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2009 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Japanese
flag	Japan
Official Name	Polini Grand Prix of Japan
Location	Twin Ring Motegi
Course_mi	2.983
Course_km	4.801
Race_No	2
Season_No	17
Date	26 April
Year	2009
Image	Twin Ring Motegi map-2.svg
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:48.545
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Jorge Lorenzo
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Spain
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:48.477
First_Rider_MotoGP	Jorge Lorenzo
First_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Spain
Second_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_MotoGP	Dani Pedrosa
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_250	Marco Simoncelli
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_250	1:53.093
Fast_Rider_250	Álvaro Bautista
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Fast_Time_250	1:54.047
First_Rider_250	Álvaro Bautista
First_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Second_Rider_250	Hiroshi Aoyama
Second_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Third_Rider_250	Mattia Pasini
Third_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_125	Andrea Iannone
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_125	2:00.685
Fast_Rider_125	Andrea Iannone
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_125	2:01.551
First_Rider_125	Andrea Iannone
First_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_125	Julián Simón
Second_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Third_Rider_125	Pol Espargaró
Third_Rider_125_Country	Spain

The 2009 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 24–26 April 2009 at the Twin Ring Motegi, located in Motegi, Japan. The MotoGP race was the 700th premier class race in the history of Grand Prix motorcycle racing. Jorge Lorenzo won the MotoGP race ahead of teammate Valentino Rossi to take the overall lead in the world championship.

Qualifying

All qualifying sessions for MotoGP, 250cc and 125cc were cancelled due to adverse weather conditions and grid positions for Sunday's races were defined according to combined free practice times.

Jorge Lorenzo, celebrating with his flag after winning the MotoGP race.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
99	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	24	43:47.238	3	25
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	24	+1.304	1	20
3	ESP Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+3.763	11	16
27	AUS Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	24	+5.691	2	13
4	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+9.207	7	11
33	ITA Marco Melandri	Hayate Racing Team	Kawasaki	24	+30.555	8	10
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	24	+32.756	6	9
36	FIN Mika Kallio	Pramac Racing	Ducati	24	+39.416	17	8
52	GBR James Toseland	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	24	+43.106	10	7
7	AUS Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	24	+43.245	4	6
14	FRA Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	24	+44.834	16	5
5	USA Colin Edwards	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	24	+46.540	5	4
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	24	+53.525	15	3
88	ITA Niccolò Canepa	Pramac Racing	Ducati	24	+1:21.804	18	2
24	ESP Toni Elías	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	23	+1 lap	9	1
59	ESP Sete Gibernau	Grupo Francisco Hernando	Ducati	17	Retirement	14
69	USA Nicky Hayden	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	0	Accident	12
72	JPN Yuki Takahashi	Scot Racing Team MotoGP	Honda	0	Accident	13

Álvaro Bautista, celebrating on the podium after winning the 250cc race.

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
19	ESP Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	23	44:06.488	3	25
4	JPN Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	23	+5.889	2	20
75	ITA Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	23	+21.832	4	16
28	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	23	+25.906	7	13
6	ESP Alex Debón	Aprilia	23	+30.785	10	11
73	JPN Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	23	+33.788	17	10
52	CZE Lukáš Pešek	Aprilia	23	+36.972	11	9
12	CHE Thomas Lüthi	Aprilia	23	+41.018	13	8
17	CZE Karel Abraham	Aprilia	23	+41.649	16	7
48	JPN Shoya Tomizawa	Honda	23	+52.863	25	6
40	ESP Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	23	+1:00.888	5	5
35	ITA Raffaele De Rosa	Honda	23	+1:06.347	6	4
10	HUN Imre Tóth	Aprilia	23	+1:53.149	20	3
59	JPN Kazuki Watanabe	Yamaha	22	+1 lap	19	2
56	RUS Vladimir Leonov	Aprilia	22	+1 lap	22	1
8	CHE Bastien Chesaux	Honda	22	+1 lap	23
58	ITA Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	22	+1 lap	1
77	ESP Aitor Rodríguez	Aprilia	22	+1 lap	24
14	THA Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	18	Accident	12
25	ITA Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	17	Accident	18
55	ESP Héctor Faubel	Honda	6	Accident	15
63	FRA Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	5	Accident	8
7	ESP Axel Pons	Aprilia	3	Accident	21
16	FRA Jules Cluzel	Aprilia	2	Accident	14
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	2	Accident	9

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
29	ITA Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	20	42:23.716	1	25
60	ESP Julián Simón	Aprilia	20	+1.346	2	20
44	ESP Pol Espargaró	Derbi	20	+5.039	8	16
17	DEU Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	20	+6.904	3	13
93	ESP Marc Márquez	KTM	20	+13.061	10	11
11	DEU Sandro Cortese	Derbi	20	+14.841	9	10
6	ESP Joan Olivé	Derbi	20	+16.420	11	9
94	DEU Jonas Folger	Aprilia	20	+16.483	14	8
77	CHE Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	20	+27.500	6	7
38	GBR Bradley Smith	Aprilia	20	+30.359	7	6
99	GBR Danny Webb	Aprilia	20	+37.547	13	5
71	JPN Tomoyoshi Koyama	Loncin	20	+43.856	19	4
12	ESP Esteve Rabat	Aprilia	20	+59.889	4	3
8	ITA Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	20	+1:00.141	15	2
24	ITA Simone Corsi	Aprilia	20	+1:02.601	17	1
16	USA Cameron Beaubier	KTM	20	+1:02.609	23
18	ESP Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	20	+1:09.867	5
35	CHE Randy Krummenacher	Aprilia	20	+1:09.883	22
33	ESP Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	20	+1:15.049	12
73	JPN Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	20	+1:19.858	21
5	FRA Alexis Masbou	Loncin	20	+1:43.413	25
7	ESP Efrén Vázquez	Derbi	20	+1:52.910	20
69	CZE Lukáš Šembera	Aprilia	20	+2:07.124	32
58	JPN Yuuichi Yanagisawa	Honda	20	+2:07.402	26
87	ITA Luca Marconi	Aprilia	19	+1 lap	30
10	ITA Luca Vitali	Aprilia	19	+1 lap	34
55	JPN Hiroomi Iwata	Honda	19	+1 lap	29
59	JPN Satoru Kamada	Honda	19	+1 lap	28
57	JPN Yuki Oogane	Honda	18	+2 laps	33
56	JPN Yuma Yahagi	Honda	11	Retirement	27
14	FRA Johann Zarco	Aprilia	10	Retirement	18
45	GBR Scott Redding	Aprilia	6	Retirement	16
32	ITA Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	2	Accident	24
53	NLD Jasper Iwema	Honda	0	Accident	31
88	AUT Michael Ranseder	Haojue		Did not start
66	GBR Matthew Hoyle	Haojue		Did not qualify

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	41
2	ITA Valentino Rossi	40
3	AUS Casey Stoner	38
4	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	22
5	ESP Dani Pedrosa	21

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Yamaha	45
2	ITA Ducati	38
3	JPN Honda	27
4	JPN Suzuki	18
5	JPN Kawasaki	12

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

References

| Previous_year's_race = 2008 Japanese Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 2010 Japanese Grand Prix

References

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Mitchell, Malcolm. "Twin Ring Motegi - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
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