2009 German motorcycle Grand Prix

2009 German Grand Prix
Race details
Race 9 of 17 races in the; 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	19 July 2009
Official name	Alice Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland
Location	Sachsenring
Course	Permanent racing facility; 3.671 km (2.281 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:32.520
Fastest lap
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	1:22.126
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Jorge Lorenzo
Third	Dani Pedrosa
250cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Marco Simoncelli
Time	1:32.962
Fastest lap
Rider	Álvaro Bautista
Time	1:24.552
Podium
First	Marco Simoncelli
Second	Alex Debón
Third	Álvaro Bautista
125cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Julián Simón
Time	1:38.671
Fastest lap
Rider	Sergio Gadea
Time	1:28.337
Podium
First	Julián Simón
Second	Sergio Gadea
Third	Joan Olivé

Date19 July 2009

Official nameAlice Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland^[1]^[2]^[3]

Course

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]

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

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

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	60	Julián Simón	Aprilia	27	39:57.337	1	25
2	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	27	+9.415	14	20
3	6	Joan Olivé	Derbi	27	+17.559	12	16
4	18	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	27	+17.587	5	13
5	44	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	27	+19.740	19	11
6	11	Sandro Cortese	Derbi	27	+20.778	15	10
7	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	27	+20.908	22	9
8	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	27	+38.221	17	8
9	77	Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	27	+38.434	23	7
10	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Loncin	27	+40.085	13	6
11	35	Randy Krummenacher	Aprilia	27	+44.127	33	5
12	78	Marcel Schrötter	Honda	27	+45.051	4	4
13	39	Luis Salom	Aprilia	27	+59.604	30	3
14	16	Cameron Beaubier	KTM	27	+1:18.157	28	2
15	79	Daniel Kartheininger	Honda	27	+1:20.825	26	1
16	93	Marc Márquez	KTM	27	+1:25.137	3
17	7	Efrén Vázquez	Derbi	27	+1:30.427	8
18	69	Lukáš Šembera	Aprilia	27	+1:30.528	20
19	53	Jasper Iwema	Honda	26	+1 lap	11
20	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	26	+1 lap	25
21	76	Toni Finsterbusch	Honda	26	+1 lap	29
22	80	Damien Raemy	Honda	26	+1 lap	35
23	14	Johann Zarco	Aprilia	26	+1 lap	34
24	87	Luca Marconi	Aprilia	26	+1 lap	32
Ret	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	19	Retirement	24
Ret	17	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	18	Accident	16
Ret	73	Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	17	Retirement	7
Ret	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	16	Retirement	9
Ret	94	Jonas Folger	Aprilia	15	Accident	21
Ret	88	Michael Ranseder	Aprilia	8	Accident	10
Ret	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	6	Retirement	18
Ret	81	Eeki Kuparinen	Honda	3	Accident	31
Ret	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	3	Accident	2
Ret	12	Esteve Rabat	Aprilia	1	Accident	27
Ret	5	Alexis Masbou	Loncin	1	Accident	6
DNQ	10	Luca Vitali	Aprilia		Did not qualify
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

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