2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 57th F.I.M. Road racing World Championship season.

Season summary

The 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season began on 10 April at Jerez and closing on 6 November at Valencia. There were seventeen Grands Prix for the MotoGP class, and sixteen for the 250cc and 125cc classes.

The MotoGP championship was won by Valentino Rossi on a Yamaha, 250cc title by Dani Pedrosa on a Honda and 125cc title by Thomas Lüthi on a Honda.

It was a season which featured a lot of dramatic races including 4 rain-affected races in Portugal, China, France and Great Britain. It also saw the domination of Valentino Rossi with 16 podiums out of 17 races and 11 wins, beating Marco Melandri by a distant 147 points in the championship. In the 125cc Thomas Lüthi won the World championship dramatically, when Mika Kallio's team-mate Gábor Talmácsi overtook Kallio at the last corner in Qatar. Kallio would have got five points more, and then points would be 242-242, but Kallio would have won the title with more wins (4-5).

Grands Prix

Round	Date	Race	Location	125cc winner	250cc winner	MotoGP winner	Report
1	10 April	Gran Premio Marlboro de España	Jerez	Marco Simoncelli	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Report
2	17 April	betandwin.com Grande Prémio Portugal	Estoril	Mika Kallio	Casey Stoner	Alex Barros	Report
3	1 May	Taobao.com Grand Prix of China	Shanghai	Mattia Pasini	Casey Stoner	Valentino Rossi	Report
4	15 May	Grand Prix Alice de France	Le Mans	Thomas Lüthi	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Report
5	5 June	Gran Premio Alice d'Italia	Mugello	Gábor Talmácsi	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Report
6	12 June	Gran Premi Gauloises de Catalunya	Catalunya	Mattia Pasini	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Report
7	25 June	Gauloises TT Assen	Assen	Gábor Talmácsi	Sebastián Porto	Valentino Rossi	Report
8	10 July	Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix	Laguna Seca	No 125cc and 250cc race		Nicky Hayden	Report
9	24 July	betandwin.com British Grand Prix	Donington Park	Julián Simón	Randy de Puniet	Valentino Rossi	Report
10	31 July	Alice Motorrad G.P. Deutschland	Sachsenring	Mika Kallio	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Report
11	20 August	Gauloises G.P. České Republiky	Brno	Thomas Lüthi	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Report
12	18 September	Grand Prix of Japan	Motegi	Mika Kallio	Hiroshi Aoyama	Loris Capirossi	Report
13	25 September	Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle G.P.	Sepang	Thomas Lüthi	Casey Stoner	Loris Capirossi	Report
14	1 October	Marlboro Grand Prix of Qatar	Losail	Gábor Talmácsi	Casey Stoner	Valentino Rossi	Report
15	16 October	Polini Australian Grand Prix	Philip Island	Thomas Lüthi	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Report
16	23 October	Grand Prix of Turkey	Istanbul	Mike Di Meglio	Casey Stoner	Marco Melandri	Report
17	6 November	G. P. betandwin.com Comunitat Valenciana	Valencia	Mika Kallio	Dani Pedrosa	Marco Melandri	Report

Standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Riders' standings

• Riders marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year awards.
• Rounds marked with light blue background were under wet race conditions.

