Motorcycle Sports MotoGP World Championship 2005 Final Standings: 1. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha] 367 2. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] 220 3. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] 206 4. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] 179 5. Max Biaggi (ita) [Honda] 173 6. Loris Capirossi (ita) [Ducati] 157 7. Sete Gibernau (spa) [Honda] 150 8. Alex Barros (bra) [Honda] 147 9. Carlos Checa (spa) [Ducati] 138 10. Shinya Nakano (jpn) [Kawasaki] 98 Sunday, November 6 Valencia Grand Prix at Circuito de la Comunitat Valenciana, Valencia (spa): 1. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] 2. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] + 0.1 3. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha] + 2.9 4. Carlos Checa (spa) [Ducati] + 18.7 5. Alex Barros (bra) [Honda] + 20.7 6. Max Biaggi (ita) [Honda] + 21.2 7. Loris Capirossi (ita) [Ducati] + 23.1 8. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 25.6 9. Makoto Tamada (jpn) [Honda] + 36.7 10. Toni Elias (spa) [Yamaha] + 39.1 Sunday, October 23 Turkish Grand Prix at Istanbul Park, Istanbul (tur): 1. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] 2. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha] + 1.5 3. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] + 6.8 4. Sete Gibernau (spa) [Honda] + 12.4 5. Carlos Checa (spa) [Ducati] + 26.9 6. Toni Elias (spa) [Yamaha] + 29.1 7. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 29.2 8. Makoto Tamada (jpn) [Honda] + 33.3 9. Alex Barros (bra) [Honda] + 33.7 10. Shinya Nakano (jpn) [Kawasaki] + 44.2 Sunday, October 16 Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island Circuit, Phillip Island (aus): 1. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha] 2. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] + 1.0 3. Carlos Checa (spa) [Ducati] + 4.2 4. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] s.t. 5. Sete Gibernau (spa) [Honda] + 14.0 6. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 33.2 7. Shinya Nakano (jpn) [Kawasaki] + 45.0 8. Makoto Tamada (jpn) [Honda] + 45.1 9. Toni Elias (spa) [Yamaha] s.t. 10. John Hopkins (usa) [Suzuki] + 50.2 Saturday, October 1 Grand Prix of Qatar at Losail Circuit, Doha (qat): 1. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha] 2. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] + 1.6 3. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] + 5.5 4. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 14.7 5. Sete Gibernau (spa) [Honda] + 20.4 6. Carlos Checa (spa) [Ducati] + 31.4 7. Shinya Nakano (jpn) [Kawasaki] + 32.9 8. Toni Elias (spa) [Yamaha] + 39.8 9. Alex Barros (bra) [Honda] + 41.7 10. Loris Capirossi (ita) [Ducati] + 44.2 Sunday, September 25 Grand Prix of Malaysia at Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur (mls): 1. Loris Capirossi (ita) [Ducati] 2. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha] + 1.9 3. Carlos Checa (spa) [Ducati] + 2.0 4. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] + 9.2 5. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] + 15.8 6. Max Biaggi (ita) [Honda] + 16.8 7. Kenny Roberts (usa) [Suzuki] + 17.2 8. Alex Barros (bra) [Honda] + 18.2 9. John Hopkins (usa) [Suzuki] + 20.1 10. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 22.2 Sunday, September 18 Grand Prix of Japan at Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi (jpn): 1. Loris Capirossi (ita) [Ducati] 2. Max Biaggi (ita) [Honda] + 1.4 3. Makoto Tamada (jpn) [Honda] + 16.2 4. Carlos Checa (spa) [Ducati] + 22.1 5. John Hopkins (usa) [Suzuki] + 33.2 6. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 34.9 7. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] + 45.8 8. Kenny Roberts (usa) [Suzuki] + 56.4 9. Toni Elias (spa) [Yamaha] + 1:12.0 10. Rubén Xaus (spa) [Yamaha] + 1:34.9 Sunday, August 28 Czech Grand Prix at Autodrom Brno, Brno (cze): 1. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha] 2. Loris Capirossi (ita) [Ducati] + 1.8 3. Max Biaggi (ita) [Honda] + 3.4 4. Alex Barros (bra) [Honda] + 4.1 5. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] + 4.3 6. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] + 11.1 7. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 13.5 8. Carlos Checa (spa) [Ducati] + 19.3 9. Troy Bayliss (aus) [Honda] + 27.1 10. Makoto Tamada (jpn) [Honca] + 27.2 Sunday, July 31 Grand Prix of Germany at Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal (ger): 1. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha] 2. Sete Gibernau (spa) [Honda] + 0.6 3. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] + 0.8 4. Max Biaggi (ita) [Honda] + 2.3 5. Alex Barros (bra) [Honda] + 2.8 6. Shinya Nakano (jpn) [Kawasaki] + 4.5 7. Marco Melandri (isa) [Honda] + 12.2 8. