The 2005 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 13–15 October 2005 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. It was also the final victory for Valentino Rossi at Phillip Island until the 2014 event.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 41:08.542 2 25 2 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +1.007 1 20 3 7 Carlos Checa Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 27 +4.215 4 16 4 33 Marco Melandri Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 27 +4.232 8 13 5 15 Sete Gibernau Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 27 +14.088 3 11 6 5 Colin Edwards Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +33.200 5 10 7 56 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 27 +45.055 10 9 8 6 Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda 27 +45.103 9 8 9 24 Toni Elías Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +45.104 7 7 10 21 John Hopkins Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 27 +50.260 11 6 11 17 Chris Vermeulen Camel Honda Honda 27 +50.697 14 5 12 11 Rubén Xaus Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +1:08.324 15 4 13 44 Roberto Rolfo Team d'Antin Pramac Ducati 27 +1:31.737 16 3 14 77 James Ellison Blata WCM Blata 26 +1 lap 17 2 15 27 Franco Battaini Blata WCM Blata 26 +1 lap 18 1 16 19 Olivier Jacque Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 25 +2 laps 13 Ret 4 Alex Barros Camel Honda Honda 22 Accident 12 Ret 3 Max Biaggi Repsol Honda Team Honda 0 Accident 6 WD 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki Withdrew WD 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Withdrew Sources:
250 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 25 39:18.195 6 25 2 19 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 25 +0.027 4 20 3 48 Jorge Lorenzo Honda 25 +8.674 2 16 4 80 Héctor Barberá Honda 25 +24.838 5 13 5 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 25 +24.868 7 11 6 73 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 25 +24.872 8 10 7 7 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 25 +37.274 9 9 8 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 25 +47.013 10 8 9 6 Alex Debón Honda 25 +56.602 13 7 10 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 25 +56.747 14 6 11 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 25 +1:09.126 17 5 12 28 Dirk Heidolf Honda 25 +1:09.796 21 4 13 96 Jakub Smrž Honda 25 +1:09.830 19 3 14 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 25 +1:14.472 12 2 15 8 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 25 +1:14.497 20 1 16 24 Simone Corsi Aprilia 25 +1:14.771 16 17 36 Martín Cárdenas Aprilia 25 +1:22.080 23 18 32 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 24 +1 lap 22 19 33 Arturo Tizón Honda 24 +1 lap 24 20 56 Mathieu Gines Aprilia 24 +1 lap 27 Ret 44 Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 24 Retirement 15 Ret 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 17 Accident 18 Ret 21 Arnaud Vincent Fantic 12 Retirement 25 Ret 55 Yuki Takahashi Honda 10 Retirement 11 Ret 63 Erwan Nigon Yamaha 6 Retirement 26 Ret 27 Casey Stoner Aprilia 4 Retirement 1 Ret 5 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 3 Accident 3 DNQ 82 Mick Kelly Honda Did not qualify DNQ 23 Nicklas Cajback Yamaha Did not qualify DNQ 81 Mark Rowling Yamaha Did not qualify DNQ 20 Gabriele Ferro Fantic Did not qualify Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 Thomas Lüthi Honda 23 38:00.352 1 25 2 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Honda 23 +2.663 6 20 3 58 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 23 +2.665 4 16 4 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 23 +2.673 2 13 5 36 Mika Kallio KTM 23 +2.860 5 11 6 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 23 +2.945 13 10 7 14 Gábor Talmácsi KTM 23 +2.950 3 9 8 47 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 23 +3.386 12 8 9 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 23 +10.546 22 7 10 7 Alexis Masbou Honda 23 +10.551 17 6 11 35 Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 23 +10.851 14 5 12 32 Fabrizio Lai Honda 23 +11.071 9 4 13 54 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 23 +11.133 15 3 14 63 Mike Di Meglio Honda 23 +11.629 7 2 15 6 Joan Olivé Aprilia 23 +15.048 10 1 16 19 Álvaro Bautista Honda 23 +30.883 18 17 41 Aleix Espargaró Honda 23 +30.884 19 18 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 23 +49.058 25 19 11 Sandro Cortese Honda 23 +49.131 16 20 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 23 +49.170 23 21 9 Toshihisa Kuzuhara Honda 23 +50.660 26 22 43 Manuel Hernández Aprilia 23 +51.027 27 23 46 Mateo Túnez Aprilia 23 +1:07.317 30 24 42 Gioele Pellino Malaguti 23 +1:09.832 28 25 28 Jordi Carchano Aprilia 23 +1:21.312 24 26 25 Dario Giuseppetti Aprilia 23 +1:28.227 34 27 48 David Bonache Honda 22 +1 lap 32 28 69 Blake Leigh-Smith Honda 21 +2 laps 35 Ret 10 Federico Sandi Honda 18 Retirement 29 Ret 81 Tom Hatton Honda 16 Accident 37 Ret 18 Nicolás Terol Derbi 13 Retirement 20 Ret 52 Lukáš Pešek Derbi 8 Accident 8 Ret 60 Julián Simón KTM 7 Accident 11 Ret 45 Imre Tóth Aprilia 6 Retirement 21 Ret 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 3 Retirement 33 Ret 15 Michele Pirro Malaguti 2 Retirement 31 Ret 31 Sascha Hommel Honda 0 Retirement 36 DNS 44 Karel Abraham Aprilia Did not start DNQ 70 Brent Rigoli Honda Did not qualify DNQ 83 Rhys Moller Honda Did not qualify DNQ 82 Candice Scott Honda Did not qualify Source:
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 331 2 Nicky Hayden 170 3 Marco Melandri 170 4 Colin Edwards 162 5 Max Biaggi 159
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 345 2 Honda 291 3 Ducati 178 4 Kawasaki 115 5 Suzuki 96
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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