2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 56th F.I.M. Road racing World Championship season.

2004 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Previous:	2003	Next:	2005
World Champion MotoGP – Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) 250cc – Dani Pedrosa (Honda) 125cc – Andrea Dovizioso (Honda)

Dani Pedrosa (pictured at Welkom) became the 2004 250cc world champion

Season summary

At the end of 2003, HRC and Valentino Rossi had parted ways, and HRC held Rossi to the letter of their contract which stipulated he could not ride another manufacturer's machine until 31 December 2003.[1] Rossi's move to Yamaha, therefore, was a gamble on a manufacturer that hadn't had a world championship in 12 years. Rossi won the first round of the season and lay to rest doubts about whether the rider or the motorcycle was more important when he achieved what no rider since Eddie Lawson had done in the history of the premier-class: he won back-to-back championships on different marques, Honda in 2003 and Yamaha in 2004.

Runner-up Sete Gibernau gave Rossi a strong challenge initially, but faded towards the end of the season. The friendship between him and Rossi frayed over the season, and snapped completely at the Qatar round.

Another change in 2004 was also d'Antin Team, who switched their alliance from Yamaha to Ducati motorcycles after five-year alliance with Yamaha, marked the first time Ducati MotoGP manufacturer introduced a satellite customer team.

At the Italian round, the race ran for 17 laps before rain started, and according to the rules at the time, the race was decided on a second, 6-lap race and the previous 17 laps only counted for grid positions. Conditions dried enough that the riders started the new race in slicks instead of wet-weather tires. In 2005 the rules were changed so that rain would no longer stop a race in MotoGP.

The Rookie of the Year was Rubén Xaus.

2004 Grand Prix season calendar

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2004:[2][3]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	18 April	betandwin.com Africa's Grand Prix	Phakisa Freeway
2	2 May	Gran Premio Marlboro de España	Circuito de Jerez
3	16 May	Grand Prix Polini de France	Bugatti Circuit
4	6 June	Gran Premio Cinzano d'Italia	Mugello Circuit
5	13 June	Gran Premi Gauloises de Catalunya	Circuit de Catalunya
6	26 June ††	Gauloises TT Assen	Assen
7	4 July	Cinzano Rio Grand Prix	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
8	18 July	Veltins Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland	Sachsenring
9	25 July	Cinzano British Grand Prix	Donington Park
10	22 August	Gauloises Grand Prix České republiky	Brno Circuit
11	5 September	Grande Prémio Marlboro de Portugal	Autódromo do Estoril
12	18 September	Camel Grand Prix of Japan	Twin Ring Motegi
13	2 October	Marlboro Grand Prix of Qatar	Losail International Circuit
14	10 October	Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit
15	17 October	Cinzano Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island Circuit
16	31 October	Gran Premio Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana	Circuit de Valencia

†† = Saturday Race

Calendar changes

• The Japanese Grand Prix moved from the Suzuka Circuit to the Twin Ring Motegi after the fatal accident of Japanese rider Daijiro Kato.
• The Japanese Grand Prix was moved back, from 6 April to 18 September.
• The Pacific Grand Prix was renamed the Japanese Grand Prix after the relocation to the Twin Ring Motegi.
• The Qatar Grand Prix was added to the calendar.

This was the last time MotoGP raced in Africa and Latin America, with the latter seeing MotoGP in 2014.

2004 Grand Prix season results

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	125cc winner	250cc winner	MotoGP winner	Report
1	18 April	South African motorcycle Grand Prix	Phakisa	Andrea Dovizioso	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Report
2	2 May	Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix	Jerez	Marco Simoncelli	Roberto Rolfo	Sete Gibernau	Report
3	16 May	French motorcycle Grand Prix	Le Mans	Andrea Dovizioso	Dani Pedrosa	Sete Gibernau	Report
4	6 June	Italian motorcycle Grand Prix	Mugello	Roberto Locatelli	Sebastián Porto	Valentino Rossi	Report
5	13 June	Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix	Catalunya	Héctor Barberá	Randy de Puniet	Valentino Rossi	Report
6	26 June	Dutch TT	Assen	Jorge Lorenzo	Sebastián Porto	Valentino Rossi	Report
7	4 July	Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix	Rio de Janeiro	Héctor Barberá	Manuel Poggiali	Makoto Tamada	Report
8	18 July	German motorcycle Grand Prix	Sachsenring	Roberto Locatelli	Dani Pedrosa	Max Biaggi	Report
9	25 July	British motorcycle Grand Prix	Donington Park	Andrea Dovizioso	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Report
10	22 August	Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix	Brno	Jorge Lorenzo	Sebastián Porto	Sete Gibernau	Report
11	5 September	Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix	Estoril	Héctor Barberá	Toni Elías	Valentino Rossi	Report
12	18 September	Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix	Motegi	Andrea Dovizioso	Dani Pedrosa	Makoto Tamada	Report
13	2 October	Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix	Losail	Jorge Lorenzo	Sebastián Porto	Sete Gibernau	Report
14	10 October	Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang	Casey Stoner	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Report
15	17 October	Australian motorcycle Grand Prix	Phillip Island	Andrea Dovizioso	Sebastián Porto	Valentino Rossi	Report
16	31 October	Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix	Valencia	Héctor Barberá	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Report

