| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 4 of 17 races in the 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| Date | May 15, 2005 | ||
| Location | Le Mans Bugatti Circuit | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.180 km (2.597 mi) |
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| MotoGP | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Valentino Rossi | ||
| Time | 1:33.226 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Valentino Rossi | ||
| Time | 1:33.678 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Valentino Rossi | ||
| Second | Sete Gibernau | ||
| Third | Colin Edwards | ||
| 250 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Dani Pedrosa | ||
| Time | 1:37.391 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Randy de Puniet | ||
| Time | 1:37.594 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Dani Pedrosa | ||
| Second | Randy de Puniet | ||
| Third | Andrea Dovizioso | ||
| 125 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Thomas Lüthi | ||
| Time | 1:43.405 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Mika Kallio | ||
| Time | 1:43.373 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Thomas Lüthi | ||
| Second | Sergio Gadea | ||
| Third | Mika Kallio | ||
The 2005 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 13 -May 15, 2005 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans, France.
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 44:12.223 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | Sete Gibernau | Honda | +0.382 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | Colin Edwards | Yamaha | +5.711 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Marco Melandri | Honda | +7.276 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Max Biaggi | Honda | +7.703 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | Nicky Hayden | Honda | +21.770 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati | +24.664 | 10 | 9 |
| 8 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki | +35.940 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | Toni Elías | Yamaha | +38.062 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | Troy Bayliss | Honda | +52.607 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | Olivier Jacque | Kawasaki | +53.302 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | Rubén Xaus | Yamaha | +1:00.342 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | Kenny Roberts Jr | Suzuki | +1:00.514 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | Jurgen vd Goorbergh | Honda | +1:17.993 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | Roberto Rolfo | Ducati | +1:32.233 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | John Hopkins | Suzuki | +1 Lap | 7 | |
| 17 | Franco Battaini | Blata | +1 Lap | 21 | |
| Ret | Alex Barros | Honda | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | James Ellison | Blata | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | Carlos Checa | Ducati | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret | Shane Byrne | Proton | Retirement | 17 |
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 42:55.152 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | +0.251 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | +1.554 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Casey Stoner | Aprilia | +4.230 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | Jorge Lorenzo | Honda | +6.027 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | +23.969 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | Héctor Barberá | Honda | +30.667 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | Alex Debón | Honda | +32.039 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | +32.452 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | Yuki Takahashi | Honda | +37.772 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | Simone Corsi | Aprilia | +49.285 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | +49.509 | 11 | 4 |
| 13 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | +49.530 | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | +49.771 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | Andrea Ballerini | Aprilia | +49.895 | 14 | 1 |
| 16 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | +1:02.122 | 12 | |
| 17 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | +1:02.612 | 18 | |
| 18 | Anthony West | Aprilia | +1:17.358 | 25 | |
| 19 | Gregory Leblanc | Aprilia | +1:17.502 | 22 | |
| 20 | Erwan Nigon | Aprilia | +1:18.382 | 21 | |
| 21 | Radomil Rous | Honda | +1:22.698 | 24 | |
| 22 | Gabor Rizmayer | Yamaha | +1 Lap | 26 | |
| Ret | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | Retirement | 4 | |
| Ret | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | Retirement | 7 | |
| Ret | Frederik Watz | Yamaha | Retirement | 28 | |
| Ret | Dirk Heidolf | Honda | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | Retirement | 20 |
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 41:52.772 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | +3.080 | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | Mika Kallio | KTM | +3.263 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Mike Di Meglio | Honda | +4.237 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | +4.311 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Gábor Talmácsi | KTM | +4.882 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | +25.823 | 12 | 9 |
| 8 | Julian Simon | KTM | +26.349 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | +31.611 | 19 | 7 |
| 10 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | +32.853 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | Lorenzo Zanetti | Aprilia | +33.270 | 23 | 5 |
| 12 | Aleix Espargaró | Honda | +40.620 | 25 | 4 |
| 13 | Dario Giuseppetti | Aprilia | +43.477 | 27 | 3 |
| 14 | Manuel Hernández | Aprilia | +45.390 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | Sandro Cortese | Honda | +53.924 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | Julian Miralles | Aprilia | +56.940 | 24 | |
| 17 | Gioele Pellino | Malaguti | +1:01.388 | 40 | |
| 18 | Mathieu Lussiana | Honda | +1:07.555 | 33 | |
| 19 | Federico Sandi | Honda | +1:07.750 | 30 | |
| 20 | Raffaele de Rosa | Aprilia | +1:08.159 | 31 | |
| 21 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | +1:09.907 | 38 | |
| 22 | Nicolás Terol | Derbi | +1:11.161 | 34 | |
| 23 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | +1:16.897 | 35 | |
| 24 | Raymond Schouten | Honda | +1:17.642 | 37 | |
| Ret | Fabrizio Lai | Honda | Retirement | 7 | |
| Ret | Mathieu Gines | Honda | Retirement | 32 | |
| Ret | Alexis Masbou | Honda | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | Tomoyoshi Koyama | Honda | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | Vincent Braillard | Aprilia | Retirement | 28 | |
| Ret | Michele Pirro | Malaguti | Retirement | 36 | |
| Ret | Jules Cluzel | Honda | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | Michel Alexis | Honda | Retirement | 41 | |
| Ret | Álvaro Bautista | Honda | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | Retirement | 3 | |
| Ret | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | Lukáš Pešek | Derbi | Retirement | 6 | |
| Ret | Ángel Rodríguez | Honda | Retirement | 22 |
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FIM Grand Prix World Championship 2005 season |
Next race: 2005 Italian Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 2004 French Grand Prix |
French motorcycle Grand Prix | Next race: 2006 French Grand Prix |