2005 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2005 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 September 2005 at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit. In the 250cc class Jorge Lorenzo was handed a 1 race ban for riding in a irresponsible manner.

Japan  2005 Japanese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 12 of 17 races in the
2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date18 September 2005
Official nameGrand Prix of Japan[1][2][3]
LocationTwin Ring Motegi
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.801 km (2.983 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Italy Loris Capirossi
Time 1:46.363
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Loris Capirossi
Time 1:47.968 on lap 3
Podium
First Italy Loris Capirossi
Second Italy Max Biaggi
Third Japan Makoto Tamada
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Hiroshi Aoyama
Time 1:51.843
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Daniel Pedrosa
Time 1:53.199 on lap 14
Podium
First Japan Hiroshi Aoyama
Second Spain Daniel Pedrosa
Third Australia Casey Stoner
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Hungary Gábor Talmácsi
Time 1:58.653
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Mateo Túnez
Time 1:59.018 on lap 7
Podium
First Finland Mika Kallio
Second Switzerland Thomas Lüthi
Third Spain Héctor Faubel

MotoGP classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 24 43:30.499 1 25
2 3 Italy Max Biaggi Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +1.479 5 20
3 6 Japan Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda 24 +16.227 4 16
4 7 Spain Carlos Checa Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 24 +22.148 9 13
5 21 United States John Hopkins Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 24 +33.212 2 11
6 5 United States Colin Edwards Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +34.915 13 10
7 69 United States Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +45.894 6 9
8 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 24 +56.498 8 8
9 24 Spain Toni Elías Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +1:12.037 17 7
10 11 Spain Rubén Xaus Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +1:34.927 19 6
11 27 Italy Franco Battaini Blata WCM Blata 23 +1 lap 20 5
Ret 33 Italy Marco Melandri Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 12 Accident 3
Ret 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 12 Accident 11
Ret 4 Brazil Alex Barros Camel Honda Honda 12 Accident 10
Ret 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 11 Accident 7
Ret 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 8 Retirement 14
Ret 72 Japan Tohru Ukawa Camel Honda Honda 4 Retirement 15
Ret 44 Italy Roberto Rolfo Team d'Antin Pramac Ducati 2 Accident 16
Ret 66 Germany Alex Hofmann Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 2 Accident 12
Ret 45 Japan Naoki Matsudo Moriwaki Racing Moriwaki 0 Retirement 18
DNS 77 United Kingdom James Ellison Blata WCM Blata Did not start
Sources: [4][5][6]

250 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 73 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 23 43:52.454 1 25
2 1 Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda 23 +5.313 7 20
3 27 Australia Casey Stoner Aprilia 23 +7.781 9 16
4 55 Japan Yuki Takahashi Honda 23 +10.222 6 13
5 7 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 23 +10.763 8 11
6 34 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 23 +11.054 5 10
7 5 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia 23 +19.199 4 9
8 80 Spain Héctor Barberá Honda 23 +24.665 13 8
9 6 Spain Alex Debón Honda 23 +37.683 16 7
10 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 23 +38.122 11 6
11 24 Italy Simone Corsi Aprilia 23 +38.194 24 5
12 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 23 +53.211 15 4
13 32 Italy Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 23 +56.364 21 3
14 25 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 23 +1:08.640 27 2
15 64 Czech Republic Radomil Rous Honda 23 +1:09.205 22 1
16 93 Japan Kouki Takahashi Honda 23 +1:17.982 28
17 36 Colombia Martín Cárdenas Aprilia 23 +1:25.096 29
18 28 Germany Dirk Heidolf Honda 23 +1:26.088 20
19 77 Japan Mamoru Akiya Yamaha 23 +1:33.286 30
20 79 Japan Masaki Tokudome Yamaha 23 +1:35.598 25
21 56 France Mathieu Gines Aprilia 23 +1:37.552 32
Ret 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Honda 22 Accident 2
Ret 44 Japan Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 21 Retirement 12
Ret 19 Argentina Sebastián Porto Aprilia 10 Accident 10
Ret 8 Italy Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 10 Retirement 26
Ret 57 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia 5 Accident 23
Ret 75 Japan Shuhei Aoyama Honda 2 Accident 3
Ret 14 Australia Anthony West KTM 2 Accident 14
Ret 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 0 Accident 17
Ret 21 France Arnaud Vincent Fantic 0 Accident 31
Ret 78 Japan Ryuji Yokoe Yamaha 0 Accident 18
Ret 96 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Honda 0 Accident 19
DNQ 23 Sweden Nicklas Cajback Yamaha Did not qualify
DNQ 20 Italy Gabriele Ferro Fantic Did not qualify
DNQ 22 Bulgaria Alexander Todorov Yamaha Did not qualify
Source: [7]

