# 2009 German motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2009 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 17–19 July 2009 at the Sachsenring, located in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany.
The MotoGP race was won by Valentino Rossi who finished ahead of teammate Jorge Lorenzo.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | 41:21.769 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +0.099 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 30 | +2.899 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 30 | +10.226 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 30 | +21.522 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 24 | Toni Elías | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 30 | +30.852 | 17 | 10 |
| 7 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Hayate Racing Team | Kawasaki | 30 | +31.301 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 30 | +31.726 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 30 | +32.865 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 52 | James Toseland | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 30 | +43.926 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 30 | +57.375 | 9 | 5 |
| 12 | 88 | Niccolò Canepa | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 30 | +1:00.539 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 7 | Chris Vermeulen | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 30 | +1:03.645 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 30 | +1:04.155 | 10 | 2 |
| 15 | 41 | Gábor Talmácsi | Scot Racing Team MotoGP | Honda | 29 | +1 lap | 16 | 1 |
| Ret | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 25 | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | 14 | Randy de Puniet | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 0 | Accident | 6 | |
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## 250 cc classification

The 250cc race was originally scheduled to run for 29 laps, but due to heavy rain it was red-flagged and then restarted, with the new distance consisting of 19 laps only.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | 19 | 27:11.034 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 19 | +0.479 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 19 | +0.528 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 19 | +0.866 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 40 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 19 | +1.260 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Honda | 19 | +5.972 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | 19 | +8.721 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Aprilia | 19 | +8.762 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | Honda | 19 | +19.176 | 17 | 7 |
| 10 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Gilera | 19 | +27.950 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 19 | +29.601 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Aprilia | 19 | +38.299 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 48 | Shoya Tomizawa | Honda | 19 | +51.940 | 18 | 3 |
| 14 | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Aprilia | 19 | +52.919 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 8 | Bastien Chesaux | Honda | 19 | +1:06.786 | 23 | 1 |
| 16 | 7 | Axel Pons | Aprilia | 19 | +1:20.573 | 24 | |
| 17 | 54 | Toby Markham | Aprilia | 18 | +1 lap | 22 | |
| 18 | 10 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 18 | +1 lap | 19 | |
| 19 | 66 | Joakim Stensmo | Honda | 17 | +2 laps | 25 | |
| 20 | 53 | Valentin Debise | Honda | 15 | +4 laps | 21 | |
| Ret | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 16 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Aprilia | 16 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 17 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 8 | Retirement | 5 | |
| Ret | 56 | Vladimir Leonov | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 20 | |
| DNS | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Honda | 0 | Did not restart | 16 | |
| DNQ | 67 | Robin Hålén | Aprilia | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | 65 | Marcel Becker | Yamaha | | Did not qualify | | |
| OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT ||||||||

## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 60 | Julián Simón | Aprilia | 27 | 39:57.337 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 27 | +9.415 | 14 | 20 |
| 3 | 6 | Joan Olivé | Derbi | 27 | +17.559 | 12 | 16 |
| 4 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Aprilia | 27 | +17.587 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Derbi | 27 | +19.740 | 19 | 11 |
| 6 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Derbi | 27 | +20.778 | 15 | 10 |
| 7 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 27 | +20.908 | 22 | 9 |
| 8 | 99 | Danny Webb | Aprilia | 27 | +38.221 | 17 | 8 |
| 9 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Derbi | 27 | +38.434 | 23 | 7 |
| 10 | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | Loncin | 27 | +40.085 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 35 | Randy Krummenacher | Aprilia | 27 | +44.127 | 33 | 5 |
| 12 | 78 | Marcel Schrötter | Honda | 27 | +45.051 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | 39 | Luis Salom | Aprilia | 27 | +59.604 | 30 | 3 |
| 14 | 16 | Cameron Beaubier | KTM | 27 | +1:18.157 | 28 | 2 |
| 15 | 79 | Daniel Kartheininger | Honda | 27 | +1:20.825 | 26 | 1 |
| 16 | 93 | Marc Márquez | KTM | 27 | +1:25.137 | 3 | |
| 17 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Derbi | 27 | +1:30.427 | 8 | |
| 18 | 69 | Lukáš Šembera | Aprilia | 27 | +1:30.528 | 20 | |
| 19 | 53 | Jasper Iwema | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 11 | |
| 20 | 32 | Lorenzo Savadori | Aprilia | 26 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| 21 | 76 | Toni Finsterbusch | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 29 | |
| 22 | 80 | Damien Raemy | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 35 | |
| 23 | 14 | Johann Zarco | Aprilia | 26 | +1 lap | 34 | |
| 24 | 87 | Luca Marconi | Aprilia | 26 | +1 lap | 32 | |
| Ret | 45 | Scott Redding | Aprilia | 19 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret | 17 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia | 18 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 73 | Takaaki Nakagami | Aprilia | 17 | Retirement | 7 | |
| Ret | 24 | Simone Corsi | Aprilia | 16 | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret | 94 | Jonas Folger | Aprilia | 15 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 88 | Michael Ranseder | Aprilia | 8 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | Aprilia | 6 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 81 | Eeki Kuparinen | Honda | 3 | Accident | 31 | |
| Ret | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia | 3 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 12 | Esteve Rabat | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 27 | |
| Ret | 5 | Alexis Masbou | Loncin | 1 | Accident | 6 | |
| DNQ | 10 | Luca Vitali | Aprilia | | Did not qualify | | |
| OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT ||||||||

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round nine has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 176 |
| 2 | Jorge Lorenzo | 162 |
| 3 | Casey Stoner | 148 |
| 4 | Dani Pedrosa | 108 |
| 5 | Colin Edwards | 83 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 210 |
| 2 | Ducati | 148 |
| 3 | Honda | 139 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 84 |
| 5 | Kawasaki | 70 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.