# 2005 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2005 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 29 September-1 October 2005 at the Losail International Circuit.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 22 | 43:33.759 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 22 | +1.670 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +5.536 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 22 | +14.737 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 22 | +20.431 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 22 | +31.432 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 22 | +32.983 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 24 | Toni Elías | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 22 | +39.888 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | Alex Barros | Camel Honda | Honda | 22 | +41.792 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 22 | +44.252 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 22 | +48.745 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Team d'Antin Pramac | Ducati | 22 | +1:01.991 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 67 | Shane Byrne | Camel Honda | Honda | 22 | +1:04.805 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 11 | Rubén Xaus | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 22 | +1:13.824 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 77 | James Ellison | Blata WCM | Blata | 22 | +2:08.642 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 27 | Franco Battaini | Blata WCM | Blata | 21 | +1 lap | 19 | |
| 17 | 21 | John Hopkins | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 21 | +1 lap | 12 | |
| Ret | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Konica Minolta Honda | Honda | 17 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 3 | Max Biaggi | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 6 | Retirement | 13 | |
| WD | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | | Withdrew | | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Aprilia | 20 | 41:22.628 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Honda | 20 | +1.566 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 20 | +2.603 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 1 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 20 | +2.659 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 19 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 20 | +4.867 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 73 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 20 | +29.971 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Honda | 20 | +32.708 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 55 | Yuki Takahashi | Honda | 20 | +46.470 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 20 | +46.849 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 44 | Taro Sekiguchi | Aprilia | 20 | +1:01.682 | 18 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | 20 | +1:01.696 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 20 | +1:01.780 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 36 | Martín Cárdenas | Aprilia | 20 | +1:02.795 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 20 | +1:03.952 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 8 | Andrea Ballerini | Aprilia | 20 | +1:04.917 | 14 | 1 |
| 16 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 20 | +1:06.194 | 20 | |
| 17 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Aprilia | 20 | +1:21.004 | 19 | |
| 18 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Honda | 20 | +1:36.546 | 22 | |
| 19 | 56 | Mathieu Gines | Aprilia | 20 | +1:51.045 | 27 | |
| 20 | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 20 | +2:02.105 | 24 | |
| Ret | 63 | Erwan Nigon | Yamaha | 17 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 16 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | 7 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 12 | Retirement | 8 | |
| Ret | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 6 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 5 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 5 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 64 | Radomil Rous | Honda | 5 | Accident | 26 | |
| Ret | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Fantic | 2 | Retirement | 25 | |
| DNS | 14 | Anthony West | KTM | | Did not start | | |
| DNQ | 20 | Gabriele Ferro | Fantic | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | 23 | Nicklas Cajback | Yamaha | | Did not qualify | | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 14 | Gábor Talmácsi | KTM | 18 | 39:23.248 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 18 | +0.017 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 18 | +9.571 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Honda | 18 | +11.815 | 10 | 13 |
| 5 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 18 | +12.169 | 11 | 11 |
| 6 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 18 | +12.303 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 18 | +12.317 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 60 | Julián Simón | KTM | 18 | +12.565 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 18 | +17.571 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Honda | 18 | +19.757 | 5 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 18 | +22.037 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 18 | +24.205 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | Aprilia | 18 | +25.342 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | Honda | 18 | +27.965 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 51 | Enrique Jerez | Derbi | 18 | +37.241 | 24 | 1 |
| 16 | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | Aprilia | 18 | +43.704 | 22 | |
| 17 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Honda | 18 | +44.855 | 21 | |
| 18 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Honda | 18 | +44.870 | 17 | |
| 19 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 18 | +45.521 | 20 | |
| 20 | 7 | Alexis Masbou | Honda | 18 | +49.011 | 15 | |
| 21 | 25 | Dario Giuseppetti | Aprilia | 18 | +50.024 | 27 | |
| 22 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Honda | 18 | +50.059 | 12 | |
| 23 | 42 | Gioele Pellino | Malaguti | 18 | +50.299 | 25 | |
| 24 | 46 | Mateo Túnez | Aprilia | 18 | +56.956 | 28 | |
| 25 | 28 | Jordi Carchano | Aprilia | 18 | +57.020 | 29 | |
| 26 | 10 | Federico Sandi | Honda | 18 | +1:14.927 | 31 | |
| 27 | 9 | Toshihisa Kuzuhara | Honda | 18 | +1:29.137 | 34 | |
| 28 | 44 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 18 | +1:29.158 | 32 | |
| 29 | 45 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 18 | +1:39.784 | 35 | |
| Ret | 15 | Michele Pirro | Malaguti | 15 | Retirement | 30 | |
| Ret | 47 | Ángel Rodríguez | Aprilia | 13 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 6 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Derbi | 3 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 43 | Manuel Hernández | Aprilia | 3 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 31 | Sascha Hommel | Honda | 2 | Retirement | 36 | |
| Ret | 48 | David Bonache | Honda | 1 | 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 fourteen has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 306 |
| 2 | Max Biaggi | 159 |
| 3 | Marco Melandri | 157 |
| 4 | Colin Edwards | 152 |
| 5 | Nicky Hayden | 150 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 320 |
| 2 | Honda | 271 |
| 3 | Ducati | 162 |
| 4 | Kawasaki | 106 |
| 5 | Suzuki | 90 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.