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2005 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Australian
flag	Australia
Official_Name	Polini Australian Grand Prix
Location	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Course_mi	2.764
Course_km	4.448
Race_No	15
Season_No	17
Date	14–16 October
Year	2005
Image	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.svg
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Nicky Hayden
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	USA
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:29.337
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Marco Melandri
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:30.332 on lap 4
First_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
First_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_MotoGP	Nicky Hayden
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country	USA
Third_Rider_MotoGP	Carlos Checa
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_250	Casey Stoner
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Australia
Pole_Time_250	1:32.756
Fast_Rider_250	Sebastián Porto
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Argentina
Fast_Time_250	1:33.503 on lap 3
First_Rider_250	Daniel Pedrosa
First_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Second_Rider_250	Sebastián Porto
Second_Rider_250_Country	Argentina
Third_Rider_250	Jorge Lorenzo
Third_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_125	Thomas Lüthi
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Switzerland
Pole_Time_125	1:37.543
Fast_Rider_125	Ángel Rodríguez
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Fast_Time_125	1:38.054 on lap 3
First_Rider_125	Thomas Lüthi
First_Rider_125_Country	Switzerland
Second_Rider_125	Tomoyoshi Koyama
Second_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Third_Rider_125	Marco Simoncelli
Third_Rider_125_Country	Italy

The 2005 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 13–15 October 2005 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. It was also the final victory for Valentino Rossi at Phillip Island until the 2014 event.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	41:08.542	2	25
69	USA Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+1.007	1	20
7	SPA Carlos Checa	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	27	+4.215	4	16
33	ITA Marco Melandri	Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	27	+4.232	8	13
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	27	+14.088	3	11
5	USA Colin Edwards	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+33.200	5	10
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	27	+45.055	10	9
6	JPN Makoto Tamada	Konica Minolta Honda	Honda	27	+45.103	9	8
24	SPA Toni Elías	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+45.104	7	7
21	USA John Hopkins	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	27	+50.260	11	6
17	AUS Chris Vermeulen	Camel Honda	Honda	27	+50.697	14	5
11	ESP Rubén Xaus	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+1:08.324	15	4
44	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Team d'Antin Pramac	Ducati	27	+1:31.737	16	3
77	GBR James Ellison	Blata WCM	Blata	26	+1 lap	17	2
27	ITA Franco Battaini	Blata WCM	Blata	26	+1 lap	18	1
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	25	+2 laps	13
4	BRA Alex Barros	Camel Honda	Honda	22	Accident	12
3	ITA Max Biaggi	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	0	Accident	6
10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki		Withdrew
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati		Withdrew

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	25	39:18.195	6	25
19	ARG Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	25	+0.027	4	20
48	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	25	+8.674	2	16
80	ESP Héctor Barberá	Honda	25	+24.838	5	13
34	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	25	+24.868	7	11
73	JPN Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	25	+24.872	8	10
7	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	25	+37.274	9	9
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	25	+47.013	10	8
6	ESP Alex Debón	Honda	25	+56.602	13	7
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	25	+56.747	14	6
57	GBR Chaz Davies	Aprilia	25	+1:09.126	17	5
28	DEU Dirk Heidolf	Honda	25	+1:09.796	21	4
96	CZE Jakub Smrž	Honda	25	+1:09.830	19	3
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	25	+1:14.472	12	2
8	ITA Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	25	+1:14.497	20	1
24	ITA Simone Corsi	Aprilia	25	+1:14.771	16
36	COL Martín Cárdenas	Aprilia	25	+1:22.080	23
32	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	22
33	ESP Arturo Tizón	Honda	24	+1 lap	24
56	FRA Mathieu Gines	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	27
44	JPN Taro Sekiguchi	Aprilia	24	Retirement	15
25	ITA Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	17	Accident	18
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Fantic	12	Retirement	25
55	JPN Yuki Takahashi	Honda	10	Retirement	11
63	FRA Erwan Nigon	Yamaha	6	Retirement	26
27	AUS Casey Stoner	Aprilia	4	Retirement	1
5	SMR Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	3	Accident	3
82	AUS Mick Kelly	Honda		Did not qualify
23	SWE Nicklas Cajback	Yamaha		Did not qualify
81	AUS Mark Rowling	Yamaha		Did not qualify
20	ITA Gabriele Ferro	Fantic		Did not qualify

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
12	CHE Thomas Lüthi	Honda	23	38:00.352	1	25
71	JPN Tomoyoshi Koyama	Honda	23	+2.663	6	20
58	ITA Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	23	+2.665	4	16
75	ITA Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	23	+2.673	2	13
36	FIN Mika Kallio	KTM	23	+2.860	5	11
55	ESP Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	23	+2.945	13	10
14	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	KTM	23	+2.950	3	9
47	ESP Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	23	+3.386	12	8
33	ESP Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	23	+10.546	22	7
7	FRA Alexis Masbou	Honda	23	+10.551	17	6
35	ITA Raffaele De Rosa	Aprilia	23	+10.851	14	5
32	ITA Fabrizio Lai	Honda	23	+11.071	9	4
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	23	+11.133	15	3
63	FRA Mike Di Meglio	Honda	23	+11.629	7	2
6	ESP Joan Olivé	Aprilia	23	+15.048	10	1
19	ESP Álvaro Bautista	Honda	23	+30.883	18
41	ESP Aleix Espargaró	Honda	23	+30.884	19
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Derbi	23	+49.058	25
11	DEU Sandro Cortese	Honda	23	+49.131	16
8	ITA Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	23	+49.170	23
9	JPN Toshihisa Kuzuhara	Honda	23	+50.660	26
43	ESP Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	23	+51.027	27
46	ESP Mateo Túnez	Aprilia	23	+1:07.317	30
42	ITA Gioele Pellino	Malaguti	23	+1:09.832	28
28	ESP Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	23	+1:21.312	24
25	DEU Dario Giuseppetti	Aprilia	23	+1:28.227	34
48	ESP David Bonache	Honda	22	+1 lap	32
69	AUS Blake Leigh-Smith	Honda	21	+2 laps	35
10	ITA Federico Sandi	Honda	18	Retirement	29
81	AUS Tom Hatton	Honda	16	Accident	37
18	ESP Nicolás Terol	Derbi	13	Retirement	20
52	CZE Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	8	Accident	8
60	ESP Julián Simón	KTM	7	Accident	11
45	HUN Imre Tóth	Aprilia	6	Retirement	21
29	ITA Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	3	Retirement	33
15	ITA Michele Pirro	Malaguti	2	Retirement	31
31	DEU Sascha Hommel	Honda	0	Retirement	36
44	CZE Karel Abraham	Aprilia		Did not start
70	AUS Brent Rigoli	Honda		Did not qualify
83	AUS Rhys Moller	Honda		Did not qualify
82	AUS Candice Scott	Honda		Did not qualify

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	331
2	USA Nicky Hayden	170
3	ITA Marco Melandri	170
4	USA Colin Edwards	162
5	ITA Max Biaggi	159

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Yamaha	345
2	JPN Honda	291
3	ITA Ducati	178
4	JPN Kawasaki	115
5	JPN Suzuki	96

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

| Previous_year's_race = 2004 Australian Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 2006 Australian Grand Prix

References

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Mitchell, Malcolm. "2005 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
Mitchell, Malcolm. "Phillip Island Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
(13 June 2017). "2005 Australian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(16 October 2005). "Polini Australian Grand Prix – MotoGP – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"motogp.com · POLINI AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2005".
(16 October 2005). "Polini Australian Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(16 October 2005). "Polini Australian Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(2005). "Standings".

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