# 2006 Dutch TT

The 2006 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 2006 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 22–24 June 2006 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 26 | 42:27.404 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 26 | +4.884 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 26 | +7.525 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Honda LCR | Honda | 26 | +7.555 | 12 | 13 |
| 5 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Team Roberts | KR211V | 26 | +8.078 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 21 | John Hopkins | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 26 | +17.065 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Fortuna Honda | Honda | 26 | +18.090 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Camel Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 26 | +23.951 | 18 | 8 |
| 9 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 26 | +29.027 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 71 | Chris Vermeulen | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 26 | +31.627 | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Konica Minolta Honda | Honda | 26 | +32.841 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 26 | +34.143 | 9 | 4 |
| 13 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Camel Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 26 | +40.412 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | 17 | Randy de Puniet | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 26 | +1:03.648 | 11 | 2 |
| 15 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 26 | +1:17.303 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 22 | Iván Silva | Pramac d'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 25 | +1 lap | 17 | |
| 17 | 30 | José Luis Cardoso | Pramac d'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 23 | +3 laps | 16 | |
| Ret | 77 | James Ellison | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 3 | Accident | 14 | |
| WD | 24 | Toni Elías | Fortuna Honda | Honda | | Withdrew | | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Aprilia | 24 | 40:30.770 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 7 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 24 | +8.168 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 24 | +8.241 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 24 | +31.875 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 24 | +34.686 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 55 | Yuki Takahashi | Honda | 24 | +39.326 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | 24 | +39.383 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 14 | Anthony West | Aprilia | 24 | +45.104 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | Hiroshi Aoyama | KTM | 24 | +47.526 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | KTM | 24 | +59.296 | 17 | 6 |
| 11 | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 24 | +1:04.424 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 73 | Shuhei Aoyama | Honda | 24 | +1:05.827 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | 9 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 24 | +1:14.392 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 23 | Arturo Tizón | Honda | 24 | +1:21.750 | 22 | 2 |
| 15 | 42 | Aleix Espargaró | Honda | 24 | +1:21.763 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 37 | Fabricio Perren | Honda | 24 | +1:33.418 | 21 | |
| 17 | 24 | Jordi Carchano | Aprilia | 24 | +1:42.902 | 20 | |
| 18 | 22 | Luca Morelli | Aprilia | 23 | +1 lap | 23 | |
| 19 | 17 | Franz Aschenbrenner | Aprilia | 23 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| 20 | 70 | Raymond Schouten | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| 21 | 68 | Randy Gevers | Aprilia | 23 | +1 lap | 26 | |
| 22 | 69 | Bram Appelo | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| 23 | 71 | Jan Roelofs | Yamaha | 23 | +1 lap | 27 | |
| Ret | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Aprilia | 1 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 36 | Martín Cárdenas | Honda | 0 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 8 | Andrea Ballerini | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 13 | |
| DNQ | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | 72 | David Drieghe | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | 85 | Alessio Palumbo | Aprilia | | Did not qualify | | |
| OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT ||||||||

## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 22 | 38:51.450 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 22 | +0.122 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 22 | +0.128 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Gilera | 22 | +6.793 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Derbi | 22 | +6.828 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 22 | +10.647 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 22 | +10.691 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 1 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 22 | +10.935 | 19 | 8 |
| 9 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 22 | +13.297 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | Aprilia | 22 | +13.336 | 17 | 6 |
| 11 | 14 | Gábor Talmácsi | Honda | 22 | +13.430 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 6 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 22 | +20.824 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Honda | 22 | +24.778 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Honda | 22 | +27.876 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Derbi | 22 | +28.772 | 8 | 1 |
| 16 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Honda | 22 | +37.462 | 22 | |
| 17 | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | Aprilia | 22 | +39.194 | 16 | |
| 18 | 43 | Manuel Hernández | Aprilia | 22 | +46.514 | 21 | |
| 19 | 37 | Joey Litjens | Honda | 22 | +47.384 | 25 | |
| 20 | 16 | Michele Conti | Honda | 22 | +47.911 | 26 | |
| 21 | 26 | Vincent Braillard | Aprilia | 22 | +48.374 | 30 | |
| 22 | 9 | Michael Ranseder | KTM | 22 | +48.880 | 40 | |
| 23 | 95 | Georg Fröhlich | Honda | 22 | +59.268 | 27 | |
| 24 | 23 | Lorenzo Baroni | Honda | 22 | +59.373 | 37 | |
| 25 | 34 | Esteve Rabat | Honda | 22 | +59.455 | 34 | |
| 26 | 53 | Simone Grotzkyj | Aprilia | 22 | +1:03.116 | 33 | |
| 27 | 20 | Roberto Tamburini | Aprilia | 22 | +1:05.437 | 39 | |
| 28 | 90 | Hiroaki Kuzuhara | Malaguti | 22 | +1:05.603 | 36 | |
| 29 | 45 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 22 | +1:16.271 | 29 | |
| 30 | 13 | Dino Lombardi | Aprilia | 22 | +1:17.141 | 38 | |
| 31 | 17 | Stefan Bradl | KTM | 22 | +1:39.032 | 24 | |
| 32 | 81 | Robert Mureșan | Aprilia | 21 | +1 lap | 42 | |
| 33 | 94 | Patrick van de Waarsenburg | Honda | 21 | +1 lap | 43 | |
| Ret | 10 | Ángel Rodríguez | Aprilia | 21 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 44 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 21 | Accident | 35 | |
| Ret | 78 | Hugo van den Berg | Aprilia | 21 | Accident | 28 | |
| NC | 21 | Mateo Túnez | Aprilia | 20 | Finished through pits | 23 | |
| Ret | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 16 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Honda | 11 | Retirement | 12 | |
| Ret | 93 | Gert-Jan Kok | Honda | 9 | Accident | 41 | |
| Ret | 7 | Alexis Masbou | Malaguti | 7 | Accident | 32 | |
| Ret | 12 | Federico Sandi | Aprilia | 7 | Accident | 31 | |
| Ret | 15 | Michele Pirro | Aprilia | 4 | Retirement | 20 | |
| OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT ||||||||

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Nicky Hayden | 144 |
| 2 | Dani Pedrosa | 102 |
| 3 | Loris Capirossi | 100 |
| 4 | Valentino Rossi | 98 |
| 5 | Marco Melandri | 98 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 176 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 127 |
| 3 | Ducati | 109 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 64 |
| 5 | Kawasaki | 57 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.