2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

2005 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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The 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 57th F.I.M. Road racing World Championship season. The season consisted out of 17 races for the MotoGP class and 16 for the 125cc and 250cc classes, beginning with the Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix on 10 April and ending with the Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix on 6 November.

Season summary

MotoGP class

The MotoGP championship was won by Valentino Rossi on a Yamaha. It was a season which featured a lot of dramatic races including four rain-affected races in Portugal, China, France and Great Britain. It also saw the domination of Rossi with a total of 16 podiums out of 17 races, out of which 11 of them were wins. He defeated Marco Melandri by a distant 147 points in the championship.

250cc class

The 250cc title was won by Dani Pedrosa on a Honda.

125cc class

The 125cc title was won by Thomas Lüthi on a Honda. He won the World championship dramatically, when Mika Kallio's teammate Gábor Talmácsi overtook Kallio at the last corner in Qatar. Kallio would have got five points more, and then the points total would be 242–242, but Kallio would have won the title with more wins (4-5).

2005 Grand Prix season calendar

On 20 August 2004, the FIM released the initial 2005 calendar.^[1] In it, the South African and Rio Grand Prix were still on the calendar. On 10 October 2004, the FIM confirmed the 2005 calendar.^[2][3][4] In it, the Rio Grand Prix won out over the South African round, initially being scheduled on the 17th of April. The date of the Malaysian GP was also moved from 9 October to 11 September. On 22 December 2004, changes were made to the calendar.^[5] Multiple dates were altered: the date of the Italian GP was moved from 29 May to 5 June, the Catalan GP from 5 to 12 June, the British GP from 19 June to 24 July, the German GP from 24 to 31 July and the Malaysian GP from 11 to 25 September. The Rio GP was also still subject to confirmation. On 18 February 2005, more changes were made.^[6][7] Because no contract was signed for the Rio GP, the round was dropped and the Turkish GP was added instead. The date of the Portuguese GP was moved from 30 October to 17 April as well. By this time, the race was also subject to confirmation.

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2005:^[8][9]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	10 April	Gran Premio Marlboro de España	Circuito de Jerez
2	17 April	betandwin.com Grande Prémio de Portugal	Autódromo do Estoril
3	1 May	Taobao.com Grand Prix of China	Shanghai International Circuit
4	15 May	Grand Prix Alice de France	Bugatti Circuit
5	5 June	Gran Premio Alice d'Italia	Mugello Circuit
6	12 June	Gran Premi Gauloises de Catalunya	Circuit de Catalunya
7	25 June ††	Gauloises TT Assen	TT Circuit Assen
8	10 July †	Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
9	24 July	betandwin.com British Grand Prix	Donington Park
10	31 July	Alice Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland	Sachsenring
11	28 August	Gauloises Grand Prix České republiky	Brno Circuit
12	18 September	Grand Prix of Japan	Twin Ring Motegi
13	25 September	Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit
14	1 October ††	Marlboro Grand Prix of Qatar	Losail International Circuit
15	16 October	Polini Grand Prix of Australia	Phillip Island
16	23 October	Grand Prix of Turkey	Istanbul Park
17	6 November	Gran Premio betandwin.com de la Comunitat Valenciana	Circuit Ricardo Tormo

† = MotoGP class only

†† = Saturday race

Calendar changes

• The South African and Rio de Janeiro Grands Prix were taken off the calendar.
• The Portuguese Grand Prix was moved forward, from 5 September to 17 April.
• The Chinese Grand Prix and Turkish Grands Prix were added to the calendar.^[10]
• The United States Grand Prix was added to the calendar, but only the MotoGP class raced due to a Californian law on air pollution banning 2 stroke engines.^[11]

Regulation changes

The following changes are made to the regulation for the 2005 season:^{[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]}

Sporting regulations

• A new 'flag-to-flag' rule has been introduced. This means that, in the event of rain, the race will not be stopped and instead will be allowed to change bikes. This rule will only count for the MotoGP class.

• A new white flag has been introduced. If this flag is waved at a marshal post during the race, all riders are allowed to change bikes.

• Changes have been made to the starting procedure. Unless the race is interrupted, after the leading rider has crossed the finish line at the end of his first lap, the riders are not allowed to change their bikes in the MotoGP class. If a race has been declared 'wet', riders are allowed to change a bike equipped with a rain tyre to a bike with an intermediate or slick tyre or vice versa, or from a bike equipped with a slick tyre to a bike equipped with an intermedia or rain tyre is allowed at any time during a race. However, if a race has not been declared 'wet', the change of bikes are only allowed after the new white flag is shown around the circuit. In both cases, aids such as tyre warmers, the replacement of tyres and general adjustments are allowed on the bike in the pits. During the ride through the pits, all riders must respect the speed limit of 60 km/h from the start to the end of the sign. In the pits, overtaking is forbidden and any rider who breaks this rule will be fined 100 U.S. Dollar for the first offence and 500 U.S. Dollar for ensuing offences at the same place. Any rider who breaks this rule during a race will be penalised with a ride through penalty. In the case of an infringement, the Race Direction must communicate the offence to the team of the rider after having received the information. The rules will not be changed for the 125cc and 250cc classes.

