# 2009 French motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | 47:52.678 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Hayate Racing Team | Kawasaki | 28 | +17.710 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +19.893 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +20.455 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 28 | +30.539 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 7 | Chris Vermeulen | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 28 | +37.462 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +40.191 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 28 | +45.421 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 52 | James Toseland | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +50.307 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 24 | Toni Elías | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 28 | +53.218 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 28 | +53.550 | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 28 | +56.647 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Scot Racing Team MotoGP | Honda | 28 | +56.688 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 14 | Randy de Puniet | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 28 | +1:11.299 | 10 | 2 |
| 15 | 88 | Niccolò Canepa | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 28 | +1:15.385 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 26 | +2 laps | 4 | |
| Ret | 36 | Mika Kallio | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 11 | Accident | 14 | |
| DNS | 59 | Sete Gibernau | Grupo Francisco Hernando | Ducati | | Did not start | | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | 26 | 49:07.591 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Honda | 26 | +18.128 | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Gilera | 26 | +21.642 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 26 | +31.087 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Honda | 26 | +50.497 | 12 | 11 |
| 6 | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | Honda | 26 | +56.366 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Aprilia | 26 | +1:16.025 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 26 | +1:22.882 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 26 | +1:35.556 | 18 | 7 |
| 10 | 56 | Vladimir Leonov | Aprilia | 26 | +1:47.990 | 21 | 6 |
| 11 | 40 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 25 | +1 lap | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 25 | +1 lap | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 53 | Valentin Debise | Honda | 25 | +1 lap | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | 54 | Toby Markham | Honda | 25 | +1 lap | 24 | 2 |
| Ret | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 21 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 18 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Aprilia | 18 | Retirement | 4 | |
| Ret | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Aprilia | 10 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 4 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 7 | Axel Pons | Aprilia | 3 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 77 | Aitor Rodríguez | Aprilia | 3 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 47 | Ángel Rodríguez | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 48 | Shoya Tomizawa | Honda | 1 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | 8 | Bastien Chesaux | Honda | 0 | Accident | 22 | |
| DNS | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Aprilia | | Did not start | | |
| OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT ||||||||

## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 60 | Julián Simón | Aprilia | 24 | 47:08.273 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Aprilia | 24 | +27.084 | 16 | 20 |
| 3 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 24 | +30.916 | 12 | 16 |
| 4 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia | 24 | +31.530 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 73 | Takaaki Nakagami | Aprilia | 24 | +1:09.235 | 31 | 11 |
| 6 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Derbi | 24 | +1:12.223 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 24 | +1:13.063 | 23 | 9 |
| 8 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Derbi | 24 | +1:19.912 | 25 | 8 |
| 9 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Aprilia | 24 | +1:40.036 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | Aprilia | 24 | +1:42.700 | 20 | 6 |
| 11 | 12 | Esteve Rabat | Aprilia | 24 | +1:59.326 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Derbi | 23 | +1 lap | 24 | 4 |
| 13 | 53 | Jasper Iwema | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 30 | 3 |
| 14 | 48 | Grégory Di Carlo | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 28 | 2 |
| 15 | 35 | Randy Krummenacher | Aprilia | 22 | +2 laps | 17 | 1 |
| Ret | 32 | Lorenzo Savadori | Aprilia | 16 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 17 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia | 14 | Retirement | 8 | |
| Ret | 45 | Scott Redding | Aprilia | 13 | Retirement | 2 | |
| Ret | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | Loncin | 10 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 10 | Luca Vitali | Aprilia | 10 | Retirement | 29 | |
| Ret | 16 | Cameron Beaubier | KTM | 8 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 69 | Lukáš Šembera | Aprilia | 8 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 93 | Marc Márquez | KTM | 8 | Retirement | 1 | |
| Ret | 14 | Johann Zarco | Aprilia | 8 | Accident | 32 | |
| Ret | 50 | Sturla Fagerhaug | KTM | 6 | Accident | 33 | |
| Ret | 6 | Joan Olivé | Derbi | 5 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Derbi | 5 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 99 | Danny Webb | Aprilia | 4 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 52 | Steven Le Coquen | Honda | 4 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 24 | Simone Corsi | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 5 | Alexis Masbou | Loncin | 2 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 36 | Cyril Carrillo | Honda | 1 | Retirement | 27 | |
| Ret | 87 | Luca Marconi | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 26 | |
| DNQ | 88 | Michael Ranseder | Haojue | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | 49 | Ornella Ongaro | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | 66 | Matthew Hoyle | Haojue | | 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 four has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Jorge Lorenzo | 66 |
| 2 | Valentino Rossi | 65 |
| 3 | Casey Stoner | 65 |
| 4 | Dani Pedrosa | 57 |
| 5 | Marco Melandri | 43 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 95 |
| 2 | Ducati | 65 |
| 3 | Honda | 63 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 43 |
| 5 | Kawasaki | 38 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.