2005 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2005 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 26–28 August 2005 at the Brno Circuit located in Brno, Czech Republic. The race saw the beginning of the end of tobacco advertising in Grand Prix motorcycle racing due to a Europe-wide ban.[3]

Czech Republic  2005 Czech Republic Grand Prix
Race details
Race 11 of 17 races in the
2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date28 August 2005
Official nameGauloises Grand Prix České republiky[1][2]
LocationBrno Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.403 km (3.357 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Sete Gibernau
Time 1:57.504
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:58.787 on lap 6
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Italy Loris Capirossi
Third Italy Max Biaggi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Time 2:02.261
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Daniel Pedrosa
Time 2:02.554 on lap 16
Podium
First Spain Daniel Pedrosa
Second Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Third Australia Casey Stoner
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Switzerland Thomas Lüthi
Time 2:08.638
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Sergio Gadea
Time 2:08.931 on lap 5
Podium
First Switzerland Thomas Lüthi
Second Finland Mika Kallio
Third Italy Marco Simoncelli

MotoGP classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46   Valentino Rossi Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 43:56.539 4 25
2 65   Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 22 +1.837 3 20
3 3   Max Biaggi Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +3.444 10 16
4 4   Alex Barros Camel Honda Honda 22 +4.148 7 13
5 69   Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +4.363 2 11
6 33   Marco Melandri Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 22 +11.150 5 10
7 5   Colin Edwards Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +13.532 9 9
8 7   Carlos Checa Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 22 +19.331 6 8
9 12   Troy Bayliss Camel Honda Honda 22 +27.125 13 7
10 6   Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda 22 +27.248 12 6
11 10   Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 22 +27.684 17 5
12 56   Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 22 +27.803 11 4
13 21   John Hopkins Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 22 +28.278 8 3
14 24   Toni Elías Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +28.571 15 2
15 66   Alex Hofmann Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 22 +29.768 14 1
16 9   Nobuatsu Aoki Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 22 +41.778 16
17 44   Roberto Rolfo Team d'Antin Pramac Ducati 22 +57.800 19
18 11   Rubén Xaus Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +1:08.082 20
19 77   James Ellison Blata WCM Blata 22 +1:42.169 18
20 27   Franco Battaini Blata WCM Blata 22 +1:54.784 21
Ret 15   Sete Gibernau Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 21 Retirement 1
Ret 99   Jeremy McWilliams Team Roberts Proton KR 7 Retirement 22
Sources: [4][5][6]
 
Dani Pedrosa in his pit box before the 250cc race, which he went on to win.

250 cc classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1   Daniel Pedrosa Honda 20 41:24.944 2 25
2 48   Jorge Lorenzo Honda 20 +1.303 1 20
3 27   Casey Stoner Aprilia 20 +4.253 3 16
4 5   Alex de Angelis Aprilia 20 +5.326 7 13
5 73   Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 20 +8.392 8 11
6 34   Andrea Dovizioso Honda 20 +8.471 4 10
7 19   Sebastián Porto Aprilia 20 +25.545 6 9
8 7   Randy de Puniet Aprilia 20 +32.159 5 8
9 15   Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 20 +33.969 11 7
10 50   Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 20 +35.544 10 6
11 96   Jakub Smrž Honda 20 +51.827 14 5
12 14   Anthony West KTM 20 +52.049 23 4
13 6   Alex Debón Honda 20 +58.214 19 3
14 64   Radomil Rous Honda 20 +58.604 18 2
15 17   Steve Jenkner Aprilia 20 +58.911 22 1
16 8   Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 20 +1:06.203 16
17 32   Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 20 +1:14.453 21
18 21   Arnaud Vincent Fantic 20 +1:27.753 25
19 36   Martín Cárdenas Aprilia 20 +1:28.522 27
20 41   Álvaro Molina Aprilia 20 +1:48.266 29
21 38   Grégory Leblanc Aprilia 20 +1:49.455 26
22 70   Michal Filla Aprilia 19 +1 lap 28
23 25   Alex Baldolini Aprilia 19 +1 lap 17
24 23   Nicklas Cajback Yamaha 19 +1 lap 30
Ret 28   Dirk Heidolf Honda 19 Accident 20
Ret 44   Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 19 Accident 24
Ret 57   Chaz Davies Aprilia 4 Accident 15
Ret 24   Simone Corsi Aprilia 0 Accident 13
Ret 55   Yuki Takahashi Honda 0 Accident 9
Ret 80   Héctor Barberá Honda 0 Accident 12
DNQ 20   Gabriele Ferro Fantic Did not qualify
DNQ 22   Alexander Todorov Yamaha Did not qualify
Source: [7]

