The 2005 Superbike World Championship was the eighteenth

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season. The season started on 26 February at Losail and finished on 9 October at Magny-Cours after 12 rounds and 23 races (the second race at the

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round was cancelled due to heavy rain). 2005 saw the return of the Japanese manufacturers with major teams from all four Japanese manufacturers ran through European importers' teams.

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won his second riders' championship, contributing to

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's first World Superbike manufacturers' championship.

Race calendar and results

Championship standings

Riders' standings

Manufacturers' standings

Entry list

*All entries used Pirelli tyres.

References

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