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2009 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

2009 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

FieldValue
Grand PrixAustralian
flagAustralia
LocationPhillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Official_NameIveco Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
Course_mi2.764
Course_km4.448
Race_No15
Season_No17
Date18 October
Year2009
ImagePhillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.svg
Pole_Rider_MotoGPCasey Stoner
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_CountryAustralia
Pole_Time_MotoGP1:30.341
Fast_Rider_MotoGPValentino Rossi
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_CountryItaly
Fast_Time_MotoGP1:30.085
First_Rider_MotoGPCasey Stoner
First_Rider_MotoGP_CountryAustralia
Second_Rider_MotoGPValentino Rossi
Second_Rider_MotoGP_CountryItaly
Third_Rider_MotoGPDani Pedrosa
Third_Rider_MotoGP_CountrySpain
Pole_Rider_250Raffaele De Rosa
Pole_Rider_250_CountryItaly
Pole_Time_2501:33.389
Fast_Rider_250Raffaele De Rosa
Fast_Rider_250_CountryItaly
Fast_Time_2501:33.519
First_Rider_250Marco Simoncelli
First_Rider_250_CountryItaly
Second_Rider_250Héctor Barberá
Second_Rider_250_CountrySpain
Third_Rider_250Raffaele De Rosa
Third_Rider_250_CountryItaly
Pole_Rider_125Pol Espargaró
Pole_Rider_125_CountrySpain
Pole_Time_1251:37.770
Fast_Rider_125Sandro Cortese
Fast_Rider_125_CountryGermany
Fast_Time_1251:37.869
First_Rider_125Julián Simón
First_Rider_125_CountrySpain
Second_Rider_125Bradley Smith
Second_Rider_125_CountryUK
Third_Rider_125Sandro Cortese
Third_Rider_125_CountryGermany

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 to score any points. This also marked the final Grand Prix win in the career of Marco Simoncelli before his death 2 years later on 23 October 2011 at the 2011 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix after suffering a fatal crash in Race.

Valentino Rossi, Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa, celebrating on the podium after finishing second, first and third at the MotoGP race.

MotoGP classification

Pos.No.RiderTeamManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints123456789101112131415RetDNSSources:
27AUS **Casey Stoner****Ducati Marlboro Team****Ducati**2740:56.6511**25**
46ITA **Valentino Rossi****Fiat Yamaha Team****Yamaha**27+1.9352**20**
3SPA **Dani Pedrosa****Repsol Honda Team****Honda**27+22.6183**16**
15SMR **Alex de Angelis****San Carlo Honda Gresini****Honda**27+32.7026**13**
5USA **Colin Edwards****Monster Yamaha Tech 3****Yamaha**27+35.8855**11**
4ITA **Andrea Dovizioso****Repsol Honda Team****Honda**27+38.48210**10**
33ITA **Marco Melandri****Hayate Racing Team****Kawasaki**27+44.46114**9**
14FRA **Randy de Puniet****LCR Honda MotoGP****Honda**27+44.9418**8**
36FIN **Mika Kallio****Pramac Racing****Ducati**27+54.3459**7**
24SPA **Toni Elías****San Carlo Honda Gresini****Honda**27+1:01.20511**6**
7AUS **Chris Vermeulen****Rizla Suzuki MotoGP****Suzuki**27+1:05.41715**5**
65ITA **Loris Capirossi****Rizla Suzuki MotoGP****Suzuki**27+1:05.95017**4**
41HUN **Gábor Talmácsi****Scot Racing Team MotoGP****Honda**27+1:17.95116**3**
52UK **James Toseland****Monster Yamaha Tech 3****Yamaha**27+1:17.98512**2**
69USA **Nicky Hayden****Ducati Marlboro Team****Ducati**26+1 lap7**1**
99SPA Jorge LorenzoFiat Yamaha TeamYamaha0Accident4
88ITA Niccolò CanepaPramac RacingDucatiDid not start

250 cc classification

The race, scheduled to be run for 25 laps, was stopped after 18 full laps due to Roberto Locatelli having an accident and did not restart as two-thirds of the race distance had been completed.

