2005 United States motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race 8 of 17 races in the 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| Date | July 10, 2005 | ||
| Location | Laguna Seca | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 3.602 km (2.238 mi) |
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| MotoGP | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |  Nicky Hayden |
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| Time | 1:22.670 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Colin Edwards |
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| Time | 1:23.915 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Nicky Hayden |
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| Second | Colin Edwards |
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| Third |  Valentino Rossi |
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The 2005 United States motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 8 -July 10, 2005 at Laguna Seca. Only MotoGP class raced here because of the Californian law on air pollution, which forbids 2-stroke engines in the state. This round is the first motorcycle Grand Prix hosted by the United States since the 1994 United States motorcycle Grand Prix.
MotoGP classification
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | Nicky Hayden |
Honda | 45:15.374 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | Colin Edwards |
Yamaha | +1.941 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | Valentino Rossi |
Yamaha | +2.312 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Max Biaggi |
Honda | +4.216 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 |  Sete Gibernau |
Honda | +4.478 | 13 | 11 |
| 6 |  Troy Bayliss |
Honda | +22.381 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 |  Makoto Tamada |
Honda | +22.493 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | John Hopkins |
Suzuki | +23.148 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | Shinya Nakano |
Kawasaki | +23.625 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | Loris Capirossi |
Ducati | +26.123 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | Rubén Xaus |
Yamaha | +43.512 | 16 | 5 |
| 12 |  Alex Hofmann |
Kawasaki | +50.957 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | Toni Elías |
Yamaha | +51.343 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | Kenny Roberts Jr |
Suzuki | +1:13.749 | 12 | 2 |
| 15 |  Shane Byrne |
Proton | +1:24.256 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | James Ellison |
Blata | +1:24.524 | 20 | |
| 17 | Franco Battaini |
Blata | +1 Lap | 21 | |
| Ret | Roberto Rolfo |
Ducati | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | Carlos Checa |
Ducati | Retirement | 8 | |
| Ret | Marco Melandri |
Honda | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret |  Alex Barros |
Honda | Retirement | 3 |
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