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2005 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Japanese
flag	Japan
Official Name	Grand Prix of Japan
Location	Twin Ring Motegi
Course_mi	2.983
Course_km	4.801
Race_No	12
Season_No	17
Date	18 September
Year	2005
Image	Twin Ring Motegi map-2.svg
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Loris Capirossi
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:46.363
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Loris Capirossi
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:47.968 on lap 3
First_Rider_MotoGP	Loris Capirossi
First_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_MotoGP	Max Biaggi
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_MotoGP	Makoto Tamada
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Japan
Pole_Rider_250	Hiroshi Aoyama
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Pole_Time_250	1:51.843
Fast_Rider_250	Daniel Pedrosa
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Fast_Time_250	1:53.199 on lap 14
First_Rider_250	Hiroshi Aoyama
First_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_250	Daniel Pedrosa
Second_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Third_Rider_250	Casey Stoner
Third_Rider_250_Country	Australia
Pole_Rider_125	Gábor Talmácsi
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Hungary
Pole_Time_125	1:58.653
Fast_Rider_125	Mateo Túnez
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Fast_Time_125	1:59.018 on lap 7
First_Rider_125	Mika Kallio
First_Rider_125_Country	Finland
Second_Rider_125	Thomas Lüthi
Second_Rider_125_Country	Switzerland
Third_Rider_125	Héctor Faubel
Third_Rider_125_Country	Spain

The 2005 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 September 2005 at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit. In the 250cc class Jorge Lorenzo was handed a 1 race ban for riding in a irresponsible manner.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	24	43:30.499	1	25
3	ITA Max Biaggi	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+1.479	5	20
6	JPN Makoto Tamada	Konica Minolta Honda	Honda	24	+16.227	4	16
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	24	+22.148	9	13
21	USA John Hopkins	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	24	+33.212	2	11
5	USA Colin Edwards	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	24	+34.915	13	10
69	USA Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+45.894	6	9
10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	24	+56.498	8	8
24	ESP Toni Elías	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	24	+1:12.037	17	7
11	ESP Rubén Xaus	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	24	+1:34.927	19	6
27	ITA Franco Battaini	Blata WCM	Blata	23	+1 lap	20	5
33	ITA Marco Melandri	Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	12	Accident	3
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	12	Accident	11
4	BRA Alex Barros	Camel Honda	Honda	12	Accident	10
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	11	Accident	7
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	8	Retirement	14
72	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Camel Honda	Honda	4	Retirement	15
44	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Team d'Antin Pramac	Ducati	2	Accident	16
66	DEU Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	2	Accident	12
45	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Moriwaki Racing	Moriwaki	0	Retirement	18
77	GBR James Ellison	Blata WCM	Blata		Did not start

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
73	JPN Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	23	43:52.454	1	25
1	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	23	+5.313	7	20
27	AUS Casey Stoner	Aprilia	23	+7.781	9	16
55	JPN Yuki Takahashi	Honda	23	+10.222	6	13
7	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	23	+10.763	8	11
34	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	23	+11.054	5	10
5	SMR Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	23	+19.199	4	9
80	ESP Héctor Barberá	Honda	23	+24.665	13	8
6	ESP Alex Debón	Honda	23	+37.683	16	7
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	23	+38.122	11	6
24	ITA Simone Corsi	Aprilia	23	+38.194	24	5
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	23	+53.211	15	4
32	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	23	+56.364	21	3
25	ITA Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	23	+1:08.640	27	2
64	CZE Radomil Rous	Honda	23	+1:09.205	22	1
93	JPN Kouki Takahashi	Honda	23	+1:17.982	28
36	COL Martín Cárdenas	Aprilia	23	+1:25.096	29
28	DEU Dirk Heidolf	Honda	23	+1:26.088	20
77	JPN Mamoru Akiya	Yamaha	23	+1:33.286	30
79	JPN Masaki Tokudome	Yamaha	23	+1:35.598	25
56	FRA Mathieu Gines	Aprilia	23	+1:37.552	32
48	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	22	Accident	2
44	JPN Taro Sekiguchi	Aprilia	21	Retirement	12
19	ARG Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	10	Accident	10
8	ITA Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	10	Retirement	26
57	GBR Chaz Davies	Aprilia	5	Accident	23
75	JPN Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	2	Accident	3
14	AUS Anthony West	KTM	2	Accident	14
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	0	Accident	17
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Fantic	0	Accident	31
78	JPN Ryuji Yokoe	Yamaha	0	Accident	18
96	CZE Jakub Smrž	Honda	0	Accident	19
23	SWE Nicklas Cajback	Yamaha		Did not qualify
20	ITA Gabriele Ferro	Fantic		Did not qualify
22	BGR Alexander Todorov	Yamaha		Did not qualify

