2005 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2005 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 8–10 April 2005 at Jerez.

  2005 Spanish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 17 races in the 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	10 April 2005
Official name	Gran Premio Marlboro de España[1][2][3]
Location	Circuito de Jerez
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.423 km (2.748 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:39.419 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:40.596 on lap 5 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Sete Gibernau Third Marco Melandri
250 cc
Pole position Rider Dani Pedrosa Time 1:42.868 Fastest lap Rider Randy de Puniet Time 1:44.459 on lap 5 Podium First Dani Pedrosa Second Sebastián Porto Third Alex de Angelis
125 cc
Pole position Rider Marco Simoncelli Time 1:46.996 Fastest lap Rider Pablo Nieto Time 1:49.176 on lap 7 Podium First Marco Simoncelli Second Mika Kallio Third Fabrizio Lai

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	45:43.156	1	25
2	15	Sete Gibernau	Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	27	+8.631	2	20
3	33	Marco Melandri	Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	27	+18.460	3	16
4	4	Alex Barros	Camel Honda	Honda	27	+26.938	8	13
5	56	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	27	+27.659	5	11
6	12	Troy Bayliss	Camel Honda	Honda	27	+28.509	9	10
7	3	Max Biaggi	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+30.618	16	9
8	6	Makoto Tamada	JIR Konica Minolta Honda	Honda	27	+36.887	7	8
9	5	Colin Edwards	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+37.608	15	7
10	7	Carlos Checa	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	27	+39.678	12	6
11	66	Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	27	+42.283	10	5
12	24	Toni Elías	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+55.457	13	4
13	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	27	+1:02.372	6	3
14	21	John Hopkins	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	27	+1:19.346	11	2
15	44	Roberto Rolfo	D'Antin MotoGP – Pramac	Ducati	27	+1:33.607	18	1
16	77	James Ellison	Blata WCM	Blata	26	+1 lap	21
17	27	Franco Battaini	Blata WCM	Blata	26	+1 lap	19
18	11	Rubén Xaus	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	24	+3 laps	17
Ret	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	20	Retirement	4
Ret	10	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	11	Retirement	14
Ret	67	Shane Byrne	Team Roberts	Proton KR	2	Retirement	20
Sources: [4][5][6]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	26	45:36.679	1	25
2	19	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	26	+2.136	2	20
3	5	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	26	+29.682	5	16
4	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	26	+36.539	10	13
5	80	Héctor Barberá	Honda	26	+37.499	7	11
6	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	26	+37.728	9	10
7	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	26	+45.038	8	9
8	6	Alex Debón	Honda	26	+56.339	14	8
9	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	26	+1:02.844	12	7
10	32	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	26	+1:10.708	21	6
11	57	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	26	+1:20.790	19	5
12	64	Radomil Rous	Honda	26	+1:20.950	20	4
13	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	18	3
14	8	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	23	2
15	38	Grégory Leblanc	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	25	1
16	12	Gábor Rizmayer	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	27
Ret	96	Jakub Smrž	Honda	25	Retirement	15
Ret	41	Álvaro Molina	Aprilia	25	Retirement	17
Ret	9	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	19	Retirement	26
Ret	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	14	Accident	13
Ret	27	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	13	Accident	3
Ret	7	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	11	Accident	4
Ret	55	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	10	Retirement	11
Ret	73	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	8	Accident	6
Ret	21	Arnaud Vincent	Fantic	8	Retirement	28
Ret	28	Dirk Heidolf	Honda	5	Retirement	22
Ret	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	2	Retirement	16
Ret	36	Martín Cárdenas	Aprilia	1	Accident	24
DNQ	42	Yves Polzer	Aprilia		Did not qualify
DNQ	16	Franz Aschenbrenner	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	58	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	23	42:27.960	1	25
2	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	23	+1.418	5	20
3	32	Fabrizio Lai	Honda	23	+1.510	4	16
4	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	23	+8.282	2	13
5	14	Gábor Talmácsi	KTM	23	+8.930	6	11
6	54	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	23	+13.651	11	10
7	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	23	+14.590	7	9
8	6	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	23	+17.164	24	8
9	60	Julián Simón	KTM	23	+17.262	14	7
10	43	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	23	+31.147	15	6
11	63	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	23	+34.737	16	5
12	22	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	23	+34.801	13	4
13	28	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	23	+37.146	17	3
14	41	Aleix Espargaró	Honda	23	+49.591	22	2
15	18	Nicolás Terol	Derbi	23	+51.629	26	1
16	45	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	23	+54.608	19
17	86	Mateo Túnez	Aprilia	23	+54.747	32
18	10	Federico Sandi	Honda	23	+54.960	25
19	84	Julián Miralles	Aprilia	23	+55.527	30
20	11	Sandro Cortese	Honda	23	+1:10.864	21
21	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	23	+1:22.697	29
22	44	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	23	+1:26.526	36
23	16	Raymond Schouten	Honda	23	+1:38.103	35
24	31	Sascha Hommel	Malaguti	23	+1:47.461	37
25	26	Vincent Braillard	Aprilia	22	+1 lap	27
Ret	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Honda	21	Retirement	10
Ret	7	Alexis Masbou	Honda	20	Retirement	28
Ret	49	Daniel Sáez	Aprilia	19	Retirement	38
Ret	25	Dario Giuseppetti	Aprilia	16	Accident	31
Ret	12	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	15	Retirement	3
Ret	9	Toshihisa Kuzuhara	Honda	15	Retirement	23
Ret	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	10	Accident	18
Ret	52	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	9	Retirement	12
Ret	47	Ángel Rodríguez	Honda	6	Retirement	33
Ret	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Aprilia	3	Accident	8
Ret	15	Michele Pirro	Malaguti	0	Accident	34
Ret	19	Álvaro Bautista	Honda	0	Retirement	20
Ret	48	David Bonache	Honda	0	Retirement	39
Ret	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	0	Did not start	9
DNQ	87	Patrik Vostárek	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 one has concluded.[9]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 25 2 Sete Gibernau 20 3 Marco Melandri 16 4 Alex Barros 13 5 Shinya Nakano 11

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 25 2 Honda 20 3 Kawasaki 11 4 Ducati 6 5 Suzuki 2

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

References

1. "2005 Spanish 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. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Jerez Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
4. "2005 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
5. "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 10 April 2005. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
6. "motogp.com · GRAN PREMIO MARLBORO DE ESPAÑA · MotoGP Race Classification 2005". Motogp.com. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
7. "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 10 April 2005. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
8. "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 10 April 2005. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
9. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2005. Retrieved 2019-08-22.

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