2005 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

2005 Czech Republic Grand Prix
Race details
Race 11 of 17 races in the; 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	28 August 2005
Official name	Gauloises Grand Prix České republiky
Location	Brno Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility; 5.403 km (3.357 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Sete Gibernau
Time	1:57.504
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:58.787 on lap 6
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Loris Capirossi
Third	Max Biaggi
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo
Time	2:02.261
Fastest lap
Rider	Daniel Pedrosa
Time	2:02.554 on lap 16
Podium
First	Daniel Pedrosa
Second	Jorge Lorenzo
Third	Casey Stoner
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Thomas Lüthi
Time	2:08.638
Fastest lap
Rider	Sergio Gadea
Time	2:08.931 on lap 5
Podium
First	Thomas Lüthi
Second	Mika Kallio
Third	Marco Simoncelli

The 2005 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 26–28 August 2005 at the Brno Circuit located in Brno, Czech Republic. The race saw the beginning of the end of tobacco advertising in Grand Prix motorcycle racing due to a Europe-wide ban.^[3]

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	43:56.539	4	25
2	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	22	+1.837	3	20
3	3	Max Biaggi	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+3.444	10	16
4	4	Alex Barros	Camel Honda	Honda	22	+4.148	7	13
5	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+4.363	2	11
6	33	Marco Melandri	Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	22	+11.150	5	10
7	5	Colin Edwards	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	+13.532	9	9
8	7	Carlos Checa	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	22	+19.331	6	8
9	12	Troy Bayliss	Camel Honda	Honda	22	+27.125	13	7
10	6	Makoto Tamada	Konica Minolta Honda	Honda	22	+27.248	12	6
11	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	22	+27.684	17	5
12	56	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	22	+27.803	11	4
13	21	John Hopkins	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	22	+28.278	8	3
14	24	Toni Elías	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	+28.571	15	2
15	66	Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	22	+29.768	14	1
16	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	22	+41.778	16
17	44	Roberto Rolfo	Team d'Antin Pramac	Ducati	22	+57.800	19
18	11	Rubén Xaus	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	+1:08.082	20
19	77	James Ellison	Blata WCM	Blata	22	+1:42.169	18
20	27	Franco Battaini	Blata WCM	Blata	22	+1:54.784	21
Ret	15	Sete Gibernau	Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	21	Retirement	1
Ret	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Team Roberts	Proton KR	7	Retirement	22
Sources: ^[4]^[5]^[6]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	20	41:24.944	2	25
2	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	20	+1.303	1	20
3	27	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	20	+4.253	3	16
4	5	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	20	+5.326	7	13
5	73	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	20	+8.392	8	11
6	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	20	+8.471	4	10
7	19	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	20	+25.545	6	9
8	7	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	20	+32.159	5	8
9	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	20	+33.969	11	7
10	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	20	+35.544	10	6
11	96	Jakub Smrž	Honda	20	+51.827	14	5
12	14	Anthony West	KTM	20	+52.049	23	4
13	6	Alex Debón	Honda	20	+58.214	19	3
14	64	Radomil Rous	Honda	20	+58.604	18	2
15	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	20	+58.911	22	1
16	8	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	20	+1:06.203	16
17	32	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	20	+1:14.453	21
18	21	Arnaud Vincent	Fantic	20	+1:27.753	25
19	36	Martín Cárdenas	Aprilia	20	+1:28.522	27
20	41	Álvaro Molina	Aprilia	20	+1:48.266	29
21	38	Grégory Leblanc	Aprilia	20	+1:49.455	26
22	70	Michal Filla	Aprilia	19	+1 lap	28
23	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	19	+1 lap	17
24	23	Nicklas Cajback	Yamaha	19	+1 lap	30
Ret	28	Dirk Heidolf	Honda	19	Accident	20
Ret	44	Taro Sekiguchi	Aprilia	19	Accident	24
Ret	57	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	4	Accident	15
Ret	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	0	Accident	13
Ret	55	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	0	Accident	9
Ret	80	Héctor Barberá	Honda	0	Accident	12
DNQ	20	Gabriele Ferro	Fantic		Did not qualify
DNQ	22	Alexander Todorov	Yamaha		Did not qualify
Source: ^[7]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	19	41:32.409	1	25
2	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	19	+3.212	3	20
3	58	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	19	+3.326	4	16
4	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	19	+7.754	20	13
5	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	19	+14.453	15	11
6	32	Fabrizio Lai	Honda	19	+25.156	7	10
7	63	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	19	+25.247	17	9
8	54	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	19	+25.509	14	8
9	14	Gábor Talmácsi	KTM	19	+25.773	5	7
10	60	Julián Simón	KTM	19	+26.066	13	6
11	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	19	+28.977	18	5
12	19	Álvaro Bautista	Honda	19	+30.360	21	4
13	41	Aleix Espargaró	Honda	19	+30.375	23	3
14	11	Sandro Cortese	Honda	19	+30.759	6	2
15	77	Stefan Bradl	KTM	19	+33.726	26	1
16	22	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	19	+36.880	19
17	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Aprilia	19	+38.339	10
18	45	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	19	+38.415	25
19	18	Nicolás Terol	Derbi	19	+41.510	30
20	43	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	19	+44.672	22
21	26	Vincent Braillard	Aprilia	19	+47.255	32
22	6	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	19	+1:02.693	31
23	31	Sascha Hommel	Malaguti	19	+1:32.186	36
24	99	Thomas Mayer	Aprilia	19	+1:32.368	37
25	84	Julián Miralles	Aprilia	19	+2:09.147	39
26	48	David Bonache	Honda	19	+2:17.127	38
Ret	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	17	Accident	2
Ret	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	17	Accident	16
Ret	87	Patrik Vostárek	Honda	17	Accident	33
Ret	28	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	17	Retirement	35
Ret	97	Lukáš Rážek	Honda	17	Accident	40
Ret	10	Federico Sandi	Honda	13	Retirement	34
Ret	25	Dario Giuseppetti	Aprilia	11	Retirement	28
Ret	44	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	10	Accident	24
Ret	52	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	9	Accident	8
Ret	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Honda	5	Accident	9
Ret	7	Alexis Masbou	Honda	5	Accident	11
Ret	76	Michael Ranseder	KTM	5	Accident	12
Ret	16	Raymond Schouten	Honda	5	Retirement	27
Ret	15	Michele Pirro	Malaguti	5	Retirement	29
DNS	9	Toshihisa Kuzuhara	Honda		Did not start
Source: ^[8]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eleven has concluded.^[9]

