2009 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2009 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 June 2009 at the Circuit de Catalunya. This race is known as one of the most thrilling in MotoGP history, because Valentino Rossi held off the challenge of teammate Jorge Lorenzo by overtaking him in the last corner, on the last lap, to win the race.^[2]

Valentino Rossi, waving at the crowd after winning the MotoGP race.

  2009 Catalan Grand Prix

Race details
Race 6 of 17 races in the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	14 June 2009
Official name	Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya[1]
Location	Circuit de Catalunya
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.727 km (2.937 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Jorge Lorenzo Time 1:41.974 Fastest lap Rider Casey Stoner Time 1:42.858 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Jorge Lorenzo Third Casey Stoner
250cc
Pole position Rider Héctor Barberá Time 1:46.749 Fastest lap Rider Álvaro Bautista Time 1:46.656 Podium First Álvaro Bautista Second Hiroshi Aoyama Third Héctor Barberá
125cc
Pole position Rider Julián Simón Time 1:51.448 Fastest lap Rider Marc Márquez Time 1:51.175 Podium First Andrea Iannone Second Nicolás Terol Third Sergio Gadea

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	25	43:11.897	2	25
2	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	25	+0.095	1	20
3	27	Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	25	+8.884	3	16
4	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	25	+8.936	4	13
5	65	Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	25	+19.831	11	11
6	3	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	25	+22.182	8	10
7	5	Colin Edwards	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	25	+23.547	6	9
8	14	Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	25	+25.265	7	8
9	36	Mika Kallio	Pramac Racing	Ducati	25	+31.797	10	7
10	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	25	+33.593	13	6
11	7	Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	25	+36.683	12	5
12	15	Alex de Angelis	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	25	+36.874	14	4
13	52	James Toseland	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	25	+39.433	9	3
14	33	Marco Melandri	Hayate Racing Team	Kawasaki	25	+44.788	17	2
15	59	Sete Gibernau	Grupo Francisco Hernando	Ducati	25	+46.754	15	1
16	88	Niccolò Canepa	Pramac Racing	Ducati	25	+55.873	18
17	41	Gábor Talmácsi	Scot Racing Team MotoGP	Honda	25	+1:27.640	19
Ret	24	Toni Elías	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	9	Accident	5
Ret	72	Yuki Takahashi	Scot Racing Team MotoGP	Honda	0	Accident	16
Sources: [3][4][5]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	23	41:09.018	2	25
2	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	23	+7.185	6	20
3	40	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	23	+7.282	1	16
4	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	23	+10.784	7	13
5	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	23	+15.740	5	11
6	12	Thomas Lüthi	Aprilia	23	+15.780	4	10
7	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	23	+28.654	10	9
8	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	23	+31.600	12	8
9	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Honda	23	+33.760	13	7
10	55	Héctor Faubel	Honda	23	+33.843	8	6
11	16	Jules Cluzel	Aprilia	23	+34.871	14	5
12	52	Lukáš Pešek	Aprilia	23	+35.117	17	4
13	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	23	+39.840	11	3
14	63	Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	23	+42.821	9	2
15	51	Stevie Bonsey	Aprilia	23	+1:16.524	19	1
16	7	Axel Pons	Aprilia	23	+1:16.689	18
17	53	Valentin Debise	Honda	23	+1:28.826	20
18	11	Balázs Németh	Aprilia	23	+1:39.488	21
19	8	Bastien Chesaux	Honda	23	+1:47.958	22
20	56	Vladimir Leonov	Aprilia	22	+1 lap	24
21	54	Toby Markham	Honda	22	+1 lap	25
Ret	10	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	21	Retirement	23
Ret	15	Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	14	Accident	16
Ret	48	Shoya Tomizawa	Honda	13	Retirement	15
Ret	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	6	Retirement	3
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	22	41:10.494	8	25
2	18	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	22	+2.245	6	20
3	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	22	+2.330	5	16
4	60	Julián Simón	Aprilia	22	+2.331	1	13
5	93	Marc Márquez	KTM	22	+2.356	12	11
6	94	Jonas Folger	Aprilia	22	+2.531	3	10
7	17	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	22	+10.795	9	9
8	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	22	+10.824	7	8
9	11	Sandro Cortese	Derbi	22	+14.984	14	7
10	35	Randy Krummenacher	Aprilia	22	+15.089	4	6
11	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	22	+16.427	10	5
12	12	Esteve Rabat	Aprilia	22	+16.515	17	4
13	14	Johann Zarco	Aprilia	22	+27.455	13	3
14	6	Joan Olivé	Derbi	22	+27.712	16	2
15	73	Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	22	+28.411	21	1
16	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	22	+33.697	23
17	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Loncin	22	+42.581	15
18	16	Cameron Beaubier	KTM	22	+48.847	22
19	42	Alberto Moncayo	Aprilia	22	+49.532	25
20	77	Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	22	+49.772	18
21	53	Jasper Iwema	Honda	22	+1:02.666	27
22	50	Sturla Fagerhaug	KTM	22	+1:15.215	28
23	43	Johnny Rosell	Aprilia	22	+1:21.568	26
24	87	Luca Marconi	Aprilia	22	+1:37.919	31
25	31	Jordi Dalmau	Honda	21	+1 lap	34
26	10	Luca Vitali	Aprilia	20	+2 laps	33
Ret	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	16	Accident	24
Ret	39	Luis Salom	Honda	13	Retirement	31
Ret	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	11	Retirement	11
Ret	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	10	Retirement	19
Ret	44	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	5	Retirement	2
Ret	5	Alexis Masbou	Loncin	5	Retirement	30
Ret	69	Lukáš Šembera	Aprilia	4	Retirement	29
Ret	7	Efrén Vázquez	Derbi	1	Retirement	20
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Incident

Julian Simon, a Spanish racer in the 125cc race, celebrated victory one lap early, as he was confused with the sign that his team had shown him. He thought the sign said he was first position with no laps left, when the sign actually says 'L1' which means that he had one lap remaining. Andrea Iannone stormed to the lead and won, whilst Simon could only finish fourth.

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round six has concluded.^[6]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 106 2 Jorge Lorenzo 106 3 Casey Stoner 106 4 Andrea Dovizioso 69 5 Dani Pedrosa 67

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 140 2 Ducati 106 3 Honda 89 4 Suzuki 60 5 Kawasaki 50

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