2005 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix

  2005 Turkish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 16 of 17 races in the
2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date October 23, 2005
Location Istanbul Park, Istanbul, Turkey
Course Permanent racing facility
5.340 km (3.318 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Sete Gibernau
Time 1:52.334
Fastest lap
Rider Marco Melandri
Time 1:53.111
Podium
First Marco Melandri
Second Valentino Rossi
Third Nicky Hayden
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Alex de Angelis
Time 1:56.930
Fastest lap
Rider Dani Pedrosa
Time 1:57.595
Podium
First Casey Stoner
Second Dani Pedrosa
Third Hiroshi Aoyama
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Thomas Lüthi
Time 2:03.585
Fastest lap
Rider Thomas Lüthi
Time 2:04.428
Podium
First Mike Di Meglio
Second Mattia Pasini
Third Tomoyoshi Koyama

The 2005 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 21 -October 23, 2005 at the Istanbul Park circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Grid Points
1 Marco Melandri Honda 41:44.139 2 25
2 Valentino Rossi Yamaha +1.513 4 20
3 Nicky Hayden Honda +6.873 3 16
4 Sete Gibernau Honda +12.420 1 13
5 Carlos Checa Ducati +26.963 9 11
6 Toni Elías Yamaha +29.105 6 10
7 Colin Edwards Yamaha +29.255 5 9
8 Makoto Tamada Honda +33.345 7 8
9 Alex Barros Honda +33.790 8 7
10 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki +44.225 10 6
11 Chris Vermeulen Honda +46.099 11 5
12 Max Biaggi Honda +50.184 12 4
13 Olivier Jacque Kawasaki +56.766 13 3
14 Rubén Xaus Yamaha +1:01.360 16 2
15 John Hopkins Suzuki +1:03.391 14 1
16 Roberto Rolfo Ducati +1:17.654 17
17 Franco Battaini Blata +1 Lap 19
18 James Ellison Blata +1 Lap 18
Ret Shinichi Itoh Ducati Retirement 15

250cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Grid Points
1 Casey Stoner Aprilia 39:28.243 2 25
2 Dani Pedrosa Honda +0.093 4 20
3 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda +11.647 3 16
4 Jorge Lorenzo Honda +21.861 7 13
5 Andrea Dovizioso Honda +21.940 8 11
6 Héctor Barberá Honda +22.258 6 10
7 Alex de Angelis Aprilia +43.755 1 9
8 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia +44.105 9 8
9 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia +48.918 13 7
10 Chaz Davies Aprilia +54.376 17 6
11 Alex Baldolini Aprilia +54.651 16 5
12 Alex Debón Honda +59.791 12 4
13 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia +1:00.082 22 3
14 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia +1:00.225 23 2
15 Jakub Smrž Honda +1:00.338 19 1
16 Dirk Heidolf Honda +1:28.084 21
17 Mathieu Gines Aprilia +1:34.665 25
18 Arturo Tizón Honda +1:45.487 24
19 Erwan Nigon Aprilia +1 Lap 26
20 Zheng Peng Li Aprilia +1 Lap 28
21 Nicklas Cajback Yamaha +1 Lap 30
Ret Yuki Takahashi Honda Retirement 11
Ret Arnaud Vincent Fantic Retirement 27
Ret Zhu Wang Aprilia Retirement 29
Ret Simone Corsi Aprilia Retirement 15
Ret Martin Cardenas Aprilia Retirement 18
Ret Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia Retirement 20
Ret Steve Jenkner Aprilia Retirement 14
Ret Sebastián Porto Aprilia Retirement 5
Ret Randy de Puniet Aprilia Retirement 10

125cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Grid Points
1 Mike Di Meglio Honda 39:50.377 6 25
2 Mattia Pasini Aprilia +0.105 4 20
3 Tomoyoshi Koyama Honda +0.156 7 16
4 Gábor Talmácsi KTM +0.271 8 13
5 Thomas Lüthi Honda +0.417 1 11
6 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia +5.752 9 10
7 Fabrizio Lai Honda +6.148 11 9
8 Ángel Rodríguez Honda +6.294 15 8
9 Joan Olivé Aprilia +6.611 14 7
10 Andrea Iannone Aprilia +17.119 21 6
11 Manuel Poggiali Gilera +17.554 17 5
12 Álvaro Bautista Honda +21.232 16 4
13 Lukáš Pešek Derbi +21.466 10 3
14 Sandro Cortese Honda +42.207 25 2
15 Dario Giuseppetti Aprilia +42.798 26 1
16 Nicolás Terol Derbi +47.875 19
17 Aleix Espargaró Honda +47.915 23
18 Karel Abraham Aprilia +48.240 22
19 Jordi Carchano Aprilia +48.367 24
20 Pablo Nieto Derbi +48.693 20
21 Mateo Túnez Aprilia +48.940 32
22 Jules Cluzel Honda +1:07.174 28
23 Gioele Pellino Malaguti +1:07.453 33
24 Imre Tóth Aprilia +1:12.930 27
25 Manuel Hernández Aprilia +1:13.742 30
26 Sascha Hommel Honda +1:36.276 35
Ret Mika Kallio KTM Retirement 3
Ret Alexis Masbou Honda Retirement 13
Ret Federico Sandi Honda Retirement 29
Ret Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia Retirement 18
Ret David Bonache Honda Retirement 34
Ret Héctor Faubel Aprilia Retirement 2
Ret Sergio Gadea Aprilia Retirement 5
Ret Daniel Saez Aprilia Retirement 31
Ret Raffaele de Rosa Aprilia Retirement 12
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