Participants

MotoGP participants

Team Constructor Motorcycle Tyres No. Rider Rounds Camel Honda Honda Honda RC211V M 3 Max Biaggi All B 6 Makoto Tamada All Repsol Honda Honda Honda RC211V M 4 Alex Barros All 69 Nicky Hayden 1–10, 12–16 Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 M 7 Carlos Checa All 46 Valentino Rossi All / Proton Team KR Proton KR Proton KR5 D 9 Nobuatsu Aoki All 80 Kurtis Roberts 1–10, 16 36 James Haydon 13–15 Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki Suzuki GSV-R B 10 Kenny Roberts, Jr. 1–12 21 John Hopkins 1–3, 5–16 32 Gregorio Lavilla 5, 10 15–16 71 Yukio Kagayama 13–14 D'Antin MotoGP Ducati Ducati Desmosedici M 11 Rubén Xaus All 50 Neil Hodgson All Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP4 M 12 Troy Bayliss All 65 Loris Capirossi All Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda Honda RC211V M 15 Sete Gibernau All 45 Colin Edwards All Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 M 17 Norifumi Abe All 33 Marco Melandri All Moriwaki Racing Moriwaki Moriwaki MD5 D 19 Olivier Jacque 12, 16 88 Andrew Pitt 4–5, 10 WCM Harris WCM Harris WCM D 35 Chris Burns 2–9, 11, 16 84 Michel Fabrizio 1–6, 8–10 41 Youichi Ui 12–15 52 José David de Gea 7 77 James Ellison 10–11, 13–16 Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-RR B 56 Shinya Nakano All 66 Alex Hofmann All MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS Cube M 67 Shane Byrne 1–10, 12 99 Jeremy McWilliams All 24 Garry McCoy 14–16 84 Michel Fabrizio 11 HRC Honda Honda RC211V M 72 Tohru Ukawa 12 Source: [4]

