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Race 15 of 17 races in the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 18 October 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Iveco Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course |
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MotoGP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2009 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 October 2009 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. Ducati rider Casey Stoner won the grand prix, in his home race. Championship leader Valentino Rossi finished second, further increasing his championship lead over rival Jorge Lorenzo, who crashed out and failed to score any points. This also marked the final Grand Prix win in the career of Marco Simoncelli before his death 2 years later on 23 October 2011 at the 2011 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix after suffering a fatal crash in Race.
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 27 | ![]() |
Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 27 | 40:56.651 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 46 | ![]() |
Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 27 | +1.935 | 2 | 20 |
3 | 3 | ![]() |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 27 | +22.618 | 3 | 16 |
4 | 15 | ![]() |
San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 27 | +32.702 | 6 | 13 |
5 | 5 | ![]() |
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 27 | +35.885 | 5 | 11 |
6 | 4 | ![]() |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 27 | +38.482 | 10 | 10 |
7 | 33 | ![]() |
Hayate Racing Team | Kawasaki | 27 | +44.461 | 14 | 9 |
8 | 14 | ![]() |
LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 27 | +44.941 | 8 | 8 |
9 | 36 | ![]() |
Pramac Racing | Ducati | 27 | +54.345 | 9 | 7 |
10 | 24 | ![]() |
San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 27 | +1:01.205 | 11 | 6 |
11 | 7 | ![]() |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 27 | +1:05.417 | 15 | 5 |
12 | 65 | ![]() |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 27 | +1:05.950 | 17[N 1] | 4 |
13 | 41 | ![]() |
Scot Racing Team MotoGP | Honda | 27 | +1:17.951 | 16 | 3 |
14 | 52 | ![]() |
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 27 | +1:17.985 | 12 | 2 |
15 | 69 | ![]() |
Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 26 | +1 lap | 7 | 1 |
Ret | 99 | ![]() |
Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 0 | Accident | 4 | |
DNS | 88 | ![]() |
Pramac Racing | Ducati | Did not start | |||
Sources:[4][5][6] |
The race, scheduled to be run for 25 laps, was stopped after 18 full laps due to Roberto Locatelli having an accident and did not restart as two-thirds of the race distance had been completed.
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 58 | ![]() |
Gilera | 18 | 28:17.403 | 2 | 25 |
2 | 40 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 18 | +2.434 | 5 | 20 |
3 | 35 | ![]() |
Honda | 18 | +2.604 | 1 | 16 |
4 | 16 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 18 | +12.118 | 12 | 13 |
5 | 63 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 18 | +12.192 | 6 | 11 |
6 | 17 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 18 | +12.413 | 11 | 10 |
7 | 4 | ![]() |
Honda | 18 | +12.455 | 3 | 9 |
8 | 55 | ![]() |
Honda | 18 | +13.112 | 9 | 8 |
9 | 14 | ![]() |
Honda | 18 | +13.560 | 7 | 7 |
10 | 19 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 18 | +27.779 | 10 | 6 |
11 | 12 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 18 | +28.222 | 15 | 5 |
12 | 52 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 18 | +28.657 | 14 | 4 |
13 | 6 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 18 | +33.892 | 4 | 3 |
14 | 73 | ![]() |
Honda | 18 | +38.779 | 16 | 2 |
15 | 48 | ![]() |
Honda | 18 | +40.529 | 18 | 1 |
16 | 11 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 18 | +1:23.200 | 21 | |
17 | 8 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 18 | +1:24.298 | 24 | |
18 | 10 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 17 | +1 lap | 23 | |
19 | 53 | ![]() |
Honda | 17 | +1 lap | 22 | |
NC | 15 | ![]() |
Gilera | 18 | +30.515 | 17 | |
Ret | 7 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 16 | Retirement | 19 | |
Ret | 25 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 15 | Retirement | 13 | |
Ret | 75 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 7 | Accident | 8 | |
Ret | 56 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 7 | Retirement | 20 | |
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT |
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 60 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 23 | 37:55.798 | 3 | 25 |
2 | 38 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 23 | +0.313 | 5 | 20 |
3 | 11 | ![]() |
Derbi | 23 | +2.057 | 7 | 16 |
4 | 44 | ![]() |
Derbi | 23 | +2.161 | 1 | 13 |
5 | 24 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 23 | +2.330 | 4 | 11 |
6 | 18 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 23 | +3.239 | 2 | 10 |
7 | 7 | ![]() |
Derbi | 23 | +3.290 | 11 | 9 |
8 | 29 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 23 | +12.820 | 8 | 8 |
9 | 93 | ![]() |
KTM | 23 | +22.355 | 6 | 7 |
10 | 33 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 23 | +22.602 | 16 | 6 |
11 | 45 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 23 | +29.181 | 24 | 5 |
12 | 77 | ![]() |
Derbi | 23 | +29.199 | 17 | 4 |
13 | 99 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 23 | +29.222 | 21 | 3 |
14 | 94 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 23 | +29.396 | 23 | 2 |
15 | 35 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 23 | +29.461 | 22 | 1 |
16 | 14 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 23 | +29.709 | 19 | |
17 | 8 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 23 | +31.251 | 13 | |
18 | 73 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 23 | +32.482 | 14 | |
19 | 39 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 23 | +58.333 | 25 | |
20 | 88 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 23 | +58.485 | 20 | |
21 | 71 | ![]() |
Loncin | 23 | +1:19.017 | 15 | |
22 | 53 | ![]() |
Honda | 23 | +1:23.621 | 26 | |
23 | 21 | ![]() |
Loncin | 23 | +1:23.731 | 27 | |
24 | 97 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 22 | +1 lap | 29 | |
25 | 10 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 22 | +1 lap | 28 | |
26 | 87 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 22 | +1 lap | 31 | |
27 | 54 | ![]() |
Honda | 22 | +1 lap | 33 | |
Ret | 98 | ![]() |
Honda | 22 | +1 lap | 32 | |
Ret | 12 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 21 | Retirement | 10 | |
Ret | 96 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 7 | Retirement | 30 | |
Ret | 17 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 12 | |
Ret | 6 | ![]() |
Derbi | 2 | Retirement | 9 | |
Ret | 16 | ![]() |
KTM | 2 | Accident | 18 | |
DNS | 19 | ![]() |
Aprilia | Did not start | |||
DNS | 30 | ![]() |
Honda | Did not start | |||
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT |
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.[7]
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