The 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 57th F.I.M. Road racing World Championship season. The season consisted out of 17 races for the MotoGP class and 16 for the 125cc and 250cc classes, beginning with the Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix on 10 April and ending with the Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix on 6 November.
Valentino Rossi (pictured at Donington Park) became the MotoGP World Champion
Daniel Pedrosa (pictured at Phillip Island) became the 250cc World Champion
Thomas Lüthi (pictured in 2011) became the 125cc World Champion
Gábor Talmácsi
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Gábor Talmácsi is a Hungarian former professional motorcycle racer. He was the 2007 125cc World Champion, and he is the first and only Hungarian to win a road racing World Championship. He has a younger brother, Gergő, who is also a motorcycle racer. Due to a leg injury suffered in 2013, Talmácsi has retired from racing professionally. After retiring from racing, he set up his own team Talmácsi Racing, which competed in the European Superstock 600 Championship and raced with Honda CBR600RRs, until the series folded at the end of 2015.
Talmácsi at the 2010 Dutch TT
Talmácsi riding an Aprilia during second qualifying at the 2007 British GP at Donington Park.