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2006 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix

{{Infobox Grand Prix motorcycle race report

|Grand Prix=Portuguese

|flag=Portugal

|Official Name=bwin.com Grande Prémio de Portugal{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2006-portuguese-motogp|title=2006 Portuguese MotoGP|date=13 June 2017|website=Motorsportmagazine.com|access-date=17 May 2018}}

|Image=Estoril_track_map.svg

|Location=Autódromo do Estoril

|Course_mi=2.599

|Course_km=4.182

|Race_No=16

|Season_No=17

|Date=15 October

|Year=2006

|Pole_Rider_MotoGP=Valentino Rossi

|Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country=Italy

|Pole_Time_MotoGP=1:36.200

|Fast_Rider_MotoGP=Kenny Roberts Jr.

|Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country=United States

|Fast_Time_MotoGP=1:37.914

|First_Rider_MotoGP=Toni Elías

|First_Rider_MotoGP_Country=Spain

|Second_Rider_MotoGP=Valentino Rossi

|Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country=Italy

|Third_Rider_MotoGP=Kenny Roberts Jr.

|Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country=United States

|Pole_Rider_250=Roberto Locatelli

|Pole_Rider_250_Country=Italy

|Pole_Time_250=1:41.511

|Fast_Rider_250=Hiroshi Aoyama

|Fast_Rider_250_Country=Japan

|Fast_Time_250=1:41.676

|First_Rider_250=Andrea Dovizioso

|First_Rider_250_Country=Italy

|Second_Rider_250=Hiroshi Aoyama

|Second_Rider_250_Country=Japan

|Third_Rider_250=Alex de Angelis

|Third_Rider_250_Country=San Marino

|Pole_Rider_125=Álvaro Bautista

|Pole_Rider_125_Country=Spain

|Pole_Time_125=1:45.322

|Fast_Rider_125=Álvaro Bautista

|Fast_Rider_125_Country=Spain

|Fast_Time_125=1:45.746

|First_Rider_125=Álvaro Bautista

|First_Rider_125_Country=Spain

|Second_Rider_125=Héctor Faubel

|Second_Rider_125_Country=Spain

|Third_Rider_125=Mika Kallio

|Third_Rider_125_Country=Finland

}}

The 2006 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 13–15 October 2006 at the Estoril circuit. This was the last race won by a non-factory team before the 2016 Dutch TT.{{cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/motorsport/motogp-live-coverage-of-the-2016-dutch-tt-at-assen/news-story/f7e88fa03c7d48660cbd96a713732520|title=Jack Miller wins an astonishing Dutch TT}}

MotoGP classification

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Pos.

! No.

! Rider

! Team

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time/Retired

! Grid

! Points

1

| 24

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Toni Elías

| Fortuna Honda

| Honda

| 28

| 46:08.739

| 11

| 25

2

| 46

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Valentino Rossi

| Camel Yamaha Team

| Yamaha

| 28

| +0.002

| 1

| 20

3

| 10

| {{flagicon|USA}} Kenny Roberts Jr.

