Rossi Wins a Chaotic Catalunya MotoGP
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Tuesday, 20 June 2006 |
Valentino Rossi picked up his second race win in a row on Sunday in Catalunya. The Italian rider took a comfortable win in a race that had to be restarted due to a nasty first corner crash that saw 5 bikes head into the gravel. Marco Melandri, Sete Gibernau and Loris Capirossi were all injured and it currently looks as though Capirossi may be the only rider of the three that will be able to race in Assen this weekend.
2006 Catalunya MotoGP Race Results1) Valentino Rossi Camel Yamaha Team - 41'31.237
2) Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team - 41'35.746
3) Kenny Roberts Jr Team Roberts - 41'40.411
4) John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP - 41'44.702
5) Colin Edwards Camel Yamaha Team - 41'53.785
6) Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP - 41'56.435
7) Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda - 42'01.859
8) Carlos Checa Tech 3 Yamaha - 42'02.514
9) James Ellison Tech 3 Yamaha - 42'30.440
10) Alex Hofmann Pramac d'Antín MotoGP - 42'45.299
11) Jose Luis Cardoso Pramac d'Antín MotoGP - 43'18.052
12) Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team - 20'32.779 - DNF
13) Toni Elias Fortuna Honda - 15'40.239 - DNF
14) Casey Stoner Honda LCR - 13'52.838 - DNF
15) Randy De Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team - 10'32.763 - DNF
16) Sete Gibernau Ducati Marlboro Team - Did not start
17) Marco Melandri Fortuna Honda - DNS
18) Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team - DNS
19) Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team - Excluded Apologies for the total lack of coverage of the Catalunya GP. Our staff of one were off doing normal, sane person things this weekend (like not updating MotoGP websites) and then when we wrote up a nice little roundup of the race and the events following, our publishing software chewed it up, spat it out and laughed at us. As you can imagine, typing it all out again isn't a very fun idea. Anyway - besides the turn one crash it wasn't a great race. Is that a good enough excuse? Well, regardless - normal service will resume... now.
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