2005 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

  2005 Japanese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 12 of 17 races in the 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	18 September 2005
Location	Twin Ring Motegi
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.801 km (2.983 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Loris Capirossi
Time	1:46.363
Fastest lap
Rider	Loris Capirossi
Time	1:47.968
Podium
First	Loris Capirossi
Second	Max Biaggi
Third	Makoto Tamada
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Hiroshi Aoyama
Time	1:51.843
Fastest lap
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	1:53.199
Podium
First	Hiroshi Aoyama
Second	Dani Pedrosa
Third	Casey Stoner
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Gábor Talmácsi
Time	1:58.653
Fastest lap
Rider	Mateo Túnez
Time	1:59.018
Podium
First	Mika Kallio
Second	Thomas Lüthi
Third	Héctor Faubel

The 2005 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 September 2005 at the Twin Ring Motegi citcuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	43:30.499	1	25
2	Max Biaggi	Honda	+1.479	5	20
3	Makoto Tamada	Honda	+16.227	4	16
4	Carlos Checa	Ducati	+22.148	9	13
5	John Hopkins	Suzuki	+33.212	2	11
6	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	+34.915	13	10
7	Nicky Hayden	Honda	+45.894	6	9
8	Kenny Roberts Jr	Suzuki	+56.498	8	8
9	Toni Elías	Yamaha	+1:12.037	17	7
10	Ruben Xaus	Yamaha	+1:34.927	19	6
11	Franco Battaini	Blata	+1 Lap	20	5
Ret	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Retirement	11
Ret	Marco Melandri	Honda	Retirement	3
Ret	Alex Barros	Honda	Retirement	10
Ret	Sete Gibernau	Honda	Retirement	7
Ret	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki	Retirement	14
Ret	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	Retirement	15
Ret	Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki	Retirement	12
Ret	Roberto Rolfo	Ducati	Retirement	16
Ret	Naoki Matsudo	Moriwaki	Retirement	18

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	43:52.454	1	25
2	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	+5.313	7	20
3	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	+7.781	9	16
4	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	+10.222	6	13
5	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	+10.763	8	11
6	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	+11.054	5	10
7	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	+19.199	4	9
8	Héctor Barberá	Honda	+24.665	13	8
9	Alex Debón	Honda	+37.683	16	7
10	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	+38.122	11	6
11	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	+38.194	24	5
12	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+53.211	15	4
13	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	+56.364	21	3
14	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	+1:08.640	27	2
15	Radomil Rous	Honda	+1:09.205	22	1
16	Kouki Takahashi	Honda	+1:17.982	28
17	Martin Cardenas	Aprilia	+1:25.096	29
18	Dirk Heidolf	Honda	+1:26.088	20
19	Mamoru Akiya	Yamaha	+1:33.286	30
20	Masaki Tokudome	Yamaha	+1:35.598	25
21	Mathieu Gines	Aprilia	+1:37.552	32
Ret	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	Retirement	2
Ret	Taro Sekiguchi	Aprilia	Retirement	12
Ret	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	Retirement	26
Ret	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	Retirement	10
Ret	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	Retirement	23
Ret	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	Retirement	3
Ret	Anthony West	KTM	Retirement	14
Ret	Ryuji Yokoe	Yamaha	Retirement	18
Ret	Jakub Smrž	Honda	Retirement	19
Ret	Arnaud Vincent	Fantic	Retirement	31
Ret	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	Retirement	17

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Mika Kallio	KTM	30:10.854	5	25
2	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	+0.111	7	20
3	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	+1.517	6	16
4	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Honda	+2.349	2	13
5	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	+2.406	3	11
6	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	+2.619	8	10
7	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	+2.761	10	9
8	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	+2.961	13	8
9	Álvaro Bautista	Honda	+3.720	9	7
10	Fabrizio Lai	Honda	+9.936	14	6
11	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	+14.546	12	5
12	Aleix Espargaró	Honda	+14.693	24	4
13	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	+15.699	19	3
14	Toshihisa Kuzuhara	Honda	+20.833	20	2
15	Enrique Jerez	Derbi	+22.562	17	1
16	Raffaele de Rosa	Aprilia	+24.038	22
17	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	+25.907	18
18	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	+27.014	27
19	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	+27.502	26
20	Alexis Masbou	Honda	+27.548	21
21	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	+47.987	25
22	Hirokaki Kuzuhara	Honda	+48.337	31
23	Federico Sandi	Honda	+48.524	34
24	Yuki Hamamoto	Honda	+51.086	32
25	Takumi Takahashi	Honda	+53.530	29
26	Arata Mori	Honda	+53.610	33
27	Vincent Braillard	Aprilia	+54.652	38
28	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	+55.454	30
29	Kazuki Hanafusa	Honda	+1:03.564	41
30	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	+1 Lap	36
Ret	Gábor Talmácsi	KTM	Retirement	1
Ret	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	Retirement	23
Ret	Dario Giuseppetti	Aprilia	Retirement	28
Ret	Sascha Hommel	Malaguti	Retirement	40
Ret	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	Retirement	4
Ret	Mateo Túnez	Aprilia	Retirement	15
Ret	Hiroomi Iwata	Honda	Retirement	35
Ret	Michele Pirro	Malaguti	Retirement	37
Ret	Sandro Cortese	Honda	Retirement	16
Ret	Julian Simon	KTM	Retirement	11
Ret	David Bonache	Honda	Retirement	39