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2005 French motorcycle Grand Prix

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France  2005 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 4 of 17 races in the
2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date15 May 2005
Official nameGrand Prix Alice de France[1]
LocationBugatti Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.180 km (2.597 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:33.226
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:33.678 on lap 28
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Spain Sete Gibernau
Third United States Colin Edwards
250cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Daniel Pedrosa
Time 1:37.391
Fastest lap
Rider France Randy de Puniet
Time 1:37.594 on lap 24
Podium
First Spain Daniel Pedrosa
Second France Randy de Puniet
Third Italy Andrea Dovizioso
125cc
Pole position
Rider Switzerland Thomas Lüthi
Time 1:43.405
Fastest lap
Rider Finland Mika Kallio
Time 1:43.373 on lap 24
Podium
First Switzerland Thomas Lüthi
Second Spain Sergio Gadea
Third Finland Mika Kallio

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

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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.[2]

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 44:12.223 1 25
2 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 28 +0.382 4 20
3 5 United States Colin Edwards Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +5.711 2 16
4 33 Italy Marco Melandri Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 28 +7.276 3 13
5 3 Italy Max Biaggi Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +7.703 8 11
6 69 United States Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +21.770 5 10
7 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 28 +24.664 10 9
8 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 28 +35.940 6 8
9 24 Spain Toni Elías Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +38.062 12 7
10 12 Australia Troy Bayliss Camel Honda Honda 28 +52.607 15 6
11 19 France Olivier Jacque Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 28 +53.302 13 5
12 11 Spain Rubén Xaus Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +1:00.342 16 4
13 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 28 +1:00.514 14 3
14 16 Netherlands Jurgen vd Goorbergh Konica Minolta Honda Honda 28 +1:17.993 19 2
15 44 Italy Roberto Rolfo Team d'Antin Pramac Ducati 28 +1:32.233 18 1
16 21 United States John Hopkins Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 27 +1 lap 7
17 27 Italy Franco Battaini Blata WCM Blata 27 +1 lap 21
Ret 4 Brazil Alex Barros Camel Honda Honda 12 Accident 11
Ret 77 United Kingdom James Ellison Blata WCM Blata 2 Accident 20
Ret 67 United Kingdom Shane Byrne Team Roberts Proton KR 0 Accident 17
Ret 7 Spain Carlos Checa Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 0 Accident 9
Sources: [3][4][5]
Dani Pedrosa in his pit box. He went on to win the 250cc race.

250 cc classification

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

125 cc classification

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

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.[8]

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

References

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  1. ^ "2005 French MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Tamada pulls out of French GP - Jurgen returns". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 13 May 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  3. ^ "2005 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Grand Prix Alice de France – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 15 May 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  5. ^ "motogp.com · GRAND PRIX ALICE DE FRANCE · MotoGP Race Classification 2005". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Grand Prix Alice de France – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 15 May 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Grand Prix Alice de France – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 15 May 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2005. Retrieved 2019-08-22.


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