2009 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  2009 Australian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 15 of 17 races in the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	18 October 2009
Official name	Iveco Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1][2][3]
Location	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.448 km (2.764 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Casey Stoner Time 1:30.341 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:30.085 Podium First Casey Stoner Second Valentino Rossi Third Dani Pedrosa
250 cc
Pole position Rider Raffaele De Rosa Time 1:33.389 Fastest lap Rider Raffaele De Rosa Time 1:33.519 Podium First Marco Simoncelli Second Héctor Barberá Third Raffaele De Rosa
125 cc
Pole position Rider Pol Espargaró Time 1:37.770 Fastest lap Rider Sandro Cortese Time 1:37.869 Podium First Julián Simón Second Bradley Smith Third Sandro Cortese

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	27	40:56.651	1	25
2	46	Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+1.935	2	20
3	3	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+22.618	3	16
4	15	Alex de Angelis	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	27	+32.702	6	13
5	5	Colin Edwards	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	27	+35.885	5	11
6	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+38.482	10	10
7	33	Marco Melandri	Hayate Racing Team	Kawasaki	27	+44.461	14	9
8	14	Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	27	+44.941	8	8
9	36	Mika Kallio	Pramac Racing	Ducati	27	+54.345	9	7
10	24	Toni Elías	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	27	+1:01.205	11	6
11	7	Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	27	+1:05.417	15	5
12	65	Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	27	+1:05.950	17[N 1]	4
13	41	Gábor Talmácsi	Scot Racing Team MotoGP	Honda	27	+1:17.951	16	3
14	52	James Toseland	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	27	+1:17.985	12	2
15	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	26	+1 lap	7	1
Ret	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	0	Accident	4
DNS	88	Niccolò Canepa	Pramac Racing	Ducati		Did not start
Sources: [4][5][6]

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.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	18	28:17.403	2	25
2	40	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	18	+2.434	5	20
3	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Honda	18	+2.604	1	16
4	16	Jules Cluzel	Aprilia	18	+12.118	12	13
5	63	Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	18	+12.192	6	11
6	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	18	+12.413	11	10
7	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	18	+12.455	3	9
8	55	Héctor Faubel	Honda	18	+13.112	9	8
9	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	18	+13.560	7	7
10	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	18	+27.779	10	6
11	12	Thomas Lüthi	Aprilia	18	+28.222	15	5
12	52	Lukáš Pešek	Aprilia	18	+28.657	14	4
13	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	18	+33.892	4	3
14	73	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	18	+38.779	16	2
15	48	Shoya Tomizawa	Honda	18	+40.529	18	1
16	11	Balázs Németh	Aprilia	18	+1:23.200	21
17	8	Bastien Chesaux	Aprilia	18	+1:24.298	24
18	10	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	17	+1 lap	23
19	53	Valentin Debise	Honda	17	+1 lap	22
NC	15	Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	18	+30.515	17
Ret	7	Axel Pons	Aprilia	16	Retirement	19
Ret	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	15	Retirement	13
Ret	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	7	Accident	8
Ret	56	Vladimir Leonov	Aprilia	7	Retirement	20
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	60	Julián Simón	Aprilia	23	37:55.798	3	25
2	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	23	+0.313	5	20
3	11	Sandro Cortese	Derbi	23	+2.057	7	16
4	44	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	23	+2.161	1	13
5	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	23	+2.330	4	11
6	18	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	23	+3.239	2	10
7	7	Efrén Vázquez	Derbi	23	+3.290	11	9
8	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	23	+12.820	8	8
9	93	Marc Márquez	KTM	23	+22.355	6	7
10	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	23	+22.602	16	6
11	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	23	+29.181	24	5
12	77	Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	23	+29.199	17	4
13	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	23	+29.222	21	3
14	94	Jonas Folger	Aprilia	23	+29.396	23	2
15	35	Randy Krummenacher	Aprilia	23	+29.461	22	1
16	14	Johann Zarco	Aprilia	23	+29.709	19
17	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	23	+31.251	13
18	73	Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	23	+32.482	14
19	39	Luis Salom	Aprilia	23	+58.333	25
20	88	Michael Ranseder	Aprilia	23	+58.485	20
21	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Loncin	23	+1:19.017	15
22	53	Jasper Iwema	Honda	23	+1:23.621	26
23	21	Jakub Kornfeil	Loncin	23	+1:23.731	27
24	97	Brad Gross	Yamaha	22	+1 lap	29
25	10	Luca Vitali	Aprilia	22	+1 lap	28
26	87	Luca Marconi	Aprilia	22	+1 lap	31
27	54	Andrew Lawson	Honda	22	+1 lap	33
Ret	98	Levi Day	Honda	22	+1 lap	32
Ret	12	Esteve Rabat	Aprilia	21	Retirement	10
Ret	96	Nicky Diles	Aprilia	7	Retirement	30
Ret	17	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	2	Accident	12
Ret	6	Joan Olivé	Derbi	2	Retirement	9
Ret	16	Cameron Beaubier	KTM	2	Accident	18
DNS	19	Quentin Jacquet	Aprilia		Did not start
DNS	30	Dylan Mavin	Honda		Did not start
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Notes

1. Capirossi started at the back of the grid due to having a new engine, 1 over the allowed allocation.

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.[7]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 270 2 Jorge Lorenzo 232 3 Casey Stoner 195 4 Dani Pedrosa 189 5 Andrea Dovizioso 152

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 350 2 Honda 252 3 Ducati 236 4 Suzuki 121 5 Kawasaki 100

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

References

1. "2009 Australian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 9 October 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. "Phillip Island Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
4. "2009 Australian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 9 October 2017.
5. "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2009.
6. "motogp.com · Iveco AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2009". www.motogp.com.
7. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2019.

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