The 2006 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2006 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 18–20 August 2006 at the Brno Circuit located in Brno, Czech Republic.
This was the last European round to feature tobacco sponsorship, because tobacco companies sponsoring MotoGP rounds would be banned from the 2007 season onwards.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 22 43:40.145 2 25 2 46 Valentino Rossi Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +4.902 1 20 3 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +8.012 9 16 4 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts KR211V 22 +14.800 3 13 5 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Honda Honda 22 +15.025 11 11 6 27 Casey Stoner Honda LCR Honda 22 +15.699 12 10 7 21 John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 22 +16.775 7 9 8 56 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 22 +16.942 5 8 9 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +17.061 4 7 10 5 Colin Edwards Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +19.435 8 6 11 24 Toni Elías Fortuna Honda Honda 22 +22.215 6 5 12 71 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 22 +23.978 13 4 13 6 Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda 22 +24.967 15 3 14 17 Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 22 +28.961 10 2 15 7 Carlos Checa Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 22 +29.296 17 1 16 66 Alex Hofmann Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 22 +29.801 14 17 77 James Ellison Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 22 +1:02.982 16 18 22 Iván Silva Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 22 +1:44.775 19 Ret 30 José Luis Cardoso Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 6 Retirement 18 Sources:
250cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 48 Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 20 41:29.204 1 25 2 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 20 +2.507 2 20 3 4 Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 20 +2.524 3 16 4 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 20 +15.294 7 13 5 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 20 +30.098 4 11 6 73 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 20 +30.223 6 10 7 36 Martín Cárdenas Honda 20 +39.405 11 9 8 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 20 +43.800 14 8 9 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 20 +51.756 13 7 10 96 Jakub Smrž Aprilia 20 +51.815 8 6 11 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 20 +53.972 15 5 12 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 20 +1:01.584 10 4 13 8 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 20 +1:03.693 16 3 14 21 Arnaud Vincent Honda 20 +1:16.241 20 2 15 23 Arturo Tizón Honda 20 +1:16.372 21 1 16 37 Fabricio Perren Honda 20 +1:19.692 19 17 44 Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 20 +1:52.145 23 18 24 Jordi Carchano Aprilia 20 +1:52.385 22 19 84 Kenni Aggerholm Yamaha 19 +1 lap 25 Ret 14 Anthony West Aprilia 13 Retirement 18 Ret 45 Dan Linfoot Honda 8 Accident 26 Ret 82 Michal Filla Yamaha 8 Accident 24 Ret 42 Aleix Espargaró Honda 7 Accident 9 Ret 7 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 4 Accident 5 Ret 54 Manuel Poggiali KTM 1 Retirement 12 Ret 16 Jules Cluzel Aprilia 0 Accident 17 DNS 22 Luca Morelli Aprilia Did not start DNQ 85 Alessio Palumbo Aprilia Did not qualify DNQ 75 Luke Lawrence Yamaha Did not qualify DNQ 83 Jiří Mayer Honda Did not qualify WD 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia Withdrew
125cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 19 41:00.673 2 25 2 36 Mika Kallio KTM 19 +0.028 1 20 3 14 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 19 +11.409 9 16 4 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 19 +11.843 7 13 5 1 Thomas Lüthi Honda 19 +12.155 15 11 6 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 19 +12.263 5 10 7 18 Nicolás Terol Derbi 19 +14.750 6 9 8 6 Joan Olivé Aprilia 19 +14.792 11 8 9 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 19 +15.722 12 7 10 32 Fabrizio Lai Honda 19 +35.170 10 6 11 11 Sandro Cortese Honda 19 +40.494 16 5 12 17 Stefan Bradl KTM 19 +40.544 14 4 13 63 Mike Di Meglio Honda 19 +41.465 25 3 14 43 Manuel Hernández Aprilia 19 +49.529 23 2 15 24 Simone Corsi Gilera 19 +51.402 26 1 16 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Malaguti 19 +51.703 20 17 10 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 19 +52.595 28 18 9 Michael Ranseder KTM 19 +58.075 24 19 15 Michele Pirro Aprilia 19 +58.109 17 20 45 Imre Tóth Aprilia 19 +1:08.139 21 21 21 Mateo Túnez Aprilia 19 +1:11.341 31 22 20 Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 19 +1:11.409 30 23 7 Alexis Masbou Malaguti 19 +1:11.432 27 24 78 Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 19 +1:16.663 38 25 37 Joey Litjens Honda 19 +1:17.052 36 26 16 Michele Conti Honda 19 +1:18.796 35 27 81 Robert Mureșan Aprilia 19 +1:33.558 32 28 13 Dino Lombardi Aprilia 19 +1:34.101 39 29 53 Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 19 +1:37.125 40 30 68 Thomas Mayer Aprilia 19 +1:42.725 41 31 69 Michal Šembera Honda 19 +1:44.337 34 32 70 Michal Prášek Honda 19 +2:10.491 42 33 56 Stefano Musco Honda 18 +1 lap 43 Ret 52 Lukáš Pešek Derbi 18 Accident 3 Ret 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 18 Accident 4 Ret 12 Federico Sandi Aprilia 18 Retirement 33 Ret 35 Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 13 Retirement 13 Ret 34 Esteve Rabat Honda 10 Retirement 22 Ret 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 7 Retirement 19 Ret 42 Pol Espargaró Derbi 6 Accident 29 Ret 44 Karel Abraham Aprilia 4 Retirement 18 Ret 60 Julián Simón KTM 3 Accident 8 Ret 26 Vincent Braillard Aprilia 0 Accident 37 DNS 38 Bradley Smith Honda Did not start
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round twelve has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Nicky Hayden 201 2 Dani Pedrosa 176 3 Valentino Rossi 163 4 Marco Melandri 161 5 Loris Capirossi 151
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 262 2 Yamaha 201 3 Ducati 160 4 Suzuki 101 5 KR211V 92
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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