2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

2005 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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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 Spain Gran Premio Marlboro de España Jerez Italy Marco Simoncelli Spain Dani Pedrosa Italy Valentino Rossi Report
2 17 April Portugal betandwin.com Grande Prémio Portugal Estoril Finland Mika Kallio Australia Casey Stoner Brazil Alex Barros Report
3 1 May China Taobao.com Grand Prix of China Shanghai Italy Mattia Pasini Australia Casey Stoner Italy Valentino Rossi Report
4 15 May France Grand Prix Alice de France Le Mans Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Spain Dani Pedrosa Italy Valentino Rossi Report
5 5 June Italy Gran Premio Alice d'Italia Mugello Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Spain Dani Pedrosa Italy Valentino Rossi Report
6 12 June Catalonia Gran Premi Gauloises de Catalunya Catalunya Italy Mattia Pasini Spain Dani Pedrosa Italy Valentino Rossi Report
7 25 June Netherlands Gauloises TT Assen Assen Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Argentina Sebastián Porto Italy Valentino Rossi Report
8 10 July United States Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix Laguna Seca No 125cc and 250cc race United States Nicky Hayden Report
9 24 July United Kingdom betandwin.com British Grand Prix Donington Park Spain Julián Simón France Randy de Puniet Italy Valentino Rossi Report
10 31 July Germany Alice Motorrad G.P. Deutschland Sachsenring Finland Mika Kallio Spain Dani Pedrosa Italy Valentino Rossi Report
11 20 August Czech Republic Gauloises G.P. České Republiky Brno Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Spain Dani Pedrosa Italy Valentino Rossi Report
12 18 September Japan Grand Prix of Japan Motegi Finland Mika Kallio Japan Hiroshi Aoyama Italy Loris Capirossi Report
13 25 September Malaysia Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle G.P. Sepang Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Australia Casey Stoner Italy Loris Capirossi Report
14 1 October Qatar Marlboro Grand Prix of Qatar Losail Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Australia Casey Stoner Italy Valentino Rossi Report
15 16 October Australia Polini Australian Grand Prix Philip Island Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Spain Dani Pedrosa Italy Valentino Rossi Report
16 23 October Turkey Grand Prix of Turkey Istanbul France Mike Di Meglio Australia Casey Stoner Italy Marco Melandri Report
17 6 November Valencian Community G. P. betandwin.com Comunitat Valenciana Valencia Finland Mika Kallio Spain Dani Pedrosa Italy Marco Melandri Report

