2009 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race 17 of 17 races in the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 8 November 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Circuit Ricardo Tormo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2009 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 6–8 November 2009 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo. It was the final race of the 250cc two-stroke class, as Moto2 (600cc four-stroke) replaced it from 2010 onwards. The MotoGP race was won by Dani Pedrosa.[2]
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 3 | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 30 | 46:47.553 | 2 | 25 | |
| 2 | 46 | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +2.630 | 4 | 20 | |
| 3 | 99 | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +2.913 | 3 | 16 | |
| 4 | 5 | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 30 | +32.515 | 5 | 13 | |
| 5 | 69 | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 30 | +34.585 | 6 | 11 | |
| 6 | 24 | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 30 | +34.888 | 8 | 10 | |
| 7 | 11 | Sterilgarda Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +37.706 | 9 | 9 | |
| 8 | 4 | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 30 | +38.364 | 10 | 8 | |
| 9 | 36 | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 30 | +42.491 | 11 | 7 | |
| 10 | 15 | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 30 | +43.689 | 12 | 6 | |
| 11 | 14 | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 30 | +46.018 | 7 | 5 | |
| 12 | 52 | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 30 | +50.226 | 14 | 4 | |
| 13 | 44 | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 30 | +57.168 | 16 | 3 | |
| 14 | 65 | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 30 | +1:06.877 | 13 | 2 | |
| 15 | 7 | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 30 | +1:11.701 | 18 | 1 | |
| 16 | 41 | Scot Racing Team MotoGP | Honda | 30 | +1:14.405 | 17 | ||
| 17 | 33 | Hayate Racing Team | Kawasaki | 30 | +1:33.425 | 15 | ||
| DNS | 27 | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 0 | Accident in the warm-up lap | 11 | ||
| Sources: [3][4][5] | ||||||||
- ^1 – Casey Stoner did not start the race. His place on the grid was left vacant.[citation needed]
250 cc classification
Alex Debón was due to start on pole position, but due to injuries sustained in qualifying practice he did not take part in the race. Therefore, everyone else was moved up one place on the final starting grid.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 40 | Aprilia | 27 | 44:10.601 | 2 | 25 | |
| 2 | 19 | Aprilia | 27 | +3.663 | 8 | 20 | |
| 3 | 35 | Honda | 27 | +5.665 | 10 | 16 | |
| 4 | 12 | Aprilia | 27 | +5.680 | 5 | 13 | |
| 5 | 14 | Honda | 27 | +13.601 | 3 | 11 | |
| 6 | 17 | Aprilia | 27 | +13.697 | 6 | 10 | |
| 7 | 4 | Honda | 27 | +27.438 | 4 | 9 | |
| 8 | 25 | Aprilia | 27 | +35.097 | 11 | 8 | |
| 9 | 15 | Gilera | 27 | +35.866 | 13 | 7 | |
| 10 | 48 | Honda | 27 | +40.176 | 15 | 6 | |
| 11 | 73 | Honda | 27 | +49.095 | 19 | 5 | |
| 12 | 52 | Aprilia | 27 | +53.132 | 17 | 4 | |
| 13 | 11 | Aprilia | 27 | +1:06.014 | 18 | 3 | |
| 14 | 63 | Aprilia | 27 | +1:18.692 | 14 | 2 | |
| 15 | 53 | Honda | 27 | +1:18.876 | 20 | 1 | |
| 16 | 8 | Aprilia | 26 | +1 lap | 22 | ||
| 17 | 56 | Aprilia | 26 | +1 lap | 21 | ||
| 18 | 33 | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 24 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Aprilia | 26 | +1 lap | 23 | ||
| Ret | 16 | Aprilia | 23 | Accident | 12 | ||
| Ret | 58 | Gilera | 20 | Accident | 1 | ||
| Ret | 7 | Aprilia | 19 | Retirement | 16 | ||
| Ret | 75 | Aprilia | 11 | Retirement | 7 | ||
| Ret | 55 | Honda | 7 | Accident | 9 | ||
| DNS | 6 | Aprilia | Injured | ||||
| OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT | |||||||