2009 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

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 24–26 April 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.^[4] Jorge Lorenzo won the MotoGP race ahead of teammate Valentino Rossi to take the overall lead in the world championship.^[5]

  2009 Japanese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 17 races in the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	26 April 2009
Official name	Polini Grand Prix of Japan[1][2][3]
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
250cc
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
125cc
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

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.^[6][7][8]

Jorge Lorenzo, celebrating with his flag after winning the MotoGP race.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	24	43:47.238	3	25
2	46	Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	24	+1.304	1	20
3	3	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+3.763	11	16
4	27	Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	24	+5.691	2	13
5	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+9.207	7	11
6	33	Marco Melandri	Hayate Racing Team	Kawasaki	24	+30.555	8	10
7	65	Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	24	+32.756	6	9
8	36	Mika Kallio	Pramac Racing	Ducati	24	+39.416	17	8
9	52	James Toseland	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	24	+43.106	10	7
10	7	Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	24	+43.245	4	6
11	14	Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	24	+44.834	16	5
12	5	Colin Edwards	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	24	+46.540	5	4
13	15	Alex de Angelis	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	24	+53.525	15	3
14	88	Niccolò Canepa	Pramac Racing	Ducati	24	+1:21.804	18	2
15	24	Toni Elías	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	23	+1 lap	9	1
Ret	59	Sete Gibernau	Grupo Francisco Hernando	Ducati	17	Retirement	14
Ret	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	0	Accident	12
Ret	72	Yuki Takahashi	Scot Racing Team MotoGP	Honda	0	Accident	13
Sources: [2][9][10]

Álvaro Bautista, celebrating on the podium after winning the 250cc race.

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	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 Abraham	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	Bastien Chesaux	Honda	22	+1 lap	23
17	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	22	+1 lap	1
18	77	Aitor Rodríguez	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
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	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	Lukáš Šembera	Aprilia	20	+2:07.124	32
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	34
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	33
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		Did not start
DNQ	66	Matthew Hoyle	Haojue		Did not qualify
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.^[11]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Jorge Lorenzo 41 2 Valentino Rossi 40 3 Casey Stoner 38 4 Andrea Dovizioso 22 5 Dani Pedrosa 21

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 45 2 Ducati 38 3 Honda 27 4 Suzuki 18 5 Kawasaki 12

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

1. "2009 Japanese MotoGP". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
2. "2009 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Twin Ring Motegi - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
4. "700th Premier Class race milestone to be celebrated in Japan". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 2009-04-20. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
5. "Lorenzo clinches victory in Japan". BBC Sport. BBC. 2009-04-26. Archived from the original on April 28, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
6. English, Steven (2009-04-25). "Motegi wash-out gives Rossi pole". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Archived from the original on 28 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
7. Beer, Matt (2009-04-25). "Simoncelli gets Motegi 250 pole". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Archived from the original on 29 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
8. Beer, Matt (2009-04-25). "Rain gives Iannone 125 pole". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Archived from the original on 28 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
9. "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2009.
10. "motogp.com · POLINI GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN · MotoGP Race Classification 2009". www.motogp.com.
11. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2009. Retrieved 2019-08-23.

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