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  2006 Turkish Motorcycle Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of 17 races in the 2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.
Date	April 30, 2006
Location	Istanbul Park
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.318 mi / 5.340 km
MotoGP
Pole position Fastest lap Chris Vermeulen Toni Elías 2:04.617 1:52.877 Podium 1. Marco Melandri 2. Casey Stoner 3. Nicky Hayden
250 cc
Pole position Fastest lap Jorge Lorenzo Alex de Angelis 1:57.841 1:58.469 Podium 1. Hiroshi Aoyama 2. Héctor Barberá 3. Andrea Dovizioso
125 cc
Pole position Fastest lap Álvaro Bautista Joan Olive 2:04.035 2:03.825 Podium 1. Héctor Faubel 2. Álvaro Bautista 3. Sergio Gadea

The 2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of April 28–30, 2006, at the Istanbul Park circuit. The thrilling race saw Australian Casey Stoner almost grab his first win before being beaten at the final corner by Marco Melandri. The 250cc race saw a number of riders eliminated at the first corner.

Contents 1 Moto GP classification 2 250cc classification 3 125cc classification

[edit] Moto GP classification

Pos	No	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	33	Marco Melandri	Honda	22	41:54.065	14	25
2	27	Casey Stoner	Honda	22	+0.200	7	20
3	69	Nicky Hayden	Honda	22	+5.458	2	16
4	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	22	+6.209	11	13
5	24	Toni Elías	Honda	22	+6.587	12	11
6	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	22	+16.682	4	10
7	71	Chris Vermeulen	Suzuki	22	+16.777	1	9
8	56	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki	22	+21.537	8	8
9	5	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	22	+22.847	9	7
10	6	Makoto Tamada	Honda	22	+30.483	13	6
11	15	Sete Gibernau	Ducati	22	+30.543	3	5
12	17	Randy de Puniet	Kawasaki	22	+34.284	6	4
13	10	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	KR211V	22	+45.112	10	3
14	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	22	+53.525	16	2
15	7	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	22	+59.855	15	1
16	66	Alex Hofmann	Ducati	22	+1:01.241	17
17	21	John Hopkins	Suzuki	22	+1:38.628	5
18	77	James Ellison	Yamaha	21	+1 Lap	19
NC	30	Jose Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	15	+7 Laps	18

[edit] 250cc classification

Pos	No	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	20	40:02.376	6	25
2	80	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	20	+0.401	5	20
3	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	20	+0.467	3	16
4	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	20	+0.641	13	13
5	55	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	20	+2.555	4	11
6	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	20	+10.554	8	10
7	96	Jakub Smrz	Aprilia	20	+12.534	10	9
8	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	20	+16.887	16	8
9	14	Anthony West	Aprilia	20	+17.348	12	7
10	19	Sebastian Porto	Honda	20	+20.910	9	6
11	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	20	+28.425	7	5
12	7	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	20	+35.956	2	4
13	36	Martin Cardenas	Honda	20	+48.291	22	3
14	28	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	20	+1:00.604	15	2
15	54	Manuel Poggiali	KTM	20	+1:03.888	18	1
16	16	Jules Cluzel	Aprilia	20	+1:09.340	19
17	24	Jordi Carchano	Honda	20	+1:38.360	25
18	22	Luca Morelli	Aprilia	20	+1:59.179	23
19	40	Sinan Sofuoğlu	Honda	19	+1 Lap	26
Ret	21	Arnaud Vincent	Honda	8	Accident	11
Ret	57	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	8		20
Ret	23	Arturo Tizon	Honda	7		21
Ret	73	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	1	Accident	14
Ret	41	Michele Danese	Aprilia	0	Accident	24
Ret	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia	0	Accident	1
Ret	8	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	0	Accident	17
Ret	85	Alessio Palumbo	Aprilia	0		27

[edit] 125cc classification

Pos	No	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	19	39:30.095	4	25
2	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	19	+0.243	1	20
3	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	19	+7.240	16	16
4	24	Simone Corsi	Gilera	19	+8.340	3	13
5	6	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	19	+9.127	9	11
6	14	Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	19	+10.749	6	10
7	52	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	19	+18.258	10	9
8	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	19	+22.800	12	8
9	29	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Malaguti	19	+23.224	20	7
10	10	Angel Rodríguez	Aprilia	19	+23.240	14	6
11	61	Julián Simón	KTM	19	+23.521	7	5
12	1	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	19	+23.639	11	4
13	32	Fabrizio Lai	Honda	19	+23.656	13	3
14	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	19	+23.716	8	2
15	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	19	+36.240	18	1
16	11	Sandro Cortese	Honda	19	+36.311	22
17	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	19	+42.922	2
18	43	Manuel Hernandez	Aprilia	19	+43.248	24
19	17	Stefan Bradl	KTM	19	+55.975	29
20	7	Alexis Masbou	Malaguti	19	+56.027	25
21	41	Aleix Espargaro	Honda	19	+56.352	30
22	44	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	19	+56.753	32
23	16	Michele Conti	Honda	19	+57.435	33
24	35	Raffaele de Rosa	Aprilia	19	+59.703	19
25	21	Mateo Tunez	Aprilia	19	+59.842	34
26	9	Michael Ranseder	KTM	19	+1:00.567	31
27	18	Nicolas Terol	Derbi	19	+1:00.793	21
28	23	Lorenzo Baroni	Honda	19	+1:09.219	27
29	45	Imre Toth	Aprilia	19	+1:20.747	23
30	53	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	19	+1:22.635	35
31	20	Roberto Tamburini	Aprilia	19	+1:28.342	39
32	26	Vincent Braillard	Aprilia	19	+1:29.066	36
33	13	Dino Lombardi	Aprilia	19	+1:33.910	38
34	37	Joey Litjens	Honda	19	+1:34.580	37
35	12	Federico Sandi	Aprilia	19	+1:42.683	17
Ret	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	16		5
Ret	38	Bradley Smith	Honda	12	Accident	26
Ret	63	Mike di Meglio	Honda	10	Accident	15
Ret	15	Michele Pirro	Aprilia	3		28
DNQ	81	Robert Muresan	Aprilia

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