# 2009 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2009 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 October 2009 at the Sepang International Circuit. In wet conditions the race was dominated by Casey Stoner in a return to form following a mystery illness which ended his hopes of regaining the world championship title. Valentino Rossi finished third, which clinched the 2009 MotoGP championship for him.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 21 | 47:24.834 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 21 | +14.666 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 21 | +19.385 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 21 | +25.850 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 21 | +38.705 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 7 | Chris Vermeulen | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 21 | +41.061 | 14 | 10 |
| 7 | 24 | Toni Elías | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 21 | +48.555 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Hayate Racing Team | Kawasaki | 21 | +55.557 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 21 | +1:00.303 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 21 | +1:00.440 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 44 | Aleix Espargaró | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 21 | +1:01.655 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 21 | +1:01.847 | 10 | 4 |
| 13 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 21 | +1:10.778 | 9 | 3 |
| 14 | 41 | Gábor Talmácsi | Scot Racing Team MotoGP | Honda | 21 | +1:15.851 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 52 | James Toseland | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 21 | +1:50.672 | 16 | 1 |
| Ret | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 14 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 14 | Randy de Puniet | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 1 | Accident | 8 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 4 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 20 | 42:55.689 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 40 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 20 | +6.397 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | 20 | +6.397 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Aprilia | 20 | +14.871 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Honda | 20 | +19.177 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Honda | 20 | +19.567 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 20 | +20.255 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Aprilia | 20 | +34.561 | 17 | 8 |
| 9 | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 20 | +50.937 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 73 | Shuhei Aoyama | Honda | 20 | +1:04.186 | 19 | 6 |
| 11 | 11 | Balázs Németh | Aprilia | 20 | +1:08.917 | 20 | 5 |
| 12 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 20 | +1:10.616 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 53 | Valentin Debise | Honda | 20 | +1:17.945 | 22 | 3 |
| 14 | 8 | Bastien Chesaux | Aprilia | 20 | +1:29.669 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 56 | Vladimir Leonov | Aprilia | 20 | +1:43.536 | 23 | 1 |
| 16 | 48 | Shoya Tomizawa | Honda | 19 | +1 lap | 16 | |
| Ret | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | Honda | 16 | Retirement | 10 | |
| Ret | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Aprilia | 11 | Retirement | 2 | |
| Ret | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 11 | Retirement | 12 | |
| Ret | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Aprilia | 8 | Retirement | 3 | |
| Ret | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 6 | Retirement | 5 | |
| Ret | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Gilera | 5 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 7 | Axel Pons | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 10 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 1 | Retirement | 24 | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 60 | Julián Simón | Aprilia | 19 | 42:50.916 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia | 19 | +1.114 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Derbi | 19 | +6.293 | 11 | 16 |
| 4 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 19 | +8.003 | 18 | 13 |
| 5 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Aprilia | 19 | +8.485 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Derbi | 19 | +10.188 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 12 | Esteve Rabat | Aprilia | 19 | +15.114 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 19 | +22.151 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | Joan Olivé | Derbi | 19 | +26.388 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | Aprilia | 19 | +27.113 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 73 | Takaaki Nakagami | Aprilia | 19 | +27.859 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 88 | Michael Ranseder | Aprilia | 19 | +34.838 | 23 | 4 |
| 13 | 35 | Randy Krummenacher | Aprilia | 19 | +41.829 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Derbi | 19 | +42.433 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 39 | Luis Salom | Aprilia | 19 | +51.635 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 28 | Elly Ilias | Aprilia | 19 | +59.854 | 25 | |
| 17 | 16 | Cameron Beaubier | KTM | 19 | +1:07.131 | 24 | |
| 18 | 53 | Jasper Iwema | Honda | 19 | +1:14.171 | 27 | |
| 19 | 21 | Jakub Kornfeil | Loncin | 19 | +1:27.651 | 28 | |
| 20 | 23 | Muhammad Zulfahmi | Yamaha | 19 | +1:58.779 | 30 | |
| 21 | 47 | Blake Leigh-Smith | Honda | 19 | +2:06.062 | 29 | |
| 22 | 19 | Quentin Jacquet | Aprilia | 18 | +1 lap | 33 | |
| Ret | 24 | Simone Corsi | Aprilia | 17 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 14 | Johann Zarco | Aprilia | 17 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Derbi | 17 | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret | 87 | Luca Marconi | Aprilia | 14 | Retirement | 31 | |
| Ret | 10 | Luca Vitali | Aprilia | 13 | Retirement | 32 | |
| Ret | 93 | Marc Márquez | KTM | 12 | Retirement | 1 | |
| Ret | 45 | Scott Redding | Aprilia | 10 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | 94 | Jonas Folger | Aprilia | 10 | Retirement | 10 | |
| Ret | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | Loncin | 2 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 17 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 99 | Danny Webb | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 8 | |
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