2006 German motorcycle Grand Prix

Tenth round of the 2006 MotoGP Championship German Germany betandwin.com Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschlandhttps://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2006-german-motogp 2006 German MotoGP 15 January 2018 Motorsportmagazine.com 17 May 2018https://www.progcovers.com/motor/motogp2006.html 2006 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Malcolm Mitchell Progcovers.com 8 September 2018http://www.progcovers.com/motor/sachsenring.html Sachsenring The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project 2018-05-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20180516104656/http://www.progcovers.com/motor/sachsenring.html 2018-05-16 dead Sachsenring Sachsenring (Schaltung).svg 2.281 3.671 10 17 16 July 2006 Dani Pedrosa Spain 1:21.815 Dani Pedrosa Spain 1:23.355 Valentino Rossi Italy Marco Melandri Italy Nicky Hayden USA Jorge Lorenzo Spain 1:25.073 Alex de Angelis San Marino 1:25.284 Yuki Takahashi Japan Alex de Angelis San Marino Jorge Lorenzo Spain Lukáš Pešek Czech Republic 1:27.064 Álvaro Bautista Spain 1:27.519 Mattia Pasini Italy Álvaro Bautista Spain Lukáš Pešek Czech Republic The 2006 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2006 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 14–16 July 2006 at the Sachsenring. MotoGP race report This race was most notable for the four-way battle for the win that happened throughout the race, as well as Rossi's victory from tenth on the grid. After nine rounds, Nicky Hayden still leads the championship with 153 points. A rather distant second is rookie Dani Pedrosa with 127 and in third Valentino Rossi with 118, who has climbed up the order in a rather quick pace after early season mechanical problems and rider errors cost him quite some points. On Saturday, Dani Pedrosa took pole position - his fourth and final of the season - with a time of 1:21.815. Lining alongside him in second is Kenny Roberts Jr., who took a surprise front row place by only being +0.092 seconds off the pace of Pedrosa - and teammate Nicky Hayden in third place. The second row of the grid consists out of Shinya Nakano on the Kawasaki in fourth, Loris Capirossi in fifth and Marco Melandri in sixth position. Rossi meanwhile only managed to qualify a lowly tenth and thus was down on the fourth row of the grid.https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/77802/1/pedrosa-seizes-sachsenring-pole-rossi-sunk Pedrosa seizes Sachsenring pole, Rossi sunk. July 15, 2006 Crashhttps://www.motorsport.com/motogp/news/pedrosa-in-front-for-german-gp-start/225239/ Pedrosa in front for German GP start www.motorsport.com 2020-09-02 2020-11-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20201118035511/https://www.motorsport.com/motogp/news/pedrosa-in-front-for-german-gp-start/225239/ dead Another rookie - Casey Stoner - did not participate in the race due to a concussion he sustained after a crash earlier that day during the warm-up practice.https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/77815/1/stoner-out-of-german-grand-prix Stoner out of German Grand Prix. July 16, 2006 Crashhttps://www.rediff.com/sports/2006/jul/17rossi.htm Rossi wins German MotoGP www.rediff.com All riders take off and do their usual warm-up lap before lining up in their respective grid slots. As the lights go out, Pedrosa has a great start and retains his lead going into the Coca-Cola Kurve (Turn 1) on the opening lap. Roberts Jr. retains his position, as does Hayden in third. Makoto Tamada meanwhile has also had a fantastic start, passing multiple riders from ninth to move up into fourth place. Capirossi and Melandri have swapped places, Melandri now being fifth and Capirossi sixth. At Turn 3, Capirossi then loses another place to John Hopkins and another one at the Castrol Omega (Turn 4) to a fast charging Rossi, demoting him to eighth place in just four corners. He is now ahead of Nakano - who had a bad start and lost a few places as well. Halfway into the lap, the top five have started to open up a slight gap back to sixth place Hopkins. Inside that group, Hayden is also opening up a slight gap to Roberts Jr, with Pedrosa harassing him all throughout the lap. At the Sachsen Kurve (Turn 13), Rossi makes a move on Hopkins for sixth by diving down his inside.https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/77813/1/rossi-beats-hondas-for-incredible-sachsenring-win Rossi beats Hondas for incredible Sachsenring win. July 16, 2006 Crash A similar move is also done by Hayden on both Roberts Jr. and Pedrosa at the same