• All races will be categorised as either 'wet' or 'dry'. A board might be displayed on the grid to show the current status of the race. If no board is displayed, the race is automatically considered 'dry'. The purpose of this classification is to indicate to all the riders the consequence of varying conditions during the race.

• An update has been made to the yellow flag rule. In case of danger, riders must already slow down, be prepared to stop if needed and are forbidden to overtake until the green flag is shown. If this rule is infringed upon, the lap time of the rider will be cancelled. New in this case is, in case of a violation of the rule during the race, the rider must return to his position prior to his pass. The penalty will first be communicated to the team, who then displays a board for the rider on the finish line during a maximum of three laps. If the rider does not go back to his previous position after the board has been shown to him three times, he will be penalised via a ride through penalty. In both cases, further penalties such as a fine or suspension can also be implemented. If a rider realises that he did an infraction immediately after having overtaken another rider, he must raise his hand and let the rider(s) past that he had overtaken. If he does this, no penalty will be imposed. During the final lap of inspection, this flag must be waved at the exact place where the flag marshal will be placed during the practices and races.

• A new age limit will come into effect for the 125cc class. From now on, the minimal age of entry for the class will be 19 years and 21 weeks old.

• A limit will be imposed on the maximum number of team personnel on the pit lane. The maximum number of team personnel per rider in the pits has been limited to four for all classes.

• Each team which is a member of the IRTA must submit an entry for their team by the 28th of February of the year in question. An exception is made when special dispensation is granted, which is valid for all races in the FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix. At the same time, the team must specify the designated riders and the class in which they will participate, as well as the circuits used for testing designated by teams in the 125cc and 250cc classes.

• Practice restrictions have been introduced. Contracted teams and their designated riders who profit from a Participation Agreement to take part in the MotoGP class are forbidden from practicing at any circuit from 1 December of one year and 20 January of the next year, both dates being inclusive. Contracted teams and their designated riders who profit from a Participation Agreement to take part in the 125cc and 250cc classes may only participate in winter testing (tests between the end of the season and the first event of the following season), at circuits in the continental zone where the team is located (Europe, Asia/Oceania, Africa and the Americas).

• Contracted teams and their designated riders who profit from a Participation Agreement in any class are forbidden from practicing:

- at any circuit included on the calendar of the current year after the date that is fourteen days prior to the start of the first race of the season. - at any circuit included on the calendar of the cuttent year during "breaks". A break is defined as 'two consecutive weekends where events are not scheduled'. The period of the break begins from 09:00 on the Wednesday after the last grand prix until the following grand prix. 

The following exceptions will apply to the rule:

- Free practice or qualifying practice at the event. - Practice at any circuit after the event at that circuit except during a break. - Official practice sessions organised by the IRTA. - Practice by contracted teams and their designated riders who profit from a Participation Agreement to participate in the 125cc and 250cc classes, at the two testing circuits appointed by each team which may take place up to fourteen days before the scheduled race for the circuit, except for when there is a break. 

• Practice restrictions do not apply to wild card riders. An exception is made to a practice session or race at any circuit within fourteen days of a race.

This rule was additionally added on the 30th of August 2005:

• A change has been made to the start procedure if a race has been interrupted. In case of a normal start, the riders will now only be allowed to do a single warm-up lap ahead of the restart instead of the previous two.

Technical regulations

• All fuel tanks must be filled with material that is fire retardant or be lined with a fuel cell bladder. All fuel tanks made out of any metallic material such as steel, aluminium and so on, must be filled with material that is fire retardant or be lined with a fuel cell bladder. In the MotoGP class, all fuel tanks made out of any composite material such as carbon fibre, aramid fibre and so on, must have passed the FIM standards for fuel tanks and be lines with a fuel cell bladder. Any fuel tanks made out of composite material must have a label verifying that it conforms to the FIM Fuel Tank test standards. These labels must include the fuel tank manufacturer's name, the take of the tank manufacturer and the name of the testing laboratory. Full details of the standards are available from the FIM.

• The fuel tank capacity for all four-stroke bikes will be reduced from 24 to 22 litres.

2005 Grand Prix season results

Round	Date	Race	Location	125cc winner	250cc winner	MotoGP winner	Report
1	10 April	Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix	Jerez	Marco Simoncelli	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Report
2	17 April	Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix	Estoril	Mika Kallio	Casey Stoner	Alex Barros	Report
3	1 May	Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix	Shanghai	Mattia Pasini	Casey Stoner	Valentino Rossi	Report
4	15 May	French motorcycle Grand Prix	Le Mans	Thomas Lüthi	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Report
5	5 June	Italian motorcycle Grand Prix	Mugello	Gábor Talmácsi	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Report
6	12 June	Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix	Catalunya	Mattia Pasini	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Report
7	25 June	Dutch TT	Assen	Gábor Talmácsi	Sebastián Porto	Valentino Rossi	Report
8	10 July	United States motorcycle Grand Prix	Laguna Seca	No 125cc and 250cc race		Nicky Hayden	Report
9	24 July	British motorcycle Grand Prix	Donington Park	Julián Simón	Randy de Puniet	Valentino Rossi	Report
10	31 July	German motorcycle Grand Prix	Sachsenring	Mika Kallio	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Report
11	28 August	Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix	Brno	Thomas Lüthi	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Report
12	18 September	Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix	Motegi	Mika Kallio	Hiroshi Aoyama	Loris Capirossi	Report
13	25 September	Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang	Thomas Lüthi	Casey Stoner	Loris Capirossi	Report
14	1 October	Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix	Losail	Gábor Talmácsi	Casey Stoner	Valentino Rossi	Report
15	16 October	Australian motorcycle Grand Prix	Philip Island	Thomas Lüthi	Dani Pedrosa	Valentino Rossi	Report
16	23 October	Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix	Istanbul	Mike Di Meglio	Casey Stoner	Marco Melandri	Report
17	6 November	Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix	Valencia	Mika Kallio	Dani Pedrosa	Marco Melandri	Report

