The 2009 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 June 2009 at the Circuit de Catalunya. This race is known as one of the most thrilling in MotoGP history, because Valentino Rossi held off the challenge of teammate Jorge Lorenzo by overtaking him in the last corner, on the last lap, to win the race.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 25 43:11.897 2 25 2 99 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 25 +0.095 1 20 3 27 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 25 +8.884 3 16 4 4 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team Honda 25 +8.936 4 13 5 65 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 25 +19.831 11 11 6 3 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 25 +22.182 8 10 7 5 Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 25 +23.547 6 9 8 14 Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 25 +25.265 7 8 9 36 Mika Kallio Pramac Racing Ducati 25 +31.797 10 7 10 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 25 +33.593 13 6 11 7 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 25 +36.683 12 5 12 15 Alex de Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 25 +36.874 14 4 13 52 James Toseland Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 25 +39.433 9 3 14 33 Marco Melandri Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 25 +44.788 17 2 15 59 Sete Gibernau Grupo Francisco Hernando Ducati 25 +46.754 15 1 16 88 Niccolò Canepa Pramac Racing Ducati 25 +55.873 18 17 41 Gábor Talmácsi Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 25 +1:27.640 19 Ret 24 Toni Elías San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 9 Accident 5 Ret 72 Yuki Takahashi Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 0 Accident 16 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 23 41:09.018 2 25 2 4 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 23 +7.185 6 20 3 40 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 23 +7.282 1 16 4 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 23 +10.784 7 13 5 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 23 +15.740 5 11 6 12 Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 23 +15.780 4 10 7 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 23 +28.654 10 9 8 17 Karel Abraham Aprilia 23 +31.600 12 8 9 35 Raffaele De Rosa Honda 23 +33.760 13 7 10 55 Héctor Faubel Honda 23 +33.843 8 6 11 16 Jules Cluzel Aprilia 23 +34.871 14 5 12 52 Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 23 +35.117 17 4 13 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 23 +39.840 11 3 14 63 Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 23 +42.821 9 2 15 51 Stevie Bonsey Aprilia 23 +1:16.524 19 1 16 7 Axel Pons Aprilia 23 +1:16.689 18 17 53 Valentin Debise Honda 23 +1:28.826 20 18 11 Balázs Németh Aprilia 23 +1:39.488 21 19 8 Bastien Chesaux Honda 23 +1:47.958 22 20 56 Vladimir Leonov Aprilia 22 +1 lap 24 21 54 Toby Markham Honda 22 +1 lap 25 Ret 10 Imre Tóth Aprilia 21 Retirement 23 Ret 15 Roberto Locatelli Gilera 14 Accident 16 Ret 48 Shoya Tomizawa Honda 13 Retirement 15 Ret 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 6 Retirement 3 OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 22 41:10.494 8 25 2 18 Nicolás Terol Aprilia 22 +2.245 6 20 3 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 22 +2.330 5 16 4 60 Julián Simón Aprilia 22 +2.331 1 13 5 93 Marc Márquez KTM 22 +2.356 12 11 6 94 Jonas Folger Aprilia 22 +2.531 3 10 7 17 Stefan Bradl Aprilia 22 +10.795 9 9 8 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia 22 +10.824 7 8 9 11 Sandro Cortese Derbi 22 +14.984 14 7 10 35 Randy Krummenacher Aprilia 22 +15.089 4 6 11 45 Scott Redding Aprilia 22 +16.427 10 5 12 12 Esteve Rabat Aprilia 22 +16.515 17 4 13 14 Johann Zarco Aprilia 22 +27.455 13 3 14 6 Joan Olivé Derbi 22 +27.712 16 2 15 73 Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 22 +28.411 21 1 16 24 Simone Corsi Aprilia 22 +33.697 23 17 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Loncin 22 +42.581 15 18 16 Cameron Beaubier KTM 22 +48.847 22 19 42 Alberto Moncayo Aprilia 22 +49.532 25 20 77 Dominique Aegerter Derbi 22 +49.772 18 21 53 Jasper Iwema Honda 22 +1:02.666 27 22 50 Sturla Fagerhaug KTM 22 +1:15.215 28 23 43 Johnny Rosell Aprilia 22 +1:21.568 26 24 87 Luca Marconi Aprilia 22 +1:37.919 31 25 31 Jordi Dalmau Honda 21 +1 lap 34 26 10 Luca Vitali Aprilia 20 +2 laps 33 Ret 32 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 16 Accident 24 Ret 39 Luis Salom Honda 13 Retirement 31 Ret 99 Danny Webb Aprilia 11 Retirement 11 Ret 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 10 Retirement 19 Ret 44 Pol Espargaró Derbi 5 Retirement 2 Ret 5 Alexis Masbou Loncin 5 Retirement 30 Ret 69 Lukáš Šembera Aprilia 4 Retirement 29 Ret 7 Efrén Vázquez Derbi 1 Retirement 20 OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT
Incident Julian Simon, a Spanish racer in the 125cc race, celebrated victory one lap early, as he was confused with the sign that his team had shown him. He thought the sign said he was first position with no laps left, when the sign actually says 'L1' which means that he had one lap remaining. Andrea Iannone stormed to the lead and won, whilst Simon could only finish fourth.
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round six has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 106 2 Jorge Lorenzo 106 3 Casey Stoner 106 4 Andrea Dovizioso 69 5 Dani Pedrosa 67
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 140 2 Ducati 106 3 Honda 89 4 Suzuki 60 5 Kawasaki 50
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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