corner, making a very late lunge and taking the lead on the exit of the corner. On lap two, both Tamada and Melandri pass Roberts Jr. at the beginning and exit of the Coca-Cola Kurve, promoting both to third and fourth place. At the Sachsen Kurve, Melandri tries to pass Tamada for third but runs wide, allowing the Japanese to retake the place upon exit. This move also allows Roberts Jr. and Rossi to close right up. Lap three and at the end of the start/finish straight, Melandri goes for a pass on Tamada again, this time at the entrance of the Coca-Cola Kurve. He goes up his inside and this time successfully takes third from him. Sixth place Rossi is still right behind the American, trying to pass him at the Sachsen Kurve but not being able to. Home hero Alex Hofmann meanwhile has retired from the race. On lap four, Melandri sets the fastest lap of the race. Rossi this time manages to get past Roberts Jr. at the Sachsen Kurve, moving him up into fifth place. Lap five and Pedrosa tries a move on teammate Hayden but has a moment going into the Coca-Cola Kurve, opting to stick behind him for the time being. Rossi has quickly closed the tiny gap to Tamada and is behind him all throughout the lap. On lap six, Capirossi - who had regained the places he had lost earlier - is now right on the back of Roberts Jr. and tries to find a way past. The top six now consists out of Hayden, Pedrosa, Melandri, Tamada, Rossi and Roberts Jr.. As Hayden crosses the lap to start lap seven, it is Tamada who passes Melandri for third position at the start/finish straight, finalising the pass at the entrance of the Coca-Cola Kurve. Entering the Sachsen Kurve, Melandri tries to line up a pass by diving down the inside of Tamada but gets blocked and has to stay behind instead. Lap eight and Melandri manages to take third from Tamada at the same corner where he tried to pass the Japanese rider one lap earlier, the Sachsen Kurve. On lap nine, Tamada retries to take third by using the power of his Konica Minolta Honda and blast pass, only to run slightly wide upon entrance of the Coca-Cola Kurve and having to give back the position to Melandri. At the Sachsen Kurve, Melandri goes up the inside of Pedrosa and takes second, with Rossi doing likewise to Tamada for third. The Japanese tries to fight back at the Queckenberg Kurve (Turn 14), but has to slot in behind Rossi. Lap ten and Rossi runs a bit wide exiting the Queckenberg Kurve, allowing Tamada to blast past the Camel Yamaha rider and take back third place at the start/finish straight. At the Sachsen Kurve, Rossi makes a clean move down the inside of Tamada and retakes third. On lap eleven, Melandri takes over the lead as he passes Hayden at the start/finish straight, entering the Coca-Cola Kurve. Tamada tries to take third place back from Rossi but this time is not able to. Pedrosa then follows suit at Castrol Omega, taking a shorter line and going side by side with Hayden, exiting the corner ahead of him. At the Sachsen Kurve, Rossi then makes his move and passes Hayden for third. Roberts Jr. then tries to pass Tamada for fourth place at the Queckenberg Kurve but takes a line that is too tight, losing the front end and striking an unfortunate Tamada along with him into the gravel. The Japanese rider then grabs his leg, visibly shown in pain. Lap twelve and the lead group now consists out of four riders: Melandri, Pedrosa, Rossi and Hayden. Roberts Jr. is shown kneeling next to him, trying to ask him if he is okay. The retirement of the two riders now moves up Capirossi into fifth and Nakano into sixth position. At the Sachsen Kurve, Rossi passes Pedrosa for second by diving down his inside. On lap thirteen, Capirossi has managed to close the gap and is now right behind Hayden, making it a five-way battle for victory. At the Sachsen Kurve, Rossi overtakes Melandri and takes over the lead by going up his inside. At Turn 9, Melandri makes a small mistake and allows Rossi to pull a slight gap. Lap fifteen and Pedrosa overtakes Melandri as the Italian goes slightly wide and he takes a tighter line entering Castrol Omega, moving him up into second position. On lap sixteen, Pedrosa and Melandri have slowly closed the gap to Rossi, opening up a small gap of their own to Hayden. No overtakes happened at the front. Lap seventeen and the top four now consists out of Rossi, Pedrosa, Melandri and Hayden Fifth placed Capirossi is starting to lose connection to the top four by now. On lap eighteen, the front is stable and no overtakes happened. Capirossi's gap to sixth place Nakano is +1.816 seconds. Lap nineteen and Hayden's gap to