Standings

Scoring system

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

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Riders' standings

MotoGP

Pos Rider Team ESP
Spain
POR
Portugal
CHN
China
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
USA
United States
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
JPN
Japan
MAL
Malaysia
QAT
Qatar
AUS
Australia
TUR
Turkey
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts
1 Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 Ret 2 1 1 2 3 367
2 Italy Marco Melandri Honda 3 4 3 4 4 3 2 Ret Ret 7 6 Ret 5 2 4 1 1 220
3 United States Nicky Hayden Honda Ret 7 9 6 6 5 4 1 Ret 3 5 7 4 3 2 3 2 206
4 United States Colin Edwards Yamaha 9 6 8 3 9 7 3 2 4 8 7 6 10 4 6 7 8 179
5 Italy Max Biaggi Honda 7 3 5 5 2 6 6 4 Ret 4 3 2 6 Ret Ret 12 6 173
6 Italy Loris Capirossi Ducati 13 9 12 7 3 12 10 10 6 9 2 1 1 10 7 157
7 Spain Sete Gibernau Honda 2 Ret 4 2 Ret 2 5 5 Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 5 5 4 Ret 150
8 Brazil Alex Barros Honda 4 1 11 Ret 7 4 7 Ret 3 5 4 Ret 8 9 Ret 9 5 147
9 Spain Carlos Checa Ducati 10 5 Ret Ret 5 11 9 Ret 5 Ret 8 4 3 6 3 5 4 138
10 Japan Shinya Nakano Kawasaki 5 8 Ret 8 10 9 8 9 Ret 6 12 Ret Ret 7 7 10 11 98
11 Japan Makoto Tamada Honda 8 DNS 8 Ret 14 7 7 10 10 3 12 Ret 8 8 9 91
12 Spain Toni Elías Yamaha 12 14 14 9 13 9 12 14 9 11 8 9 6 10 74
13 United States Kenny Roberts, Jr. Suzuki Ret 12 Ret 13 15 15 16 14 2 11 11 8 7 11 63
14 United States John Hopkins Suzuki 14 Ret 7 16 11 Ret 13 8 11 Ret 13 5 9 17 10 15 13 63
15 Australia Troy Bayliss Honda 6 11 Ret 10 13 8 11 6 Ret Ret 9 54
16 Spain Rubén Xaus Yamaha 18 10 10 12 14 10 12 11 Ret 13 18 10 15 14 12 14 15 52
17 France Olivier Jacque Kawasaki 2 11 Ret Ret 18 13 28
18 Italy Roberto Rolfo Ducati 15 13 16 15 17 14 18 Ret 10 14 17 Ret 13 12 13 16 Ret 25
19 Germany Alex Hofmann Kawasaki 11 12 17 Ret 12 8 Ret 15 Ret 14 24
20 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Honda 6 14 12
21 Australia Chris Vermeulen Honda 11 11 10
22 Italy Franco Battaini Blata 17 Ret Ret 17 18 19 20 17 Ret 15 20 11 16 16 15 17 16 7
23 United Kingdom James Ellison Blata 16 15 13 Ret Ret 18 19 16 Ret Ret 19 DNS Ret 15 14 18 Ret 7
24 United Kingdom Shane Byrne Proton KR Ret 16 Ret 16 16 17 15 Ret Ret 6
Honda 14 13
25 Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari Honda 12 4
26 Spain David Checa Yamaha 19 13 15 4
27 Japan Tohru Ukawa Moriwaki 15 1
Honda Ret
Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki 16 Ret 0
United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Proton KR Ret 0
Japan Naoki Matsudo Moriwaki Ret 0
United States Kurtis Roberts Proton KR Ret 0
Japan Shinichi Ito Ducati DSQ 0
Pos Rider Team ESP
Spain
POR
Portugal
CHN
China
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
USA
United States
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
JPN
Japan
MAL
Malaysia
QAT
Qatar
AUS
Australia
TUR
Turkey
VAL
Valencian Community
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
Spain
POR
Portugal
CHN
China
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
JPN
Japan
MAL
Malaysia
QAT
Qatar
AUS
Australia
TUR
Turkey
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts
1 Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda 1 4 6 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 Ret 4 1 2 1 309
2 Australia Casey Stoner Aprilia Ret 1 1 4 4 2 6 3 7 3 3 1 1 Ret 1 3 254
3 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 4 2 2 3 8 3 7 7 4 6 6 Ret 3 5 5 9 189
