2005 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix explained

Grand Prix:	Catalan
Flag:	Catalonia
Official Name:	Gran Premi Gauloises de Catalunya^[1]
Location:	Circuit de Catalunya
Course Mi:	2.937
Course Km:	4.727
Race No:	6
Season No:	17
Date:	12 June
Year:	2005
Pole Rider Motogp:	Sete Gibernau
Pole Rider Motogp Country:	Spain
Pole Time Motogp:	1:42.337
Fast Rider Motogp:	Valentino Rossi
Fast Rider Motogp Country:	Italy
Fast Time Motogp:	1:43.195 on lap 23
First Rider Motogp:	Valentino Rossi
First Rider Motogp Country:	Italy
Second Rider Motogp:	Sete Gibernau
Second Rider Motogp Country:	Spain
Third Rider Motogp:	Marco Melandri
Third Rider Motogp Country:	Italy
Pole Rider 250:	Daniel Pedrosa
Pole Rider 250 Country:	Spain
Pole Time 250:	1:46.238
Fast Rider 250:	Daniel Pedrosa
Fast Rider 250 Country:	Spain
Fast Time 250:	1:47.373 on lap 5
First Rider 250:	Daniel Pedrosa
First Rider 250 Country:	Spain
Second Rider 250:	Casey Stoner
Second Rider 250 Country:	Australia
Third Rider 250:	Andrea Dovizioso
Third Rider 250 Country:	Italy
Pole Rider 125:	Mika Kallio
Pole Rider 125 Country:	Finland
Pole Time 125:	1:51.451
Fast Rider 125:	Mika Kallio
Fast Rider 125 Country:	Finland
Fast Time 125:	1:51.744 on lap 6
First Rider 125:	Mattia Pasini
First Rider 125 Country:	Italy
Second Rider 125:	Marco Simoncelli
Second Rider 125 Country:	Italy
Third Rider 125:	Mika Kallio
Third Rider 125 Country:	Finland

