2005 British motorcycle Grand Prix

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  2005 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 17 races in the 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	24 July, 2005
Location	Donington Park
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.023 km (2.5 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:27.897
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:45.377
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Kenny Roberts, Jr.
Third	Alex Barros
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	1:31.834
Fastest lap
Rider	Anthony West
Time	1:47.025
Podium
First	Randy de Puniet
Second	Anthony West
Third	Casey Stoner
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Mika Kallio
Time	1:37.295
Fastest lap
Rider	Álvaro Bautista
Time	1:38.408
Podium
First	Julián Simón
Second	Mike Di Meglio
Third	Fabrizio Lai

The 2005 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 22 -24 July 2005 at the Donington Park circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	52:58.675	1	25
2	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Suzuki	+3.169	16	20
3	Alex Barros	Honda	+4.006	4	16
4	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	+10.292	6	13
5	Carlos Checa	Ducati	+13.020	13	11
6	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	+23.321	11	10
7	Makoto Tamada	Honda	+37.833	9	9
8	Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki	+44.617	15	8
9	Toni Elías	Yamaha	+1 Lap	17	7
10	Roberto Rolfo	Ducati	+1 Lap	19	6
11	John Hopkins	Suzuki	+2 Laps	10	5
Ret	Franco Battaini	Blata	Retirement	21
Ret	James Ellison	Blata	Retirement	20
Ret	Shane Byrne	Proton	Retirement	18
Ret	Sete Gibernau	Honda	Retirement	2
Ret	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki	Retirement	12
Ret	Max Biaggi	Honda	Retirement	8
Ret	Troy Bayliss	Honda	Retirement	7
Ret	Nicky Hayden	Honda	Retirement	5
Ret	Marco Melandri	Honda	Retirement	3
Ret	Rubén Xaus	Yamaha	Retirement	14

250cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	49:11.337	6	25
2	Anthony West	KTM	+1.236	15	20
3	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	+16.740	10	16
4	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	+47.825	1	13
5	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	+1:03.449	5	11
6	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	+1:32.437	14	10
7	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	+1:34.560	4	9
8	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	+1:45.964	2	8
9	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	+1 Lap	12	7
10	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	+1 Lap	20	6
11	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	+1 Lap	22	5
12	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	+1 Lap	11	4
13	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	+1 Lap	19	3
14	Gregory Leblanc	Aprilia	+2 Laps	24	2
15	Radomil Rous	Honda	+2 Laps	25	1
16	Jakub Smrž	Honda	+2 Laps	17
17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+2 Laps	18
18	Alvaro Molina	Aprilia	+2 Laps	29
19	Gabriele Ferro	Fantic	+4 Laps	31
Ret	Andreas Martensson	Yamaha	Retirement	30
Ret	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	Retirement	16
Ret	Taro Sekiguchi	Aprilia	Retirement	26
Ret	Héctor Barberá	Honda	Retirement	7
Ret	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	Retirement	8
Ret	Yves Polzer	Aprilia	Retirement	28
Ret	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	Retirement	3
Ret	Martin Cardenas	Aprilia	Retirement	23
Ret	Dirk Heidolf	Honda	Retirement	21
Ret	Arnaud Vincent	Fantic	Retirement	27
Ret	Alex Debón	Honda	Retirement	13
Ret	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	Retirement	9

125cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Julián Simón	KTM	17:35.523	6	25
2	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	+2.406	9	20
3	Fabrizio Lai	Honda	+8.896	5	16
4	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	+9.169	3	13
5	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	+13.837	17	11
6	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	+18.323	4	10
7	Mika Kallio	KTM	+23.453	1	9
8	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	+31.424	15	8
9	Dan Linfoot	Honda	+33.865	39	7
10	Toshihisa Kuzuhara	Honda	+40.094	30	6
11	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	+40.345	14	5
12	Chris Elkin	Honda	+40.761	41	4
13	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	+42.789	26	3
14	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	+42.833	27	2
15	Sandro Cortese	Honda	+43.420	28	1
16	Raymond Schouten	Honda	+43.587	25
17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	+45.101	36
18	Gioele Pellino	Malaguti	+47.077	38
19	Federico Sandi	Honda	+48.901	31
20	Raffaele de Rosa	Aprilia	+49.088	21
21	Nicolás Terol	Derbi	+54.566	18
22	James Westmoreland	Honda	+59.769	37
23	Vincent Braillard	Aprilia	+1:00.672	33
24	Mateo Túnez	Aprilia	+1:02.134	24
25	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	+1:26.419	11
26	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	+1:28.411	34
Ret	Aleix Espargaró	Honda	Retirement	19
Ret	Álvaro Bautista	Honda	Retirement	12
Ret	Alexis Masbou	Honda	Retirement	10
Ret	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	Retirement	20
Ret	Rob Guiver	Honda	Retirement	40
Ret	Gábor Talmácsi	KTM	Retirement	7
Ret	Dario Giuseppetti	Aprilia	Retirement	29
Ret	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	Retirement	16
Ret	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	Retirement	2
Ret	Michele Pirro	Malaguti	Retirement	32
Ret	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Honda	Retirement	8
Ret	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	Retirement	13
Ret	Kev Coghlan	Honda	Retirement	35
Ret	Ángel Rodríguez	Honda	Retirement	23
Ret	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	Retirement	22

Notes

• The 125cc race was stopped due to heavy rain. It was later restarted with the grid order determined by the running order after the suspension. The second part of the race determined the final result.

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