2006 United States motorcycle Grand Prix

  2006 United States Motorcycle Grand Prix

Race details
Race 11 of 17 races in the 2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	July 23, 2006
Location	Laguna Seca
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.602 km (2.238 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Chris Vermeulen
Time	1:23.168
Fastest lap
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	1:23.333
Podium
First	Nicky Hayden
Second	Dani Pedrosa
Third	Marco Melandri

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 21 –July 23, 2006 at the Laguna Seca circuit.

Moto GP Classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	69	Nicky Hayden	Honda	32	45:04.867	6	25
2	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	32	+3.186	4	20
3	33	Marco Melandri	Honda	32	+10.929	9	16
4	10	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	KR211V	32	+11.941	3	13
5	71	Chris Vermeulen	Suzuki	32	+27.439	1	11
6	21	John Hopkins	Suzuki	32	+38.820	5	10
7	7	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	32	+44.825	11	9
8	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	32	+48.526	13	8
9	5	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	32	+53.228	2	7
10	15	Sete Gibernau	Ducati	32	+1:06.279	16	6
11	6	Makoto Tamada	Honda	32	+1:11.941	14	5
12	17	Randy de Puniet	Kawasaki	32	+1:14.407	15	4
13	77	James Ellison	Yamaha	32	+1:19.283	18	3
14	66	Alex Hofmann	Ducati	32	+1:41.277	17	2
15	24	Toni Elías	Honda	31	+1 Lap	12	1
16	30	José Luis Cardoso	Ducati	31	+1 Lap	19
Ret	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	30	Retirement	10
Ret	56	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki	15	Retirement	8
Ret	27	Casey Stoner	Honda	14	Accident	7
OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT

References

• "MotoGP official website – Results & Statistics – 2006 Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix". http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2006/USA/. Retrieved 2010-06-25.