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Race details
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
Location	Laguna Seca Raceway
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.610 km (2.243 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 July 21–23, 2006 at the Laguna Seca circuit. This would be Nicky Hayden's final MotoGP victory before his death in 2017.

MotoGP classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
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

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eleven has concluded.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Nicky Hayden 194 2 Dani Pedrosa 160 3 Marco Melandri 150 4 Valentino Rossi 143 5 Loris Capirossi 126

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 246 2 Yamaha 181 3 Ducati 135 4 Suzuki 92 5 KR211V 79

References

1. "2006 United States MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
2. "2006 United States MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
3. "2006 United States Grand Prix : Classifications : 500cc" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
4. "RED BULL U.S. GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2006". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
5. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2006. Retrieved 2019-08-22.

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