2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

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The 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 57th F.I.M. Road racing World Championship season.

[edit] Season summary

The 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season began on April 10 at Jerez and closing on November 6 at Valencia. There were seventeen Grands Prix for the MotoGP class, and sixteen for the 250cc and 125cc classes.

The MotoGP championship was won by Valentino Rossi on a Yamaha, 250cc title by Daniel Pedrosa on a Honda and 125cc title by Thomas Lüthi on a Honda.

It was a season which featured a lot of dramatic races including 4 rain-affected races in Portugal, China, France and Great Britain. It also saw the domination of Valentino Rossi with 16 podiums out of 17 races and 11 wins, beating Marco Melandri by a distant 147 points in the championship. In the 125cc Thomas Lüthi won the World championship dramaticly, when Mika Kallio's team-mate Gábor Talmácsi overtook Kallio at the last corner in Qatar. Kallio would have got five points more, and then points would be 242-242, but Kallio would have won the title with more wins (4-5).

[edit] Grands Prix

Round	Date	Race	Location	125cc winner	250cc winner	MotoGP winner	Report
1	April 10	Spanish Grand Prix	Jerez	Marco Simoncelli	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Report
2	April 17	Portuguese Grand Prix	Estoril	Mika Kallio	Casey Stoner	Alex Barros	Report
3	May 1	Chinese Grand Prix	Shanghai	Mattia Pasini	Casey Stoner	Valentino Rossi	Report
4	May 15	French Grand Prix	Le Mans	Thomas Lüthi	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Report
5	June 5	Italian Grand Prix	Mugello	Gábor Talmácsi	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Report
6	June 12	Catalan Grand Prix	Catalunya	Mattia Pasini	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Report
7	June 25	Dutch TT	Assen	Gábor Talmácsi	Sebastian Porto	Valentino Rossi	Report
8	July 10	United States Grand Prix	Laguna Seca	No 125cc and 250cc race		Nicky Hayden	Report
9	July 24	British Grand Prix	Donington Park	Julián Simón	Randy de Puniet	Valentino Rossi	Report
10	July 31	German Grand Prix	Sachsenring	Mika Kallio	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Report
11	August 20	Czech Republic Grand Prix	Brno	Thomas Lüthi	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Report
12	September 18	Japanese Grand Prix	Motegi	Mika Kallio	Hiroshi Aoyama	Loris Capirossi	Report
13	September 25	Malaysian Grand Prix	Sepang	Thomas Lüthi	Casey Stoner	Loris Capirossi	Report
14	October 1	Qatar Grand Prix	Losail	Gábor Talmácsi	Casey Stoner	Valentino Rossi	Report
15	October 16	Australian Grand Prix	Philip Island	Thomas Lüthi	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Report
16	October 23	Turkish Grand Prix	Istanbul	Mike Di Meglio	Casey Stoner	Marco Melandri	Report
17	November 6	Valencian Grand Prix	Valencia	Mika Kallio	Dani Pedrosa	Marco Melandri	Report

[edit] Riders standings

• Rounds marked with light blue background were ran under wet race conditions.
• Point system: 25 for first, 20 for second, 16 for third, 13 for fourth, 11 for fifth and then one point less for each position so fifteenth gets one point. Rider has to finish race to earn points.