Participants

MotoGP participants

Team Constructor Motorcycle Tyres No. Rider Rounds Blata WCM Blata Blata WCM D 27 Franco Battaini All 77 James Ellison All Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Team (rd 8) Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP5 B 7 Carlos Checa All 65 Loris Capirossi 1–14, 17 23 Shinichi Itoh 16 D'Antin MotoGP - Pramac (rd 1–3) Team d’Antin Pramac Ducati Desmosedici GP4 D 44 Roberto Rolfo All Repsol Honda Team Honda Honda RC211V M 3 Max Biaggi All 69 Nicky Hayden All Movistar Honda MotoGP 15 Sete Gibernau All 33 Marco Melandri All Camel Honda Honda Pons (rd 8) 4 Alex Barros All 12 Troy Bayliss 1–11 72 Tohru Ukawa 12 67 Shane Byrne 13–14 17 Chris Vermeulen 15–16 54 Ryuichi Kiyonari 17 Konica Minolta Honda 6 Makoto Tamada 1–2, 5–17 16 Jurgen van den Goorbergh 3–4 Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR B 56 Shinya Nakano All 66 Alex Hofmann 1, 5–12, 17 19 Olivier Jacque 3–4, 13–16 19 Olivier Jacque 10 Moriwaki Racing Moriwaki Moriwaki MD211VF M 72 Tohru Ukawa 3 45 Naoki Matsudo 12 Team Roberts Proton KR Proton KR KTM M 67 Shane Byrne 1–2, 4–10 Proton KR5 99 Jeremy McWilliams 11 80 Kurtis Roberts 17 Team Suzuki MotoGP Red Bull Suzuki (rd 8) Suzuki Suzuki GSV-R B 10 Kenny Roberts, Jr. 1–15 9 Nobuatsu Aoki 17 21 John Hopkins All 9 Nobuatsu Aoki 11 Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha Factory Racing (rd 8, 17) Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 M 5 Colin Edwards All 46 Valentino Rossi All Fortuna Yamaha Team 11 Rubén Xaus All 24 Toni Elías 1–4, 8–17 94 David Checa 5–7 Source: [23]

