2009 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 2 of 17 races in the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||
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| Date | 26 April 2009 | ||
| Official name | Polini Grand Prix of Japan | ||
| Location | Twin Ring Motegi | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.801 km (2.983 mi) | ||
| MotoGP | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |  Valentino Rossi |
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| Time | 1:48.545 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |  Jorge Lorenzo |
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| Time | 1:48.477 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Jorge Lorenzo |
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| Second | Valentino Rossi |
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| Third | Dani Pedrosa |
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| 250 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Marco Simoncelli |
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| Time | 1:53.093 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Álvaro Bautista |
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| Time | 1:54.047 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Álvaro Bautista |
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| Second |  Hiroshi Aoyama |
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| Third | Mattia Pasini |
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| 125 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Andrea Iannone |
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| Time | 2:00.685 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Andrea Iannone |
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| Time | 2:01.551 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Andrea Iannone |
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| Second | Julián Simón |
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| Third | Pol Espargaró |
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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.[1] Jorge Lorenzo won the MotoGP race ahead of team-mate Valentino Rossi to take the overall lead in the world championship.[2]
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
Jorge Lorenzo celebrating his victory.
| 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 Elías |
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 |
250 cc 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 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 |
125 cc 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 | Lukáš Šembera |
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
- "MotoGP official website". Archived from the original on 2009-07-29. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
- ↑ "700th Premier Class race milestone to be celebrated in Japan.". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 2009-04-20. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
- ↑ "Lorenzo clinches victory in Japan". BBC Sport. BBC. 2009-04-26. Archived from the original on April 28, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
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