2006 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2006 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the last race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 27–29 October 2006 at the Valencia circuit. The MotoGP riders' championship was decided at this race, as Nicky Hayden's third place ensured he completed the season with more points than his rival, and polesitter for the race, Valentino Rossi, who finished down in thirteenth after he fell during the race.

  2006 Valencian Community Grand Prix

Race details
Race 17 of 17 races in the 2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	29 October 2006
Official name	Gran Premio bwin.com de la Comunitat Valenciana[1][2][3]
Location	Circuit Ricardo Tormo
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.005 km (2.489 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:31.002 Fastest lap Rider Loris Capirossi Time 1:32.924 Podium First Troy Bayliss Second Loris Capirossi Third Nicky Hayden
250 cc
Pole position Rider Hiroshi Aoyama Time 1:35.109 Fastest lap Rider Alex de Angelis Time 1:36.441 Podium First Alex de Angelis Second Roberto Locatelli Third Héctor Barberá
125 cc
Pole position Rider Álvaro Bautista Time 1:39.058 Fastest lap Rider Héctor Faubel Time 1:39.574 Podium First Héctor Faubel Second Mika Kallio Third Sergio Gadea

The race was also notable for two lasts; the last race with the 990cc (60.4 cu in) engines which débuted in 2002, and the last race for the Honda RC211V, as the engines switched to 800cc (48.8 cu in) in capacity and Honda would field the RC212V from 2007.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	30	46:55.415	2	25
2	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	30	+1.319	3	20
3	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	30	+9.230	5	16
4	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	30	+12.065	6	13
5	33	Marco Melandri	Fortuna Honda	Honda	30	+16.306	12	11
6	24	Toni Elías	Fortuna Honda	Honda	30	+17.390	13	10
7	56	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	30	+19.329	4	9
8	10	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Team Roberts	KR211V	30	+23.174	14	8
9	5	Colin Edwards	Camel Yamaha Team	Yamaha	30	+26.072	10	7
10	7	Carlos Checa	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	30	+28.194	16	6
11	21	John Hopkins	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	30	+29.364	9	5
12	6	Makoto Tamada	Konica Minolta Honda	Honda	30	+29.707	15	4
13	46	Valentino Rossi	Camel Yamaha Team	Yamaha	30	+38.546	1	3
14	77	James Ellison	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	30	+1:20.013	19	2
15	8	Garry McCoy	Ilmor SRT	Ilmor X3	23	+7 laps	20	1
Ret	27	Casey Stoner	Honda LCR	Honda	23	Accident	7
Ret	71	Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	13	Accident	8
Ret	30	José Luis Cardoso	Pramac d'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	12	Retirement	18
Ret	66	Alex Hofmann	Pramac d'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	9	Accident	17
Ret	17	Randy de Puniet	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	5	Accident	11
Sources: [4][5][6]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	27	43:52.247	3	25
2	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	27	+4.524	4	20
3	80	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	27	+9.551	6	16
4	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia	27	+11.366	2	13
5	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	27	+14.957	10	11
6	73	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	27	+17.621	8	10
7	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	27	+18.505	7	9
8	54	Manuel Poggiali	KTM	27	+18.846	11	8
9	52	José David de Gea	Honda	27	+20.362	9	7
10	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	27	+24.257	13	6
11	96	Jakub Smrž	Aprilia	27	+36.071	12	5
12	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	27	+40.323	17	4
13	42	Aleix Espargaró	Honda	27	+49.222	15	3
14	37	Fabricio Perren	Honda	27	+51.787	18	2
15	8	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	27	+53.194	23	1
16	44	Taro Sekiguchi	Aprilia	27	+57.940	21
17	31	Álvaro Molina	Aprilia	27	+1:16.334	19
18	23	Arturo Tizón	Honda	27	+1:29.704	22
19	14	Anthony West	Aprilia	27	+1:30.923	14
20	65	Alessandro Brannetti	Honda	27	+1:31.558	25
21	57	Chaz Davies	Honda	27	+1:31.982	26
22	24	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	26	+1 lap	24
23	53	Santiago Barragán	Honda	26	+1 lap	30
24	22	Luca Morelli	Aprilia	26	+1 lap	27
Ret	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	20	Accident	1
Ret	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	12	Accident	5
Ret	28	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	10	Retirement	16
Ret	45	Dan Linfoot	Honda	8	Retirement	29
Ret	85	Alessio Palumbo	Aprilia	4	Accident	28
Ret	16	Jules Cluzel	Aprilia	1	Retirement	20
WD	55	Yuki Takahashi	Honda		Withdrew
[7]

