2009 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix explained

Grand Prix:Valencian Community
Flag:Valencia
Location:Circuit Ricardo Tormo
Official Name:Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana[1]
Course Mi:2.489
Course Km:4.005
Race No:17
Season No:17
Date:8 November
Year:2009
Pole Rider Motogp:Casey Stoner
Pole Rider Motogp Country:Australia
Pole Time Motogp:1:32.256
Fast Rider Motogp:Dani Pedrosa
Fast Rider Motogp Country:Spain
Fast Time Motogp:1:32.778
First Rider Motogp:Dani Pedrosa
First Rider Motogp Country:Spain
Second Rider Motogp:Valentino Rossi
Second Rider Motogp Country:Italy
Third Rider Motogp:Jorge Lorenzo
Third Rider Motogp Country:Spain
Pole Rider 250:Alex Debón
Pole Rider 250 Country:Spain
Pole Time 250:1:36.116
Fast Rider 250:Héctor Barberá
Fast Rider 250 Country:Spain
Fast Time 250:1:36.866
First Rider 250:Héctor Barberá
First Rider 250 Country:Spain
Second Rider 250:Álvaro Bautista
Second Rider 250 Country:Spain
Third Rider 250:Raffaele De Rosa
Third Rider 250 Country:Italy
Pole Rider 125:Julián Simón
Pole Rider 125 Country:Spain
Pole Time 125:1:41.472
Fast Rider 125:Julián Simón
Fast Rider 125 Country:Spain
Fast Time 125:1:41.650
First Rider 125:Julián Simón
First Rider 125 Country:Spain
Second Rider 125:Bradley Smith
Second Rider 125 Country:UK
Third Rider 125:Pol Espargaró
Third Rider 125 Country:Spain

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.[2]

MotoGP classification

Pos.No.RiderTeamManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
13 Dani PedrosaRepsol Honda TeamHonda3046:47.553225
246 Valentino RossiFiat Yamaha TeamYamaha30+2.630420
399 Jorge LorenzoFiat Yamaha TeamYamaha30+2.913316
45 Colin EdwardsMonster Yamaha Tech 3Yamaha30+32.515513
569 Nicky HaydenDucati Marlboro TeamDucati30+34.585611
624 Toni ElíasSan Carlo Honda GresiniHonda30+34.888810
711 Ben SpiesSterilgarda Yamaha TeamYamaha30+37.70699
84 Andrea DoviziosoRepsol Honda TeamHonda30+38.364108
936 Mika KallioPramac RacingDucati30+42.491117
1015 Alex de AngelisSan Carlo Honda GresiniHonda30+43.689126
1114 Randy de PunietLCR Honda MotoGPHonda30+46.01875
1252 James ToselandMonster Yamaha Tech 3Yamaha30+50.226144
1344 Aleix EspargaróPramac RacingDucati30+57.168163
1465 Loris CapirossiRizla Suzuki MotoGPSuzuki30+1:06.877132
157 Chris VermeulenRizla Suzuki MotoGPSuzuki30+1:11.701181
1641 Gábor TalmácsiScot Racing Team MotoGPHonda30+1:14.40517
1733 Marco MelandriHayate Racing TeamKawasaki30+1:33.42515
DNS27 Casey StonerDucati Marlboro TeamDucati0Accident in the warm-up lap1
Sources: [3] [4] [5]

