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.

Malaysia  2006 Malaysian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 13 of 17 races in the
2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date10 September 2006
Official nameMarlboro Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1][2][3]
LocationSepang International Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.548 km (3.447 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 2:00.605
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Loris Capirossi
Time 2:02.127
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Italy Loris Capirossi
Third Spain Dani Pedrosa
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Héctor Barberá
Time 2:08.266
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Hiroshi Aoyama
Time 2:08.761
Podium
First Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Second Italy Andrea Dovizioso
Third San Marino Alex de Angelis
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Álvaro Bautista
Time 2:13.846
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Álvaro Bautista
Time 2:13.118
Podium
First Spain Álvaro Bautista
Second Finland Mika Kallio
Third Spain 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 Italy Valentino Rossi Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 21 43:07.829 1 25
2 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 21 +0.849 3 20
3 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 +3.863 5 16
4 69 United States Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 +5.780 2 13
5 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 21 +9.301 6 11
6 21 United States John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 21 +11.081 8 10
7 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts KR211V 21 +11.838 4 9
8 27 Australia Casey Stoner Honda LCR Honda 21 +12.267 10 8
9 33 Italy Marco Melandri Fortuna Honda Honda 21 +15.019 9 7
10 5 United States Colin Edwards Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 21 +19.909 11 6
11 71 Australia Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 21 +24.371 16 5
12 7 Spain Carlos Checa Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 21 +30.884 15 4
13 17 France Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 21 +36.335 7 3
14 6 Japan Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda 21 +48.777 13 2
15 66 Germany Alex Hofmann Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 21 +59.081 17 1
16 77 United Kingdom James Ellison Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 21 +1:05.787 18
17 30 Spain José Luis Cardoso Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati 21 +1:37.862 19
Ret 24 Spain Toni Elías Fortuna Honda Honda 10 Accident 14
Ret 56 Japan 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 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 20 43:15.499 2 25
2 34 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 20 +5.428 5 20
3 7 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia 20 +10.225 6 16
4 55 Japan Yuki Takahashi Honda 20 +25.669 9 13
5 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 20 +31.152 4 11
6 73 Japan Shuhei Aoyama Honda 20 +39.936 7 10
7 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 20 +50.672 10 9
8 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli Gilera 20 +1:06.107 12 8
9 42 Spain Aleix Espargaró Honda 20 +1:06.556 13 7
10 16 France Jules Cluzel Aprilia 20 +1:17.868 20 6
11 21 France Arnaud Vincent Honda 20 +1:27.761 27 5
12 24 Spain Jordi Carchano Aprilia 20 +1:54.913 18 4
13 44 Japan Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 20 +2:00.097 22 3
14 22 Italy Luca Morelli Aprilia 20 +2:24.623 21 2
15 14 Australia Anthony West Aprilia 19 +1 lap 26 1
16 59 China Chin Feng Ho Aprilia 19 +1 lap 23
17 56 China Rong Zai Su Aprilia 19 +1 lap 25
18 85 Italy Alessio Palumbo Aprilia 19 +1 lap 24
Ret 37 Argentina Fabricio Perren Honda 17 Accident 19
Ret 96 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Aprilia 9 Accident 15
Ret 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali KTM 9 Accident 11
Ret 8 Italy Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 9 Accident 17
Ret 28 Germany Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 7 Retirement 14
Ret 4 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 4 Retirement 3
Ret 23 Spain Arturo Tizón Honda 3 Accident 16
Ret 36 Colombia Martín Cárdenas Honda 1 Accident 8
Ret 80 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 1 Accident 1
WD 25 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia Withdrew
[7]

125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 12 26:52.154 1 25
2 36 Finland Mika Kallio KTM 12 +3.577 2 20
3 55 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 12 +9.904 5 16
4 60 Spain Julián Simón KTM 12 +9.974 11 13
5 6 Spain Joan Olivé Aprilia 12 +11.551 4 11
6 33 Spain Sergio Gadea Aprilia 12 +11.588 15 10
7 75 Italy Mattia Pasini Aprilia 12 +13.157 3 9
8 14 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Honda 12 +13.198 12 8
9 52 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Derbi 12 +13.934 7 7
10 18 Spain Nicolás Terol Derbi 12 +15.004 6 6
11 32 Italy Fabrizio Lai Honda 12 +19.568 8 5
12 34 Spain Esteve Rabat Honda 12 +25.342 24 4
13 1 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda 12 +26.317 16 3
14 42 Spain Pol Espargaró Derbi 12 +34.470 22 2
15 24 Italy Simone Corsi Gilera 12 +41.849 19 1
16 12 Italy Federico Sandi Aprilia 12 +41.917 21
17 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Honda 12 +42.058 10
18 44 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Aprilia 12 +47.431 26
19 20 Italy Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 12 +47.466 23
20 9 Austria Michael Ranseder KTM 12 +48.003 29
21 16 Italy Michele Conti Honda 12 +48.480 31
22 43 Spain Manuel Hernández Aprilia 12 +49.229 27
23 45 Hungary Imre Tóth Aprilia 12 +49.987 18
24 15 Italy Michele Pirro Honda 12 +54.614 25
25 87 Italy Roberto Lacalendola Aprilia 12 +1:07.132 36
26 80 Indonesia Doni Tata Pradita Yamaha 12 +1:24.614 35
Ret 13 Italy Dino Lombardi Aprilia 11 Retirement 30
Ret 37 Netherlands Joey Litjens Honda 11 Retirement 33
Ret 71 Japan Tomoyoshi Koyama Malaguti 6 Accident 9
Ret 35 Italy Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 4 Retirement 14
Ret 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Aprilia 4 Retirement 13
Ret 63 France Mike Di Meglio Honda 2 Retirement 20
Ret 8 Italy Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 0 Accident 17
DNS 26 Switzerland Vincent Braillard Aprilia 0 Did not restart 32
DNS 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Aprilia 0 Did not restart 28
DNS 53 Italy Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 0 Did not start 34
DNS 7 France Alexis Masbou Malaguti Did not start
DNS 17 Germany 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]

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

References
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  2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "2006 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. "Sepang International Circuit | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Archived from the original on 2018-05-17. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
  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. Archived from the original on 2018-09-09. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  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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