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

250cc participants

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Telefónica Movistar Honda 250cc Honda Honda RS250R 1 Dani Pedrosa 1–7, 9–17 73 Hiroshi Aoyama 1–7, 9–17 Fortuna Honda 48 Jorge Lorenzo 1–7, 9–12, 14–17 80 Héctor Barberá 1–7, 9–17 MS Aprilia Italia Corse Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 5 Alex de Angelis 1–7, 9–17 24 Simone Corsi 1–7, 9–17 Würth Honda BQR Honda Honda RS250R 6 Alex Debón 1–7, 9–17 14 Anthony West 7 33 Arturo Tizón 15–17 64 Radomil Rous 1–6, 9–14 Aprilia Aspar 250cc Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 7 Randy de Puniet 1–7, 9–17 19 Sebastián Porto 1–7, 9–17 Abruzzo Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 8 Andrea Ballerini 1–7, 9–17 Campetella Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 9 Hugo Marchand 1–6 25 Alex Baldolini 1–7, 9–17 44 Taro Sekiguchi 9–17 45 Michele Danese 7 Team UGT Kurz Team Kurz Prista Oil Team Yamaha Kurz Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 12 Gábor Rizmayer 1–7 16 Franz Aschenbrenner 1–2 18 Frederik Watz 3–6 22 Alexander Todorov 7, 11–12 23 Nicklas Cajback 9–17 26 Andreas Mårtensson 9–10 63 Erwan Nigon 13–17 Aprilia Germany Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 14 Anthony West 4 36 Martín Cárdenas 1–3, 5–7, 9–17 57 Chaz Davies 1–7, 9–17 Red Bull KTM GP250 KTM KTM 250 FRR 14 Anthony West 9–14 Carrera Sunglasses - LCR Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 15 Roberto Locatelli 1–7, 9–17 27 Casey Stoner 1–7, 9–17 Mototechnic Castrol Racing Honda Honda NSR250 16 Franz Aschenbrenner 10 Nocable.it Race Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 17 Steve Jenkner 1–4, 6–7, 9–17 71 Jarno Ronzoni 5 Scuderia Fantic Motor GP Fantic ??? 20 Gabriele Ferro 1–2, 4–7, 9–17 21 Arnaud Vincent 1–2, 4–7, 9–17 Kiefer-Bos-Castrol Honda Honda Honda NSR250 28 Dirk Heidolf 1–5, 7, 9–17 63 Erwan Nigon 6 Matteoni Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 32 Mirko Giansanti 1–7, 9–17 Team Scot Honda Honda NSR250 34 Andrea Dovizioso 1–7, 9–17 55 Yuki Takahashi 1–7, 9–17 Equipe GP de France - Scrab Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 38 Grégory Leblanc 1–7, 9–11 50 Sylvain Guintoli 1–7, 9–17 56 Mathieu Gines 12–17 Arie Molenaar Racing Honda Honda NSR250 96 Jakub Smrž 1–7, 9–17 Andalucia Mas Racing Sebring Mas Racing Mas Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 41 Álvaro Molina 1–2, 5, 9–11, 17 42 Yves Polzer 1–2, 5, 9–10 ASMV Scaccia Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 47 Marc-Antoine Scaccia 4 NRG Racing Honda Honda NSR250 52 Thomas Walther 10 Racing Team Benjan Motoren Honda Honda NSR250 53 Patrick Lakerveld 10 Team Yamaha China Tianjian Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 58 Huang Shi Zhao 3 62 He Zi Xian 3 Chongging Yuan XGJAO Racing Honda Honda NSR250 59 Huang Zhi Yu 3 Zongshen Team of China Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 60 Wang Zhu 3, 13, 16–17 61 Li Zheng Peng 3–4, 13, 16–17 63 Erwan Nigon 4 Team Racer Bike Honda Honda NSR250 65 Samuel Aubry 4 Jaap Kingma Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 66 Hans Smees 7 De Arand Filart Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 67 Randy Gevers 7 MRTT Hugen Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 68 Jan Roelofs 7 MVS Racing Team Mikcin Honda Honda NSR250 69 Mike Velthjzen 7 Sramek Racing Promotion Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 70 Michal Filla 11 Team Harc-Pro Honda Honda NSR250 75 Shuhei Aoyama 12 Team Moto Space Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 77 Mamoru Akiya 12 RT Morinokumasan Sato Jyuku Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 78 Ryuji Yokoe 12 Henkel Danke J Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 79 Masaki Tokudome 12 Turramurra Cyclery Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 81 Mark Rowling 15 BP Ultimate/ASF Printing Honda Honda NSR250 82 Mick Kelly 15 Dydo Miu Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 93 Koki Takahashi 12 Source: [24]

