The 2009 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 24–26 April 2009 at the Twin Ring Motegi, located in Motegi, Japan. The MotoGP race was the 700th premier class race in the history of Grand Prix motorcycle racing. Jorge Lorenzo won the MotoGP race ahead of teammate Valentino Rossi to take the overall lead in the world championship.
Qualifying All qualifying sessions for MotoGP, 250cc and 125cc were cancelled due to adverse weather conditions and grid positions for Sunday's races were defined according to combined free practice times.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 99 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 43:47.238 3 25 2 46 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +1.304 1 20 3 3 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +3.763 11 16 4 27 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 24 +5.691 2 13 5 4 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +9.207 7 11 6 33 Marco Melandri Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 24 +30.555 8 10 7 65 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 24 +32.756 6 9 8 36 Mika Kallio Pramac Racing Ducati 24 +39.416 17 8 9 52 James Toseland Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 24 +43.106 10 7 10 7 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 24 +43.245 4 6 11 14 Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 24 +44.834 16 5 12 5 Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 24 +46.540 5 4 13 15 Alex de Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 24 +53.525 15 3 14 88 Niccolò Canepa Pramac Racing Ducati 24 +1:21.804 18 2 15 24 Toni Elías San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 23 +1 lap 9 1 Ret 59 Sete Gibernau Grupo Francisco Hernando Ducati 17 Retirement 14 Ret 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 0 Accident 12 Ret 72 Yuki Takahashi Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 0 Accident 13 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 23 44:06.488 3 25 2 4 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 23 +5.889 2 20 3 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 23 +21.832 4 16 4 28 Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 23 +25.906 7 13 5 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 23 +30.785 10 11 6 73 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 23 +33.788 17 10 7 52 Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 23 +36.972 11 9 8 12 Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 23 +41.018 13 8 9 17 Karel Abraham Aprilia 23 +41.649 16 7 10 48 Shoya Tomizawa Honda 23 +52.863 25 6 11 40 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 23 +1:00.888 5 5 12 35 Raffaele De Rosa Honda 23 +1:06.347 6 4 13 10 Imre Tóth Aprilia 23 +1:53.149 20 3 14 59 Kazuki Watanabe Yamaha 22 +1 lap 19 2 15 56 Vladimir Leonov Aprilia 22 +1 lap 22 1 16 8 Bastien Chesaux Honda 22 +1 lap 23 17 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 22 +1 lap 1 18 77 Aitor Rodríguez Aprilia 22 +1 lap 24 Ret 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 18 Accident 12 Ret 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 17 Accident 18 Ret 55 Héctor Faubel Honda 6 Accident 15 Ret 63 Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 5 Accident 8 Ret 7 Axel Pons Aprilia 3 Accident 21 Ret 16 Jules Cluzel Aprilia 2 Accident 14 Ret 15 Roberto Locatelli Gilera 2 Accident 9 OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 20 42:23.716 1 25 2 60 Julián Simón Aprilia 20 +1.346 2 20 3 44 Pol Espargaró Derbi 20 +5.039 8 16 4 17 Stefan Bradl Aprilia 20 +6.904 3 13 5 93 Marc Márquez KTM 20 +13.061 10 11 6 11 Sandro Cortese Derbi 20 +14.841 9 10 7 6 Joan Olivé Derbi 20 +16.420 11 9 8 94 Jonas Folger Aprilia 20 +16.483 14 8 9 77 Dominique Aegerter Derbi 20 +27.500 6 7 10 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia 20 +30.359 7 6 11 99 Danny Webb Aprilia 20 +37.547 13 5 12 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Loncin 20 +43.856 19 4 13 12 Esteve Rabat Aprilia 20 +59.889 4 3 14 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 20 +1:00.141 15 2 15 24 Simone Corsi Aprilia 20 +1:02.601 17 1 16 16 Cameron Beaubier KTM 20 +1:02.609 23 17 18 Nicolás Terol Aprilia 20 +1:09.867 5 18 35 Randy Krummenacher Aprilia 20 +1:09.883 22 19 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 20 +1:15.049 12 20 73 Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 20 +1:19.858 21 21 5 Alexis Masbou Loncin 20 +1:43.413 25 22 7 Efrén Vázquez Derbi 20 +1:52.910 20 23 69 Lukáš Šembera Aprilia 20 +2:07.124 32 24 58 Yuuichi Yanagisawa Honda 20 +2:07.402 26 25 87 Luca Marconi Aprilia 19 +1 lap 30 26 10 Luca Vitali Aprilia 19 +1 lap 34 27 55 Hiroomi Iwata Honda 19 +1 lap 29 28 59 Satoru Kamada Honda 19 +1 lap 28 29 57 Yuki Oogane Honda 18 +2 laps 33 Ret 56 Yuma Yahagi Honda 11 Retirement 27 Ret 14 Johann Zarco Aprilia 10 Retirement 18 Ret 45 Scott Redding Aprilia 6 Retirement 16 Ret 32 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 2 Accident 24 Ret 53 Jasper Iwema Honda 0 Accident 31 DNS 88 Michael Ranseder Haojue Did not start DNQ 66 Matthew Hoyle Haojue Did not qualify OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Jorge Lorenzo 41 2 Valentino Rossi 40 3 Casey Stoner 38 4 Andrea Dovizioso 22 5 Dani Pedrosa 21
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 45 2 Ducati 38 3 Honda 27 4 Suzuki 18 5 Kawasaki 12
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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