The 2009 Indianapolis Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of August 28–30, 2009 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The MotoGP race was won by Jorge Lorenzo.[4]
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| Race 12 of 17 races in the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | August 30, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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MotoGP classification
edit| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 99 |  Jorge Lorenzo | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | 47:13.592 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 15 |  Alex de Angelis | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 28 | +9.435 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 69 |  Nicky Hayden | Ducati Team | Ducati | 28 | +12.947 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 |  Andrea Dovizioso | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +13.478 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +26.254 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 52 |  James Toseland | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +32.408 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 28 | +34.400 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 36 |  Mika Kallio | Ducati Team | Ducati | 28 | +34.856 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | 24 | Toni Elías | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 28 | +45.005 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 3 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +45.377 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 |  Chris Vermeulen | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 28 | +45.478 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 14 |  Randy de Puniet | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 28 | +52.294 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 44 | Aleix Espargaró | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 28 | +1:03.552 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 41 |  Gábor Talmácsi | Scot Racing Team MotoGP | Honda | 28 | +1:15.086 | 17 | 2 |
| Ret | 33 | Marco Melandri | Hayate Racing Team | Kawasaki | 25 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 88 | Niccolò Canepa | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 23 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 12 | Accident | 3 | |
| Sources: [5][6][7] | ||||||||
250 cc classification
edit| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | 26 | 45:43.599 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 |  Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 26 | +1.943 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 26 | +4.661 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Aprilia | 26 | +12.776 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Gilera | 26 | +15.475 | 12 | 11 |
| 6 | 40 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 26 | +19.471 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 52 |  Lukáš Pešek | Aprilia | 26 | +22.682 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Honda | 26 | +32.809 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 12 |  Thomas Lüthi | Aprilia | 26 | +49.321 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 26 | +49.845 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | Honda | 26 | +53.567 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 26 | +1:29.717 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 53 | Valentin Debise | Honda | 26 | +1:37.837 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 7 | Axel Pons | Aprilia | 26 | +1:46.672 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 56 |  Vladimir Leonov | Aprilia | 26 | +1:46.821 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 11 | Balázs Németh | Aprilia | 25 | +1 lap | 20 | |
| 17 | 10 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 25 | +1 lap | 19 | |
| 18 | 29 | Barrett Long | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| 19 | 30 |  Adam Roberts | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | 23 | |
| Ret | 14 |  Ratthapark Wilairot | Honda | 23 | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 18 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Aprilia | 7 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 5 | Retirement | 7 | |
| Ret | 8 | Bastien Chesaux | Honda | 0 | Accident | 22 | |
| DNS | 48 | Shoya Tomizawa | Honda | Did not start | |||
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125 cc classification
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Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
editBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round twelve has concluded.[8]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
edit- ^ "2009 Indianapolis MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2009 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Indianapolis Motor Speedway - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "Lorenzo gains vital Indy victory". BBC Sport. 2009-08-30. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
- ^ "2009 Indianapolis MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
- ^ "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2009.
- ^ "motogp.com · RED BULL INDIANAPOLIS GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2009". www.motogp.com.
- ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2009. Retrieved 2019-08-24.