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 Sources:
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.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Nicky Hayden 225 2 Valentino Rossi 204 3 Marco Melandri 193 4 Dani Pedrosa 193 5 Loris Capirossi 180
Constructors' Championship standings 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.
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