4 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama Honda Ret 6 3 6 7 4 4 Ret 3 5 1 5 6 6 3 6 180
5 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Honda 6 10 9 5 2 Ret 3 8 Ret 2 Ret EX 2 3 4 2 167
6 Argentina Sebastián Porto Aprilia 2 9 5 Ret 5 Ret 1 5 5 7 Ret 3 5 2 Ret DNS 152
7 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia 3 5 4 Ret 3 Ret 5 Ret 2 4 7 2 Ret Ret 7 4 151
8 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia Ret 3 18 2 Ret 6 8 1 6 8 5 4 Ret 7 Ret 8 138
9 Spain Héctor Barberá Honda 5 11 7 7 6 16 9 Ret 8 Ret 8 6 7 4 6 5 120
10 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia Ret 8 12 9 Ret 8 12 9 11 10 10 9 9 10 9 14 84
11 Japan Yuki Takahashi Honda Ret 7 10 10 Ret 7 12 Ret 9 Ret 4 7 8 Ret Ret 7 77
12 Spain Alex Debón Honda 8 13 11 8 Ret 11 13 Ret 12 13 9 Ret 11 9 12 11 67
13 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 7 Ret 16 14 Ret 12 11 Ret 11 9 Ret 8 Ret 8 8 10 61
14 Italy Simone Corsi Aprilia 9 17 8 11 9 5 10 6 Ret Ret 11 Ret 17 16 Ret Ret 59
15 Italy Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 10 14 Ret 17 12 9 17 11 17 17 13 13 12 18 14 19 36
16 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia 11 Ret Ret 12 10 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 16 11 10 16 32
17 Australia Anthony West Aprilia 18 30
Honda Ret
KTM 2 10 12 Ret Ret DNS
18 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 13 Ret 13 13 Ret 10 Ret 13 Ret 23 14 Ret 20 Ret 11 18 25
19 Italy Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 14 18 Ret 15 11 Ret 17 10 Ret 16 Ret Ret 15 15 13 Ret 19
20 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Honda Ret 12 14 16 Ret Ret 16 16 16 11 Ret 19 Ret 13 15 12 19
21 Japan Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia Ret 18 Ret Ret 10 10 Ret Ret 15 13
22 Germany Dirk Heidolf Honda Ret 16 15 Ret Ret Ret 13 20 Ret 18 11 18 12 16 Ret 13
23 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret 17 14 15 12 14 14 14 Ret 17 13
24 Czech Republic Radomil Rous Honda 12 19 Ret 21 13 DNS 15 20 14 15 Ret Ret 11
25 Colombia Martín Cárdenas Aprilia Ret 15 DNS 17 17 21 Ret 15 19 17 15 13 17 Ret 13 9
26 France Grégory Leblanc Aprilia 15 Ret Ret 19 14 15 20 14 Ret 21 6
27 France Erwan Nigon Aprilia 20 3
Honda 13
Yamaha 16 Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret
28 France Hugo Marchand Aprilia Ret Ret DNS 15 14 3
Pos Rider Team ESP
Spain
POR
Portugal
CHN
China
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
JPN
Japan
MAL
Malaysia
QAT
Qatar
AUS
Australia
TUR
Turkey
VAL
Valencian Community
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
Spain
POR
Portugal
CHN
China
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
JPN
Japan
MAL
Malaysia
QAT
Qatar
AUS
Australia
TUR
Turkey
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts
1 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda Ret 3 4 1 2 7 10 6 2 1 2 1 6 1 5 9 242
2 Finland Mika Kallio KTM 2 1 11 3 Ret 3 Ret 7 1 2 1 2 2 5 Ret 1 237
3 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi KTM 5 Ret 3 6 1 4 1 Ret 4 9 Ret 5 1 7 4 2 198
4 Italy Mattia Pasini Aprilia 4 8 1 DNS 4 1 3 Ret Ret Ret 5 3 9 4 2 3 183
5 Italy Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 1 10 6 5 Ret 2 20 4 3 3 Ret 9 3 3 6 5 177
6 Italy Fabrizio Lai Honda 3 4 2 Ret 8 10 18 3 7 6 10 7 10 12 7 7 141
7 Spain Julián Simón KTM 9 9 10 8 7 8 6 1 5 10 Ret 6 8 Ret 8 123
8 Japan Tomoyoshi Koyama Honda Ret 6 5 Ret 5 5 7 Ret Ret Ret 4 10 14 2 3 6 119
9 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 7 2 15 Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 3 4 5 6 Ret 4 113
