2005 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

Japan  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 Italy Loris Capirossi
Time 1:46.363
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Loris Capirossi
Time 1:47.968
Podium
First Italy Loris Capirossi
Second Italy Max Biaggi
Third Japan Makoto Tamada
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Hiroshi Aoyama
Time 1:51.843
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Dani Pedrosa
Time 1:53.199
Podium
First Japan Hiroshi Aoyama
Second Spain Dani Pedrosa
Third Australia Casey Stoner
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Hungary Gábor Talmácsi
Time 1:58.653
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Mateo Túnez
Time 1:59.018
Podium
First Finland Mika Kallio
Second Switzerland Thomas Lüthi
Third Spain 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 Italy Loris Capirossi Ducati 43:30.499 1 25
2 Italy Max Biaggi Honda +1.479 5 20
3 Japan Makoto Tamada Honda +16.227 4 16
4 Spain Carlos Checa Ducati +22.148 9 13
5 United States John Hopkins Suzuki +33.212 2 11
6 United States Colin Edwards Yamaha +34.915 13 10
7 United States Nicky Hayden Honda +45.894 6 9
8 United States Kenny Roberts Jr Suzuki +56.498 8 8
9 Spain Toni Elías Yamaha +1:12.037 17 7
10 Spain Ruben Xaus Yamaha +1:34.927 19 6
11 Italy Franco Battaini Blata +1 Lap 20 5
Ret Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha Retirement 11
Ret Italy Marco Melandri Honda Retirement 3
Ret Brazil Alex Barros Honda Retirement 10
Ret Spain Sete Gibernau Honda Retirement 7
Ret Japan Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Retirement 14
Ret Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda Retirement 15
Ret Germany Alex Hofmann Kawasaki Retirement 12
Ret Italy Roberto Rolfo Ducati Retirement 16
Ret Japan Naoki Matsudo Moriwaki Retirement 18

250 cc classification

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

125 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Grid Points
1 Finland Mika Kallio KTM 30:10.854 5 25
2 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda +0.111 7 20
3 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia +1.517 6 16
4 Japan Tomoyoshi Koyama Honda +2.349 2 13
5 Italy Mattia Pasini Aprilia +2.406 3 11
6 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera +2.619 8 10
7 Spain Sergio Gadea Aprilia +2.761 10 9
8 Spain Pablo Nieto Derbi +2.961 13 8
9 Spain Álvaro Bautista Honda +3.720 9 7
10 Italy Fabrizio Lai Honda +9.936 14 6
11 France Mike Di Meglio Honda +14.546 12 5
12 Spain Aleix Espargaró Honda +14.693 24 4
13 Italy Andrea Iannone Aprilia +15.699 19 3
14 Japan Toshihisa Kuzuhara Honda +20.833 20 2
15 Spain Enrique Jerez Derbi +22.562 17 1
16 Italy Raffaele de Rosa Aprilia +24.038 22
17 Italy Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia +25.907 18
18 Spain Joan Olivé Aprilia +27.014 27
19 Spain Manuel Hernández Aprilia +27.502 26
20 France Alexis Masbou Honda +27.548 21
21 Hungary Imre Tóth Aprilia +47.987 25
22 Japan Hirokaki Kuzuhara Honda +48.337 31
23 Italy Federico Sandi Honda +48.524 34
24 Japan Yuki Hamamoto Honda +51.086 32
25 Japan Takumi Takahashi Honda +53.530 29
26 Japan Arata Mori Honda +53.610 33
27 Switzerland Vincent Braillard Aprilia +54.652 38
28 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Aprilia +55.454 30
29 Japan Kazuki Hanafusa Honda +1:03.564 41
30 Spain Jordi Carchano Aprilia +1 Lap 36
Ret Hungary Gábor Talmácsi KTM Retirement 1
Ret Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Derbi Retirement 23
Ret Germany Dario Giuseppetti Aprilia Retirement 28
Ret Germany Sascha Hommel Malaguti Retirement 40
Ret Italy Marco Simoncelli Aprilia Retirement 4
Ret Spain Mateo Túnez Aprilia Retirement 15
Ret Japan Hiroomi Iwata Honda Retirement 35
Ret Italy Michele Pirro Malaguti Retirement 37
Ret Germany Sandro Cortese Honda Retirement 16
Ret Spain Julian Simon KTM Retirement 11
Ret Spain David Bonache Honda Retirement 39
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2005 Czech Republic Grand Prix
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2005 Malaysian Grand Prix
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