóth Aprilia 23 +1:07.489 17 19 35 Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 23 +1:07.519 26 20 49 Kazuma Watanabe Honda 23 +1:21.367 34 21 16 Michele Conti Honda 23 +1:21.417 32 22 13 Dino Lombardi Aprilia 23 +1:26.874 40 23 21 Mateo Túnez Aprilia 23 +1:29.379 36 24 43 Manuel Hernández Aprilia 23 +1:29.402 29 25 37 Joey Litjens Honda 23 +1:29.420 35 26 25 Dominique Aegerter Aprilia 23 +1:30.416 28 27 67 Blake Leigh-Smith KTM 23 +1:33.029 33 28 73 Kazuya Otani Malaguti 23 +1:33.112 39 29 95 Georg Fröhlich Honda 23 +1:33.183 38 30 69 Michal Šembera Honda 22 +1 lap 41 Ret 18 Nicolás Terol Derbi 19 Retirement 13 Ret 20 Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 19 Accident 24 Ret 53 Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 19 Retirement 31 Ret 90 Hiroaki Kuzuhara Aprilia 19 Retirement 30 Ret 38 Bradley Smith Honda 15 Accident 20 Ret 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 12 Retirement 5 Ret 9 Michael Ranseder KTM 10 Accident 25 Ret 6 Joan Olivé Aprilia 3 Accident 14 Ret 1 Thomas Lüthi Honda 3 Accident 16 Ret 63 Mike Di Meglio Honda 1 Accident 9 DNS 87 Roberto Lacalendola Aprilia 0 Did not start 37 DNS 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia Did not start
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 244 2 Nicky Hayden 236 3 Marco Melandri 217 4 Loris Capirossi 209 5 Dani Pedrosa 202
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 344 2 Yamaha 282 3 Ducati 223 4 Suzuki 146 5 KR211V 126
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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