2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season: Difference between revisions

This article recaps the 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.

Season summary

The 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 56th competitive 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.

2005 MotoGP Season review

Round	Race	Date	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	Spanish Grand Prix	April 10	Jerez	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
2	Portuguese Grand Prix	April 17	Estoril	Alex Barros	Honda	Report
3	Chinese Grand Prix	May 1	Shanghai	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
4	French Grand Prix	May 15	Le Mans	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
5	Italian Grand Prix	June 5	Mugello	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
6	Catalan Grand Prix	June 12	Catalunya	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
7	Dutch TT	June 25	Assen	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
8	United States Grand Prix	July 10	Laguna Seca	Nicky Hayden	Honda	Report
9	British Grand Prix	July 24	Donington Park	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
10	German Grand Prix	July 31	Sachsenring	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
11	Czech Republic Grand Prix	August 20	Brno	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
12	Japanese Grand Prix	September 10	Motegi	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	Report
13	Malaysian Grand Prix	September 25	Sepang	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	Report
14	Qatar Grand Prix	October 10	Losail	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
15	Australian Grand Prix	October 16	Philip Island	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
16	Turkish Grand Prix	October 23	Istanbul	Marco Melandri	Honda	Report
17	Valencian Grand Prix	November 6	Valencia	Marco Melandri	Honda	Report

2005 MotoGP Roadracing World Championship final standings

Pos Rider Team ESP POR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED USA GBR GER CZE JPN MAL QAT AUS TUR VAL Pts 1 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 Ret 2 1 1 2 3 367 2 Marco Melandri Honda 3 4 3 4 4 3 2 DNF NC 7 6 NC 5 2 4 1 1 220 3 Nicky Hayden Honda Ret 7 9 6 6 5 4 1 NC 3 5 7 4 3 2 3 2 206 4 Colin Edwards Yamaha 9 6 8 3 9 7 3 2 4 8 7 6 10 4 6 7 8 179 5 Max Biaggi Honda 7 3 5 5 2 6 6 4 NC 4 3 2 6 NC DNF 12 6 173 6 Loris Capirossi Ducati 13 9 12 7 3 12 10 10 6 9 2 1 1 10 7 157 7 Sete Gibernau Honda 2 NC 4 2 NC 2 5 5 NC 2 NC NC NC 5 5 4 NC 150 8 Alex Barros Honda 4 1 11 NC 7 4 7 DNF 3 5 4 NC 8 9 NC 9 5 147 9 Carlos Checa Ducati 10 5 NC DNF 5 11 9 NC 5 NC 8 4 3 6 3 5 4 138 10 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki 5 8 NC 8 10 9 8 9 NC 6 12 NC NC 7 7 10 11 98 11 Makoto Tamada Honda 8 8 NC 14 7 7 10 10 3 12 NC 8 8 9 91 12 Toni Elias Yamaha 12 14 14 9 13 9 12 14 9 11 8 9 6 10 74 13 Kenny Roberts Jr Suzuki NC 12 NC 13 15 15 16 14 2 11 11 8 7 11 63 14 John Hopkins Suzuki 14 NC 7 16 11 NC 13 8 11 DNS 13 5 9 17 10 15 13 63 15 Troy Bayliss Honda 6 11 NC 10 13 8 11 6 NC DNS 9 54 16 Ruben Xaus Yamaha 18 10 10 12 14 10 12 11 NC 13 18 10 15 14 12 14 15 52 17 Olivier Jacque Kawasaki 2 11 DNS NC 18 13 28 18 Roberto Rolfo Ducati 15 13 16 15 16 14 18 NC 14 14 17 NC 13 12 13 16 DNF 25 19 Alex Hofmann Kawasaki 11 12 17 NC 12 8 DNS 15 NC 14 24 20 J. vd Goorbergh Honda 6 14 12 21 Chris Vermeulen Honda 11 11 10 22 Franco Battaini Blata 17 NC NC 17 18 19 20 17 NC 15 20 11 16 16 15 17 16 7 23 James Ellison Blata 16 15 13 NC DNF 18 19 16 NC DNF 19 NC 15 14 18 NC 7 24 Shane Byrne Honda NC 16 DNF 16 16 17 15 NC DNF 14 13 6 25 Ryuichi Kiyonari Honda 12 4 26 David Checa Yamaha 19 13 15 4 27 Tohru Ukawa Honda 15 NC 1 — Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki NC 0 — Jeremy McWilliams Proton NC 0 — Kurtis Roberts Proton NC 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 Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

