The 2006 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 2006 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 22–24 June 2006 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 26 42:27.404 4 25 2 56 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 26 +4.884 2 20 3 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 26 +7.525 5 16 4 27 Casey Stoner Honda LCR Honda 26 +7.555 12 13 5 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts KR211V 26 +8.078 10 11 6 21 John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 26 +17.065 1 10 7 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Honda Honda 26 +18.090 7 9 8 46 Valentino Rossi Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 26 +23.951 18 8 9 7 Carlos Checa Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 26 +29.027 8 7 10 71 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 26 +31.627 6 6 11 6 Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda 26 +32.841 13 5 12 66 Alex Hofmann Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 26 +34.143 9 4 13 5 Colin Edwards Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 26 +40.412 3 3 14 17 Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 26 +1:03.648 11 2 15 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 26 +1:17.303 15 1 16 22 Iván Silva Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 25 +1 lap 17 17 30 José Luis Cardoso Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 23 +3 laps 16 Ret 77 James Ellison Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 3 Accident 14 WD 24 Toni Elías Fortuna Honda Honda Withdrew Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 48 Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 24 40:30.770 1 25 2 7 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 24 +8.168 2 20 3 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 24 +8.241 3 16 4 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 24 +31.875 9 13 5 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 24 +34.686 8 11 6 55 Yuki Takahashi Honda 24 +39.326 5 10 7 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 24 +39.383 6 9 8 14 Anthony West Aprilia 24 +45.104 11 8 9 4 Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 24 +47.526 10 7 10 54 Manuel Poggiali KTM 24 +59.296 17 6 11 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 24 +1:04.424 15 5 12 73 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 24 +1:05.827 4 4 13 9 Franco Battaini Aprilia 24 +1:14.392 16 3 14 23 Arturo Tizón Honda 24 +1:21.750 22 2 15 42 Aleix Espargaró Honda 24 +1:21.763 18 1 16 37 Fabricio Perren Honda 24 +1:33.418 21 17 24 Jordi Carchano Aprilia 24 +1:42.902 20 18 22 Luca Morelli Aprilia 23 +1 lap 23 19 17 Franz Aschenbrenner Aprilia 23 +1 lap 24 20 70 Raymond Schouten Honda 23 +1 lap 25 21 68 Randy Gevers Aprilia 23 +1 lap 26 22 69 Bram Appelo Honda 23 +1 lap 28 23 71 Jan Roelofs Yamaha 23 +1 lap 27 Ret 96 Jakub Smrž Aprilia 1 Retirement 14 Ret 16 Jules Cluzel Aprilia 0 Accident 19 Ret 36 Martín Cárdenas Honda 0 Accident 12 Ret 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 0 Accident 7 Ret 8 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 0 Accident 13 DNQ 21 Arnaud Vincent Honda Did not qualify DNQ 72 David Drieghe Honda Did not qualify DNQ 85 Alessio Palumbo Aprilia Did not qualify OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 36 Mika Kallio KTM 22 38:51.450 1 25 2 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 22 +0.122 4 20 3 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 22 +0.128 2 16 4 24 Simone Corsi Gilera 22 +6.793 9 13 5 52 Lukáš Pešek Derbi 22 +6.828 3 11 6 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 22 +10.647 6 10 7 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 22 +10.691 5 9 8 1 Thomas Lüthi Honda 22 +10.935 19 8 9 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 22 +13.297 10 7 10 35 Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 22 +13.336 17 6 11 14 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 22 +13.430 11 5 12 6 Joan Olivé Aprilia 22 +20.824 15 4 13 63 Mike Di Meglio Honda 22 +24.778 14 3 14 11 Sandro Cortese Honda 22 +27.876 18 2 15 18 Nicolás Terol Derbi 22 +28.772 8 1 16 38 Bradley Smith Honda 22 +37.462 22 17 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 22 +39.194 16 18 43 Manuel Hernández Aprilia 22 +46.514 21 19 37 Joey Litjens Honda 22 +47.384 25 20 16 Michele Conti Honda 22 +47.911 26 21 26 Vincent Braillard Aprilia 22 +48.374 30 22 9 Michael Ranseder KTM 22 +48.880 40 23 95 Georg Fröhlich Honda 22 +59.268 27 24 23 Lorenzo Baroni Honda 22 +59.373 37 25 34 Esteve Rabat Honda 22 +59.455 34 26 53 Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 22 +1:03.116 33 27 20 Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 22 +1:05.437 39 28 90 Hiroaki Kuzuhara Malaguti 22 +1:05.603 36 29 45 Imre Tóth Aprilia 22 +1:16.271 29 30 13 Dino Lombardi Aprilia 22 +1:17.141 38 31 17 Stefan Bradl KTM 22 +1:39.032 24 32 81 Robert Mureșan Aprilia 21 +1 lap 42 33 94 Patrick van de Waarsenburg Honda 21 +1 lap 43Ret 10 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 21 Accident 13Ret 44 Karel Abraham Aprilia 21 Accident 35Ret 78 Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 21 Accident 28 NC 21 Mateo Túnez Aprilia 20 Finished through pits 23Ret 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 16 Accident 7Ret 32 Fabrizio Lai Honda 11 Retirement 12Ret 93 Gert-Jan Kok Honda 9 Accident 41Ret 7 Alexis Masbou Malaguti 7 Accident 32Ret 12 Federico Sandi Aprilia 7 Accident 31Ret 15 Michele Pirro Aprilia 4 Retirement 20 OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Nicky Hayden 144 2 Dani Pedrosa 102 3 Loris Capirossi 100 4 Valentino Rossi 98 5 Marco Melandri 98
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 176 2 Yamaha 127 3 Ducati 109 4 Suzuki 64 5 Kawasaki 57
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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