# 2009 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2009 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 October 2009 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. Ducati rider Casey Stoner won the grand prix, in his home race. Championship leader Valentino Rossi finished second, further increasing his championship lead over rival Jorge Lorenzo, who crashed out and failed to score any points. This also marked the final Grand Prix win in the career of Marco Simoncelli before his death 2 years later on 23 October 2011 at the 2011 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix after suffering a fatal crash in Race.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 27 | 40:56.651 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 27 | +1.935 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 27 | +22.618 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 27 | +32.702 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 27 | +35.885 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 27 | +38.482 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Hayate Racing Team | Kawasaki | 27 | +44.461 | 14 | 9 |
| 8 | 14 | Randy de Puniet | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 27 | +44.941 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 27 | +54.345 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 24 | Toni Elías | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 27 | +1:01.205 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 | Chris Vermeulen | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 27 | +1:05.417 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 27 | +1:05.950 | 17 | 4 |
| 13 | 41 | Gábor Talmácsi | Scot Racing Team MotoGP | Honda | 27 | +1:17.951 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 52 | James Toseland | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 27 | +1:17.985 | 12 | 2 |
| 15 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 26 | +1 lap | 7 | 1 |
| Ret | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 0 | Accident | 4 | |
| DNS | 88 | Niccolò Canepa | Pramac Racing | Ducati | | Did not start | | |
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## 250 cc classification

The race, scheduled to be run for 25 laps, was stopped after 18 full laps due to Roberto Locatelli having an accident and did not restart as two-thirds of the race distance had been completed.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | 18 | 28:17.403 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 40 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 18 | +2.434 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | Honda | 18 | +2.604 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Aprilia | 18 | +12.118 | 12 | 13 |
| 5 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Aprilia | 18 | +12.192 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 18 | +12.413 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 18 | +12.455 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Honda | 18 | +13.112 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Honda | 18 | +13.560 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 18 | +27.779 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Aprilia | 18 | +28.222 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Aprilia | 18 | +28.657 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 18 | +33.892 | 4 | 3 |
| 14 | 73 | Shuhei Aoyama | Honda | 18 | +38.779 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 48 | Shoya Tomizawa | Honda | 18 | +40.529 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 11 | Balázs Németh | Aprilia | 18 | +1:23.200 | 21 | |
| 17 | 8 | Bastien Chesaux | Aprilia | 18 | +1:24.298 | 24 | |
| 18 | 10 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 17 | +1 lap | 23 | |
| 19 | 53 | Valentin Debise | Honda | 17 | +1 lap | 22 | |
| NC | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Gilera | 18 | +30.515 | 17 | |
| Ret | 7 | Axel Pons | Aprilia | 16 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 15 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 7 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 56 | Vladimir Leonov | Aprilia | 7 | Retirement | 20 | |
| OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT ||||||||

## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 60 | Julián Simón | Aprilia | 23 | 37:55.798 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia | 23 | +0.313 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Derbi | 23 | +2.057 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Derbi | 23 | +2.161 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Aprilia | 23 | +2.330 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Aprilia | 23 | +3.239 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Derbi | 23 | +3.290 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 23 | +12.820 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 93 | Marc Márquez | KTM | 23 | +22.355 | 6 | 7 |
| 10 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 23 | +22.602 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 45 | Scott Redding | Aprilia | 23 | +29.181 | 24 | 5 |
| 12 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Derbi | 23 | +29.199 | 17 | 4 |
| 13 | 99 | Danny Webb | Aprilia | 23 | +29.222 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Aprilia | 23 | +29.396 | 23 | 2 |
| 15 | 35 | Randy Krummenacher | Aprilia | 23 | +29.461 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 14 | Johann Zarco | Aprilia | 23 | +29.709 | 19 | |
| 17 | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | Aprilia | 23 | +31.251 | 13 | |
| 18 | 73 | Takaaki Nakagami | Aprilia | 23 | +32.482 | 14 | |
| 19 | 39 | Luis Salom | Aprilia | 23 | +58.333 | 25 | |
| 20 | 88 | Michael Ranseder | Aprilia | 23 | +58.485 | 20 | |
| 21 | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | Loncin | 23 | +1:19.017 | 15 | |
| 22 | 53 | Jasper Iwema | Honda | 23 | +1:23.621 | 26 | |
| 23 | 21 | Jakub Kornfeil | Loncin | 23 | +1:23.731 | 27 | |
| 24 | 97 | Brad Gross | Yamaha | 22 | +1 lap | 29 | |
| 25 | 10 | Luca Vitali | Aprilia | 22 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| 26 | 87 | Luca Marconi | Aprilia | 22 | +1 lap | 31 | |
| 27 | 54 | Andrew Lawson | Honda | 22 | +1 lap | 33 | |
| Ret | 98 | Levi Day | Honda | 22 | +1 lap | 32 | |
| Ret | 12 | Esteve Rabat | Aprilia | 21 | Retirement | 10 | |
| Ret | 96 | Nicky Diles | Aprilia | 7 | Retirement | 30 | |
| Ret | 17 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 6 | Joan Olivé | Derbi | 2 | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret | 16 | Cameron Beaubier | KTM | 2 | Accident | 18 | |
| DNS | 19 | Quentin Jacquet | Aprilia | | Did not start | | |
| DNS | 30 | Dylan Mavin | Honda | | Did not start | | |
| OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT ||||||||