The 2005 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 22–24 July 2005 at the Donington Park circuit. It was also marked the final victory of Valentino Rossi in the wet race at the British circuit until the 2015 event was held at the Silverstone Circuit.

MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 29 52:58.675 1 25 2 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 29 +3.169 16 20 3 4 Alex Barros Camel Honda Honda 29 +4.006 4 16 4 5 Colin Edwards Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 29 +10.292 6 13 5 7 Carlos Checa Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 29 +13.020 13 11 6 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 29 +23.321 11 10 7 6 Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda 29 +37.833 9 9 8 66 Alex Hofmann Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 29 +44.617 15 8 9 24 Toni Elías Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +1 lap 17 7 10 44 Roberto Rolfo Team d'Antin Pramac Ducati 28 +1 lap 19 6 11 21 John Hopkins Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 27 +2 laps 10 5 Ret 27 Franco Battaini Blata WCM Blata 25 Accident 21 Ret 77 James Ellison Blata WCM Blata 7 Accident 20 Ret 67 Shane Byrne Team Roberts Proton KR 4 Accident 18 Ret 15 Sete Gibernau Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 3 Accident 2 Ret 56 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 3 Accident 12 Ret 3 Max Biaggi Repsol Honda Team Honda 3 Accident 8 Ret 33 Marco Melandri Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 2 Accident 3 Ret 12 Troy Bayliss Camel Honda Honda 2 Accident 7 Ret 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 2 Retirement 5 Ret 11 Rubén Xaus Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 1 Accident 14 Sources:

250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 7 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 27 49:11.337 6 25 2 14 Anthony West KTM 27 +1.236 15 20 3 27 Casey Stoner Aprilia 27 +16.740 10 16 4 1 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 27 +47.825 1 13 5 19 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 27 +1:03.449 5 11 6 24 Simone Corsi Aprilia 27 +1:32.437 14 10 7 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 27 +1:34.560 4 9 8 48 Jorge Lorenzo Honda 27 +1:45.964 2 8 9 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 26 +1 lap 12 7 10 8 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 26 +1 lap 20 6 11 32 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 26 +1 lap 22 5 12 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 26 +1 lap 11 4 13 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 26 +1 lap 19 3 14 38 Grégory Leblanc Aprilia 25 +2 laps 24 2 15 64 Radomil Rous Honda 25 +2 laps 25 1 16 96 Jakub Smrž Honda 25 +2 laps 17 17 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 25 +2 laps 18 18 41 Álvaro Molina Aprilia 25 +2 laps 29 19 20 Gabriele Ferro Fantic 23 +4 laps 31 Ret 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 22 Accident 16 Ret 44 Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 21 Accident 26 Ret 80 Héctor Barberá Honda 16 Accident 7 Ret 73 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 12 Accident 8 Ret 42 Yves Polzer Aprilia 12 Accident 28 Ret 5 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 8 Accident 3 Ret 36 Martín Cárdenas Aprilia 4 Retirement 23 Ret 28 Dirk Heidolf Honda 2 Retirement 21 Ret 21 Arnaud Vincent Fantic 0 Retirement 27 Ret 55 Yuki Takahashi Honda 0 Retirement 9 Ret 6 Alex Debón Honda 0 Retirement 13 DSQ 26 Andreas Mårtensson Yamaha 10 Black flag 30 DNQ 23 Nicklas Cajback Yamaha Did not qualify Source:

125 cc classification The race, scheduled to be run for 25 laps, was stopped after 7 full laps due to heavy rain. It was later restarted for 9 laps, with the grid determined by the running order before the suspension. The second part of the race determined the final result. Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 60 Julián Simón KTM 9 17:35.523 6 25 2 63 Mike Di Meglio Honda 9 +2.406 9 20 3 32 Fabrizio Lai Honda 9 +8.896 5 16 4 58 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 9 +9.169 3 13 5 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 9 +13.837 17 11 6 12 Thomas Lüthi Honda 9 +18.323 4 10 7 36 Mika Kallio KTM 9 +23.453 1 9 8 6 Joan Olivé Aprilia 9 +31.424 15 8 9 94 Dan Linfoot Honda 9 +33.865 39 7 10 9 Toshihisa Kuzuhara Honda 9 +40.094 30 6 11 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 9 +40.345 14 5 12 56 Christian Elkin Honda 9 +40.761 41 4 13 28 Jordi Carchano Aprilia 9 +42.789 26 3 14 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 9 +42.833 27 2 15 11 Sandro Cortese Honda 9 +43.420 28 1 16 16 Raymond Schouten Honda 9 +43.587 25 17 44 Karel Abraham Aprilia 9 +45.101 36 18 42 Gioele Pellino Malaguti 9 +47.077 38 19 10 Federico Sandi Honda 9 +48.901 31 20 35 Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 9 +49.088 21 21 18 Nicolás Terol Derbi 9 +54.566 18 22 95 James Westmoreland Honda 9 +59.769 37 23 26 Vincent Braillard Aprilia 9 +1:00.672 33 24 46 Mateo Túnez Aprilia 9 +1:02.134 24 25 54 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 9 +1:26.419 11 26 45 Imre Tóth Aprilia 9 +1:28.411 34 Ret 7 Alexis Masbou Honda 8 Accident 10 Ret 19 Álvaro Bautista Honda 5 Accident 12 Ret 41 Aleix Espargaró Honda 5 Retirement 19 Ret 14 Gábor Talmácsi KTM 4 Accident 7 Ret 57 Rob Guiver Honda 3 Accident 40 Ret 52 Lukáš Pešek Derbi 1 Retirement 20 Ret 15 Michele Pirro Malaguti 0 Accident 32 Ret 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 0 Accident 22 Ret 43 Manuel Hernández Aprilia 0 Retirement 16 Ret 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 0 Did not restart 2 Ret 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Honda 0 Accident in 1st part 8 Ret 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 0 Accident in 1st part 13 Ret 47 Ángel Rodríguez Honda 0 Retirement in 1st part 23 Ret 96 Kev Coghlan Honda 0 Retirement in 1st part 35 DNS 25 Dario Giuseppetti Aprilia 0 Did not start 1st part 29 Source:

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round nine has concluded.

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 211 2 Marco Melandri 107 3 Colin Edwards 106 4 Max Biaggi 100 5 Sete Gibernau 95

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 215 2 Honda 182 3 Kawasaki 83 4 Ducati 75 5 Suzuki 55

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

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