2005 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

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  2005 Catalan Grand Prix

Race details
Race 6 of 17 races in the 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	June 12, 2005
Location	Circuit de Catalunya
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.655 km (2.875 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Sete Gibernau
Time	1:42.337
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:43.195
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Sete Gibernau
Third	Marco Melandri
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	1:46.238
Fastest lap
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	1:47.373
Podium
First	Dani Pedrosa
Second	Casey Stoner
Third	Andrea Dovizioso
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Mika Kallio
Time	1:51.451
Fastest lap
Rider	Mika Kallio
Time	1:51.744
Podium
First	Mattia Pasini
Second	Marco Simoncelli
Third	Mika Kallio

The 2005 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 10 -June 12, 2005 at the Circuit de Catalunya located in Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain.

MotoGP classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	43:16.487	3	25
2	Sete Gibernau	Honda	+1.094	1	20
3	Marco Melandri	Honda	+7.810	2	16
4	Alex Barros	Honda	+8.204	9	13
5	Nicky Hayden	Honda	+8.273	5	11
6	Max Biaggi	Honda	+12.051	4	10
7	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	+18.762	7	9
8	Troy Bayliss	Honda	+42.631	15	8
9	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki	+46.638	12	7
10	Rubén Xaus	Yamaha	+46.692	16	6
11	Carlos Checa	Ducati	+1:00.357	8	5
12	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	+1:03.864	6	4
13	David Checa	Yamaha	+1:03.985	18	3
14	Roberto Rolfo	Ducati	+1:10.258	17	2
15	Kenny Roberts Jr	Suzuki	+1:23.731	13	1
16	Shane Byrne	Proton	+1:34.624	19
17	Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki	+1 Lap	14
18	James Ellison	Blata	+1 Lap	20
19	Franco Battaini	Blata	+1 Lap	21
Ret	John Hopkins	Suzuki	Retirement	11
Ret	Makoto Tamada	Honda	Retirement	10

250cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	41:29.428	1	25
2	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	+5.637	8	20
3	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	+10.597	9	16
4	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	+17.638	5	13
5	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	+19.499	10	11
6	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	+33.235	4	10
7	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	+37.408	12	9
8	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	+37.530	11	8
9	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	+42.814	16	7
10	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	+43.611	19	6
11	Alex Debón	Honda	+43.891	18	5
12	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	+45.800	22	4
13	Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	+58.190	20	3
14	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	+1:04.356	21	2
15	Gregory Leblanc	Aprilia	+1:04.399	23	1
16	Héctor Barberá	Honda	+1:19.129	7
17	Martin Cardenas	Aprilia	+1:20.909	25
18	Frederik Watz	Yamaha	+1:35.685	27
19	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+1 Lap	14
20	Gabor Rizmayer	Yamaha	+1 Lap	28
21	Gabriele Ferro	Fantic	+1 Lap	29
Ret	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	Retirement	15
Ret	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	Collision	2
Ret	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	Collision	6
Ret	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	Retirement	17
Ret	Jakub Smrž	Honda	Retirement	13
Ret	Arnaud Vincent	Fantic	Retirement	24
Ret	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	Retirement	3

125cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	41:15.125	2	25
2	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	+9.034	3	20
3	Mika Kallio	KTM	+12.408	1	16
4	Gábor Talmácsi	KTM	+18.256	6	13
5	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Honda	+18.440	12	11
6	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	+18.544	9	10
7	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	+21.460	10	9
8	Julian Simon	KTM	+21.566	13	8
9	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	+29.029	4	7
10	Fabrizio Lai	Honda	+29.471	8	6
11	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	+30.483	17	5
12	Michael Ranseder	KTM	+35.214	21	4
13	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	+38.639	15	3
14	Álvaro Bautista	Honda	+39.559	16	2
15	Aleix Espargaró	Honda	+44.218	24	1
16	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	+44.228	18
17	Dario Giuseppetti	Aprilia	+50.251	22
18	Federico Sandi	Honda	+51.219	34
19	Mateo Túnez	Aprilia	+51.227	23
20	Ángel Rodríguez	Honda	+55.449	32
21	Toshihisa Kuzuhara	Honda	+55.469	5
22	Raffaele de Rosa	Aprilia	+55.504	25
23	Sandro Cortese	Honda	+1:01.121	31
24	Daniel Saez	Aprilia	+1:01.933	38
25	Raymond Schouten	Honda	+1:02.622	26
26	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	+1:04.894	19
27	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	+1:10.672	29
28	Gioele Pellino	Malaguti	+1:15.210	30
29	Hugo vd Berg	Aprilia	+1:47.881	39
Ret	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	Retirement	41
Ret	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	Retirement	40
Ret	Alexis Masbou	Honda	Retirement	20
Ret	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	Retirement	7
Ret	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	Retirement	14
Ret	Vincent Braillard	Aprilia	Retirement	35
Ret	Stefan Bradl	KTM	Retirement	33
Ret	Enrique Jerez	Derbi	Retirement	37
Ret	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	Retirement	11
Ret	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	Retirement	27
Ret	Michele Pirro	Malaguti	Retirement	36
Ret	Nicolás Terol	Derbi	Retirement	28