Capirossi is now +1.248 seconds. Melandri closes up to Pedrosa and has a look up the inside of the Spaniard at the Sachsen Kurve, but stays behind for now. On lap twenty, the front is still stable and no one has made any overtakes so far. Lap twenty-one and Rossi's bike is now sliding a bit as the tyres start to wear for everyone. Pedrosa is still shadowing him in second. At the Sachsen Kurve, Melandri finally makes a move and passes Pedrosa on the inside for second position. As Rossi crosses the line to start lap twenty-two, Hayden goes side by side with Pedrosa at the start/finish straight and tries to overtake him on the outside at the entrance of the Coca-Cola Kurve, failing to do so and having to settle for fourth. On lap twenty-three, Melandri is all over the back of Rossi during the lap but is not able to make a move. No overtakes happen at the front. Lap twenty-four and Pedrosa passes Melandri at the inside of the Coca-Coca Kurve, promoting him up into second place. At the Sachsen Kurve, Melandri takes back second position from Pedrosa. The Spaniard tries to retake it but decides to stay behind for now as they enter the Queckenberg Kurve. On lap twenty-five, Pedrosa tries a move up the inside of Melandri by taking the shorter line at Castrol Omega, but gets blocked off by Melandri mid-corner, forcing him to back off. Lap twenty-six and Pedrosa takes second from Melandri, this time executing to perfection the move he tried earlier on the Italian at Castrol Omega. At the Sachsen Kurve, Pedrosa runs wide and allows both Melandri and Hayden to overtake him, making him lose two positions in one corner. On lap twenty-seven, Rossi now has pulled a small gap back to Melandri, who himself has opened up a small gap to Hayden and Pedrosa. Melandri however catches up this small gap rather quickly. Crossing the line to start lap twenty-eight, Melandri makes a very late lunge down the inside of Rossi to take over the lead at the front. This has allowed the Repsol Honda duo of Hayden and Pedrosa to close up on the top two again. Melandri has pulled a small gap back to Rossi but closes it as soon as he enters the Sachsen Kurve - where he also thinks of a move up his inside but stays behind for now. As Melandri crosses the line to start lap twenty-nine - the penultimate lap - Pedrosa goes side by side with his American teammate for second, Hayden then going a bit wide but somehow retaining third as he tries to overtake Rossi on the outside of the Coca-Cola Kurve but isn't able to. Melandri has again pulled a slight gap to Rossi. Pedrosa then tries to take Hayden at Castrol Omega by going in with a tighter line, the Spaniard not being able to pass when Hayden closes the door and causing the pair to almost collide in the process. This has allowed Rossi and Pedrosa to form a big enough gap to make it a two-way fight for the lead. Rossi is now all over the back of Melandri and takes back the lead at the Sachsen Kurve, going up his inside. The final lap - lap thirty - begins and Melandri tries to retake first place at the start/finish straight, Rossi blocking him off entering the Coca-Cola Kurve. This however has caused Rossi to have a slight moment but is able to retain the lead. Hayden then tries to form a pass on the outside of Melandri after he closed the gap to him again on the previous lap, the American not being able to as he now comes under pressure from Pedrosa again. Melandri is harassing Rossi all throughout the lap, Pedrosa doing likewise to Hayden. Exiting the fast right-handed Turn 12, Melandri tries to go up the inside of Rossi but the Italian holds on going into the long straight before the Sachsen Kurve. Melandri then tries a move around the outside of this corner, with Rossi blocking the inside off and forcing him all the way onto the kerb. Behind them, Pedrosa takes a wider line entering the Sachsen Kurve to have a better drive exiting it, allowing him to go side by side as the Repsol Honda pair enter the Queckenberg Kurve for the final time. Melandri tries once more to pass Rossi on the outside of the last turn, but Rossi once again relegates him to the outside, allowing him to cross the line and win the race - his fourth win of the season - with Melandri coming home in second place. Behind them, it looks to be Pedrosa who has taken third from Hayden on the line as he exits the corner, but Hayden has held on and narrowly crosses the line ahead of the Spaniard in third, with Pedrosa finishing fourth. Further back, Capirossi, who was starting to be caught by Nakano, crosses the line fifth, Nakano in sixth. On the parade lap, Rossi