2005 German motorcycle Grand Prix

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  2005 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 10 of 17 races in the 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	July 31, 2005
Location	Sachsenring
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.671 km (2.281 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Nicky Hayden
Time	1:22.785
Fastest lap
Rider	Sete Gibernau
Time	1:23.705
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Sete Gibernau
Third	Nicky Hayden
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Alex de Angelis
Time	1:24.618
Fastest lap
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	1:25.327
Podium
First	Dani Pedrosa
Second	Alex de Angelis
Third	Hiroshi Aoyama
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Mika Kallio
Time	1:27.965
Fastest lap
Rider	Mika Kallio
Time	1:28.522
Podium
First	Mika Kallio
Second	Thomas Lüthi
Third	Marco Simoncelli

The 2005 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 29 -July 31, 2005 at the Sachsenring.

MotoGP classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	35:04.434	4	25
2	Sete Gibernau	Honda	+0.685	2	20
3	Nicky Hayden	Honda	+0.885	1	16
4	Max Biaggi	Honda	+2.365	6	13
5	Alex Barros	Honda	+2.855	3	11
6	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki	+4.557	12	10
7	Marco Melandri	Honda	+12.269	5	9
8	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	+14.849	7	8
9	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	+23.489	8	7
10	Makoto Tamada	Honda	+27.829	15	6
11	Kenny Roberts Jr	Suzuki	+42.099	9	5
12	Toni Elías	Yamaha	+47.304	17	4
13	Ruben Xaus	Yamaha	+1:00.175	18	3
14	Roberto Rolfo	Ducati	+1:07.714	20	2
15	Franco Battaini	Blata	+1 Lap	22	1
Ret	Carlos Checa	Ducati	Retirement	11
Ret	Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki	Retirement	13
Ret	Olivier Jacque	Kawasaki	Retirement	14
Ret	James Ellison	Blata	Retirement	19
Ret	Shane Byrne	Proton	Retirement	21
Ret	John Hopkins	Suzuki	Retirement	10
Ret	Troy Bayliss	Honda	Retirement	16

250cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	41:35.089	2	25
2	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	+7.940	1	20
3	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	+11.171	5	16
4	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	+11.346	10	13
5	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	+11.444	4	11
6	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	+17.536	8	10
7	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	+17.949	7	9
8	Héctor Barberá	Honda	+22.193	9	8
9	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	+42.288	6	7
10	Anthony West	KTM	+42.696	12	6
11	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	+51.283	13	5
12	Alex Debón	Honda	+1:01.959	21	4
13	Dirk Heidolf	Honda	+1:03.260	18	3
14	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+1:13.348	16	2
15	Martin Cardenas	Aprilia	+1:13.813	26	1
16	Jakub Smrž	Honda	+1:13.876	19
17	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	+1:14.151	20
18	Taro Sekiguchi	Aprilia	+1:18.289	23
19	Alvaro Molina	Aprilia	+1 Lap	28
20	Radomil Rous	Honda	+1 Lap	25
21	Andreas Martensson	Yamaha	+1 Lap	29
22	Nicklas Cajback	Yamaha	+1 Lap	31
23	Thomas Walther	Honda	+2 Laps	32
Ret	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	Retirement	14
Ret	Gregory Leblanc	Aprilia	Retirement	22
Ret	Franz Aschenbrenner	Yamaha	Retirement	30
Ret	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	Retirement	15
Ret	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	Retirement	24
Ret	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	Retirement	17
Ret	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	Retirement	3
Ret	Arnaud Vincent	Fantic	Retirement	27
Ret	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	Retirement	11

125cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Mika Kallio	KTM	29:46.795	1	25
2	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	+0.134	3	20
3	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	+0.288	2	16
4	Gábor Talmácsi	KTM	+0.481	8	13
5	Julian Simon	KTM	+1.435	5	11
6	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	+1.628	7	10
7	Fabrizio Lai	Honda	+15.039	13	9
8	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	+15.256	17	8
9	Aleix Espargaró	Honda	+15.305	11	7
10	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	+15.524	18	6
11	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	+15.577	21	5
12	Michael Ranseder	KTM	+20.873	27	4
13	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	+21.045	12	3
14	Sandro Cortese	Honda	+21.186	15	2
15	Raffaele de Rosa	Aprilia	+25.343	25	1
16	Stefan Bradl	KTM	+26.261	26
17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	+27.185	30
18	Dario Giuseppetti	Aprilia	+31.138	29
19	Mateo Túnez	Aprilia	+32.802	35
20	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	+33.273	23
21	Patrick Unger	Aprilia	+34.418	36
22	Vincent Braillard	Aprilia	+44.072	38
23	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	+48.367	22
24	Manuel Mickan	Honda	+1:06.745	41
25	Hugo vd Berg	Aprilia	+1:06.857	40
26	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	+2 Laps	28
Ret	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Honda	Retirement	6
Ret	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	Retirement	20
Ret	Ángel Rodríguez	Honda	Retirement	39
Ret	Raymond Schouten	Honda	Retirement	31
Ret	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	Retirement	4
Ret	Sascha Hommel	Malaguti	Retirement	37
Ret	Federico Sandi	Honda	Retirement	34
Ret	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	Retirement	10
Ret	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	Retirement	9
Ret	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	Retirement	14
Ret	Nicolás Terol	Derbi	Retirement	33
Ret	Michele Pirro	Malaguti	Retirement	32
Ret	Álvaro Bautista	Honda	Retirement	19
Ret	Toshihisa Kuzuhara	Honda	Retirement	16
Ret	Alexis Masbou	Honda	Retirement	24

Notes

• The 125cc race was stopped due to an accident. 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.