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

250cc participants

Team Constructor Motorcycle Tyres No. Rider Rounds Fortuna Honda Honda Honda RS250R D 2 Roberto Rolfo All 24 Toni Elías All Telefónica Movistar Honda 250cc 26 Dani Pedrosa All 73 Hiroshi Aoyama All Wurth Honda BQR Honda Honda RS250R D 6 Alex Debón All 34 Eric Bataille 1–8, 10–12 52 José David de Gea 9, 13–16 Safilo Carrera - LCR Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 7 Randy de Puniet All Team UGT Kurz Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 D 8 Naoki Matsudo All 36 Erwan Nigon 1, 3–8 43 Radomil Rous 9–16 63 Jarno Ronzoni 2 Freesoul Abruzzo Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 9 Hugo Marchand All 14 Anthony West 1–15 27 Valerio Anghetti 10 63 Jarno Ronzoni 16 Repsol - Aspar Team 250cc Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 10 Fonsi Nieto All 19 Sebastián Porto All Campetella Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 11 Joan Olivé All 21 Franco Battaini All 43 Radomil Rous 2–3 50 Sylvain Guintoli All Equipe GP de France - Scrab Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 12 Arnaud Vincent 1–4, 6–12, 16 36 Erwan Nigon 9–16 42 Grégory Leblanc 13–15 72 David Fouloi 5 77 Grégory Lefort 1–8 Castrol-Honda Kiefer Racing Honda Honda RS250R D 15 Christian Gemmel 1–4 17 Klaus Nöhles 6–14 63 Jarno Ronzoni 5 64 Frederik Watz 16 82 Joshua Waters 15 Aprilia Germany Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 16 Johan Stigefelt All 57 Chaz Davies All Grefusa - Aspar Team 250cc Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 22 Iván Silva 6 28 Dirk Heidolf 1–5, 7–16 33 Héctor Faubel 1–7, 9–16 Matteoni Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 25 Alex Baldolini All NC World Trade Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 B 30 José Luis Cardoso 5 40 Max Sabbatani 1–9 44 Taro Sekiguchi All 88 Gergő Talmácsi 10–16 Aprilia Racing MS ApriliaTeam Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 37 Marcellino Lucchi 14 51 Alex de Angelis All 54 Manuel Poggiali 1–12, 15–16 Molenaar Racing Honda Honda RS250R D 96 Jakub Smrž All Mas Racing Team-A.Molina Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 41 Álvaro Molina 2, 16 Leblanc Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 42 Grégory Leblanc 2–3, 10–11, 16 Team Racer Bike Honda Honda RS250R 45 Samuel Aubry 3 Eisen Moto Team Honda Honda RS250R 46 Vincent Eisen 3 ASMV Scaccia Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 47 Marc-Antoine Scaccia 3 Dydo Miu Racing Honda Honda RS250R B 55 Yuki Takahashi 12 Benjan Motoren Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 58 Patrick Lakerveld 6 Performance Racing Honda Honda RS250R D 59 Hans Smees 6, 16 Jaap Kingma Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 60 Emile Litjens 6 De Arend - Filart Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 61 Randy Gevers 6 71 Henk van de Lagemaat 10 MRTT Hugen Racing Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 62 Jan Roelofs 6 Roma Racing Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 D 63 Jarno Ronzoni 4 Agesta Transport Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 D 64 Frederik Watz 9 Galemain Racing Honda Honda RS250R D 65 Lee Dickinson 9 Manhattan Racing Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 D 66 Tony Campbell 9 BDR Racing Honda Honda RS250R D 67 Bruce Dunn 9 Burning Blood RT Honda Honda RS250R D 70 Choujun Kameya 12 Team Harc-Pro Honda Honda RS250R B 76 Shuhei Aoyama 12 Endurance Honda Honda RS250R B 78 Yuzo Fujioka 12 SP Tadao Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 D 79 Katsuyuki Nakasuga 12 EMS Racing Honda Honda RS250R D 80 Peter Taplin 15 Turramurra Cyclery Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 D 81 Mark Rowling 15 whitetiger.com.au Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 D 84 Ben Ried 15 Source: [5]