stops as the fans swarm the track to side around a happy Rossi, along with the marshalls and some of the press. One of the two cremembers put on a shirt of Marco Materazzi, the footballer who scored the crucial goal against France during the penalty shoot-out in the finals of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, which had concluded in Germany a week before the race. Hayden also waves to the crowd. Going onto the podium, Rossi was still wearing the shirt of Materazzi but took it off before appearing on the podium. However, he took the shirt with him and as the other two riders stand on the podium already, he puts the shirt back on as the audience gives him a loud applause and cheers.https://www.motogp.com/en/news/2006/07/16/rossi-commemorates-another-italian-win-in-germany/141335 Rossi commemorates another Italian win in Germany MotoGP Dorna Sports www.motogp.com He congratulates the other riders, then a crewmembers adjusts his shirt in the back. He then steps on the top step of the podium as Hermann Tomczyk hands the third-place trophy to Hayden, Jean-Pierre Mougin hands out the second-place trophy to Melandri and Georg Milbradt hands the winners trophy to Rossi. As he receives the trophy, the crowd once again jubilantly cheers as 'The Doctor' raises the trophy. Tomczyk also hands out the constructors trophy to the crew chief of the Camel Yamaha team. The Italian national anthem plays for Rossi and as it stops, the champagne gets handed out. As soon as Rossi receives it, he cheekily sprays one of the grid girls, as does Melandri. Rossi's victory and Hayden's third place now means that Hayden extends his title hunt, with Rossi catching him ever so slowly. Hayden still sits first with 169 points, followed by Rossi who passes Pedrosa in the standings with 143 points. In third place is Pedrosa with 140 points. MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 ITA Valentino Rossi Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 41:59.248 10 25 2 33 ITA Marco Melandri Fortuna Honda Honda 30 +0.145 6 20 3 69 USA Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +0.266 3 16 4 26 ESP Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +0.307 1 13 5 65 ITA Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +8.764 5 11 6 56 JPN Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +9.147 4 10 7 71 AUS Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +16.608 13 9 8 15 ESP Sete Gibernau Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +16.648 7 8 9 7 ESP Carlos Checa Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 30 +17.097 11 7 10 21 USA John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +17.786 8 6 11 24 ESP Toni Elías Fortuna Honda Honda 30 +27.425 15 5 12 5 USA Colin Edwards Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +29.308 14 4 13 77 GBR James Ellison Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 30 +1:02.029 17 3 14 30 ESP José Luis Cardoso Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 30 +1:19.997 18 2 Ret 17 FRA Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 12 Retirement 12 Ret 6 JPN Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda 10 Accident 9 Ret 10 USA Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts KR211V 10 Accident 2 Ret 66 DEU Alex Hofmann Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 2 Retirement 16 DNS 27 AUS Casey Stoner Honda LCR Honda Did not start Sources:https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2006-german-motogp 2006 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 15 January 2018 Motorsportmagazine.com 8 September 2018https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2006/MotoGP/GER/RAC/classification.pdf PDF 2006 German Grand Prix : Classifications : MotoGP Resources.motogp.com 17 May 2018http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2006/GER/MotoGP/RAC/ MOTORRAD GP DEUTSCHLAND · MotoGP Race Classification 2006 Motogp.com 8 September 2018 9 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180909000417/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2006/GER/MotoGP/RAC/ dead 250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 55 JPN Yuki Takahashi Honda 29 41:30.350 2 25 2 7 SMR Alex de Angelis Aprilia 29 +0.058 5 20 3 48 ESP Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 29 +1.013 1 16 4 34 ITA Andrea Dovizioso Honda 29 +4.021 8 13 5 80 ESP Héctor Barberá Aprilia 29 +9.384 3 11 6 15 ITA Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 29 +19.242 4 10 7 14 AUS Anthony West Aprilia 29 +26.457 7 9 8 4 JPN Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 29 +26.607 