2005 French motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  2005 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 17 races in the 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	15 May 2005
Official name	Grand Prix Alice de France[1]
Location	Bugatti Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.180 km (2.597 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:33.226 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:33.678 on lap 28 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Sete Gibernau Third Colin Edwards
250cc
Pole position Rider Daniel Pedrosa Time 1:37.391 Fastest lap Rider Randy de Puniet Time 1:37.594 on lap 24 Podium First Daniel Pedrosa Second Randy de Puniet Third Andrea Dovizioso
125cc
Pole position Rider Thomas Lüthi Time 1:43.405 Fastest lap Rider Mika Kallio Time 1:43.373 on lap 24 Podium First Thomas Lüthi Second Sergio Gadea Third Mika Kallio

MotoGP classification

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	Valentino Rossi	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	44:12.223	1	25
2	15	Sete Gibernau	Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	28	+0.382	4	20
3	5	Colin Edwards	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+5.711	2	16
4	33	Marco Melandri	Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	28	+7.276	3	13
5	3	Max Biaggi	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+7.703	8	11
6	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+21.770	5	10
7	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	28	+24.664	10	9
8	56	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	28	+35.940	6	8
9	24	Toni Elías	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+38.062	12	7
10	12	Troy Bayliss	Camel Honda	Honda	28	+52.607	15	6
11	19	Olivier Jacque	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	28	+53.302	13	5
12	11	Rubén Xaus	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+1:00.342	16	4
13	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	28	+1:00.514	14	3
14	16	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Konica Minolta Honda	Honda	28	+1:17.993	19	2
15	44	Roberto Rolfo	Team d'Antin Pramac	Ducati	28	+1:32.233	18	1
16	21	John Hopkins	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	27	+1 lap	7
17	27	Franco Battaini	Blata WCM	Blata	27	+1 lap	21
Ret	4	Alex Barros	Camel Honda	Honda	12	Accident	11
Ret	77	James Ellison	Blata WCM	Blata	2	Accident	20
Ret	67	Shane Byrne	Team Roberts	Proton KR	0	Accident	17
Ret	7	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

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

125 cc classification

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

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 95 2 Marco Melandri 58 3 Sete Gibernau 53 4 Max Biaggi 47 5 Alex Barros 43

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 95 2 Honda 81 3 Kawasaki 47 4 Ducati 30 5 Suzuki 18

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