The 2006 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2006 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 8–10 September 2006 at the Sepang International Circuit.
This was the last MotoGP round to be sponsored by a tobacco company.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 21 43:07.829 1 25 2 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 21 +0.849 3 20 3 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 +3.863 5 16 4 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 +5.780 2 13 5 15 Sete Gibernau Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 21 +9.301 6 11 6 21 John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 21 +11.081 8 10 7 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts KR211V 21 +11.838 4 9 8 27 Casey Stoner Honda LCR Honda 21 +12.267 10 8 9 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Honda Honda 21 +15.019 9 7 10 5 Colin Edwards Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 21 +19.909 11 6 11 71 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 21 +24.371 16 5 12 7 Carlos Checa Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 21 +30.884 15 4 13 17 Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 21 +36.335 7 3 14 6 Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda 21 +48.777 13 2 15 66 Alex Hofmann Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 21 +59.081 17 1 16 77 James Ellison Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 21 +1:05.787 18 17 30 José Luis Cardoso Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 21 +1:37.862 19 Ret 24 Toni Elías Fortuna Honda Honda 10 Accident 14 Ret 56 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 0 Accident 12 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 48 Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 20 43:15.499 2 25 2 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 20 +5.428 5 20 3 7 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 20 +10.225 6 16 4 55 Yuki Takahashi Honda 20 +25.669 9 13 5 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 20 +31.152 4 11 6 73 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 20 +39.936 7 10 7 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 20 +50.672 10 9 8 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 20 +1:06.107 12 8 9 42 Aleix Espargaró Honda 20 +1:06.556 13 7 10 16 Jules Cluzel Aprilia 20 +1:17.868 20 6 11 21 Arnaud Vincent Honda 20 +1:27.761 27 5 12 24 Jordi Carchano Aprilia 20 +1:54.913 18 4 13 44 Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 20 +2:00.097 22 3 14 22 Luca Morelli Aprilia 20 +2:24.623 21 2 15 14 Anthony West Aprilia 19 +1 lap 26 1 16 59 Chin Feng Ho Aprilia 19 +1 lap 23 17 56 Rong Zai Su Aprilia 19 +1 lap 25 18 85 Alessio Palumbo Aprilia 19 +1 lap 24 Ret 37 Fabricio Perren Honda 17 Accident 19 Ret 96 Jakub Smrž Aprilia 9 Accident 15 Ret 54 Manuel Poggiali KTM 9 Accident 11 Ret 8 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 9 Accident 17 Ret 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 7 Retirement 14 Ret 4 Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 4 Retirement 3 Ret 23 Arturo Tizón Honda 3 Accident 16 Ret 36 Martín Cárdenas Honda 1 Accident 8 Ret 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 1 Accident 1 WD 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia Withdrew
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 12 26:52.154 1 25 2 36 Mika Kallio KTM 12 +3.577 2 20 3 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 12 +9.904 5 16 4 60 Julián Simón KTM 12 +9.974 11 13 5 6 Joan Olivé Aprilia 12 +11.551 4 11 6 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 12 +11.588 15 10 7 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 12 +13.157 3 9 8 14 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 12 +13.198 12 8 9 52 Lukáš Pešek Derbi 12 +13.934 7 7 10 18 Nicolás Terol Derbi 12 +15.004 6 6 11 32 Fabrizio Lai Honda 12 +19.568 8 5 12 34 Esteve Rabat Honda 12 +25.342 24 4 13 1 Thomas Lüthi Honda 12 +26.317 16 3 14 42 Pol Espargaró Derbi 12 +34.470 22 2 15 24 Simone Corsi Gilera 12 +41.849 19 1 16 12 Federico Sandi Aprilia 12 +41.917 21 17 11 Sandro Cortese Honda 12 +42.058 10 18 44 Karel Abraham Aprilia 12 +47.431 26 19 20 Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 12 +47.466 23 20 9 Michael Ranseder KTM 12 +48.003 29 21 16 Michele Conti Honda 12 +48.480 31 22 43 Manuel Hernández Aprilia 12 +49.229 27 23 45 Imre Tóth Aprilia 12 +49.987 18 24 15 Michele Pirro Honda 12 +54.614 25 25 87 Roberto Lacalendola Aprilia 12 +1:07.132 36 26 80 Doni Tata Pradita Yamaha 12 +1:24.614 35 Ret 13 Dino Lombardi Aprilia 11 Retirement 30 Ret 37 Joey Litjens Honda 11 Retirement 33 Ret 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Malaguti 6 Accident 9 Ret 35 Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 4 Retirement 14 Ret 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 4 Retirement 13 Ret 63 Mike Di Meglio Honda 2 Retirement 20 Ret 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 0 Accident 17DNS 26 Vincent Braillard Aprilia 0 Did not restart 32 DNS 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 0 Did not restart 28 DNS 53 Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 0 Did not start 34 DNS 7 Alexis Masbou Malaguti Did not start DNS 17 Stefan Bradl KTM Did not start
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round thirteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Nicky Hayden 214 2 Dani Pedrosa 192 3 Valentino Rossi 188 4 Loris Capirossi 171 5 Marco Melandri 168
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 278 2 Yamaha 226 3 Ducati 180 4 Suzuki 111 5 KR211V 101
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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