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.

  2005 Australian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 15 of 17 races in the 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	14-16 October 2005
Official name	Polini Australian Grand Prix[1][2][3]
Location	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.448 km (2.764 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Nicky Hayden Time 1:29.337 Fastest lap Rider Marco Melandri Time 1:30.332 on lap 4 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Nicky Hayden Third Carlos Checa
250 cc
Pole position Rider Casey Stoner Time 1:32.756 Fastest lap Rider Sebastián Porto Time 1:33.503 on lap 3 Podium First Dani Pedrosa Second Sebastián Porto Third Jorge Lorenzo
125 cc
Pole position Rider Thomas Lüthi Time 1:37.543 Fastest lap Rider Ángel Rodríguez Time 1:38.054 on lap 3 Podium First Thomas Lüthi Second Tomoyoshi Koyama Third Marco Simoncelli

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	41:08.542	2	25
2	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+1.007	1	20
3	7	Carlos Checa	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	27	+4.215	4	16
4	33	Marco Melandri	Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	27	+4.232	8	13
5	15	Sete Gibernau	Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	27	+14.088	3	11
6	5	Colin Edwards	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+33.200	5	10
7	56	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	27	+45.055	10	9
8	6	Makoto Tamada	Konica Minolta Honda	Honda	27	+45.103	9	8
9	24	Toni Elías	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+45.104	7	7
10	21	John Hopkins	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	27	+50.260	11	6
11	17	Chris Vermeulen	Camel Honda	Honda	27	+50.697	14	5
12	11	Rubén Xaus	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+1:08.324	15	4
13	44	Roberto Rolfo	Team d'Antin Pramac	Ducati	27	+1:31.737	16	3
14	77	James Ellison	Blata WCM	Blata	26	+1 lap	17	2
15	27	Franco Battaini	Blata WCM	Blata	26	+1 lap	18	1
16	19	Olivier Jacque	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	25	+2 laps	13
Ret	4	Alex Barros	Camel Honda	Honda	22	Accident	12
Ret	3	Max Biaggi	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	0	Accident	6
WD	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki		Withdrew
WD	65	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	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	25	39:18.195	6	25
2	19	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	25	+0.027	4	20
3	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	25	+8.674	2	16
4	80	Héctor Barberá	Honda	25	+24.838	5	13
5	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	25	+24.868	7	11
6	73	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	25	+24.872	8	10
7	7	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	25	+37.274	9	9
8	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	25	+47.013	10	8
9	6	Alex Debón	Honda	25	+56.602	13	7
10	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	25	+56.747	14	6
11	57	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	25	+1:09.126	17	5
12	28	Dirk Heidolf	Honda	25	+1:09.796	21	4
13	96	Jakub Smrž	Honda	25	+1:09.830	19	3
14	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	25	+1:14.472	12	2
15	8	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	25	+1:14.497	20	1
16	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	25	+1:14.771	16
17	36	Martín Cárdenas	Aprilia	25	+1:22.080	23
18	32	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	22
19	33	Arturo Tizón	Honda	24	+1 lap	24
20	56	Mathieu Gines	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	27
Ret	44	Taro Sekiguchi	Aprilia	24	Retirement	15
Ret	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	17	Accident	18
Ret	21	Arnaud Vincent	Fantic	12	Retirement	25
Ret	55	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	10	Retirement	11
Ret	63	Erwan Nigon	Yamaha	6	Retirement	26
Ret	27	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	4	Retirement	1
Ret	5	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	3	Accident	3
DNQ	82	Mick Kelly	Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ	23	Nicklas Cajback	Yamaha		Did not qualify
DNQ	81	Mark Rowling	Yamaha		Did not qualify
DNQ	20	Gabriele Ferro	Fantic		Did not qualify
Source: [7]

125 cc classification

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

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 331 2 Nicky Hayden 170 3 Marco Melandri 170 4 Colin Edwards 162 5 Max Biaggi 159

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 345 2 Honda 291 3 Ducati 178 4 Kawasaki 115 5 Suzuki 96

• 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". www.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". www.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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