The 2009 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 17–19 July 2009 at the Sachsenring, located in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany.
The MotoGP race was won by Valentino Rossi who finished ahead of teammate Jorge Lorenzo.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 41:21.769 1 25 2 99 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +0.099 2 20 3 3 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +2.899 8 16 4 27 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +10.226 3 13 5 15 Alex de Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 30 +21.522 5 11 6 24 Toni Elías San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 30 +30.852 17 10 7 33 Marco Melandri Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +31.301 13 9 8 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +31.726 4 8 9 5 Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +32.865 7 7 10 52 James Toseland Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +43.926 14 6 11 65 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +57.375 9 5 12 88 Niccolò Canepa Pramac Racing Ducati 30 +1:00.539 15 4 13 7 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +1:03.645 12 3 14 36 Mika Kallio Pramac Racing Ducati 30 +1:04.155 10 2 15 41 Gábor Talmácsi Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 29 +1 lap 16 1 Ret 4 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team Honda 25 Retirement 11 Ret 14 Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 0 Accident 6 Sources:
250 cc classification The 250cc race was originally scheduled to run for 29 laps, but due to heavy rain it was red-flagged and then restarted, with the new distance consisting of 19 laps only. Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 19 27:11.034 1 25 2 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 19 +0.479 7 20 3 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 19 +0.528 3 16 4 4 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 19 +0.866 4 13 5 40 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 19 +1.260 2 11 6 55 Héctor Faubel Honda 19 +5.972 8 10 7 41 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 19 +8.721 9 9 8 12 Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 19 +8.762 11 8 9 35 Raffaele De Rosa Honda 19 +19.176 17 7 10 15 Roberto Locatelli Gilera 19 +27.950 14 6 11 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 19 +29.601 12 5 12 52 Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 19 +38.299 13 4 13 48 Shoya Tomizawa Honda 19 +51.940 18 3 14 16 Jules Cluzel Aprilia 19 +52.919 15 2 15 8 Bastien Chesaux Honda 19 +1:06.786 23 1 16 7 Axel Pons Aprilia 19 +1:20.573 24 17 54 Toby Markham Aprilia 18 +1 lap 22 18 10 Imre Tóth Aprilia 18 +1 lap 19 19 66 Joakim Stensmo Honda 17 +2 laps 25 20 53 Valentin Debise Honda 15 +4 laps 21 Ret 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 16 Accident 6 Ret 63 Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 16 Accident 10 Ret 17 Karel Abraham Aprilia 8 Retirement 5 Ret 56 Vladimir Leonov Aprilia 0 Accident 20 DNS 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 0 Did not restart 16 DNQ 67 Robin Hålén Aprilia Did not qualify DNQ 65 Marcel Becker Yamaha Did not qualify OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 60 Julián Simón Aprilia 27 39:57.337 1 25 2 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 27 +9.415 14 20 3 6 Joan Olivé Derbi 27 +17.559 12 16 4 18 Nicolás Terol Aprilia 27 +17.587 5 13 5 44 Pol Espargaró Derbi 27 +19.740 19 11 6 11 Sandro Cortese Derbi 27 +20.778 15 10 7 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 27 +20.908 22 9 8 99 Danny Webb Aprilia 27 +38.221 17 8 9 77 Dominique Aegerter Derbi 27 +38.434 23 7 10 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Loncin 27 +40.085 13 6 11 35 Randy Krummenacher Aprilia 27 +44.127 33 5 12 78 Marcel Schrötter Honda 27 +45.051 4 4 13 39 Luis Salom Aprilia 27 +59.604 30 3 14 16 Cameron Beaubier KTM 27 +1:18.157 28 2 15 79 Daniel Kartheininger Honda 27 +1:20.825 26 1 16 93 Marc Márquez KTM 27 +1:25.137 3 17 7 Efrén Vázquez Derbi 27 +1:30.427 8 18 69 Lukáš Šembera Aprilia 27 +1:30.528 20 19 53 Jasper Iwema Honda 26 +1 lap 11 20 32 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 26 +1 lap 25 21 76 Toni Finsterbusch Honda 26 +1 lap 29 22 80 Damien Raemy Honda 26 +1 lap 35 23 14 Johann Zarco Aprilia 26 +1 lap 34 24 87 Luca Marconi Aprilia 26 +1 lap 32 Ret 45 Scott Redding Aprilia 19 Retirement 24 Ret 17 Stefan Bradl Aprilia 18 Accident 16 Ret 73 Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 17 Retirement 7 Ret 24 Simone Corsi Aprilia 16 Retirement 9 Ret 94 Jonas Folger Aprilia 15 Accident 21 Ret 88 Michael Ranseder Aprilia 8 Accident 10 Ret 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 6 Retirement 18 Ret 81 Eeki Kuparinen Honda 3 Accident 31 Ret 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia 3 Accident 2 Ret 12 Esteve Rabat Aprilia 1 Accident 27 Ret 5 Alexis Masbou Loncin 1 Accident 6 DNQ 10 Luca Vitali Aprilia 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 nine has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 176 2 Jorge Lorenzo 162 3 Casey Stoner 148 4 Dani Pedrosa 108 5 Colin Edwards 83
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 210 2 Ducati 148 3 Honda 139 4 Suzuki 84 5 Kawasaki 70
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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