2005 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

Valencian Community  2005 Valencian Community Grand Prix
Race details
Race 17 of 17 races in the
2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date6 November 2005
Official nameGran Premio betandwin.com de la Comunitat Valenciana[1]
LocationCircuit Ricardo Tormo
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.005 km (2.489 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Sete Gibernau
Time 1:31.874
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Marco Melandri
Time 1:33.043 on lap 4
Podium
First Italy Marco Melandri
Second United States Nicky Hayden
Third Italy Valentino Rossi
250cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Daniel Pedrosa
Time 1:35.298
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Daniel Pedrosa
Time 1:35.792 on lap 17
Podium
First Spain Daniel Pedrosa
Second Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Third Australia Casey Stoner
125cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Sergio Gadea
Time 1:39.830
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Sergio Gadea
Time 1:40.286 on lap 14
Podium
First Finland Mika Kallio
Second Hungary Gábor Talmácsi
Third Italy Mattia Pasini

The 2005 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 November 2005 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo.

Race

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This race featured a battle between Marco Melandri and Nicky Hayden, and a fightback to third place from a bad qualifying from Valentino Rossi, who by then was already crowned world champion.

Before the start of the weekend, the Factory Yamaha Team had unveiled a special, one-off 'retro' livery to commemorate Yamaha's fiftieth anniversary and their very successful year in racing, replacing their main sponsor and its colours (Gauloises and dark blue) with the traditional white with red and black blocks/stripes.[2][3] They ran a similar livery before at the United States round but that livery consisted of yellow instead of white.

After sixteen rounds, Valentino Rossi has already won the title at the Malaysian round.[4] Rossi has since then increased his title lead to 351 points. Second is Marco Melandri with 195 points and a close third is Nicky Hayden with 186 points.

On Saturday, Sete Gibernau clinched his the final pole position of the season - his fifth - with a time of 1:31.874. Second is Marco Melandri who is +0.237 seconds behind and third is Nicky Hayden who is +0.343 seconds behind. The second row of the grid consists out of Carlos Checa in fourth place, Max Biaggi in fifth place and Colin Edwards in sixth place. World champion Valentino Rossi had a poor qualifying result after a crash and starts a lowly fifteenth. Suzuki test rider Nobuatsu Aoki replaces Kenny Roberts Jr. who is still recovering from a broken left wrist he sustained after a big highside during Friday practice at the Australian round, having then also confirmed his split with the team shortly after.[5][6][7]

MotoGP classification

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Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 33 Italy Marco Melandri Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 30 46:58.152 2 25
2 69 United States Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +0.097 3 20
3 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 30 +2.959 15 16
4 7 Spain Carlos Checa Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +18.718 4 13
5 4 Brazil Alex Barros Camel Honda Honda 30 +20.706 8 11
6 3 Italy Max Biaggi Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +21.254 5 10
7 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +23.142 7 9
8 5 United States Colin Edwards Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 30 +25.678 6 8
9 6 Japan Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda 30 +36.710 10 7
10 24 Spain Toni Elías Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +39.116 13 6
11 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +41.136 9 5
12 54 Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari Camel Honda Honda 30 +45.691 16 4
13 21 United States John Hopkins Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +46.507 11 3
14 66 Germany Alex Hofmann Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +49.856 12 2
15 11 Spain Rubén Xaus Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +1:19.443 17 1
16 27 Italy Franco Battaini Blata WCM Blata 29 +1 lap 21
Ret 80 United States Kurtis Roberts Team Roberts Proton KR 16 Retirement 20
Ret 77 United Kingdom James Ellison Blata WCM Blata 15 Retirement 19
Ret 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 8 Retirement 14
Ret 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 3 Retirement 1
Ret 44 Italy Roberto Rolfo Team d'Antin Pramac Ducati 0 Accident 18
Sources: [8][9][10]

