2005 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

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  2005 Australian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 15 of 17 races in the 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	15 October, 2005
Location	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.445 km (2.762 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Nicky Hayden
Time	1:29.337
Fastest lap
Rider	Marco Melandri
Time	1:30.332
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Nicky Hayden
Third	Carlos Checa
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Casey Stoner
Time	1:32.756
Fastest lap
Rider	Sebastián Porto
Time	1:33.503
Podium
First	Dani Pedrosa
Second	Sebastián Porto
Third	Jorge Lorenzo
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Thomas Lüthi
Time	1:37.543
Fastest lap
Rider	Ángel Rodríguez
Time	1:38.054
Podium
First	Thomas Lüthi
Second	Tomoyoshi Koyama
Third	Marco Simoncelli

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.

MotoGP classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	41:08.542	2	25
2	Nicky Hayden	Honda	+1.007	1	20
3	Carlos Checa	Ducati	+4.215	4	16
4	Marco Melandri	Honda	+4.232	8	13
5	Sete Gibernau	Honda	+14.088	3	11
6	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	+33.200	5	10
7	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki	+45.055	10	9
8	Makoto Tamada	Honda	+45.103	9	8
9	Toni Elías	Yamaha	+45.104	7	7
10	John Hopkins	Suzuki	+50.260	11	6
11	Chris Vermeulen	Honda	+50.697	14	5
12	Ruben Xaus	Yamaha	+1:08.324	15	4
13	Roberto Rolfo	Ducati	+1:31.737	16	3
14	James Ellison	Blata	+1 Lap	17	2
15	Franco Battaini	Blata	+1 Lap	18	1
16	Olivier Jacque	Kawasaki	+2 Laps	13
Ret	Alex Barros	Honda	Retirement	12
Ret	Max Biaggi	Honda	Retirement	6

250cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	39:18.195	6	25
2	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	+0.027	4	20
3	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	+8.674	2	16
4	Héctor Barberá	Honda	+24.838	5	13
5	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	+24.868	7	11
6	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	+24.872	8	10
7	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	+37.274	9	9
8	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	+47.013	10	8
9	Alex Debón	Honda	+56.602	13	7
10	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	+56.747	14	6
11	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	+1:09.126	17	5
12	Dirk Heidolf	Honda	+1:09.796	21	4
13	Jakub Smrž	Honda	+1:09.830	19	3
14	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+1:14.472	12	2
15	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	+1:14.497	20	1
16	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	+1:14.771	16
17	Martin Cardenas	Aprilia	+1:22.080	23
18	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	+1 Lap	22
19	Arturo Tizón	Honda	+1 Lap	24
20	Mathieu Gines	Aprilia	+1 Lap	27
Ret	Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	Retirement	26
Ret	Arnaud Vincent	Fantic	Retirement	25
Ret	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	Retirement	18
Ret	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	Retirement	1
Ret	Taro Sekiguchi	Aprilia	Retirement	15
Ret	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	Retirement	11
Ret	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	Retirement	3

125cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	38:00.352	1	25
2	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Honda	+2.663	6	20
3	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	+2.665	4	16
4	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	+2.673	2	13
5	Mika Kallio	KTM	+2.860	5	11
6	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	+2.945	13	10
7	Gábor Talmácsi	KTM	+2.950	3	9
8	Ángel Rodríguez	Honda	+3.386	12	8
9	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	+10.546	22	7
10	Alexis Masbou	Honda	+10.551	17	6
11	Raffaele de Rosa	Aprilia	+10.851	14	5
12	Fabrizio Lai	Honda	+11.071	9	4
13	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	+11.133	15	3
14	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	+11.629	7	2
15	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	+15.048	10	1
16	Álvaro Bautista	Honda	+30.883	18
17	Aleix Espargaró	Honda	+30.884	19
18	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	+49.058	25
19	Sandro Cortese	Honda	+49.131	16
20	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	+49.170	23
21	Toshihisa Kuzuhara	Honda	+50.660	26
22	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	+51.027	28
23	Mateo Túnez	Aprilia	+1:07.317	31
24	Gioele Pellino	Malaguti	+1:09.832	29
25	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	+1:21.312	24
26	Dario Giuseppetti	Aprilia	+1:28.227	35
27	David Bonache	Honda	+1 Lap	33
28	Blake Leigh-Smith	Honda	+2 Laps	36
Ret	Federico Sandi	Honda	Retirement	30
Ret	Tom Hatton	Honda	Retirement	38
Ret	Nicolás Terol	Derbi	Retirement	20
Ret	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	Retirement	8
Ret	Julián Simón	KTM	Retirement	11
Ret	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	Retirement	21
Ret	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	Retirement	34
Ret	Michele Pirro	Malaguti	Retirement	32
Ret	Sascha Hommel	Honda	Retirement	37