125 cc classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 12   Thomas Lüthi Honda 19 41:32.409 1 25
2 36   Mika Kallio KTM 19 +3.212 3 20
3 58   Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 19 +3.326 4 16
4 33   Sergio Gadea Aprilia 19 +7.754 20 13
5 8   Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 19 +14.453 15 11
6 32   Fabrizio Lai Honda 19 +25.156 7 10
7 63   Mike Di Meglio Honda 19 +25.247 17 9
8 54   Manuel Poggiali Gilera 19 +25.509 14 8
9 14   Gábor Talmácsi KTM 19 +25.773 5 7
10 60   Julián Simón KTM 19 +26.066 13 6
11 29   Andrea Iannone Aprilia 19 +28.977 18 5
12 19   Álvaro Bautista Honda 19 +30.360 21 4
13 41   Aleix Espargaró Honda 19 +30.375 23 3
14 11   Sandro Cortese Honda 19 +30.759 6 2
15 77   Stefan Bradl KTM 19 +33.726 26 1
16 22   Pablo Nieto Derbi 19 +36.880 19
17 35   Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 19 +38.339 10
18 45   Imre Tóth Aprilia 19 +38.415 25
19 18   Nicolás Terol Derbi 19 +41.510 30
20 43   Manuel Hernández Aprilia 19 +44.672 22
21 26   Vincent Braillard Aprilia 19 +47.255 32
22 6   Joan Olivé Aprilia 19 +1:02.693 31
23 31   Sascha Hommel Malaguti 19 +1:32.186 36
24 99   Thomas Mayer Aprilia 19 +1:32.368 37
25 84   Julián Miralles Aprilia 19 +2:09.147 39
26 48   David Bonache Honda 19 +2:17.127 38
Ret 75   Mattia Pasini Aprilia 17 Accident 2
Ret 55   Héctor Faubel Aprilia 17 Accident 16
Ret 87   Patrik Vostárek Honda 17 Accident 33
Ret 28   Jordi Carchano Aprilia 17 Retirement 35
Ret 97   Lukáš Rážek Honda 17 Accident 40
Ret 10   Federico Sandi Honda 13 Retirement 34
Ret 25   Dario Giuseppetti Aprilia 11 Retirement 28
Ret 44   Karel Abraham Aprilia 10 Accident 24
Ret 52   Lukáš Pešek Derbi 9 Accident 8
Ret 71   Tomoyoshi Koyama Honda 5 Accident 9
Ret 7   Alexis Masbou Honda 5 Accident 11
Ret 76   Michael Ranseder KTM 5 Accident 12
Ret 16   Raymond Schouten Honda 5 Retirement 27
Ret 15   Michele Pirro Malaguti 5 Retirement 29
DNS 9   Toshihisa Kuzuhara Honda Did not start
Source: [8]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) edit

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eleven has concluded.[9]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References edit

  1. ^ "2005 Czech MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Brno Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Tobacco Advertising in Sport - InBrief.co.uk".
  4. ^ "2005 Czech MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Gauloises G.P. České republiky – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 28 August 2005. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  6. ^ "motogp.com · · MotoGP Race Classification 2005". www.motogp.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-25. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  7. ^ "Gauloises G.P. České republiky – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 28 August 2005. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Gauloises G.P. České republiky – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 28 August 2005. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2005. Retrieved 2019-08-22.


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