Motorcycle World Championship 2005

Motorcycle World Championship 2005

MotoGP world champion
Driver:	Valentino Rossi
Team:	Gauloises Yamaha Team
Constructor:	Yamaha
250 cc world champion
Driver:	Dani Pedrosa
Constructor:	Honda
125 cc world champion
Driver:	Thomas Lüthi
Constructor:	KTM
<2004 season	2006 season>

The 2005 motorcycle world championship season was the 57th in the history of the FIM - motorcycle road world championship .

17 races were held in the MotoGP class and 16 races in the classes up to 250 cm³ and up to 125 cm³.

Distribution of points

The world champion will be the driver or manufacturer who has accumulated the most points in the world championship by the end of the season. When distributing points, the placements are taken into account in the overall result of the respective race. The top fifteen drivers in each race receive points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
Points	25th	20th	16	13	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

All the results achieved were included in the evaluation.

MotoGP class (990 cm³)

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	04/10	GP of Spain	Jerez	Valentino Rossi	Sete Gibernau	Marco Melandri	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi
2	04/17	GP of Portugal	Estoril	Alex Barros	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Alex Barros	Alex Barros
3	01.05.	GP of China	Shanghai	Valentino Rossi	Olivier Jacque	Marco Melandri	Sete Gibernau	Alex Barros
4th	May 15	French GP	Le Mans	Valentino Rossi	Sete Gibernau	Colin Edwards	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi
5	05.06.	Italian GP	Mugello	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Loris Capirossi	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi
6th	12.06.	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Valentino Rossi	Sete Gibernau	Marco Melandri	Sete Gibernau	Valentino Rossi
7th	25.06.	75. Dutch TT	Aces	Valentino Rossi	Marco Melandri	Colin Edwards	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi
8th	07/10	US GP	Laguna Seca	Nicky Hayden	Colin Edwards	Valentino Rossi	Nicky Hayden	Colin Edwards
9	07/24	British GP	Donington	Valentino Rossi	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Alex Barros	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi
10	07/31	69th GP of Germany	Sachsenring	Valentino Rossi	Sete Gibernau	Nicky Hayden	Nicky Hayden	Sete Gibernau
11	08/28	Czech GP	Brno	Valentino Rossi	Loris Capirossi	Max Biaggi	Sete Gibernau	Valentino Rossi
12	18.09.	Japanese GP	Motegi	Loris Capirossi	Max Biaggi	Makoto Tamada	Loris Capirossi	Loris Capirossi
13	25.09.	Malaysian GP	Sepang	Loris Capirossi	Valentino Rossi	Carlos Checa	Loris Capirossi	Nicky Hayden
14th	01.10.	Qatar GP	Doha	Valentino Rossi	Marco Melandri	Nicky Hayden	Loris Capirossi	Nicky Hayden
15th	16.10.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Valentino Rossi	Nicky Hayden	Carlos Checa	Nicky Hayden	Marco Melandri
16	23.10.	Turkish GP	Istanbul	Marco Melandri	Valentino Rossi	Nicky Hayden	Sete Gibernau	Marco Melandri
17th	06.11.	Valencia GP	Valencia	Marco Melandri	Nicky Hayden	Valentino Rossi	Sete Gibernau	Marco Melandri

Teams and drivers

No. driver team motorcycle tires 3 Max Biaggi Repsol Honda Team Honda RC211V M. 4th Alex Barros Camel Honda Honda RC211V M. 5 Colin Edwards Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha YZR-M1 M. 6th Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda RC211V M. 7th Carlos Checa Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Desmosedici GP5 B. 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R B. 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R B. 11 Rubén Xaus Fortuna Yamaha team Yamaha YZR-M1 M. 12 Troy Bayliss Camel Honda Honda RC211V M. 15th Sete Gibernau MoviStar Honda MotoGP Honda RC211V M. 16 Jürgen van den Goorbergh Konica Minolta Honda Honda RC211V M. 17th Chris Vermeulen Camel Honda Honda RC211V M. 19th Olivier Jacque Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR B. 21st John Hopkins Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R B. 23 Shin'ichi Ito Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Desmosedici GP5 B. 24 Toni Elías Fortuna Yamaha team Yamaha YZR-M1 M. 27 Franco Battaini WCM-Blata Blata-WCM D. 33 Marco Melandri MoviStar Honda MotoGP Honda RC211V M. 44 Roberto Rolfo Team D'Antin Pramac Ducati Desmosedici GP4 D. 45 Naoki Matsudo Moriwaki Racing Moriwaki MD5 D. 46 Valentino Rossi Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha YZR-M1 M. 54 Ryuichi Kiyonari Camel Honda Honda RC211V M. 56 Shin'ya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR B. 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Desmosedici GP5 B. 66 Alex Hofmann Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR B. 67 Shane Byrne Team Roberts Proton - KTM M. Camel Honda Honda RC211V 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda RC211V M. 72 Tōru Ukawa Moriwaki Racing Moriwaki MD5 D. Camel Honda Honda RC211V M. 77 James Ellison WCM-Blata Blata-WCM D. 80 Kurtis Roberts Team Roberts Proton V5 D. 94 David Checa Fortuna Yamaha team Yamaha YZR-M1 M. 99 Jeremy McWilliams Team Roberts Proton V5 D.

