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 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 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.
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