2009 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix

  2009 Indianapolis Grand Prix

Race details
Race 12 of 17 races in the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
File:Indianapolis Moto GP-2.svg
Date	August 30, 2009
Official name	Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix
Location	Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.216 km (2.620 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	1:39.730
Fastest lap
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo
Time	1:40.152
Podium
First	Jorge Lorenzo
Second	Alex de Angelis
Third	Nicky Hayden
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Mike Di Meglio
Time	1:44.341
Fastest lap
Rider	Marco Simoncelli
Time	1:44.720
Podium
First	Marco Simoncelli
Second	Hiroshi Aoyama
Third	Álvaro Bautista
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Julián Simón
Time	1:49.337
Fastest lap
Rider	Bradley Smith
Time	1:49.039
Podium
First	Pol Espargaró
Second	Bradley Smith
Third	Simone Corsi

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.

MotoGP classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	28	47:13.592	2	25
2	15	Alex de Angelis	Honda	28	+9.435	4	20
3	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati	28	+12.947	6	16
4	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	28	+13.478	8	13
5	5	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	28	+26.254	5	11
6	52	James Toseland	Yamaha	28	+32.408	10	10
7	65	Loris Capirossi	Suzuki	28	+34.400	11	9
8	36	Mika Kallio	Ducati	28	+34.856	15	8
9	24	Toni Elías	Honda	28	+45.005	7	7
10	3	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	28	+45.377	1	6
11	7	Chris Vermeulen	Suzuki	28	+45.478	14	5
12	14	Randy de Puniet	Honda	28	+52.294	12	4
13	44	Aleix Espargaró	Ducati	28	+1:03.552	16	3
14	41	Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	28	+1:15.086	17	2
Ret	33	Marco Melandri	Kawasaki	25	Accident	9
Ret	88	Niccolò Canepa	Ducati	23	Retirement	13
Ret	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	12	Accident	3

250 cc classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
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
WD	48	Shoya Tomizawa	Honda		Injury

125 cc classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	44	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	23	42:07.925	4	25
2	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	23	+0.120	5	20
3	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	23	+0.448	6	16
4	18	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	23	+1.613	3	13
5	60	Julián Simón	Aprilia	23	+1.801	1	11
6	93	Marc Márquez	KTM	23	+19.345	9	10
7	17	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	23	+19.358	15	9
8	6	Joan Olivé	Derbi	23	+25.611	10	8
9	73	Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	23	+29.240	19	7
10	77	Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	23	+29.707	17	6
11	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	23	+30.464	11	5
12	94	Jonas Folger	Aprilia	23	+44.460	21	4
13	39	Luis Salom	Aprilia	23	+44.549	20	3
14	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Loncin	23	+45.328	16	2
15	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	23	+45.435	7	1
16	88	Michael Ranseder	Aprilia	23	+45.479	14
17	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	23	+45.998	24
18	11	Sandro Cortese	Derbi	23	+53.791	2
19	16	Cameron Beaubier	KTM	23	+1:01.179	23
20	12	Esteve Rabat	Aprilia	23	+1:02.814	22
21	7	Efrén Vázquez	Derbi	23	+1:14.891	8
22	69	Lukáš Šembera	Aprilia	23	+1:16.320	28
23	14	Johann Zarco	Aprilia	23	+1:31.218	13
24	87	Luca Marconi	Aprilia	23	+1:31.569	27
25	10	Luca Vitali	Aprilia	23	+1:51.274	31
Ret	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	20	Retirement	12
Ret	35	Randy Krummenacher	Aprilia	17	Accident	25
Ret	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	11	Retirement	26
Ret	5	Alexis Masbou	Loncin	7	Retirement	29
Ret	74	Ben Young	Aprilia	3	Retirement	32
Ret	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	3	Retirement	18
Ret	75	Miles Thornton	Aprilia	1	Accident	30

References

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