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2006 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Valencian Community
flag	Valencia
Official Name	Gran Premio bwin.com de la Comunitat Valenciana
Image	Valencia (Ricardo Tormo) track map.svg
Location	Circuit Ricardo Tormo
Course_mi	2.489
Course_km	4.005
Race_No	17
Season_No	17
Date	29 October
Year	2006
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:31.002
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Loris Capirossi
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:32.924
First_Rider_MotoGP	Troy Bayliss
First_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Australia
Second_Rider_MotoGP	Loris Capirossi
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_MotoGP	Nicky Hayden
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	United States
Pole_Rider_250	Hiroshi Aoyama
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Pole_Time_250	1:35.109
Fast_Rider_250	Alex de Angelis
Fast_Rider_250_Country	San Marino
Fast_Time_250	1:36.441
First_Rider_250	Alex de Angelis
First_Rider_250_Country	San Marino
Second_Rider_250	Roberto Locatelli
Second_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_250	Héctor Barberá
Third_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_125	Álvaro Bautista
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Pole_Time_125	1:39.058
Fast_Rider_125	Héctor Faubel
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Fast_Time_125	1:39.574
First_Rider_125	Héctor Faubel
First_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Second_Rider_125	Mika Kallio
Second_Rider_125_Country	Finland
Third_Rider_125	Sergio Gadea
Third_Rider_125_Country	Spain

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 Circuit Ricardo Tormo. 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.

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
12	AUS Troy Bayliss	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	30	46:55.415	2	25
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	30	+1.319	3	20
69	USA Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	30	+9.230	5	16
26	ESP Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	30	+12.065	6	13
33	ITA Marco Melandri	Fortuna Honda	Honda	30	+16.306	12	11
24	ESP Toni Elías	Fortuna Honda	Honda	30	+17.390	13	10
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	30	+19.329	4	9
10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Roberts	KR211V	30	+23.174	14	8
5	USA Colin Edwards	Camel Yamaha Team	Yamaha	30	+26.072	10	7
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	30	+28.194	16	6
21	USA John Hopkins	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	30	+29.364	9	5
6	JPN Makoto Tamada	Konica Minolta Honda	Honda	30	+29.707	15	4
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Camel Yamaha Team	Yamaha	30	+38.546	1	3
77	GBR James Ellison	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	30	+1:20.013	19	2
8	AUS Garry McCoy	Ilmor SRT	Ilmor X3	23	+7 laps	20	1
27	AUS Casey Stoner	Honda LCR	Honda	23	Accident	7
71	AUS Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	13	Accident	8
30	ESP José Luis Cardoso	Pramac d'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	12	Retirement	18
66	DEU Alex Hofmann	Pramac d'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	9	Accident	17
17	FRA Randy de Puniet	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	5	Accident	11

250 cc classification

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

125 cc classification

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

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	USA Nicky Hayden	252
2	ITA Valentino Rossi	247
3	ITA Loris Capirossi	229
4	ITA Marco Melandri	228
5	ESP Dani Pedrosa	215

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	360
2	JPN Yamaha	289
3	ITA Ducati	248
4	JPN Suzuki	151
5	USA KR211V	134

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

References

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

References

(13 June 2017). "2006 Valencia MotoGP".
Mitchell, Malcolm. "2006 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
Mitchell, Malcolm. "Valencia Ricardo Tormo - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
(13 June 2017). "2006 Valencia MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
"2006 Valencian Community Grand Prix : Classifications : 500cc".
"motogp.com · GP bwin.com DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA · MotoGP Race Classification 2006".
"2006 Valencian Community Grand Prix : Classifications : 250cc".
"2006 Valencian Community Grand Prix : Classifications : 125cc".
(2006). "Standings".

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