The 2006 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the last race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 27–29 October 2006 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo. The MotoGP riders' championship was decided at this race, as Nicky Hayden's third place ensured he completed the season with more points than his rival, and polesitter for the race, Valentino Rossi, who finished down in thirteenth after he fell during the race.

The race was also notable for two lasts; the last race with the 990cc (60.4 cu in) engines which débuted in 2002, and the last race for the Honda RC211V, as the engines switched to 800cc (48.8 cu in) in capacity and Honda would field the RC212V from 2007.

MotoGP classification

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 46:55.415 2 25 2 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +1.319 3 20 3 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +9.230 5 16 4 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +12.065 6 13 5 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Honda Honda 30 +16.306 12 11 6 24 Toni Elías Fortuna Honda Honda 30 +17.390 13 10 7 56 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +19.329 4 9 8 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts KR211V 30 +23.174 14 8 9 5 Colin Edwards Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +26.072 10 7 10 7 Carlos Checa Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 30 +28.194 16 6 11 21 John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +29.364 9 5 12 6 Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda 30 +29.707 15 4 13 46 Valentino Rossi Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +38.546 1 3 14 77 James Ellison Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 30 +1:20.013 19 2 15 8 Garry McCoy Ilmor SRT Ilmor X3 23 +7 laps 20 1 Ret 27 Casey Stoner Honda LCR Honda 23 Accident 7 Ret 71 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 13 Accident 8 Ret 30 José Luis Cardoso Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 12 Retirement 18 Ret 66 Alex Hofmann Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 9 Accident 17 Ret 17 Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 5 Accident 11 Sources:

250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 7 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 27 43:52.247 3 25 2 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 27 +4.524 4 20 3 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 27 +9.551 6 16 4 48 Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 27 +11.366 2 13 5 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 27 +14.957 10 11 6 73 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 27 +17.621 8 10 7 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 27 +18.505 7 9 8 54 Manuel Poggiali KTM 27 +18.846 11 8 9 52 José David de Gea Honda 27 +20.362 9 7 10 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 27 +24.257 13 6 11 96 Jakub Smrž Aprilia 27 +36.071 12 5 12 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 27 +40.323 17 4 13 42 Aleix Espargaró Honda 27 +49.222 15 3 14 37 Fabricio Perren Honda 27 +51.787 18 2 15 8 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 27 +53.194 23 1 16 44 Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 27 +57.940 21 17 31 Álvaro Molina Aprilia 27 +1:16.334 19 18 23 Arturo Tizón Honda 27 +1:29.704 22 19 14 Anthony West Aprilia 27 +1:30.923 14 20 65 Alessandro Brannetti Honda 27 +1:31.558 25 21 57 Chaz Davies Honda 27 +1:31.982 26 22 24 Jordi Carchano Aprilia 26 +1 lap 24 23 53 Santiago Barragán Honda 26 +1 lap 30 24 22 Luca Morelli Aprilia 26 +1 lap 27 Ret 4 Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 20 Accident 1 Ret 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 12 Accident 5 Ret 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 10 Retirement 16 Ret 45 Dan Linfoot Honda 8 Retirement 29 Ret 85 Alessio Palumbo Aprilia 4 Accident 28 Ret 16 Jules Cluzel Aprilia 1 Retirement 20 WD 55 Yuki Takahashi Honda Withdrew

125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 24 40:15.460 2 25 2 36 Mika Kallio KTM 24 +1.764 5 20 3 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 24 +1.938 3 16 4 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 24 +8.646 1 13 5 52 Lukáš Pešek Derbi 24 +8.673 7 11 6 42 Pol Espargaró Derbi 24 +12.428 6 10 7 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 24 +18.925 19 9 8 14 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 24 +22.058 12 8 9 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 24 +22.102 4 7 10 1 Thomas Lüthi Honda 24 +25.405 13 6 11 18 Nicolás Terol Derbi 24 +25.605 11 5 12 38 Bradley Smith Honda 24 +28.700 23 4 13 34 Esteve Rabat Honda 24 +36.206 17 3 14 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Malaguti 24 +41.651 18 2 15 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 24 +41.748 20 1 16 21 Mateo Túnez Aprilia 24 +45.893 26 17 20 Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 24 +46.005 22 18 11 Sandro Cortese Honda 24 +47.510 9 19 24 Simone Corsi Gilera 24 +52.287 16 20 6 Joan Olivé Aprilia 24 +54.531 21 21 43 Manuel Hernández Aprilia 24 +56.966 27 22 12 Federico Sandi Aprilia 24 +57.995 24 23 16 Michele Conti Honda 24 +1:01.336 35 24 9 Michael Ranseder KTM 24 +1:02.918 28 25 37 Joey Litjens Honda 24 +1:02.992 38 26 30 Pere Tutusaus Derbi 24 +1:04.324 33 27 90 Hiroaki Kuzuhara Aprilia 24 +1:07.021 30 28 53 Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 24 +1:08.649 29 29 25 Dominique Aegerter Aprilia 24 +1:08.682 32 30 49 Kazuma Watanabe Honda 24 +1:08.809 36 31 13 Dino Lombardi Aprilia 24 +1:09.140 34 32 67 Blake Leigh-Smith KTM 24 +1:19.944 42 33 45 Imre Tóth Aprilia 24 +1:20.568 31 34 87 Roberto Lacalendola Aprilia 24 +1:31.922 43 35 40 Nico Vivarelli Malaguti 24 +1:31.995 31 36 77 Daniel Sáez Aprilia 24 +1:38.898 40 37 83 Clément Dunikowski Honda 23 +1 lap 39 Ret 32 Fabrizio Lai Honda 18 Retirement 14 Ret 35 Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 11 Retirement 25 Ret 60 Julián Simón KTM 6 Accident 8 Ret 44 Karel Abraham Aprilia 6 Accident 15 Ret 54 Randy Krummenacher KTM 5 Accident 10 Ret 78 Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 3 Accident 37

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Nicky Hayden 252 2 Valentino Rossi 247 3 Loris Capirossi 229 4 Marco Melandri 228 5 Dani Pedrosa 215

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 360 2 Yamaha 289 3 Ducati 248 4 Suzuki 151 5 KR211V 134

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

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