2009 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2009 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 June 2009 at the Circuit de Catalunya. This race is known as one of the most thrilling in MotoGP history, because Valentino Rossi held off the challenge of teammate Jorge Lorenzo by overtaking him in the last corner, on the last lap, to win the race.[2]

Valentino Rossi, waving at the crowd after winning the MotoGP race.
  2009 Catalan Grand Prix
Race details
Race 6 of 17 races in the
2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date14 June 2009
Official nameGran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya[1]
LocationCircuit de Catalunya
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.727 km (2.937 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Jorge Lorenzo
Time 1:41.974
Fastest lap
Rider Casey Stoner
Time 1:42.858
Podium
First Valentino Rossi
Second Jorge Lorenzo
Third Casey Stoner
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Héctor Barberá
Time 1:46.749
Fastest lap
Rider Álvaro Bautista
Time 1:46.656
Podium
First Álvaro Bautista
Second Hiroshi Aoyama
Third Héctor Barberá
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Julián Simón
Time 1:51.448
Fastest lap
Rider Marc Márquez
Time 1:51.175
Podium
First Andrea Iannone
Second Nicolás Terol
Third Sergio Gadea

MotoGP classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 25 43:11.897 2 25
2 99 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 25 +0.095 1 20
3 27 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 25 +8.884 3 16
4 4 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team Honda 25 +8.936 4 13
5 65 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 25 +19.831 11 11
6 3 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 25 +22.182 8 10
7 5 Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 25 +23.547 6 9
8 14 Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 25 +25.265 7 8
9 36 Mika Kallio Pramac Racing Ducati 25 +31.797 10 7
10 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 25 +33.593 13 6
11 7 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 25 +36.683 12 5
12 15 Alex de Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 25 +36.874 14 4
13 52 James Toseland Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 25 +39.433 9 3
14 33 Marco Melandri Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 25 +44.788 17 2
15 59 Sete Gibernau Grupo Francisco Hernando Ducati 25 +46.754 15 1
16 88 Niccolò Canepa Pramac Racing Ducati 25 +55.873 18
17 41 Gábor Talmácsi Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 25 +1:27.640 19
Ret 24 Toni Elías San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 9 Accident 5
Ret 72 Yuki Takahashi Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 0 Accident 16
Sources: [3][4][5]

250 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 23 41:09.018 2 25
2 4 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 23 +7.185 6 20
3 40 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 23 +7.282 1 16
4 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 23 +10.784 7 13
5 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 23 +15.740 5 11
6 12 Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 23 +15.780 4 10
7 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 23 +28.654 10 9
8 17 Karel Abraham Aprilia 23 +31.600 12 8
9 35 Raffaele De Rosa Honda 23 +33.760 13 7
10 55 Héctor Faubel Honda 23 +33.843 8 6
11 16 Jules Cluzel Aprilia 23 +34.871 14 5
12 52 Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 23 +35.117 17 4
13 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 23 +39.840 11 3
14 63 Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 23 +42.821 9 2
15 51 Stevie Bonsey Aprilia 23 +1:16.524 19 1
16 7 Axel Pons Aprilia 23 +1:16.689 18
17 53 Valentin Debise Honda 23 +1:28.826 20
18 11 Balázs Németh Aprilia 23 +1:39.488 21
19 8 Bastien Chesaux Honda 23 +1:47.958 22
20 56 Vladimir Leonov Aprilia 22 +1 lap 24
21 54 Toby Markham Honda 22 +1 lap 25
Ret 10 Imre Tóth Aprilia 21 Retirement 23
Ret 15 Roberto Locatelli Gilera 14 Accident 16
Ret 48 Shoya Tomizawa Honda 13 Retirement 15
Ret 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 6 Retirement 3
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 22 41:10.494 8 25
2 18 Nicolás Terol Aprilia 22 +2.245 6 20
3 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 22 +2.330 5 16
4 60 Julián Simón Aprilia 22 +2.331 1 13
5 93 Marc Márquez KTM 22 +2.356 12 11
6 94 Jonas Folger Aprilia 22 +2.531 3 10
7 17 Stefan Bradl Aprilia 22 +10.795 9 9
8 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia 22 +10.824 7 8
9 11 Sandro Cortese Derbi 22 +14.984 14 7
10 35 Randy Krummenacher Aprilia 22 +15.089 4 6
11 45 Scott Redding Aprilia 22 +16.427 10 5
12 12 Esteve Rabat Aprilia 22 +16.515 17 4
13 14 Johann Zarco Aprilia 22 +27.455 13 3
14 6 Joan Olivé Derbi 22 +27.712 16 2
15 73 Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 22 +28.411 21 1
16 24 Simone Corsi Aprilia 22 +33.697 23
17 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Loncin 22 +42.581 15
18 16 Cameron Beaubier KTM 22 +48.847 22
19 42 Alberto Moncayo Aprilia 22 +49.532 25
20 77 Dominique Aegerter Derbi 22 +49.772 18
21 53 Jasper Iwema Honda 22 +1:02.666 27
22 50 Sturla Fagerhaug KTM 22 +1:15.215 28
23 43 Johnny Rosell Aprilia 22 +1:21.568 26
24 87 Luca Marconi Aprilia 22 +1:37.919 31
25 31 Jordi Dalmau Honda 21 +1 lap 34
26 10 Luca Vitali Aprilia 20 +2 laps 33
Ret 32 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 16 Accident 24
Ret 39 Luis Salom Honda 13 Retirement 31
Ret 99 Danny Webb Aprilia 11 Retirement 11
Ret 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 10 Retirement 19
Ret 44 Pol Espargaró Derbi 5 Retirement 2
Ret 5 Alexis Masbou Loncin 5 Retirement 30
Ret 69 Lukáš Šembera Aprilia 4 Retirement 29
Ret 7 Efrén Vázquez Derbi 1 Retirement 20
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Incident

Julian Simon, a Spanish racer in the 125cc race, celebrated victory one lap early, as he was confused with the sign that his team had shown him. He thought the sign said he was first position with no laps left, when the sign actually says 'L1' which means that he had one lap remaining. Andrea Iannone stormed to the lead and won, whilst Simon could only finish fourth.

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round six has concluded.[6]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References
  1. "2009 Catalan MotoGP". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  2. "Rossi pips Lorenzo in epic finale". BBC Sport. 2009-06-14. Archived from the original on 15 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  3. "2009 Catalan MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  4. "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2009.
  5. "motogp.com · GRAN PREMI CINZANO DE CATALUNYA · MotoGP Race Classification 2009". www.motogp.com.
  6. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2009. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
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