2009 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

  2009 Valencian Community Grand Prix

Race details
Race 17 of 17 races in the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	November 8, 2009
Official Name	GP Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana
Location	Circuit de Valencia
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.005 km (2.489 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Casey Stoner
Time	1:32.256
Fastest lap
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	1:32.778
Podium
First	Dani Pedrosa
Second	Valentino Rossi
Third	Jorge Lorenzo
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Alex Debón
Time	1:36.116
Fastest lap
Rider	Héctor Barberá
Time	1:36.866
Podium
First	Héctor Barberá
Second	Álvaro Bautista
Third	Raffaele De Rosa
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Julián Simón
Time	1:41.472
Fastest lap
Rider	Julián Simón
Time	1:41.650
Podium
First	Julián Simón
Second	Bradley Smith
Third	Pol Espargaró

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 November 6–8, 2009 at the Circuit de Valencia. It was the final race of the 250cc class, as Moto2 replaced it from 2010 onwards. The MotoGP race was won by Dani Pedrosa.^[1]

MotoGP classification [edit]

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	3	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	30	46:47.553	2	25
2	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	30	+2.630	4	20
3	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	30	+2.913	3	16
4	5	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	30	+32.515	5	13
5	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati	30	+34.585	6	11
6	24	Toni Elías	Honda	30	+34.888	8	10
7	11	Ben Spies	Yamaha	30	+37.706	9	9
8	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	30	+38.364	10	8
9	36	Mika Kallio	Ducati	30	+42.491	11	7
10	15	Alex de Angelis	Honda	30	+43.689	12	6
11	14	Randy de Puniet	Honda	30	+46.018	7	5
12	52	James Toseland	Yamaha	30	+50.226	14	1
13	44	Aleix Espargaró	Ducati	30	+57.168	16	3
14	65	Loris Capirossi	Suzuki	30	+1:06.887	13	2
15	7	Chris Vermeulen	Suzuki	30	+1:11.701	18	1
16	41	Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	30	+1:14.405	17	0
17	33	Marco Melandri	Kawasaki	30	+1:33.425	15
DNS	27	Casey Stoner	Ducati		Accident	1

250cc classification [edit]

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	40	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	27	44:10.601	3	25
2	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	27	+3.663	9	20
3	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Honda	27	+5.665	11	16
4	12	Thomas Lüthi	Aprilia	27	+5.680	6	13
5	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	27	+13.601	4	11
6	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	27	+13.697	7	10
7	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	27	+27.438	5	9
8	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	27	+35.097	12	8
9	15	Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	27	+35.886	14	7
10	48	Shoya Tomizawa	Honda	27	+40.176	16	6
11	73	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	27	+49.095	20	5
12	52	Lukáš Pešek	Aprilia	27	+53.132	18	4
13	11	Balázs Németh	Aprilia	27	+1:06.014	19	3
14	63	Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	27	+1:18.692	15	2
15	53	Valentin Debise	Honda	27	+1:18.876	21	1
16	8	Bastien Chesaux	Aprilia	26	+1 Lap	23
17	56	Vladimir Leonov	Aprilia	26	+1 Lap	22
18	33	William Dunlop	Honda	26	+1 Lap	25
19	10	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	26	+1 Lap	24
Ret	16	Jules Cluzel	Aprilia	23	Accident	13
Ret	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	20	Accident	2
Ret	7	Axel Pons	Aprilia	19	Retirement	17
Ret	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	11	Retirement	8
Ret	55	Héctor Faubel	Honda	7	Accident	10
DNS	6	Alex Debón*	Aprilia		Injured	1

* 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 starting grid.

125cc classification [edit]

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	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	34
20	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Loncin	24	+1:24.971	29
21	87	Luca Marconi	Aprilia	23	+1 Lap	33
Ret	16	Cameron Beaubier	KTM	23	Accident	17
Ret	10	Luca Vitali	Aprilia	21	Accident	35
Ret	94	Jonas Folger	Aprilia	17	Retirement	20
Ret	76	Iván Maestro	Aprilia	11	Retirement	32
Ret	21	Jakub Kornfeil	Loncin	9	Accident	31
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	30
Ret	88	Michael Ranseder	Aprilia	3	Retirement	23
Ret	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	1	Retirement	13
DNS	95	Joan Perelló	Honda		Not Started	26
DNQ	19	Quentin Jacquet	Aprilia

References [edit]

• "MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 2009-11-15.