2006 Grand Prix of Turkey

Race 3 of 17

Istanbul
22 laps
Time of race: 0:41:54.065
Average speed of winner: 168.225 kph
Margin of victory: 0.200 sec.
Lead changes: 6 among 5 drivers
Fastest lap: Toni Elías 1:52.877
Lap leaders: Vermeulen 1, Gibernau 2-10, Melandri 11, Pedrosa 12-16, Melandri 17, Stoner 18-21, Melandri 22

Finish	Start	Rider	Bike #	Team	Chassis	Owner	Qualifying Time	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	14	Marco Melandri	33	Fortuna Honda	Honda RC211V	Gresini	2:08.393	22	3	3	41:54.065	25
2	7	Casey Stoner	27	Honda LCR	Honda RC211V	LCR	2:07.277	22	1	4	+0.200	20
3	2	Nicky Hayden	69	Repsol Honda Team	Honda RC211V	Honda	2:04.823	22	0	0	+5.458	16
4	11	Valentino Rossi	46	Camel Yamaha Team	Yamaha YZR-M1	Yamaha	2:07.552	22	0	0	+6.209	13
5	12	Toni Elías	24	Fortuna Honda	Honda RC211V	Gresini	2:07.763	22	0	0	+6.587	11
6	4	Loris Capirossi	65	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP6	Ducati	2:05.540	22	0	0	+16.682	10
7	1	Chris Vermeulen	71	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki GSV-R	Suzuki	2:04.617	22	1	1	+16.777	9
8	8	Shinya Nakano	56	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR	Kawasaki	2:07.294	22	0	0	+21.537	8
9	9	Colin Edwards	5	Camel Yamaha Team	Yamaha YZR-M1	Yamaha	2:07.344	22	0	0	+22.847	7
10	13	Makoto Tamada	6	Konica Minolta Honda	Honda RC211V	JiR	2:08.143	22	0	0	+30.483	6
11	3	Sete Gibernau	15	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP6	Ducati	2:05.003	22	1	9	+30.543	5
12	6	Randy de Puniet	17	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR	Kawasaki	2:06.102	22	0	0	+34.284	4
13	10	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	10	Team Roberts	KR211V	KR	2:07.345	22	0	0	+45.112	3
14	16	Dani Pedrosa	26	Repsol Honda Team	Honda RC211V	Honda	2:10.956	22	1	5	+53.525	2
15	15	Carlos Checa	7	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha YZR-M1	Tech 3	2:10.322	22	0	0	+59.855	1
16	17	Alex Hofmann	66	Pramac d'Antin MotoGP	Ducati Desmosedici GP5	d Antin	2:11.241	22	0	0	+61.241	0
17	5	John Hopkins	21	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki GSV-R	Suzuki	2:05.700	22	0	0	+98.628	0
18	19	James Ellison	77	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha YZR-M1	Tech 3	2:12.298	21	0	0	+1 lap	0
19	18	José Luis Cardoso	30	Pramac d'Antin MotoGP	Ducati Desmosedici GP5	d Antin	2:11.456	15	0	0	+7 laps	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Nicky Hayden	52	3	0	0	3
2	Loris Capirossi	51	3	1	1	2
3	Marco Melandri	45	3	0	1	1
4	Casey Stoner	41	3	1	0	1
5	Valentino Rossi	40	3	0	1	1
6	Dani Pedrosa	32	3	0	0	1
7	Toni Elías	32	3	0	0	0
8	Shinya Nakano	22	3	0	0	0
9	Colin Edwards	19	3	0	0	0
10	Sete Gibernau	18	3	0	0	0
11	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	17	3	0	0	0
12	Makoto Tamada	14	3	0	0	0
13	Chris Vermeulen	13	3	1	0	0
14	Carlos Checa	8	3	0	0	0
15	John Hopkins	7	3	0	0	0
16	Randy de Puniet	4	2	0	0	0
17	James Ellison	3	3	0	0	0
18	Alex Hofmann	2	3	0	0	0
19	José Luis Cardoso	0	3	0	0	0