2006 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  2006 Malaysian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 13 of 17 races in the 2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	10 September 2006
Official name	Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1][2][3]
Location	Sepang International Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.548 km (3.447 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Valentino Rossi Time 2:00.605 Fastest lap Rider Loris Capirossi Time 2:02.127 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Loris Capirossi Third Dani Pedrosa
250 cc
Pole position Rider Héctor Barberá Time 2:08.266 Fastest lap Rider Hiroshi Aoyama Time 2:08.761 Podium First Jorge Lorenzo Second Andrea Dovizioso Third Alex de Angelis
125 cc
Pole position Rider Álvaro Bautista Time 2:13.846 Fastest lap Rider Álvaro Bautista Time 2:13.118 Podium First Álvaro Bautista Second Mika Kallio Third Héctor Faubel

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: [4][5][6]

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
[7]

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	17
DNS	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
[8]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

Riders' Championship standings Pos. 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 Pos. 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.

References

1. "2006 Malaysian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "2006 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-05-17. Retrieved 2018-05-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "2006 Malaysian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
5. "2006 Malaysian Grand Prix : Classifications : 500cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
6. "motogp.com · MARLBORO MALAYSIAN MOTORCYCLE G.P. · MotoGP Race Classification 2006". www.motogp.com.
7. "2006 Malaysian Grand Prix : Classifications : 250cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
8. "2006 Malaysian Grand Prix : Classifications : 125cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
9. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2006. Retrieved 2019-08-22.

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