10 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera 6 5 12 10 6 6 8 25 11 8 6 8 7 13 11 Ret 107
11 France Mike Di Meglio Honda 11 11 20 4 Ret 16 14 2 Ret 7 11 11 4 14 1 Ret 104
12 Spain Sergio Gadea Aprilia Ret 20 29 2 Ret 13 9 11 Ret 4 7 16 12 9 Ret Ret 68
13 Spain Pablo Nieto Derbi 12 12 8 7 22 Ret 11 5 10 16 8 13 Ret 18 20 10 64
14 Spain Joan Olivé Aprilia 8 18 14 Ret 3 Ret 13 8 8 22 18 17 11 15 9 14 60
15 Spain Álvaro Bautista Honda Ret 7 17 Ret 12 14 4 Ret Ret 12 9 26 22 16 12 12 47
16 Spain Aleix Espargaró Honda 14 16 7 12 17 15 Ret Ret 9 13 12 15 18 17 17 11 36
17 Italy Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia Ret DNS 11 14 9 19 14 13 5 17 20 16 20 Ret Ret 30
18 France Alexis Masbou Honda Ret 13 21 Ret 10 Ret 5 Ret DSQ Ret 20 14 20 10 Ret Ret 28
19 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Derbi Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret 6 Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 13 Ret 25
20 Italy Andrea Iannone Aprilia 21 26 18 23 16 11 26 Ret Ret 11 13 18 19 Ret 10 15 20
21 Japan Toshihisa Kuzuhara Honda Ret 14 16 DNS 9 21 Ret 10 Ret DNS 14 Ret 27 21 17
22 Spain Ángel Rodríguez Honda Ret 21 Ret Ret Ret 20 22 Ret Ret 16
Aprilia Ret 8 8
23 Italy Raffaele de Rosa Aprilia Ret 24 28 20 15 22 Ret 20 15 17 16 Ret 13 11 Ret 13 13
24 Spain Manuel Hernández Aprilia 10 15 Ret 14 13 26 17 Ret 23 20 19 24 Ret 22 12
Honda 25 19
25 Austria Michael Ranseder KTM 12 12 12 Ret 12
26 Germany Sandro Cortese Honda 20 25 Ret 15 Ret 23 24 15 14 14 Ret 21 17 19 14 Ret 8
27 Hungary Imre Tóth Aprilia 16 22 30 9 25 Ret 25 26 20 18 21 22 29 Ret 24 21 7
28 United Kingdom Dan Linfoot Honda 9 7
29 Spain Jordi Carchano Aprilia 13 17 22 Ret 23 27 28 13 26 Ret 30 28 25 25 19 17 6
30 Italy Michele Conti Honda 11 5
31 United Kingdom Christian Elkin Honda 12 4
32 Germany Dario Giuseppetti Aprilia Ret 29 Ret 13 18 17 23 DNS 18 Ret Ret 23 21 26 15 Ret 4
33 Italy Michele Pirro Malaguti Ret 19 13 Ret 19 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 3
34 Spain Enrique Jerez Derbi Ret 15 19 15 18 2
35 Spain Nicolás Terol Derbi 15 23 26 22 21 Ret 16 21 Ret 19 Ret 16 16 1
36 Germany Stefan Bradl KTM Ret 16 15 1
Pos Rider Bike ESP
Spain
POR
Portugal
CHN
China
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
JPN
Japan
MAL
Malaysia
QAT
Qatar
AUS
Australia
TUR
Turkey
VAL
Valencian Community
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
Spain
POR
Portugal
CHN
China
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
USA
United States
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
JPN
Japan
MAL
Malaysia
QAT
Qatar
AUS
Australia
TUR
Turkey
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts
1 Japan Yamaha 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 6 2 1 1 2 3 381
2 Japan Honda 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 3 2 4 2 2 1 1 341
3 Italy Ducati 10 5 12 7 3 11 9 10 5 9 2 1 1 6 3 5 4 202
4 Japan Kawasaki 5 8 2 8 10 9 8 9 8 6 12 Ret Ret 7 7 10 11 126
5 Japan Suzuki 14 12 7 13 11 15 13 8 2 11 11 5 7 11 10 15 13 100
6 Czech Republic Blata 16 15 13 17 18 18 19 16 Ret 15 19 11 16 15 14 17 16 13
7 United States Proton KR Ret 16 Ret 16 16 17 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret 1
8 Japan Moriwaki 15 Ret 1
Pos Manufacturer ESP
Spain
POR
Portugal
CHN
China
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
USA
United States
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
JPN
Japan
MAL
Malaysia
QAT
Qatar
AUS
Australia
TUR
Turkey
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts

250cc manufacturers standings

Pos Manufacturer ESP
Spain
POR
Portugal
CHN
China
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
JPN
Japan
MAL
Malaysia
QAT
Qatar
AUS
Australia
TUR
Turkey
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts
1 Japan Honda 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 5 2 1 2 1 349
2 Italy Aprilia 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 2 1 3 339
3 Austria KTM 2 10 12 Ret Ret DNS 30
Japan Yamaha 16 20 17 22 Ret 18 25 DSQ 21 24 19 16 Ret Ret 19 Ret 0
Italy Fantic Ret Ret DNQ Ret 21 24 19 Ret 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 0
Pos Manufacturer ESP
Spain
POR
Portugal
CHN
China
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
JPN
Japan
MAL
Malaysia
QAT
Qatar
AUS
Australia
TUR
Turkey
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts

125cc manufacturers standings

Pos Manufacturer ESP
Spain
POR
Portugal
CHN
China
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
JPN
Japan
MAL
Malaysia
QAT
Qatar
AUS
Australia
TUR
Turkey
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts
1 Austria KTM 2 1 3 3 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 5 4 332
2 Japan Honda 3 3 2 1 2 5 4 2 2 1 2 1 4 1 1 6 304
3 Italy Aprilia 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 296
4 Italy Gilera 6 5 12 10 6 6 8 25 11 8 6 8 7 13 11 Ret 107
5 Spain Derbi 12 12 8 7 21 Ret 11 5 6 16 8 12 15 18 13 10 73
6 Italy Malaguti 24 19 13 17 19 28 21 18 Ret 23 Ret 30 23 24 22 22 3
Pos Manufacturer ESP
Spain
POR
Portugal
CHN
China
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
JPN
Japan
MAL
Malaysia
QAT
Qatar
AUS
Australia
TUR
Turkey
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts

Participants

MotoGP participants

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

250cc participants

Team Constructor No Rider Rounds
Telefónica Movistar Honda 250cc Honda 1 Spain Dani Pedrosa 1–7, 9–17
73 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama 1–7, 9–17
MS Aprilia Italia Corse Aprilia 5 San Marino Alex de Angelis 1–7, 9–17
24 Italy Simone Corsi 1–7, 9–17
Würth Honda BQR Honda 6 Spain Alex Debón 1–7, 9–17
14 Australia Anthony West 7
33 Spain Arturo Tizón 15–17
64 Czech Republic Radomil Rous 1–6, 9–14
Aprilia Aspar 250cc Aprilia 7 France Randy de Puniet 1–7, 9–17
19 Argentina Sebastián Porto 1–7, 9–17
Abruzzo Racing Team Aprilia 8 Italy Andrea Ballerini 1–7, 9–17
Campetella Racing Aprilia 9 France Hugo Marchand 1–6
25 Italy Alex Baldolini 1–7, 9–17
44 Japan Taro Sekiguchi 9–17
45 Italy Michele Danese 7
Team UGT Kurz
Team Kurz Prista Oil
Team Yamaha Kurz
Yamaha 12 Hungary Gábor Rizmayer 1–7
16 Germany Franz Aschenbrenner 1–2
18 Sweden Frederik Watz 3–6
22 Bulgaria Alexander Todorov 7, 11–12
23 Sweden Nicklas Cajback 9–17
26 Sweden Andreas Martensson 9–10
63 France Erwan Nigon 13–17
Aprilia Germany Aprilia 14 Australia Anthony West 4
36 Colombia Martín Cárdenas 1–3, 5–7, 9–17
57 United Kingdom Chaz Davies 1–7, 9–17
Red Bull KTM GP250 KTM 14 Australia Anthony West 9–14
Carrera Sunglasses - LCR Aprilia 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli 1–7, 9–17
27 Australia Casey Stoner 1–7, 9–17
Mototechnic Castrol Racing Honda 16 Germany Franz Aschenbrenner 10
Nocable.it Race Aprilia 17 Germany Steve Jenkner 1–4, 6–7, 9–17
71 Italy Jarno Ronzoni 5
Scuderia Fantic Motor GP Fantic 20 Italy Gabriele Ferro 1–2, 4–7, 9–17
21 France Arnaud Vincent 1–2, 4–7, 9–17
Kiefer-Bos-Castrol Honda Honda 28 Germany Dirk Heidolf 1–5, 7, 9–17
63 France Erwan Nigon 6
Matteoni Racing Aprilia 32 Italy Mirko Giansanti 1–7, 9–17
Team Scot Honda 34 Italy Andrea Dovizioso 1–7, 9–17
55 Japan Yuki Takahashi 1–7, 9–17
Equipe GP de France - Scrab Aprilia 38 France Grégory Leblanc 1–7, 9–11
50 France Sylvain Guintoli 1–7, 9–17
56 France Mathieu Gines 12–17
Andalucia Mas Racing
Sebring Mas Racing
Mas Racing Team
Aprilia 41 Spain Álvaro Molina 1–2, 5, 9–11, 17
42 Austria Yves Polzer 1–2, 5, 9–10
ASMV Scaccia Yamaha 47 France Marc-Antoine Scaccia 4
Fortuna Honda Honda 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo 1–7, 9–12, 14–17
80 Spain Héctor Barberá 1–7, 9–17
NRG Racing Honda 52 Germany Thomas Walther 10
Racing Team Benjan Motoren Honda 53 Germany Patrick Lakerveld 10
Team Yamaha China Tianjian Yamaha 58 China Huang Shi Zhao 3
62 China He Zi Xian 3
Chong Quing Yuan Xgjao Racing Honda 59 China Huang Zhi Yu 3
Zongshen Team of China Aprilia 60 China Wang Zhu 3, 13, 16–17
61 China Li Zheng Peng 3–4, 13, 16–17
63 France Erwan Nigon 4
Team Racer Bike Honda 65 France Samuel Aubry 4
Jaap Kingma Racing Aprilia 66 Netherlands Hans Smees 7
De Arand Filart Racing Aprilia 67 Netherlands Randy Gevers 7
MRTT Hugen Racing Yamaha 68 Netherlands Jan Roelofs 7
MVS Racing Team Mikcin Honda 69 Netherlands Mike Velthjzen 7
Sramek Racing Promotion Yamaha 70 Czech Republic Michal Filla 11
Team Harc-Pro Honda 75 Japan Shuhei Aoyama 12
Team Moto Space Yamaha 77 Japan Mamoru Akiya 12
RT Morinokumasan Sato Jyuku Yamaha 78 Japan Ryuji Yokoe 12
Henkel Danke J Racing Yamaha 79 Japan Masaki Tokudome 12
Turramurra Cyclery Racing Yamaha 81 Australia Mark Rowling 15
BP Ultimate/ASF Printing Honda 82 Australia Mick Kelly 15
Dydo Miu Racing Team Yamaha 93 Japan Koki Takahashi 12
Arie Molenaar Racing Honda 96 Czech Republic 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 Spain Joan Olivé 1–7, 9–17
58 Italy Marco Simoncelli 1–7, 9–17
Ajo Motorsport Honda 7 France Alexis Masbou 1–7, 9–17
71 Japan Tomoyoshi Koyama 1–7, 9–17
Skilled I.S.P.A. Racing Team Aprilia 8 Italy Lorenzo Zanetti 1–2, 4–7, 9–17
Angaia Racing Honda 9 Japan Toshihisa Kuzuhara 1–7, 9–15
10 Italy Federico Sandi 1–7, 9–17
43 Spain Manuel Hernández 16–17
Kiefer-Bos-Castrol Honda Honda 11 Germany Sandro Cortese 1–7, 9–17
Elit Grand Prix Honda 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi 1–7, 9–17
Red Bull KTM GP125 KTM 14 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi 1–7, 9–17
36 Finland Mika Kallio 1–7, 9–17
60 Spain Julián Simón 1–7, 9–15, 17
Malaguti Reparto Corse Malaguti 15 Italy Michele Pirro 1–7, 9–15
31 Germany Sascha Hommel 1–3, 10–13
42 Italy Gioele Pellino 4–7, 9, 14–17
89 France Jules Cluzel 16–17
Arie Molenaar Racing Honda 16 Netherlands Raymond Schouten 1–7, 9–11
20 Japan Takumi Takahashi 12
31 Germany Sascha Hommel 14–17
38 China Cheung Wai On 13
Caja Madrid - Derbi Racing Derbi 18 Spain Nicolás Terol 1–7, 9–11, 15–17
22 Spain Pablo Nieto 1–7, 9–17
51 Spain Enrique Jerez 12–14
Seedorf RC3 - Tiempo Holidays Honda 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista 1–7, 9–17
41 Spain Aleix Espargaró 1–7, 9–17
Semprucci Cardion Blauer
AB Cardion Blauer USA
Aprilia 25 Germany Dario Giuseppetti 1–7, 9–17
44 Czech Republic Karel Abraham 1–7, 9–17
Road Racing Team Hungary
Team Toth
Aprilia 26 Switzerland Vincent Braillard 1–7, 9–13, 17
45 Hungary Imre Tóth 1–7, 9–17
47 Spain Ángel Rodríguez 14–16
MVA Aspar Aprilia 28 Spain Jordi Carchano 1–7, 9–17
84 Spain Julián Miralles 1–5, 11, 17
46 Spain Mateo Túnez 7, 9–10, 12–16
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Abruzzo Racing Team Aprilia 29 Italy Andrea Iannone 1–7, 9–17
Kopron Racing World Honda 32 Italy Fabrizio Lai 1–7, 9–17
63 France Mike Di Meglio 1–7, 9–17
Master Aspar Aprilia 33 Spain Sergio Gadea 1–7, 9–17
55 Spain Héctor Faubel 1–7, 9–17
Matteoni Racing Aprilia 35 Italy Raffaele de Rosa 1–7, 9–17
Totti Top Sport - NGS Aprilia 43 Spain Manuel Hernández 1–7, 9–15
49 Spain Daniel Sáez 16–17
75 Italy Mattia Pasini 1–7, 9–17
LG Mobile Galicia Team Honda 47 Spain Ángel Rodríguez 1–7, 9–10
48 Spain David Bonache 11–17
Metis Racing Team Derbi 52 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek 1–7, 9–17
Gilera 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali 1–7, 9–17
Key
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Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

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