Pos.No.RiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints12345678910111213141516171819NCRetRetRetRet[OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT](http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2009/AUS/250cc/RAC/Classification.pdf)
58Italy **Marco Simoncelli****Gilera**1828:17.4032**25**
40Spain **Héctor Barberá****Aprilia**18+2.4345**20**
35Italy **Raffaele De Rosa****Honda**18+2.6041**16**
16France **Jules Cluzel****Aprilia**18+12.11812**13**
63France **Mike Di Meglio****Aprilia**18+12.1926**11**
17Czech Republic **Karel Abraham****Aprilia**18+12.41311**10**
4Japan **Hiroshi Aoyama****Honda**18+12.4553**9**
55Spain **Héctor Faubel****Honda**18+13.1129**8**
14Thailand **Ratthapark Wilairot****Honda**18+13.5607**7**
19Spain **Álvaro Bautista****Aprilia**18+27.77910**6**
12Switzerland **Thomas Lüthi****Aprilia**18+28.22215**5**
52Czech Republic **Lukáš Pešek****Aprilia**18+28.65714**4**
6Spain **Alex Debón****Aprilia**18+33.8924**3**
73Japan **Shuhei Aoyama****Honda**18+38.77916**2**
48Japan **Shoya Tomizawa****Honda**18+40.52918**1**
11Hungary Balázs NémethAprilia18+1:23.20021
8Switzerland Bastien ChesauxAprilia18+1:24.29824
10Hungary Imre TóthAprilia17+1 lap23
53France Valentin DebiseHonda17+1 lap22
15Italy Roberto LocatelliGilera18+30.51517
7Spain Axel PonsAprilia16Retirement19
25Italy Alex BaldoliniAprilia15Retirement13
75Italy Mattia PasiniAprilia7Accident8
56Russia Vladimir LeonovAprilia7Retirement20

125 cc classification

Pos.No.RiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627RetRetRetRetRetRetDNSDNS[OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT](http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2009/AUS/125cc/RAC/Classification.pdf)
60Spain **Julián Simón****Aprilia**2337:55.7983**25**
38UK **Bradley Smith****Aprilia**23+0.3135**20**
11Germany **Sandro Cortese****Derbi**23+2.0577**16**
44Spain **Pol Espargaró****Derbi**23+2.1611**13**
24Italy **Simone Corsi****Aprilia**23+2.3304**11**
18Spain **Nicolás Terol****Aprilia**23+3.2392**10**
7Spain **Efrén Vázquez****Derbi**23+3.29011**9**
29Italy **Andrea Iannone****Aprilia**23+12.8208**8**
93Spain **Marc Márquez****KTM**23+22.3556**7**
33Spain **Sergio Gadea****Aprilia**23+22.60216**6**
45UK **Scott Redding****Aprilia**23+29.18124**5**
77Switzerland **Dominique Aegerter****Derbi**23+29.19917**4**
99UK **Danny Webb****Aprilia**23+29.22221**3**
94Germany **Jonas Folger****Aprilia**23+29.39623**2**
35Switzerland **Randy Krummenacher****Aprilia**23+29.46122**1**
14France Johann ZarcoAprilia23+29.70919
8Italy Lorenzo ZanettiAprilia23+31.25113
73Japan Takaaki NakagamiAprilia23+32.48214
39Spain Luis SalomAprilia23+58.33325
88Austria Michael RansederAprilia23+58.48520
71Japan Tomoyoshi KoyamaLoncin23+1:19.01715
53Netherlands Jasper IwemaHonda23+1:23.62126
21Czech Republic Jakub KornfeilLoncin23+1:23.73127
97Australia Brad GrossYamaha22+1 lap29
10Italy Luca VitaliAprilia22+1 lap28
87Italy Luca MarconiAprilia22+1 lap31
54Australia Andrew LawsonHonda22+1 lap33
98Australia Levi DayHonda22+1 lap32
12Spain Esteve RabatAprilia21Retirement10
96Australia Nicky DilesAprilia7Retirement30
17Germany Stefan BradlAprilia2Accident12
6Spain Joan OlivéDerbi2Retirement9
16USA Cameron BeaubierKTM2Accident18
19FRA Quentin JacquetApriliaDid not start
30AUS Dylan MavinHondaDid not start

Notes

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.RiderPoints
1ITA Valentino Rossi270
2ESP Jorge Lorenzo232
3AUS Casey Stoner195
4ESP Dani Pedrosa189
5ITA Andrea Dovizioso152

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.ConstructorPoints
1JPN Yamaha350
2JPN Honda252
3ITA Ducati236
4JPN Suzuki121
5JPN Kawasaki100
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

| Previous_year's_race = 2008 Australian Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 2010 Australian Grand Prix

References

  1. (9 October 2017). "2009 Australian MotoGP".
  2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "2009 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
  3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Phillip Island Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
  4. (9 October 2017). "2009 Australian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
  5. (2009). "Classification".
  6. "motogp.com · Iveco AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2009".
  7. (2009). "Standings".
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