# 2006 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

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 | Points |
| 1 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 24 | 43:13.585 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Camel Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 24 | +5.088 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Fortuna Honda | Honda | 24 | +8.378 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 24 | +9.712 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 24 | +11.944 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 24 | Toni Elías | Fortuna Honda | Honda | 24 | +18.108 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 24 | +19.937 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Camel Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 24 | +22.492 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Team Roberts | KR211V | 24 | +26.824 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Konica Minolta Honda | Honda | 24 | +30.970 | 18 | 6 |
| 11 | 71 | Chris Vermeulen | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 24 | +39.263 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 21 | John Hopkins | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 24 | +39.440 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 64 | Kousuke Akiyoshi | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 24 | +45.595 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 24 | +49.571 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 77 | James Ellison | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 24 | +1:09.085 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Pramac d'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 24 | +1:11.748 | 20 | |
| Ret | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 23 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 27 | Casey Stoner | Honda LCR | Honda | 12 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 17 | Randy de Puniet | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 8 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Kawasaki | Kawasaki | 8 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 30 | José Luis Cardoso | Pramac d'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 1 | Accident | 21 | |
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## 250 cc classification

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

## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 21 | 41:40.970 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 21 | +0.185 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 60 | Julián Simón | KTM | 21 | +7.769 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 21 | +7.907 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Derbi | 21 | +7.924 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 21 | +8.078 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | Malaguti | 21 | +22.782 | 10 | 9 |
| 8 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Honda | 21 | +22.911 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 14 | Gábor Talmácsi | Honda | 21 | +23.192 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Derbi | 21 | +32.403 | 18 | 6 |
| 11 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Honda | 21 | +39.590 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 34 | Esteve Rabat | Honda | 21 | +39.735 | 21 | 4 |
| 13 | 44 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 21 | +39.817 | 23 | 3 |
| 14 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Honda | 21 | +40.011 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 90 | Hiroaki Kuzuhara | Aprilia | 21 | +40.135 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 53 | Simone Grotzkyj | Aprilia | 21 | +43.213 | 27 | |
| 17 | 26 | Vincent Braillard | Aprilia | 21 | +49.105 | 29 | |
| 18 | 20 | Roberto Tamburini | Aprilia | 21 | +54.960 | 26 | |
| 19 | 42 | Pol Espargaró | Derbi | 21 | +55.641 | 20 | |
| 20 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 21 | +55.673 | 5 | |
| 21 | 87 | Roberto Lacalendola | Aprilia | 21 | +1:06.921 | 34 | |
| 22 | 67 | Blake Leigh-Smith | KTM | 21 | +1:07.536 | 33 | |
| 23 | 9 | Michael Ranseder | KTM | 21 | +1:07.695 | 28 | |
| 24 | 43 | Manuel Hernández | Aprilia | 21 | +1:08.696 | 30 | |
| 25 | 45 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 21 | +1:14.767 | 25 | |
| 26 | 13 | Dino Lombardi | Aprilia | 21 | +1:17.503 | 40 | |
| 27 | 50 | Hiroomi Iwata | Honda | 21 | +1:18.114 | 32 | |
| 28 | 16 | Michele Conti | Honda | 21 | +1:20.465 | 36 | |
| 29 | 37 | Joey Litjens | Honda | 21 | +1:23.274 | 39 | |
| 30 | 48 | Toshihisa Kuzuhara | Honda | 21 | +1:23.653 | 37 | |
| 31 | 51 | Iori Namihira | Honda | 21 | +1:24.235 | 38 | |
| Ret | 49 | Kazuma Watanabe | Honda | 20 | Accident | 31 | |
| Ret | 12 | Federico Sandi | Aprilia | 17 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 6 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 12 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | Aprilia | 9 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 47 | Shoya Tomizawa | Honda | 8 | Retirement | 35 | |
| Ret | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | Aprilia | 5 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 1 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 3 | Retirement | 8 | |
| Ret | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Honda | 3 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | 73 | Kazuya Otani | Malaguti | 2 | Retirement | 24 | |
| WD | 24 | 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.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Nicky Hayden | 236 |
| 2 | Valentino Rossi | 224 |
| 3 | Marco Melandri | 209 |
| 4 | Loris Capirossi | 205 |
| 5 | Dani Pedrosa | 202 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 319 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 262 |
| 3 | Ducati | 218 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 136 |
| 5 | KR211V | 110 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.