2005 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

  2005 Malaysian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 13 of 17 races in the 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	25 September 2005
Official name	Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle G.P.
Location	Sepang International Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.548 km (3.447 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Loris Capirossi
Time	2:01.731
Fastest lap
Rider	Nicky Hayden
Time	2:02.993
Podium
First	Loris Capirossi
Second	Valentino Rossi
Third	Carlos Checa
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Hiroshi Aoyama
Time	2:07.860
Fastest lap
Rider	Casey Stoner
Time	2:08.853
Podium
First	Casey Stoner
Second	Alex de Angelis
Third	Sebastián Porto
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Thomas Lüthi
Time	2:14.546
Fastest lap
Rider	Gábor Talmácsi
Time	2:14.839
Podium
First	Thomas Lüthi
Second	Mika Kallio
Third	Mattia Pasini

The 2005 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 September 2005 at the Sepang International Circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	43:27.523	1	25
2	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	+1.999	7	20
3	Carlos Checa	Ducati	+2.069	8	16
4	Nicky Hayden	Honda	+9.227	6	13
5	Marco Melandri	Honda	+15.886	9	11
6	Max Biaggi	Honda	+16.826	12	10
7	Kenny Roberts Jr	Suzuki	+17.249	5	9
8	Alex Barros	Honda	+18.221	11	8
9	John Hopkins	Suzuki	+20.125	3	7
10	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	+22.275	10	6
11	Toni Elías	Yamaha	+29.856	14	5
12	Makoto Tamada	Honda	+51.672	15	4
13	Roberto Rolfo	Ducati	+1:05.365	17	3
14	Shane Byrne	Honda	+1:19.106	18	2
15	Ruben Xaus	Yamaha	+1:19.356	16	1
16	Franco Battaini	Blata	+1:55.882	19
Ret	James Ellison	Blata	Retirement	20
Ret	Olivier Jacque	Kawasaki	Retirement	13
Ret	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki	Retirement	4
Ret	Sete Gibernau	Honda	Retirement	2

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	43:23.138	4	25
2	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	+3.133	3	20
3	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	+4.111	5	16
4	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	+7.569	7	13
5	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	+10.109	1	11
6	Héctor Barberá	Honda	+26.123	8	10
7	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	+27.301	18	9
8	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	+28.006	14	8
9	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	+59.478	9	7
10	Taro Sekiguchi	Aprilia	+59.579	23	6
11	Dirk Heidolf	Honda	+1:01.437	15	5
12	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	+1:04.004	20	4
13	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	+1:04.803	21	3
14	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+1:12.500	22	2
15	Martin Cardenas	Aprilia	+1:21.073	24	1
16	Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	+1:31.925	25
17	Mathieu Gines	Aprilia	+1:51.975	26
18	Nicklas Cajback	Yamaha	+1 Lap	28
19	Jakub Smrž	Honda	+1 Lap	13
Ret	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	Retirement	10
Ret	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	Retirement	19
Ret	Arnaud Vincent	Fantic	Retirement	27
Ret	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	Retirement	2
Ret	Anthony West	KTM	Retirement	17
Ret	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	Retirement	11
Ret	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	Retirement	6
Ret	Alex Debón	Honda	Retirement	12
Ret	Radomil Rous	Honda	Retirement	16

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	43:02.214	1	25
2	Mika Kallio	KTM	+0.002	4	20
3	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	+9.684	2	16
4	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	+9.709	9	13
5	Gábor Talmácsi	KTM	+9.892	3	11
6	Julian Simon	KTM	+11.936	8	10
7	Fabrizio Lai	Honda	+19.632	13	9
8	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	+19.755	7	8
9	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	+19.967	5	7
10	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Honda	+20.071	11	6
11	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	+20.158	10	5
12	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	+20.427	6	4
13	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	+21.178	23	3
14	Alexis Masbou	Honda	+24.199	15	2
15	Aleix Espargaró	Honda	+24.266	14	1
16	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	+24.481	18
17	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	+24.615	12
18	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	+48.038	24
19	Enrique Jerez	Derbi	+48.157	17
20	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	+49.093	19
21	Sandro Cortese	Honda	+49.207	22
22	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	+1:02.994	26
23	Dario Giuseppetti	Aprilia	+1:03.000	25
24	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	+1:03.756	21
25	Mateo Túnez	Aprilia	+1:11.588	31
26	Álvaro Bautista	Honda	+1:20.152	20
27	David Bonache	Honda	+1:23.094	29
28	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	+1:32.733	28
29	Way On Cheung	Honda	+1:47.362	37
30	Sascha Hommel	Malaguti	+1:47.672	35
31	Doni Tata Pradita	Yamaha	+2:20.854	36
Ret	Toshihisa Kuzuhara	Honda	Retirement	27
Ret	Michele Pirro	Malaguti	Retirement	30
Ret	Federico Sandi	Honda	Retirement	34
Ret	Raffaele de Rosa	Aprilia	Retirement	16
Ret	Vincent Braillard	Aprilia	Retirement	32
Ret	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	Retirement	33

External links

• List of past winners