2006 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

2006 Australian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 14 of 17 races in the; 2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	17 September 2006
Official name	GMC Australian Grand Prix
Location	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.448 km (2.764 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Nicky Hayden
Time	1:29.020
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:30.917
Podium
First	Marco Melandri
Second	Chris Vermeulen
Third	Valentino Rossi
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo
Time	1:32.717
Fastest lap
Rider	Alex de Angelis
Time	1:33.471
Podium
First	Jorge Lorenzo
Second	Alex de Angelis
Third	Hiroshi Aoyama
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Mika Kallio
Time	1:36.625
Fastest lap
Rider	Álvaro Bautista
Time	1:36.927
Podium
First	Álvaro Bautista
Second	Mika Kallio
Third	Mattia Pasini

The 2006 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth race of the 2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 15–17 September 2006 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.

This running of the Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the only time in Casey Stoner's career where he was entered in the premier class and didn't win the race.^[4]

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	33	Marco Melandri	Fortuna Honda	Honda	26	44:15.621	7	25
2	71	Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	26	+9.699	16	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Camel Yamaha Team	Yamaha	26	+10.526	3	16
4	15	Sete Gibernau	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	26	+10.615	12	13
5	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	26	+10.694	1	11
6	27	Casey Stoner	Honda LCR	Honda	26	+11.323	8	10
7	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	26	+26.555	13	9
8	56	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	26	+26.666	2	8
9	24	Toni Elías	Fortuna Honda	Honda	26	+57.234	14	7
10	6	Makoto Tamada	Konica Minolta Honda	Honda	26	+1:02.231	11	6
11	17	Randy de Puniet	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	26	+1:02.432	9	5
12	21	John Hopkins	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	26	+1:18.809	15	4
13	66	Alex Hofmann	Pramac d'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	26	+1:48.233	17	3
14	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Roberts	KR211V	25	+1 lap	4	2
15	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	25	+1 lap	10	1
16	77	James Ellison	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	24	+2 laps	18
17	30	José Luis Cardoso	Pramac d'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	23	+3 laps	19
Ret	7	Carlos Checa	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	16	Accident	6
Ret	5	Colin Edwards	Camel Yamaha Team	Yamaha	7	Accident	5
Sources:^[5]^[6]^[7]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia	25	39:17.327	1	25
2	7	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	25	+0.009	2	20
3	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	25	+6.560	6	16
4	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	25	+18.196	4	13
5	73	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	25	+36.000	11	11
6	80	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	25	+36.484	7	10
7	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	25	+37.050	10	9
8	96	Jakub Smrž	Aprilia	25	+37.134	8	8
9	14	Anthony West	Aprilia	25	+59.653	12	7
10	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	25	+1:03.829	5	6
11	28	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	25	+1:03.834	15	5
12	16	Jules Cluzel	Aprilia	25	+1:07.586	19	4
13	54	Manuel Poggiali	KTM	25	+1:07.775	14	3
14	37	Fabricio Perren	Honda	25	+1:07.849	17	2
15	42	Aleix Espargaró	Honda	25	+1:08.065	18	1
16	8	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	25	+1:21.544	13
17	24	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	25	+1:33.035	21
18	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	22
19	44	Taro Sekiguchi	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	24
20	22	Luca Morelli	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	23
Ret	23	Arturo Tizón	Honda	9	Retirement	16
Ret	55	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	8	Retirement	9
Ret	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	2	Accident	3
Ret	21	Arnaud Vincent	Honda	2	Retirement	20
DNQ	85	Alessio Palumbo	Aprilia		Did not qualify
WD	36	Martín Cárdenas	Honda		Withdrew
^[8]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	15	24:30.115	2	25
2	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	15	+3.242	1	20
3	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	15	+3.381	6	16
4	1	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	15	+3.639	4	13
5	60	Julián Simón	KTM	15	+3.838	10	11
6	52	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	15	+6.069	3	10
7	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Aprilia	15	+6.085	7	9
8	32	Fabrizio Lai	Honda	15	+6.572	9	8
9	14	Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	15	+6.704	11	7
10	6	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	15	+8.310	5	6
11	18	Nicolás Terol	Derbi	15	+13.250	16	5
12	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Malaguti	15	+13.285	13	4
13	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	15	+13.347	8	3
14	11	Sandro Cortese	Honda	15	+13.402	18	2
15	63	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	15	+27.746	15	1
16	42	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	15	+31.087	29
17	44	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	15	+31.890	22
18	16	Michele Conti	Honda	15	+36.666	24
19	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	15	+41.491	14
20	9	Michael Ranseder	KTM	15	+41.517	28
21	53	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	15	+41.687	35
22	20	Roberto Tamburini	Aprilia	15	+41.882	26
23	26	Vincent Braillard	Aprilia	15	+41.910	33
24	13	Dino Lombardi	Aprilia	15	+46.393	30
25	90	Hiroaki Kuzuhara	Aprilia	15	+46.411	27
26	87	Roberto Lacalendola	Aprilia	15	+47.620	32
27	67	Blake Leigh-Smith	KTM	15	+1:03.538	31
28	38	Bradley Smith	Honda	15	+1:34.602	17
Ret	34	Esteve Rabat	Honda	13	Accident	19
Ret	12	Federico Sandi	Aprilia	13	Accident	21
Ret	45	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	13	Retirement	20
Ret	59	Rhys Moller	Honda	8	Accident	36
Ret	15	Michele Pirro	Honda	4	Retirement	34
Ret	43	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	2	Retirement	23
DNS	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	0	Did not restart	12
DNS	37	Joey Litjens	Honda	0	Did not restart	25
DNS	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia		Did not start
DNS	24	Simone Corsi	Gilera		Did not start
DNQ	58	Brett Symonds	Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ	57	Tom Hatton	Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ	62	Brent Rigoli	Honda		Did not qualify
^[9]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fourteen has concluded.^[10]

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Nicky Hayden	225
2	Valentino Rossi	204
3	Marco Melandri	193
4	Dani Pedrosa	193
5	Loris Capirossi	180

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	303
2	Yamaha	242
3	Ducati	193
4	Suzuki	131
5	KR211V	103

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

References

^ "2006 Australian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2006 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes – The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
^ "Phillip Island Circuit | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ "MotoGP Riders". www.motogp.com. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ "2006 Australian MotoGP – Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
^ "2006 Australian Grand Prix : Classifications : 500cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ "motogp.com · GMC AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2006". www.motogp.com.
^ "2005 Australian Grand Prix : Classifications : 250cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ "2005 Australian Grand Prix : Classifications : 125cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2019.

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[1] "2006 Australian 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] "Phillip Island Circuit | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.

[4] "MotoGP Riders". www.motogp.com. Retrieved 5 July 2023.

[5] "2006 Australian MotoGP – Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.

[6] "2006 Australian Grand Prix : Classifications : 500cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.

[7] "motogp.com · GMC AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2006". www.motogp.com.

[8] "2005 Australian Grand Prix : Classifications : 250cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.

[9] "2005 Australian Grand Prix : Classifications : 125cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.

[10] "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2019.

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