2009 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

Date18 October 2009

Official nameIveco Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix^[1][2][3]

LocationPhillip Island Grand Prix Circuit

Course

• Permanent racing facility
• 4.448 km (2.764 mi)

  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
250cc
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
125cc
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

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.