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2006 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Japanese
flag	Japan
Official Name	A-Style Grand Prix of Japan
Location	Twin Ring Motegi
Image	Twin Ring Motegi map-2.svg
Course_mi	2.983
Course_km	4.801
Race_No	15
Season_No	17
Date	24 September
Year	2006
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Loris Capirossi
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:45.724
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:47.288
First_Rider_MotoGP	Loris Capirossi
First_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_MotoGP	Marco Melandri
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_250	Jorge Lorenzo
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Pole_Time_250	1:51.374
Fast_Rider_250	Hiroshi Aoyama
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Fast_Time_250	1:52.800
First_Rider_250	Hiroshi Aoyama
First_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_250	Alex de Angelis
Second_Rider_250_Country	San Marino
Third_Rider_250	Jorge Lorenzo
Third_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_125	Álvaro Bautista
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Pole_Time_125	1:57.231
Fast_Rider_125	Mika Kallio
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Finland
Fast_Time_125	1:57.666
First_Rider_125	Mika Kallio
First_Rider_125_Country	Finland
Second_Rider_125	Álvaro Bautista
Second_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Third_Rider_125	Julián Simón
Third_Rider_125_Country	Spain

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.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	24	43:13.585	1	25
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Camel Yamaha Team	Yamaha	24	+5.088	2	20
33	ITA Marco Melandri	Fortuna Honda	Honda	24	+8.378	3	16
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	24	+9.712	5	13
69	USA Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+11.944	7	11
24	ESP Toni Elías	Fortuna Honda	Honda	24	+18.108	6	10
26	ESP Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+19.937	9	9
5	USA Colin Edwards	Camel Yamaha Team	Yamaha	24	+22.492	10	8
10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Roberts	KR211V	24	+26.824	14	7
6	JPN Makoto Tamada	Konica Minolta Honda	Honda	24	+30.970	18	6
71	AUS Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	24	+39.263	15	5
21	USA John Hopkins	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	24	+39.440	13	4
64	JPN Kousuke Akiyoshi	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	24	+45.595	12	3
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	24	+49.571	17	2
77	GBR James Ellison	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	24	+1:09.085	19	1
66	DEU Alex Hofmann	Pramac d'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	24	+1:11.747	20
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	23	Accident	4
27	AUS Casey Stoner	Honda LCR	Honda	12	Accident	11
17	FRA Randy de Puniet	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	8	Accident	8
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Kawasaki	Kawasaki	8	Retirement	16
30	ESP José Luis Cardoso	Pramac d'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	1	Accident	21

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
4	JPN Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	23	43:36.310	4	25
7	SMR Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	23	+1.341	3	20
48	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia	23	+4.349	1	16
34	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	23	+4.530	2	13
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	23	+14.864	7	11
73	JPN Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	23	+24.111	5	10
80	ESP Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	23	+41.433	8	9
86	JPN Ryuji Yokoe	Yamaha	23	+41.749	11	8
58	ITA Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	23	+41.881	15	7
87	THA Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	23	+42.054	14	6
14	AUS Anthony West	Aprilia	23	+43.329	18	5
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	KTM	23	+48.247	16	4
89	JPN Seijin Oikawa	Yamaha	23	+49.242	17	3
25	ITA Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	23	+59.804	22	2
37	ARG Fabricio Perren	Honda	23	+1:00.019	20	1
28	DEU Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	23	+1:04.360	21
16	FRA Jules Cluzel	Aprilia	23	+1:06.599	29
44	JPN Taro Sekiguchi	Aprilia	23	+1:22.509	28
88	JPN Youichi Ui	Yamaha	23	+1:23.416	27
93	JPN Kouki Takahashi	Honda	23	+1:23.474	26
23	ESP Arturo Tizón	Honda	23	+1:32.896	23
24	ESP Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	23	+1:33.263	24
20	JPN Takumi Takahashi	Honda	23	+2:03.029	25
85	ITA Alessio Palumbo	Aprilia	22	+1 lap	32
96	CZE Jakub Smrž	Aprilia	17	Retirement	10
55	JPN Yuki Takahashi	Honda	14	Accident	6
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	6	Accident	9
22	ITA Luca Morelli	Aprilia	5	Retirement	31
42	ESP Aleix Espargaró	Honda	3	Retirement	19
8	ITA Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	1	Accident	12
52	ESP José David de Gea	Honda	1	Accident	13
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Honda	0	Did not start	30

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
36	FIN Mika Kallio	KTM	21	41:40.970	2	25
19	ESP Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	21	+0.185	1	20
60	ESP Julián Simón	KTM	21	+7.769	4	16
75	ITA Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	21	+7.907	7	13
52	CZE Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	21	+7.924	6	11
55	ESP Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	21	+8.078	3	10
71	JPN Tomoyoshi Koyama	Malaguti	21	+22.782	10	9
38	GBR Bradley Smith	Honda	21	+22.911	9	8
14	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	21	+23.192	12	7
18	ESP Nicolás Terol	Derbi	21	+32.403	18	6
32	ITA Fabrizio Lai	Honda	21	+39.590	11	5
34	ESP Esteve Rabat	Honda	21	+39.735	21	4
44	CZE Karel Abraham	Aprilia	21	+39.817	23	3
11	DEU Sandro Cortese	Honda	21	+40.011	14	2
90	JPN Hiroaki Kuzuhara	Aprilia	21	+40.135	17	1
53	ITA Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	21	+43.213	27
26	CHE Vincent Braillard	Aprilia	21	+49.105	29
20	ITA Roberto Tamburini	Aprilia	21	+54.960	26
42	ESP Pol Espargaró	Derbi	21	+55.641	20
33	ESP Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	21	+55.673	5
87	ITA Roberto Lacalendola	Aprilia	21	+1:06.921	34
67	AUS Blake Leigh-Smith	KTM	21	+1:07.536	33
9	AUT Michael Ranseder	KTM	21	+1:07.695	28
43	ESP Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	21	+1:08.696	30
45	HUN Imre Tóth	Aprilia	21	+1:14.767	25
13	ITA Dino Lombardi	Aprilia	21	+1:17.503	40
50	JPN Hiroomi Iwata	Honda	21	+1:18.114	32
16	ITA Michele Conti	Honda	21	+1:20.465	36
37	NLD Joey Litjens	Honda	21	+1:23.274	39
48	JPN Toshihisa Kuzuhara	Honda	21	+1:23.653	37
51	JPN Iori Namihira	Honda	21	+1:24.235	38
49	JPN Kazuma Watanabe	Honda	20	Accident	31
12	ITA Federico Sandi	Aprilia	17	Retirement	22
6	ESP Joan Olivé	Aprilia	12	Retirement	19
8	ITA Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	9	Retirement	15
47	JPN Shoya Tomizawa	Honda	8	Retirement	35
35	ITA Raffaele De Rosa	Aprilia	5	Accident	16
1	CHE Thomas Lüthi	Honda	3	Retirement	8
63	FRA Mike Di Meglio	Honda	3	Retirement	13
73	JPN Kazuya Otani	Malaguti	2	Retirement	24
24	ITA Simone Corsi	Gilera		Withdrew

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	USA Nicky Hayden	236
2	ITA Valentino Rossi	224
3	ITA Marco Melandri	209
4	ITA Loris Capirossi	205
5	ESP Dani Pedrosa	202

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	319
2	JPN Yamaha	262
3	ITA Ducati	218
4	JPN Suzuki	136
5	USA KR211V	110

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

References

| Previous_year's_race = 2005 Japanese Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 2007 Japanese Grand Prix

References

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