# 2005 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2005 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 21–23 October 2005 at the Istanbul Park circuit.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 22 | 41:44.139 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 22 | +1.513 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +6.873 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 22 | +12.420 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 22 | +26.963 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 24 | Toni Elías | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 22 | +29.105 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 22 | +29.255 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Konica Minolta Honda | Honda | 22 | +33.345 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | Alex Barros | Camel Honda | Honda | 22 | +33.790 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 22 | +44.225 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 17 | Chris Vermeulen | Camel Honda | Honda | 22 | +46.099 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +50.184 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 22 | +56.766 | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 11 | Rubén Xaus | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 22 | +1:01.360 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 21 | John Hopkins | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 22 | +1:03.391 | 14 | 1 |
| 16 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Team d'Antin Pramac | Ducati | 22 | +1:17.654 | 17 | |
| 17 | 27 | Franco Battaini | Blata WCM | Blata | 21 | +1 lap | 19 | |
| 18 | 77 | James Ellison | Blata WCM | Blata | 21 | +1 lap | 18 | |
| DSQ | 23 | Shinichi Ito | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 6 | Black flag | 15 | |
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## 250cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Aprilia | 20 | 39:28.243 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 20 | +0.093 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 73 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 20 | +11.647 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Honda | 20 | +21.861 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 20 | +21.940 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Honda | 20 | +22.258 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 20 | +43.755 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 20 | +44.105 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 20 | +48.918 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 20 | +54.376 | 17 | 6 |
| 11 | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 20 | +54.651 | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | 20 | +59.791 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 8 | Andrea Ballerini | Aprilia | 20 | +1:00.082 | 22 | 3 |
| 14 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 20 | +1:00.225 | 23 | 2 |
| 15 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 20 | +1:00.338 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Honda | 20 | +1:28.084 | 21 | |
| 17 | 56 | Mathieu Gines | Aprilia | 20 | +1:34.665 | 25 | |
| 18 | 33 | Arturo Tizón | Honda | 20 | +1:45.487 | 24 | |
| 19 | 63 | Erwan Nigon | Yamaha | 19 | +1 lap | 26 | |
| 20 | 61 | Li Zheng Peng | Aprilia | 19 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| 21 | 23 | Nicklas Cajback | Yamaha | 19 | +1 lap | 30 | |
| Ret | 55 | Yuki Takahashi | Honda | 19 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Fantic | 11 | Retirement | 27 | |
| Ret | 60 | Wang Zhu | Aprilia | 11 | Accident | 29 | |
| Ret | 24 | Simone Corsi | Aprilia | 9 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 36 | Martín Cárdenas | Aprilia | 4 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 44 | Taro Sekiguchi | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 2 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 19 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 7 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 10 | |
| DNQ | 20 | Gabriele Ferro | Fantic | | Did not qualify | | |
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## 125cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Honda | 19 | 39:50.377 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 19 | +0.105 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | Honda | 19 | +0.156 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 14 | Gábor Talmácsi | KTM | 19 | +0.271 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 19 | +0.417 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 19 | +5.752 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Honda | 19 | +6.148 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 47 | Ángel Rodríguez | Aprilia | 19 | +6.294 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 19 | +6.611 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 19 | +17.119 | 21 | 6 |
| 11 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 19 | +17.554 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Honda | 19 | +21.232 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Derbi | 19 | +21.466 | 10 | 3 |
| 14 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Honda | 19 | +42.207 | 25 | 2 |
| 15 | 25 | Dario Giuseppetti | Aprilia | 19 | +42.798 | 26 | 1 |
| 16 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Derbi | 19 | +47.875 | 19 | |
| 17 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Honda | 19 | +47.915 | 23 | |
| 18 | 44 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 19 | +48.240 | 22 | |
| 19 | 28 | Jordi Carchano | Aprilia | 19 | +48.367 | 24 | |
| 20 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 19 | +48.693 | 20 | |
| 21 | 46 | Mateo Túnez | Aprilia | 19 | +48.940 | 32 | |
| 22 | 89 | Jules Cluzel | Malaguti | 19 | +1:07.174 | 28 | |
| 23 | 42 | Gioele Pellino | Malaguti | 19 | +1:07.453 | 33 | |
| 24 | 45 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 19 | +1:12.930 | 27 | |
| 25 | 43 | Manuel Hernández | Honda | 19 | +1:13.742 | 30 | |
| 26 | 31 | Sascha Hommel | Honda | 19 | +1:36.276 | 35 | |
| Ret | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 18 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 7 | Alexis Masbou | Honda | 14 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 10 | Federico Sandi | Honda | 12 | Retirement | 29 | |
| Ret | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | Aprilia | 8 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 48 | David Bonache | Honda | 5 | Accident | 34 | |
| Ret | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 3 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 3 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 49 | Daniel Sáez | Aprilia | 1 | Retirement | 31 | |
| Ret | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 12 | |
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## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 351 |
| 2 | Marco Melandri | 195 |
| 3 | Nicky Hayden | 186 |
| 4 | Colin Edwards | 171 |
| 5 | Max Biaggi | 163 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 365 |
| 2 | Honda | 316 |
| 3 | Ducati | 189 |
| 4 | Kawasaki | 121 |
| 5 | Suzuki | 97 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.