2009 French motorcycle Grand Prix

  2009 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 17 races in the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	17 May 2009
Location	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.185 km (2.600 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	1:33.974
Fastest lap
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	1:35.045
Podium
First	Jorge Lorenzo
Second	Marco Melandri
Third	Dani Pedrosa
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Álvaro Bautista
Time	1:38.270
Fastest lap
Rider	Alex Debón
Time	1:51.406
Podium
First	Marco Simoncelli
Second	Héctor Faubel
Third	Roberto Locatelli
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Marc Márquez
Time	1:47.080
Fastest lap
Rider	Bradley Smith
Time	1:56.188
Podium
First	Julián Simón
Second	Jonas Folger
Third	Sergio Gadea

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.^[1]

MotoGP classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	28	47:52.678	2	25
2	33	Marco Melandri	Kawasaki	28	+17.710	9	20
3	3	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	28	+19.893	1	16
4	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	28	+20.455	5	13
5	27	Casey Stoner	Ducati	28	+30.539	3	11
6	7	Chris Vermeulen	Suzuki	28	+37.462	7	10
7	5	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	28	+40.191	6	9
8	65	Loris Capirossi	Suzuki	28	+45.421	8	8
9	52	James Toseland	Yamaha	28	+50.307	12	7
10	24	Toni Elías	Honda	28	+53.218	11	6
11	15	Alex de Angelis	Honda	28	+53.550	16	5
12	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati	28	+56.647	13	4
13	72	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	28	+56.688	15	3
14	14	Randy de Puniet	Honda	28	+1:11.299	10	2
15	88	Niccolò Canepa	Ducati	28	+1:15.385	17	1
16	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	26	+2 Laps	4
Ret	36	Mika Kallio	Ducati	11	Accident	14

250 cc classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	26	49:07.591	2	25
2	55	Héctor Faubel	Honda	26	+12.081	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	19	7
10	56	Vladimir Leonov	Aprilia	26	+1:47.990	22	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	20	3
14	54	Toby Markham	Honda	25	+1 Lap	25	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	21
Ret	77	Aitor Rodríguez	Aprilia	3	Accident	24
Ret	47	Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	2	Accident	16
Ret	48	Shoya Tomizawa	Honda	1	Retirement	17
Ret	8	Bastien Chesaux	Honda	0	Accident	23
DNS	8	Jules Cluzel	Aprilia		Not started	18

125 cc classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	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	49	Ornella Ongaro	Honda
DNQ	66	Matthew Hoyle	Haojue
DNQ	88	Michael Ranseder	Haojue

References

• "MotoGP official website". Archived from the original on 2009-06-22. Retrieved 2009-05-17.

1. "Lorenzo wins thriller at Le Mans". BBC Sport. 2009-05-17. Archived from the original on 18 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-18.