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2005 French motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	French
flag	France
Official Name	Grand Prix Alice de France
Location	Bugatti Circuit
Course_mi	2.597
Course_km	4.180
Race_No	4
Season_No	17
Date	15 May
Year	2005
Image	Bugatti Circuit.svg
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:33.226
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:33.678 on lap 28
First_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
First_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_MotoGP	Sete Gibernau
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Spain
Third_Rider_MotoGP	Colin Edwards
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	USA
Pole_Rider_250	Daniel Pedrosa
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Pole_Time_250	1:37.391
Fast_Rider_250	Randy de Puniet
Fast_Rider_250_Country	France
Fast_Time_250	1:37.594 on lap 24
First_Rider_250	Daniel Pedrosa
First_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Second_Rider_250	Randy de Puniet
Second_Rider_250_Country	France
Third_Rider_250	Andrea Dovizioso
Third_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_125	Thomas Lüthi
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Switzerland
Pole_Time_125	1:43.405
Fast_Rider_125	Mika Kallio
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Finland
Fast_Time_125	1:43.373 on lap 24
First_Rider_125	Thomas Lüthi
First_Rider_125_Country	Switzerland
Second_Rider_125	Sergio Gadea
Second_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Third_Rider_125	Mika Kallio
Third_Rider_125_Country	Finland

The 2005 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 13–15 May 2005 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans, France.

MotoGP classification

Makoto Tamada was replaced by Jurgen van den Goorbergh after the first practice session due to a wrist injury he had sustained at the Portuguese Grand Prix.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	44:12.223	1	25
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	28	+0.382	4	20
5	USA Colin Edwards	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+5.711	2	16
33	ITA Marco Melandri	Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	28	+7.276	3	13
3	ITA Max Biaggi	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+7.703	8	11
69	USA Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+21.770	5	10
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	28	+24.664	10	9
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	28	+35.940	6	8
24	ESP Toni Elías	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+38.062	12	7
12	AUS Troy Bayliss	Camel Honda	Honda	28	+52.607	15	6
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	28	+53.302	13	5
11	ESP Rubén Xaus	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+1:00.342	16	4
10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	28	+1:00.514	14	3
16	NLD Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Konica Minolta Honda	Honda	28	+1:17.993	19	2
44	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Team d'Antin Pramac	Ducati	28	+1:32.233	18	1
21	USA John Hopkins	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	27	+1 lap	7
27	ITA Franco Battaini	Blata WCM	Blata	27	+1 lap	21
4	BRA Alex Barros	Camel Honda	Honda	12	Accident	11
77	GBR James Ellison	Blata WCM	Blata	2	Accident	20
67	GBR Shane Byrne	Team Roberts	Proton KR	0	Accident	17
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	0	Accident	9

Dani Pedrosa in his pit box. He went on to win the 250cc race.

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	26	42:55.152	1	25
7	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	26	+0.251	6	20
34	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	26	+1.554	5	16
27	AUS Casey Stoner	Aprilia	26	+4.230	2	13
48	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	26	+6.027	3	11
73	JPN Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	26	+23.969	10	10
80	ESP Héctor Barberá	Honda	26	+30.667	9	9
6	ESP Alex Debón	Honda	26	+32.039	15	8
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	26	+32.452	8	7
55	JPN Yuki Takahashi	Honda	26	+37.772	13	6
24	ITA Simone Corsi	Aprilia	26	+49.285	17	5
57	GBR Chaz Davies	Aprilia	26	+49.509	11	4
25	ITA Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	26	+49.530	19	3
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	26	+49.771	16	2
8	ITA Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	26	+49.895	14	1
96	CZE Jakub Smrž	Honda	26	+1:02.122	12
32	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	26	+1:02.612	18
14	AUS Anthony West	Aprilia	26	+1:17.358	25
38	FRA Grégory Leblanc	Aprilia	26	+1:17.502	22
63	FRA Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	26	+1:18.382	21
64	CZE Radomil Rous	Honda	26	+1:22.698	24
12	HUN Gábor Rizmayer	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	26
19	ARG Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	13	Retirement	4
5	SMR Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	7	Accident	7
18	SWE Fredrik Watz	Yamaha	6	Retirement	27
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	0	Accident	20
28	DEU Dirk Heidolf	Honda	0	Accident	23
9	FRA Hugo Marchand	Aprilia		Did not start
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Fantic		Did not qualify
65	FRA Samuel Aubry	Honda		Did not qualify
20	ITA Gabriele Ferro	Fantic		Did not qualify
47	FRA Marc-Antoine Scaccia	Yamaha		Did not qualify
61	CHN Li Zheng Peng	Aprilia		Did not qualify

