# 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.

## 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 | |
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## 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.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 106 |
| 2 | Jorge Lorenzo | 106 |
| 3 | Casey Stoner | 106 |
| 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | 69 |
| 5 | Dani Pedrosa | 67 |
| 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.