MotoGP

Pos Rider Team ESP POR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED USA GBR GER CZE JPN MAL QAT AUS TUR VAL Pts 1 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 Ret 2 1 1 2 3 367 2 Marco Melandri Honda 3 4 3 4 4 3 2 Ret Ret 7 6 Ret 5 2 4 1 1 220 3 Nicky Hayden Honda Ret 7 9 6 6 5 4 1 Ret 3 5 7 4 3 2 3 2 206 4 Colin Edwards Yamaha 9 6 8 3 9 7 3 2 4 8 7 6 10 4 6 7 8 179 5 Max Biaggi Honda 7 3 5 5 2 6 6 4 Ret 4 3 2 6 Ret Ret 12 6 173 6 Loris Capirossi Ducati 13 9 12 7 3 12 10 10 6 9 2 1 1 10 7 157 7 Sete Gibernau Honda 2 Ret 4 2 Ret 2 5 5 Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 5 5 4 Ret 150 8 Alex Barros Honda 4 1 11 Ret 7 4 7 Ret 3 5 4 Ret 8 9 Ret 9 5 147 9 Carlos Checa Ducati 10 5 Ret Ret 5 11 9 Ret 5 Ret 8 4 3 6 3 5 4 138 10 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki 5 8 Ret 8 10 9 8 9 Ret 6 12 Ret Ret 7 7 10 11 98 11 Makoto Tamada Honda 8 DNS 8 Ret 14 7 7 10 10 3 12 Ret 8 8 9 91 12 Toni Elías Yamaha 12 14 14 9 13 9 12 14 9 11 8 9 6 10 74 13 Kenny Roberts, Jr. Suzuki Ret 12 Ret 13 15 15 16 14 2 11 11 8 7 11 63 14 John Hopkins Suzuki 14 Ret 7 16 11 Ret 13 8 11 Ret 13 5 9 17 10 15 13 63 15 Troy Bayliss Honda 6 11 Ret 10 13 8 11 6 Ret Ret 9 54 16 Rubén Xaus Yamaha 18 10 10 12 14 10 12 11 Ret 13 18 10 15 14 12 14 15 52 17 Olivier Jacque Kawasaki 2 11 Ret Ret 18 13 28 18 Roberto Rolfo Ducati 15 13 16 15 17 14 18 Ret 10 14 17 Ret 13 12 13 16 Ret 25 19 Alex Hofmann Kawasaki 11 12 17 Ret 12 8 Ret 15 Ret 14 24 20 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Honda 6 14 12 21 Chris Vermeulen Honda 11 11 10 22 Franco Battaini Blata 17 Ret Ret 17 18 19 20 17 Ret 15 20 11 16 16 15 17 16 7 23 James Ellison Blata 16 15 13 Ret Ret 18 19 16 Ret Ret 19 DNS Ret 15 14 18 Ret 7 24 Shane Byrne Proton KR Ret 16 Ret 16 16 17 15 Ret Ret 6 Honda 14 13 25 Ryuichi Kiyonari Honda 12 4 26 David Checa Yamaha 19 13 15 4 27 Tohru Ukawa Moriwaki 15 1 Honda Ret — Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki 16 Ret 0 — Jeremy McWilliams Proton KR Ret 0 — Naoki Matsudo Moriwaki Ret 0 — Kurtis Roberts Proton KR Ret 0 — Shinichi Ito Ducati DSQ 0 Pos Rider Team ESP POR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED USA GBR GER CZE JPN MAL QAT AUS TUR VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate Excluded (EX)

250cc

Pos Rider Team ESP POR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE JPN MAL QAT AUS TUR VAL Pts 1 Dani Pedrosa Honda 1 4 6 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 Ret 4 1 2 1 309 2 Casey Stoner Aprilia Ret 1 1 4 4 2 6 3 7 3 3 1 1 Ret 1 3 254 3 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 4 2 2 3 8 3 7 7 4 6 6 Ret 3 5 5 9 189 4 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda Ret 6 3 6 7 4 4 Ret 3 5 1 5 6 6 3 6 180 5 Jorge Lorenzo Honda 6 10 9 5 2 Ret 3 8 Ret 2 Ret EX 2 3 4 2 167 6 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 2 9 5 Ret 5 Ret 1 5 5 7 Ret 3 5 2 Ret DNS 152 7 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 3 5 4 Ret 3 Ret 5 Ret 2 4 7 2 Ret Ret 7 4 151 8 Randy de Puniet Aprilia Ret 3 18 2 Ret 6 8 1 6 8 5 4 Ret 7 Ret 8 138 9 Héctor Barberá Honda 5 11 7 7 6 16 9 Ret 8 Ret 8 6 7 4 6 5 120 10 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia Ret 8 12 9 Ret 8 12 9 11 10 10 9 9 10 9 14 84 11 Yuki Takahashi Honda Ret 7 10 10 Ret 7 12 Ret 9 Ret 4 7 8 Ret Ret 7 77 12 Alex Debón Honda 8 13 11 8 Ret 11 13 Ret 12 13 9 Ret 11 9 12 11 67 13 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 7 Ret 16 14 Ret 12 11 Ret 11 9 Ret 8 Ret 8 8 10 61 14 Simone Corsi Aprilia 9 17 8 11 9 5 10 6 Ret Ret 11 Ret 17 16 Ret Ret 59 15 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 10 14 Ret 17 12 9 17 11 17 17 13 13 12 18 14 19 36 16 Chaz Davies Aprilia 11 Ret Ret 12 10 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 16 11 10 16 32 17 Anthony West Aprilia 18 30 Honda Ret KTM 2 10 12 Ret Ret DNS 18 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 13 Ret 13 13 Ret 10 Ret 13 Ret 23 14 Ret 20 Ret 11 18 25 19 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 14 18 Ret 15 11 Ret 17 10 Ret 16 Ret Ret 15 15 13 Ret 19 20 Jakub Smrž Honda Ret 12 14 16 Ret Ret 16 16 16 11 Ret 19 Ret 13 15 12 19 21 Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia Ret 18 Ret Ret 10 10 Ret Ret 15 13 22 Dirk Heidolf Honda Ret 16 15 Ret Ret Ret 13 20 Ret 18 11 18 12 16 Ret 13 23 Steve Jenkner Aprilia Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret 17 14 15 12 14 14 14 Ret 17 13 24 Radomil Rous Honda 12 19 Ret 21 13 DNS 15 20 14 15 Ret Ret 11 25 Martín Cárdenas Aprilia Ret 15 DNS 17 17 21 Ret 15 19 17 15 13 17 Ret 13 9 26 Grégory Leblanc Aprilia 15 Ret Ret 19 14 15 20 14 Ret 21 6 27 Erwan Nigon Aprilia 20 3 Honda 13 Yamaha 16 Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret 28 Hugo Marchand Aprilia Ret Ret DNS 15 14 3 Pos Rider Team ESP POR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE JPN MAL QAT AUS TUR VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate Excluded (EX)

