2009 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

  2009 Japanese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 2 of 17 races in the
2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date April 26, 2009
Location Twin Ring Motegi
Course Permanent racing facility
4.801 km (2.983 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Valentino Rossi
Time 1:48.545
Fastest lap
Rider Jorge Lorenzo
Time 1:48.477
Podium
First Jorge Lorenzo
Second Valentino Rossi
Third Dani Pedrosa
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Marco Simoncelli
Time 1:53.093
Fastest lap
Rider Álvaro Bautista
Time 1:54.047
Podium
First Álvaro Bautista
Second Hiroshi Aoyama
Third Mattia Pasini
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Andrea Iannone
Time 2:00.685
Fastest lap
Rider Andrea Iannone
Time 2:01.551
Podium
First Andrea Iannone
Second Julián Simón
Third Pol Espargaró

The 2009 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of April 24–26, 2009 at the Twin Ring Motegi, located in Motegi, Japan. The MotoGP race was the 700th premier class race in the history of Grand Prix motorcycle racing.[1] Jorge Lorenzo won the MotoGP race ahead of team-mate Valentino Rossi to take the overall lead in the world championship.[2]

Contents

Qualifying

All qualifying sessions for MotoGP, 250cc and 125cc were cancelled due to adverse weather conditions and grid positions for Sunday's races were defined according to combined free practice times.[3][4][5]

MotoGP classification

Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 99 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 24 43:47.238 3 25
2 46 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 24 +1.304 1 20
3 3 Dani Pedrosa Honda 24 +3.763 11 16
4 27 Casey Stoner Ducati 24 +5.691 2 13
5 4 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 24 +9.207 7 11
6 33 Marco Melandri Kawasaki 24 +30.555 8 10
7 65 Loris Capirossi Suzuki 24 +32.756 6 9
8 36 Mika Kallio Ducati 24 +39.416 17 8
9 52 James Toseland Yamaha 24 +43.106 10 7
10 7 Chris Vermeulen Suzuki 24 +43.245 4 6
11 14 Randy de Puniet Honda 24 +44.834 16 5
12 5 Colin Edwards Yamaha 24 +46.540 5 4
13 15 Alex de Angelis Honda 24 +53.525 15 3
14 88 Niccolò Canepa Ducati 24 +1:21.804 18 2
15 24 Toni Elias Honda 23 +1 Lap 9 1
Ret 59 Sete Gibernau Ducati 17 Retirement 14
Ret 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati 0 Accident 12
Ret 72 Yuki Takahashi Honda 0 Accident 13

250cc classification

Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 23 44:06.488 3 25
2 4 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 23 +5.889 2 20
3 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 23 +21.832 4 16
4 28 Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 23 +25.906 7 13
5 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 23 +30.785 10 11
6 73 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 23 +33.788 17 10
7 52 Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 23 +36.972 11 9
8 12 Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 23 +41.018 13 8
9 17 Karel Abrahám Aprilia 23 +41.649 16 7
10 48 Shoya Tomizawa Honda 23 +52.863 25 6
11 40 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 23 +1:00.888 5 5
12 35 Raffaele de Rosa Honda 23 +1:06.347 6 4
13 10 Imre Tóth Aprilia 23 +1:53.149 20 3
14 59 Kazuki Watanabe Yamaha 22 +1 Lap 19 2
15 56 Vladimir Leonov Aprilia 22 +1 Lap 22 1
16 8 Bastién Chesaux Honda 22 +1 Lap 23
17 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 22 +1 Lap 1
18 77 Aitor Rodriguez Aprilia 22 +1 Lap 24
Ret 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 18 Accident 12
Ret 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 17 Accident 18
Ret 55 Héctor Faubel Honda 6 Accident 15
Ret 63 Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 5 Accident 8
Ret 7 Axel Pons Aprilia 3 Accident 21
Ret 16 Jules Cluzel Aprilia 2 Accident 14
Ret 15 Roberto Locatelli Gilera 2 Accident 9

125cc classification

Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 20 42:23.716 1 25
2 60 Julián Simón Aprilia 20 +1.346 2 20
3 44 Pol Espargaró Derbi 20 +5.039 8 16
4 17 Stefan Bradl Aprilia 20 +6.904 3 13
5 93 Marc Márquez KTM 20 +13.061 10 11
6 11 Sandro Cortese Derbi 20 +14.841 9 10
7 6 Joan Olivé Derbi 20 +16.420 11 9
8 94 Jonas Folger Aprilia 20 +16.483 14 8
9 77 Dominique Aegerter Derbi 20 +27.500 6 7
10 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia 20 +30.359 7 6
11 99 Danny Webb Aprilia 20 +37.547 13 5
12 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Loncin 20 +43.856 19 4
13 12 Esteve Rabat Aprilia 20 +59.889 4 3
14 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 20 +1:00.141 15 2
15 24 Simone Corsi Aprilia 20 +1:02.601 17 1
16 16 Cameron Beaubier KTM 20 +1:02.609 23
17 18 Nicolás Terol Aprilia 20 +1:09.867 5
18 35 Randy Krummenacher Aprilia 20 +1:09.883 22
19 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 20 +1:15.049 12
20 73 Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 20 +1:19.858 21
21 5 Alexis Masbou Loncin 20 +1:43.413 25
22 7 Efrén Vázquez Derbi 20 +1:52.910 20
23 69 Lukas Sembera Aprilia 20 +2:07.124 33
24 58 Yuuichi Yanagisawa Honda 20 +2:07.402 26
25 87 Luca Marconi Aprilia 19 +1 Lap 30
26 10 Luca Vitali Aprilia 19 +1 Lap 35
27 55 Hiroomi Iwata Honda 19 +1 Lap 29
28 59 Satoru Kamada Honda 19 +1 Lap 28
29 57 Yuki Oogane Honda 18 +2 Laps 34
Ret 56 Yuma Yahagi Honda 11 Retirement 27
Ret 14 Johann Zarco Aprilia 10 Retirement 18
Ret 45 Scott Redding Aprilia 6 Retirement 16
Ret 32 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 2 Accident 24
Ret 53 Jasper Iwema Honda 0 Accident 31
DNS 88 Michael Ranseder Haojue Technical problem 32
DNQ 66 Matthew Hoyle Haojue

References

  1. ^ "700th Premier Class race milestone to be celebrated in Japan.". motogp.com (Dorna Sports). 2009-04-20. http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2009/700+Premier+Class+GP+races. Retrieved 2009-04-21. 
  2. ^ "Lorenzo clinches victory in Japan". BBC Sport (BBC). 2009-04-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/8019024.stm. Retrieved 2009-04-27. 
  3. ^ English, Steven (2009-04-25). "Motegi wash-out gives Rossi pole". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74786. Retrieved 2009-04-25. 
  4. ^ Beer, Matt (2009-04-25). "Simoncelli gets Motegi 250 pole". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74791. Retrieved 2009-04-25. 
  5. ^ Beer, Matt (2009-04-25). "Rain gives Iannone 125 pole". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74790. Retrieved 2009-04-25. 
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