2009 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2009 Indianapolis Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of August 28–30, 2009 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The MotoGP race was won by Jorge Lorenzo.[4]

Jorge Lorenzo, riding his bike at the MotoGP race, which he went on to win.

  2009 Indianapolis Grand Prix

Race details
Race 12 of 17 races in the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	August 30, 2009
Official name	Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix[1][2][3]
Location	Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.216 km (2.620 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Dani Pedrosa Time 1:39.730 Fastest lap Rider Jorge Lorenzo Time 1:40.152 Podium First Jorge Lorenzo Second Alex de Angelis Third Nicky Hayden
250 cc
Pole position Rider Mike Di Meglio Time 1:44.341 Fastest lap Rider Marco Simoncelli Time 1:44.720 Podium First Marco Simoncelli Second Hiroshi Aoyama Third Álvaro Bautista
125 cc
Pole position Rider Julián Simón Time 1:49.337 Fastest lap Rider Bradley Smith Time 1:49.039 Podium First Pol Espargaró Second Bradley Smith Third Simone Corsi

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	47:13.592	2	25
2	15	Alex de Angelis	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	28	+9.435	4	20
3	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati Team	Ducati	28	+12.947	6	16
4	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+13.478	8	13
5	5	Colin Edwards	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	28	+26.254	5	11
6	52	James Toseland	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	28	+32.408	10	10
7	65	Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	28	+34.400	11	9
8	36	Mika Kallio	Ducati Team	Ducati	28	+34.856	15	8
9	24	Toni Elías	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	28	+45.005	7	7
10	3	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+45.377	1	6
11	7	Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	28	+45.478	14	5
12	14	Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	28	+52.294	12	4
13	44	Aleix Espargaró	Pramac Racing	Ducati	28	+1:03.552	16	3
14	41	Gábor Talmácsi	Scot Racing Team MotoGP	Honda	28	+1:15.086	17	2
Ret	33	Marco Melandri	Hayate Racing Team	Kawasaki	25	Accident	9
Ret	88	Niccolò Canepa	Pramac Racing	Ducati	23	Retirement	13
Ret	46	Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	12	Accident	3
Sources: [5][6][7]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	26	45:43.599	3	25
2	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	26	+1.943	2	20
3	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	26	+4.661	6	16
4	63	Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	26	+12.776	1	13
5	15	Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	26	+15.475	12	11
6	40	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	26	+19.471	4	10
7	52	Lukáš Pešek	Aprilia	26	+22.682	11	9
8	55	Héctor Faubel	Honda	26	+32.809	10	8
9	12	Thomas Lüthi	Aprilia	26	+49.321	14	7
10	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	26	+49.845	16	6
11	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Honda	26	+53.567	15	5
12	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	26	+1:29.717	13	4
13	53	Valentin Debise	Honda	26	+1:37.837	17	3
14	7	Axel Pons	Aprilia	26	+1:46.672	18	2
15	56	Vladimir Leonov	Aprilia	26	+1:46.821	21	1
16	11	Balázs Németh	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	20
17	10	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	19
18	29	Barrett Long	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	25
19	30	Adam Roberts	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	23
Ret	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	23	Retirement	9
Ret	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	18	Accident	8
Ret	16	Jules Cluzel	Aprilia	7	Accident	5
Ret	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	5	Retirement	7
Ret	8	Bastien Chesaux	Honda	0	Accident	22
DNS	48	Shoya Tomizawa	Honda		Did not start
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	44	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	23	42:07.925	4	25
2	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	23	+0.120	5	20
3	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	23	+0.448	6	16
4	18	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	23	+1.613	3	13
5	60	Julián Simón	Aprilia	23	+1.801	1	11
6	93	Marc Márquez	KTM	23	+19.345	9	10
7	17	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	23	+19.358	15	9
8	6	Joan Olivé	Derbi	23	+25.611	10	8
9	73	Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	23	+29.240	19	7
10	77	Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	23	+29.707	17	6
11	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	23	+30.464	11	5
12	94	Jonas Folger	Aprilia	23	+44.460	21	4
13	39	Luis Salom	Aprilia	23	+44.549	20	3
14	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Loncin	23	+45.328	16	2
15	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	23	+45.435	7	1
16	88	Michael Ranseder	Aprilia	23	+45.479	14
17	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	23	+45.998	24
18	11	Sandro Cortese	Derbi	23	+53.791	2
19	16	Cameron Beaubier	KTM	23	+1:01.179	23
20	12	Esteve Rabat	Aprilia	23	+1:02.814	22
21	7	Efrén Vázquez	Derbi	23	+1:14.891	8
22	69	Lukáš Šembera	Aprilia	23	+1:16.320	28
23	14	Johann Zarco	Aprilia	23	+1:31.218	13
24	87	Luca Marconi	Aprilia	23	+1:31.569	27
25	10	Luca Vitali	Aprilia	23	+1:51.274	31
Ret	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	20	Retirement	12
Ret	35	Randy Krummenacher	Aprilia	17	Accident	25
Ret	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	11	Retirement	26
Ret	5	Alexis Masbou	Loncin	7	Retirement	29
Ret	74	Ben Young	Aprilia	3	Retirement	32
Ret	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	3	Retirement	18
Ret	75	Miles Thornton	Aprilia	1	Accident	30
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round twelve has concluded.[8]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 212 2 Jorge Lorenzo 187 3 Casey Stoner 150 4 Dani Pedrosa 141 5 Colin Edwards 123

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 280 2 Honda 204 3 Ducati 182 4 Suzuki 109 5 Kawasaki 79

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

References

1. "2009 Indianapolis MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.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. "Indianapolis Motor Speedway - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
4. "Lorenzo gains vital Indy victory". BBC Sport. 2009-08-30. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
5. "2009 Indianapolis MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
6. "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2009.
7. "motogp.com · RED BULL INDIANAPOLIS GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2009". www.motogp.com.
8. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2009. Retrieved 2019-08-24.

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