The 2009 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 1–3 May 2009 at the Circuito de Jerez located in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain.
Report In the MotoGP race, Valentino Rossi achieved his first win of the season to go top of the world championship standings, the world champion came home ahead of home favourite Dani Pedrosa, with Casey Stoner in third place. In the 250cc race, Hiroshi Aoyama capitalised on a late mistake of another home favourite, Álvaro Bautista, to take his first win since the 2007 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix. In the 125cc race, British rider Bradley Smith dominated the race to achieve his first victory at the 50th attempt, after title rivals Andrea Iannone and Julián Simón both crashed.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 45:18.557 4 25 2 3 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +2.700 2 20 3 27 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 27 +10.507 3 16 4 14 Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 27 +31.893 5 13 5 33 Marco Melandri Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 27 +33.128 11 11 6 65 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 27 +34.128 6 10 7 5 Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +34.421 7 9 8 4 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +34.625 8 8 9 24 Toni Elías San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 27 +42.689 9 7 10 7 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 27 +45.183 10 6 11 59 Sete Gibernau Grupo Francisco Hernando Ducati 27 +48.192 12 5 12 72 Yuki Takahashi Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 27 +51.875 13 4 13 52 James Toseland Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +53.683 14 3 14 15 Alex de Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 27 +53.941 15 2 15 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 27 +1:01.237 16 1 16 88 Niccolò Canepa Pramac Racing Ducati 27 +1:10.896 18 Ret 99 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 23 Retirement 1 Ret 36 Mika Kallio Pramac Racing Ducati 12 Retirement 17 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 26 45:08.805 6 25 2 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 26 +0.132 4 20 3 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 26 +2.706 3 16 4 40 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 26 +2.769 2 13 5 12 Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 26 +17.946 8 11 6 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 26 +17.950 15 10 7 28 Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 26 +26.288 10 9 8 16 Jules Cluzel Aprilia 26 +26.472 5 8 9 15 Roberto Locatelli Gilera 26 +27.646 16 7 10 35 Raffaele De Rosa Honda 26 +32.369 12 6 11 63 Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 26 +32.617 7 5 12 48 Shoya Tomizawa Honda 26 +34.241 17 4 13 52 Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 26 +36.889 11 3 14 55 Héctor Faubel Honda 26 +37.237 9 2 15 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 26 +1:16.786 13 1 16 10 Imre Tóth Aprilia 26 +1:25.509 19 17 8 Bastien Chesaux Honda 25 +1 lap 22 18 77 Aitor Rodríguez Aprilia 25 +1 lap 20 19 56 Vladimir Leonov Aprilia 25 +1 lap 23 20 53 Valentin Debise Honda 25 +1 lap 24 Ret 7 Axel Pons Aprilia 22 Retirement 21 Ret 76 Iván Maestro Aprilia 18 Retirement 25 Ret 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 10 Retirement 18 Ret 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 9 Accident 1 Ret 17 Karel Abraham Aprilia 3 Accident 14 DNQ 54 Toby Markham Honda Did not qualify OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia 23 41:49.556 2 25 2 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 23 +13.524 5 20 3 93 Marc Márquez KTM 23 +13.553 4 16 4 45 Scott Redding Aprilia 23 +14.251 7 13 5 7 Efrén Vázquez Derbi 23 +14.758 15 11 6 11 Sandro Cortese Derbi 23 +15.545 9 10 7 44 Pol Espargaró Derbi 23 +15.556 10 9 8 99 Danny Webb Aprilia 23 +17.772 8 8 9 77 Dominique Aegerter Derbi 23 +18.960 6 7 10 18 Nicolás Terol Aprilia 23 +19.053 18 6 11 6 Joan Olivé Derbi 23 +32.480 11 5 12 12 Esteve Rabat Aprilia 23 +32.554 16 4 13 14 Johann Zarco Aprilia 23 +33.378 19 3 14 24 Simone Corsi Aprilia 23 +41.533 12 2 15 16 Cameron Beaubier KTM 23 +44.443 17 1 16 73 Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 23 +44.738 21 17 35 Randy Krummenacher Aprilia 23 +44.934 13 18 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 23 +44.977 26 19 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 23 +55.464 3 20 69 Lukáš Šembera Aprilia 23 +1:05.314 23 21 32 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 23 +1:07.420 22 22 42 Alberto Moncayo Aprilia 23 +1:16.825 25 23 39 Luis Salom Honda 23 +1:25.188 29 24 53 Jasper Iwema Honda 23 +1:28.903 24 25 87 Luca Marconi Aprilia 23 +1:29.012 28 26 41 Borja Maestro Aprilia 22 +1 lap 30 27 31 Jordi Dalmau Honda 22 +1 lap 34 28 40 Eduard López Aprilia 22 +1 lap 33 Ret 94 Jonas Folger Aprilia 21 Accident 35 Ret 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Loncin 21 Accident 20 Ret 5 Alexis Masbou Loncin 13 Retirement 27 Ret 17 Stefan Bradl Aprilia 8 Retirement 14 Ret 60 Julián Simón Aprilia 5 Accident 1 DNS 88 Michael Ranseder Haojue 0 Did not start 32 DSQ 10 Luca Vitali Aprilia 10 Black flag 31 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 three has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 65 2 Casey Stoner 54 3 Jorge Lorenzo 41 4 Dani Pedrosa 41 5 Andrea Dovizioso 30
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 70 2 Ducati 54 3 Honda 47 4 Suzuki 28 5 Kawasaki 23
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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