The FIM has released the final entry lists for the 2005 MotoGP World championship.
The No.1 in the premier class is open because reigning champion Valentino Rossi has retained the number 46, which was also the racing number of his father, 1970s GP star Graziano Rossi.
MotoGP:
3 Max Biaggi (ITA) Honda
4 Alex Barros (BRA) Honda
5 Colin Edwards (USA) Yamaha
6 Makoto Tamada (JPN) Honda
7 Carlos Checa (ESP) Ducati
10 Kenny Roberts (USA) Suzuki
11 Ruben Xaus (ESP) Yamaha
12 Troy Bayliss (AUS) Honda
15 Sete Gibernau (ESP) Honda
21 John Hopkins (USA) Suzuki
24 Toni Elias (ESP) Yamaha
27 Franco Battaini (ITA) Blata
33 Marco Melandri (ITA) Honda
44 Roberto Rolfo (ITA) Ducati
46 Valentino Rossi (ITA) Yamaha
56 Shinya Nakano (JPN) Kawasaki
65 Loris Capirossi (ITA) Ducati
66 Alex Hofmann (GER) Kawasaki
67 Shane Byrne (GBR) Proton KR
69 Nicky Hayden (USA) Honda
77 James Ellison (GBR) Blata
250cc:
1 Daniel Pedrosa (ESP) Honda
5 Alex de Angelis (RSM) Aprilia
6 Alex Debon (ESP) Honda
7 Randy de Puniet (FRA) Aprilia
8 Andrea Ballerini (ITA) Aprilia
9 Hugo Marchand (FRA) Yamaha
12 Frederik Watz (SWE) Yamaha
14 Anthony West (AUS) KTM
15 Roberto Locatelli (ITA) Aprilia
17 Steve Jenkner (GER) Aprilia
19 Sebastian Porto (ARG) Aprilia
20 Gabriele Ferro (ITA) Fantic
21 Arnaud Vincent (FRA) Fantic
24 Simone Corsi (ITA) Aprilia
25 Alex Baldolini (ITA) Aprilia
27 Casey Stoner (AUS) Aprilia
28 Dirk Heidolf (GER) Honda
32 Mirko Giansanti (ITA) Aprilia
34 Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) Honda
36 Martin Cardenas (COL) Aprilia
38 Gregory Leblanc (FRA) Aprilia
44 Taro Sekiguchi (JPN) Aprilia
48 Jorge Lorenzo (ESP) Honda
50 Sylvain Guintoli (FRA) Aprilia
55 Yuki Takahashi (JPN) Honda
57 Chaz Davies (GBR) Aprilia
64 Radomil Rous (CZE) Honda
73 Hiroshi Aoyama (JPN) Honda
80 Hector Barbera (ESP) Honda
96 Jakub Smrz (CZE) Honda
125cc:
6 Joan Olive (ESP) Aprilia
7 Alexis Masbou (FRA) Honda
8 Lorenzo Zanetti (ITA) Aprilia
9 Toshihisa Kuzuhara (JPN) Honda
10 Federico Sandi (ITA) Honda
11 Sandro Cortese (GER) Honda
12 Thomas Lüthi (SUI) Honda
14 Gabor Talmacsi (HUN) KTM
15 Michele Pirro (ITA) Malaguti
16 Raymond Schouten (NED) Honda
18 Nicolas Terol (ESP) Derbi
19 Alvaro Bautista (ESP) Honda
22 Pablo Nieto (ESP) Derbi
25 Dario Giuseppetti (GER) Aprilia
26 Vincent Braillard (SUI) Aprilia
28 Jordi Carchano (ESP) Aprilia
29 Andrea Iannone (ITA) Aprilia
31 Sascha Hommel (GER) Malaguti
32 Fabrizio Lai (ITA) Honda
33 Sergio Gadea (ESP) Aprilia
35 Raffael de Rosa (ITA) Aprilia
36 Mika Kallio (FIN) KTM
41 Alex Espargaro (ESP) Honda
43 Manuel Hernandez (ESP) Aprilia
44 Karel Abraham (CZE) Aprilia
45 Imre Toth (HUN) Aprilia
47 Angel Rodriguez (ESP) Honda
52 Lukas Pesek (CZE) Derbi
54 Manuel Poggiali (RSM) Gilera
55 Hector Faubel (ESP) Aprilia
58 Marco Simoncelli (ITA) Aprilia
60 Julian Simon (ESP) KTM
63 Mike di Meglio (FRA) Honda
71 Tomoyoshi Koyama (JPN) Honda
75 Mattia Pasini (ITA) Aprilia
84 Julian Miralles (ESP) Aprilia