# 2006 British motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2006 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2006 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 30 June – 2 July 2006 at the Donington Park circuit.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 30 | 44:54.878 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Camel Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +3.864 | 12 | 20 |
| 3 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Fortuna Honda | Honda | 30 | +4.016 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Honda LCR | Honda | 30 | +5.776 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Team Roberts | KR211V | 30 | +9.596 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Camel Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +21.710 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 30 | +25.764 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 21 | John Hopkins | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 30 | +29.034 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 30 | +35.606 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 30 | +40.442 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Konica Minolta Honda | Honda | 30 | +41.062 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 17 | Randy de Puniet | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 30 | +42.197 | 6 | 4 |
| 13 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 30 | +51.454 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 77 | James Ellison | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 30 | +1:17.804 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 30 | José Luis Cardoso | Pramac d'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 29 | +1 lap | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 71 | Chris Vermeulen | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 29 | +1 lap | 2 | |
| Ret | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 13 | Retirement | 7 | |
| Ret | 22 | Iván Silva | Pramac d'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 5 | Retirement | 17 | |
| WD | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | Fortuna Honda | Honda | | Withdrew | | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Aprilia | 27 | 42:16.321 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 7 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 27 | +6.257 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Hiroshi Aoyama | KTM | 27 | +7.366 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 27 | +14.788 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 27 | +20.341 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 27 | +23.010 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 55 | Yuki Takahashi | Honda | 27 | +23.644 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 27 | +26.070 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 14 | Anthony West | Aprilia | 27 | +31.575 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | 27 | +41.298 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Aprilia | 27 | +48.440 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 42 | Aleix Espargaró | Honda | 27 | +1:02.743 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 73 | Shuhei Aoyama | Honda | 27 | +1:03.564 | 5 | 3 |
| 14 | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Aprilia | 27 | +1:06.165 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 8 | Andrea Ballerini | Aprilia | 27 | +1:06.461 | 14 | 1 |
| 16 | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 27 | +1:06.818 | 20 | |
| 17 | 23 | Arturo Tizón | Honda | 27 | +1:09.129 | 17 | |
| 18 | 9 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 27 | +1:09.498 | 15 | |
| 19 | 22 | Luca Morelli | Aprilia | 26 | +1 lap | 22 | |
| 20 | 17 | Franz Aschenbrenner | Aprilia | 26 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| 21 | 67 | Nicklas Cajback | Aprilia | 26 | +1 lap | 27 | |
| Ret | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | KTM | 23 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 24 | Jordi Carchano | Aprilia | 22 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 37 | Fabricio Perren | Honda | 17 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 45 | Dan Linfoot | Honda | 4 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 57 | Chaz Davies | Honda | 2 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 75 | Luke Lawrence | Yamaha | 2 | Accident | 26 | |
| DNQ | 76 | Alex Kenchington | Yamaha | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | 77 | Ian Gardner | Yamaha | | Did not qualify | | |
| OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT ||||||||

## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 25 | 40:49.054 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 25 | +3.454 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 25 | +3.499 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 25 | +14.869 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 25 | +17.032 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 25 | +20.683 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Derbi | 25 | +22.286 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 1 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 25 | +24.899 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Derbi | 25 | +25.138 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 14 | Gábor Talmácsi | Honda | 25 | +25.276 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Honda | 25 | +28.254 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Honda | 25 | +30.064 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Gilera | 25 | +37.120 | 4 | 3 |
| 14 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Honda | 25 | +38.214 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | Aprilia | 25 | +38.592 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Honda | 25 | +39.964 | 30 | |
| 17 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 25 | +45.145 | 18 | |
| 18 | 9 | Michael Ranseder | KTM | 25 | +45.146 | 19 | |
| 19 | 10 | Ángel Rodríguez | Aprilia | 25 | +48.066 | 17 | |
| 20 | 54 | Randy Krummenacher | KTM | 25 | +52.668 | 25 | |
| 21 | 21 | Mateo Túnez | Aprilia | 25 | +53.161 | 20 | |
| 22 | 26 | Vincent Braillard | Aprilia | 25 | +53.581 | 32 | |
| 23 | 12 | Federico Sandi | Aprilia | 25 | +58.185 | 26 | |
| 24 | 53 | Simone Grotzkyj | Aprilia | 25 | +1:01.101 | 35 | |
| 25 | 16 | Michele Conti | Honda | 25 | +1:05.686 | 29 | |
| 26 | 90 | Hiroaki Kuzuhara | Malaguti | 25 | +1:05.836 | 39 | |
| 27 | 23 | Lorenzo Baroni | Honda | 25 | +1:10.078 | 28 | |
| 28 | 44 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 25 | +1:12.056 | 27 | |
| 29 | 20 | Roberto Tamburini | Aprilia | 25 | +1:38.823 | 24 | |
| 30 | 66 | Anthony Rogers | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 43 | |
| 31 | 67 | Blake Leigh-Smith | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 41 | |
| 32 | 95 | Georg Fröhlich | Malaguti | 24 | +1 lap | 33 | |
| 33 | 65 | Kyle Kentish | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 42 | |
| Ret | 96 | Daniel Cooper | Honda | 23 | Retirement | 38 | |
| Ret | 15 | Michele Pirro | Aprilia | 13 | Retirement | 36 | |
| Ret | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 13 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 34 | Esteve Rabat | Honda | 10 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 17 | Stefan Bradl | KTM | 3 | Retirement | 34 | |
| Ret | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 43 | Manuel Hernández | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 45 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 31 | |
| Ret | 64 | Alex Lowes | Honda | 0 | Retirement | 40 | |
| NC | 13 | Dino Lombardi | Aprilia | 25 | +1:48.750 | 37 | |
| DNS | 37 | Joey Litjens | Honda | | Did not start | | |
| OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT ||||||||

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round nine has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Nicky Hayden | 153 |
| 2 | Dani Pedrosa | 127 |
| 3 | Valentino Rossi | 118 |
| 4 | Marco Melandri | 114 |
| 5 | Loris Capirossi | 107 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 201 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 147 |
| 3 | Ducati | 116 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 72 |
| 5 | KR211V | 66 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.