2005 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix

  2005 Chinese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of 17 races in the 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	1 May 2005
Official name	Taobao.com Grand Prix of China[1]
Location	Shanghai International Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.281 km (3.281 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Sete Gibernau Time 1:59.710 Fastest lap Rider Alex Barros Time 2:13.716 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Olivier Jacque Third Marco Melandri
250 cc
Pole position Rider Casey Stoner Time 2:06.196 Fastest lap Rider Andrea Dovizioso Time 2:15.608 Podium First Casey Stoner Second Andrea Dovizioso Third Hiroshi Aoyama
125 cc
Pole position Rider Mika Kallio Time 2:13.535 Fastest lap Rider Fabrizio Lai Time 2:23.967 Podium First Mattia Pasini Second Fabrizio Lai Third Gábor Talmácsi

The 2005 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 29 April-1 May 2005 at the Shanghai International Circuit. It was the first time that MotoGP raced at China.

MotoGP classification

No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	50:02.463	6	25
2	Olivier Jacque	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	+1.700	15	20
3	Marco Melandri	Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	+16.574	2	16
4	Sete Gibernau	Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	+18.906	1	13
5	Max Biaggi	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	+19.551	14	11
6	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Konica Minolta Honda	Honda	+21.622	19	10
7	John Hopkins	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	+25.883	4	9
8	Colin Edwards	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	+31.033	13	8
9	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	+39.299	5	7
10	Rubén Xaus	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	+40.991	16	6
11	Alex Barros	Camel Honda Pons	Honda	+44.014	11	5
12	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	+44.401	3	4
13	James Ellison	Blata WCM	Blata	+53.449	21	3
14	Toni Elías	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	+1:05.853	8	2
15	Tohru Ukawa	Moriwaki Racing	Moriwaki	+1:09.480	18	1
16	Roberto Rolfo	Pramac d'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	+1:15.293	17
Ret	Franco Battaini	Blata WCM	Blata	Retirement	20
Ret	Kenny Roberts Jr	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	Retirement	9
Ret	Carlos Checa	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	Retirement	7
Ret	Troy Bayliss	Camel Honda Pons	Honda	Retirement	12
Ret	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	Retirement	10
Sources: [2][3][4]

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	48:07.205	1	25
2	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	+0.249	3	20
3	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	+21.434	5	16
4	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	+28.589	11	13
5	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	+31.879	8	11
6	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	+40.520	2	10
7	Héctor Barberá	Honda	+46.332	6	9
8	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	+1:01.615	9	8
9	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	+1:04.261	4	7
10	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	+1:05.823	10	6
11	Alex Debón	Honda	+1:08.145	14	5
12	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	+1:09.653	15	4
13	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	+2:01.116	16	3
14	Jakub Smrž	Honda	+2:01.367	19	2
15	Dirk Heidolf	Honda	+2:01.893	18	1
16	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	+2:05.297	12
17	Fredrik Watz	Yamaha	+2:07.361	25
18	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	+2:13.455	7
19	Gabor Rizmayer	Yamaha	+2:26.199	22
20	Zi Xian He	Yamaha	+1 lap	28
21	Shi Zhao Huang	Yamaha	+1 lap	26
Ret	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	Retirement	21
Ret	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	Retirement	17
Ret	Radomil Rous	Honda	Retirement	20
Ret	Grégory Leblanc	Aprilia	Retirement	23
Ret	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	Retirement	24
Ret	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	Retirement	13
Source: [5]

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	46:30.273	15	25
2	Fabrizio Lai	Honda	+0.065	6	20
3	Gábor Talmácsi	KTM	+4.953	3	16
4	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	+5.785	4	13
5	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Honda	+10.617	8	11
6	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	+11.959	2	10
7	Aleix Espargaró	Honda	+25.951	16	9
8	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	+27.152	14	8
9	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	+28.154	7	7
10	Julián Simón	KTM	+28.707	5	6
11	Mika Kallio	KTM	+32.488	1	5
12	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	+44.317	17	4
13	Michele Pirro	Malaguti	+58.618	11	3
14	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	+59.376	27	2
15	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	+59.879	10	1
16	Toshihisa Kuzuhara	Honda	+1:00.836	9
17	Álvaro Bautista	Honda	+1:05.476	13
18	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	+1:06.354	21
19	Raymond Schouten	Honda	+1:13.199	32
20	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	+1:14.696	12
21	Alexis Masbou	Honda	+1:42.293	19
22	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	+1:46.227	33
23	Julián Miralles	Aprilia	+1:48.723	23
24	Way On Cheung	Honda	+1:52.912	36
25	Federico Sandi	Honda	+2:06.791	34
26	Nicolás Terol	Derbi	+2:21.419	30
27	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	+2:21.591	29
28	Raffaele de Rosa	Aprilia	+2:24.441	26
29	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	+1 Lap	22
30	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	+2 Laps	25
31	Ho Wan Chow	Honda	+4 Laps	37
Ret	Dario Giuseppetti	Aprilia	Retirement	28
Ret	Sandro Cortese	Honda	Retirement	18
Ret	Ángel Rodríguez	Honda	Retirement	24
Ret	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	Retirement	20
Source: [6]

Notes

This is the last race where no Spanish riders managed to get on the podium in all classes until the 2015 Qatar Grand Prix.

References