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 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. 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:
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:
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:
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings 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 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.
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