2005 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

  2005 Qatar Grand Prix
Race details
Race 14 of 17 races in the
2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date October 1, 2005
Location Losail Circuit
Course Permanent racing facility
5.380 km (3.343 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Loris Capirossi
Time 1:56.917
Fastest lap
Rider Nicky Hayden
Time 1:57.903
Podium
First Valentino Rossi
Second Marco Melandri
Third Nicky Hayden
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Jorge Lorenzo
Time 2:02.154
Fastest lap
Rider Dani Pedrosa
Time 2:03.301
Podium
First Casey Stoner
Second Jorge Lorenzo
Third Andrea Dovizioso
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Mika Kallio
Time 2:09.455
Fastest lap
Rider Marco Simoncelli
Time 2:10.515
Podium
First Gábor Talmácsi
Second Mika Kallio
Third Marco Simoncelli

The 2005 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of September 29-October 1, 2005 at the Losail International Circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Grid Points
1 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 43:33.759 3 25
2 Marco Melandri Honda +1.670 5 20
3 Nicky Hayden Honda +5.536 8 16
4 Colin Edwards Yamaha +14.737 4 13
5 Sete Gibernau Honda +20.431 2 11
6 Carlos Checa Ducati +31.432 6 10
7 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki +32.983 7 9
8 Toni Elías Yamaha +39.888 9 8
9 Alex Barros Honda +41.792 14 7
10 Loris Capirossi Ducati +44.252 1 6
11 Kenny Roberts Jr Suzuki +48.745 11 5
12 Roberto Rolfo Ducati +1:01.991 15 4
13 Shane Byrne Honda +1:04.805 17 3
14 Ruben Xaus Yamaha +1:13.824 16 2
15 James Ellison Blata +2:08.345 18 1
16 Franco Battaini Blata +1 Lap 19
17 John Hopkins Suzuki +1 Lap 13
Ret Makoto Tamada Honda Retirement 10
Ret Max Biaggi Honda Retirement 12

250cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Grid Points
1 Casey Stoner Aprilia 41:22.628 3 25
2 Jorge Lorenzo Honda +1.566 1 20
3 Andrea Dovizioso Honda +2.603 6 16
4 Dani Pedrosa Honda +2.659 4 13
5 Sebastián Porto Aprilia +4.867 5 11
6 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda +29.971 7 10
7 Héctor Barberá Honda +32.708 9 9
8 Yuki Takahashi Honda +46.470 10 8
9 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia +46.849 11 7
10 Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia +1:01.682 19 6
11 Alex Debón Honda +1:01.696 18 5
12 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia +1:01.780 16 4
13 Martin Cardenas Aprilia +1:02.795 22 3
14 Steve Jenkner Aprilia +1:03.952 17 2
15 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia +1:04.917 15 1
16 Chaz Davies Aprilia +1:06.194 21
17 Simone Corsi Aprilia +1:21.004 20
18 Dirk Heidolf Honda +1:36.546 23
19 Mathieu Gines Aprilia +1:51.045 28
20 Alex Baldolini Aprilia +2:02.105 25
Ret Erwan Nigon Aprilia Retirement 24
Ret Randy de Puniet Aprilia Retirement 8
Ret Jakub Smrž Honda Retirement 14
Ret Arnaud Vincent Fantic Retirement 26
Ret Radomil Rous Honda Retirement 27
Ret Alex de Angelis Aprilia Retirement 2
Ret Roberto Locatelli Aprilia Retirement 12

125cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Grid Points
1 Gábor Talmácsi KTM 39:23.248 2 25
2 Mika Kallio KTM +0.017 1 20
3 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia +9.571 7 16
4 Mike Di Meglio Honda +11.815 10 13
5 Héctor Faubel Aprilia +12.169 11 11
6 Thomas Lüthi Honda +12.303 9 10
7 Manuel Poggiali Gilera +12.565 6 9
8 Julian Simon KTM +12.571 4 8
9 Mattia Pasini Aprilia +17.571 3 7
10 Fabrizio Lai Honda +19.757 5 6
11 Joan Olivé Aprilia +22.037 13 5
12 Sergio Gadea Aprilia +24.205 18 4
13 Raffaele de Rosa Aprilia +25.342 14 3
14 Tomoyoshi Koyama Honda +27.965 16 2
15 Enrique Jerez Derbi +37.241 23 1
16 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia +43.704 36
17 Sandro Cortese Honda +44.855 21
18 Aleix Espargaró Honda +44.870 17
19 Andrea Iannone Aprilia +45.521 20
20 Alexis Masbou Honda +49.011 15
21 Dario Giuseppetti Aprilia +50.024 26
22 Álvaro Bautista Honda +50.059 12
23 Gioele Pellino Malaguti +50.299 24
24 Mateo Túnez Aprilia +56.956 27
25 Jordi Carchano Aprilia +57.020 28
26 Federico Sandi Honda +1:14.927 30
27 Hiroaki Kuzuhara Honda +1:29.137 33
28 Karel Abraham Aprilia +1:29.158 31
29 Imre Tóth Aprilia +1:39.784 34
Ret Michele Pirro Malaguti Retirement 29
Ret Ángel Rodríguez Honda Retirement 8
Ret Pablo Nieto Derbi Retirement 19
Ret Manuel Hernández Aprilia Retirement 25
Ret Lukáš Pešek Derbi Retirement 22
Ret Sascha Hommel Honda Retirement 35
Ret David Bonache Honda Retirement 32
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