Legend Regular driver Wildcard driver Substitute driver

Driver ranking

1 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 367 2 Marco Melandri Honda 220 3 Nicky Hayden Honda 206 4th Colin Edwards Yamaha 179 5 Max Biaggi Honda 173 6th Loris Capirossi Ducati 157 7th Sete Gibernau Honda 150 8th Alex Barros Honda 147 9 Carlos Checa Ducati 138 10 Shin'ya Nakano Kawasaki 98 11 Makoto Tamada Honda 91 12 Toni Elías Yamaha 74 13 Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki 63 John Hopkins Suzuki 63 15th Troy Bayliss Honda 54

16 Rubén Xaus Yamaha 52 17th Olivier Jacque Kawasaki 28 18th Roberto Rolfo Ducati 25th 19th Alex Hofmann Kawasaki 24 20th J. van den Goorbergh Honda 12 21st Chris Vermeulen Honda 10 22nd Franco Battaini WCM-Blata 7th James Ellison WCM-Blata 7th 24 Shane Byrne Proton - KTM / Honda 6th 25th Ryuichi Kiyonari Honda 4th David Checa Yamaha 4th 27 Tōru Ukawa Moriwaki / Honda 1

Constructors' championship

1	Yamaha	381
2	Honda	341
3	Ducati	202
4th	Kawasaki	126
5	Suzuki	100
6th	/ WCM-Blata	13
7th	Moriwaki	7th
8th	/ Proton - KTM	1

Team evaluation

1	Gauloises Yamaha Team	546
2	Repsol Honda Team	379
3	MoviStar Honda MotoGP	370
4th	Ducati Marlboro Team	295
5	Camel Honda	220
6th	Kawasaki Racing Team	150
7th	Fortuna Yamaha team	130
8th	Team Suzuki MotoGP	126
9	Konica Minolta Honda	103
10	Team D'Antin Pramac	25th
11	Blata WCM	14th
12	Team Roberts	1

250 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	04/10	GP of Spain	Jerez	Dani Pedrosa	Sebastián Porto	Alex De Angelis	Dani Pedrosa	Randy De Puniet
2	04/17	GP of Portugal	Estoril	Casey Stoner	Andrea Dovizioso	Randy De Puniet	Randy De Puniet	Alex De Angelis
3	01.05.	GP of China	Shanghai	Casey Stoner	Andrea Dovizioso	Hiroshi Aoyama	Casey Stoner	Andrea Dovizioso
4th	May 15	French GP	Le Mans	Dani Pedrosa	Randy De Puniet	Andrea Dovizioso	Dani Pedrosa	Randy De Puniet
5	05.06.	Italian GP	Mugello	Dani Pedrosa	Jorge Lorenzo	Alex De Angelis	Jorge Lorenzo	Alex De Angelis
6th	12.06.	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Dani Pedrosa	Casey Stoner	Andrea Dovizioso	Dani Pedrosa	Dani Pedrosa
7th	25.06.	75. Dutch TT	Aces	Sebastián Porto	Dani Pedrosa	Jorge Lorenzo	Jorge Lorenzo	Sebastián Porto
8th	07/24	British GP	Donington	Randy De Puniet	Anthony West	Casey Stoner	Dani Pedrosa	Anthony West
9	07/31	69th GP of Germany	Sachsenring	Dani Pedrosa	Alex De Angelis	Hiroshi Aoyama	Alex De Angelis	Dani Pedrosa
10	08/28	Czech GP	Brno	Dani Pedrosa	Jorge Lorenzo	Casey Stoner	Jorge Lorenzo	Dani Pedrosa
11	18.09.	Japanese GP	Motegi	Hiroshi Aoyama	Dani Pedrosa	Casey Stoner	Hiroshi Aoyama	Dani Pedrosa
12	25.09.	Malaysian GP	Sepang	Casey Stoner	Alex De Angelis	Sebastián Porto	Hiroshi Aoyama	Casey Stoner
13	01.10.	Qatar GP	Doha	Casey Stoner	Jorge Lorenzo	Andrea Dovizioso	Jorge Lorenzo	Dani Pedrosa
14th	16.10.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Dani Pedrosa	Sebastián Porto	Jorge Lorenzo	Casey Stoner	Sebastián Porto
15th	23.10.	Turkish GP	Istanbul	Casey Stoner	Dani Pedrosa	Hiroshi Aoyama	Alex De Angelis	Dani Pedrosa
16	06.11.	Valencia GP	Valencia	Dani Pedrosa	Jorge Lorenzo	Casey Stoner	Dani Pedrosa	Dani Pedrosa

Driver ranking

1 Dani Pedrosa Honda 309 2 Casey Stoner Aprilia 254 3 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 189 4th Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 180 5 Jorge Lorenzo Honda 167 6th Sebastián Porto Aprilia 152 7th Alex De Angelis Aprilia 151 8th Randy De Puniet Aprilia 138 9 Héctor Barberá Honda 120 10 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 84 11 Yūki Takahashi Honda 77 12 Alex Debón Honda 67 13 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 61 14th Simone Corsi Aprilia 59 15th Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 36 16 Chaz Davies Aprilia 32