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 14.8 9. Loris Capirossi (ita) [Ducati] + 23.4 10. Makoto Tamada (jpn) [Honca] + 27.8 Sunday, July 24 British Grand Prix at Donington Park, Donington (gbr): 1. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha] 2. Kenny Roberts (usa) [Suzuki] + 3.1 3. Alex Barros (bra) [Honda] + 4.0 4. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 10.2 5. Carlos Checa (spa) [Ducati] + 13.0 6. Loris Capirossi (ita) [Ducati] + 23.3 7. Makoto Tamada (jpn) [Honca] + 37.8 8. Alex Hofmann (ger) [Kawasaki] + 44.6 9. Toni Elias (spa) [Yamaha] + 1 lap 10. Roberto Rolfo (ita) [Ducati] + 1 lap Sunday, July 10 US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey (usa): 1. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] 2. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 1.9 3. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha] + 2.3 4. Max Biaggi (ita) [Honda] + 4.2 5. Sete Gibernau (spa) [Honda] + 4.4 6. Troy Bayliss (aus) [Honda] + 22.3 7. Makoto Tamada (jpn) [Honda] + 22.4 8. John Hopkins (usa) [Suzuki] + 23.1 9. Shinya Nakano (jpn) [Kawasaki] + 23.6 10. Loris Capirossi (ita) [Ducati] + 26.1 Saturday, June 25 Dutch Grand Prix at TT Circuit Assen, Assen (net): 1. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha] 2. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] + 1.5 3. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 7.6 4. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] + 10.1 5. Sete Gibernau (spa) [Honda] + 14.7 6. Max Biaggi (ita) [Honda] + 21.5 7. Alex Barros (bra) [Honda] + 22.7 8. Shinya Nakano (jpn) [Kawasaki] + 26.4 9. Carlos Checa (spa) [Ducati] + 30.2 10. Loris Capirossi (ita) [Ducati] + 30.4 Sunday, June 12 Grand Prix of Catalonia at Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona (spa): 1. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha] 2. Sete Gibernau (spa) [Honda] + 1.0 3. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] + 7.8 4. Alex Barros (bra) [Honda] + 8.2 5. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] + 8.2 6. Max Biaggi (ita) [Honda] + 12.0 7. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 18.7 8. Troy Bayliss (aus) [Honda] + 42.6 9. Shinya Nakano (jpn) [Kawasaki] + 46.6 10. Rubén Xaus (spa) [Yamaha] + 46.6 Sunday, June 5 Grand Prix of Italy at Autodromo del Mugello, Mugello (ita): 1. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha] 2. Max Biaggi (ita) [Honda] + 0.3 3. Loris Capirossi (ita) [Ducati] + 3.8 4. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] + 3.9 5. Carlos Checa (spa) [Ducati] + 7.8 6. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] + 8.2 7. Alex Barros (bra) [Honda] + 11.5 8. Makoto Tamada (jpn) [Honda] + 25.3 9. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 25.4 10. Shinya Nakano (jpn) [Kawasaki] + 36.5 Sunday, May 15 Grand Prix of France at Circuit de Le Mans, Le Mans (fra): 1. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha] 2. Sete Gibernau (spa) [Honda] + 0.3 3. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 5.7 4. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] + 7.2 5. Max Biaggi (ita) [Honda] + 7.7 6. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] + 21.7 7. Loris Capirossi (ita) [Ducati] + 24.6 8. Shinya Nakano (jpn) [Kawasaki] + 35.9 9. Toni Elias (spa) [Yamaha] + 38.0 10. Troy Bayliss (aus) [Honda] + 52.6 Sunday, May 1 Grand Prix of China at Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai (chn): 1. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha] 2. Olivier Jacque (fra) [Kawasaki] + 1.7 3. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] + 16.5 4. Sete Gibernau (spa) [Honda] + 18.9 5. Max Biaggi (ita) [Honda] + 19.5 6. Jurgen van den Goorbergh (net) [Honda] + 21.6 7. John Hopkins (usa) [Suzuki] + 25.8 8. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 31.0 9. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] + 39.2 10. Rubén Xaus (spa) [Yamaha] + 40.9 Sunday, April 17 Grand Prix of Portugal at Circuit Estoril, Estoril (por): 1. Alex Barros (bra) [Honda] 2. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha] + 2.7 3. Max Biaggi (ita) [Honda] + 6.0 4. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] + 29.5 5. Carlos Checa (spa) [Ducati] + 29.7 6. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 44.2 7. Nicky Hayden (usa) [Honda] + 57.1 8. Shinya Nakano (jpn) [Kawasaki] + 59.8 9. Loris Capirossi (ita) [Ducati] + 1:07.7 10. Rubén Xaus (spa) [Yamaha] + 1:22.4 Sunday, April 10 Grand Prix of Spain at Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera (spa): 1. Valentino Rossi (ita) [Yamaha] 2. Sete Gibernau (spa) [Honda] + 8.6 3. Marco Melandri (ita) [Honda] + 18.4 4. Alex Barros (bra) [Honda] + 26.9 5. Shinya Nakano (jpn) [Kawasaki] + 28.5 6. Troy Bayliss (aus) [Honda] + 30.6 7. Max Biaggi (ita) [Honda] + 36.8 8. Makoto Tamada (jpn) [Honda] + 37.6 9. Colin Edwards (usa) [Yamaha] + 39.6 10. Carlos Checa (spa) [Ducati] + 42.2