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2006 French GP results

Round 5 · May 21, 2006 · Le Mans

Winners

MotoGP · Wet · Air 20°C · Track 29°C · Humidity 27%

Pole: Dani Pedrosa · Fastest lap: Valentino Rossi1'35.087

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap	Best lap	Top speed
1+25	33	Marco Melandri	Honda · Fortuna Honda	44:57.369	1'35.332	278.6
2+20	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati · Ducati Marlboro Team	+1.929	1'35.548	277.4
3+16	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda · Repsol Honda Team	+2.269	1'35.156	267.1
4+13	27	Casey Stoner	Honda · Honda LCR	+5.494	1'35.637	278.0
5+11	69	Nicky Hayden	Honda · Repsol Honda Team	+5.709	1'35.621	279.1
6+10	5	Colin Edwards	Yamaha · Camel Yamaha Team	+11.519	1'35.671	273.4
7+9	6	Makoto Tamada	Honda · Konica Minolta Honda	+16.692	1'35.791	266.9
8+8	15	Sete Gibernau	Ducati · Ducati Marlboro Team	+18.142	1'35.969	278.8
9+7	24	Toni Elias	Honda · Fortuna Honda	+23.645	1'36.055	272.4
10+6	71	Chris Vermeulen	Suzuki · Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	+39.362	1'36.618	273.9
11+5	7	Carlos Checa	Yamaha · Tech 3 Yamaha	+47.730	1'36.781	273.3
12+4	56	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki · Kawasaki Racing Team	+47.782	1'36.008	276.2
13+3	66	Alex Hofmann	Ducati · Pramac d'Antín MotoGP	+1:09.092	1'37.456	262.1
14+2	77	James Ellison	Yamaha · Tech 3 Yamaha	+1:16.172	1'37.572	272.9
15+1	21	John Hopkins	Suzuki · Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	+2 lap	1'35.249	279.1
—	10	Kenny Roberts Jr	KR211V · Team Roberts	DNF
—	17	Randy De Puniet	Kawasaki · Kawasaki Racing Team	Out on lap 1
—	30	Jose Luis Cardoso	Ducati · Pramac d'Antín MotoGP	DNF	1'38.077	268.6
—	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha · Camel Yamaha Team	DNF	1'35.087	286.4

250cc · Dry · Air 18°C · Track 19°C · Humidity 39%

Pole: Andrea Dovizioso · Fastest lap: Hiroshi Aoyama1'39.964

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap	Best lap	Top speed
1+25	55	Yuki Takahashi	Honda · Humangest Racing Team	43:42.773	1'40.161	253.5
2+20	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda · Humangest Racing Team	+0.098	1'40.081	254.6
3+16	73	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda · Repsol Honda	+2.215	1'39.970	254.7
4+13	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM · Red Bull KTM GP 250	+2.484	1'39.964	252.7
5+11	7	Alex De Angelis	Aprilia · Master - MVA Aspar Team	+11.270	1'40.085	259.0
6+10	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia · Team Toth	+14.597	1'40.609	256.5
7+9	80	Hector Barbera	Aprilia · Fortuna Aprilia	+16.829	1'40.593	258.6
8+8	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera · Squadra Corse Metis Gilera	+17.041	1'40.695	254.1
9+7	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia · Equipe GP De France - Scrab	+17.589	1'40.680	254.5
10+6	96	Jakub Smrz	Aprilia · Cardion AB Motoracing	+17.805	1'40.598	254.7
11+5	14	Anthony West	Aprilia · Kiefer - Bos - Racing	+39.032	1'41.265	251.5
12+4	8	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia · TicinoHosting Campetella Racing	+41.728	1'41.460	252.0
13+3	36	Martin Cardenas	Honda · Wurth Honda BQR	+45.150	1'41.636	250.4
14+2	19	Sebastian Porto	Honda · Repsol Honda	+46.545	1'41.995	251.2
15+1	21	Arnaud Vincent	Honda · Arie Molenaar Racing	+55.747	1'41.775	248.0
16	23	Arturo Tizon	Honda · Wurth Honda BQR	+55.846	1'41.884	250.1
17	54	Manuel Poggiali	KTM · Red Bull KTM GP 250	+57.241	1'41.713	248.7
18	28	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia · Kiefer - Bos - Racing	+1:16.941	1'42.685	248.4
19	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia · Matteoni Racing	+1:25.856	1'41.693	247.7
20	31	Alvaro Molina	Aprilia · Andalucia Team Mas	+1:28.715	1'42.748	245.8
21	22	Luca Morelli	Aprilia · Nocable Angaia Racing	+1:31.926	1'43.444	241.5
22	24	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia · WTR Blauer USA	+1:39.853	1'43.040	251.0
23	85	Alessio Palumbo	Aprilia · Matteoni Racing	+1 lap	1'46.259	243.7
—	16	Jules Cluzel	Aprilia · Equipe GP De France - Scrab	Out on lap 1
—	45	Dan Linfoot	Honda · Teng Tools Winona Racing	Out on lap 1
—	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia · Fortuna Aprilia	DNF	1'40.630	256.4
—	57	Chaz Davies	Aprilia · TicinoHosting Campetella Racing	Out on lap 1