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

125cc participants

Team Constructor Motorcycle Tyres No. Rider Rounds Seedorf Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 3 Héctor Barberá All 19 Álvaro Bautista All 81 Ismael Ortega 2 Matteoni Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 6 Mirko Giansanti All 28 Jordi Carchano All Metis Gilera Racing Team Gilera Gilera 125 GP D 7 Stefano Perugini All 32 Fabrizio Lai All Semprucci Malaguti Malaguti Malaguti 125 D 8 Manuel Manna All 14 Gábor Talmácsi All Angaia Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 9 Markéta Janáková 6–8, 10–14, 16 10 Julián Simón 1–11, 13–16 11 Mattia Angeloni 1–5 30 Raffaele De Rosa 9 46 Matthew Kuhne 15 62 Toshihisa Kuzuhara 14 Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R 43 Manuel Hernández 12 Elit Grand Prix Honda Honda RS125R D 12 Thomas Lüthi 1–4, 8–16 26 Dario Giuseppetti 1–6, 10–16 35 Václav Bittman 8–9 35 Václav Bittman 10 Safilo Carrera - LCR Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 15 Roberto Locatelli All 54 Mattia Pasini All Molenaar Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 16 Raymond Schouten 1–4, 6–16 Sterilgarda Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 18 Simone Sanna 8–9 45 Lorenzo Zanetti 10–16 50 Andrea Ballerini 1–7 Rauch Bravo Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 21 Steve Jenkner All 58 Marco Simoncelli 1–14 37 Michele Pirro 16 Master - Repsol Team 125cc Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 22 Pablo Nieto All 33 Sergio Gadea All Globet.com Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 23 Gino Borsoi All 59 Nicolás Terol 16 63 Mike Di Meglio 1–15 Kopron Team Scot Honda Honda RS125R D 24 Simone Corsi All 34 Andrea Dovizioso All Team Hungary Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 25 Imre Tóth All 66 Vesa Kallio All Red Bull KTM KTM KTM 125 FRR D 27 Casey Stoner 1–8, 10–16 36 Mika Kallio All Ajo Motorsport Honda Honda RS125R D 31 Max Sabbatani 13–16 38 Mikko Kyyhkynen 5–7 52 Lukáš Pešek All 69 Robbin Harms 1–4, 8–12 Abruzzo Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 41 Youichi Ui 1–9 42 Gioele Pellino All 50 Andrea Ballerini 10–16 73 Michele Danese 4 Caja Madrid Derbi Racing Derbi Derbi 125 GP D 47 Ángel Rodríguez All 48 Jorge Lorenzo All ADAC Honda Team Honda Honda RS125R D 20 Georg Fröhlich 2–3, 8–10 Motorrad Unger Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 39 Patrick Unger 8 Team Freudenberg Honda Honda RS125R D 40 Manuel Mickan 8 Team Hernandez Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 43 Manuel Hernández 2, 5, 11, 16 Tennen Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 44 Frank Van den Dragt 6 UK1 Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 49 Christian Elkin 9 Brooklands Autobody Centre Honda Honda RS125R D 51 Kris Weston 9 Gold Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 53 Stefano Bianco 4 Tassie Windscreens Honda Honda RS125R D 56 Brett Simmonds 15 Racc Caja Madrid Honda Honda RS125R D 57 Aleix Espargaró 16 RCGM Team F.M.I. Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 61 Michele Pirro 4 Honda Kumamoto Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 62 Toshihisa Kuzuhara 12 Team Tec. 2 & Feel Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 B 64 Shigeki Norikane 12 Thai Honda Castrol/ERP Honda Honda RS125R B 67 Suhathai Chaemsap 12 RC Recouso Sport Honda Honda RS125R D 68 Fabricio Perrén 5 MIR Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 70 Julián Miralles 2–3, 8, 16 TMR Competicion Honda Honda RS125R D 71 Enrique Jerez 2, 5, 16 78 Jordi Planas 5 91 Vincent Braillard 11 Equipe de France Espoir Honda Honda RS125R D 72 Alexis Masbou 3 TVX Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 73 Yannick Deschamps 3 Big Store RMS Honda Honda RS125R D 74 Mathieu Gines 3 Team Minimoto Portomaggiore Honda Honda RS125R D 75 Alessio Aldrovandi 4 Swiss MTR Honda Honda RS125R D 77 Lorenzo Zanetti 4 DB Racing Honda Honda RS125R 79 Adri den Bekker 6 Racing Team Mark Van Kreij Honda Honda RS125R 80 Mark van Kreij 6 Amici Racing Team Honda Honda RS125R 82 Jarno van der Marel 6 Bos Tivoli Racing Pevada Honda Honda RS125R 83 Gert-Jan Kok 6 Bridewell Racing Team Honda Honda RS125R D 84 Tommy Bridewell 9 Red Bull Rookies Honda Honda Honda RS125R D 85 Eugene Laverty 9 OMV Team Hanusch Honda Honda RS125R D 87 Patrik Vostárek 10 Red Bull KTM Junior Team KTM KTM 125 FRR D 88 Michael Ranseder 10, 16 SP Tadao Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 D 89 Tomoyoshi Koyama 10, 12 Team Moto Speed Honda Honda RS125R D 90 Carlos Ferreira 11 Allect Barter Card Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 92 Bryan Staring 15 Tel'm Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 93 Malcolm Esler 15 Snapon Tools Honda Honda RS125R B 94 Brent Rigoli 15 Garage Racing Team Honda Honda RS125R D 95 Yuki Hatano 12 Source: [6]

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

Standings

See also: List of FIM World Championship points scoring systems

MotoGP riders' standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

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

• Riders marked with light blue background are eligible for Rookie of the Year awards.
• Rounds marked with light blue background were under wet race conditions.

