2009 French motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race 4 of 17 races in the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 17 May 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Grand Prix de France[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Bugatti Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2009 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 15–17 May 2009 at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans, France. Jorge Lorenzo moved one point clear at the top of world championship standings after winning the MotoGP race ahead of Marco Melandri and Dani Pedrosa.[2]
MotoGP classification
[edit | edit source]| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 99 | Spain Jorge Lorenzo | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | 47:52.678 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 33 | Italy Marco Melandri | Hayate Racing Team | Kawasaki | 28 | +17.710 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | Spain Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +19.893 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Italy Andrea Dovizioso | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +20.455 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 27 | Australia Casey Stoner | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 28 | +30.539 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 7 | Australia Chris Vermeulen | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 28 | +37.462 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | Error creating thumbnail: Colin Edwards | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +40.191 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 65 | Italy Loris Capirossi | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 28 | +45.421 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 52 | United Kingdom James Toseland | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +50.307 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 24 | Spain Toni Elías | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 28 | +53.218 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 15 | Error creating thumbnail: Alex de Angelis | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 28 | +53.550 | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | 69 | Error creating thumbnail: Nicky Hayden | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 28 | +56.647 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 72 | Japan Yuki Takahashi | Scot Racing Team MotoGP | Honda | 28 | +56.688 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 14 | France Randy de Puniet | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 28 | +1:11.299 | 10 | 2 |
| 15 | 88 | Italy Niccolò Canepa | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 28 | +1:15.385 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 46 | Italy Valentino Rossi | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 26 | +2 laps | 4 | |
| Ret | 36 | Finland Mika Kallio | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 11 | Accident | 14 | |
| DNS | 59 | Spain Sete Gibernau | Grupo Francisco Hernando | Ducati | Did not start | |||
| Sources: [3][4][5] | ||||||||
250 cc classification
[edit | edit source]125 cc classification
[edit | edit source]Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
[edit | edit source]Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.[6]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
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