2005 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

  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
250cc
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
125cc
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

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.

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.