Pos Rider Bike SAF ESP FRA ITA CAT NED RIO GER GBR CZE POR JPN QAT MAL AUS VAL Pts 1 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1 4 4 1 1 1 Ret 4 1 2 1 2 Ret 1 1 1 304 2 Sete Gibernau Honda 3 1 1 2 2 2 Ret Ret 3 1 4 6 1 7 2 4 257 3 Max Biaggi Honda 2 2 3 3 8 4 2 1 12 3 Ret Ret 6 2 7 2 217 4 Alex Barros Honda 4 3 7 6 Ret Ret 5 2 9 Ret 3 4 4 3 5 6 165 5 Colin Edwards Honda 7 7 5 12 5 6 6 5 2 7 9 Ret 2 11 4 8 157 6 Makoto Tamada Honda 8 Ret 9 Ret Ret 12 1 6 14 4 2 1 10 5 8 5 150 7 Carlos Checa Yamaha 10 6 2 Ret 4 9 10 Ret 6 6 5 7 Ret 9 10 14 117 8 Nicky Hayden Honda 5 5 11 Ret Ret 5 3 3 4 Ret Ret 5 4 6 Ret 117 9 Loris Capirossi Ducati 6 12 10 8 10 8 4 Ret 7 5 7 Ret Ret 6 3 9 117 10 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki 12 9 Ret Ret 7 Ret 9 7 15 12 11 3 Ret 8 12 7 83 11 Rubén Xaus Ducati Ret Ret 14 5 6 7 12 11 11 Ret Ret 9 3 13 11 Ret 77 12 Marco Melandri Yamaha 11 Ret 6 9 3 3 13 Ret DNS 9 Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret 75 13 Norifumi Abe Yamaha 9 11 Ret 7 9 11 8 Ret Ret 8 10 Ret 7 12 17 10 74 14 Troy Bayliss Ducati 14 Ret 8 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 Ret 8 Ret Ret 10 9 3 71 15 Alex Hofmann Kawasaki Ret 13 Ret 14 11 13 11 10 19 13 13 10 9 Ret 13 11 51 16 John Hopkins Suzuki 13 15 Ret Ret 14 15 9 8 Ret 6 Ret 8 Ret 15 12 45 17 Neil Hodgson Ducati Ret Ret Ret 11 12 10 16 13 10 11 Ret 8 Ret Ret 18 15 38 18 Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Ret 8 12 Ret 17 16 7 8 17 10 14 Ret 37 19 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 16 Ret 13 16 DNS 15 14 12 16 14 12 12 Ret 15 14 13 26 20 Shane Byrne Aprilia 15 Ret DNS 10 13 Ret 17 14 13 DNS 13 18 21 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton KR 17 14 17 13 15 Ret 18 Ret 18 15 15 14 Ret 17 19 18 10 22 Michel Fabrizio Harris WCM 18 10 16 15 16 Ret 15 20 17 8 Aprilia Ret 23 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki 11 14 7 24 Olivier Jacque Moriwaki 11 Ret 5 25 James Haydon Proton KR 12 Ret 20 4 26 James Ellison Harris WCM Ret 16 13 18 22 19 3 27 Andrew Pitt Moriwaki 17 14 16 2 28 Youichi Ui Harris WCM 15 DNQ 19 21 1 29 Kurtis Roberts Proton KR WD Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret Ret DNS DNS 1 Garry McCoy Aprilia 16 Ret 16 0 Chris Burns Harris WCM DNQ Ret Ret 18 17 20 16 Ret DNS Ret 0 Gregorio Lavilla Suzuki Ret Ret 16 17 0 José David de Gea Harris WCM Ret 0 Tohru Ukawa Honda Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike SAF ESP FRA ITA CAT NED RIO GER GBR CZE POR JPN QAT MAL AUS VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 (DNP) Excluded (EX)

250cc riders' standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

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

• Riders marked with light blue background are eligible for Rookie of the Year awards.
• Rounds marked with light blue background were under wet race conditions.