125cc

Pos Rider Bike ESP POR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE JPN MAL QAT AUS TUR VAL Pts 1 Thomas Lüthi Honda Ret 3 4 1 2 7 10 6 2 1 2 1 6 1 5 9 242 2 Mika Kallio KTM 2 1 11 3 Ret 3 Ret 7 1 2 1 2 2 5 Ret 1 237 3 Gábor Talmácsi KTM 5 Ret 3 6 1 4 1 Ret 4 9 Ret 5 1 7 4 2 198 4 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 4 8 1 DNS 4 1 3 Ret Ret Ret 5 3 9 4 2 3 183 5 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 1 10 6 5 Ret 2 20 4 3 3 Ret 9 3 3 6 5 177 6 Fabrizio Lai Honda 3 4 2 Ret 8 10 18 3 7 6 10 7 10 12 7 7 141 7 Julián Simón KTM 9 9 10 8 7 8 6 1 5 10 Ret 6 8 Ret 8 123 8 Tomoyoshi Koyama Honda Ret 6 5 Ret 5 5 7 Ret Ret Ret 4 10 14 2 3 6 119 9 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 7 2 15 Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 3 4 5 6 Ret 4 113 10 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 6 5 12 10 6 6 8 25 11 8 6 8 7 13 11 Ret 107 11 Mike Di Meglio Honda 11 11 20 4 Ret 16 14 2 Ret 7 11 11 4 14 1 Ret 104 12 Sergio Gadea Aprilia Ret 20 29 2 Ret 13 9 11 Ret 4 7 16 12 9 Ret Ret 68 13 Pablo Nieto Derbi 12 12 8 7 22 Ret 11 5 10 16 8 13 Ret 18 20 10 64 14 Joan Olivé Aprilia 8 18 14 Ret 3 Ret 13 8 8 22 18 17 11 15 9 14 60 15 Álvaro Bautista Honda Ret 7 17 Ret 12 14 4 Ret Ret 12 9 26 22 16 12 12 47 16 Aleix Espargaró Honda 14 16 7 12 17 15 Ret Ret 9 13 12 15 18 17 17 11 36 17 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia Ret DNS 11 14 9 19 14 13 5 17 20 16 20 Ret Ret 30 18 Alexis Masbou Honda Ret 13 21 Ret 10 Ret 5 Ret DSQ Ret 20 14 20 10 Ret Ret 28 19 Lukáš Pešek Derbi Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret 6 Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 13 Ret 25 20 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 21 26 18 23 16 11 26 Ret Ret 11 13 18 19 Ret 10 15 20 21 Toshihisa Kuzuhara Honda Ret 14 16 DNS 9 21 Ret 10 Ret DNS 14 Ret 27 21 17 22 Ángel Rodríguez Honda Ret 21 Ret Ret Ret 20 22 Ret Ret 16 Aprilia Ret 8 8 23 Raffaele de Rosa Aprilia Ret 24 28 20 15 22 Ret 20 15 17 16 Ret 13 11 Ret 13 13 24 Manuel Hernández Aprilia 10 15 Ret 14 13 26 17 Ret 23 20 19 24 Ret 22 12 Honda 25 19 25 Michael Ranseder KTM 12 12 12 Ret 12 26 Sandro Cortese Honda 20 25 Ret 15 Ret 23 24 15 14 14 Ret 21 17 19 14 Ret 8 27 Imre Tóth Aprilia 16 22 30 9 25 Ret 25 26 20 18 21 22 29 Ret 24 21 7 28 Dan Linfoot Honda 9 7 29 Jordi Carchano Aprilia 13 17 22 Ret 23 27 28 13 26 Ret 30 28 25 25 19 17 6 30 Michele Conti Honda 11 5 31 Christian Elkin Honda 12 4 32 Dario Giuseppetti Aprilia Ret 29 Ret 13 18 17 23 DNS 18 Ret Ret 23 21 26 15 Ret 4 33 Michele Pirro Malaguti Ret 19 13 Ret 19 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 34 Enrique Jerez Derbi Ret 15 19 15 18 2 35 Nicolás Terol Derbi 15 23 26 22 21 Ret 16 21 Ret 19 Ret 16 16 1 36 Stefan Bradl KTM Ret 16 15 1 Pos Rider Bike ESP POR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE JPN MAL QAT AUS TUR VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate Excluded (EX)

