2006_United_States_motorcycle_Grand_Prix
The 2006 United States motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of July 21–23, 2006 at the Laguna Seca circuit. This would be Nicky Hayden's final MotoGP victory before his death in 2017.
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| Race 11 of 17 races in the 2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | July 23, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Laguna Seca Raceway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pos | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 69 |  Nicky Hayden |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 32 | 45:04.867 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | 26 |  Dani Pedrosa |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 32 | +3.186 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 33 |  Marco Melandri |
Fortuna Honda | Honda | 32 | +10.929 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. |
Team Roberts | KR211V | 32 | +11.941 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 71 |  Chris Vermeulen |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 32 | +27.439 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | 21 | John Hopkins |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 32 | +38.820 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 7 | Carlos Checa |
Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 32 | +44.825 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 65 | Loris Capirossi |
Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 32 | +48.526 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 5 | Colin Edwards |
Camel Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 32 | +53.228 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | 15 | Sete Gibernau |
Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 32 | +1:06.279 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 |  Makoto Tamada |
Konica Minolta Honda | Honda | 32 | +1:11.941 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 17 |  Randy de Puniet |
Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 32 | +1:14.407 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 77 |  James Ellison |
Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 32 | +1:19.283 | 18 | 3 |
| 14 | 66 |  Alex Hofmann |
Pramac d'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 32 | +1:41.277 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 24 | Toni Elías |
Fortuna Honda | Honda | 31 | +1 Lap | 12 | 1 |
| 16 | 30 | José Luis Cardoso |
Pramac d'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 31 | +1 Lap | 19 | |
| Ret | 46 | Valentino Rossi |
Camel Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | Engine | 10 | |
| Ret | 56 | Shinya Nakano |
Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 15 | Retirement | 8 | |
| Ret | 27 | Casey Stoner |
Honda LCR | Honda | 14 | Accident | 7 | |
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Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eleven has concluded.[5]
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- "2006 United States MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- "2006 United States MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- "2006 United States Grand Prix : Classifications : 500cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- "RED BULL U.S. GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2006". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2006. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
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