[edit] MotoGP

Pos Rider Team ESP POR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED USA GBR GER CZE JPN MAL QAT AUS TUR VAL Pts 1 Rossi Yamaha 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 Ret 2 1 1 2 3 367 2 Melandri Honda 3 4 3 4 4 3 2 Ret Ret 7 6 Ret 5 2 4 1 1 220 3 Hayden Honda Ret 7 9 6 6 5 4 1 Ret 3 5 7 4 3 2 3 2 206 4 Edwards Yamaha 9 6 8 3 9 7 3 2 4 8 7 6 10 4 6 7 8 179 5 Biaggi Honda 7 3 5 5 2 6 6 4 Ret 4 3 2 6 Ret Ret 12 6 173 6 Capirossi Ducati 13 9 12 7 3 12 10 10 6 9 2 1 1 10 7 157 7 Gibernau Honda 2 Ret 4 2 Ret 2 5 5 Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 5 5 4 Ret 150 8 Barros Honda 4 1 11 Ret 7 4 7 Ret 3 5 4 Ret 8 9 Ret 9 5 147 9 C. Checa Ducati 10 5 Ret Ret 5 11 9 Ret 5 Ret 8 4 3 6 3 5 4 138 10 Nakano Kawasaki 5 8 Ret 8 10 9 8 9 Ret 6 12 Ret Ret 7 7 10 11 98 11 Tamada Honda 8 8 Ret 14 7 7 10 10 3 12 Ret 8 8 9 91 12 Elias Yamaha 12 14 14 9 13 9 12 14 9 11 8 9 6 10 74 13 Ke. Roberts Suzuki Ret 12 Ret 13 15 15 16 14 2 11 11 8 7 11 63 14 Hopkins Suzuki 14 Ret 7 16 11 Ret 13 8 11 DNS 13 5 9 17 10 15 13 63 15 Bayliss Honda 6 11 Ret 10 13 8 11 6 Ret DNS 9 54 16 Xaus Yamaha 18 10 10 12 14 10 12 11 Ret 13 18 10 15 14 12 14 15 52 17 Jacque Kawasaki 2 11 DNS Ret 18 13 28 18 Rolfo Ducati 15 13 16 15 16 14 18 Ret 14 14 17 Ret 13 12 13 16 Ret 25 19 Hofmann Kawasaki 11 12 17 Ret 12 8 DNS 15 Ret 14 24 20 vd Goorbergh Honda 6 14 12 21 Vermeulen Honda 11 11 10 22 Battaini Blata 17 Ret Ret 17 18 19 20 17 Ret 15 20 11 16 16 15 17 16 7 23 Ellison Blata 16 15 13 Ret Ret 18 19 16 Ret Ret 19 Ret 15 14 18 Ret 7 24 Byrne KTM Ret 16 Ret 16 16 17 15 Ret Ret 14 13 6 25 Kiyonari Honda 12 4 26 D. Checa Yamaha 19 13 15 4 27 Ukawa Moriwaki 15 Ret 1 — Aoki Suzuki Ret 0 — McWilliams Proton Ret 0 — Ku. Roberts Proton Ret 0 Pos Rider Team ESP POR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED USA GBR GER CZE JPN MAL QAT AUS TUR VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Not classified (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate Excluded (EX)

[edit] 250cc

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Team	Points	Wins
1	Daniel Pedrosa	1	Spain	Telefonica Movistar 250 Honda	309	8
2	Casey Stoner	27	Australia	Carrera Sunglasses - LCR Aprilia	254	5
3	Andrea Dovizioso	34	Italy	Team Scot Honda	189	0
4	Hiroshi Aoyama	73	Japan	Telefonica Movistar 250 Honda	180	1
5	Jorge Lorenzo	48	Spain	Fortuna Honda	167	0
6	Sebastian Porto	19	Argentina	Aprilia Aspar 250cc	152	1
7	Alex De Angelis	5	San Marino	MS Aprilia Italia Corse	151	0
8	Randy de Puniet	7	France	Aprilia Aspar 250cc	138	1
9	Héctor Barberá	80	Spain	Fortuna Honda	120	0
10	Sylvain Guintoli	50	France	Equipe de France - Scrab Aprilia	83	0

[edit] 125cc

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Team	Points	Wins
1	Thomas Lüthi	12	Switzerland	Elit Grand Prix Honda	242	4
2	Mika Kallio	36	Finland	Red Bull KTM	237	4
3	Gábor Talmácsi	14	Hungary	Red Bull KTM	198	3
4	Mattia Pasini	75	Italy	Totti Top Sport - NGS Aprilia	183	2
5	Marco Simoncelli	58	Italy	Nocable.it Race Aprilia	177	1
6	Fabrizio Lai	32	Italy	Kopron Racing World Honda	141	0
7	Julián Simón	60	Spain	Red Bull KTM	123	1
8	Tomoyoshi Koyama	71	Japan	Ajo Motorsport Honda	119	0
9	Héctor Faubel	55	Spain	MVA Master Aspar Team Aprilia	113	0
10	Manuel Poggiali	54	San Marino	Metis Racing Team Gilera	107	0
11	Mike Di Meglio	63	France	Kopron Racing World Honda	104	1

