2005 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

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  2005 Valencian Community Grand Prix

Race details
Race 17 of 17 races in the 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	November 6, 2005
Location	Circuit de Valencia
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.051 km (2.517 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Sete Gibernau
Time	1:31.874
Fastest lap
Rider	Marco Melandri
Time	1:33.043
Podium
First	Marco Melandri
Second	Nicky Hayden
Third	Valentino Rossi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	1:35.298
Fastest lap
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	1:35.792
Podium
First	Dani Pedrosa
Second	Jorge Lorenzo
Third	Casey Stoner
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Sergio Gadea
Time	1:39.830
Fastest lap
Rider	Sergio Gadea
Time	1:40.286
Podium
First	Mika Kallio
Second	Gábor Talmácsi
Third	Mattia Pasini

The 2005 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 4 -November 6, 2005 at the Circuit de Valencia.

MotoGP classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Marco Melandri	Honda	46:58.152	2	25
2	Nicky Hayden	Honda	+0.097	3	20
3	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	+2.959	15	16
4	Carlos Checa	Ducati	+18.718	4	13
5	Alex Barros	Honda	+20.706	8	11
6	Max Biaggi	Honda	+21.254	5	10
7	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	+23.142	7	9
8	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	+25.678	6	8
9	Makoto Tamada	Honda	+36.710	10	7
10	Toni Elías	Yamaha	+39.116	13	6
11	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki	+41.136	9	5
12	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Honda	+45.691	16	4
13	John Hopkins	Suzuki	+46.507	11	3
14	Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki	+59.856	12	2
15	Rubén Xaus	Yamaha	+1:19.443	17	1
16	Franco Battaini	Blata	+1 Lap	21
Ret	Kenny Roberts Jr	Suzuki	Retirement	20
Ret	James Ellison	Blata	Retirement	19
Ret	Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki	Retirement	14
Ret	Sete Gibernau	Honda	Retirement	1
Ret	Roberto Rolfo	Ducati	Retirement	18

250cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	43:33.395	1	25
2	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	+3.448	4	20
3	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	+14.372	9	16
4	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	+17.771	3	13
5	Héctor Barberá	Honda	+26.233	2	11
6	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	+31.244	5	10
7	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	+35.518	6	9
8	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	+36.488	7	8
9	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	+43.129	29	7
10	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	+43.960	14	6
11	Alex Debón	Honda	+55.494	11	5
12	Jakub Smrž	Honda	+57.265	8	4
13	Martin Cardenas	Aprilia	+58.185	17	3
14	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	+58.545	15	2
15	Taro Sekiguchi	Aprilia	+1:01.485	12	1
16	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	+1:12.112	18
17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+1:23.475	16
18	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	+1:30.535	13
19	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	+1:31.957	25
20	Mathieu Gines	Aprilia	+1 Lap	21
21	Zheng Peng Li	Aprilia	+1 Lap	28
Ret	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	Retirement	23
Ret	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	Retirement	19
Ret	Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	Retirement	26
Ret	Dirk Heidolf	Honda	Retirement	10
Ret	Zhu Wang	Aprilia	Retirement	27
Ret	Arturo Tizón	Honda	Retirement	20
Ret	Arnaud Vincent	Fantic	Retirement	24
Ret	Alvaro Molina	Aprilia	Retirement	22

125cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Mika Kallio	KTM	40:26.640	3	25
2	Gábor Talmácsi	KTM	+0.237	8	20
3	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	+0.367	2	16
4	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	+12.401	6	13
5	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	+17.009	11	11
6	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Honda	+20.635	9	10
7	Fabrizio Lai	Honda	+20.670	5	9
8	Julian Simon	KTM	+20.809	12	8
9	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	+23.517	4	7
10	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	+32.805	24	6
11	Aleix Espargaró	Honda	+35.930	14	5
12	Álvaro Bautista	Honda	+36.015	22	4
13	Raffaele de Rosa	Aprilia	+43.436	21	3
14	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	+47.651	27	2
15	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	+49.387	16	1
16	Nicolás Terol	Derbi	+53.187	26
17	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	+57.976	23
18	Enrique Jerez	Derbi	+1:00.860	36
19	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	+1:01.055	19
20	Mateo Túnez	Aprilia	+1:06.276	28
21	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	+1:06.915	31
22	Gioele Pellino	Malaguti	+1:08.479	34
23	Vincent Braillard	Aprilia	+1:13.289	38
24	Esteve Rabat	Honda	+1:22.682	35
25	Julián Miralles	Aprilia	+1:23.174	37
26	Sascha Hommel	Honda	+1:39.732	39
Ret	Federico Sandi	Honda	Retirement	25
Ret	Dario Giuseppetti	Aprilia	Retirement	30
Ret	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	Retirement	20
Ret	Alexis Masbou	Honda	Retirement	18
Ret	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	Retirement	1
Ret	David Bonache	Honda	Retirement	29
Ret	Daniel Saez	Aprilia	Retirement	32
Ret	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	Retirement	10
Ret	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	Retirement	33
Ret	Sandro Cortese	Honda	Retirement	7
Ret	Jules Cluzel	Malaguti	Retirement	17
Ret	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	Retirement	13
Ret	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	Retirement	15