2005 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

  2005 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 17 races in the
2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date April 10, 2005
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
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
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
Podium
First Marco Simoncelli
Second Mika Kallio
Third Fabrizio Lai

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

MotoGP classification

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

250cc 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
DNQ 16 Franz Aschenbrenner Yamaha
DNQ 20 Gabriele Ferro Fantic

125cc 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 Not started 9
DNQ 87 Patrik Vostárek Honda
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