2006 Assen Superbike World Championship round

2006 Assen Superbike World Championship round
Round details
	Round 9 of 12 rounds in the ; 2006 Superbike World Championship.; and; Round 9 of 12 rounds in the ; 2006 Supersport World Championship.
Date	September 3, 2006
Location	Assen
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.555 km (2.830 mi)
Superbike World Championship
Pole position
	Troy Corser
	1:38.965
Ruben Xaus	Troy Bayliss
1:57.291	1:40.767
Supersport World Championship
Pole position
	Sébastien Charpentier
	1:41.906
Fastest lap
	Kevin Curtain
	1:55.516

Last updated March 03, 2019

The 2006 Assen Superbike World Championship round was the ninth round of the 2006 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of September 1–3, 2006 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.

The TT Circuit Assen is a motorsport race track built in 1955 and located in Assen, Netherlands. Host of the Dutch TT, it is popularly referred to as "The Cathedral" of motorcycling by the fans of the sport. It has a capacity of 110,000 spectators, including 60,000 seats. Since 1992, the circuit has also been part of the Superbike World Championship calendar.

Assen is a municipality and a city in the northeastern Netherlands, and is the capital of the province of Drenthe. It received city rights in 1809. Assen is known for TT Circuit Assen, the motorcycle racing circuit, where on the last Sunday in June the Dutch TT is run; and also for the annual Assen Dance Festival.

The Netherlands is a country located mainly in Northwestern Europe. The European portion of the Netherlands consists of twelve separate provinces that border Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, with maritime borders in the North Sea with Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. Including three island territories in the Caribbean Sea—Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba— it forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The official language is Dutch, but a secondary official language in the province of Friesland is West Frisian.

Results

Superbike race 1 classification

Pos	No	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	9	Chris Walker	Kawasaki ZX 10R	22	44:23.501	13	25
2	88	Andrew Pitt	Yamaha YZF R1	22	+4.965	8	20
3	84	Michel Fabrizio	Honda CBR1000RR	22	+24.130	14	16
4	10	Fonsi Nieto	Kawasaki ZX 10R	22	+36.968	9	13
5	3	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha YZF R1	22	+37.178	18	11
6	76	Max Neukirchner	Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6	22	+37.324	23	10
7	57	Lorenzo Lanzi	Ducati 999 F06	22	+40.930	10	9
8	44	Roberto Rolfo	Ducati 999 F05	22	+41.857	26	8
9	31	Karl Muggeridge	Honda CBR1000RR	22	+53.382	6	7
10	52	James Toseland	Honda CBR1000RR	22	+55.869	7	6
11	8	Ivan Clementi	Ducati 999 RS	22	+1:39.835	21	5
12	99	Steve Martin	Petronas FP1	22	+1:59.724	11	4
13	38	Shinichi Nakatomi	Yamaha YZF R1	21	+1 Laps	16	3
14	96	Harry Van Beek	Suzuki GSX-R1000 K2	21	+1 Laps	28	2
15	13	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6	17	+5 Laps	22	1
Ret	25	Josh Brookes	Kawasaki ZX 10R	14	Retirement	20
Ret	41	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha YZF R1	12	Retirement	2
Ret	21	Troy Bayliss	Ducati 999 F06	10	Retirement	4
Ret	71	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6	8	Retirement	3
Ret	16	Sebastien Gimbert	Yamaha YZF R1	8	Retirement	15
Ret	11	Ruben Xaus	Ducati 999 F05	7	Retirement	12
Ret	1	Troy Corser	Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6	6	Retirement	1
Ret	80	Kurtis Roberts	Ducati 999 RS	5	Retirement	27
Ret	55	Regis Laconi	Kawasaki ZX 10R	5	Retirement	17
Ret	20	Marco Borciani	Ducati 999 F05	4	Retirement	24
Ret	7	Pierfrancesco Chili	Honda CBR1000RR	4	Retirement	19
Ret	4	Alex Barros	Honda CBR1000RR	3	Retirement	5
Ret	18	Craig Jones	Petronas FP1	0	Retirement	25

Superbike race 2 classification

Pos	No	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	21	Troy Bayliss	Ducati 999 F06	22	37:29.307	4	25
2	88	Andrew Pitt	Yamaha YZF R1	22	+9.342	8	20
3	10	Fonsi Nieto	Kawasaki ZX 10R	22	+11.648	9	16
4	71	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6	22	+12.743	3	13
5	11	Ruben Xaus	Ducati 999 F05	22	+12.811	12	11
6	57	Lorenzo Lanzi	Ducati 999 F06	22	+19.845	10	10
7	4	Alex Barros	Honda CBR1000RR	22	+29.241	5	9
8	55	Regis Laconi	Kawasaki ZX 10R	22	+34.085	17	8
9	52	James Toseland	Honda CBR1000RR	22	+42.113	7	7
10	84	Michel Fabrizio	Honda CBR1000RR	22	+51.815	14	6
11	99	Steve Martin	Petronas FP1	22	+53.608	11	5
12	44	Roberto Rolfo	Ducati 999 F05	22	+56.132	26	4
13	31	Karl Muggeridge	Honda CBR1000RR	22	+57.168	6	3
14	9	Chris Walker	Kawasaki ZX 10R	22	+1:01.056	13	2
15	25	Josh Brookes	Kawasaki ZX 10R	22	+1:34.429	20	1
16	8	Ivan Clementi	Ducati 999 RS	21	+1 Lap	21
Ret	13	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6	17	Retirement	22
Ret	38	Shinichi Nakatomi	Yamaha YZF R1	16	Retirement	16
Ret	3	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha YZF R1	14	Retirement	18
Ret	96	Harry Van Beek	Suzuki GSX-R1000 K2	14	Retirement	28
Ret	7	Pierfrancesco Chili	Honda CBR1000RR	8	Retirement	19
Ret	20	Marco Borciani	Ducati 999 F05	5	Retirement	24
Ret	18	Craig Jones	Petronas FP1	4	Retirement	25
Ret	76	Max Neukirchner	Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6	2	Retirement	23
Ret	80	Kurtis Roberts	Ducati 999 RS	0	Retirement	27
Ret	41	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha YZF R1	0	Retirement	2
Ret	1	Troy Corser	Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6	0	Retirement	1
DNS	16	Sebastien Gimbert	Yamaha YZF R1		Injured in race 1	15

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