# 2005 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2005 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 September 2005 at the Sepang International Circuit.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 21 | 43:27.523 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 21 | +1.999 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 21 | +2.069 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 21 | +9.227 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 21 | +15.886 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 21 | +16.826 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 21 | +17.249 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | Alex Barros | Camel Honda | Honda | 21 | +18.221 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 21 | John Hopkins | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 21 | +20.125 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 21 | +22.275 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 24 | Toni Elías | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 21 | +29.856 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Konica Minolta Honda | Honda | 21 | +51.672 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Team d'Antin Pramac | Ducati | 21 | +1:05.365 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 67 | Shane Byrne | Camel Honda | Honda | 21 | +1:19.106 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 11 | Rubén Xaus | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 21 | +1:19.356 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 27 | Franco Battaini | Blata WCM | Blata | 21 | +1:55.882 | 19 | |
| Ret | 77 | James Ellison | Blata WCM | Blata | 17 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 4 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 1 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 1 | Accident | 2 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Aprilia | 20 | 43:23.138 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 20 | +3.133 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 19 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 20 | +4.111 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 7 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 20 | +7.569 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 73 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 20 | +10.109 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Honda | 20 | +26.123 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 55 | Yuki Takahashi | Honda | 20 | +27.301 | 18 | 9 |
| 8 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 20 | +28.006 | 14 | 8 |
| 9 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 20 | +59.478 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 44 | Taro Sekiguchi | Aprilia | 20 | +59.579 | 23 | 6 |
| 11 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Honda | 20 | +1:01.437 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 20 | +1:04.004 | 20 | 4 |
| 13 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 20 | +1:04.803 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 20 | +1:12.500 | 22 | 2 |
| 15 | 36 | Martín Cárdenas | Aprilia | 20 | +1:21.073 | 24 | 1 |
| 16 | 63 | Erwan Nigon | Yamaha | 20 | +1:31.925 | 25 | |
| 17 | 56 | Mathieu Gines | Aprilia | 20 | +1:51.975 | 26 | |
| 18 | 23 | Nicklas Cajback | Yamaha | 19 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| 19 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 19 | +1 lap | 13 | |
| Ret | 24 | Simone Corsi | Aprilia | 7 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 7 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 14 | Anthony West | KTM | 5 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | 1 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 1 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 8 | Andrea Ballerini | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Fantic | 1 | Retirement | 27 | |
| Ret | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 0 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | 0 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 64 | Radomil Rous | Honda | 0 | Accident | 16 | |
| DNQ | 20 | Gabriele Ferro | Fantic | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | 60 | Wang Zhu | Aprilia | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | 61 | Li Zheng Peng | Aprilia | | Did not qualify | | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 19 | 43:02.214 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 19 | +0.002 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 19 | +9.684 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 19 | +9.709 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 14 | Gábor Talmácsi | KTM | 19 | +9.892 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 60 | Julián Simón | KTM | 19 | +11.936 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Honda | 19 | +19.632 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 19 | +19.755 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 19 | +19.967 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | Honda | 19 | +20.071 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Honda | 19 | +20.158 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Derbi | 19 | +20.427 | 6 | 4 |
| 13 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 19 | +21.178 | 23 | 3 |
| 14 | 7 | Alexis Masbou | Honda | 19 | +24.199 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Honda | 19 | +24.266 | 14 | 1 |
| 16 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 19 | +24.481 | 18 | |
| 17 | 6 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 19 | +24.615 | 12 | |
| 18 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 19 | +48.038 | 24 | |
| 19 | 51 | Enrique Jerez | Derbi | 19 | +48.157 | 17 | |
| 20 | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | Aprilia | 19 | +49.093 | 19 | |
| 21 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Honda | 19 | +49.207 | 22 | |
| 22 | 45 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 19 | +1:02.994 | 26 | |
| 23 | 25 | Dario Giuseppetti | Aprilia | 19 | +1:03.000 | 25 | |
| 24 | 43 | Manuel Hernández | Aprilia | 19 | +1:03.756 | 21 | |
| 25 | 46 | Mateo Túnez | Aprilia | 19 | +1:11.588 | 31 | |
| 26 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Honda | 19 | +1:20.152 | 20 | |
| 27 | 48 | David Bonache | Honda | 19 | +1:23.094 | 29 | |
| 28 | 28 | Jordi Carchano | Aprilia | 19 | +1:32.733 | 28 | |
| 29 | 38 | Cheung Wai On | Honda | 19 | +1:47.362 | 37 | |
| 30 | 31 | Sascha Hommel | Malaguti | 19 | +1:47.672 | 35 | |
| 31 | 72 | Doni Tata Pradita | Yamaha | 19 | +2:20.854 | 36 | |
| Ret | 9 | Toshihisa Kuzuhara | Honda | 17 | Accident | 27 | |
| Ret | 15 | Michele Pirro | Malaguti | 4 | Accident | 30 | |
| Ret | 10 | Federico Sandi | Honda | 0 | Accident | 34 | |
| Ret | 26 | Vincent Braillard | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 32 | |
| Ret | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 44 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 33 | |
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## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round thirteen has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 281 |
| 2 | Max Biaggi | 159 |
| 3 | Loris Capirossi | 142 |
| 4 | Colin Edwards | 139 |
| 5 | Marco Melandri | 137 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 295 |
| 2 | Honda | 251 |
| 3 | Ducati | 152 |
| 4 | Kawasaki | 97 |
| 5 | Suzuki | 85 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.