# 2006 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2006 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the second race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 6–8 April 2006 at the Losail Circuit.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Camel Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 22 | 43:22.229 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +0.900 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 22 | +1.494 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 22 | +4.638 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Honda LCR | Honda | 22 | +7.575 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +10.820 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Fortuna Honda | Honda | 22 | +11.784 | 12 | 9 |
| 8 | 24 | Toni Elías | Fortuna Honda | Honda | 22 | +19.481 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Camel Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 22 | +22.920 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Team Roberts | KR211V | 22 | +34.286 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 22 | +35.316 | 9 | 5 |
| 12 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 22 | +49.245 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 77 | James Ellison | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 22 | +1:01.469 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Konica Minolta Honda | Honda | 22 | +1:10.778 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Pramac d'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 22 | +1:22.051 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 30 | José Luis Cardoso | Pramac d'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 22 | +1:33.818 | 19 | |
| Ret | 71 | Chris Vermeulen | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 7 | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | 21 | John Hopkins | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 4 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | 17 | Randy de Puniet | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 0 | Accident | 15 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Aprilia | 20 | 41:29.946 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 20 | +0.077 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 20 | +19.364 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 20 | +19.398 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Hiroshi Aoyama | KTM | 20 | +24.051 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 20 | +28.695 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 19 | Sebastián Porto | Honda | 20 | +33.255 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | 20 | +34.214 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 55 | Yuki Takahashi | Honda | 20 | +34.406 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Aprilia | 20 | +34.419 | 7 | 6 |
| 11 | 36 | Martín Cárdenas | Honda | 20 | +49.121 | 21 | 5 |
| 12 | 8 | Andrea Ballerini | Aprilia | 20 | +1:00.069 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 73 | Shuhei Aoyama | Honda | 20 | +1:00.633 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | KTM | 20 | +1:04.619 | 9 | 2 |
| 15 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 20 | +1:12.332 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Honda | 20 | +1:13.128 | 19 | |
| 17 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 20 | +1:44.684 | 23 | |
| 18 | 22 | Luca Morelli | Aprilia | 20 | +1:59.950 | 25 | |
| 19 | 41 | Michele Danese | Aprilia | 19 | +1 lap | 26 | |
| 20 | 85 | Alessio Palumbo | Aprilia | 19 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| Ret | 24 | Jordi Carchano | Honda | 15 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Aprilia | 6 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | 14 | Anthony West | Aprilia | 6 | Retirement | 12 | |
| Ret | 23 | Arturo Tizón | Honda | 4 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 3 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 7 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 4 | |

## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 18 | 38:56.548 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 18 | +6.765 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 18 | +6.775 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 18 | +8.327 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 18 | +14.551 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 18 | +15.266 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 10 | Ángel Rodríguez | Aprilia | 18 | +15.356 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 1 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 18 | +16.236 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Gilera | 18 | +22.770 | 18 | 7 |
| 10 | 60 | Julián Simón | KTM | 18 | +23.137 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 14 | Gábor Talmácsi | Honda | 18 | +29.516 | 6 | 5 |
| 12 | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | Aprilia | 18 | +29.527 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 18 | +42.997 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Honda | 18 | +45.532 | 20 | 2 |
| 15 | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | Malaguti | 18 | +58.675 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Derbi | 18 | +59.145 | 28 | |
| 17 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Honda | 18 | +1:00.762 | 23 | |
| 18 | 15 | Michele Pirro | Aprilia | 18 | +1:02.635 | 24 | |
| 19 | 43 | Manuel Hernández | Aprilia | 18 | +1:06.073 | 26 | |
| 20 | 26 | Vincent Braillard | Aprilia | 18 | +1:12.674 | 30 | |
| 21 | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | Aprilia | 18 | +1:14.590 | 13 | |
| 22 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Honda | 18 | +1:14.885 | 22 | |
| 23 | 53 | Simone Grotzkyj | Aprilia | 18 | +1:16.297 | 29 | |
| 24 | 44 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 18 | +1:17.279 | 34 | |
| 25 | 21 | Mateo Túnez | Aprilia | 18 | +1:17.320 | 25 | |
| 26 | 17 | Stefan Bradl | KTM | 18 | +1:21.292 | 33 | |
| 27 | 37 | Joey Litjens | Honda | 18 | +1:43.507 | 36 | |
| 28 | 16 | Michele Conti | Honda | 18 | +1:46.382 | 35 | |
| 29 | 20 | Roberto Tamburini | Aprilia | 18 | +1:46.627 | 37 | |
| 30 | 23 | Lorenzo Baroni | Honda | 18 | +1:47.243 | 31 | |
| Ret | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Derbi | 17 | Retirement | 5 | |
| Ret | 12 | Federico Sandi | Aprilia | 5 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 45 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 5 | Retirement | 27 | |
| Ret | 9 | Michael Ranseder | KTM | 5 | Accident | 32 | |
| Ret | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Honda | 2 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 6 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Honda | 1 | Retirement | 21 | |
| DNS | 7 | Alexis Masbou | Malaguti | | Did not start | | |

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Loris Capirossi | 41 |
| 2 | Nicky Hayden | 36 |
| 3 | Dani Pedrosa | 30 |
| 4 | Valentino Rossi | 27 |
| 5 | Toni Elías | 21 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Ducati | 41 |
| 2 | Honda | 40 |
| 3 | Yamaha | 30 |
| 4 | Kawasaki | 14 |
| 5 | KR211V | 14 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.