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2006 Japanese GP results

Round 15 · September 24, 2006 · Mobility Resort Motegi

Winners

MotoGP · Dry · Air 27°C · Track 43°C · Humidity 11%

Pole: Loris Capirossi · Fastest lap: Valentino Rossi1'47.288

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap	Best lap	Top speed
1+25	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati · Ducati Marlboro Team	43:13.585	1'47.381	299.3
2+20	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha · Camel Yamaha Team	+5.088	1'47.288	295.5
3+16	33	Marco Melandri	Honda · Fortuna Honda	+8.378	1'47.375	296.1
4+13	15	Sete Gibernau	Ducati · Ducati Marlboro Team	+9.712	1'47.755	295.2
5+11	69	Nicky Hayden	Honda · Repsol Honda Team	+11.944	1'47.795	296.1
6+10	24	Toni Elias	Honda · Fortuna Honda	+18.108	1'47.996	298.3
7+9	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda · Repsol Honda Team	+19.937	1'47.814	294.8
8+8	5	Colin Edwards	Yamaha · Camel Yamaha Team	+22.492	1'47.884	295.1
9+7	10	Kenny Roberts Jr	KR211V · Team Roberts	+26.824	1'47.962	293.9
10+6	6	Makoto Tamada	Honda · Konica Minolta Honda	+30.970	1'48.263	296.1
11+5	71	Chris Vermeulen	Suzuki · Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	+39.263	1'48.917	294.3
12+4	21	John Hopkins	Suzuki · Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	+39.440	1'48.446	296.2
13+3	64	Kousuke Akiyoshi	Suzuki · Team Suzuki MotoGP	+45.595	1'48.511	295.9
14+2	7	Carlos Checa	Yamaha · Tech 3 Yamaha	+49.571	1'48.922	287.8
15+1	77	James Ellison	Yamaha · Tech 3 Yamaha	+1:09.085	1'49.616	288.2
16	66	Alex Hofmann	Ducati · Pramac d'Antín MotoGP	+1:11.748	1'50.077	288.4
—	8	Naoki Matsudo	Kawasaki · Kawasaki	DNF	1'49.511	268.9
—	17	Randy De Puniet	Kawasaki · Kawasaki Racing Team	DNF	1'48.369	290.4
—	27	Casey Stoner	Honda · Honda LCR	DNF	1'47.888	296.6
—	30	Jose Luis Cardoso	Ducati · Pramac d'Antín MotoGP	DNF	2'01.020	278.4
—	56	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki · Kawasaki Racing Team	DNF	1'47.826	294.7

250cc · Dry · Air 27°C · Track 45°C · Humidity 14%

Pole: Jorge Lorenzo · Fastest lap: Hiroshi Aoyama1'52.800

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap	Best lap	Top speed
1+25	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM · Red Bull KTM GP 250	43:36.310	1'52.800	252.4
2+20	7	Alex De Angelis	Aprilia · Master - MVA Aspar Team	+1.341	1'52.940	253.1
3+16	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia · Fortuna Aprilia	+4.349	1'52.953	254.6
4+13	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda · Humangest Racing Team	+4.530	1'52.856	248.7
5+11	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia · Team Toth	+14.864	1'53.579	250.0
6+10	73	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda · Repsol Honda	+24.111	1'53.483	249.2
7+9	80	Hector Barbera	Aprilia · Fortuna Aprilia	+41.433	1'54.332	253.9
8+8	86	Ryuji Yokoe	Yamaha · RT Morinokumasan Sendai	+41.749	1'54.346	240.8
9+7	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera · Squadra Corse Metis Gilera	+41.881	1'54.526	249.1
10+6	87	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda · Thai Honda Castrol Endurance	+42.054	1'54.361	245.5
11+5	14	Anthony West	Aprilia · Kiefer - Bos - Racing	+43.329	1'54.193	249.0
12+4	54	Manuel Poggiali	KTM · Red Bull KTM GP 250	+48.247	1'54.966	249.7
13+3	89	Seijin Oikawa	Yamaha · Will Access With Plus Myu	+49.242	1'54.457	242.5
14+2	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia · Matteoni Racing	+59.804	1'55.002	248.6
15+1	37	Fabricio Perren	Honda · Stop And Go Racing Team	+1:00.019	1'54.970	245.2
16	28	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia · Kiefer - Bos - Racing	+1:04.360	1'55.400	246.4
17	16	Jules Cluzel	Aprilia · Equipe GP De France - Scrab	+1:06.599	1'55.811	245.9
18	44	Taro Sekiguchi	Aprilia · TicinoHosting Campetella Racing	+1:22.509	1'55.618	243.4
19	88	Youichi Ui	Yamaha · Pro-Tec & Weave	+1:23.416	1'55.855	244.2
20	93	Kouki Takahashi	Honda · DyDo MIU Racing	+1:23.474	1'56.184	243.2
21	23	Arturo Tizon	Honda · Wurth Honda BQR	+1:32.896	1'56.384	242.8
22	24	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia · WTR Blauer USA	+1:33.263	1'56.637	245.2
23	20	Takumi Takahashi	Honda · Burning Blood	+2:03.029	1'56.020	235.7
24	85	Alessio Palumbo	Aprilia · Matteoni Racing	+1 lap	1'58.997	244.3
—	8	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia · TicinoHosting Campetella Racing	DNF	2'04.386	244.6
—	21	Arnaud Vincent	Honda · Arie Molenaar Racing	Did not start
—	22	Luca Morelli	Aprilia · Nocable Angaia Racing	DNF	1'59.198	236.8
—	42	Aleix Espargaro	Honda · Wurth Honda BQR	DNF	1'57.179	242.9
—	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia · Equipe GP De France - Scrab	DNF	1'54.565	245.8
—	52	David De Gea	Honda · Repsol Honda	DNF	2'04.641	245.5
—	55	Yuki Takahashi	Honda · Humangest Racing Team	DNF	1'53.239	249.1
—	96	Jakub Smrz	Aprilia · Cardion AB Motoracing	DNF	1'54.469	247.0