Manufacturers' standings

MotoGP manufacturers standings

Pos	Manufacturer	ESP	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	USA	GBR	GER	CZE	JPN	MAL	QAT	AUS	TUR	VAL	Pts
1	Yamaha	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	6	2	1	1	2	3	381
2	Honda	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	2	3	2	4	2	2	1	1	341
3	Ducati	10	5	12	7	3	11	9	10	5	9	2	1	1	6	3	5	4	202
4	Kawasaki	5	8	2	8	10	9	8	9	8	6	12	Ret	Ret	7	7	10	11	126
5	Suzuki	14	12	7	13	11	15	13	8	2	11	11	5	7	11	10	15	13	100
6	Blata	16	15	13	17	18	18	19	16	Ret	15	19	11	16	15	14	17	16	13
7	Proton KR	Ret	16		Ret	16	16	17	15	Ret	Ret	Ret						Ret	1
8	Moriwaki			15									Ret						1
Pos	Manufacturer	ESP	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	USA	GBR	GER	CZE	JPN	MAL	QAT	AUS	TUR	VAL	Pts

250cc manufacturers standings

Pos	Manufacturer	ESP	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	JPN	MAL	QAT	AUS	TUR	VAL	Pts
1	Honda	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	4	1	1	1	5	2	1	2	1	349
2	Aprilia	2	1	1	2	3	2	1	1	2	3	3	1	1	2	1	3	339
3	KTM								2	10	12	Ret	Ret	DNS				30
	Yamaha	16	20	17	22	Ret	18	25	DSQ	21	24	19	16	Ret	Ret	19	Ret	0
	Fantic	Ret	Ret		DNQ	Ret	21	24	19	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
Pos	Manufacturer	ESP	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	JPN	MAL	QAT	AUS	TUR	VAL	Pts

125cc manufacturers standings

Pos	Manufacturer	ESP	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	JPN	MAL	QAT	AUS	TUR	VAL	Pts
1	KTM	2	1	3	3	1	3	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	5	4	332
2	Honda	3	3	2	1	2	5	4	2	2	1	2	1	4	1	1	6	304
3	Aprilia	1	2	1	2	3	1	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	296
4	Gilera	6	5	12	10	6	6	8	25	11	8	6	8	7	13	11	Ret	107
5	Derbi	12	12	8	7	21	Ret	11	5	6	16	8	12	15	18	13	10	73
6	Malaguti	24	19	13	17	19	28	21	18	Ret	23	Ret	30	23	24	22	22	3
Pos	Manufacturer	ESP	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	JPN	MAL	QAT	AUS	TUR	VAL	Pts