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

125cc participants

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds 3C Racing Junior Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 49 Daniel Sáez 6 Abruzzo Junior Team Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 62 Simone Grotzkyj 5 Abruzzo Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 29 Andrea Iannone 1–7, 9–17 ADAC Sachsen Juniors Honda Honda RS125R 98 Manuel Mickan 10 Ajo Motorsport Honda Honda RS125R 7 Alexis Masbou 1–7, 9–17 38 Cheung Wai On 3 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama 1–7, 9–17 Allect Racing Honda Honda RS125R 81 Tom Hatton 15 Angaia Racing Honda Honda RS125R 9 Toshihisa Kuzuhara 1–7, 9–15 10 Federico Sandi 1–7, 9–17 43 Manuel Hernández 16–17 Angelo's Aluminium Racing Honda Honda RS125R 70 Brent Rigoli 15 Arie Molenaar Racing Honda Honda RS125R 16 Raymond Schouten 1–7, 9–11 20 Takumi Takahashi 12 31 Sascha Hommel 14–17 38 Cheung Wai On 13 Aspar Team Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 86 Mateo Túnez 1 Caja Madrid - Derbi Racing Derbi ??? 18 Nicolás Terol 1–7, 9–11, 15–17 22 Pablo Nieto 1–7, 9–17 51 Enrique Jerez 12–14 Chongqing Yuan XGJAO Racing Honda Honda RS125R 85 Zhou You Rao 3 Club Plus One Honda Honda RS125R 65 Hiroomi Iwata 12 E3 Motorsport Honda Honda RS125R 56 Christian Elkin 9 Elit Grand Prix Honda Honda RS125R 12 Thomas Lüthi 1–7, 9–17 Equipe de France Espoire Honda Honda RS125R 88 Matthieu Lussiana 4 Hamamoto Racing Team Honda Honda RS125R 64 Yuki Hamamoto 12 Heron Racing Team Honda Honda RS125R 97 Lukáš Razek 11 Jan Bakker Auto's Elburg Honda Honda RS125R 79 Gert-Jan Kok 7 JBD Racing Honda Honda RS125R 83 Rhys Moller 15 Jha Racing Honda Honda RS125R 68 Hiroaki Kuzuhara 12 Kiefer-Bos-Castrol Honda Honda Honda RS125R 11 Sandro Cortese 1–7, 9–17 Kopron Racing World Honda Honda RS125R 32 Fabrizio Lai 1–7, 9–17 63 Mike Di Meglio 1–7, 9–17 KRP/teamlinfootracing.com KRP/sunnybeachvillas.com Honda Honda RS125R 94 Dan Linfoot 9 95 James Westmoreland 9 Kuja Racing Honda Honda RS125R 61 Michele Conti 5 LG Mobile Galicia Team Honda Honda RS125R 47 Ángel Rodríguez 1–7, 9–10 48 David Bonache 1 48 David Bonache 11–17 Leigh-Smith Racing Honda Honda RS125R 69 Blake Leigh-Smith 15 Litjens Racing Honda Honda RS125R 37 Joey Litjens 7 Malaguti Reparto Corse Malaguti Malaguti 125 15 Michele Pirro 1–7, 9–15 31 Sascha Hommel 1–3, 10–13 42 Gioele Pellino 4–7, 9, 14–17 89 Jules Cluzel 16–17 Master Aspar Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 33 Sergio Gadea 1–7, 9–17 55 Héctor Faubel 1–7, 9–17 Matteoni Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 35 Raffaele De Rosa 1–7, 9–17 Mayer Racing Passau Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 99 Thomas Mayer 11 Metis Racing Team Derbi ??? 52 Lukáš Pešek 1–7, 9–17 Gilera ??? 54 Manuel Poggiali 1–7, 9–17 Motorrad Unger Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 13 Patrick Unger 10 Motospeed Honda Honda RS125R 50 Carlos Ferreira 2 MVA Aspar Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 28 Jordi Carchano 1–7, 9–17 84 Julián Miralles 1–5, 11, 17 27 Mateo Túnez 17 46 Mateo Túnez 7, 9–10, 12–16 86 6 Nocable.it Race Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 6 Joan Olivé 1–7, 9–17 58 Marco Simoncelli 1–7, 9–17 OMV Team Hanusch Hanusch Motopromotion Honda Honda RS125R 87 Patrik Vostárek 1–2, 11 Racing Service Honda Honda RS125R 93 Nico Vivarelli 5 Racing Team Mark Van Kreij Honda Honda RS125R 80 Mark van Kreij 7 RCGM Team FMI Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 91 Lorenzo Baroni 5 92 Luca Verdini 5 Red Bull ADAC KTM Juniors KTM KTM 125 FRR 76 Michael Ranseder 6–7, 10–11 77 Stefan Bradl 6, 10–11 Red Bull KTM GP125 KTM KTM 125 FRR 14 Gábor Talmácsi 1–7, 9–17 36 Mika Kallio 1–7, 9–17 60 Julián Simón 1–7, 9–15, 17 Road Racing Team Hungary Team Toth Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 26 Vincent Braillard 1–7, 9–13, 17 45 Imre Tóth 1–7, 9–17 47 Ángel Rodríguez 14–16 Scott Racing Honda Honda RS125R 82 Candice Scott 15 Seedorf RC3 - Tiempo Holidays Honda Honda RS125R 19 Álvaro Bautista 1–7, 9–17 41 Aleix Espargaró 1–7, 9–17 Skilled I.S.P.A. Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 8 Lorenzo Zanetti 1–2, 4–7, 9–17 Semprucci Cardion Blauer AB Cardion Blauer USA Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 25 Dario Giuseppetti 1–7, 9–17 44 Karel Abraham 1–7, 9–17 Team Harc-Pro Honda Honda RS125R 66 Arata Mori 12 67 Kazuki Hanafusa 12 Team Stop & Go Derbi ??? 51 Enrique Jerez 6, 17 Teams RMS Bigstore Honda Honda RS125R 89 Jules Cluzel 4 90 Michel Alexis 4 Tecmas Balladins Racing Honda Honda RS125R 74 Mathieu Gines 4 Totti Top Sport - NGS Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 43 Manuel Hernández 1–7, 9–15 49 Daniel Sáez 1 49 Daniel Sáez 16–17 75 Mattia Pasini 1–7, 9–17 TVX Racing Honda Honda RS125R 73 Yannick Deschamps 4 UK1 Racing Honda Honda RS125R 96 Kev Coghlan 9 Varenhof Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 78 Hugo van den Berg 6–7, 10 Würth Honda BQR Honda Honda RS125R 59 Esteve Rabat 17 www.spi2racing.com Honda Honda RS125R 57 Rob Guiver 9 Yamaha Indonesia Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 72 Doni Tata Pradita 13 Zongshen Racing Team Honda Honda RS125R 39 Chow Ho-Wan 3 Source: [25]

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

Standings

MotoGP riders' standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

• Riders marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year awards.
• Rounds marked with light blue background were under wet race conditions.