250 cc classification

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda 27 43:33.395 1 25
2 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Honda 27 +3.448 4 20
3 27 Australia Casey Stoner Aprilia 27 +14.372 7 16
4 5 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia 27 +17.771 3 13
5 80 Spain Héctor Barberá Honda 27 +26.233 2 11
6 73 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 27 +31.244 6 10
7 55 Japan Yuki Takahashi Honda 27 +35.518 8 9
8 7 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 27 +36.488 9 8
9 34 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 27 +43.129 5 7
10 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 27 +43.960 15 6
11 6 Spain Alex Debón Honda 27 +55.494 12 5
12 96 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Honda 27 +57.265 10 4
13 36 Colombia Martín Cárdenas Aprilia 27 +58.185 18 3
14 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 27 +58.545 16 2
15 44 Japan Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 27 +1:01.485 13 1
16 57 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia 27 +1:12.112 19
17 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 27 +1:23.475 17
18 25 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 27 +1:30.535 14
19 32 Italy Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 27 +1:31.957 26
20 56 France Mathieu Gines Aprilia 26 +1 lap 22
21 61 China Li Zheng Peng Aprilia 26 +1 lap 29
Ret 8 Italy Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 26 Retirement 20
Ret 24 Italy Simone Corsi Aprilia 26 Accident 24
Ret 28 Germany Dirk Heidolf Honda 18 Accident 11
Ret 63 France Erwan Nigon Yamaha 18 Retirement 27
Ret 60 China Wang Zhu Aprilia 15 Retirement 28
Ret 33 Spain Arturo Tizón Honda 9 Retirement 21
Ret 41 Spain Álvaro Molina Aprilia 6 Accident 23
Ret 21 France Arnaud Vincent Fantic 6 Accident 25
DNS 19 Argentina Sebastián Porto Aprilia Did not start
DNQ 23 Sweden Nicklas Cajback Yamaha Did not qualify
DNQ 20 Italy Gabriele Ferro Fantic Did not qualify
Source: [11]

125 cc classification

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 36 Finland Mika Kallio KTM 24 40:26.640 3 25
2 14 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi KTM 24 +0.237 8 20
3 75 Italy Mattia Pasini Aprilia 24 +0.367 2 16
4 55 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 24 +12.401 6 13
5 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 24 +17.009 11 11
6 71 Japan Tomoyoshi Koyama Honda 24 +20.635 9 10
7 32 Italy Fabrizio Lai Honda 24 +20.670 5 9
8 60 Spain Julián Simón KTM 24 +20.809 12 8
9 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda 24 +23.517 4 7
10 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Derbi 24 +32.805 24 6
11 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Honda 24 +35.930 14 5
12 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Honda 24 +36.015 22 4
13 35 Italy Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 24 +43.436 21 3
14 6 Spain Joan Olivé Aprilia 24 +47.651 27 2
15 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Aprilia 24 +49.387 16 1
16 18 Spain Nicolás Terol Derbi 24 +53.187 26
17 28 Spain Jordi Carchano Aprilia 24 +57.976 23
18 51 Spain Enrique Jerez Derbi 24 +1:00.860 36
19 43 Spain Manuel Hernández Honda 24 +1:01.055 19
20 27 Spain Mateo Túnez Aprilia 24 +1:06.276 28
21 45 Hungary Imre Tóth Aprilia 24 +1:06.915 31
22 42 Italy Gioele Pellino Malaguti 24 +1:08.479 34
23 26 Switzerland Vincent Braillard Aprilia 24 +1:13.289 38
24 59 Spain Esteve Rabat Honda 24 +1:22.682 35
25 84 Spain Julián Miralles Aprilia 24 +1:23.174 37
26 31 Germany Sascha Hommel Honda 24 +1:39.732 39
Ret 7 France Alexis Masbou Honda 22 Accident 18
Ret 33 Spain Sergio Gadea Aprilia 18 Accident 1
Ret 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Honda 17 Accident 7
Ret 89 France Jules Cluzel Malaguti 17 Accident 17
Ret 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera 16 Accident 15
Ret 8 Italy Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 14 Accident 20
Ret 52 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Derbi 14 Accident 13
Ret 49 Spain Daniel Sáez Aprilia 14 Retirement 32
Ret 44 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Aprilia 10 Accident 33
Ret 10 Italy Federico Sandi Honda 6 Accident 25
Ret 63 France Mike Di Meglio Honda 5 Accident 10
Ret 25 Germany Dario Giuseppetti Aprilia 0 Accident 30
Ret 48 Spain David Bonache Honda 0 Accident 29
Source: [12]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seventeen has concluded.[13]

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

References

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  1. ^ "2005 Valencia MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Yamaha confirms 'retro' Valencia livery". Crash. November 3, 2005.
  3. ^ "Pictures: Yamaha unveils 'retro' Valencia livery". Crash. November 3, 2005.
  4. ^ "Capirossi wins, Rossi crowned 2005 champion". Crash. September 25, 2005.
  5. ^ "200kph Roberts highside 'as bad as it gets'". Crash. October 14, 2005.
  6. ^ "Roberts and Suzuki split". Crash. October 22, 2005.
  7. ^ "'Secret software' helps Aoki". Crash. November 4, 2005.
  8. ^ "2005 Valencia MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  9. ^ "G. P. betandwin.com Comunitat Valenciana – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 November 2005. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  10. ^ "G. P. betandwin.com COMUNITAT VALENCIANA · MotoGP Race Classification 2005". Motogp.com. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  11. ^ "G. P. betandwin.com Comunitat Valenciana – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 November 2005. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  12. ^ "G. P. betandwin.com Comunitat Valenciana – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 November 2005. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2005. Retrieved 2019-08-22.


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