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.RiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
140 Héctor BarberáAprilia2744:10.601225
219 Álvaro BautistaAprilia27+3.663820
335 Raffaele De RosaHonda27+5.6651016
412 Thomas LüthiAprilia27+5.680513
514 Ratthapark WilairotHonda27+13.601311
617 Karel AbrahamAprilia27+13.697610
74 Hiroshi AoyamaHonda27+27.43849
825 Alex BaldoliniAprilia27+35.097118
915 Roberto LocatelliGilera27+35.866137
1048 Shoya TomizawaHonda27+40.176156
1173 Shuhei AoyamaHonda27+49.095195
1252 Lukáš PešekAprilia27+53.132174
1311 Balázs NémethAprilia27+1:06.014183
1463 Mike Di MeglioAprilia27+1:18.692142
1553 Valentin DebiseHonda27+1:18.876201
168 Bastien ChesauxAprilia26+1 lap22
1756 Vladimir LeonovAprilia26+1 lap21
1833 William DunlopHonda26+1 lap24
1910 Imre TóthAprilia26+1 lap23
Ret16 Jules CluzelAprilia23Accident12
Ret58 Marco SimoncelliGilera20Accident1
Ret7 Axel PonsAprilia19Retirement16
Ret75 Mattia PasiniAprilia11Retirement7
Ret55 Héctor FaubelHonda7Accident9
DNS6 Alex DebónApriliaInjured
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.No.RiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
160 Julián SimónAprilia2441:17.553125
238 Bradley SmithAprilia24+0.220320
344 Pol EspargaróDerbi24+12.123816
424 Simone CorsiAprilia24+17.577213
578 Marcel SchrötterHonda24+17.917711
66 Joan OlivéDerbi24+18.334510
77 Efrén VázquezDerbi24+18.502129
811 Sandro CorteseDerbi24+18.553108
935 Randy KrummenacherAprilia24+18.731157
1018 Nicolás TerolAprilia24+21.28066
1177 Dominique AegerterDerbi24+23.635195
128 Lorenzo ZanettiAprilia24+34.369224
1339 Luis SalomAprilia24+37.950243
1473 Takaaki NakagamiAprilia24+38.090182
1514 Johann ZarcoAprilia24+40.043211
1633 Sergio GadeaAprilia24+44.47814
1793 Marc MárquezKTM24+58.4374
1853 Jasper IwemaHonda24+1:03.81425
1942 Alberto MoncayoAprilia24+1:08.36233
2071 Tomoyoshi KoyamaLoncin24+1:24.97128
2187 Luca MarconiAprilia23+1 lap32
Ret16 Cameron BeaubierKTM23Accident17
Ret10 Luca VitaliAprilia21Accident34
Ret94 Jonas FolgerAprilia17Retirement20
Ret76 Iván MaestroAprilia11Retirement31
Ret21 Jakub KornfeilLoncin9Accident30
Ret17 Stefan BradlAprilia8Accident16
Ret32 Lorenzo SavadoriAprilia6Accident27
Ret12 Esteve RabatAprilia5Accident11
Ret45 Scott ReddingAprilia5Accident9
Ret50 Sturla FagerhaugKTM4Accident29
Ret88 Michael RansederAprilia3Retirement23
Ret29 Andrea IannoneAprilia1Retirement13
DNS95 Joan PerellóHonda0Did not start26
DNS99 Danny WebbApriliaDid not start
DNQ19 Quentin JacquetApriliaDid 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.[6]

Riders' Championship standings
RiderPoints
1 Valentino Rossi306
2 Jorge Lorenzo261
3 Dani Pedrosa234
4 Casey Stoner220
5 Colin Edwards161
Constructors' Championship standings
ConstructorPoints
1 Yamaha386
2 Honda297
3 Ducati272
4 Suzuki133
5 Kawasaki108

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2009 Valencia MotoGP. 13 June 2017. Motorsportmagazine.com. 18 May 2018.
  2. Web site: Pedrosa wins final Moto GP event . https://archive.today/20120525000810/http://www.rte.ie/sport/motorsport/2009/1108/pedrosad.html . dead . 2012-05-25 . 2009-11-08 . RTÉ Sport . 2009-11-10 .
  3. Web site: 2009 Valencia MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database. 13 June 2017.
  4. Web site: Classification . 2009 . resources.motogp.com . PDF.
  5. Web site: motogp.com · GP GENERALI DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA · MotoGP Race Classification 2009. www.motogp.com.
  6. Web site: Standings . 2009. resources.motogp.com . PDF. 2019-08-24.

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