'06 in numbers

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Here are a few stats for all you number crunchers....


Race Winners:

Hayden(1st): Wins 2; Second 3 ; Third 5
Rossi(2nd): Wins 5; Second 4 ; Third 1
Capirossi(3rd): Wins 3; Second 4 ; Third 1
Melandri(4th): Wins 3; Second 1 ; Third 3
Pedrosa(5th): Wins 2; Second 2 ; Third 4
Elias(9th): Wins 1; Second 0 ; Third 0
Bayliss(19th): Wins 1; Second 0 ; Third 0

Most Fastest laps:
1 ~ Loris Capirossi - 5
2 ~ Valentino Rossi - 4
= Dani Pedrosa - 4
4 ~ Nicky Hayden - 2
5 ~ Kenny Roberts jr - 1
= Toni Elias - 1

Distance raced in the season:

1 ~ Carlos Checa - 1946.34km
2 ~ Valentino Rossi - 1923.76km
3 ~ Makoto Tamada - 1917.40km
4 ~ Colin Edwards - 1906.31
5 ~ Nicky Hayden - 1890.4

Laps in first place:

1 ~ Valentino Rossi - 112 laps
2 ~ Loris Capirossi - 88 laps
3 ~ Dani Pedrosa - 40 laps
4 ~ Marco Melandri - 33 laps
= Colin Edwards - 33 laps
5 ~ Troy Bayliss - 30 laps

Riders finishing higher than their qualifying positions:

Nicky Hayden - 11 times
Marco Melandri - 11 times
Valentino Rossi - 6 times
Loris Capirossi - 6 times
Dani Pedrosa - 10 times

[Julian Mayo]

Bayliss has a 100% record
Most fastest laps, for race laps .
Most number of poles for race starts
Most number of laps in the lead for race laps.
Highest percentage of race wins for starts.