The 2005 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 10–12 June 2005 at the Circuit de Catalunya located in Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	25	43:16.487	3	25
2	15	Sete Gibernau	Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	25	+1.094	1	20
3	33	Marco Melandri	Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	25	+7.810	2	16
4	4	Alex Barros	Camel Honda	Honda	25	+8.204	9	13
5	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	25	+8.273	5	11
6	3	Max Biaggi	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	25	+12.051	4	10
7	5	Colin Edwards	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	25	+18.762	7	9
8	12	Troy Bayliss	Camel Honda	Honda	25	+42.631	15	8
9	56	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	25	+46.638	12	7
10	11	Rubén Xaus	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	25	+46.692	16	6
11	7	Carlos Checa	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	25	+1:00.357	8	5
12	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	25	+1:03.864	6	4
13	94	David Checa	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	25	+1:03.985	18	3
14	44	Roberto Rolfo	Team d'Antin Pramac	Ducati	25	+1:10.258	17	2
15	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	25	+1:23.731	13	1
16	67	Shane Byrne	Team Roberts	Proton KR	25	+1:34.624	19
17	66	Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	24	+1 lap	14
18	77	James Ellison	Blata WCM	Blata	24	+1 lap	20
19	27	Franco Battaini	Blata WCM	Blata	24	+1 lap	21
Ret	21	John Hopkins	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	16	Retirement	11
Ret	6	Makoto Tamada	Konica Minolta Honda	Honda	5	Accident	10
Source: ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	23	41:29.428	1	25
2	27	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	23	+5.637	8	20
3	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	23	+10.597	9	16
4	73	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	23	+17.638	5	13
5	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	23	+19.499	10	11
6	7	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	23	+33.235	4	10
7	55	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	23	+37.408	12	9
8	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	23	+37.530	11	8
9	32	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	23	+42.814	16	7
10	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	23	+43.611	19	6
11	6	Alex Debón	Honda	23	+43.891	18	5
12	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	23	+45.800	22	4
13	63	Erwan Nigon	Honda	23	+58.190	20	3
14	9	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	23	+1:04.356	21	2
15	38	Grégory Leblanc	Aprilia	23	+1:04.399	23	1
16	80	Héctor Barberá	Honda	23	+1:19.129	7
17	36	Martín Cárdenas	Aprilia	23	+1:20.909	25
18	18	Fredrik Watz	Yamaha	23	+1:35.685	26
19	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	22	+1 lap	14
20	12	Gábor Rizmayer	Yamaha	22	+1 lap	27
21	20	Gabriele Ferro	Fantic	22	+1 lap	28
Ret	57	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	20	Retirement	15
Ret	5	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	10	Accident	6
Ret	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	10	Accident	2
Ret	8	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	6	Accident	17
Ret	96	Jakub Smrž	Honda	5	Accident	13
Ret	21	Arnaud Vincent	Fantic	2	Retirement	24
Ret	19	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	1	Accident	3
DNS	64	Radomil Rous	Honda		Did not start
Source: ^[5]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	22	41:15.125	2	25
2	58	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	22	+9.034	3	20
3	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	22	+12.408	1	16
4	14	Gábor Talmácsi	KTM	22	+18.256	6	13
5	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Honda	22	+18.440	12	11
6	54	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	22	+18.544	9	10
7	12	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	22	+21.460	10	9
8	60	Julián Simón	KTM	22	+21.566	13	8
9	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	22	+29.029	4	7
10	32	Fabrizio Lai	Honda	22	+29.471	8	6
11	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	22	+30.483	17	5
12	76	Michael Ranseder	KTM	22	+35.214	21	4
13	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	22	+38.639	15	3
14	19	Álvaro Bautista	Honda	22	+39.559	16	2
15	41	Aleix Espargaró	Honda	22	+44.218	24	1
16	63	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	22	+44.228	18
17	25	Dario Giuseppetti	Aprilia	22	+50.251	22
18	10	Federico Sandi	Honda	22	+51.219	34
19	86	Mateo Túnez	Aprilia	22	+51.227	23
20	47	Ángel Rodríguez	Honda	22	+55.449	32
21	9	Toshihisa Kuzuhara	Honda	22	+55.469	5
22	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Aprilia	22	+55.504	25
23	11	Sandro Cortese	Honda	22	+1:01.121	31
24	49	Daniel Sáez	Aprilia	22	+1:01.933	38
25	16	Raymond Schouten	Honda	22	+1:02.622	26
26	43	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	22	+1:04.894	19
27	28	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	22	+1:10.672	29
28	42	Gioele Pellino	Malaguti	22	+1:15.210	30
29	78	Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	22	+1:47.881	39
Ret	44	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	21	Retirement	41
Ret	45	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	15	Retirement	40
Ret	7	Alexis Masbou	Honda	11	Accident	20
Ret	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	10	Retirement	7
Ret	52	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	4	Retirement	14
Ret	26	Vincent Braillard	Aprilia	2	Accident	35
Ret	77	Stefan Bradl	KTM	2	Retirement	33
Ret	22	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	1	Accident	11
Ret	51	Enrique Jerez	Derbi	1	Retirement	37
Ret	15	Michele Pirro	Malaguti	0	Accident	36
Ret	18	Nicolás Terol	Derbi	0	Accident	28
Ret	6	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	0	Accident	27
Source: ^[6]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round six has concluded.^[7]

Riders' Championship standings

	Rider	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	145
2	Marco Melandri	87
3	Max Biaggi	77
4	Sete Gibernau	73
5	Alex Barros	65

Constructors' Championship standings

	Constructor	Points
1	Yamaha	145
2	Honda	121
3	Kawasaki	60
4	Ducati	51
5	Suzuki	24

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

Notes and References

Web site: 2005 Catalan MotoGP. 13 June 2017. Motorsportmagazine.com. 17 May 2018.
Web site: 2005 Catalan MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database. 13 June 2017. Motorsportmagazine.com. 27 August 2018.
Web site: Gran Premi Gauloises de Catalunya – MotoGP – Race Classification. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 12 June 2005. 14 July 2019.
Web site: motogp.com · GRAN PREMI GAULOISES DE CATALUNYA · MotoGP Race Classification 2005. Motogp.com. 27 August 2018. 28 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180828001751/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2005/CAT/MotoGP/RAC. dead.
Web site: Gran Premi Gauloises de Catalunya – 250cc – Race Classification. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 12 June 2005. 14 July 2019.
Web site: Gran Premi Gauloises de Catalunya – 125cc – Race Classification. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 12 June 2005. 14 July 2019.
Web site: Standings . 2005. resources.motogp.com . PDF. 2019-08-22.