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	261
2	Max Biaggi	129
3	Marco Melandri	126
4	Colin Edwards	123
5	Sete Gibernau	115

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Yamaha	265
2	Honda	218
3	Ducati	102
4	Kawasaki	97
5	Suzuki	65

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

References

^ "2005 Czech MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Brno Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ "Tobacco Advertising in Sport - InBrief.co.uk".
^ "2005 Czech MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
^ "Gauloises G.P. České republiky – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 28 August 2005. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
^ "motogp.com · · MotoGP Race Classification 2005". www.motogp.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-25. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
^ "Gauloises G.P. České republiky – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 28 August 2005. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
^ "Gauloises G.P. České republiky – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 28 August 2005. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2005. Retrieved 2019-08-22.

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[1] "2005 Czech MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.

[2] Mitchell, Malcolm. "Brno Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.

[3] "Tobacco Advertising in Sport - InBrief.co.uk".

[4] "2005 Czech MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.

[5] "Gauloises G.P. České republiky – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 28 August 2005. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

[6] "motogp.com · · MotoGP Race Classification 2005". www.motogp.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-25. Retrieved 2018-08-27.

[7] "Gauloises G.P. České republiky – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 28 August 2005. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

[8] "Gauloises G.P. České republiky – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 28 August 2005. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

[9] "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2005. Retrieved 2019-08-22.

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