| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 15 of 17 races in the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| Date | 18 October, 2009 | ||
| Location | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.445 km (2.762 mi) |
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| MotoGP | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Casey Stoner | ||
| Time | 1:30.341 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Valentino Rossi | ||
| Time | 1:30.085 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Casey Stoner | ||
| Second | Valentino Rossi | ||
| Third | Dani Pedrosa | ||
| 250 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Raffaele de Rosa | ||
| Time | 1:33.389 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Raffaele de Rosa | ||
| Time | 1:33.519 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Marco Simoncelli | ||
| Second | Héctor Barberá | ||
| Third | Raffaele de Rosa | ||
| 125 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Pol Espargaró | ||
| Time | 1:37.770 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Sandro Cortese | ||
| Time | 1:37.869 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Julian Simon | ||
| Second | Bradley Smith | ||
| Third | Sandro Cortese | ||
The 2009 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 October 2009 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. Ducati rider Casey Stoner won the grand prix, in his home race. Championship leader Valentino Rossi finished second, further increasing his championship lead over rival Jorge Lorenzo, who crashed out and failed the score any points.
Contents |
| Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Ducati | 27 | 40:56.651 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 27 | +1.935 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 27 | +22.618 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Honda | 27 | +32.702 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Yamaha | 27 | +35.885 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 27 | +38.842 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Kawasaki | 27 | +44.461 | 14 | 9 |
| 8 | 14 | Randy de Puniet | Honda | 27 | +44.941 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Ducati | 27 | +54.345 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 27 | +1:01.205 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 | Chris Vermeulen | Suzuki | 27 | +1:05.417 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Suzuki | 27 | +1:05.950 | 17* | 4 |
| 13 | 41 | Gábor Talmácsi | Honda | 27 | +1:17.951 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 41 | James Toseland | Yamaha | 27 | +1:17.985 | 12 | 2 |
| 15 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati | 26 | + 1 lap | 7 | 1 |
| Ret | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 1 | Accident | 4 | |
| DNS | 88 | Niccolò Canepa | Ducati |
* Loris Capirossi started at the back of the grid due to having a new engine, 1 over the allowed allocation.
| Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | 18 | 28:17.403 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 40 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 18 | +2.434 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 35 | Raffaele de Rosa | Honda | 18 | +2.604 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Aprilia | 18 | +12.118 | 12 | 13 |
| 5 | 63 | Mike di Meglio | Aprilia | 18 | +12.192 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 18 | +12.413 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 18 | +12.455 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 55 | Hector Faubel | Honda | 18 | +13.112 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Honda | 18 | +13.560 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 18 | +27.779 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 12 | Thomas Luthi | Aprilia | 18 | +28.222 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 52 | Lukas Pesek | Aprilia | 18 | +28.657 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 6 | Alex Debon | Aprilia | 18 | +33.892 | 4 | 3 |
| 14 | 73 | Shuhei Aoyama | Honda | 18 | +38.779 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 48 | Shoya Tomizawa | Honda | 25 | +40.529 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 11 | Balázs Németh | Aprilia | 18 | +1:23.200 | 21 | |
| 17 | 8 | Bastién Chesaux | Aprilia | 18 | +1:24.298 | 24 | |
| 18 | 10 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 17 | +1 Lap | 23 | |
| 19 | 53 | Valentin Debise | Honda | 17 | +1 Lap | 22 | |
| NC | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Gilera | 18 | +30.515* | 17 | |
| Ret | 7 | Axel Pons | Aprilia | 16 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 15 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 7 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 56 | Vladimir Leonov | Aprilia | 7 | Retirement | 20 |
* Race red flagged after 18 laps due to Roberto Locatelli having an accident. Locatelli was not classified for not being back in Parc Ferme within 5 minutes.
| Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 60 | Julian Simon | Aprilia | 23 | 37:55.798 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia | 23 | +0.313 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Derbi | 23 | +2.057 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 44 | Pol Espargaro | Derbi | 23 | +2.161 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Aprilia | 23 | +2.330 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 18 | Nicolas Terol | Aprilia | 23 | +3.239 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 7 | Efren Vazquez | Derbi | 23 | +3.290 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 23 | +12.820 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 93 | Marc Marquez | KTM | 23 | +22.355 | 6 | 7 |
| 10 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 23 | +22.602 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 45 | Scott Redding | Aprilia | 23 | +29.181 | 24 | 5 |
| 12 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Derbi | 23 | +29.199 | 17 | 4 |
| 13 | 99 | Danny Webb | Aprilia | 23 | +29.222 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Aprilia | 23 | +29.369 | 23 | 2 |
| 15 | 35 | Randy Krummenacher | Aprilia | 23 | +29.461 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 14 | Johann Zarco | Aprilia | 23 | +29.709 | 19 | |
| 17 | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | Aprilia | 23 | +31.251 | 13 | |
| 18 | 73 | Takaaki Nakagami | Aprilia | 23 | +32.482 | 14 | |
| 19 | 39 | Luis Salom | Aprilia | 23 | +58.333 | 25 | |
| 20 | 88 | Michael Ranseder | Aprilia | 23 | +58.485 | 20 | |
| 21 | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | Loncin | 23 | +1:19.017 | 15 | |
| 22 | 53 | Jasper Iwema | Honda | 23 | +1:23.621 | 26 | |
| 23 | 21 | Jakub Kornfeil | Loncin | 23 | +1:23.731 | 27 | |
| 24 | 97 | Brad Gross | Yamaha | 22 | +1 Lap | 29 | |
| 25 | 10 | Luca Vitali | Aprilia | 22 | +1 Lap | 28 | |
| 26 | 87 | Luca Marconi | Aprilia | 22 | +1 Lap | 31 | |
| 27 | 54 | Andrew Lawson | Honda | 22 | +1 Lap | 33 | |
| Ret | 98 | Levi Day | Honda | 22 | +1 Lap | 32 | |
| Ret | 12 | Esteve Rabat | Aprilia | 21 | Retirement | 10 | |
| Ret | 96 | Nicky Diles | Aprilia | 7 | Retirement | 30 | |
| Ret | 17 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 6 | Joan Olivé | Derbi | 2 | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret | 16 | Cameron Beaubier | KTM | 2 | Accident | 18 |
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