The 2006 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 2006 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 June 2006 at the Circuit de Catalunya located in Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain.

The MotoGP race was initially red flagged after a crash at the first corner, caused by Loris Capirossi's Ducati making contact with teammate Sete Gibernau's front brake lever. Six riders were involved; John Hopkins, Dani Pedrosa and Randy de Puniet were able to take the restart, while Gibernau, Capirossi and Marco Melandri were not. After the second start was aborted due to an issue with Chris Vermeulen's Suzuki on the grid, the grid reformed for a third time and the race was shortened from 25 laps to 24.

MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 41:31.237 1 25 2 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +4.509 7 20 3 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts KR211V 24 +9.174 3 16 4 21 John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 24 +13.465 2 13 5 5 Colin Edwards Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +22.548 12 11 6 71 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 24 +25.198 4 10 7 6 Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda 24 +30.622 15 9 8 7 Carlos Checa Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 24 +31.277 16 8 9 77 James Ellison Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 24 +59.203 18 7 10 66 Alex Hofmann Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 24 +1:14.062 17 6 11 30 José Luis Cardoso Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 24 +1:46.815 19 5 Ret 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 11 Retirement 11 Ret 24 Toni Elías Fortuna Honda Honda 9 Accident 14 Ret 27 Casey Stoner Honda LCR Honda 8 Accident 8 Ret 17 Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 6 Accident 10 DSQ 56 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 6 Ignored ride through penalty 5 DNS 15 Sete Gibernau Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 0 Collision 13 DNS 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Honda Honda 0 Collision 9 DNS 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 0 Collision 6 Sources:

250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 23 41:28.179 1 25 2 48 Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 23 +0.095 2 20 3 7 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 23 +0.422 4 16 4 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 23 +1.587 7 13 5 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 23 +3.136 3 11 6 4 Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 23 +4.032 5 10 7 55 Yuki Takahashi Honda 23 +4.072 9 9 8 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 23 +7.315 12 8 9 14 Anthony West Aprilia 23 +43.107 14 7 10 36 Martín Cárdenas Honda 23 +43.193 18 6 11 54 Manuel Poggiali KTM 23 +43.582 15 5 12 8 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 23 +44.405 13 4 13 16 Jules Cluzel Aprilia 23 +52.426 11 3 14 23 Arturo Tizón Honda 23 +1:05.476 19 2 15 37 Fabricio Perren Honda 23 +1:08.871 21 1 16 21 Arnaud Vincent Honda 23 +1:09.556 22 17 24 Jordi Carchano Aprilia 23 +1:12.913 20 18 85 Alessio Palumbo Aprilia 23 +1:42.301 23 19 22 Luca Morelli Aprilia 23 +1:47.629 26 Ret 9 Franco Battaini Aprilia 17 Retirement 16 Ret 45 Dan Linfoot Honda 16 Accident 25 Ret 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 12 Accident 10 Ret 17 Franz Aschenbrenner Aprilia 9 Accident 24 Ret 96 Jakub Smrž Aprilia 7 Accident 8 Ret 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 6 Retirement 17 Ret 73 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 3 Accident 6 WD 19 Sebastián Porto Honda Withdrew OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 22 40:56.370 1 25 2 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 22 +0.187 4 20 3 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 22 +0.423 11 16 4 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 22 +1.094 5 13 5 52 Lukáš Pešek Derbi 22 +2.235 7 11 6 1 Thomas Lüthi Honda 22 +2.400 10 10 7 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 22 +15.456 3 9 8 14 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 22 +15.529 13 8 9 6 Joan Olivé Aprilia 22 +25.259 14 7 10 32 Fabrizio Lai Honda 22 +25.441 12 6 11 18 Nicolás Terol Derbi 22 +26.400 9 5 12 35 Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 22 +31.589 16 4 13 42 Pol Espargaró Derbi 22 +33.772 27 3 14 43 Manuel Hernández Aprilia 22 +34.256 28 2 15 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 22 +36.214 17 1 16 38 Bradley Smith Honda 22 +36.238 20 17 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 22 +43.693 15 18 63 Mike Di Meglio Honda 22 +45.599 23 19 11 Sandro Cortese Honda 22 +45.636 18 20 15 Michele Pirro Aprilia 22 +1:00.138 26 21 44 Karel Abraham Aprilia 22 +1:00.230 30 22 12 Federico Sandi Aprilia 22 +1:00.316 34 23 26 Vincent Braillard Aprilia 22 +1:00.776 37 24 21 Mateo Túnez Aprilia 22 +1:06.141 25 25 23 Lorenzo Baroni Honda 22 +1:06.225 22 26 13 Dino Lombardi Aprilia 22 +1:09.129 24 27 45 Imre Tóth Aprilia 22 +1:09.168 31 28 78 Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 22 +1:15.393 38 29 37 Joey Litjens Honda 22 +1:30.456 35 30 20 Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 22 +1:54.277 40Ret 16 Michele Conti Honda 13 Retirement 33Ret 41 Aleix Espargaró Honda 8 Retirement 21Ret 10 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 8 Retirement 39Ret 36 Mika Kallio KTM 2 Accident 2Ret 24 Simone Corsi Gilera 2 Accident 8Ret 60 Julián Simón KTM 2 Accident 6Ret 53 Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 0 Retirement 29Ret 7 Alexis Masbou Malaguti 0 Accident 32Ret 34 Esteve Rabat Honda 0 Accident 19Ret 9 Michael Ranseder KTM 0 Accident 36 DNS 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Malaguti Did not start DNQ 76 Iván Maestro Honda Did not qualify DNQ 39 Danny Webb Honda Did not qualify WD 17 Stefan Bradl KTM Withdrew OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Nicky Hayden 119 2 Loris Capirossi 99 3 Valentino Rossi 90 4 Marco Melandri 89 5 Dani Pedrosa 86

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 151 2 Yamaha 119 3 Ducati 105 4 Suzuki 54 5 KR211V 44

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

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