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 Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 24 43:13.585 1 25 2 46 Valentino Rossi Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +5.088 2 20 3 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Honda Honda 24 +8.378 3 16 4 15 Sete Gibernau Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 24 +9.712 5 13 5 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +11.944 7 11 6 24 Toni Elías Fortuna Honda Honda 24 +18.108 6 10 7 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +19.937 9 9 8 5 Colin Edwards Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +22.492 10 8 9 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts KR211V 24 +26.824 14 7 10 6 Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda 24 +30.970 18 6 11 71 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 24 +39.263 15 5 12 21 John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 24 +39.440 13 4 13 64 Kousuke Akiyoshi Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 24 +45.595 12 3 14 7 Carlos Checa Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 24 +49.571 17 2 15 77 James Ellison Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 24 +1:09.085 19 1 16 66 Alex Hofmann Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 24 +1:11.747 20 Ret 56 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 23 Accident 4 Ret 27 Casey Stoner Honda LCR Honda 12 Accident 11 Ret 17 Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 8 Accident 8 Ret 8 Naoki Matsudo Kawasaki Kawasaki 8 Retirement 16 Ret 30 José Luis Cardoso Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 1 Accident 21 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 23 43:36.310 4 25 2 7 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 23 +1.341 3 20 3 48 Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 23 +4.349 1 16 4 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 23 +4.530 2 13 5 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 23 +14.864 7 11 6 73 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 23 +24.111 5 10 7 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 23 +41.433 8 9 8 86 Ryuji Yokoe Yamaha 23 +41.749 11 8 9 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 23 +41.881 15 7 10 87 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 23 +42.054 14 6 11 14 Anthony West Aprilia 23 +43.329 18 5 12 54 Manuel Poggiali KTM 23 +48.247 16 4 13 89 Seijin Oikawa Yamaha 23 +49.242 17 3 14 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 23 +59.804 22 2 15 37 Fabricio Perren Honda 23 +1:00.019 20 1 16 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 23 +1:04.360 21 17 16 Jules Cluzel Aprilia 23 +1:06.599 29 18 44 Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 23 +1:22.509 28 19 88 Youichi Ui Yamaha 23 +1:23.416 27 20 93 Kouki Takahashi Honda 23 +1:23.474 26 21 23 Arturo Tizón Honda 23 +1:32.896 23 22 24 Jordi Carchano Aprilia 23 +1:33.263 24 23 20 Takumi Takahashi Honda 23 +2:03.029 25 24 85 Alessio Palumbo Aprilia 22 +1 lap 32 Ret 96 Jakub Smrž Aprilia 17 Retirement 10 Ret 55 Yuki Takahashi Honda 14 Accident 6 Ret 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 6 Accident 9 Ret 22 Luca Morelli Aprilia 5 Retirement 31 Ret 42 Aleix Espargaró Honda 3 Retirement 19 Ret 8 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 1 Accident 12 Ret 52 José David de Gea Honda 1 Accident 13 DNS 21 Arnaud Vincent Honda 0 Did not start 30
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 36 Mika Kallio KTM 21 41:40.970 2 25 2 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 21 +0.185 1 20 3 60 Julián Simón KTM 21 +7.769 4 16 4 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 21 +7.907 7 13 5 52 Lukáš Pešek Derbi 21 +7.924 6 11 6 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 21 +8.078 3 10 7 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Malaguti 21 +22.782 10 9 8 38 Bradley Smith Honda 21 +22.911 9 8 9 14 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 21 +23.192 12 7 10 18 Nicolás Terol Derbi 21 +32.403 18 6 11 32 Fabrizio Lai Honda 21 +39.590 11 5 12 34 Esteve Rabat Honda 21 +39.735 21 4 13 44 Karel Abraham Aprilia 21 +39.817 23 3 14 11 Sandro Cortese Honda 21 +40.011 14 2 15 90 Hiroaki Kuzuhara Aprilia 21 +40.135 17 1 16 53 Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 21 +43.213 27 17 26 Vincent Braillard Aprilia 21 +49.105 29 18 20 Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 21 +54.960 26 19 42 Pol Espargaró Derbi 21 +55.641 20 20 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 21 +55.673 5 21 87 Roberto Lacalendola Aprilia 21 +1:06.921 34 22 67 Blake Leigh-Smith KTM 21 +1:07.536 33 23 9 Michael Ranseder KTM 21 +1:07.695 28 24 43 Manuel Hernández Aprilia 21 +1:08.696 30 25 45 Imre Tóth Aprilia 21 +1:14.767 25 26 13 Dino Lombardi Aprilia 21 +1:17.503 40 27 50 Hiroomi Iwata Honda 21 +1:18.114 32 28 16 Michele Conti Honda 21 +1:20.465 36 29 37 Joey Litjens Honda 21 +1:23.274 39 30 48 Toshihisa Kuzuhara Honda 21 +1:23.653 37 31 51 Iori Namihira Honda 21 +1:24.235 38 Ret 49 Kazuma Watanabe Honda 20 Accident 31 Ret 12 Federico Sandi Aprilia 17 Retirement 22 Ret 6 Joan Olivé Aprilia 12 Retirement 19 Ret 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 9 Retirement 15 Ret 47 Shoya Tomizawa Honda 8 Retirement 35 Ret 35 Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 5 Accident 16 Ret 1 Thomas Lüthi Honda 3 Retirement 8 Ret 63 Mike Di Meglio Honda 3 Retirement 13 Ret 73 Kazuya Otani Malaguti 2 Retirement 24 WD 24 Simone Corsi Gilera Withdrew
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Nicky Hayden 236 2 Valentino Rossi 224 3 Marco Melandri 209 4 Loris Capirossi 205 5 Dani Pedrosa 202
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 319 2 Yamaha 262 3 Ducati 218 4 Suzuki 136 5 KR211V 110
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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