Pos Rider Team ESP POR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED USA GBR GER CZE JPN MAL QAT AUS TUR VAL Pts 1 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 Ret 2 1 1 2 3 367 2 Marco Melandri Honda 3 4 3 4 4 3 2 Ret Ret 7 6 Ret 5 2 4 1 1 220 3 Nicky Hayden Honda Ret 7 9 6 6 5 4 1 Ret 3 5 7 4 3 2 3 2 206 4 Colin Edwards Yamaha 9 6 8 3 9 7 3 2 4 8 7 6 10 4 6 7 8 179 5 Max Biaggi Honda 7 3 5 5 2 6 6 4 Ret 4 3 2 6 Ret Ret 12 6 173 6 Loris Capirossi Ducati 13 9 12 7 3 12 10 10 6 9 2 1 1 10 7 157 7 Sete Gibernau Honda 2 Ret 4 2 Ret 2 5 5 Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 5 5 4 Ret 150 8 Alex Barros Honda 4 1 11 Ret 7 4 7 Ret 3 5 4 Ret 8 9 Ret 9 5 147 9 Carlos Checa Ducati 10 5 Ret Ret 5 11 9 Ret 5 Ret 8 4 3 6 3 5 4 138 10 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki 5 8 Ret 8 10 9 8 9 Ret 6 12 Ret Ret 7 7 10 11 98 11 Makoto Tamada Honda 8 DNS 8 Ret 14 7 7 10 10 3 12 Ret 8 8 9 91 12 Toni Elías Yamaha 12 14 14 9 13 9 12 14 9 11 8 9 6 10 74 13 Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Ret 12 Ret 13 15 15 16 14 2 11 11 8 7 11 63 14 John Hopkins Suzuki 14 Ret 7 16 11 Ret 13 8 11 Ret 13 5 9 17 10 15 13 63 15 Troy Bayliss Honda 6 11 Ret 10 13 8 11 6 Ret Ret 9 54 16 Rubén Xaus Yamaha 18 10 10 12 14 10 12 11 Ret 13 18 10 15 14 12 14 15 52 17 Olivier Jacque Kawasaki 2 11 Ret Ret 18 13 28 18 Roberto Rolfo Ducati 15 13 16 15 17 14 18 Ret 10 14 17 Ret 13 12 13 16 Ret 25 19 Alex Hofmann Kawasaki 11 12 17 Ret 12 8 Ret 15 Ret 14 24 20 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Honda 6 14 12 21 Chris Vermeulen Honda 11 11 10 22 Franco Battaini Blata 17 Ret Ret 17 18 19 20 17 Ret 15 20 11 16 16 15 17 16 7 23 James Ellison Blata 16 15 13 Ret Ret 18 19 16 Ret Ret 19 DNS Ret 15 14 18 Ret 7 24 Shane Byrne Proton KR Ret 16 Ret 16 16 17 15 Ret Ret 6 Honda 14 13 25 Ryuichi Kiyonari Honda 12 4 26 David Checa Yamaha 19 13 15 4 27 Tohru Ukawa Moriwaki 15 1 Honda Ret — Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki 16 Ret 0 — Jeremy McWilliams Proton KR Ret 0 — Naoki Matsudo Moriwaki Ret 0 — Kurtis Roberts Proton KR Ret 0 — Shinichi Ito Ducati DSQ 0 Pos Rider Team ESP POR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED USA GBR GER CZE JPN MAL QAT AUS TUR VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

250cc riders' standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

• Riders marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year awards.
• Rounds marked with light blue background were under wet race conditions.