125 cc classification

Garry McCoy, riding for Ilmor, finished the MotoGP race in fifteenth position.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	24	40:15.460	2	25
2	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	24	+1.764	5	20
3	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	24	+1.938	3	16
4	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	24	+8.646	1	13
5	52	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	24	+8.673	7	11
6	42	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	24	+12.428	6	10
7	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	24	+18.925	19	9
8	14	Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	24	+22.058	12	8
9	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	24	+22.102	4	7
10	1	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	24	+25.405	13	6
11	18	Nicolás Terol	Derbi	24	+25.605	11	5
12	38	Bradley Smith	Honda	24	+28.700	23	4
13	34	Esteve Rabat	Honda	24	+36.206	17	3
14	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Malaguti	24	+41.651	18	2
15	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	24	+41.748	20	1
16	21	Mateo Túnez	Aprilia	24	+45.893	26
17	20	Roberto Tamburini	Aprilia	24	+46.005	22
18	11	Sandro Cortese	Honda	24	+47.510	9
19	24	Simone Corsi	Gilera	24	+52.287	16
20	6	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	24	+54.531	21
21	43	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	24	+56.966	27
22	12	Federico Sandi	Aprilia	24	+57.995	24
23	16	Michele Conti	Honda	24	+1:01.336	35
24	9	Michael Ranseder	KTM	24	+1:02.918	28
25	37	Joey Litjens	Honda	24	+1:02.992	38
26	30	Pere Tutusaus	Derbi	24	+1:04.324	33
27	90	Hiroaki Kuzuhara	Aprilia	24	+1:07.021	30
28	53	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	24	+1:08.649	29
29	25	Dominique Aegerter	Aprilia	24	+1:08.682	32
30	49	Kazuma Watanabe	Honda	24	+1:08.809	36
31	13	Dino Lombardi	Aprilia	24	+1:09.140	34
32	67	Blake Leigh-Smith	KTM	24	+1:19.944	42
33	45	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	24	+1:20.568	31
34	87	Roberto Lacalendola	Aprilia	24	+1:31.922	43
35	40	Nico Vivarelli	Malaguti	24	+1:31.995	31
36	77	Daniel Sáez	Aprilia	24	+1:38.898	40
37	83	Clément Dunikowski	Honda	23	+1 lap	39
Ret	32	Fabrizio Lai	Honda	18	Retirement	14
Ret	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Aprilia	11	Retirement	25
Ret	60	Julián Simón	KTM	6	Accident	8
Ret	44	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	6	Accident	15
Ret	54	Randy Krummenacher	KTM	5	Accident	10
Ret	78	Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	3	Accident	37
[8]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Nicky Hayden 252 2 Valentino Rossi 247 3 Loris Capirossi 229 4 Marco Melandri 228 5 Dani Pedrosa 215

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 360 2 Yamaha 289 3 Ducati 248 4 Suzuki 151 5 KR211V 134

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

1. "2006 Valencia 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. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Valencia Ricardo Tormo - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
4. "2006 Valencia MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
5. "2006 Valencian Community Grand Prix : Classifications : 500cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
6. "motogp.com · GP bwin.com DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA · MotoGP Race Classification 2006". www.motogp.com.
7. "2006 Valencian Community Grand Prix : Classifications : 250cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
8. "2006 Valencian Community 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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