| Team Roberts

| KR211V

| 28

| +0.176

| 13

| 16

4

| 5

| {{flagicon|USA}} Colin Edwards

| Camel Yamaha Team

| Yamaha

| 28

| +0.864

| 2

| 13

5

| 6

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Makoto Tamada

| Konica Minolta Honda

| Honda

| 28

| +18.419

| 14

| 11

6

| 21

| {{flagicon|USA}} John Hopkins

| Rizla Suzuki MotoGP

| Suzuki

| 28

| +25.181

| 6

| 10

7

| 7

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Checa

| Tech 3 Yamaha

| Yamaha

| 28

| +29.348

| 9

| 9

8

| 33

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Melandri

| Fortuna Honda

| Honda

| 28

| +31.813

| 15

| 8

9

| 71

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Chris Vermeulen

| Rizla Suzuki MotoGP

| Suzuki

| 28

| +40.117

| 12

| 7

10

| 17

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Randy de Puniet

| Kawasaki Racing Team

| Kawasaki

| 28

| +41.496

| 16

| 6

11

| 66

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Alex Hofmann

| Pramac d'Antin MotoGP

| Ducati

| 28

| +41.533

| 18

| 5

12

| 65

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Loris Capirossi

| Ducati Marlboro Team

| Ducati

| 28

| +44.776

| 10

| 4

13

| 77

| {{flagicon|GBR}} James Ellison

| Tech 3 Yamaha

| Yamaha

| 28

| +1:19.113

| 17

| 3

14

| 30

| {{flagicon|ESP}} José Luis Cardoso

| Pramac d'Antin MotoGP

| Ducati

| 28

| +1:40.716

| 19

| 2

15

| 8

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Garry McCoy

| Ilmor SRT

| Ilmor X3

| 24

| +4 laps

| 20

| 1

Ret

| 69

| {{flagicon|USA}} Nicky Hayden

| Repsol Honda Team

| Honda

| 4

| Accident

| 3

|

Ret

| 26

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Dani Pedrosa

| Repsol Honda Team

| Honda

| 4

| Accident

| 4

|

Ret

| 27

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Casey Stoner

| Honda LCR

| Honda

| 1

| Accident

| 5

|

Ret

| 15

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Sete Gibernau

| Ducati Marlboro Team

| Ducati

| 1

| Accident

| 8

|

Ret

| 56

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinya Nakano

| Kawasaki Racing Team

| Kawasaki

| 0

| Accident

| 7

|

colspan=9| Sources: {{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2006-portuguese-motogp|title=2006 Portuguese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database|date=13 June 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2006/MotoGP/POR/RAC/classification.pdf|format=PDF|title=2006 Portuguese Grand Prix : Classifications : 500cc|website=Resources.motogp.com|access-date=17 May 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2006/POR/MotoGP/RAC/|title=motogp.com · bwin.com GRANDE PREMIO DE PORTUGAL · MotoGP Race Classification 2006|website=www.motogp.com}}

250 cc classification

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Pos.

! No.

