# 2009 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2009 Indianapolis Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of August 28–30, 2009 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The MotoGP race was won by Jorge Lorenzo.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | 47:13.592 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 28 | +9.435 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati Team | Ducati | 28 | +12.947 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +13.478 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +26.254 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 52 | James Toseland | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +32.408 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 28 | +34.400 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Ducati Team | Ducati | 28 | +34.856 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | 24 | Toni Elías | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 28 | +45.005 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 3 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +45.377 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 | Chris Vermeulen | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 28 | +45.478 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 14 | Randy de Puniet | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 28 | +52.294 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 44 | Aleix Espargaró | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 28 | +1:03.552 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 41 | Gábor Talmácsi | Scot Racing Team MotoGP | Honda | 28 | +1:15.086 | 17 | 2 |
| Ret | 33 | Marco Melandri | Hayate Racing Team | Kawasaki | 25 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 88 | Niccolò Canepa | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 23 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 12 | Accident | 3 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | 26 | 45:43.599 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 26 | +1.943 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 26 | +4.661 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Aprilia | 26 | +12.776 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Gilera | 26 | +15.475 | 12 | 11 |
| 6 | 40 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 26 | +19.471 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Aprilia | 26 | +22.682 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Honda | 26 | +32.809 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Aprilia | 26 | +49.321 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 26 | +49.845 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | Honda | 26 | +53.567 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 26 | +1:29.717 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 53 | Valentin Debise | Honda | 26 | +1:37.837 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 7 | Axel Pons | Aprilia | 26 | +1:46.672 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 56 | Vladimir Leonov | Aprilia | 26 | +1:46.821 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 11 | Balázs Németh | Aprilia | 25 | +1 lap | 20 | |
| 17 | 10 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 25 | +1 lap | 19 | |
| 18 | 29 | Barrett Long | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| 19 | 30 | Adam Roberts | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | 23 | |
| Ret | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Honda | 23 | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 18 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Aprilia | 7 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 5 | Retirement | 7 | |
| Ret | 8 | Bastien Chesaux | Honda | 0 | Accident | 22 | |
| DNS | 48 | Shoya Tomizawa | Honda | | Did not start | | |
| OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT ||||||||

## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Derbi | 23 | 42:07.925 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia | 23 | +0.120 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Aprilia | 23 | +0.448 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Aprilia | 23 | +1.613 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 60 | Julián Simón | Aprilia | 23 | +1.801 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | 93 | Marc Márquez | KTM | 23 | +19.345 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 17 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia | 23 | +19.358 | 15 | 9 |
| 8 | 6 | Joan Olivé | Derbi | 23 | +25.611 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 73 | Takaaki Nakagami | Aprilia | 23 | +29.240 | 19 | 7 |
| 10 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Derbi | 23 | +29.707 | 17 | 6 |
| 11 | 99 | Danny Webb | Aprilia | 23 | +30.464 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Aprilia | 23 | +44.460 | 21 | 4 |
| 13 | 39 | Luis Salom | Aprilia | 23 | +44.549 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | Loncin | 23 | +45.328 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 23 | +45.435 | 7 | 1 |
| 16 | 88 | Michael Ranseder | Aprilia | 23 | +45.479 | 14 | |
| 17 | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | Aprilia | 23 | +45.998 | 24 | |
| 18 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Derbi | 23 | +53.791 | 2 | |
| 19 | 16 | Cameron Beaubier | KTM | 23 | +1:01.179 | 23 | |
| 20 | 12 | Esteve Rabat | Aprilia | 23 | +1:02.814 | 22 | |
| 21 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Derbi | 23 | +1:14.891 | 8 | |
| 22 | 69 | Lukáš Šembera | Aprilia | 23 | +1:16.320 | 28 | |
| 23 | 14 | Johann Zarco | Aprilia | 23 | +1:31.218 | 13 | |
| 24 | 87 | Luca Marconi | Aprilia | 23 | +1:31.569 | 27 | |
| 25 | 10 | Luca Vitali | Aprilia | 23 | +1:51.274 | 31 | |
| Ret | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 20 | Retirement | 12 | |
| Ret | 35 | Randy Krummenacher | Aprilia | 17 | Accident | 25 | |
| Ret | 45 | Scott Redding | Aprilia | 11 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 5 | Alexis Masbou | Loncin | 7 | Retirement | 29 | |
| Ret | 74 | Ben Young | Aprilia | 3 | Retirement | 32 | |
| Ret | 32 | Lorenzo Savadori | Aprilia | 3 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 75 | Miles Thornton | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 30 | |
| OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT ||||||||

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round twelve has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 212 |
| 2 | Jorge Lorenzo | 187 |
| 3 | Casey Stoner | 150 |
| 4 | Dani Pedrosa | 141 |
| 5 | Colin Edwards | 123 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 280 |
| 2 | Honda | 204 |
| 3 | Ducati | 182 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 109 |
| 5 | Kawasaki | 79 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.