2005 French motorcycle Grand Prix

  2005 Franch Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 17 races in the 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	15 May 2005
Location	Le Mans 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
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Sete Gibernau
Third	Colin Edwards
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	1:37.391
Fastest lap
Rider	Randy de Puniet
Time	1:37.594
Podium
First	Dani Pedrosa
Second	Randy de Puniet
Third	Andrea Dovizioso
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Thomas Lüthi
Time	1:43.405
Fastest lap
Rider	Mika Kallio
Time	1:43.373
Podium
First	Thomas Lüthi
Second	Sergio Gadea
Third	Mika Kallio

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.

MotoGP classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	44:12.223	1	25
2	Sete Gibernau	Honda	+0.382	4	20
3	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	+5.711	2	16
4	Marco Melandri	Honda	+7.276	3	13
5	Max Biaggi	Honda	+7.703	8	11
6	Nicky Hayden	Honda	+21.770	5	10
7	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	+24.664	10	9
8	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki	+35.940	6	8
9	Toni Elías	Yamaha	+38.062	12	7
10	Troy Bayliss	Honda	+52.607	15	6
11	Olivier Jacque	Kawasaki	+53.302	13	5
12	Rubén Xaus	Yamaha	+1:00.342	16	4
13	Kenny Roberts Jr	Suzuki	+1:00.514	14	3
14	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Honda	+1:17.993	19	2
15	Roberto Rolfo	Ducati	+1:32.233	18	1
16	John Hopkins	Suzuki	+1 Lap	7
17	Franco Battaini	Blata	+1 Lap	21
Ret	Alex Barros	Honda	Retirement	11
Ret	James Ellison	Blata	Retirement	20
Ret	Carlos Checa	Ducati	Retirement	9
Ret	Shane Byrne	Proton	Retirement	17

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	42:55.152	1	25
2	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	+0.251	6	20
3	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	+1.554	5	16
4	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	+4.230	2	13
5	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	+6.027	3	11
6	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	+23.969	10	10
7	Héctor Barberá	Honda	+30.667	9	9
8	Alex Debón	Honda	+32.039	15	8
9	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	+32.452	8	7
10	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	+37.772	13	6
11	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	+49.285	17	5
12	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	+49.509	11	4
13	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	+49.530	19	3
14	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	+49.771	16	2
15	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	+49.895	14	1
16	Jakub Smrž	Honda	+1:02.122	12
17	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	+1:02.612	18
18	Anthony West	Aprilia	+1:17.358	25
19	Gregory Leblanc	Aprilia	+1:17.502	22
20	Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	+1:18.382	21
21	Radomil Rous	Honda	+1:22.698	24
22	Gabor Rizmayer	Yamaha	+1 Lap	26
Ret	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	Retirement	4
Ret	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	Retirement	7
Ret	Frederik Watz	Yamaha	Retirement	28
Ret	Dirk Heidolf	Honda	Retirement	23
Ret	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	Retirement	20

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	41:52.772	1	25
2	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	+3.080	10	20
3	Mika Kallio	KTM	+3.263	2	16
4	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	+4.237	9	13
5	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	+4.311	5	11
6	Gábor Talmácsi	KTM	+4.882	4	10
7	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	+25.823	12	9
8	Julian Simon	KTM	+26.349	8	8
9	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	+31.611	19	7
10	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	+32.853	15	6
11	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	+33.270	23	5
12	Aleix Espargaró	Honda	+40.620	25	4
13	Dario Giuseppetti	Aprilia	+43.477	27	3
14	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	+45.390	17	2
15	Sandro Cortese	Honda	+53.924	20	1
16	Julián Miralles	Aprilia	+56.940	24
17	Gioele Pellino	Malaguti	+1:01.388	40
18	Mathieu Lussiana	Honda	+1:07.555	33
19	Federico Sandi	Honda	+1:07.750	30
20	Raffaele de Rosa	Aprilia	+1:08.159	31
21	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	+1:09.907	38
22	Nicolás Terol	Derbi	+1:11.161	34
23	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	+1:16.897	35
24	Raymond Schouten	Honda	+1:17.642	37
Ret	Fabrizio Lai	Honda	Retirement	7
Ret	Mathieu Gines	Honda	Retirement	32
Ret	Alexis Masbou	Honda	Retirement	11
Ret	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Honda	Retirement	14
Ret	Vincent Braillard	Aprilia	Retirement	28
Ret	Michele Pirro	Malaguti	Retirement	36
Ret	Jules Cluzel	Honda	Retirement	26
Ret	Michel Alexis	Honda	Retirement	41
Ret	Álvaro Bautista	Honda	Retirement	18
Ret	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	Retirement	3
Ret	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	Retirement	13
Ret	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	Retirement	6
Ret	Ángel Rodríguez	Honda	Retirement	22

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