Participants

MotoGP participants

Team Constructor Motorcycle Tyres No Rider Rounds Repsol Honda Team Honda Honda RC211V M 3 Max Biaggi All 69 Nicky Hayden All Camel Honda Honda Pons (rd 8) Honda Honda RC211V M 4 Alex Barros All 12 Troy Bayliss 1–11 17 Chris Vermeulen 15–16 54 Ryuichi Kiyonari 17 67 Shane Byrne 13–14 72 Tohru Ukawa 12 Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha Factory Racing (rd 8, 17) Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 M 5 Colin Edwards All 46 Valentino Rossi All Konica Minolta Honda Honda Honda RC211V M 6 Makoto Tamada 1–2, 5–17 16 Jurgen van den Goorbergh 3–4 Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Team (rd 8) Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP5 B 7 Carlos Checa All 23 Shinichi Itoh 16 65 Loris Capirossi 1–15, 17 Team Suzuki MotoGP Red Bull Suzuki (rd 8) Suzuki Suzuki GSV-R B 9 Nobuatsu Aoki 11 9 Nobuatsu Aoki 17 10 Kenny Roberts, Jr. 1–15 21 John Hopkins All Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 M 11 Rubén Xaus All 24 Toni Elías 1–4, 8–17 94 David Checa 5–7 Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda Honda RC211V M 15 Sete Gibernau All 33 Marco Melandri All Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR B 19 Olivier Jacque 3–4, 13–16 19 Olivier Jacque 10 56 Shinya Nakano All 66 Alex Hofmann 1, 5–12, 17 Blata WCM Blata Blata WCM D 27 Franco Battaini All 77 James Ellison All D'Antin MotoGP - Pramac (rd 1–3) Team d’Antin Pramac Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP4 D 44 Roberto Rolfo All Moriwaki Racing Moriwaki Moriwaki MD211VF M 45 Naoki Matsudo 12 72 Tohru Ukawa 3 Team Roberts Proton KR Proton KR KTM M 67 Shane Byrne 1–2, 4–10 Proton KR5 80 Kurtis Roberts 17 99 Jeremy McWilliams 11

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

250cc participants

Team Constructor No Rider Rounds Telefónica Movistar Honda 250cc Honda 1 Dani Pedrosa 1–7, 9–17 73 Hiroshi Aoyama 1–7, 9–17 MS Aprilia Italia Corse Aprilia 5 Alex de Angelis 1–7, 9–17 24 Simone Corsi 1–7, 9–17 Würth Honda BQR Honda 6 Alex Debón 1–7, 9–17 14 Anthony West 7 33 Arturo Tizón 15–17 64 Radomil Rous 1–6, 9–14 Aprilia Aspar 250cc Aprilia 7 Randy de Puniet 1–7, 9–17 19 Sebastián Porto 1–7, 9–17 Abruzzo Racing Team Aprilia 8 Andrea Ballerini 1–7, 9–17 Campetella Racing Aprilia 9 Hugo Marchand 1–6 25 Alex Baldolini 1–7, 9–17 44 Taro Sekiguchi 9–17 45 Michele Danese 7 Team UGT Kurz Team Kurz Prista Oil Team Yamaha Kurz Yamaha 12 Gábor Rizmayer 1–7 16 Franz Aschenbrenner 1–2 18 Frederik Watz 3–6 22 Alexander Todorov 7, 11–12 23 Nicklas Cajback 9–17 26 Andreas Martensson 9–10 63 Erwan Nigon 13–17 Aprilia Germany Aprilia 14 Anthony West 4 36 Martín Cárdenas 1–3, 5–7, 9–17 57 Chaz Davies 1–7, 9–17 Red Bull KTM GP250 KTM 14 Anthony West 9–14 Carrera Sunglasses - LCR Aprilia 15 Roberto Locatelli 1–7, 9–17 27 Casey Stoner 1–7, 9–17 Mototechnic Castrol Racing Honda 16 Franz Aschenbrenner 10 Nocable.it Race Aprilia 17 Steve Jenkner 1–4, 6–7, 9–17 71 Jarno Ronzoni 5 Scuderia Fantic Motor GP Fantic 20 Gabriele Ferro 1–2, 4–7, 9–17 21 Arnaud Vincent 1–2, 4–7, 9–17 Kiefer-Bos-Castrol Honda Honda 28 Dirk Heidolf 1–5, 7, 9–17 63 Erwan Nigon 6 Matteoni Racing Aprilia 32 Mirko Giansanti 1–7, 9–17 Team Scot Honda 34 Andrea Dovizioso 1–7, 9–17 55 Yuki Takahashi 1–7, 9–17 Equipe GP de France - Scrab Aprilia 38 Grégory Leblanc 1–7, 9–11 50 Sylvain Guintoli 1–7, 9–17 56 Mathieu Gines 12–17 Andalucia Mas Racing Sebring Mas Racing Mas Racing Team Aprilia 41 Álvaro Molina 1–2, 5, 9–11, 17 42 Yves Polzer 1–2, 5, 9–10 ASMV Scaccia Yamaha 47 Marc-Antoine Scaccia 4 Fortuna Honda Honda 48 Jorge Lorenzo 1–7, 9–12, 14–17 80 Héctor Barberá 1–7, 9–17 NRG Racing Honda 52 Thomas Walther 10 Racing Team Benjan Motoren Honda 53 Patrick Lakerveld 10 Team Yamaha China Tianjian Yamaha 58 Huang Shi Zhao 3 62 He Zi Xian 3 Chong Quing Yuan Xgjao Racing Honda 59 Huang Zhi Yu 3 Zongshen Team of China Aprilia 60 Wang Zhu 3, 13, 16–17 61 Li Zheng Peng 3–4, 13, 16–17 63 Erwan Nigon 4 Team Racer Bike Honda 65 Samuel Aubry 4 Jaap Kingma Racing Aprilia 66 Hans Smees 7 De Arand Filart Racing Aprilia 67 Randy Gevers 7 MRTT Hugen Racing Yamaha 68 Jan Roelofs 7 MVS Racing Team Mikcin Honda 69 Mike Velthjzen 7 Sramek Racing Promotion Yamaha 70 Michal Filla 11 Team Harc-Pro Honda 75 Shuhei Aoyama 12 Team Moto Space Yamaha 77 Mamoru Akiya 12 RT Morinokumasan Sato Jyuku Yamaha 78 Ryuji Yokoe 12 Henkel Danke J Racing Yamaha 79 Masaki Tokudome 12 Turramurra Cyclery Racing Yamaha 81 Mark Rowling 15 BP Ultimate/ASF Printing Honda 82 Mick Kelly 15 Dydo Miu Racing Team Yamaha 93 Koki Takahashi 12 Arie Molenaar Racing Honda 96 Jakub Smrž 1–7, 9–17

