2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

MotoGP season
Previous = 2004
Current = 2005
Next = 2006

The 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 57th F.I.M. Road racing World Championship season.

eason summary

The 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season began on April 10 at Jerez and closing on November 6 at Valencia. There were seventeen Grands Prix for the MotoGP class, and sixteen for the 250cc and 125cc classes.

The MotoGP championship was won by Valentino Rossi on a Yamaha, 250cc title by Daniel Pedrosa on a Honda and 125cc title by Thomas Lüthi on a Honda.

It was a season which featured a lot of dramatic races including 4 rain-affected races in Portugal, China, France and Great Britain. It also saw the domination of Valentino Rossi with 16 podiums out of 17 races and 11 wins, beating Marco Melandri by a distant 147 points in the championship.

Grands Prix

250cc

250cc

125cc

External links

* [http://www.motogp.com/ MotoGP Official site]