2009 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

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Date8 November 2009
Official nameGran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana[1]
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.005 km (2.489 mi)
Valencian Community  2009 Valencian Community Grand Prix
Race details
Race 17 of 17 races in the
2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date8 November 2009
Official nameGran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana[1]
LocationCircuit Ricardo Tormo
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.005 km (2.489 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Australia Casey Stoner
Time 1:32.256
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Dani Pedrosa
Time 1:32.778
Podium
First Spain Dani Pedrosa
Second Italy Valentino Rossi
Third Spain Jorge Lorenzo
250cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Alex Debón
Time 1:36.116
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Héctor Barberá
Time 1:36.866
Podium
First Spain Héctor Barberá
Second Spain Álvaro Bautista
Third Italy Raffaele De Rosa
125cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Julián Simón
Time 1:41.472
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Julián Simón
Time 1:41.650
Podium
First Spain Julián Simón
Second United Kingdom Bradley Smith
Third Spain Pol Espargaró

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
1 3 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 46:47.553 2 25
2 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +2.630 4 20
3 99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +2.913 3 16
4 5 United States Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +32.515 5 13
5 69 United States Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +34.585 6 11
6 24 Spain Toni Elías San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 30 +34.888 8 10
7 11 United States Ben Spies Sterilgarda Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +37.706 9 9
8 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +38.364 10 8
9 36 Finland Mika Kallio Pramac Racing Ducati 30 +42.491 11 7
10 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 30 +43.689 12 6
11 14 France Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 30 +46.018 7 5
12 52 United Kingdom James Toseland Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +50.226 14 4
13 44 Spain Aleix Espargaró Pramac Racing Ducati 30 +57.168 16 3
14 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +1:06.877 13 2
15 7 Australia Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +1:11.701 18 1
16 41 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 30 +1:14.405 17
17 33 Italy Marco Melandri Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +1:33.425 15
DNS 27 Australia Casey Stoner 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
1 40 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 27 44:10.601 2 25
2 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 27 +3.663 8 20
3 35 Italy Raffaele De Rosa Honda 27 +5.665 10 16
4 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 27 +5.680 5 13
5 14 Thailand Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 27 +13.601 3 11
6 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Aprilia 27 +13.697 6 10
7 4 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 27 +27.438 4 9
8 25 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 27 +35.097 11 8
9 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Gilera 27 +35.866 13 7
10 48 Japan Shoya Tomizawa Honda 27 +40.176 15 6
11 73 Japan Shuhei Aoyama Honda 27 +49.095 19 5
12 52 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 27 +53.132 17 4
13 11 Hungary Balázs Németh Aprilia 27 +1:06.014 18 3
14 63 France Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 27 +1:18.692 14 2
15 53 France Valentin Debise Honda 27 +1:18.876 20 1
16 8 Switzerland Bastien Chesaux Aprilia 26 +1 lap 22
17 56 Russia Vladimir Leonov Aprilia 26 +1 lap 21
18 33 Republic of Ireland William Dunlop Honda 26 +1 lap 24
19 10 Hungary Imre Tóth Aprilia 26 +1 lap 23
Ret 16 France Jules Cluzel Aprilia 23 Accident 12
Ret 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli Gilera 20 Accident 1
Ret 7 Spain Axel Pons Aprilia 19 Retirement 16
Ret 75 Italy Mattia Pasini Aprilia 11 Retirement 7
Ret 55 Spain Héctor Faubel Honda 7 Accident 9
DNS 6 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia Injured
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

References

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