2006 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  2006 Japanese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 15 of 17 races in the 2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	24 September 2006
Official name	A-Style Grand Prix of Japan[1][2][3]
Location	Twin Ring Motegi
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.801 km (2.983 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Loris Capirossi Time 1:45.724 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:47.288 Podium First Loris Capirossi Second Valentino Rossi Third Marco Melandri
250cc
Pole position Rider Jorge Lorenzo Time 1:51.374 Fastest lap Rider Hiroshi Aoyama Time 1:52.800 Podium First Hiroshi Aoyama Second Alex de Angelis Third Jorge Lorenzo
125cc
Pole position Rider Álvaro Bautista Time 1:57.231 Fastest lap Rider Mika Kallio Time 1:57.666 Podium First Mika Kallio Second Álvaro Bautista Third Julián Simón

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	+1:11.748	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: [4][5][6]

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
[7]

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
[8]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.^[9]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. 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 Pos. 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.