125 cc classification

The race, scheduled to be run for 21 laps, was stopped after 15 full laps due to an accident and did not restart as two thirds of the race distance had been completed.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
36	FIN Mika Kallio	KTM	15	30:10.854	5	25
12	CHE Thomas Lüthi	Honda	15	+0.111	7	20
55	ESP Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	15	+1.517	6	16
71	JPN Tomoyoshi Koyama	Honda	15	+2.349	2	13
75	ITA Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	15	+2.406	3	11
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	15	+2.619	8	10
33	ESP Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	15	+2.761	10	9
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Derbi	15	+2.961	13	8
19	ESP Álvaro Bautista	Honda	15	+3.720	9	7
32	ITA Fabrizio Lai	Honda	15	+9.936	14	6
63	FRA Mike Di Meglio	Honda	15	+14.546	12	5
41	ESP Aleix Espargaró	Honda	15	+14.693	24	4
29	ITA Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	15	+15.699	19	3
9	JPN Toshihisa Kuzuhara	Honda	15	+20.833	20	2
51	ESP Enrique Jerez	Derbi	15	+22.562	17	1
35	ITA Raffaele De Rosa	Aprilia	15	+24.038	22
8	ITA Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	15	+25.907	18
6	ESP Joan Olivé	Aprilia	15	+27.014	27
43	ESP Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	15	+27.502	26
7	FRA Alexis Masbou	Honda	15	+27.548	21
45	HUN Imre Tóth	Aprilia	15	+47.987	25
68	JPN Hiroaki Kuzuhara	Honda	15	+48.337	31
10	ITA Federico Sandi	Honda	15	+48.524	34
64	JPN Yuki Hamamoto	Honda	15	+51.086	32
20	JPN Takumi Takahashi	Honda	15	+53.530	29
66	JPN Arata Mori	Honda	15	+53.610	33
26	CHE Vincent Braillard	Aprilia	15	+54.652	38
44	CZE Karel Abraham	Aprilia	15	+55.454	30
67	JPN Kazuki Hanafusa	Honda	15	+1:03.564	41
28	ESP Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	13	+2 laps	36
14	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	KTM	13	Accident	1
52	CZE Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	13	Retirement	23
25	DEU Dario Giuseppetti	Aprilia	12	Retirement	28
58	ITA Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	9	Accident	4
31	DEU Sascha Hommel	Malaguti	9	Accident	40
46	ESP Mateo Túnez	Aprilia	7	Accident	15
65	JPN Hiroomi Iwata	Honda	6	Retirement	35
15	ITA Michele Pirro	Malaguti	5	Accident	37
11	DEU Sandro Cortese	Honda	3	Accident	16
48	ESP David Bonache	Honda	0	Retirement	39
60	ESP Julián Simón	KTM	0	Accident	11

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	261
2	ITA Max Biaggi	149
3	USA Colin Edwards	133
4	ITA Marco Melandri	126
5	USA Nicky Hayden	121

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Yamaha	275
2	JPN Honda	238
3	ITA Ducati	127
4	JPN Kawasaki	97
5	JPN Suzuki	76

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

References

| Previous_year's_race = 2004 Japanese Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 2006 Japanese 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. "Twin Ring Motegi - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
(13 June 2017). "2005 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(18 September 2005). "Grand Prix of Japan – MotoGP – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
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(18 September 2005). "Grand Prix of Japan – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(18 September 2005). "Grand Prix of Japan – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(2005). "Standings".

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