Pos Rider Team ESP POR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE JPN MAL QAT AUS TUR VAL Pts 1 Dani Pedrosa Honda 1 4 6 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 Ret 4 1 2 1 309 2 Casey Stoner Aprilia Ret 1 1 4 4 2 6 3 7 3 3 1 1 Ret 1 3 254 3 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 4 2 2 3 8 3 7 7 4 6 6 Ret 3 5 5 9 189 4 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda Ret 6 3 6 7 4 4 Ret 3 5 1 5 6 6 3 6 180 5 Jorge Lorenzo Honda 6 10 9 5 2 Ret 3 8 Ret 2 Ret 2 3 4 2 167 6 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 2 9 5 Ret 5 Ret 1 5 5 7 Ret 3 5 2 Ret DNS 152 7 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 3 5 4 Ret 3 Ret 5 Ret 2 4 7 2 Ret Ret 7 4 151 8 Randy de Puniet Aprilia Ret 3 18 2 Ret 6 8 1 6 8 5 4 Ret 7 Ret 8 138 9 Héctor Barberá Honda 5 11 7 7 6 16 9 Ret 8 Ret 8 6 7 4 6 5 120 10 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia Ret 8 12 9 Ret 8 12 9 11 10 10 9 9 10 9 14 84 11 Yuki Takahashi Honda Ret 7 10 10 Ret 7 15 Ret 9 Ret 4 7 8 Ret Ret 7 77 12 Alex Debón Honda 8 13 11 8 Ret 11 13 Ret 12 13 9 Ret 11 9 12 11 67 13 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 7 Ret 16 14 Ret 12 11 Ret 11 9 Ret 8 Ret 8 8 10 61 14 Simone Corsi Aprilia 9 17 8 11 9 5 10 6 Ret Ret 11 Ret 17 16 Ret Ret 59 15 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 10 14 Ret 17 12 9 17 11 17 17 13 13 12 18 14 19 36 16 Chaz Davies Aprilia 11 Ret Ret 12 10 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 16 11 10 16 32 17 Anthony West Aprilia 18 30 Honda Ret KTM 2 10 12 Ret Ret DNS 18 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 13 Ret 13 13 Ret 10 Ret 13 Ret 23 14 Ret 20 Ret 11 18 25 19 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 14 18 Ret 15 11 Ret 17 10 Ret 16 Ret Ret 15 15 13 Ret 19 20 Jakub Smrž Honda Ret 12 14 16 Ret Ret 16 16 16 11 Ret 19 Ret 13 15 12 19 21 Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia Ret 18 Ret Ret 10 10 Ret Ret 15 13 22 Dirk Heidolf Honda Ret 16 15 Ret Ret Ret 13 20 Ret 18 11 18 12 16 Ret 13 23 Steve Jenkner Aprilia Ret WD Ret Ret 19 Ret 17 14 15 12 14 14 14 Ret 17 13 24 Radomil Rous Honda 12 19 Ret 21 13 DNS 15 20 14 15 Ret Ret 11 25 Martín Cárdenas Aprilia Ret 15 DNS 17 17 21 Ret 15 19 17 15 13 17 Ret 13 9 26 Grégory Leblanc Aprilia 15 Ret Ret 19 14 15 20 14 Ret 21 6 27 Erwan Nigon Aprilia 20 3 Honda 13 Yamaha 16 Ret Ret 19 Ret 28 Hugo Marchand Aprilia Ret Ret DNQ DNS 15 14 3 Álvaro Molina Aprilia Ret Ret 16 18 19 20 Ret 0 Gábor Rizmayer Yamaha 16 20 19 22 Ret 20 25 0 Kouki Takahashi Yamaha 16 0 Mathieu Gines Aprilia 21 17 19 20 17 20 0 Frederik Watz Yamaha 17 Ret Ret 18 0 Arturo Tizón Honda 19 18 Ret 0 Nicklas Cajback Yamaha DNQ 22 24 DNQ 18 DNQ DNQ 21 DNQ 0 Arnaud Vincent Fantic Ret Ret DNQ Ret Ret 24 Ret Ret 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 Jarno Ronzoni Aprilia 18 0 Gabriele Ferro Fantic DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 21 DNQ 19 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 Mamoru Akiya Yamaha 19 0 Li Zheng Peng Aprilia DNQ DNQ DNQ 20 21 0 He Zi Xian Yamaha 20 0 Masaki Tokudome Yamaha 20 0 Yves Polzer Aprilia DNQ 21 Ret Ret DNQ 0 Huang Shi Zhao Yamaha 21 0 Andreas Mårtensson Yamaha EX 21 0 Michele Danese Aprilia 22 0 Michal Filla Yamaha 22 0 Hans Smees Aprilia 23 0 Thomas Walther Honda 23 0 Wang Zhu Aprilia DNQ DNQ Ret Ret 0 Franz Aschenbrenner Yamaha DNQ DNQ 0 Honda Ret Ryuji Yokoe Yamaha Ret 0 Shuhei Aoyama Yamaha Ret 0 Randy Gevers Aprilia DNS 0 Alexander Todorov Yamaha DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 Huang Zhi Yu Honda DNQ 0 Marc-Antoine Scaccia Yamaha DNQ 0 Samuel Aubry Honda DNQ 0 Jan Roelofs Yamaha DNQ 0 Mike Velthjzen Honda DNQ 0 Patrick Lakerveld Honda DNQ 0 Mark Rowling Yamaha DNQ 0 Mick Kelly Honda DNQ 0 Pos Rider Team ESP POR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE JPN MAL QAT AUS TUR VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

125cc riders' standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

• Riders marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year awards.
• Rounds marked with light blue background were under wet race conditions.

