2006 MotoGP Championship - Round 17 - Valencia - October 27/28/29 - Coverage by MCNEWS.COM.AU

125 Race

Kallio led the field around the first lap with Espargaro and Faubel but it only took a few laps for pole sitter and newly crowned World Champion Alvaro Bautista to take his place at the front of the pack.  As the race progressed Bautista and Faubel broke away from Gadea, Kallio and Pesek while that trio engaged in an exciting battle for third. 

Hector Faubel went on to take the win ahead of Kallio and Gadea after Bautista faded to fourth in the latter stages of the race with a lack of power in the upper gears robbing him of his chance at the win.

Faubel's win promoted him to third place in the final series standings ahead of Pasini.

Kallio's second place rounded out a great second half of the season for the Fin with eight podiums from the final nine races of the series to complete his sign off from the 125 ranks before stepping up to the 250cc class in 2007 along with championship winner Bautista.

 

Race Result

  1. Faubel
  2. Kallio 1.7 secs
  3. Gadea 1.9 secs
  4. Bautista 8.6 secs
  5. Pesek 8.6 secs
  6. Espargaro 12.4 secs
  7. Nieto 18.9 secs
  8. Talmacsi 22.0 secs
  9. Pasini
  10. Luthi
  11. Terol
  12. Smith
  13. Rabat
  14. Koyama
  15. Zanetti
  16. Tunez
  17. Tamburini
  18. Cortese
  19. Corsi
  20. Olive
  21. Hernandez
  22. Sandi
  23. Conti
  24. Ranseder
  25. Litjens
  26. Tutusaus
  27. Kuzuhara
  28. Grotzkyj
  29. Aegerter
  30. Watanabe
  31. Lombardi
  32. Leigh-Smith
  33. Toth
  34. Lacalendola
  35. Vivarelli
  36. Saez
  37. Dunikowski

125cc Championship

  1. Bautista 338
  2. Kallio 262
  3. Faubel 197
  4. Pasini 192
  5. Gadea 160
  6. Pesek 154
  7. Talmacsi 119
  8. Luthi 113
  9. Simon 97
  10. Olive 85
  11. Lai 83
  12. Corsi 79
  13. Nieto 66
  14. Terol 53
  15. Koyama 49
  16. De Rosa 37

 

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