! Rider

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time/Retired

! Grid

! Points

1

| 34

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Dovizioso

| Honda

| 26

| 44:30.727

| 7

| 25

2

| 4

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroshi Aoyama

| KTM

| 26

| +0.015

| 2

| 20

3

| 7

| {{flagicon|SMR}} Alex de Angelis

| Aprilia

| 26

| +0.348

| 6

| 16

4

| 15

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Locatelli

| Aprilia

| 26

| +1.842

| 1

| 13

5

| 48

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Jorge Lorenzo

| Aprilia

| 26

| +6.402

| 4

| 11

6

| 55

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuki Takahashi

| Honda

| 26

| +9.619

| 12

| 10

7

| 58

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Simoncelli

| Gilera

| 26

| +14.303

| 3

| 9

8

| 50

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sylvain Guintoli

| Aprilia

| 26

| +17.222

| 10

| 8

9

| 14

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Anthony West

| Aprilia

| 26

| +34.819

| 11

| 7

10

| 80

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Héctor Barberá

| Aprilia

| 26

| +37.976

| 5

| 6

11

| 96

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Jakub Smrž

| Aprilia

| 26

| +41.584

| 15

| 5

12

| 54

| {{flagicon|SMR}} Manuel Poggiali

| KTM

| 26

| +42.929

| 18

| 4

13

| 42

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Aleix Espargaró

| Honda

| 26

| +43.022

| 8

| 3

14

| 52

| {{flagicon|ESP}} José David de Gea

| Honda

| 26

| +43.040

| 13

| 2

15

| 8

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Ballerini

| Aprilia

| 26

| +43.935

| 16

| 1

16

| 28

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Dirk Heidolf

| Aprilia

| 26

| +59.454

| 17

|

17

| 37

| {{flagicon|ARG}} Fabricio Perren

| Honda

| 26

| +1:10.952

| 20

|

18

| 44

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Taro Sekiguchi

| Aprilia

| 26

| +1:15.390

| 19

|

19

| 24

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Jordi Carchano

| Aprilia

| 26

| +1:17.577

| 21

|

20

| 23

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Arturo Tizón

| Honda

| 26

| +1:32.205

| 23

|

21

| 22

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Luca Morelli

| Aprilia

| 25

| +1 lap

| 22

|

22

| 85

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Alessio Palumbo

| Aprilia

| 25

| +1 lap

| 26

|

23

| 75

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Luke Lawrence

| Yamaha

| 25

| +1 lap

| 29

|

24

| 32

| {{flagicon|PRT}} João Fernandes

| Aprilia

| 24

| +2 laps

| 27

|

Ret

| 25

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Alex Baldolini

| Aprilia

| 25

| Accident

| 14

|

Ret

| 73

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Shuhei Aoyama

| Honda

| 15

| Retirement

| 9

|

Ret

| 16

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jules Cluzel

| Aprilia

| 13

| Accident

| 24

|

Ret

| 45

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Dan Linfoot

| Honda

| 11

| Retirement

| 28

|

Ret

| 65

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Alessandro Brannetti

| Honda

| 4

| Retirement

| 25

|

DNQ

| 59

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Ho Chi Fung

| Aprilia

|

| Did not qualify

|

|

DNQ

| 56

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Su Rong Zai

| Aprilia

|

| Did not qualify

|

|

colspan=8| {{cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2006/250cc/POR/RAC/classification.pdf|format=PDF|title=2006 Malaysian Grand Prix : Classifications : 250cc|website=Resources.motogp.com|access-date=17 May 2018}}

125 cc classification

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Pos.

! No.

