2006 MotoGP statistical summary

By Dan Moakes
March 13 2007

How was the title won? The figures are rarely misleading, as the following data demonstrates

2006 MotoGP statistics

rider pts 1st 2nd 3rd top 6 poles FLs
Nicky Hayden 252 2 3 5 14 1 2
Valentino Rossi 247 5 4 1 11 5 4
Loris Capirossi 229 3 4 1 10 2 5
Marco Melandri 228 3 1 3 11
Dani Pedrosa 215 2 2 4 12 4 4
Kenny Roberts 134 2 6 1
Colin Edwards 124 1 5
Casey Stoner 119 1 9 1
John Hopkins 116 6 1
Toní Elías 116 1 5 1
Chris Vermeulen 98 1 3 2
Makoto Tamada 96 2
Sete Gibernau 95 5 1
Shin’ya Nakano 92 1 2
Carlos Checa 75
Randy de Puniet 37
Alex Hofmann 30
James Ellison 26
Troy Bayliss 25 1 1

other points scorers:
José Luís Cardoso 10; Kousuke Akiyoshi 3; Garry McCoy 2

no points scored:
Michel Fabrizio, Naoki Matsudo, Iván Silva

date venue winners
26-3 Jeréz Capirossi
8-4 Losail Rossi
30-4 Ístanbul Melandri
14-5 Shanghai Pedrosa
21-5 Le Mans Melandri
4-6 Mugello Rossi
18-6 Catalunya Rossi
24-6 Assen Hayden
2-7 Donington Pedrosa
16-7 Sachsenring Rossi
23-7 Laguna Seca Hayden
20-8 Brno Capirossi
10-9 Sepang Rossi
17-9 Philip Island Melandri
24-9 Motegi Capirossi
15-10 Estoril Elías
29-10 Valencia Bayliss

career GP1 victories
58 · Valentino Rossi (2000 to 2006)
9 · Sete Gibernau (2001 to 2004)
8 · Loris Capirossi (1996 to 2006)
8 · Kenny Roberts (1999 to 2000)
5 · Marco Melandri (2005 to 2006)
3 · Garry McCoy (2000)
3 · Nicky Hayden (2005 to 2006)
2 · Carlos Checa (1996 to 1998)
2 · Makoto Tamada (2004)
2 · Dani Pedrosa (2006)
1 · Toní Elías (2006)
1 · Troy Bayliss (2006)


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