Race 66 Spain/2006/Jerez Loris Capirossi wins the opening race of 2006 to lead the championship for the first time. It is the first time in the
MotoGP era that Rossi has failed to win the opening race of the year.
Dani Pedrosa becomes the first rider to finish on the podium on his debut in the premier-class since Biaggi and Haga at Suzuka in 1998.
Race 67 Qatar/2006/Losail Casey Stoner starts from pole in only his second appearance on a MotoGP machine
Race 69 China/2006/Shanghai Dani Pedrosa wins on only his fourth start in the MotoGP class to become the youngest rider to win in all three GP classes.
Race 73 Dutch TT/2006/Assen Nicky Hayden wins the Dutch TT to give Honda its 200th victory in the premier-class.
Race 81 Portugal/2006/Estoril Toni Elias wins in Portugal by just 0.002 seconds to equal the closest ever recorded finish.
Race 82 Valencia/2006/Ricardo Tormo In one of the most dramatic finales ever Nicky Hayden wins the title after
Valentino Rossi crashes. Ducati's
Troy Bayliss becomes the first wild-card or replacement rider to win a MotoGP race.
Race 83 Qatar/2007/Losail Casey Stoner takes his first victory at the opening race of the year for the new 800cc machines. This makes Stoner the first Australian to win in all three Grand Prix classes.
Race 87 France/2007/Le Mans Chris Vermeulen gives Suzuki its first victory in the MotoGP era.
Race 95 San Marino/2007/Misano Casey Stoner becomes the first rider of the MotoGP era to have had start-to-finish victories in three successive races.
Race 97 Japan/2007/Motegi Loris Capirossi wins the race to extend his winning career in grand prix racing to more than 17 years. Casey Stoner finishes sixth to become the first rider to win the MotoGP title riding a Ducati.
Race 99 Malaysia/2007/Sepang For the first time ever in the premier-class every rider who started the race finished on the same lap as the race winner.
Race 100 Valencia/2007/Ricardo Tormo ...?