125 cc classification

The race, scheduled to be run for 21 laps, was stopped after 15 full laps due to an accident and did not restart as two thirds of the race distance had been completed.

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 36 Finland Mika Kallio KTM 15 30:10.854 5 25
2 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda 15 +0.111 7 20
3 55 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 15 +1.517 6 16
4 71 Japan Tomoyoshi Koyama Honda 15 +2.349 2 13
5 75 Italy Mattia Pasini Aprilia 15 +2.406 3 11
6 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera 15 +2.619 8 10
7 33 Spain Sergio Gadea Aprilia 15 +2.761 10 9
8 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Derbi 15 +2.961 13 8
9 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Honda 15 +3.720 9 7
10 32 Italy Fabrizio Lai Honda 15 +9.936 14 6
11 63 France Mike Di Meglio Honda 15 +14.546 12 5
12 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Honda 15 +14.693 24 4
13 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Aprilia 15 +15.699 19 3
14 9 Japan Toshihisa Kuzuhara Honda 15 +20.833 20 2
15 51 Spain Enrique Jerez Derbi 15 +22.562 17 1
16 35 Italy Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 15 +24.038 22
17 8 Italy Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 15 +25.907 18
18 6 Spain Joan Olivé Aprilia 15 +27.014 27
19 43 Spain Manuel Hernández Aprilia 15 +27.502 26
20 7 France Alexis Masbou Honda 15 +27.548 21
21 45 Hungary Imre Tóth Aprilia 15 +47.987 25
22 68 Japan Hiroaki Kuzuhara Honda 15 +48.337 31
23 10 Italy Federico Sandi Honda 15 +48.524 34
24 64 Japan Yuki Hamamoto Honda 15 +51.086 32
25 20 Japan Takumi Takahashi Honda 15 +53.530 29
26 66 Japan Arata Mori Honda 15 +53.610 33
27 26 Switzerland Vincent Braillard Aprilia 15 +54.652 38
28 44 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Aprilia 15 +55.454 30
29 67 Japan Kazuki Hanafusa Honda 15 +1:03.564 41
30 28 Spain Jordi Carchano Aprilia 13 +2 laps 36
Ret 14 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi KTM 13 Accident 1
Ret 52 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Derbi 13 Retirement 23
Ret 25 Germany Dario Giuseppetti Aprilia 12 Retirement 28
Ret 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 9 Accident 4
Ret 31 Germany Sascha Hommel Malaguti 9 Accident 40
Ret 46 Spain Mateo Túnez Aprilia 7 Accident 15
Ret 65 Japan Hiroomi Iwata Honda 6 Retirement 35
Ret 15 Italy Michele Pirro Malaguti 5 Accident 37
Ret 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Honda 3 Accident 16
Ret 48 Spain David Bonache Honda 0 Retirement 39
Ret 60 Spain Julián Simón KTM 0 Accident 11
Source: [8]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

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

References
  1. "2005 Japanese 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". www.progcovers.com.
  3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Twin Ring Motegi - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  4. "2005 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  5. "Grand Prix of Japan – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 18 September 2005. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  6. "motogp.com · GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN · MotoGP Race Classification 2005". www.motogp.com.
  7. "Grand Prix of Japan – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 18 September 2005. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  8. "Grand Prix of Japan – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 18 September 2005. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  9. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2005. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
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