2006 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race 7 of 17 races in the 2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| Date | 18 June 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Circuit de Catalunya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pole position | |||
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| Rider |
 Valentino Rossi
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| Time | 1:41.855 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |
 Nicky Hayden
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| Time | 1:43.048 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Valentino Rossi
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| Second |
Nicky Hayden
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| Third |
Kenny Roberts Jr
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| Rider |
Andrea Dovizioso
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| Time | 1:46.792 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |
 Alex de Angelis
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| Time | 1:47.327 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Andrea Dovizioso
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| Second |
 Jorge Lorenzo
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| Third |
Alex de Angelis
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| Rider |
Álvaro Bautista
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| Time | 1:50.281 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |
Héctor Faubel
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| Time | 1:50.773 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Álvaro Bautista
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| Second |
Héctor Faubel
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| Third |
Sergio Gadea
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The 2006 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 2006 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 June 2006 at the Circuit de Catalunya located in Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain.
The MotoGP race was initially red flagged after a crash at the first corner, caused by Loris Capirossi's Ducati making contact with teammate Sete Gibernau's front brake lever. Six riders were involved; John Hopkins, Dani Pedrosa and Randy de Puniet were able to take the restart, while Gibernau, Capirossi and Marco Melandri were not. After the second start was aborted due to an issue with Chris Vermeulen's Suzuki on the grid, the grid reformed for a third time and the race was shortened from 25 laps to 24.
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