# 2006 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

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 | |
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## 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.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Nicky Hayden | 201 |
| 2 | Dani Pedrosa | 176 |
| 3 | Valentino Rossi | 163 |
| 4 | Marco Melandri | 161 |
| 5 | Loris Capirossi | 151 |
| Pos. | 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.