The 2009 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 October 2009 at the Sepang International Circuit. In wet conditions the race was dominated by Casey Stoner in a return to form following a mystery illness which ended his hopes of regaining the world championship title. Valentino Rossi finished third, which clinched the 2009 MotoGP championship for him.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 21 47:24.834 4 25 2 3 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 +14.666 3 20 3 46 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 21 +19.385 1 16 4 99 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 21 +25.850 2 13 5 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 21 +38.705 7 11 6 7 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 21 +41.061 14 10 7 24 Toni Elías San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 21 +48.555 6 9 8 33 Marco Melandri Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 21 +55.557 15 8 9 65 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 21 +1:00.303 5 7 10 36 Mika Kallio Pramac Racing Ducati 21 +1:00.440 12 6 11 44 Aleix Espargaró Pramac Racing Ducati 21 +1:01.655 13 5 12 15 Alex de Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 21 +1:01.847 10 4 13 5 Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 21 +1:10.778 9 3 14 41 Gábor Talmácsi Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 21 +1:15.851 17 2 15 52 James Toseland Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 21 +1:50.672 16 1 Ret 4 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team Honda 14 Accident 11 Ret 14 Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 1 Accident 8 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 20 42:55.689 1 25 2 40 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 20 +6.397 4 20 3 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 20 +6.397 8 16 4 12 Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 20 +14.871 9 13 5 55 Héctor Faubel Honda 20 +19.177 7 11 6 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 20 +19.567 6 10 7 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 20 +20.255 11 9 8 52 Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 20 +34.561 17 8 9 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 20 +50.937 14 7 10 73 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 20 +1:04.186 19 6 11 11 Balázs Németh Aprilia 20 +1:08.917 20 5 12 17 Karel Abraham Aprilia 20 +1:10.616 15 4 13 53 Valentin Debise Honda 20 +1:17.945 22 3 14 8 Bastien Chesaux Aprilia 20 +1:29.669 21 2 15 56 Vladimir Leonov Aprilia 20 +1:43.536 23 1 16 48 Shoya Tomizawa Honda 19 +1 lap 16 Ret 35 Raffaele De Rosa Honda 16 Retirement 10 Ret 16 Jules Cluzel Aprilia 11 Retirement 2 Ret 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 11 Retirement 12 Ret 63 Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 8 Retirement 3 Ret 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 6 Retirement 5 Ret 15 Roberto Locatelli Gilera 5 Accident 13 Ret 7 Axel Pons Aprilia 2 Accident 18 Ret 10 Imre Tóth Aprilia 1 Retirement 24 OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 60 Julián Simón Aprilia 19 42:50.916 2 25 2 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia 19 +1.114 3 20 3 44 Pol Espargaró Derbi 19 +6.293 11 16 4 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 19 +8.003 18 13 5 18 Nicolás Terol Aprilia 19 +8.485 5 11 6 11 Sandro Cortese Derbi 19 +10.188 4 10 7 12 Esteve Rabat Aprilia 19 +15.114 6 9 8 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 19 +22.151 13 8 9 6 Joan Olivé Derbi 19 +26.388 7 7 10 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 19 +27.113 14 6 11 73 Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 19 +27.859 15 5 12 88 Michael Ranseder Aprilia 19 +34.838 23 4 13 35 Randy Krummenacher Aprilia 19 +41.829 12 3 14 77 Dominique Aegerter Derbi 19 +42.433 21 2 15 39 Luis Salom Aprilia 19 +51.635 20 1 16 28 Elly Ilias Aprilia 19 +59.854 25 17 16 Cameron Beaubier KTM 19 +1:07.131 24 18 53 Jasper Iwema Honda 19 +1:14.171 27 19 21 Jakub Kornfeil Loncin 19 +1:27.651 28 20 23 Muhammad Zulfahmi Yamaha 19 +1:58.779 30 21 47 Blake Leigh-Smith Honda 19 +2:06.062 29 22 19 Quentin Jacquet Aprilia 18 +1 lap 33 Ret 24 Simone Corsi Aprilia 17 Accident 16 Ret 14 Johann Zarco Aprilia 17 Accident 22 Ret 7 Efrén Vázquez Derbi 17 Retirement 9 Ret 87 Luca Marconi Aprilia 14 Retirement 31 Ret 10 Luca Vitali Aprilia 13 Retirement 32 Ret 93 Marc Márquez KTM 12 Retirement 1 Ret 45 Scott Redding Aprilia 10 Retirement 17 Ret 94 Jonas Folger Aprilia 10 Retirement 10 Ret 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Loncin 2 Retirement 26 Ret 17 Stefan Bradl Aprilia 0 Accident 19 Ret 99 Danny Webb Aprilia 0 Accident 8 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 sixteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 286 2 Jorge Lorenzo 245 3 Casey Stoner 220 4 Dani Pedrosa 209 5 Andrea Dovizioso 152
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 366 2 Honda 272 3 Ducati 261 4 Suzuki 131 5 Kawasaki 108
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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