The 2006 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 19–21 May 2006 at the Le Mans Bugatti circuit.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Honda Honda 28 44:57.369 5 25 2 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 28 +1.929 6 20 3 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +2.269 1 16 4 27 Casey Stoner Honda LCR Honda 28 +5.494 11 13 5 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +5.709 10 11 6 5 Colin Edwards Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +11.519 9 10 7 6 Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda 28 +16.692 13 9 8 15 Sete Gibernau Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 28 +18.142 8 8 9 24 Toni Elías Fortuna Honda Honda 28 +23.645 16 7 10 71 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 28 +39.362 12 6 11 7 Carlos Checa Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 28 +47.730 14 5 12 56 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 28 +47.782 2 4 13 66 Alex Hofmann Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 28 +1:09.092 18 3 14 77 James Ellison Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 28 +1:16.172 17 2 15 21 John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 26 +2 laps 3 1 Ret 30 José Luis Cardoso Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 21 Retirement 19 Ret 46 Valentino Rossi Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 20 Mechanical 7 Ret 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts KR211V 1 Retirement 15 Ret 17 Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 0 Accident 4 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 55 Yuki Takahashi Honda 26 43:42.773 4 25 2 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 26 +0.098 1 20 3 73 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 26 +2.215 5 16 4 4 Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 26 +2.484 7 13 5 7 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 26 +11.270 2 11 6 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 26 +14.597 9 10 7 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 26 +16.829 3 9 8 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 26 +17.041 11 8 9 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 26 +17.589 12 7 10 96 Jakub Smrž Aprilia 26 +17.805 6 6 11 14 Anthony West Aprilia 26 +39.032 13 5 12 8 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 26 +41.728 14 4 13 36 Martín Cárdenas Honda 26 +45.150 18 3 14 19 Sebastián Porto Honda 26 +46.545 10 2 15 21 Arnaud Vincent Honda 26 +55.747 22 1 16 23 Arturo Tizón Honda 26 +55.846 17 17 54 Manuel Poggiali KTM 26 +57.241 15 18 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 26 +1:16.941 20 19 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 26 +1:25.856 16 20 31 Álvaro Molina Aprilia 26 +1:28.715 23 21 22 Luca Morelli Aprilia 26 +1:31.926 26 22 24 Jordi Carchano Aprilia 26 +1:39.853 25 23 85 Alessio Palumbo Aprilia 25 +1 lap 27 Ret 48 Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 6 Accident 8 Ret 16 Jules Cluzel Aprilia 0 Accident 21 Ret 45 Dan Linfoot Honda 0 Accident 24 Ret 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 0 Accident 19 DNQ 47 Marc-Antoine Scaccia Aprilia Did not qualify
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Thomas Lüthi Honda 24 42:54.555 9 25 2 36 Mika Kallio KTM 24 +3.380 6 20 3 32 Fabrizio Lai Honda 24 +9.807 8 16 4 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 24 +10.789 2 13 5 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 24 +14.850 7 11 6 35 Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 24 +17.226 22 10 7 6 Joan Olivé Aprilia 24 +20.577 10 9 8 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 24 +21.818 12 8 9 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 24 +27.038 11 7 10 24 Simone Corsi Gilera 24 +30.171 13 6 11 10 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 24 +30.555 20 5 12 60 Julián Simón KTM 24 +30.815 14 4 13 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Malaguti 24 +30.890 19 3 14 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 24 +31.450 15 2 15 11 Sandro Cortese Honda 24 +31.872 17 1 16 9 Michael Ranseder KTM 24 +39.061 27 17 14 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 24 +45.468 4 18 17 Stefan Bradl KTM 24 +45.717 23 19 23 Lorenzo Baroni Honda 24 +46.078 29 20 45 Imre Tóth Aprilia 24 +46.299 21 21 38 Bradley Smith Honda 24 +46.581 25 22 43 Manuel Hernández Aprilia 24 +49.294 30 23 15 Michele Pirro Aprilia 24 +1:00.773 24 24 37 Joey Litjens Honda 24 +1:01.128 28 25 44 Karel Abraham Aprilia 24 +1:05.340 31 26 78 Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 24 +1:05.989 26 27 63 Mike Di Meglio Honda 24 +1:15.109 16 28 26 Vincent Braillard Aprilia 24 +1:36.501 39 29 7 Alexis Masbou Malaguti 23 +1 lap 33 30 13 Dino Lombardi Aprilia 23 +1 lap 40 31 85 Yannick Deschamps Honda 23 +1 lap 37 Ret 53 Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 13 Retirement 35 Ret 18 Nicolás Terol Derbi 7 Retirement 18 Ret 20 Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 4 Accident 32 Ret 52 Lukáš Pešek Derbi 1 Accident 3 Ret 16 Michele Conti Honda 0 Accident 36 Ret 21 Mateo Túnez Aprilia 0 Accident 34 Ret 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 0 Accident 1 Ret 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 0 Accident 5 Ret 82 Matthieu Lussiana Honda 0 Accident 38 DNS 83 Clément Dunikowski Honda Did not start DNS 84 Mathieu Olagnon Honda Did not start DNQ 41 Aleix Espargaró Honda Did not qualify DNQ 12 Federico Sandi Aprilia Did not qualify
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round five has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Nicky Hayden 83 2 Marco Melandri 79 3 Loris Capirossi 79 4 Dani Pedrosa 73 5 Casey Stoner 65
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 115 2 Ducati 79 3 Yamaha 69 4 Suzuki 35 5 Kawasaki 32
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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