2006 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2006 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 May 2006 at the Shanghai International Circuit.

Dani Pedrosa and Nicky Hayden, riding their Honda's in the MotoGP race. They went on to finish first and second, which was Pedrosa's first victory in the MotoGP class.

  2006 Chinese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 17 races in the 2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	14 May 2006
Official name	Polini Grand Prix of China[1][2][3]
Location	Shanghai International Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.281 km (3.281 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Dani Pedrosa Time 1:59.009 Fastest lap Rider Dani Pedrosa Time 1:59.318 Podium First Dani Pedrosa Second Nicky Hayden Third Colin Edwards
250cc
Pole position Rider Héctor Barberá Time 2:05.781 Fastest lap Rider Andrea Dovizioso Time 2:06.865 Podium First Héctor Barberá Second Andrea Dovizioso Third Hiroshi Aoyama
125cc
Pole position Rider Mika Kallio Time 2:11.572 Fastest lap Rider Álvaro Bautista Time 2:12.131 Podium First Mika Kallio Second Mattia Pasini Third Álvaro Bautista

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	44:07.734	1	25
2	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+1.505	5	20
3	5	Colin Edwards	Camel Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	+14.634	3	16
4	21	John Hopkins	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	22	+19.265	2	13
5	27	Casey Stoner	Honda LCR	Honda	22	+23.061	7	11
6	6	Makoto Tamada	Konica Minolta Honda	Honda	22	+23.879	11	10
7	33	Marco Melandri	Fortuna Honda	Honda	22	+24.101	8	9
8	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	22	+24.467	10	8
9	15	Sete Gibernau	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	22	+28.358	6	7
10	56	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	22	+33.815	4	6
11	24	Toni Elías	Fortuna Honda	Honda	22	+35.316	15	5
12	17	Randy de Puniet	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	22	+52.004	9	4
13	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Roberts	KR211V	22	+56.293	18	3
14	7	Carlos Checa	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	22	+1:03.575	14	2
15	66	Alex Hofmann	Pramac d'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	22	+1:11.172	16	1
16	77	James Ellison	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	22	+1:23.075	17
17	30	José Luis Cardoso	Pramac d'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	22	+1:35.150	19
Ret	46	Valentino Rossi	Camel Yamaha Team	Yamaha	17	Tyre wear	13
Ret	71	Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	3	Accident	12
Sources:[4][5][6]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	80	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	21	44:49.445	1	25
2	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	21	+0.266	4	20
3	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	21	+3.320	7	16
4	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia	21	+3.602	2	13
5	55	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	21	+3.618	6	11
6	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	21	+15.850	17	10
7	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	21	+16.003	11	9
8	73	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	21	+16.555	3	8
9	14	Anthony West	Aprilia	21	+21.860	8	7
10	96	Jakub Smrž	Aprilia	21	+27.041	9	6
11	54	Manuel Poggiali	KTM	21	+34.289	10	5
12	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	21	+34.563	12	4
13	36	Martín Cárdenas	Honda	21	+39.232	16	3
14	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	21	+41.696	20	2
15	28	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	21	+42.693	13	1
16	8	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	21	+43.148	15
17	57	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	21	+56.667	18
18	16	Jules Cluzel	Aprilia	21	+1:00.754	23
19	23	Arturo Tizón	Honda	21	+1:08.145	19
20	62	Shi Zhao Huang	Yamaha	21	+1:45.025	22
21	63	Jin Xiao	Yamaha	20	+1 lap	25
Ret	85	Alessio Palumbo	Aprilia	15	Retirement	27
Ret	19	Sebastián Porto	Honda	12	Retirement	21
Ret	22	Luca Morelli	Aprilia	7	Retirement	26
Ret	59	Chin Feng Ho	Aprilia	3	Accident	28
Ret	60	Zhu Wang	Aprilia	3	Retirement	24
Ret	7	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	2	Accident	5
Ret	21	Arnaud Vincent	Honda	0	Retirement	14
DNQ	61	Zheng Peng Li	Aprilia		Did not qualify
[7]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	19	42:06.223	1	25
2	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	19	+0.097	6	20
3	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	19	+0.357	4	16
4	14	Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	19	+0.899	5	13
5	60	Julián Simón	KTM	19	+1.106	3	11
6	52	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	19	+1.886	2	10
7	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	19	+20.727	20	9
8	32	Fabrizio Lai	Honda	19	+21.478	11	8
9	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Malaguti	19	+21.558	10	7
10	24	Simone Corsi	Gilera	19	+21.640	19	6
11	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	19	+21.722	13	5
12	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Aprilia	19	+22.017	8	4
13	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	19	+23.734	17	3
14	6	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	19	+27.491	21	2
15	63	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	19	+39.818	16	1
16	41	Aleix Espargaró	Honda	19	+49.284	15
17	11	Sandro Cortese	Honda	19	+49.332	18
18	16	Michele Conti	Honda	19	+49.500	23
19	18	Nicolás Terol	Derbi	19	+49.744	24
20	17	Stefan Bradl	KTM	19	+49.793	22
21	43	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	19	+50.009	25
22	38	Bradley Smith	Honda	19	+50.162	30
23	12	Federico Sandi	Aprilia	19	+54.547	32
24	53	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	19	+55.055	39
25	15	Michele Pirro	Aprilia	19	+59.726	31
26	44	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	19	+1:04.809	33
27	37	Joey Litjens	Honda	19	+1:04.818	34
28	21	Mateo Túnez	Aprilia	19	+1:21.244	35
29	20	Roberto Tamburini	Aprilia	19	+1:22.707	38
30	26	Vincent Braillard	Aprilia	19	+1:22.994	37
31	13	Dino Lombardi	Aprilia	19	+1:23.596	36
32	45	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	19	+1:43.819	27
33	9	Michael Ranseder	KTM	19	+1:50.719	29
Ret	23	Lorenzo Baroni	Honda	16	Accident	27
Ret	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	15	Retirement	8
Ret	7	Alexis Masbou	Malaguti	10	Retirement	26
Ret	1	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	4	Retirement	7
Ret	10	Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	2	Accident	9
Ret	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	0	Accident	14
DSQ	86	Ho Wan Chow	Honda	11	Black flag	40
[8]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.^[9]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Nicky Hayden 72 2 Loris Capirossi 59 3 Dani Pedrosa 57 4 Marco Melandri 54 5 Casey Stoner 52

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 90 2 Yamaha 59 3 Ducati 59 4 Suzuki 29 5 Kawasaki 28

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