# 2005 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2005 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 13–15 October 2005 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. It was also the final victory for Valentino Rossi at Phillip Island until the 2014 event.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 27 | 41:08.542 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 27 | +1.007 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 27 | +4.215 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 27 | +4.232 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 27 | +14.088 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 27 | +33.200 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 27 | +45.055 | 10 | 9 |
| 8 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Konica Minolta Honda | Honda | 27 | +45.103 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 24 | Toni Elías | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 27 | +45.104 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 21 | John Hopkins | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 27 | +50.260 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 17 | Chris Vermeulen | Camel Honda | Honda | 27 | +50.697 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 11 | Rubén Xaus | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 27 | +1:08.324 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Team d'Antin Pramac | Ducati | 27 | +1:31.737 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 77 | James Ellison | Blata WCM | Blata | 26 | +1 lap | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 27 | Franco Battaini | Blata WCM | Blata | 26 | +1 lap | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 25 | +2 laps | 13 | |
| Ret | 4 | Alex Barros | Camel Honda | Honda | 22 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 3 | Max Biaggi | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 0 | Accident | 6 | |
| WD | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | | Withdrew | | |
| WD | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | | Withdrew | | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 25 | 39:18.195 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | 19 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 25 | +0.027 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Honda | 25 | +8.674 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Honda | 25 | +24.838 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 25 | +24.868 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 73 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 25 | +24.872 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 7 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 25 | +37.274 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 25 | +47.013 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | 25 | +56.602 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 25 | +56.747 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 25 | +1:09.126 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Honda | 25 | +1:09.796 | 21 | 4 |
| 13 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 25 | +1:09.830 | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 25 | +1:14.472 | 12 | 2 |
| 15 | 8 | Andrea Ballerini | Aprilia | 25 | +1:14.497 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Aprilia | 25 | +1:14.771 | 16 | |
| 17 | 36 | Martín Cárdenas | Aprilia | 25 | +1:22.080 | 23 | |
| 18 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 24 | +1 lap | 22 | |
| 19 | 33 | Arturo Tizón | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| 20 | 56 | Mathieu Gines | Aprilia | 24 | +1 lap | 27 | |
| Ret | 44 | Taro Sekiguchi | Aprilia | 24 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 17 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Fantic | 12 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 55 | Yuki Takahashi | Honda | 10 | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | 63 | Erwan Nigon | Yamaha | 6 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 27 | Casey Stoner | Aprilia | 4 | Retirement | 1 | |
| Ret | 5 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 3 | Accident | 3 | |
| DNQ | 82 | Mick Kelly | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | 23 | Nicklas Cajback | Yamaha | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | 81 | Mark Rowling | Yamaha | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | 20 | Gabriele Ferro | Fantic | | Did not qualify | | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 23 | 38:00.352 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | Honda | 23 | +2.663 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 23 | +2.665 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 23 | +2.673 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 23 | +2.860 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 23 | +2.945 | 13 | 10 |
| 7 | 14 | Gábor Talmácsi | KTM | 23 | +2.950 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 47 | Ángel Rodríguez | Aprilia | 23 | +3.386 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 23 | +10.546 | 22 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | Alexis Masbou | Honda | 23 | +10.551 | 17 | 6 |
| 11 | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | Aprilia | 23 | +10.851 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Honda | 23 | +11.071 | 9 | 4 |
| 13 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 23 | +11.133 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Honda | 23 | +11.629 | 7 | 2 |
| 15 | 6 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 23 | +15.048 | 10 | 1 |
| 16 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Honda | 23 | +30.883 | 18 | |
| 17 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Honda | 23 | +30.884 | 19 | |
| 18 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 23 | +49.058 | 25 | |
| 19 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Honda | 23 | +49.131 | 16 | |
| 20 | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | Aprilia | 23 | +49.170 | 23 | |
| 21 | 9 | Toshihisa Kuzuhara | Honda | 23 | +50.660 | 26 | |
| 22 | 43 | Manuel Hernández | Aprilia | 23 | +51.027 | 27 | |
| 23 | 46 | Mateo Túnez | Aprilia | 23 | +1:07.317 | 30 | |
| 24 | 42 | Gioele Pellino | Malaguti | 23 | +1:09.832 | 28 | |
| 25 | 28 | Jordi Carchano | Aprilia | 23 | +1:21.312 | 24 | |
| 26 | 25 | Dario Giuseppetti | Aprilia | 23 | +1:28.227 | 34 | |
| 27 | 48 | David Bonache | Honda | 22 | +1 lap | 32 | |
| 28 | 69 | Blake Leigh-Smith | Honda | 21 | +2 laps | 35 | |
| Ret | 10 | Federico Sandi | Honda | 18 | Retirement | 29 | |
| Ret | 81 | Tom Hatton | Honda | 16 | Accident | 37 | |
| Ret | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Derbi | 13 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Derbi | 8 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 60 | Julián Simón | KTM | 7 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 45 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 6 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 3 | Retirement | 33 | |
| Ret | 15 | Michele Pirro | Malaguti | 2 | Retirement | 31 | |
| Ret | 31 | Sascha Hommel | Honda | 0 | Retirement | 36 | |
| DNS | 44 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | | Did not start | | |
| DNQ | 70 | Brent Rigoli | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | 83 | Rhys Moller | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | 82 | Candice Scott | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
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## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 331 |
| 2 | Nicky Hayden | 170 |
| 3 | Marco Melandri | 170 |
| 4 | Colin Edwards | 162 |
| 5 | Max Biaggi | 159 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 345 |
| 2 | Honda | 291 |
| 3 | Ducati | 178 |
| 4 | Kawasaki | 115 |
| 5 | Suzuki | 96 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.