2009 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 23 44:06.488 3 25
2 4 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 23 +5.889 2 20
3 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 23 +21.832 4 16
4 28 Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 23 +25.906 7 13
5 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 23 +30.785 10 11
6 73 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 23 +33.788 17 10
7 52 Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 23 +36.972 11 9
8 12 Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 23 +41.018 13 8
9 17 Karel Abraham Aprilia 23 +41.649 16 7
10 48 Shoya Tomizawa Honda 23 +52.863 25 6
11 40 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 23 +1:00.888 5 5
12 35 Raffaele De Rosa Honda 23 +1:06.347 6 4
13 10 Imre Tóth Aprilia 23 +1:53.149 20 3
14 59 Kazuki Watanabe Yamaha 22 +1 lap 19 2
15 56 Vladimir Leonov Aprilia 22 +1 lap 22 1
16 8 Bastien Chesaux Honda 22 +1 lap 23
17 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 22 +1 lap 1
18 77 Aitor Rodríguez Aprilia 22 +1 lap 24
Ret 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 18 Accident 12
Ret 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 17 Accident 18
250 cc classification
The 2009 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 24-26 April 2009 at the Twin Ring Motegi, located in Motegi, Japan. The MotoGP race was the 700th premier class race in the history of Grand Prix motorcycle racing. Jorge Lorenzo won the MotoGP race ahead of teammate Valentino Rossi to take the overall lead in the world championship.