2005 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

  2005 Qatar Grand Prix

Race details
Race 14 of 17 races in the 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	1 October 2005
Location	Losail Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.380 km (3.343 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Loris Capirossi
Time	1:56.917
Fastest lap
Rider	Nicky Hayden
Time	1:57.903
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Marco Melandri
Third	Nicky Hayden
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo
Time	2:02.154
Fastest lap
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	2:03.301
Podium
First	Casey Stoner
Second	Jorge Lorenzo
Third	Andrea Dovizioso
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Mika Kallio
Time	2:09.455
Fastest lap
Rider	Marco Simoncelli
Time	2:10.515
Podium
First	Gábor Talmácsi
Second	Mika Kallio
Third	Marco Simoncelli

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	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	43:33.759	3	25
2	Marco Melandri	Honda	+1.670	5	20
3	Nicky Hayden	Honda	+5.536	8	16
4	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	+14.737	4	13
5	Sete Gibernau	Honda	+20.431	2	11
6	Carlos Checa	Ducati	+31.432	6	10
7	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki	+32.983	7	9
8	Toni Elías	Yamaha	+39.888	9	8
9	Alex Barros	Honda	+41.792	14	7
10	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	+44.252	1	6
11	Kenny Roberts Jr	Suzuki	+48.745	11	5
12	Roberto Rolfo	Ducati	+1:01.991	15	4
13	Shane Byrne	Honda	+1:04.805	17	3
14	Ruben Xaus	Yamaha	+1:13.824	16	2
15	James Ellison	Blata	+2:08.345	18	1
16	Franco Battaini	Blata	+1 Lap	19
17	John Hopkins	Suzuki	+1 Lap	13
Ret	Makoto Tamada	Honda	Retirement	10
Ret	Max Biaggi	Honda	Retirement	12

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	41:22.628	3	25
2	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	+1.566	1	20
3	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	+2.603	6	16
4	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	+2.659	4	13
5	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	+4.867	5	11
6	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	+29.971	7	10
7	Héctor Barberá	Honda	+32.708	9	9
8	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	+46.470	10	8
9	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	+46.849	11	7
10	Taro Sekiguchi	Aprilia	+1:01.682	19	6
11	Alex Debón	Honda	+1:01.696	18	5
12	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	+1:01.780	16	4
13	Martin Cardenas	Aprilia	+1:02.795	22	3
14	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+1:03.952	17	2
15	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	+1:04.917	15	1
16	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	+1:06.194	21
17	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	+1:21.004	20
18	Dirk Heidolf	Honda	+1:36.546	23
19	Mathieu Gines	Aprilia	+1:51.045	28
20	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	+2:02.105	25
Ret	Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	Retirement	24
Ret	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	Retirement	8
Ret	Jakub Smrž	Honda	Retirement	14
Ret	Arnaud Vincent	Fantic	Retirement	26
Ret	Radomil Rous	Honda	Retirement	27
Ret	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	Retirement	2
Ret	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	Retirement	12

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Gábor Talmácsi	KTM	39:23.248	2	25
2	Mika Kallio	KTM	+0.017	1	20
3	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	+9.571	7	16
4	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	+11.815	10	13
5	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	+12.169	11	11
6	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	+12.303	9	10
7	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	+12.565	6	9
8	Julian Simon	KTM	+12.571	4	8
9	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	+17.571	3	7
10	Fabrizio Lai	Honda	+19.757	5	6
11	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	+22.037	13	5
12	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	+24.205	18	4
13	Raffaele de Rosa	Aprilia	+25.342	14	3
14	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Honda	+27.965	16	2
15	Enrique Jerez	Derbi	+37.241	23	1
16	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	+43.704	36
17	Sandro Cortese	Honda	+44.855	21
18	Aleix Espargaró	Honda	+44.870	17
19	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	+45.521	20
20	Alexis Masbou	Honda	+49.011	15
21	Dario Giuseppetti	Aprilia	+50.024	26
22	Álvaro Bautista	Honda	+50.059	12
23	Gioele Pellino	Malaguti	+50.299	24
24	Mateo Túnez	Aprilia	+56.956	27
25	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	+57.020	28
26	Federico Sandi	Honda	+1:14.927	30
27	Hiroaki Kuzuhara	Honda	+1:29.137	33
28	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	+1:29.158	31
29	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	+1:39.784	34
Ret	Michele Pirro	Malaguti	Retirement	29
Ret	Ángel Rodríguez	Honda	Retirement	8
Ret	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	Retirement	19
Ret	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	Retirement	25
Ret	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	Retirement	22
Ret	Sascha Hommel	Honda	Retirement	35
Ret	David Bonache	Honda	Retirement	32