[edit] Riders

[edit] MotoGP

Team Constructor Motorcycle Tyres No Rider Repsol Honda Team Honda Honda RC211V M 3 Max Biaggi 69 Nicky Hayden Camel Honda Honda Honda RC211V M 4 Alex Barros 12 Troy Bayliss 72 Tohru Ukawa 67 Shane Byrne 17 Chris Vermeulen 54 Ryuichi Kiyonari Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 M 5 Colin Edwards 46 Valentino Rossi JiR Konica Minolta Honda Honda Honda RC211V M 6 Makoto Tamada 16 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP5 B 7 Carlos Checa 65 Loris Capirossi 23 Shinichi Itoh Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki Suzuki GSV-R B 10 Kenny Roberts, Jr. 21 John Hopkins 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 M 11 Ruben Xaus 24 Toni Elias 94 David Checa Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda Honda RC211V M 15 Sete Gibernau 33 Marco Melandri Blata WCM Blata Blata WCM D 27 Franco Battaini 77 James Ellison D’Antin MotoGP-Pramac Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP5 D 44 Roberto Rolfo Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR M 56 Shinya Nakano 66 Alex Hofmann 16 Olivier Jacque Team Roberts Proton Proton KR5 M 72 Shane Byrne Moriwaki Racing Moriwaki Moriwaki MD211VF M 72 Tohru Ukawa 45 Naoki Matsudo

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

[edit] 250cc

Number	Rider	Country	Team	Notes
1	Daniel Pedrosa		Honda
5	Alex De Angelis		Aprilia
6	Alex Debon		Honda
7	Randy de Puniet		Aprilia
8	Andrea Ballerini		Aprilia
9	Hugo Marchand		Aprilia
12	Gabor Rizmayer		Yamaha
14	Anthony West		Aprilia
15	Roberto Locatelli		Aprilia
16	Franz Aschenbrenner		Yamaha
17	Steve Jenkner		Honda
18	Frederik Watz		Yamaha
19	Sebastian Porto		Aprilia
20	Gabriele Ferro		Fantic Motor
21	Arnaud Vincent		Fantic Motor
24	Simone Corsi		Aprilia
25	Alex Baldolini		Aprilia
27	Casey Stoner		Aprilia
28	Dirk Heidolf		Honda
32	Mirko Giansanti		Aprilia
34	Andrea Dovizioso		Honda
36	Martin Cardenas		Aprilia
38	Gregory Leblanc		Aprilia
44	Taro Sekiguchi		Aprilia
48	Jorge Lorenzo		Honda
50	Sylvain Guintoli		Aprilia
55	Yuki Takahashi		Honda
57	Chaz Davies		Aprilia
64	Radomil Rous		Honda
73	Hiroshi Aoyama		Honda
80	Hector Barbera		Honda
96	Jakub Smrz		Honda

[edit] 125cc

Number	Rider	Country	Team	Notes
6	Joan Olivé		Aprilia
7	Alexis Masbou		Honda
8	Lorenzo Zanetti		Aprilia
9	Toshihisa Kuzuhara		Honda
10	Federico Sandi		Honda
11	Sandro Cortese		Honda
12	Thomas Luthi		Honda
14	Gábor Talmácsi		KTM
15	Michele Pirro		Malaguti
16	Raymond Shouten		Honda
18	Nicolás Terol		Derbi
19	Álvaro Bautista		Honda
22	Pablo Nieto		Derbi
25	Dario Giuseppetti		Aprilia
26	Vincent Braillard		Aprilia
28	Jordi Carchano		Aprilia
29	Andrea Iannone		Aprilia
31	Sascha Hommel		Malaguti
32	Fabrizio Lai		Honda
33	Sergio Gadea		Aprilia
35	Raffaele de Rosa		Aprilia
36	Mika Kallio		KTM
41	Aleix Espargaro		Honda
42	Gioele Pellino		Malaguti
43	Manuel Hernández		Aprilia
44	Karel Abraham		Aprilia
45	Imre Tóth		Aprilia
47	Angel Rodríguez		Honda
52	Lukáš Pešek		Gilera
54	Manuel Poggiali		Gilera
55	Héctor Faubel		Aprilia
58	Marco Simoncelli		Aprilia
60	Julián Simón		KTM
63	Mike Di Meglio		Honda
71	Tomoyoshi Koyama		Honda
75	Mattia Pasini		Aprilia
84	Julian Miralles		Aprilia

[edit] External links

• MotoGP Official site

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