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
12	CHE Thomas Lüthi	Honda	24	41:52.772	1	25
33	ESP Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	24	+3.080	10	20
36	FIN Mika Kallio	KTM	24	+3.263	2	16
63	FRA Mike Di Meglio	Honda	24	+4.237	9	13
58	ITA Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	24	+4.311	5	11
14	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	KTM	24	+4.882	4	10
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Derbi	24	+25.823	12	9
60	ESP Julián Simón	KTM	24	+26.349	8	8
45	HUN Imre Tóth	Aprilia	24	+31.611	18	7
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	24	+32.853	15	6
8	ITA Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	24	+33.270	21	5
41	ESP Aleix Espargaró	Honda	24	+40.620	23	4
25	DEU Dario Giuseppetti	Aprilia	24	+43.477	25	3
43	ESP Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	24	+45.390	16	2
11	DEU Sandro Cortese	Honda	24	+53.924	19	1
84	ESP Julián Miralles	Aprilia	24	+56.940	22
42	ITA Gioele Pellino	Malaguti	24	+1:01.388	38
88	FRA Matthieu Lussiana	Honda	24	+1:07.555	31
10	ITA Federico Sandi	Honda	24	+1:07.750	28
35	ITA Raffaele De Rosa	Aprilia	24	+1:08.159	29
44	CZE Karel Abraham	Aprilia	24	+1:09.907	36
18	ESP Nicolás Terol	Derbi	24	+1:11.161	32
29	ITA Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	24	+1:16.897	33
16	NLD Raymond Schouten	Honda	24	+1:17.642	35
32	ITA Fabrizio Lai	Honda	18	Retirement	7
7	FRA Alexis Masbou	Honda	16	Accident	11
74	FRA Mathieu Gines	Honda	16	Retirement	30
71	JPN Tomoyoshi Koyama	Honda	15	Retirement	14
89	FRA Jules Cluzel	Honda	15	Accident	24
28	ESP Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	11	Accident	27
15	ITA Michele Pirro	Malaguti	11	Accident	34
26	CHE Vincent Braillard	Aprilia	11	Accident	26
90	FRA Alexis Michel	Honda	10	Accident	39
19	ESP Álvaro Bautista	Honda	9	Accident	17
55	ESP Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	7	Retirement	3
52	CZE Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	6	Accident	6
6	ESP Joan Olivé	Aprilia	6	Retirement	13
47	ESP Ángel Rodríguez	Honda	4	Retirement	20
73	FRA Yannick Deschamps	Honda	0	Did not start	37
75	ITA Mattia Pasini	Aprilia		Did not start
9	JPN Toshihisa Kuzuhara	Honda		Did not start

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	95
2	ITA Marco Melandri	58
3	SPA Sete Gibernau	53
4	ITA Max Biaggi	47
5	BRA Alex Barros	43

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Yamaha	95
2	JPN Honda	81
3	JPN Kawasaki	47
4	ITA Ducati	30
5	JPN Suzuki	18

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

References

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

References

(13 June 2017). "2005 French MotoGP".
(13 May 2005). "Tamada pulls out of French GP - Jurgen returns.". Crash Media Group.
(13 June 2017). "2005 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(15 May 2005). "Grand Prix Alice de France – MotoGP – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"motogp.com · GRAND PRIX ALICE DE FRANCE · MotoGP Race Classification 2005".
(15 May 2005). "Grand Prix Alice de France – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(15 May 2005). "Grand Prix Alice de France – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(2005). "Standings".

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