2009 German motorcycle Grand Prix

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Alice Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland[1][2][3]
LocationSachsenring
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 3.671 km (2.281 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:32.520
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Dani Pedrosa
Time 1:22.126
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Third Spain Dani Pedrosa
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Marco Simoncelli
Time 1:32.962
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Álvaro Bautista
Time 1:24.552
Podium
First Italy Marco Simoncelli
Second Spain Alex Debón
Third Spain Álvaro Bautista
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Julián Simón
Time 1:38.671
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Sergio Gadea
Time 1:28.337
Podium
First Spain Julián Simón
Second Spain Sergio Gadea
Third Spain 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 17–19 July 2009 at the Sachsenring, located in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany.

The MotoGP race was won by Valentino Rossi who finished ahead of teammate Jorge Lorenzo.[4]

Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo, battling for the lead of the MotoGP race. Rossi went on to win, with Lorenzo finishing second.

MotoGP classification

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 41:21.769 1 25
2 99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +0.099 2 20
3 3 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +2.899 8 16
4 27 Australia Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +10.226 3 13
5 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 30 +21.522 5 11
6 24 Spain Toni Elías San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 30 +30.852 17 10
7 33 Italy Marco Melandri Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +31.301 13 9
8 69 United States Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +31.726 4 8
9 5 United States Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +32.865 7 7
10 52 United Kingdom James Toseland Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +43.926 14 6
11 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +57.375 9 5
12 88 Italy Niccolò Canepa Pramac Racing Ducati 30 +1:00.539 15 4
13 7 Australia Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +1:03.645 12 3
14 36 Finland Mika Kallio Pramac Racing Ducati 30 +1:04.155 10 2
15 41 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 29 +1 lap 16 1
Ret 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team Honda 25 Retirement 11
Ret 14 France Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 0 Accident 6
Sources: [5][6][7]

250 cc 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.[8]

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli Gilera 19 27:11.034 1 25
2 6 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia 19 +0.479 7 20
3 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 19 +0.528 3 16
4 4 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 19 +0.866 4 13
5 40 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 19 +1.260 2 11
6 55 Spain Héctor Faubel Honda 19 +5.972 8 10
7 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 19 +8.721 9 9
8 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 19 +8.762 11 8
9 35 Italy Raffaele De Rosa Honda 19 +19.176 17 7
10 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Gilera 19 +27.950 14 6
11 25 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 19 +29.601 12 5
12 52 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 19 +38.299 13 4
13 48 Japan Shoya Tomizawa Honda 19 +51.940 18 3
14 16 France Jules Cluzel Aprilia 19 +52.919 15 2
15 8 Switzerland Bastien Chesaux Honda 19 +1:06.786 23 1
16 7 Spain Axel Pons Aprilia 19 +1:20.573 24
17 54 United Kingdom Toby Markham Aprilia 18 +1 lap 22
18 10 Hungary Imre Tóth Aprilia 18 +1 lap 19
19 66
Joakim Stensmo
Honda 17 +2 laps 25
20 53 France Valentin Debise Honda 15 +4 laps 21
Ret 75 Italy Mattia Pasini Aprilia 16 Accident 6
Ret 63 France Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 16 Accident 10
Ret 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Aprilia 8 Retirement 5
Ret 56 Russia Vladimir Leonov Aprilia 0 Accident 20
DNS 14 Thailand Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 0 Did not restart 16
DNQ 67 Sweden Robin Hålén Aprilia Did not qualify
DNQ 65 Germany Marcel Becker Yamaha Did not qualify
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

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

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

References

  1. ^ "2009 German MotoGP". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2009 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Sachsenring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Rossi pips Lorenzo for German win". BBC Sport. 2009-07-19. Archived from the original on 20 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  5. ^ "2009 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2009.
  7. ^ "motogp.com · ALICE MOTORRAD GRAND PRIX DEUTSCHLAND · MotoGP Race Classification 2009". www.motogp.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-11. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
  8. ^ "Rain interrupts and delays 250cc race". autosport.com. 2009-07-19. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
  9. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2009. Retrieved 2019-08-24.


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