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

125cc participants

Team Constructor No Rider Rounds Nocable.it Race Aprilia 6 Joan Olivé 1–7, 9–17 58 Marco Simoncelli 1–7, 9–17 Ajo Motorsport Honda 7 Alexis Masbou 1–7, 9–17 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama 1–7, 9–17 Skilled I.S.P.A. Racing Team Aprilia 8 Lorenzo Zanetti 1–2, 4–7, 9–17 Angaia Racing Honda 9 Toshihisa Kuzuhara 1–7, 9–15 10 Federico Sandi 1–7, 9–17 43 Manuel Hernández 16–17 Kiefer-Bos-Castrol Honda Honda 11 Sandro Cortese 1–7, 9–17 Elit Grand Prix Honda 12 Thomas Lüthi 1–7, 9–17 Red Bull KTM GP125 KTM 14 Gábor Talmácsi 1–7, 9–17 36 Mika Kallio 1–7, 9–17 60 Julián Simón 1–7, 9–15, 17 Malaguti Reparto Corse Malaguti 15 Michele Pirro 1–7, 9–15 31 Sascha Hommel 1–3, 10–13 42 Gioele Pellino 4–7, 9, 14–17 89 Jules Cluzel 16–17 Arie Molenaar Racing Honda 16 Raymond Schouten 1–7, 9–11 20 Takumi Takahashi 12 31 Sascha Hommel 14–17 38 Cheung Wai On 13 Caja Madrid - Derbi Racing Derbi 18 Nicolás Terol 1–7, 9–11, 15–17 22 Pablo Nieto 1–7, 9–17 51 Enrique Jerez 12–14 Seedorf RC3 - Tiempo Holidays Honda 19 Álvaro Bautista 1–7, 9–17 41 Aleix Espargaró 1–7, 9–17 Semprucci Cardion Blauer AB Cardion Blauer USA Aprilia 25 Dario Giuseppetti 1–7, 9–17 44 Karel Abraham 1–7, 9–17 Road Racing Team Hungary Team Toth Aprilia 26 Vincent Braillard 1–7, 9–13, 17 45 Imre Tóth 1–7, 9–17 47 Ángel Rodríguez 14–16 MVA Aspar Aprilia 28 Jordi Carchano 1–7, 9–17 84 Julián Miralles 1–5, 11, 17 46 Mateo Túnez 7, 9–10, 12–16 86 6 Abruzzo Racing Team Aprilia 29 Andrea Iannone 1–7, 9–17 Kopron Racing World Honda 32 Fabrizio Lai 1–7, 9–17 63 Mike Di Meglio 1–7, 9–17 Master Aspar Aprilia 33 Sergio Gadea 1–7, 9–17 55 Héctor Faubel 1–7, 9–17 Matteoni Racing Aprilia 35 Raffaele de Rosa 1–7, 9–17 Totti Top Sport - NGS Aprilia 43 Manuel Hernández 1–7, 9–15 49 Daniel Sáez 16–17 75 Mattia Pasini 1–7, 9–17 LG Mobile Galicia Team Honda 47 Ángel Rodríguez 1–7, 9–10 48 David Bonache 11–17 Metis Racing Team Derbi 52 Lukáš Pešek 1–7, 9–17 Gilera 54 Manuel Poggiali 1–7, 9–17

