2005 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2005 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 29 September-1 October 2005 at the Losail International Circuit.

  2005 Qatar Grand Prix

Race details
Race 14 of 17 races in the 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	1 October 2005
Official name	Marlboro Grand Prix of Qatar
Location	Losail International Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.380 km (3.343 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Loris Capirossi Time 1:56.917 Fastest lap Rider Nicky Hayden Time 1:57.903 on lap 9 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Marco Melandri Third Nicky Hayden
250 cc
Pole position Rider Jorge Lorenzo Time 2:02.154 Fastest lap Rider Daniel Pedrosa Time 2:03.301 on lap 9 Podium First Casey Stoner Second Jorge Lorenzo Third Andrea Dovizioso
125 cc
Pole position Rider Mika Kallio Time 2:09.455 Fastest lap Rider Marco Simoncelli Time 2:10.515 on lap 11 Podium First Gábor Talmácsi Second Mika Kallio Third Marco Simoncelli

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	43:33.759	3	25
2	33	Marco Melandri	Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	22	+1.670	5	20
3	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+5.536	8	16
4	5	Colin Edwards	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	+14.737	4	13
5	15	Sete Gibernau	Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	22	+20.431	2	11
6	7	Carlos Checa	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	22	+31.432	6	10
7	56	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	22	+32.983	7	9
8	24	Toni Elías	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	+39.888	9	8
9	4	Alex Barros	Camel Honda	Honda	22	+41.792	14	7
10	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	22	+44.252	1	6
11	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	22	+48.745	11	5
12	44	Roberto Rolfo	Team d'Antin Pramac	Ducati	22	+1:01.991	15	4
13	67	Shane Byrne	Camel Honda	Honda	22	+1:04.805	17	3
14	11	Rubén Xaus	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	+1:13.824	16	2
15	77	James Ellison	Blata WCM	Blata	22	+2:08.642	18	1
16	27	Franco Battaini	Blata WCM	Blata	21	+1 lap	19
17	21	John Hopkins	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	21	+1 lap	12
Ret	6	Makoto Tamada	Konica Minolta Honda	Honda	17	Accident	10
Ret	3	Max Biaggi	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	6	Retirement	13
WD	19	Olivier Jacque	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki		Withdrew
Sources:

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	20	41:22.628	3	25
2	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	20	+1.566	1	20
3	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	20	+2.603	6	16
4	1	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	20	+2.659	4	13
5	19	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	20	+4.867	5	11
6	73	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	20	+29.971	7	10
7	80	Héctor Barberá	Honda	20	+32.708	9	9
8	55	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	20	+46.470	10	8
9	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	20	+46.849	11	7
10	44	Taro Sekiguchi	Aprilia	20	+1:01.682	18	6
11	6	Alex Debón	Honda	20	+1:01.696	17	5
12	32	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	20	+1:01.780	15	4
13	36	Martín Cárdenas	Aprilia	20	+1:02.795	21	3
14	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	20	+1:03.952	16	2
15	8	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	20	+1:04.917	14	1
16	57	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	20	+1:06.194	20
17	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	20	+1:21.004	19
18	28	Dirk Heidolf	Honda	20	+1:36.546	22
19	56	Mathieu Gines	Aprilia	20	+1:51.045	27
20	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	20	+2:02.105	24
Ret	63	Erwan Nigon	Yamaha	17	Retirement	23
Ret	96	Jakub Smrž	Honda	16	Retirement	13
Ret	7	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	12	Retirement	8
Ret	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	6	Accident	12
Ret	5	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	5	Accident	2
Ret	64	Radomil Rous	Honda	5	Accident	26
Ret	21	Arnaud Vincent	Fantic	2	Retirement	25
DNS	14	Anthony West	KTM		Did not start
DNQ	20	Gabriele Ferro	Fantic		Did not qualify
DNQ	23	Nicklas Cajback	Yamaha		Did not qualify
Source:

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	14	Gábor Talmácsi	KTM	18	39:23.248	2	25
2	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	18	+0.017	1	20
3	58	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	18	+9.571	7	16
4	63	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	18	+11.815	10	13
5	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	18	+12.169	11	11
6	12	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	18	+12.303	9	10
7	54	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	18	+12.317	6	9
8	60	Julián Simón	KTM	18	+12.565	4	8
9	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	18	+17.571	3	7
10	32	Fabrizio Lai	Honda	18	+19.757	5	6
11	6	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	18	+22.037	13	5
12	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	18	+24.205	18	4
13	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Aprilia	18	+25.342	14	3
14	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Honda	18	+27.965	16	2
15	51	Enrique Jerez	Derbi	18	+37.241	24	1
16	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	18	+43.704	22
17	11	Sandro Cortese	Honda	18	+44.855	21
18	41	Aleix Espargaró	Honda	18	+44.870	17
19	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	18	+45.521	20
20	7	Alexis Masbou	Honda	18	+49.011	15
21	25	Dario Giuseppetti	Aprilia	18	+50.024	27
22	19	Álvaro Bautista	Honda	18	+50.059	12
23	42	Gioele Pellino	Malaguti	18	+50.299	25
24	46	Mateo Túnez	Aprilia	18	+56.956	28
25	28	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	18	+57.020	29
26	10	Federico Sandi	Honda	18	+1:14.927	31
27	9	Toshihisa Kuzuhara	Honda	18	+1:29.137	34
28	44	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	18	+1:29.158	32
29	45	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	18	+1:39.784	35
Ret	15	Michele Pirro	Malaguti	15	Retirement	30
Ret	47	Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	13	Accident	8
Ret	22	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	6	Retirement	19
Ret	52	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	3	Retirement	23
Ret	43	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	3	Retirement	26
Ret	31	Sascha Hommel	Honda	2	Retirement	36
Ret	48	David Bonache	Honda	1	Accident	33
Source:

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fourteen has concluded.

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	306
2	Max Biaggi	159
3	Marco Melandri	157
4	Colin Edwards	152
5	Nicky Hayden	150

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Yamaha	320
2	Honda	271
3	Ducati	162
4	Kawasaki	106
5	Suzuki	90

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