2009 British motorcycle Grand Prix

  2009 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 10 of 17 races in the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	26 July 2009
Location	Donington Park
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.023 km (2.500 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:28.116
Fastest lap
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo
Time	1:31.554
Podium
First	Andrea Dovizioso
Second	Colin Edwards
Third	Randy de Puniet
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Héctor Barberá
Time	1:31.802
Fastest lap
Rider	Alex Baldolini
Time	1:34.963
Podium
First	Hiroshi Aoyama
Second	Álvaro Bautista
Third	Mattia Pasini
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Bradley Smith
Time	1:37.442
Fastest lap
Rider	Julián Simón
Time	1:48.632
Podium
First	Julián Simón
Second	Simone Corsi
Third	Scott Redding

The 2009 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 24–26 July 2009 at Donington Park. It was to be the final motorcycle Grand Prix at Donington, with the race moving to Silverstone for the 2010 season. The MotoGP race was won by Andrea Dovizioso, securing the first win of his MotoGP career.^[1]

MotoGP classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	30	48:26.267	5	25
2	5	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	30	+1.360	6	20
3	14	Randy de Puniet	Honda	30	+1.600	10	16
4	15	Alex De Angelis	Honda	30	+8.958	12	13
5	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	30	+21.622	1	11
6	52	James Toseland	Yamaha	30	+22.465	9	10
7	33	Marco Melandri	Kawasaki	30	+35.284	7	9
8	88	Niccolò Canepa	Ducati	30	+38.769	16	8
9	3	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	30	+42.112	2	7
10	36	Mika Kallio	Ducati	30	+45.845	11	6
11	65	Loris Capirossi	Suzuki	30	+53.190	14	5
12	41	Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	30	+1:12.315	17	4
13	7	Chris Vermeulen	Suzuki	30	+1:20.398	13	3
14	27	Casey Stoner	Ducati	29	+1 Lap	4	2
15	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati	29	+1 Lap	15	1
Ret	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	8	Accident	3
Ret	24	Toni Elías	Honda	7	Accident	8

250 cc classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	27	45:17.516	3	25
2	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	27	+5.723	6	20
3	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	27	+36.161	7	16
4	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	27	+36.776	2	13
5	63	Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	27	+41.418	5	11
6	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	27	+41.938	4	10
7	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Honda	27	+57.483	11	9
8	40	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	27	+59.975	1	8
9	12	Thomas Lüthi	Aprilia	27	+1:14.852	12	7
10	55	Héctor Faubel	Honda	27	+1:16.927	14	6
11	16	Jules Cluzel	Aprilia	27	+1:21.356	15	5
12	52	Lukáš Pešek	Aprilia	27	+1:21.665	10	4
13	15	Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	27	+1:29.576	13	3
14	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	26	+1 Lap	9	2
15	48	Shoya Tomizawa	Honda	26	+1 Lap	17	1
16	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	26	+1 Lap	16
17	10	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	26	+1 Lap	18
18	64	Luke Mossey	Aprilia	26	+1 Lap	24
19	53	Valentin Debise	Honda	25	+2 Laps	21
20	7	Axel Pons	Aprilia	25	+2 Laps	19
21	77	Aitor Rodríguez	Aprilia	25	+2 Laps	26
22	8	Bastien Chesaux	Honda	25	+2 Laps	23
23	54	Toby Markham	Aprilia	23	+4 Laps	25
Ret	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	18	Retirement	8
Ret	95	Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia	5	Retirement	20
Ret	11	Balázs Németh	Aprilia	0	Retirement	22
DNQ	68	Alex Kenchington	Yamaha
DNQ	67	Robin Halen	Aprilia

125 cc classification

The 125cc race was stopped after 14 laps due to rain. It was later restarted for 5 additional laps, with the grid determined by the running order before the suspension. The second part of the race determined the final result.

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	60	Julián Simón	Aprilia	5	9:12.301	3	25
2	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	5	+0.390	12	20
3	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	5	+3.072	11	16
4	18	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	5	+6.209	6	13
5	73	Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	5	+9.509	20	11
6	39	Luis Salom	Aprilia	5	+11.211	24	10
7	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	5	+11.572	22	9
8	77	Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	5	+13.703	18	8
9	7	Efrén Vázquez	Derbi	5	+14.101	16	7
10	44	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	5	+15.422	7	6
11	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Loncin	5	+17.905	19	5
12	6	Joan Olivé	Derbi	5	+25.625	5	4
13	14	Johann Zarco	Aprilia	5	+26.793	23	3
14	91	Martin Glossop	Honda	5	+27.916	31	2
15	93	Marc Márquez	KTM	5	+28.651	2	1
16	92	Paul Jordan	Honda	5	+28.999	35
17	69	Lukáš Šembera	Aprilia	5	+30.564	32
18	35	Randy Krummenacher	Aprilia	5	+34.468	21
19	87	Luca Marconi	Aprilia	5	+38.709	33
20	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	5	+38.938	1
21	10	Luca Vitali	Aprilia	5	+1:14.040	36
Ret	53	Jasper Iwema	Honda	4	Accident	25
Ret	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	1	Accident	26
Ret	5	Alexis Masbou	Loncin	1	Accident	28
Ret	88	Michael Ranseder	Aprilia	1	Accident	17
Ret	11	Sandro Cortese	Derbi		Not started on race 2	8
Ret	12	Esteve Rabat	Aprilia		Not started on race 2	9
Ret	16	Cameron Beaubier	KTM		Not started on race 2	27
Ret	17	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia		Not started on race 2	13
Ret	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia		Not started on race 2	10
Ret	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia		Not started on race 2	4
Ret	86	Karel Pešek	Aprilia		Not started on race 2	29
Ret	89	James Lodge	Honda		Not started on race 2	30
Ret	90	Timothy Hastings	Honda		Not started on race 2	34
Ret	94	Jonas Folger	Aprilia		Not started on race 2	15
Ret	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia		Not started on race 2	14

References

• "MotoGP official website". Archived from the original on 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2009-07-26.