The 2009 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 October 2009 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. Ducati rider Casey Stoner won the grand prix, in his home race. Championship leader Valentino Rossi finished second, further increasing his championship lead over rival Jorge Lorenzo, who crashed out and failed to score any points. This also marked the final Grand Prix win in the career of Marco Simoncelli before his death 2 years later on 23 October 2011 at the 2011 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix after suffering a fatal crash in Race.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 27 40:56.651 1 25 2 46 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +1.935 2 20 3 3 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +22.618 3 16 4 15 Alex de Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 27 +32.702 6 13 5 5 Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +35.885 5 11 6 4 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +38.482 10 10 7 33 Marco Melandri Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 27 +44.461 14 9 8 14 Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 27 +44.941 8 8 9 36 Mika Kallio Pramac Racing Ducati 27 +54.345 9 7 10 24 Toni Elías San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 27 +1:01.205 11 6 11 7 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 27 +1:05.417 15 5 12 65 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 27 +1:05.950 17 4 13 41 Gábor Talmácsi Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 27 +1:17.951 16 3 14 52 James Toseland Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +1:17.985 12 2 15 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 26 +1 lap 7 1 Ret 99 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 0 Accident 4 DNS 88 Niccolò Canepa Pramac Racing Ducati Did not start Sources:
250 cc classification The race, scheduled to be run for 25 laps, was stopped after 18 full laps due to Roberto Locatelli having an accident and did not restart as two-thirds of the race distance had been completed. Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 18 28:17.403 2 25 2 40 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 18 +2.434 5 20 3 35 Raffaele De Rosa Honda 18 +2.604 1 16 4 16 Jules Cluzel Aprilia 18 +12.118 12 13 5 63 Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 18 +12.192 6 11 6 17 Karel Abraham Aprilia 18 +12.413 11 10 7 4 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 18 +12.455 3 9 8 55 Héctor Faubel Honda 18 +13.112 9 8 9 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 18 +13.560 7 7 10 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 18 +27.779 10 6 11 12 Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 18 +28.222 15 5 12 52 Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 18 +28.657 14 4 13 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 18 +33.892 4 3 14 73 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 18 +38.779 16 2 15 48 Shoya Tomizawa Honda 18 +40.529 18 1 16 11 Balázs Németh Aprilia 18 +1:23.200 21 17 8 Bastien Chesaux Aprilia 18 +1:24.298 24 18 10 Imre Tóth Aprilia 17 +1 lap 23 19 53 Valentin Debise Honda 17 +1 lap 22 NC 15 Roberto Locatelli Gilera 18 +30.515 17 Ret 7 Axel Pons Aprilia 16 Retirement 19 Ret 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 15 Retirement 13 Ret 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 7 Accident 8 Ret 56 Vladimir Leonov Aprilia 7 Retirement 20 OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 60 Julián Simón Aprilia 23 37:55.798 3 25 2 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia 23 +0.313 5 20 3 11 Sandro Cortese Derbi 23 +2.057 7 16 4 44 Pol Espargaró Derbi 23 +2.161 1 13 5 24 Simone Corsi Aprilia 23 +2.330 4 11 6 18 Nicolás Terol Aprilia 23 +3.239 2 10 7 7 Efrén Vázquez Derbi 23 +3.290 11 9 8 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 23 +12.820 8 8 9 93 Marc Márquez KTM 23 +22.355 6 7 10 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 23 +22.602 16 6 11 45 Scott Redding Aprilia 23 +29.181 24 5 12 77 Dominique Aegerter Derbi 23 +29.199 17 4 13 99 Danny Webb Aprilia 23 +29.222 21 3 14 94 Jonas Folger Aprilia 23 +29.396 23 2 15 35 Randy Krummenacher Aprilia 23 +29.461 22 1 16 14 Johann Zarco Aprilia 23 +29.709 19 17 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 23 +31.251 13 18 73 Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 23 +32.482 14 19 39 Luis Salom Aprilia 23 +58.333 25 20 88 Michael Ranseder Aprilia 23 +58.485 20 21 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Loncin 23 +1:19.017 15 22 53 Jasper Iwema Honda 23 +1:23.621 26 23 21 Jakub Kornfeil Loncin 23 +1:23.731 27 24 97 Brad Gross Yamaha 22 +1 lap 29 25 10 Luca Vitali Aprilia 22 +1 lap 28 26 87 Luca Marconi Aprilia 22 +1 lap 31 27 54 Andrew Lawson Honda 22 +1 lap 33 Ret 98 Levi Day Honda 22 +1 lap 32 Ret 12 Esteve Rabat Aprilia 21 Retirement 10 Ret 96 Nicky Diles Aprilia 7 Retirement 30 Ret 17 Stefan Bradl Aprilia 2 Accident 12 Ret 6 Joan Olivé Derbi 2 Retirement 9 Ret 16 Cameron Beaubier KTM 2 Accident 18 DNS 19 Quentin Jacquet Aprilia Did not start DNS 30 Dylan Mavin Honda Did not start OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT
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Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 270 2 Jorge Lorenzo 232 3 Casey Stoner 195 4 Dani Pedrosa 189 5 Andrea Dovizioso 152
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 350 2 Honda 252 3 Ducati 236 4 Suzuki 121 5 Kawasaki 100
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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