2006 Dutch TT

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.

Nicky Hayden and Dani Pedrosa, spraying the champagne after finishing first and third at the MotoGP race. Hayden beat the Yamaha of Colin Edwards in a last-lap battle, which saw both riders drive through the gravel, with Edwards crashing out as a result.

  2006 Dutch TT

Race details
Race 8 of 17 races in the 2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	24 June 2006
Official name	A-Style TT Assen[1][2][3]
Location	TT Circuit Assen
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.555 km (2.830 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider John Hopkins Time 1:36.411 Fastest lap Rider Nicky Hayden Time 1:37.106 Podium First Nicky Hayden Second Shinya Nakano Third Dani Pedrosa
250cc
Pole position Rider Jorge Lorenzo Time 1:40.007 Fastest lap Rider Jorge Lorenzo Time 1:40.500 Podium First Jorge Lorenzo Second Alex de Angelis Third Andrea Dovizioso
125cc
Pole position Rider Mika Kallio Time 1:44.532 Fastest lap Rider Sergio Gadea Time 1:45.098 Podium First Mika Kallio Second Sergio Gadea Third Álvaro Bautista

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: [4][5][6]

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	43
Ret	10	Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	21	Accident	13
Ret	44	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	21	Accident	35
Ret	78	Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	21	Accident	28
NC	21	Mateo Túnez	Aprilia	20	Finished through pits	23
Ret	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	16	Accident	7
Ret	32	Fabrizio Lai	Honda	11	Retirement	12
Ret	93	Gert-Jan Kok	Honda	9	Accident	41
Ret	7	Alexis Masbou	Malaguti	7	Accident	32
Ret	12	Federico Sandi	Aprilia	7	Accident	31
Ret	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.^[7]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. 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 Pos. 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.