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

Wildcard riders
Team	Constructor	No	Rider	Rounds
Motorrad Unger Racing	Aprilia	13	Patrick Unger	10
MVA Master Aspar Team Aspar Team	Aprilia	27	Mateo Túnez	17
		86		1
Litjens Racing	Honda	37	Joey Litjens	7
Ajo Motorsport	Honda	38	Cheung Wai On	3
Zongshen Racing Team	Honda	39	Chow Ho-Wan	3
LG Mobile Galicia Team	Honda	48	David Bonache	1
Totti Top Sport - NGS	Aprilia	49	Daniel Sáez	1
3C Racing Junior	Aprilia			6
Motospeed	Honda	50	Carlos Ferreira	2
Team Stop & Go	Derbi	51	Enrique Jerez	6, 17
E3 Motorsport	Honda	56	Christian Elkin	9
www.spi2racing.com	Honda	57	Rob Guiver	9
Würth Honda BQR	Honda	59	Esteve Rabat	17
Kuja Racing	Honda	61	Michele Conti	5
Abruzzo Junior Team	Aprilia	62	Simone Grotzkij	5
Hamamoto Racing Team	Honda	64	Yuki Hamamoto	12
Club Plus One	Honda	65	Hiroomi Iwata	12
Team Harc-Pro	Honda	66	Arata Mori	12
		67	Kazuki Hanafusa	12
Jha Racing	Honda	68	Hiroaki Kuzuhara	12
Leigh-Smith Racing	Honda	69	Blake Leigh-Smith	15
Angelo's Aluminium Racing	Honda	70	Brent Rigoli	15
Yamaha Indonesia	Yamaha	72	Doni Tata Pradita	13
TVX Racing	Honda	73	Yannick Deschamps	4
Tecmas Balladins Racing	Honda	74	Mathieu Gines	4
Red Bull ADAC KTM Juniors	KTM	76	Michael Ranseder	6–7, 10–11
		77	Stefan Bradl	6, 10–11
Varenhof Racing Team	Aprilia	78	Hugo van den Berg	6–7, 10
Jan Bakker Auto's Elburg	Honda	79	Gert-Jan Kok	7
Racing Team Mark Van Kreij	Honda	80	Mark van Kreij	7
Allect Racing	Honda	81	Tom Hatton	15
Scott Racing	Honda	82	Candice Scott	15
JBD Racing	Honda	83	Rhys Moller	15
Chong Quing Yuan Xgjao Racing	Honda	85	Zhou You Rao	3
OMV Team Hanusch Hanusch Motopromotion	Honda	87	Patrik Vostárek	1–2, 11
Equipe de France Espoire	Honda	88	Mathieu Lussiana	4
Teams RMS Bigstore	Honda	89	Jules Cluzel	4
		90	Michel Alexis	4
RCGM Team FMI	Aprilia	91	Lorenzo Baroni	5
		92	Luca Verdini	5
Racing Service	Honda	93	Nico Vivarelli	5
KRP/teamlinfootracing.com KRP/sunnybeachvillas.com	Honda	94	Dan Linfoot	9
		95	James Westmoreland	9
UK1 Racing	Honda	96	Kev Coghlan	9
Heron Racing Team	Honda	97	Lukáš Razek	11
ADAC Sachsen Juniors	Honda	98	Manuel Mickan	10
Mayer Racing Passau	Aprilia	99	Thomas Mayer	11

References

• "The Official MotoGP website". Retrieved 2010-07-07.