125cc · Dry · Air 26°C · Track 36°C · Humidity 17%

Pole: Alvaro Bautista · Fastest lap: Mika Kallio1'57.666

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap	Best lap	Top speed
1+25	36	Mika Kallio	KTM · Red Bull KTM GP 125	41:40.970	1'57.666	216.4
2+20	19	Alvaro Bautista	Aprilia · Master - MVA Aspar Team	+0.185	1'57.768	214.8
3+16	60	Julian Simon	KTM · Red Bull KTM GP 125	+7.769	1'58.446	214.2
4+13	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia · Master - MVA Aspar Team	+7.907	1'58.355	217.6
5+11	52	Lukas Pesek	Derbi · Derbi Racing	+7.924	1'58.616	215.1
6+10	55	Hector Faubel	Aprilia · Master - MVA Aspar Team	+8.078	1'58.037	218.3
7+9	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Malaguti · Malaguti Ajo Corse	+22.782	1'59.097	214.1
8+8	38	Bradley Smith	Honda · Repsol Honda	+22.911	1'59.292	214.8
9+7	14	Gabor Talmacsi	Honda · Humangest Racing Team	+23.192	1'58.988	215.4
10+6	18	Nicolas Terol	Derbi · Derbi Racing	+32.403	1'59.593	215.1
11+5	32	Fabrizio Lai	Honda · Valsir Seedorf Racing	+39.590	1'59.672	213.6
12+4	34	Tito Rabat	Honda · Wurth Honda BQR	+39.735	1'59.834	215.8
13+3	44	Karel Abraham	Aprilia · Cardion AB Motoracing	+39.817	1'59.972	214.2
14+2	11	Sandro Cortese	Honda · Elit - Caffe Latte	+40.011	1'59.942	214.1
15+1	90	Hiroaki Kuzuhara	Aprilia · WTR Blauer USA	+40.135	1'59.939	217.0
16	53	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia · TicinoHosting Campetella JNR Team	+43.213	1'59.742	215.2
17	26	Vincent Braillard	Aprilia · Multimedia Racing	+49.105	1'59.859	214.8
18	20	Roberto Tamburini	Aprilia · Matteoni Racing	+54.960	1'59.954	217.8
19	42	Pol Espargaro	Derbi · TicinoHosting Campetella JNR Team	+55.641	2'00.161	214.8
20	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia · Master - MVA Aspar Team	+55.673	1'58.661	212.6
21	87	Roberto Lacalendola	Aprilia · 3C Racing	+1:06.921	2'00.945	213.8
22	67	Blake Leigh-smith	KTM · Red Bull KTM Junior Team	+1:07.536	2'00.945	214.3
23	9	Michael Ranseder	KTM · Red Bull KTM Junior Team	+1:07.695	2'01.034	213.2
24	43	Manuel Hernandez	Aprilia · Nocable Angaia Racing	+1:08.696	2'00.975	211.9
25	45	Imre Toth	Aprilia · Team Toth	+1:14.767	2'01.228	213.9
26	13	Dino Lombardi	Aprilia · 3C Racing	+1:17.503	2'01.386	214.8
27	50	Hiroomi Iwata	Honda · Plus One	+1:18.114	2'01.357	212.2
28	16	Michele Conti	Honda · Valsir Seedorf Racing	+1:20.465	2'01.751	214.5
29	37	Joey Litjens	Honda · Arie Molenaar Racing	+1:23.274	2'01.594	213.2
30	48	Toshihisa Kuzuhara	Honda · S-way	+1:23.653	2'01.629	210.6
31	51	Iori Namihira	Honda · Honda Suzuka Racing	+1:24.235	2'01.620	213.3
—	1	Thomas Lüthi	Honda · Elit - Caffe Latte	DNF	1'59.752	215.0
—	6	Joan Olive	Aprilia · SSM Racing	DNF	1'59.756	215.4
—	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia · Skilled I.S.P.A. Racing Team	DNF	1'59.912	215.4
—	12	Federico Sandi	Aprilia · SSM Racing	DNF	2'00.153	210.5
—	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Aprilia · Multimedia Racing	DNF	1'58.496	216.4
—	47	Shoya Tomizawa	Honda · FRS	DNF	2'01.812	212.1
—	49	Kazuma Watanabe	Honda · Humangest Racing Team	DNF	2'00.012	215.7
—	63	Mike Di Meglio	Honda · FFM Honda Grand Prix 125	DNF	2'00.168	213.5
—	73	Kazuya Otani	Malaguti · Malaguti Ajo Corse	DNF	2'03.414	211.9

Source: official results DB | Scope: 2006 Japanese GP, 3 races | How points work