2005 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

  2005 Japanese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 12 of 17 races in the
2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date September 18, 2005
Location Twin Ring Motegi
Course Permanent racing facility
4.801 km (2.983 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Loris Capirossi
Time 1:46.363
Fastest lap
Rider Loris Capirossi
Time 1:47.968
Podium
First Loris Capirossi
Second Max Biaggi
Third Makoto Tamada
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Hiroshi Aoyama
Time 1:51.843
Fastest lap
Rider Dani Pedrosa
Time 1:53.199
Podium
First Hiroshi Aoyama
Second Dani Pedrosa
Third Casey Stoner
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Gábor Talmácsi
Time 1:58.653
Fastest lap
Rider Mateo Túnez
Time 1:59.018
Podium
First Mika Kallio
Second Thomas Lüthi
Third Héctor Faubel

The 2005 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 16 -September 18, 2005 at the Twin Ring Motegi citcuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Grid Points
1 Loris Capirossi Ducati 43:30.499 1 25
2 Max Biaggi Honda +1.479 5 20
3 Makoto Tamada Honda +16.227 4 16
4 Carlos Checa Ducati +22.148 9 13
5 John Hopkins Suzuki +33.212 2 11
6 Colin Edwards Yamaha +34.915 13 10
7 Nicky Hayden Honda +45.894 6 9
8 Kenny Roberts Jr Suzuki +56.498 8 8
9 Toni Elías Yamaha +1:12.037 17 7
10 Ruben Xaus Yamaha +1:34.927 19 6
11 Franco Battaini Blata +1 Lap 20 5
Ret Valentino Rossi Yamaha Retirement 11
Ret Marco Melandri Honda Retirement 3
Ret Alex Barros Honda Retirement 10
Ret Sete Gibernau Honda Retirement 7
Ret Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Retirement 14
Ret Tohru Ukawa Honda Retirement 15
Ret Alex Hofmann Kawasaki Retirement 12
Ret Roberto Rolfo Ducati Retirement 16
Ret Naoki Matsudo Moriwaki Retirement 18

250cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Grid Points
1 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 43:52.454 1 25
2 Dani Pedrosa Honda +5.313 7 20
3 Casey Stoner Aprilia +7.781 9 16
4 Yuki Takahashi Honda +10.222 6 13
5 Randy de Puniet Aprilia +10.763 8 11
6 Andrea Dovizioso Honda +11.054 5 10
7 Alex de Angelis Aprilia +19.199 4 9
8 Héctor Barberá Honda +24.665 13 8
9 Alex Debón Honda +37.683 16 7
10 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia +38.122 11 6
11 Simone Corsi Aprilia +38.194 24 5
12 Steve Jenkner Aprilia +53.211 15 4
13 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia +56.364 21 3
14 Alex Baldolini Aprilia +1:08.640 27 2
15 Radomil Rous Honda +1:09.205 22 1
16 Kouki Takahashi Honda +1:17.982 28
17 Martin Cardenas Aprilia +1:25.096 29
18 Dirk Heidolf Honda +1:26.088 20
19 Mamoru Akiya Yamaha +1:33.286 30
20 Masaki Tokudome Yamaha +1:35.598 25
21 Mathieu Gines Aprilia +1:37.552 32
Ret Jorge Lorenzo Honda Retirement 2
Ret Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia Retirement 12
Ret Andrea Ballerini Aprilia Retirement 26
Ret Sebastián Porto Aprilia Retirement 10
Ret Chaz Davies Aprilia Retirement 23
Ret Shuhei Aoyama Honda Retirement 3
Ret Anthony West KTM Retirement 14
Ret Ryuji Yokoe Yamaha Retirement 18
Ret Jakub Smrž Honda Retirement 19
Ret Arnaud Vincent Fantic Retirement 31
Ret Roberto Locatelli Aprilia Retirement 17

125cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Grid Points
1 Mika Kallio KTM 30:10.854 5 25
2 Thomas Lüthi Honda +0.111 7 20
3 Héctor Faubel Aprilia +1.517 6 16
4 Tomoyoshi Koyama Honda +2.349 2 13
5 Mattia Pasini Aprilia +2.406 3 11
6 Manuel Poggiali Gilera +2.619 8 10
7 Sergio Gadea Aprilia +2.761 10 9
8 Pablo Nieto Derbi +2.961 13 8
9 Álvaro Bautista Honda +3.720 9 7
10 Fabrizio Lai Honda +9.936 14 6
11 Mike Di Meglio Honda +14.546 12 5
12 Aleix Espargaró Honda +14.693 24 4
13 Andrea Iannone Aprilia +15.699 19 3
14 Toshihisa Kuzuhara Honda +20.833 20 2
15 Enrique Jerez Derbi +22.562 17 1
16 Raffaele de Rosa Aprilia +24.038 22
17 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia +25.907 18
18 Joan Olivé Aprilia +27.014 27
19 Manuel Hernández Aprilia +27.502 26
20 Alexis Masbou Honda +27.548 21
21 Imre Tóth Aprilia +47.987 25
22 Hirokaki Kuzuhara Honda +48.337 31
23 Federico Sandi Honda +48.524 34
24 Yuki Hamamoto Honda +51.086 32
25 Takumi Takahashi Honda +53.530 29
26 Arata Mori Honda +53.610 33
27 Vincent Braillard Aprilia +54.652 38
28 Karel Abraham Aprilia +55.454 30
29 Kazuki Hanafusa Honda +1:03.564 41
30 Jordi Carchano Aprilia +1 Lap 36
Ret Gábor Talmácsi KTM Retirement 1
Ret Lukáš Pešek Derbi Retirement 23
Ret Dario Giuseppetti Aprilia Retirement 28
Ret Sascha Hommel Malaguti Retirement 40
Ret Marco Simoncelli Aprilia Retirement 4
Ret Mateo Túnez Aprilia Retirement 15
Ret Hiroomi Iwata Honda Retirement 35
Ret Michele Pirro Malaguti Retirement 37
Ret Sandro Cortese Honda Retirement 16
Ret Julian Simon KTM Retirement 11
Ret David Bonache Honda Retirement 39
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