17th Anthony West Aprilia / Honda / KTM 30th 18th Alex Baldolini Aprilia 25th 19th Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 19th 20th Jakub Smrž Honda 19th 21st Tarō Sekiguchi Aprilia 13 22nd Dirk Heidolf Honda 13 23 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 13 24 Radomil Rous Honda 11 25th  Martín Cárdenas Aprilia 9 26th Grégory Leblanc Aprilia 6th 27 Erwan Nigon Aprilia / Honda / Yamaha 3 28 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 3

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	349
2	Aprilia	339
3	KTM	30th

125 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	04/10	GP of Spain	Jerez	Marco Simoncelli	Mika Kallio	Fabrizio Lai	Marco Simoncelli	Pablo Nieto
2	04/17	GP of Portugal	Estoril	Mika Kallio	Héctor Faubel	Thomas Lüthi	Mika Kallio	Héctor Faubel
3	01.05.	GP of China	Shanghai	Mattia Pasini	Fabrizio Lai	Gábor Talmácsi	Mika Kallio	Fabrizio Lai
4th	May 15	French GP	Le Mans	Thomas Lüthi	Sergio Gadea	Mika Kallio	Thomas Lüthi	Mika Kallio
5	05.06.	Italian GP	Mugello	Gábor Talmácsi	Thomas Lüthi	Joan Olivé	Mika Kallio	Héctor Faubel
6th	12.06.	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Mattia Pasini	Marco Simoncelli	Mika Kallio	Mika Kallio	Mika Kallio
7th	25.06.	75. Dutch TT	Aces	Gábor Talmácsi	Héctor Faubel	Mattia Pasini	Mika Kallio	Héctor Faubel
8th	07/24	British GP	Donington	Julián Simón	Mike Di Meglio	Fabrizio Lai	Mika Kallio	Álvaro Bautista
9	07/31	69th GP of Germany	Sachsenring	Mika Kallio	Thomas Lüthi	Marco Simoncelli	Mika Kallio	Mika Kallio
10	08/28	Czech GP	Brno	Thomas Lüthi	Mika Kallio	Marco Simoncelli	Thomas Lüthi	Sergio Gadea
11	18.09.	Japanese GP	Motegi	Mika Kallio	Thomas Lüthi	Héctor Faubel	Gábor Talmácsi	Mateo Tunez
12	25.09.	Malaysian GP	Sepang	Thomas Lüthi	Mika Kallio	Mattia Pasini	Thomas Lüthi	Gábor Talmácsi
13	01.10.	Qatar GP	Doha	Gábor Talmácsi	Mika Kallio	Marco Simoncelli	Mika Kallio	Marco Simoncelli
14th	16.10.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Thomas Lüthi	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Marco Simoncelli	Thomas Lüthi	Ángel Rodríguez
15th	23.10.	Turkish GP	Istanbul	Mike Di Meglio	Mattia Pasini	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Thomas Lüthi	Thomas Lüthi
16	06.11.	Valencia GP	Valencia	Mika Kallio	Gábor Talmácsi	Mattia Pasini	Sergio Gadea	Sergio Gadea

Driver ranking

1 Thomas Lüthi Honda 242 2 Mika Kallio KTM 237 3 Gábor Talmácsi KTM 198 4th Mattia Pasini Aprilia 183 5 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 177 6th Fabrizio Lai Honda 141 7th Julián Simón KTM 123 8th Tomoyoshi Koyama Honda 119 9 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 113 10 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 107 11 Mike Di Meglio Honda 104 12 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 68 13 Pablo Nieto Derbi 64 14th Joan Olivé Aprilia 60 15th Álvaro Bautista Honda 47 16 Aleix Espargaró Honda 36 17th Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 30th 18th Alexis Masbou Honda 28 19th Lukáš Pešek Derbi 25th

20th Andrea Iannone Aprilia 20th 21st Toshihisa Kuzuhara Honda 17th 22nd  Ángel Rodríguez Honda / Aprilia 16 23 Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 13 24  Manuel Hernández Jr. Aprilia / Honda 12 Michael Ranseder KTM 12 26th Sandro Cortese Honda 8th 27 Dan Linfoot Honda 7th  Imre Tóth Aprilia 7th 29 Jordi Carchano Aprilia 6th 30th Michele Conti Honda 5 31 Christian Elkin Honda 4th Dario Giuseppetti Aprilia 4th 33 Michele Pirro Malaguti 3 34 Enrique Jerez Derbi 2 35 Nicolás Terol Derbi 1 Stefan Bradl KTM 1

Constructors' championship

1	KTM	332
2	Honda	304
3	Aprilia	296
4th	Gilera	107
5	Derbi	73
6th	Malaguti	3

Web links

Commons : Motorcycle World Championship 2005 season  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the motorcycle world championship
• Detailed statistics for the 2005 season at racingmemo.free.fr (French)