Pos Rider Bike SAF ESP FRA ITA CAT NED RIO GER GBR CZE POR JPN QAT MAL AUS VAL Pts 1 Dani Pedrosa Honda 1 Ret 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 4 1 2 1 4 1 317 2 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 3 7 Ret 1 4 1 Ret 2 2 1 2 4 1 2 1 Ret 256 3 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 2 2 2 4 1 4 8 5 3 2 3 11 Ret 5 Ret 3 214 4 Toni Elías Honda 8 12 3 6 3 3 3 22 Ret 5 1 2 6 3 5 2 199 5 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 5 6 5 8 Ret 5 4 3 4 Ret 5 6 Ret 4 2 Ret 147 6 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 11 Ret 4 9 6 10 6 4 9 7 9 3 3 Ret 7 Ret 128 7 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 7 3 7 5 5 8 5 8 5 Ret Ret Ret 5 7 Ret 6 124 8 Roberto Rolfo Honda 9 1 Ret 7 Ret 9 7 6 6 10 7 7 Ret 10 7 116 9 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 4 Ret Ret 3 Ret 7 1 Ret Ret 9 7 17 3 Ret 95 10 Franco Battaini Aprilia 10 Ret 8 12 10 16 10 9 7 Ret 12 9 4 6 Ret 4 93 11 Anthony West Aprilia 16 4 6 10 9 6 Ret 7 6 4 6 Ret Ret Ret 88 12 Alex Debón Honda 6 5 9 15 8 12 9 11 Ret Ret 8 10 8 Ret 11 14 82 13 Chaz Davies Aprilia Ret Ret 12 17 13 15 13 12 Ret 8 16 Ret 16 9 6 5 51 14 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 15 Ret Ret 13 7 Ret 12 10 10 Ret Ret 19 11 Ret 8 Ret 42 15 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 18 10 14 16 14 13 14 16 8 16 Ret 13 Ret 10 15 8 41 16 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 19 13 17 Ret Ret 18 11 Ret 13 12 19 14 9 8 12 36 17 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 12 17 13 14 16 17 Ret 10 11 15 Ret 13 16 9 31 18 Alex Baldolini Aprilia Ret 11 15 Ret 12 11 Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret 18 11 Ret 10 30 19 Joan Olivé Aprilia 17 20 10 11 Ret Ret Ret 13 11 15 18 Ret 10 18 Ret 15 27 20 Jakub Smrž Honda 21 Ret 11 Ret 15 Ret Ret 15 15 14 14 Ret 17 14 13 13 20 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 13 8 Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 15 22 Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 23 14 Ret 19 Ret 20 Ret 20 14 17 20 Ret 14 15 9 17 14 23 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 14 16 16 Ret Ret 15 18 17 11 15 21 Ret 12 Ret 18 13 24 Eric Bataille Honda Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 14 Ret 14 Ret 13 Ret 12 25 Yuki Takahashi Honda 5 11 26 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 8 8 27 José David de Gea Honda 16 15 17 14 11 8 28 Grégory Lefort Aprilia 25 9 20 18 Ret Ret 18 Ret 7 29 Erwan Nigon Aprilia 20 18 Ret 17 Ret 17 19 Ret Ret 21 22 12 Ret Ret 4 30 Yuzo Fujioka Honda 12 4 31 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 22 15 21 21 18 19 20 17 19 Ret 17 18 13 Ret Ret Ret 4 32 Grégory Leblanc Aprilia 21 22 13 22 Ret 19 17 20 3 Pos Rider Bike SAF ESP FRA ITA CAT NED RIO GER GBR CZE POR JPN QAT MAL AUS VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 (DNP) Excluded (EX)

125cc riders' standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

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

• Riders marked with light blue background are eligible for Rookie of the Year awards.
• Rounds marked with light blue background were under wet race conditions.

