# 2006 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

## 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 | |
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## 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 | | |

## 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 | | |

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fourteen has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Nicky Hayden | 225 |
| 2 | Valentino Rossi | 204 |
| 3 | Marco Melandri | 193 |
| 4 | Dani Pedrosa | 193 |
| 5 | Loris Capirossi | 180 |
| 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.