! Rider

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time/Retired

! Grid

! Points

1

| 19

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Álvaro Bautista

| Aprilia

| 23

| 40:48.792

| 1

| 25

2

| 55

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Héctor Faubel

| Aprilia

| 23

| +15.098

| 2

| 20

3

| 36

| {{flagicon|FIN}} Mika Kallio

| KTM

| 23

| +15.112

| 11

| 16

4

| 52

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Lukáš Pešek

| Derbi

| 23

| +15.745

| 3

| 13

5

| 60

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Julián Simón

| KTM

| 23

| +15.778

| 4

| 11

6

| 71

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tomoyoshi Koyama

| Malaguti

| 23

| +27.588

| 7

| 10

7

| 32

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Fabrizio Lai

| Honda

| 23

| +27.609

| 6

| 9

8

| 14

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Gábor Talmácsi

| Honda

| 23

| +27.652

| 8

| 8

9

| 24

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Simone Corsi

| Gilera

| 23

| +31.877

| 18

| 7

10

| 11

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Sandro Cortese

| Honda

| 23

| +38.878

| 15

| 6

11

| 44

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Karel Abraham

| Aprilia

| 23

| +39.265

| 10

| 5

12

| 42

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Pol Espargaró

| Derbi

| 23

| +44.501

| 23

| 4

13

| 8

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Lorenzo Zanetti

| Aprilia

| 23

| +44.543

| 22

| 3

14

| 12

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Federico Sandi

| Aprilia

| 23

| +46.069

| 21

| 2

15

| 33

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Sergio Gadea

| Aprilia

| 23

| +48.087

| 12

| 1

16

| 54

| {{flagicon|CHE}} Randy Krummenacher

| KTM

| 23

| +59.731

| 27

|

17

| 34

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Esteve Rabat

| Honda

| 23

| +59.788

| 19

|

18

| 45

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Imre Tóth

| Aprilia

| 23

| +1:07.489

| 17

|

19

| 35

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Raffaele De Rosa

| Aprilia

| 23

| +1:07.519

| 26

|

20

| 49

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuma Watanabe

| Honda

| 23

| +1:21.367

| 34

|

21

| 16

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Michele Conti

| Honda

| 23

| +1:21.417

| 32

|

22

| 13

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Dino Lombardi

| Aprilia

| 23

| +1:26.874

| 40

|

23

| 21

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Mateo Túnez

| Aprilia

| 23

| +1:29.379

| 36

|

24

| 43

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Manuel Hernández

| Aprilia

| 23

| +1:29.402

| 29

|

25

| 37

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Joey Litjens

| Honda

| 23

| +1:29.420

| 35

|

26

| 25

| {{flagicon|CHE}} Dominique Aegerter

| Aprilia

| 23

| +1:30.416

| 28

|

27

| 67

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Blake Leigh-Smith

| KTM

| 23

| +1:33.029

| 33

|

28

| 73

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuya Otani

| Malaguti

| 23

| +1:33.112

| 39

|

29

| 95

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Georg Fröhlich

| Honda

| 23

| +1:33.183

| 38

|

30

| 69

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Michal Šembera

| Honda

| 22

| +1 lap

| 41

|

Ret

| 18

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Nicolás Terol

| Derbi

| 19

| Retirement

| 13

|

Ret

| 20

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Tamburini

| Aprilia

| 19

| Accident

| 24

|

Ret

| 53

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Simone Grotzkyj

| Aprilia

| 19

| Retirement

| 31

|

Ret

| 90

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroaki Kuzuhara

| Aprilia

| 19

| Retirement

| 30

|

Ret

| 38

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bradley Smith

| Honda

| 15

| Accident

| 20

|

Ret

| 75

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Mattia Pasini

| Aprilia

| 12

| Retirement

| 5

|

Ret

| 9

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Michael Ranseder

| KTM

| 10

| Accident

| 25

|

Ret

| 6

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Joan Olivé

| Aprilia

| 3

| Accident

| 14

|

Ret

| 1

| {{flagicon|CHE}} Thomas Lüthi

| Honda

| 3

| Accident

| 16

|

Ret

| 63

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Mike Di Meglio

| Honda

| 1

| Accident

| 9

|

DNS

| 87

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Lacalendola

| Aprilia

| 0

| Did not start

| 37

|

DNS

| 22

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Pablo Nieto

| Aprilia

|

| Did not start

|

|

colspan=8| {{cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2006/125cc/POR/RAC/classification.pdf|format=PDF|title=2006 Malaysian Grand Prix : Classifications : 500cc|website=Resources.motogp.com|access-date=17 May 2018}}

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.{{cite web |url=https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2006/MotoGP/POR/world+standing.pdf?v1_96143780|title=Standings |date=2006|website=resources.motogp.com |format=PDF|access-date=2019-08-22}}

{{col-start}}

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;Riders' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! Rider

! Points

align=center| 1

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Valentino Rossi

|align=right| 244

align=center| 2

| {{flagicon|USA}} Nicky Hayden

|align=right| 236

align=center| 3

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Melandri

|align=right| 217

align=center| 4

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Loris Capirossi

|align=right| 209

align=center| 5

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Dani Pedrosa

|align=right| 202

{{col-2}}

;Constructors' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! Constructor

! Points

align=center| 1

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Honda

|align=right| 344

align=center| 2

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yamaha

|align=right| 282

align=center| 3

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Ducati

|align=right| 223

align=center| 4

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Suzuki

|align=right| 146

align=center| 5

| {{flagicon|USA}} KR211V

|align=right| 126

{{col-end}}

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

{{clear}}

References

{{Reflist}}

{{MotoGP_race_report

| Name_of_race = Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix

| Year_of_race = 2006

| Previous_race_in_season = 2006 Japanese Grand Prix

| Next_race_in_season = 2006 Valencian Grand Prix

| Previous_year's_race = 2005 Portuguese Grand Prix

| Next_year's_race = 2007 Portuguese Grand Prix

}}

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