Pos Rider Bike SAF ESP FRA ITA CAT NED RIO GER GBR CZE POR JPN QAT MAL AUS VAL Pts 1 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 1 2 Ret 1 2 2 1 2 293 2 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 10 3 5 3 1 6 1 2 Ret 7 1 Ret 12 Ret 6 1 202 3 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 2 8 2 1 Ret 2 4 1 Ret 3 9 14 20 4 4 6 192 4 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 16 Ret 3 10 5 1 Ret 6 3 1 3 7 1 Ret 2 Ret 179 5 Casey Stoner KTM 3 5 8 2 4 3 2 Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 3 Ret 145 6 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 4 9 7 6 3 8 7 3 Ret 4 4 Ret 6 Ret 15 4 138 7 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 9 Ret 9 Ret 6 16 9 7 2 13 5 Ret 3 3 9 3 129 8 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 8 2 10 7 12 5 20 11 6 6 Ret 5 11 10 5 10 122 9 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 7 10 4 5 10 9 5 8 Ret 8 Ret 4 10 Ret 13 12 105 10 Mika Kallio KTM 12 Ret 6 Ret 9 Ret 8 5 4 Ret 2 Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 86 11 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia Ret 1 Ret Ret 7 7 6 10 Ret 19 6 6 Ret Ret 79 12 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 6 19 11 9 Ret Ret 17 Ret 9 5 15 11 8 9 7 7 79 13 Simone Corsi Honda 14 12 15 11 Ret 18 13 12 5 9 Ret 3 Ret Ret 16 8 61 14 Julián Simón Honda 11 11 13 20 14 19 14 9 8 10 7 6 20 13 60 15 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 13 Ret 12 8 11 11 10 20 Ret 14 17 Ret 9 7 18 11 54 16 Fabrizio Lai Gilera 21 13 20 Ret Ret Ret 14 15 12 2 5 5 Ret 15 53 17 Gábor Talmácsi Malaguti Ret Ret 16 13 17 17 19 16 13 Ret 7 8 Ret 8 11 9 43 18 Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 5 Ret Ret Ret 8 12 12 Ret 15 24 11 Ret 17 8 41 19 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 23 17 22 23 21 21 Ret 14 16 Ret 13 13 18 12 10 5 29 20 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia Ret 6 Ret 12 20 20 11 12 Ret Ret 14 14 14 Ret 29 21 Lukáš Pešek Honda 20 Ret 14 15 Ret Ret 15 17 12 Ret 8 Ret 17 Ret 12 Ret 20 22 Youichi Ui Aprilia 15 7 Ret 22 18 Ret Ret Ret 7 19 23 Gioele Pellino Aprilia Ret Ret 17 Ret 13 13 16 13 10 Ret Ret 16 15 Ret 17 20 16 24 Stefano Perugini Gilera 17 23 Ret Ret 22 14 22 15 11 17 10 Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret 14 25 Thomas Lüthi Honda Ret Ret Ret Ret 18 18 18 16 12 13 11 19 14 14 26 Dario Giuseppetti Honda 19 15 19 14 16 Ret 20 14 Ret 19 13 22 Ret 8 27 Tomoyoshi Koyama Yamaha 22 9 7 28 Toshihisa Kuzuhara Honda 10 15 7 29 Imre Tóth Aprilia 22 26 21 16 19 10 18 Ret 19 Ret Ret Ret 25 18 21 21 6 30 Robbin Harms Honda 18 Ret Ret Ret 19 17 11 Ret 5 31 Jordi Carchano Aprilia 27 14 24 21 23 Ret 24 Ret 20 19 22 16 28 27 2 32 Ángel Rodríguez Derbi Ret Ret 18 Ret 15 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 33 Vesa Kallio Aprilia 24 18 26 Ret 27 23 21 22 Ret 23 18 15 Ret Ret 23 23 1 Pos Rider Bike SAF ESP FRA ITA CAT NED RIO GER GBR CZE POR JPN QAT MAL AUS VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 (DNP) Excluded (EX)

Manufacturers' standings

MotoGP manufacturers standings

Pos	Manufacturer	SAF	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	RIO	GER	GBR	CZE	POR	JPN	QAT	MAL	AUS	VAL	Pts
1	Honda	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	355
2	Yamaha	1	4	2	1	1	1	8	4	1	2	1	2	7	1	1	1	328
3	Ducati	6	12	8	4	6	7	4	11	5	5	7	8	3	6	3	3	169
4	Kawasaki	12	9	Ret	14	7	13	9	7	15	12	11	3	9	8	12	7	95
5	Suzuki	13	8	12	Ret	17	14	7	8	8	10	6	Ret	8	14	15	12	73
6	Aprilia	15	Ret	13	10	13	15	14	12	13	14	12	12	Ret	15	14	13	39
7	Proton KR	17	14	15	13	15	Ret	18	Ret	18	15	15	14	12	17	19	18	15
8	Harris WCM	18	10	16	15	16	17	20	15	20	17	16	15	13	18	21	19	12
9	Moriwaki				17	14					16		11				Ret	7
Pos	Manufacturer	SAF	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	RIO	GER	GBR	CZE	POR	JPN	QAT	MAL	AUS	VAL	Pts

250cc manufacturers standings

Pos	Constructor	Pts
1	Honda	354
2	Aprilia	344
3	Yamaha	44

125cc manufacturers standings

Pos	Constructor	Pts
1	Aprilia	329
2	Honda	301
3	KTM	204
4	Derbi	179
5	Gilera	61
6	Malaguti	43
7	Yamaha	7

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