125cc · Dry · Air 16°C · Track 16°C · Humidity 55%

Pole: Mattia Pasini · Fastest lap: Sergio Gadea1'44.637

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap	Best lap	Top speed
1+25	1	Thomas Lüthi	Honda · Elit - Caffe Latte	42:54.555	1'45.595	217.6
2+20	36	Mika Kallio	KTM · Red Bull KTM GP 125	+3.380	1'45.751	218.5
3+16	32	Fabrizio Lai	Honda · Valsir Seedorf Racing	+9.807	1'45.937	214.7
4+13	19	Alvaro Bautista	Aprilia · Master - MVA Aspar Team	+10.789	1'45.398	213.6
5+11	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia · Multimedia Racing	+14.850	1'45.094	217.6
6+10	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Aprilia · Multimedia Racing	+17.226	1'46.245	217.3
7+9	6	Joan Olive	Aprilia · SSM Racing	+20.577	1'45.972	218.2
8+8	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia · Master - MVA Aspar Team	+21.818	1'44.637	217.4
9+7	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia · TicinoHosting Campetella JNR Team	+27.038	1'45.605	218.8
10+6	24	Simone Corsi	Gilera · Squadra Corse Metis Gilera	+30.171	1'45.528	216.9
11+5	10	Angel Rodriguez	Aprilia · 3C Racing	+30.555	1'46.144	218.2
12+4	60	Julian Simon	KTM · Red Bull KTM GP 125	+30.815	1'46.126	213.5
13+3	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Malaguti · Malaguti Ajo Corse	+30.890	1'45.829	217.0
14+2	55	Hector Faubel	Aprilia · Master - MVA Aspar Team	+31.450	1'45.515	217.9
15+1	11	Sandro Cortese	Honda · Elit - Caffe Latte	+31.872	1'46.031	216.5
16	9	Michael Ranseder	KTM · Red Bull KTM Junior Team	+39.061	1'45.996	215.5
17	14	Gabor Talmacsi	Honda · Humangest Racing Team	+45.468	1'47.069	217.9
18	17	Stefan Bradl	KTM · Red Bull KTM Junior Team	+45.717	1'46.382	216.0
19	23	Lorenzo Baroni	Honda · Humangest Racing Team	+46.078	1'46.590	216.4
20	45	Imre Toth	Aprilia · Team Toth	+46.299	1'46.310	218.1
21	38	Bradley Smith	Honda · Repsol Honda	+46.581	1'46.362	220.1
22	43	Manuel Hernandez	Aprilia · Nocable Angaia Racing	+49.294	1'46.520	218.4
23	15	Michele Pirro	Aprilia · WTR Blauer USA	+1:00.773	1'47.443	212.1
24	37	Joey Litjens	Honda · Arie Molenaar Racing	+1:01.128	1'47.391	214.5
25	44	Karel Abraham	Aprilia · Cardion AB Motoracing	+1:05.340	1'47.141	213.4
26	78	Hugo Van Den Berg	Aprilia · Varenhof Racing Team	+1:05.989	1'46.951	216.2
27	63	Mike Di Meglio	Honda · FFM Honda Grand Prix 125	+1:15.109	1'47.067	216.4
28	26	Vincent Braillard	Aprilia · Multimedia Racing	+1:36.501	1'48.210	214.4
29	7	Alexis Masbou	Malaguti · Malaguti Ajo Corse	+1 lap	1'46.970	208.7
30	13	Dino Lombardi	Aprilia · 3C Racing	+1 lap	1'48.777	212.1
31	85	Yannick Deschamps	Honda · TVX Racing-CTR Distribution	+1 lap	1'50.528	203.0
—	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia · Skilled I.S.P.A. Racing Team	Out on lap 1
—	16	Michele Conti	Honda · Valsir Seedorf Racing	Out on lap 1
—	18	Nicolas Terol	Derbi · Derbi Racing	DNF	1'50.493	213.2
—	20	Roberto Tamburini	Aprilia · Matteoni Racing	DNF	1'52.197	208.9
—	21	Mateo Tunez	Aprilia · Master - MVA Aspar Team	Out on lap 1
—	52	Lukas Pesek	Derbi · Derbi Racing	DNF	1'59.031
—	53	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia · TicinoHosting Campetella JNR Team	DNF	1'48.958	215.6
—	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia · Master - MVA Aspar Team	Out on lap 1
—	82	Mathieu Lussiana	Honda · Villiers Team Competition	Out on lap 1

Source: official results DB | Scope: 2006 French GP, 3 races | How points work