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  2005 Turkey Grand Prix

Race details
Race 16 of 17 races in the 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	23 October 2005
Official name	Grand Prix of Turkey
Location	Istanbul Park
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.338 km (3.317 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Sete Gibernau Time 1:52.334 Fastest lap Rider Marco Melandri Time 1:53.111 on lap 17 Podium First Marco Melandri Second Valentino Rossi Third Nicky Hayden
250cc
Pole position Rider Alex de Angelis Time 1:56.930 Fastest lap Rider Daniel Pedrosa Time 1:57.595 on lap 13 Podium First Casey Stoner Second Daniel Pedrosa Third Hiroshi Aoyama
125cc
Pole position Rider Thomas Lüthi Time 2:03.585 Fastest lap Rider Thomas Lüthi Time 2:04.428 on lap 5 Podium First Mike Di Meglio Second Mattia Pasini Third Tomoyoshi Koyama

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
Sources:

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
Source:

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
Source:

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 351 2 Marco Melandri 195 3 Nicky Hayden 186 4 Colin Edwards 171 5 Max Biaggi 163

Constructors' Championship standings 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.

References

1. "2005 Turkish MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
2. "2005 Turkish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
3. "Grand Prix of Turkey – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 October 2005. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
4. "GRAND PRIX OF TURKEY · MotoGP Race Classification 2005". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
5. "Grand Prix of Turkey – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 October 2005. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
6. "Grand Prix of Turkey – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 October 2005. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
7. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2005. Retrieved 2019-08-22.

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