The 2009 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 6–8 November 2009 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo. It was the final race of the 250cc two-stroke class, as Moto2 (600cc four-stroke) replaced it from 2010 onwards. The MotoGP race was won by Dani Pedrosa.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 46:47.553 2 25 2 46 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +2.630 4 20 3 99 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +2.913 3 16 4 5 Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +32.515 5 13 5 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +34.585 6 11 6 24 Toni Elías San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 30 +34.888 8 10 7 11 Ben Spies Sterilgarda Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +37.706 9 9 8 4 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +38.364 10 8 9 36 Mika Kallio Pramac Racing Ducati 30 +42.491 11 7 10 15 Alex de Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 30 +43.689 12 6 11 14 Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 30 +46.018 7 5 12 52 James Toseland Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +50.226 14 4 13 44 Aleix Espargaró Pramac Racing Ducati 30 +57.168 16 3 14 65 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +1:06.877 13 2 15 7 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +1:11.701 18 1 16 41 Gábor Talmácsi Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 30 +1:14.405 17 17 33 Marco Melandri Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +1:33.425 15 DNS 27 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 0 Accident in the warm-up lap 1 Sources:
– Casey Stoner did not start the race. His place on the grid was left vacant.
250 cc classification Alex Debón was due to start on pole position, but due to injuries sustained in qualifying practice he did not take part in the race. Therefore, everyone else was moved up one place on the final starting grid. Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 40 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 27 44:10.601 2 25 2 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 27 +3.663 8 20 3 35 Raffaele De Rosa Honda 27 +5.665 10 16 4 12 Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 27 +5.680 5 13 5 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 27 +13.601 3 11 6 17 Karel Abraham Aprilia 27 +13.697 6 10 7 4 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 27 +27.438 4 9 8 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 27 +35.097 11 8 9 15 Roberto Locatelli Gilera 27 +35.866 13 7 10 48 Shoya Tomizawa Honda 27 +40.176 15 6 11 73 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 27 +49.095 19 5 12 52 Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 27 +53.132 17 4 13 11 Balázs Németh Aprilia 27 +1:06.014 18 3 14 63 Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 27 +1:18.692 14 2 15 53 Valentin Debise Honda 27 +1:18.876 20 1 16 8 Bastien Chesaux Aprilia 26 +1 lap 22 17 56 Vladimir Leonov Aprilia 26 +1 lap 21 18 33 William Dunlop Honda 26 +1 lap 24 19 10 Imre Tóth Aprilia 26 +1 lap 23 Ret 16 Jules Cluzel Aprilia 23 Accident 12 Ret 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 20 Accident 1 Ret 7 Axel Pons Aprilia 19 Retirement 16 Ret 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 11 Retirement 7 Ret 55 Héctor Faubel Honda 7 Accident 9 DNS 6 Alex Debón Aprilia Injured OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 60 Julián Simón Aprilia 24 41:17.553 1 25 2 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia 24 +0.220 3 20 3 44 Pol Espargaró Derbi 24 +12.123 8 16 4 24 Simone Corsi Aprilia 24 +17.577 2 13 5 78 Marcel Schrötter Honda 24 +17.917 7 11 6 6 Joan Olivé Derbi 24 +18.334 5 10 7 7 Efrén Vázquez Derbi 24 +18.502 12 9 8 11 Sandro Cortese Derbi 24 +18.553 10 8 9 35 Randy Krummenacher Aprilia 24 +18.731 15 7 10 18 Nicolás Terol Aprilia 24 +21.280 6 6 11 77 Dominique Aegerter Derbi 24 +23.635 19 5 12 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 24 +34.369 22 4 13 39 Luis Salom Aprilia 24 +37.950 24 3 14 73 Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 24 +38.090 18 2 15 14 Johann Zarco Aprilia 24 +40.043 21 1 16 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 24 +44.478 14 17 93 Marc Márquez KTM 24 +58.437 4 18 53 Jasper Iwema Honda 24 +1:03.814 25 19 42 Alberto Moncayo Aprilia 24 +1:08.362 33 20 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Loncin 24 +1:24.971 28 21 87 Luca Marconi Aprilia 23 +1 lap 32 Ret 16 Cameron Beaubier KTM 23 Accident 17 Ret 10 Luca Vitali Aprilia 21 Accident 34 Ret 94 Jonas Folger Aprilia 17 Retirement 20 Ret 76 Iván Maestro Aprilia 11 Retirement 31 Ret 21 Jakub Kornfeil Loncin 9 Accident 30 Ret 17 Stefan Bradl Aprilia 8 Accident 16 Ret 32 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 6 Accident 27 Ret 12 Esteve Rabat Aprilia 5 Accident 11 Ret 45 Scott Redding Aprilia 5 Accident 9 Ret 50 Sturla Fagerhaug KTM 4 Accident 29 Ret 88 Michael Ranseder Aprilia 3 Retirement 23 Ret 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1 Retirement 13 DNS 95 Joan Perelló Honda 0 Did not start 26 DNS 99 Danny Webb Aprilia Did not start DNQ 19 Quentin Jacquet 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 seventeen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 306 2 Jorge Lorenzo 261 3 Dani Pedrosa 234 4 Casey Stoner 220 5 Colin Edwards 161
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 386 2 Honda 297 3 Ducati 272 4 Suzuki 133 5 Kawasaki 108
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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