2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Season summary

2005 Grand Prix season calendar

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	10 April	Gran Premio Marlboro de España	Circuito de Jerez
2	17 April	betandwin.com Grande Prémio de Portugal	Autódromo do Estoril
3	1 May	Taobao.com Grand Prix of China	Shanghai International Circuit
4	15 May	Grand Prix Alice de France	Bugatti Circuit
5	5 June	Gran Premio Alice d'Italia	Mugello Circuit
6	12 June	Gran Premi Gauloises de Catalunya	Circuit de Catalunya
7	25 June ††	Gauloises TT Assen	TT Circuit Assen
8	10 July †	Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
9	24 July	betandwin.com British Grand Prix	Donington Park
10	31 July	Alice Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland	Sachsenring
11	28 August	Gauloises Grand Prix České republiky	Brno Circuit
12	18 September	Grand Prix of Japan	Twin Ring Motegi
13	25 September	Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit
14	1 October	Marlboro Grand Prix of Qatar	Losail International Circuit
15	16 October	Polini Grand Prix of Australia	Phillip Island
16	23 October	Grand Prix of Turkey	Istanbul Park
17	6 November	Gran Premio betandwin.com de la Comunitat Valenciana	Circuit Ricardo Tormo

Calendar changes

• The South African and Rio de Janeiro Grands Prix were taken off the calendar.
• The Portuguese Grand Prix was moved forward, from 5 September to 17 April.
• The Chinese Grand Prix and Turkish Grands Prix were added to the calendar.
• The United States Grand Prix was added to the calendar, but only the MotoGP class raced due to a Californian law on air pollution banning 2 stroke engines.

  2005 Grand Prix season results

Participants

MotoGP participants

250cc participants

125cc participants

Standings

MotoGP 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.

250cc riders' standings ;Scoring system Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A 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 marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year awards. Rounds marked with light blue background were under wet race conditions. 125cc riders' standings ;Scoring system Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A 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 marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year awards. Rounds marked with light blue background were under wet race conditions. Constructors' standings Each constructor gets the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race. MotoGP Pos Constructor 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 Each constructor gets the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race. Pos Constructor 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 Each constructor gets the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race. Pos Constructor 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