2005 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2005 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 13–15 October 2005 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. It was also the final victory for Valentino Rossi at Phillip Island until the 2014 event.

Nicky Hayden, Valentino Rossi and Carlos Checa on the podium after finishing second, first and third in the MotoGP race.

Australia  2005 Australian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 15 of 17 races in the
2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date14–16 October 2005
Official namePolini Australian Grand Prix[1][2][3]
LocationPhillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.448 km (2.764 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider United States Nicky Hayden
Time 1:29.337
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Marco Melandri
Time 1:30.332 on lap 4
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second United States Nicky Hayden
Third Spain Carlos Checa
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Australia Casey Stoner
Time 1:32.756
Fastest lap
Rider Argentina Sebastián Porto
Time 1:33.503 on lap 3
Podium
First Spain Daniel Pedrosa
Second Argentina Sebastián Porto
Third Spain Jorge Lorenzo
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Switzerland Thomas Lüthi
Time 1:37.543
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Ángel Rodríguez
Time 1:38.054 on lap 3
Podium
First Switzerland Thomas Lüthi
Second Japan Tomoyoshi Koyama
Third Italy Marco Simoncelli

MotoGP classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 41:08.542 2 25
2 69 United States Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +1.007 1 20
3 7 Spain Carlos Checa Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 27 +4.215 4 16
4 33 Italy Marco Melandri Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 27 +4.232 8 13
5 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 27 +14.088 3 11
6 5 United States Colin Edwards Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +33.200 5 10
7 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 27 +45.055 10 9
8 6 Japan Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda 27 +45.103 9 8
9 24 Spain Toni Elías Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +45.104 7 7
10 21 United States John Hopkins Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 27 +50.260 11 6
11 17 Australia Chris Vermeulen Camel Honda Honda 27 +50.697 14 5
12 11 Spain Rubén Xaus Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +1:08.324 15 4
13 44 Italy Roberto Rolfo Team d'Antin Pramac Ducati 27 +1:31.737 16 3
14 77 United Kingdom James Ellison Blata WCM Blata 26 +1 lap 17 2
15 27 Italy Franco Battaini Blata WCM Blata 26 +1 lap 18 1
16 19 France Olivier Jacque Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 25 +2 laps 13
Ret 4 Brazil Alex Barros Camel Honda Honda 22 Accident 12
Ret 3 Italy Max Biaggi Repsol Honda Team Honda 0 Accident 6
WD 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki Withdrew
WD 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Withdrew
Sources:[4][5][6]
Dani Pedrosa, celebrating after winning the 250cc race.

250 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda 25 39:18.195 6 25
2 19 Argentina Sebastián Porto Aprilia 25 +0.027 4 20
3 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Honda 25 +8.674 2 16
4 80 Spain Héctor Barberá Honda 25 +24.838 5 13
5 34 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 25 +24.868 7 11
6 73 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 25 +24.872 8 10
7 7 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 25 +37.274 9 9
8 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 25 +47.013 10 8
9 6 Spain Alex Debón Honda 25 +56.602 13 7
10 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 25 +56.747 14 6
11 57 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia 25 +1:09.126 17 5
12 28 Germany Dirk Heidolf Honda 25 +1:09.796 21 4
13 96 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Honda 25 +1:09.830 19 3
14 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 25 +1:14.472 12 2
15 8 Italy Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 25 +1:14.497 20 1
16 24 Italy Simone Corsi Aprilia 25 +1:14.771 16
17 36 Colombia Martín Cárdenas Aprilia 25 +1:22.080 23
18 32 Italy Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 24 +1 lap 22
19 33 Spain Arturo Tizón Honda 24 +1 lap 24
20 56 France Mathieu Gines Aprilia 24 +1 lap 27
Ret 44 Japan Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 24 Retirement 15
Ret 25 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 17 Accident 18
Ret 21 France Arnaud Vincent Fantic 12 Retirement 25
Ret 55 Japan Yuki Takahashi Honda 10 Retirement 11
Ret 63 France Erwan Nigon Yamaha 6 Retirement 26
Ret 27 Australia Casey Stoner Aprilia 4 Retirement 1
Ret 5 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia 3 Accident 3
DNQ 82 Australia Mick Kelly Honda Did not qualify
DNQ 23 Sweden Nicklas Cajback Yamaha Did not qualify
DNQ 81 Australia Mark Rowling Yamaha Did not qualify
DNQ 20 Italy Gabriele Ferro Fantic Did not qualify
Source:[7]

125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda 23 38:00.352 1 25
2 71 Japan Tomoyoshi Koyama Honda 23 +2.663 6 20
3 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 23 +2.665 4 16
4 75 Italy Mattia Pasini Aprilia 23 +2.673 2 13
5 36 Finland Mika Kallio KTM 23 +2.860 5 11
6 55 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 23 +2.945 13 10
7 14 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi KTM 23 +2.950 3 9
8 47 Spain Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 23 +3.386 12 8
9 33 Spain Sergio Gadea Aprilia 23 +10.546 22 7
10 7 France Alexis Masbou Honda 23 +10.551 17 6
11 35 Italy Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 23 +10.851 14 5
12 32 Italy Fabrizio Lai Honda 23 +11.071 9 4
13 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera 23 +11.133 15 3
14 63 France Mike Di Meglio Honda 23 +11.629 7 2
15 6 Spain Joan Olivé Aprilia 23 +15.048 10 1
16 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Honda 23 +30.883 18
17 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Honda 23 +30.884 19
18 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Derbi 23 +49.058 25
19 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Honda 23 +49.131 16
20 8 Italy Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 23 +49.170 23
21 9 Japan Toshihisa Kuzuhara Honda 23 +50.660 26
22 43 Spain Manuel Hernández Aprilia 23 +51.027 27
23 46 Spain Mateo Túnez Aprilia 23 +1:07.317 30
24 42 Italy Gioele Pellino Malaguti 23 +1:09.832 28
25 28 Spain Jordi Carchano Aprilia 23 +1:21.312 24
26 25 Germany Dario Giuseppetti Aprilia 23 +1:28.227 34
27 48 Spain David Bonache Honda 22 +1 lap 32
28 69 Australia Blake Leigh-Smith Honda 21 +2 laps 35
Ret 10 Italy Federico Sandi Honda 18 Retirement 29
Ret 81 Australia Tom Hatton Honda 16 Accident 37
Ret 18 Spain Nicolás Terol Derbi 13 Retirement 20
Ret 52 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Derbi 8 Accident 8
Ret 60 Spain Julián Simón KTM 7 Accident 11
Ret 45 Hungary Imre Tóth Aprilia 6 Retirement 21
Ret 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Aprilia 3 Retirement 33
Ret 15 Italy Michele Pirro Malaguti 2 Retirement 31
Ret 31 Germany Sascha Hommel Honda 0 Retirement 36
DNS 44 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Aprilia Did not start
DNQ 70 Australia Brent Rigoli Honda Did not qualify
DNQ 83 Australia Rhys Moller Honda Did not qualify
DNQ 82 Australia Candice Scott Honda Did not qualify
Source:[8]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.[9]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References
  1. "2005 Australian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "2005 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". progcovers.com.
  3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Phillip Island Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  4. "2005 Australian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  5. "Polini Australian Grand Prix – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 16 October 2005. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  6. "motogp.com · POLINI AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2005". motogp.com.
  7. "Polini Australian Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 16 October 2005. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  8. "Polini Australian Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 16 October 2005. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  9. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2005. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
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