2005 250cc Season Review

Round	Race	Date	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	Spanish Grand Prix	April 10	Jerez	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	Report
2	Portuguese Grand Prix	April 17	Estoril	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	Report
3	Chinese Grand Prix	May 1	Shanghai	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	Report
4	French Grand Prix	May 15	Le Mans	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	Report
5	Italian Grand Prix	June 5	Mugello	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	Report
6	Catalan Grand Prix	June 12	Catalunya	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	Report
7	Dutch TT	June 25	Assen	Sebastian Porto	Aprilia	Report
8	British Grand Prix	July 24	Donington Park	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	Report
9	German Grand Prix	July 31	Sachsenring	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	Report
10	Czech Republic Grand Prix	August 20	Brno	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	Report
11	Japanese Grand Prix	September 10	Motegi	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	Report
12	Malaysian Grand Prix	September 25	Sepang	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	Report
13	Qatar Grand Prix	October 10	Losail	Casey Stoner	Honda	Report
14	Australian Grand Prix	October 16	Philip Island	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	Report
15	Turkish Grand Prix	October 23	Istanbul	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	Report
16	Valencian Grand Prix	November 6	Valencia	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	Report

2005 250cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

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

2005 125cc Season Review

Round	Race	Date	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	Spanish Grand Prix	April 10	Jerez	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	Report
2	Portuguese Grand Prix	April 17	Estoril	Mika Kallio	KTM	Report
3	Chinese Grand Prix	May 1	Shanghai	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	Report
4	French Grand Prix	May 15	Le Mans	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	Report
5	Italian Grand Prix	June 5	Mugello	Gábor Talmácsi	KTM	Report
6	Catalan Grand Prix	June 12	Catalunya	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	Report
7	Dutch TT	June 25	Assen	Gábor Talmácsi	KTM	Report
8	British Grand Prix	July 24	Donington Park	Julian Simon	KTM	Report
9	German Grand Prix	July 31	Sachsenring	Mika Kallio	KTM	Report
10	Czech Republic Grand Prix	August 20	Brno	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	Report
11	Japanese Grand Prix	September 10	Motegi	Mika Kallio	KTM	Report
12	Malaysian Grand Prix	September 25	Sepang	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	Report
13	Qatar Grand Prix	October 10	Losail	Gábor Talmácsi	KTM	Report
14	Australian Grand Prix	October 16	Philip Island	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	Report
15	Turkish Grand Prix	October 23	Istanbul	Mike De Meglio	Honda	Report
16	Valencian Grand Prix	November 6	Valencia	Mika Kallio	KTM	Report

2005 125cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

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 3C Aprilia	183	2
5	Marco Simoncelli	58	Italy	Nocable.it Race Aprilia	177	1
6	Fabrizio Lai	32	Italy	Racing World Honda	141	0
7	Julian Simon	60	Spain	Red Bull KTM	123	1
8	Tomoyoshi Komaya	71	Japan	Ajo Motorsport Honda	119	0
9	Héctor Faubel	55	Spain	Aprilia Aspar Team 250	113	0
10	Manuel Poggiali	54	San Marino	Metis Racing Gilera	107	0
11	Mike De Meglio	63	France	Racing World Honda	105	1

Riders

MotoGP

Number	Rider	Country	Team	Notes
3	Max Biaggi		Honda
4	Alex Barros		Honda
5	Colin Edwards		Yamaha
6	Makoto Tamada		Honda
7	Carlos Checa		Ducati
10	Kenny Roberts Jr		Suzuki
11	Ruben Xaus		Yamaha
12	Troy Bayliss		Honda
15	Sete Gibernau		Honda
16	Jurgen van den Goorbergh		Honda
19	Olivier Jacque		Kawasaki
21	John Hopkins		Suzuki
24	Toni Elias		Yamaha
27	Franco Battaini		Blata
33	Marco Melandri		Honda
44	Roberto Rolfo		Ducati
46	Valentino Rossi		Yamaha
56	Shinya Nakano		Kawasaki
65	Loris Capirossi		Ducati
66	Alex Hofmann		Kawasaki
67	Shane Byrne		Team Roberts
69	Nicky Hayden		Honda
72	Tohru Ukawa		Moriwaki Racing
77	James Ellison		Blata
94	David Checa		Yamaha

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	Jacub Smrz		Honda

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 Toth		Aprilia
47	Angel Rodríguez		Honda
52	Lukas Pesek		Gilera
54	Manuel Poggiali		Gilera
55	Héctor Faubel		Aprilia
58	Marco Simoncelli		Aprilia
60	Julian Simon		KTM
63	Mike Di Meglio		Honda
71	Tomoyoshi Koyama		Honda
75	Mattia Pasini		Aprilia
84	Julian Miralles		Aprilia

External links

• MotoGP Official site