Pos Rider Bike ESP POR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE JPN MAL QAT AUS TUR VAL Pts 1 Thomas Lüthi Honda Ret 3 4 1 2 7 10 6 2 1 2 1 6 1 5 9 242 2 Mika Kallio KTM 2 1 11 3 Ret 3 Ret 7 1 2 1 2 2 5 Ret 1 237 3 Gábor Talmácsi KTM 5 Ret 3 6 1 4 1 Ret 4 9 Ret 5 1 7 4 2 198 4 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 4 8 1 DNS 4 1 3 Ret Ret Ret 5 3 9 4 2 3 183 5 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 1 10 6 5 Ret 2 20 4 3 3 Ret 9 3 3 6 5 177 6 Fabrizio Lai Honda 3 4 2 Ret 8 10 18 3 7 6 10 7 10 12 7 7 141 7 Julián Simón KTM 9 9 10 8 7 8 6 1 5 10 Ret 6 8 Ret 8 123 8 Tomoyoshi Koyama Honda Ret 6 5 Ret 5 5 7 Ret Ret Ret 4 10 14 2 3 6 119 9 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 7 2 15 Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 3 4 5 6 Ret 4 113 10 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 6 5 12 10 6 6 8 25 11 8 6 8 7 13 11 Ret 107 11 Mike Di Meglio Honda 11 11 20 4 Ret 16 14 2 Ret 7 11 11 4 14 1 Ret 104 12 Sergio Gadea Aprilia Ret 20 29 2 Ret 13 9 11 Ret 4 7 16 12 9 Ret Ret 68 13 Pablo Nieto Derbi 12 12 8 7 22 Ret 11 5 10 16 8 13 Ret 18 20 10 64 14 Joan Olivé Aprilia 8 18 14 Ret 3 Ret 13 8 8 22 18 17 11 15 9 14 60 15 Álvaro Bautista Honda Ret 7 17 Ret 12 14 4 Ret Ret 12 9 26 22 16 12 12 47 16 Aleix Espargaró Honda 14 16 7 12 17 15 Ret Ret 9 13 12 15 18 17 17 11 36 17 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia Ret DNS 11 14 9 19 14 13 5 17 20 16 20 Ret Ret 30 18 Alexis Masbou Honda Ret 13 21 Ret 10 Ret 5 Ret DSQ Ret 20 14 20 10 Ret Ret 28 19 Lukáš Pešek Derbi Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret 6 Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 13 Ret 25 20 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 21 26 18 23 16 11 26 Ret Ret 11 13 18 19 Ret 10 15 20 21 Toshihisa Kuzuhara Honda Ret 14 16 DNS 9 21 Ret 10 Ret DNS 14 Ret 27 21 17 22 Ángel Rodríguez Honda Ret 21 Ret Ret Ret 20 22 Ret Ret 16 Aprilia Ret 8 8 23 Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia Ret 24 28 20 15 22 Ret 20 15 17 16 Ret 13 11 Ret 13 13 24 Manuel Hernández Aprilia 10 15 Ret 14 13 26 17 Ret 23 20 19 24 Ret 22 12 Honda 25 19 25 Michael Ranseder KTM 12 12 12 Ret 12 26 Sandro Cortese Honda 20 25 Ret 15 Ret 23 24 15 14 14 Ret 21 17 19 14 Ret 8 27 Imre Tóth Aprilia 16 22 30 9 25 Ret 25 26 20 18 21 22 29 Ret 24 21 7 28 Dan Linfoot Honda 9 7 29 Jordi Carchano Aprilia 13 17 22 Ret 23 27 28 13 26 Ret 30 28 25 25 19 17 6 30 Michele Conti Honda 11 5 31 Christian Elkin Honda 12 4 32 Dario Giuseppetti Aprilia Ret 29 Ret 13 18 17 23 DNS 18 Ret Ret 23 21 26 15 Ret 4 33 Michele Pirro Malaguti Ret 19 13 Ret 19 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 34 Enrique Jerez Derbi Ret 15 19 15 18 2 35 Nicolás Terol Derbi 15 23 26 22 21 Ret 16 21 Ret 19 Ret 16 16 1 36 Stefan Bradl KTM Ret 16 15 1 Raymond Schouten Honda 23 30 19 24 26 25 Ret 16 Ret Ret 0 Julián Miralles Aprilia 19 28 23 16 DNS 25 25 0 Karel Abraham Aprilia 22 Ret 27 21 27 Ret Ret 17 17 Ret 28 Ret 28 DNS 18 Ret 0 Gioele Pellino Malaguti 17 20 28 21 18 23 24 23 22 0 Mateo Túnez Aprilia 17 19 Ret 24 19 Ret 25 24 23 21 20 0 Federico Sandi Honda 18 27 25 19 Ret 18 Ret 19 Ret Ret 23 Ret 26 Ret Ret Ret 0 Matthieu Lussiana Honda 18 0 Vincent Braillard Aprilia 25 31 DNS Ret 28 Ret 27 23 22 21 27 Ret 23 0 Patrick Unger Aprilia 21 0 Jules Cluzel Honda Ret 0 Malaguti 22 Ret James Westmoreland Honda 22 0 Hiroaki Kuzuhara Honda 22 0 Sascha Hommel Malaguti 24 DNQ DNS Ret 23 Ret 30 0 Honda Ret Ret 26 26 Cheung Wai On Honda 24 29 0 Daniel Sáez Aprilia Ret 24 Ret Ret 0 Lorenzo Baroni Aprilia 24 0 Manuel Mickan Honda 24 0 Thomas Mayer Aprilia 24 0 Yuki Hamamoto Honda 24 0 Esteve Rabat Honda 24 0 Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 29 31 25 0 Takumi Takahashi Honda 25 0 David Bonache Honda 26 Ret 27 Ret 27 Ret Ret 0 Arata Mori Honda 26 0 Blake Leigh-Smith Honda 28 0 Luca Verdini Aprilia 29 0 Gert-Jan Kok Honda 29 0 Kazuki Hanafusa Honda 29 0 Joey Litjens Honda 30 0 Chow Ho-Wan Honda 31 0 Doni Tata Pradita Yamaha 31 0 Patrik Vostárek Honda DNQ 32 Ret 0 Mathieu Gines Honda Ret 0 Michel Alexis Honda Ret 0 Nico Vivarelli Honda Ret 0 Kev Coghlan Honda Ret 0 Rob Guiver Honda Ret 0 Lukáš Razek Honda Ret 0 Hiroomi Iwata Honda Ret 0 Tom Hatton Honda Ret 0 Yannick Deschamps Honda DNS 0 Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia DNS 0 Carlos Ferreira Honda DNQ 0 Zhou You Rao Honda DNQ 0 Mark van Kreij Honda DNQ 0 Brent Rigoli Honda DNQ 0 Candice Scott Honda DNQ 0 Rhys Moller Honda DNQ 0 Pos Rider Bike ESP POR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE JPN MAL QAT AUS TUR VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

Constructors' standings

• Each constructor gets the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.