6 8 9 73 JPN Shuhei Aoyama Honda 29 +26.741 10 7 10 50 FRA Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 29 +30.621 11 6 11 25 ITA Alex Baldolini Aprilia 29 +44.754 12 5 12 9 ITA Franco Battaini Aprilia 29 +45.063 18 4 13 54 SMR Manuel Poggiali KTM 29 +48.793 13 3 14 96 CZE Jakub Smrž Aprilia 29 +52.317 15 2 15 42 ESP Aleix Espargaró Honda 29 +52.369 19 1 16 28 DEU Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 29 +52.577 14 17 37 ARG Fabricio Perren Honda 29 +1:00.025 20 18 16 FRA Jules Cluzel Aprilia 29 +1:12.090 25 19 45 GBR Dan Linfoot Honda 28 +1 lap 23 20 24 ESP Jordi Carchano Aprilia 28 +1 lap 21 21 22 ITA Luca Morelli Aprilia 28 +1 lap 26 22 78 DEU Meik Kevin Minnerop Honda 28 +1 lap 30 23 17 DEU Franz Aschenbrenner Honda 28 +1 lap 29 Ret 67 SWE Nicklas Cajback Aprilia 21 Retirement 27 Ret 58 ITA Marco Simoncelli Gilera 14 Accident 9 Ret 21 FRA Arnaud Vincent Honda 11 Retirement 24 Ret 79 SWE Andreas Mårtensson Aprilia 7 Accident 28 Ret 36 COL Martín Cárdenas Honda 5 Accident 16 Ret 23 ESP Arturo Tizón Honda 4 Retirement 17 Ret 8 ITA Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 3 Accident 22 WD 85 ITA Alessio Palumbo Aprilia Withdrew https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2006/250cc/GER/RAC/classification.pdf PDF 2006 German Grand Prix : Classifications : 250cc Resources.motogp.com 17 May 2018 125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 75 ITA Mattia Pasini Aprilia 27 39:44.091 3 25 2 19 ESP Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 27 +0.010 2 20 3 52 CZE Lukáš Pešek Derbi 27 +0.111 1 16 4 55 ESP Héctor Faubel Aprilia 27 +9.298 10 13 5 24 ITA Simone Corsi Gilera 27 +9.372 9 11 6 1 CHE Thomas Lüthi Honda 27 +10.570 13 10 7 18 ESP Nicolás Terol Derbi 27 +11.835 5 9 8 36 FIN Mika Kallio KTM 27 +11.905 4 8 9 6 ESP Joan Olivé Aprilia 27 +26.017 16 7 10 33 ESP Sergio Gadea Aprilia 27 +26.172 12 6 11 32 ITA Fabrizio Lai Honda 27 +26.361 6 5 12 38 GBR Bradley Smith Honda 27 +26.389 14 4 13 11 DEU Sandro Cortese Honda 27 +26.480 11 3 14 14 HUN Gábor Talmácsi Honda 27 +26.606 7 2 15 71 JPN Tomoyoshi Koyama Malaguti 27 +27.068 15 1 16 54 CHE Randy Krummenacher KTM 27 +27.192 21 17 8 ITA Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 27 +46.145 23 18 17 DEU Stefan Bradl KTM 27 +46.201 18 19 95 DEU Georg Fröhlich Honda 27 +56.274 28 20 35 ITA Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 27 +56.549 25 21 26 CHE Vincent Braillard Aprilia 27 +56.782 31 22 12 ITA Federico Sandi Aprilia 27 +57.073 27 23 15 ITA Michele Pirro Aprilia 27 +57.474 22 24 29 ITA Andrea Iannone Aprilia 27 +57.707 20 25 7 FRA Alexis Masbou Malaguti 27 +1:04.698 37 26 16 ITA Michele Conti Honda 27 +1:04.793 32 27 45 HUN Imre Tóth Aprilia 27 +1:07.754 19 28 43 ESP Manuel Hernández Aprilia 27 +1:17.323 30 29 23 ITA Lorenzo Baroni Honda 27 +1:17.507 26 30 21 ESP Mateo Túnez Aprilia 27 +1:20.583 29 31 34 ESP Esteve Rabat Honda 27 +1:24.772 39 32 98 DEU Toni Wirsing Honda 26 +1 lap 42 Ret 61 DEU Robin Lässer KTM 17 Retirement 36 Ret 44 CZE Karel Abraham Aprilia 16 Retirement 33 Ret 13 ITA Dino Lombardi Aprilia 13 Retirement 41 Ret 37 NLD Joey Litjens Honda 11 Retirement 38 Ret 22 ESP Pablo Nieto Aprilia 9 Retirement 8 Ret 83 FRA Clément Dunikowski Honda 7 Retirement 40 Ret 53 ITA Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 6 Accident 35 Ret 72 DEU Eric Hübsch Aprilia 5 Retirement 34 Ret 20 ITA Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 4 Accident 24 Ret 10 ESP Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 1 Retirement 17 DNS 97 DEU Joshua Sommer Aprilia Did not start https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2006/125cc/GER/RAC/classification.pdf PDF 2006 German Grand Prix : Classifications : 125cc Resources.motogp.com 17 May 2018 Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round ten has concluded.https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2006/MotoGP/GER/world+standing.pdf?v1_96143780 Standings 2006 resources.motogp.com PDF 2019-08-22 Riders' Championship standings Pos. Position Rider Points 1 USA Nicky Hayden 169 2 ITA Valentino Rossi 143 3 ESP Dani Pedrosa 140 4 ITA Marco Melandri 134 5 ITA Loris Capirossi 118 Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points 1 JPN Honda 221 2 JPN Yamaha 172 3 ITA Ducati 127 4 JPN Suzuki 81 5 JPN Kawasaki 71 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References German motorcycle Grand Prix 2006 2006 British Grand Prix 2006 United States Grand Prix 2005 German Grand Prix 2007 German Grand Prix Category:German motorcycle Grand Prix German Motorcycle Grand Prix Motorcycle Grand Prix