2009 German motorcycle Grand Prix

  2009 German Grand Prix
Race details
Race 9 of 17 races in the
2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date July 19, 2009
Location Sachsenring
Course Permanent racing facility
3.671 km (2.281 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Valentino Rossi
Time 1:32.520
Fastest lap
Rider Dani Pedrosa
Time 1:22.126
Podium
First Valentino Rossi
Second Jorge Lorenzo
Third Dani Pedrosa
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Marco Simoncelli
Time 1:32.962
Fastest lap
Rider Álvaro Bautista
Time 1:24.552
Podium
First Marco Simoncelli
Second Alex Debón
Third Álvaro Bautista
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Julián Simón
Time 1:38.671
Fastest lap
Rider Sergio Gadea
Time 1:28.337
Podium
First Julián Simón
Second Sergio Gadea
Third Joan Olivé

The 2009 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of July 17–19, 2009 at the Sachsenring, located in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany.

The MotoGP race was won by Valentino Rossi who finished ahead of team-mate Jorge Lorenzo.[1]

Contents

MotoGP classification

Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 46 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 30 41:21.769 1 25
2 99 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 30 +0.099 2 20
3 3 Dani Pedrosa Honda 30 +2.899 8 16
4 27 Casey Stoner Ducati 30 +10.226 3 13
5 15 Alex de Angelis Honda 30 +21.522 5 11
6 24 Toni Elias Honda 30 +30.852 17 10
7 33 Marco Melandri Kawasaki 30 +31.301 13 9
8 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati 30 +31.726 4 8
9 5 Colin Edwards Yamaha 30 +32.865 7 7
10 52 James Toseland Yamaha 30 +43.926 14 6
11 65 Loris Capirossi Suzuki 30 +57.375 9 5
12 88 Niccolò Canepa Ducati 30 +1:00.539 15 4
13 7 Chris Vermeulen Suzuki 30 +1:03.645 12 3
14 36 Mika Kallio Ducati 30 +1:04.155 10 2
15 41 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 29 +1 Lap 16 1
Ret 4 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 25 Retirement 11
Ret 14 Randy de Puniet Honda 0 Accident 6

250cc classification

The 250cc race was originally scheduled to run for 29 laps, but due to heavy rain it was red-flagged and then restarted, with the new distance consisting of 19 laps only[2].

Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 19 27:11.034 1 25
2 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 19 +0.479 7 20
3 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 19 +0.528 3 16
4 4 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 19 +0.866 4 13
5 40 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 19 +1.260 2 11
6 55 Héctor Faubel Honda 19 +5.972 8 10
7 41 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 19 +8.721 9 9
8 12 Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 19 +8.762 11 8
9 35 Raffaele de Rosa Honda 19 +19.176 17 7
10 15 Roberto Locatelli Gilera 19 +27.950 14 6
11 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 19 +29.601 12 5
12 52 Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 19 +38.299 13 4
13 48 Shoya Tomizawa Honda 19 +51.940 18 3
14 16 Jules Cluzel Aprilia 19 +52.919 15 2
15 8 Bastién Chesaux Honda 19 +1'06.786 23 1
16 7 Axel Pons Aprilia 19 +1'20.573 24
17 54 Toby Markham Aprilia 18 +1 Lap 22
18 10 Imre Tóth Aprilia 18 +1 Lap 19
19 66 Joakim Stensmo Honda 17 +2 Laps 25
20 53 Valentin Debise Honda 15 +4 Laps 21
Ret 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 16 Accident 6
Ret 63 Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 16 Accident 10
Ret 17 Karel Abrahám Aprilia 8 Retirement 5
Ret 56 Vladimir Leonov Aprilia 0 Accident 20
DNS 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda Did not start 16
DNQ 67 Robin Halen Aprilia
DNQ 65 Marcel Becker Yamaha

125cc classification

Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 60 Julián Simón Aprilia 27 39'57.337 1 25
2 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 27 +9.415 14 20
3 6 Joan Olivé Derbi 27 +17.559 12 16
4 18 Nicolás Terol Aprilia 27 +17.587 5 13
5 44 Pol Espargaró Derbi 27 +19.740 19 11
6 11 Sandro Cortese Derbi 27 +20.778 15 10
7 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 27 +20.908 22 9
8 99 Danny Webb Aprilia 27 +38.221 17 8
9 77 Dominique Aegerter Derbi 27 +38.434 23 7
10 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Loncin 27 +40.085 13 6
11 35 Randy Krummenacher Aprilia 27 +44.127 33 5
12 78 Marcel Schrötter Honda 27 +45.051 4 4
13 39 Luis Salom Aprilia 27 +59.604 30 3
14 16 Cameron Beaubier KTM 27 +1:18.157 28 2
15 79 Daniel Kartheininger Honda 27 +1:20.825 26 1
16 93 Marc Márquez KTM 27 +1:25.137 3
17 7 Efrén Vázquez Derbi 27 +1:30.427 8
18 69 Lukas Sembera Aprilia 27 +1:30.528 20
19 53 Jasper Iwema Honda 26 +1 Lap 11
20 32 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 26 +1 Lap 25
21 76 Toni Finsterbusch Honda 26 +1 Lap 29
22 80 Damien Raemy Honda 26 +1 Lap 35
23 14 Johann Zarco Aprilia 26 +1 Lap 34
24 87 Luca Marconi Aprilia 26 +1 Lap 32
Ret 45 Scott Redding Aprilia 19 Retirement 24
Ret 17 Stefan Bradl Aprilia 18 Accident 16
Ret 73 Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 17 Retirement 7
Ret 24 Simone Corsi Aprilia 16 Retirement 9
Ret 94 Jonas Folger Aprilia 15 Accident 21
Ret 88 Michael Ranseder Aprilia 8 Accident 10
Ret 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 6 Retirement 18
Ret 81 Eeki Kuparinen Honda 4 Accident 31
Ret 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia 4 Accident 2
Ret 12 Esteve Rabat Aprilia 1 Accident 27
Ret 5 Alexis Masbou Loncin 1 Accident 6
DNQ 10 Luca Vitali Aprilia

References

  1. ^ "Rossi pips Lorenzo for German win". BBC Sport. 2009-07-19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/8158064.stm. Retrieved 2009-07-20. 
  2. ^ "Rain interrupts and delays 250cc race". autosport.com. 2009-07-19. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77064. Retrieved 2009-07-19. 
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