2005 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix

  2005 Chinese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of 17 races in the 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	May 1, 2005
Location	Shanghai International Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.451 km (3.387 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Sete Gibernau
Time	1:59.710
Fastest lap
Rider	Alex Barros
Time	2:13.716
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Olivier Jacque
Third	Marco Melandri
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Casey Stoner
Time	2:06.196
Fastest lap
Rider	Andrea Dovizioso
Time	2:15.608
Podium
First	Casey Stoner
Second	Andrea Dovizioso
Third	Hiroshi Aoyama
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Mika Kallio
Time	2:13.535
Fastest lap
Rider	Fabrizio Lai
Time	2:23.967
Podium
First	Mattia Pasini
Second	Fabrizio Lai
Third	Gábor Talmácsi

The 2005 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of April 29-May 1, 2005 at the Shanghai International Circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	50:02.463	6	25
2	Olivier Jacque	Kawasaki	+1.700	15	20
3	Marco Melandri	Honda	+16.574	2	16
4	Sete Gibernau	Honda	+18.906	1	13
5	Max Biaggi	Honda	+19.551	14	11
6	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Honda	+21.622	19	10
7	John Hopkins	Suzuki	+25.883	4	9
8	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	+31.033	13	8
9	Nicky Hayden	Honda	+39.299	5	7
10	Rubén Xaus	Yamaha	+40.991	16	6
11	Alex Barros	Honda	+44.014	11	5
12	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	+44.401	3	4
13	James Ellison	Blata	+53.449	21	3
14	Toni Elías	Yamaha	+1:05.853	8	2
15	Tohru Ukawa	Moriwaki	+1:09.480	18	1
16	Roberto Rolfo	Ducati	+1:15.293	17
Ret	Franco Battaini	Blata	Retirement	20
Ret	Kenny Roberts Jr	Suzuki	Retirement	9
Ret	Carlos Checa	Ducati	Retirement	7
Ret	Troy Bayliss	Honda	Retirement	12
Ret	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki	Retirement	10

250cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	42:55.152	1	25
2	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	+0.251	6	20
3	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	+1.554	5	16
4	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	+4.230	2	13
5	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	+6.027	3	11
6	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	+23.969	10	10
7	Héctor Barberá	Honda	+30.667	9	9
8	Alex Debón	Honda	+32.039	15	8
9	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	+32.452	8	7
10	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	+37.772	13	6
11	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	+49.285	17	5
12	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	+49.509	11	4
13	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	+49.530	19	3
14	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	+49.771	16	2
15	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	+49.895	14	1
16	Jakub Smrž	Honda	+1:02.122	12
17	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	+1:02.612	18
18	Anthony West	Aprilia	+1:17.358	25
19	Grégory Leblanc	Aprilia	+1:17.502	22
20	Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	+1:18.382	21
21	Radomil Rous	Honda	+1:22.698	24
22	Gabor Rizmayer	Yamaha	+1 Lap	26
Ret	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	Retirement	4
Ret	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	Retirement	7
Ret	Fredrik Watz	Yamaha	Retirement	28
Ret	Dirk Heidolf	Honda	Retirement	23
Ret	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	Retirement	20

125cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	46:30.273	15	25
2	Fabrizio Lai	Honda	+0.065	6	20
3	Gábor Talmácsi	KTM	+4.953	3	16
4	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	+5.785	4	13
5	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Honda	+10.617	8	11
6	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	+11.959	2	10
7	Aleix Espargaró	Honda	+25.951	16	9
8	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	+27.152	14	8
9	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	+28.154	7	7
10	Julián Simón	KTM	+28.707	5	6
11	Mika Kallio	KTM	+32.488	1	5
12	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	+44.317	17	4
13	Michele Pirro	Malaguti	+58.618	11	3
14	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	+59.376	27	2
15	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	+59.879	10	1
16	Toshihisa Kuzuhara	Honda	+1:00.836	9
17	Álvaro Bautista	Honda	+1:05.476	13
18	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	+1:06.354	21
19	Raymond Schouten	Honda	+1:13.199	32
20	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	+1:14.696	12
21	Alexis Masbou	Honda	+1:42.293	19
22	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	+1:46.227	33
23	Julián Mirallés	Aprilia	+1:48.723	23
24	Way On Cheung	Honda	+1:52.912	36
25	Federico Sandi	Honda	+2:06.791	34
26	Nicolás Terol	Derbi	+2:21.419	30
27	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	+2:21.591	29
28	Raffaele de Rosa	Aprilia	+2:24.441	26
29	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	+1 Lap	22
30	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	+2 Laps	25
31	Ho Wan Chow	Honda	+4 Laps	37
Ret	Dario Giuseppetti	Aprilia	Retirement	28
Ret	Sandro Cortese	Honda	Retirement	18
Ret	Ángel Rodríguez	Honda	Retirement	24
Ret	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	Retirement	20