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 circuit. In the 250cc class Jorge Lorenzo was handed a 1 race ban for riding in a irresponsible manner. MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 24 43:30.499 1 25 2 3 Max Biaggi Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +1.479 5 20 3 6 Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda 24 +16.227 4 16 4 7 Carlos Checa Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 24 +22.148 9 13 5 21 John Hopkins Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 24 +33.212 2 11 6 5 Colin Edwards Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +34.915 13 10 7 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +45.894 6 9 8 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 24 +56.498 8 8 9 24 Toni Elías Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +1:12.037 17 7 10 11 Rubén Xaus Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +1:34.927 19 6 11 27 Franco Battaini Blata WCM Blata 23 +1 lap 20 5 Ret 33 Marco Melandri Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 12 Accident 3 Ret 46 Valentino Rossi Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 12 Accident 11 Ret 4 Alex Barros Camel Honda Honda 12 Accident 10 Ret 15 Sete Gibernau Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 11 Accident 7 Ret 56 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 8 Retirement 14 Ret 72 Tohru Ukawa Camel Honda Honda 4 Retirement 15 Ret 44 Roberto Rolfo Team d'Antin Pramac Ducati 2 Accident 16 Ret 66 Alex Hofmann Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 2 Accident 12 Ret 45 Naoki Matsudo Moriwaki Racing Moriwaki 0 Retirement 18 DNS 77 James Ellison Blata WCM Blata Did not start Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 73 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 23 43:52.454 1 25 2 1 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 23 +5.313 7 20 3 27 Casey Stoner Aprilia 23 +7.781 9 16 4 55 Yuki Takahashi Honda 23 +10.222 6 13 5 7 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 23 +10.763 8 11 6 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 23 +11.054 5 10 7 5 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 23 +19.199 4 9 8 80 Héctor Barberá Honda 23 +24.665 13 8 9 6 Alex Debón Honda 23 +37.683 16 7 10 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 23 +38.122 11 6 11 24 Simone Corsi Aprilia 23 +38.194 24 5 12 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 23 +53.211 15 4 13 32 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 23 +56.364 21 3 14 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 23 +1:08.640 27 2 15 64 Radomil Rous Honda 23 +1:09.205 22 1 16 93 Kouki Takahashi Honda 23 +1:17.982 28 17 36 Martín Cárdenas Aprilia 23 +1:25.096 29 18 28 Dirk Heidolf Honda 23 +1:26.088 20 19 77 Mamoru Akiya Yamaha 23 +1:33.286 30 20 79 Masaki Tokudome Yamaha 23 +1:35.598 25 21 56 Mathieu Gines Aprilia 23 +1:37.552 32 Ret 48 Jorge Lorenzo Honda 22 Accident 2 Ret 44 Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 21 Retirement 12 Ret 19 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 10 Accident 10 Ret 8 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 10 Retirement 26 Ret 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 5 Accident 23 Ret 75 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 2 Accident 3 Ret 14 Anthony West KTM 2 Accident 14 Ret 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 0 Accident 17 Ret 21 Arnaud Vincent Fantic 0 Accident 31 Ret 78 Ryuji Yokoe Yamaha 0 Accident 18 Ret 96 Jakub Smrž Honda 0 Accident 19 DNQ 23 Nicklas Cajback Yamaha Did not qualify DNQ 20 Gabriele Ferro Fantic Did not qualify DNQ 22 Alexander Todorov Yamaha Did not qualify Source:
125 cc classification The race, scheduled to be run for 21 laps, was stopped after 15 full laps due to an accident and did not restart as two thirds of the race distance had been completed. Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 36 Mika Kallio KTM 15 30:10.854 5 25 2 12 Thomas Lüthi Honda 15 +0.111 7 20 3 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 15 +1.517 6 16 4 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Honda 15 +2.349 2 13 5 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 15 +2.406 3 11 6 54 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 15 +2.619 8 10 7 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 15 +2.761 10 9 8 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 15 +2.961 13 8 9 19 Álvaro Bautista Honda 15 +3.720 9 7 10 32 Fabrizio Lai Honda 15 +9.936 14 6 11 63 Mike Di Meglio Honda 15 +14.546 12 5 12 41 Aleix Espargaró Honda 15 +14.693 24 4 13 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 15 +15.699 19 3 14 9 Toshihisa Kuzuhara Honda 15 +20.833 20 2 15 51 Enrique Jerez Derbi 15 +22.562 17 1 16 35 Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 15 +24.038 22 17 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 15 +25.907 18 18 6 Joan Olivé Aprilia 15 +27.014 27 19 43 Manuel Hernández Aprilia 15 +27.502 26 20 7 Alexis Masbou Honda 15 +27.548 21 21 45 Imre Tóth Aprilia 15 +47.987 25 22 68 Hiroaki Kuzuhara Honda 15 +48.337 31 23 10 Federico Sandi Honda 15 +48.524 34 24 64 Yuki Hamamoto Honda 15 +51.086 32 25 20 Takumi Takahashi Honda 15 +53.530 29 26 66 Arata Mori Honda 15 +53.610 33 27 26 Vincent Braillard Aprilia 15 +54.652 38 28 44 Karel Abraham Aprilia 15 +55.454 30 29 67 Kazuki Hanafusa Honda 15 +1:03.564 41 30 28 Jordi Carchano Aprilia 13 +2 laps 36 Ret 14 Gábor Talmácsi KTM 13 Accident 1 Ret 52 Lukáš Pešek Derbi 13 Retirement 23 Ret 25 Dario Giuseppetti Aprilia 12 Retirement 28 Ret 58 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 9 Accident 4 Ret 31 Sascha Hommel Malaguti 9 Accident 40 Ret 46 Mateo Túnez Aprilia 7 Accident 15 Ret 65 Hiroomi Iwata Honda 6 Retirement 35 Ret 15 Michele Pirro Malaguti 5 Accident 37 Ret 11 Sandro Cortese Honda 3 Accident 16 Ret 48 David Bonache Honda 0 Retirement 39 Ret 60 Julián Simón KTM 0 Accident 11 Source:
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round twelve has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 261 2 Max Biaggi 149 3 Colin Edwards 133 4 Marco Melandri 126 5 Nicky Hayden 121
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 275 2 Honda 238 3 Ducati 127 4 Kawasaki 97 5 Suzuki 76
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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