2006 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

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Japan  2006 Japanese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 15 of 17 races in the
2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date24 September 2006
Official nameA-Style Grand Prix of Japan[1][2][3]
LocationTwin Ring Motegi
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.801 km (2.983 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Italy Loris Capirossi
Time 1:45.724
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:47.288
Podium
First Italy Loris Capirossi
Second Italy Valentino Rossi
Third Italy Marco Melandri
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Time 1:51.374
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Hiroshi Aoyama
Time 1:52.800
Podium
First Japan Hiroshi Aoyama
Second San Marino Alex de Angelis
Third Spain Jorge Lorenzo
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Álvaro Bautista
Time 1:57.231
Fastest lap
Rider Finland Mika Kallio
Time 1:57.666
Podium
First Finland Mika Kallio
Second Spain Álvaro Bautista
Third Spain Julián Simón

The 2006 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 22 –24 September 2006 at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit.

MotoGP classification[edit]

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 24 43:13.585 1 25
2 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +5.088 2 20
3 33 Italy Marco Melandri Fortuna Honda Honda 24 +8.378 3 16
4 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 24 +9.712 5 13
5 69 United States Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +11.944 7 11
6 24 Spain Toni Elías Fortuna Honda Honda 24 +18.108 6 10
7 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +19.937 9 9
8 5 United States Colin Edwards Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +22.492 10 8
9 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts KR211V 24 +26.824 14 7
10 6 Japan Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda 24 +30.970 18 6
11 71 Australia Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 24 +39.263 15 5
12 21 United States John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 24 +39.440 13 4
13 64 Japan Kousuke Akiyoshi Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 24 +45.595 12 3
14 7 Spain Carlos Checa Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 24 +49.571 17 2
15 77 United Kingdom James Ellison Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 24 +1:09.085 19 1
16 66 Germany Alex Hofmann Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 24 +1:11.748 20
Ret 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 23 Accident 4
Ret 27 Australia Casey Stoner Honda LCR Honda 12 Accident 11
Ret 17 France Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 8 Accident 8
Ret 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Kawasaki Kawasaki 8 Retirement 16
Ret 30 Spain José Luis Cardoso Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 1 Accident 21
Sources: [4][5][6]

250 cc classification[edit]

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 23 43:36.310 4 25
2 7 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia 23 +1.341 3 20
3 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 23 +4.349 1 16
4 34 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 23 +4.530 2 13
5 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 23 +14.864 7 11
6 73 Japan Shuhei Aoyama Honda 23 +24.111 5 10
7 80 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 23 +41.433 8 9
8 86 Japan Ryuji Yokoe Yamaha 23 +41.749 11 8
9 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli Gilera 23 +41.881 15 7
10 87 Thailand Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 23 +42.054 14 6
11 14 Australia Anthony West Aprilia 23 +43.329 18 5
12 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali KTM 23 +48.247 16 4
13 89 Japan Seijin Oikawa Yamaha 23 +49.242 17 3
14 25 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 23 +59.804 22 2
15 37 Argentina Fabricio Perren Honda 23 +1:00.019 20 1
16 28 Germany Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 23 +1:04.360 21
17 16 France Jules Cluzel Aprilia 23 +1:06.599 29
18 44 Japan Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 23 +1:22.509 28
19 88 Japan Youichi Ui Yamaha 23 +1:23.416 27
20 93 Japan Kouki Takahashi Honda 23 +1:23.474 26
21 23 Spain Arturo Tizón Honda 23 +1:32.896 23
22 24 Spain Jordi Carchano Aprilia 23 +1:33.263 24
23 20 Japan Takumi Takahashi Honda 23 +2:03.029 25
24 85 Italy Alessio Palumbo Aprilia 22 +1 lap 32
Ret 96 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Aprilia 17 Retirement 10
Ret 55 Japan Yuki Takahashi Honda 14 Accident 6
Ret 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 6 Accident 9
Ret 22 Italy Luca Morelli Aprilia 5 Retirement 31
Ret 42 Spain Aleix Espargaró Honda 3 Retirement 19
Ret 8 Italy Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 1 Accident 12
Ret 52 Spain José David de Gea Honda 1 Accident 13
DNS 21 France Arnaud Vincent Honda 0 Did not start 30
[7]

125 cc classification[edit]

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 36 Finland Mika Kallio KTM 21 41:40.970 2 25
2 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 21 +0.185 1 20
3 60 Spain Julián Simón KTM 21 +7.769 4 16
4 75 Italy Mattia Pasini Aprilia 21 +7.907 7 13
5 52 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Derbi 21 +7.924 6 11
6 55 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 21 +8.078 3 10
7 71 Japan Tomoyoshi Koyama Malaguti 21 +22.782 10 9
8 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Honda 21 +22.911 9 8
9 14 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Honda 21 +23.192 12 7
10 18 Spain Nicolás Terol Derbi 21 +32.403 18 6
11 32 Italy Fabrizio Lai Honda 21 +39.590 11 5
12 34 Spain Esteve Rabat Honda 21 +39.735 21 4
13 44 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Aprilia 21 +39.817 23 3
14 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Honda 21 +40.011 14 2
15 90 Japan Hiroaki Kuzuhara Aprilia 21 +40.135 17 1
16 53 Italy Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 21 +43.213 27
17 26 Switzerland Vincent Braillard Aprilia 21 +49.105 29
18 20 Italy Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 21 +54.960 26
19 42 Spain Pol Espargaró Derbi 21 +55.641 20
20 33 Spain Sergio Gadea Aprilia 21 +55.673 5
21 87 Italy Roberto Lacalendola Aprilia 21 +1:06.921 34
22 67 Australia Blake Leigh-Smith KTM 21 +1:07.536 33
23 9 Austria Michael Ranseder KTM 21 +1:07.695 28
24 43 Spain Manuel Hernández Aprilia 21 +1:08.696 30
25 45 Hungary Imre Tóth Aprilia 21 +1:14.767 25
26 13 Italy Dino Lombardi Aprilia 21 +1:17.503 40
27 50 Japan Hiroomi Iwata Honda 21 +1:18.114 32
28 16 Italy Michele Conti Honda 21 +1:20.465 36
29 37 Netherlands Joey Litjens Honda 21 +1:23.274 39
30 48 Japan Toshihisa Kuzuhara Honda 21 +1:23.653 37
31 51 Japan Iori Namihira Honda 21 +1:24.235 38
Ret 49 Japan Kazuma Watanabe Honda 20 Accident 31
Ret 12 Italy Federico Sandi Aprilia 17 Retirement 22
Ret 6 Spain Joan Olivé Aprilia 12 Retirement 19
Ret 8 Italy Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 9 Retirement 15
Ret 47 Japan Shoya Tomizawa Honda 8 Retirement 35
Ret 35 Italy Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 5 Accident 16
Ret 1 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda 3 Retirement 8
Ret 63 France Mike Di Meglio Honda 3 Retirement 13
Ret 73 Japan Kazuya Otani Malaguti 2 Retirement 24
WD 24 Italy Simone Corsi Gilera Withdrew
[8]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)[edit]

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.[9]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2006 Japanese MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  2. ^ "2006 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. ^ "Twin Ring Motegi | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  4. ^ "2006 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  5. ^ "2006 Japanese Grand Prix : Classifications : 500cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  6. ^ "motogp.com · A-STYLE GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN · MotoGP Race Classification 2006". www.motogp.com.
  7. ^ "2006 Japanese Grand Prix : Classifications : 250cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  8. ^ "2006 Japanese Grand Prix : Classifications : 125cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2006. Retrieved 2019-08-22.


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