2009 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

Qatar Qatar Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatarhttps://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2009-qatar-motogp 2009 Qatar MotoGP 13 June 2017 Motorpsortmagazine.com 18 May 2018 Losail International Circuit 3.343 5.380 1 17 12–13 April 2009 Losail.svg Casey Stoner Australia 1:55.286 Casey Stoner Australia 1:55.844 Casey Stoner Australia Valentino Rossi Italy Jorge Lorenzo Spain Álvaro Bautista Spain 2:00.677 Hiroshi Aoyama Japan 2:01.752 Héctor Barberá Spain Jules Cluzel France Mike Di Meglio France Julián Simón Spain 2:06.974 Julián Simón Spain 2:06.969 Andrea Iannone Italy Julián Simón Spain Sandro Cortese Germany The 2009 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the opening round of the 2009 MotoGP championship. It had originally been due to place on the weekend of 10–12 April 2009 at the Losail International Circuit located in Doha, Qatar. However, the meeting was extended to 13 April, as the MotoGP race was postponed to this date, due to adverse weather conditions on 12 April.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/7996183.stm Qatar MotoGP to be run on Monday BBC Sport BBC 2009-04-12 2009-04-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20090415065600/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/7996183.stm April 15, 2009 live The problems were compounded by the event being held at night under floodlights for the benefit of European TV viewers.http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/mcn/2007/august/aug28-31/aug3107misanomotogpnightraceforqatarmotogpin2008-/ Misano MotoGP: Night race for Qatar MotoGP in 2008 Matthew Birt Motorcycle News Bauer Media Group 2007-08-31 2009-04-13 https://archive.today/20120905045526/http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/mcn/2007/august/aug28-31/aug3107misanomotogpnightraceforqatarmotogpin2008-/ 2012-09-05 live This was the last MotoGP round in which a tobacco brand name (Marlboro) was visible on a bike. Report The whole Grand Prix was disrupted by a rare event of rain in Doha, coupled with the impossibility of racing in the wet under floodlights. The 125cc race started at the scheduled time, despite rain being forecast sometime during the race. During the third lap rain began to fall, and the race was finally called after the fourth lap. Shortly after, it was decided to consider the race finished, so Andrea Iannone, who was leading at the time the red flag was exposed, was declared the winner and half points were given, since they failed to complete two thirds of the full race distance (18 laps).http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74433 Iannone wins truncated Qatar race Michele Lostia autosport.com Haymarket Publications 2009-04-12 2009-04-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20090415141416/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74433 2009-04-15 live This was lucky for Julián Simón as he had crashed after the red flag was shown, and manage to recover back to the track, and was thus classified in second. After this, talk began to decide whether to race the other two classes or not, since racing with rain in the night could pose a serious threat to riders' safety due to the glare off the track. The organizers, together with safety representative Franco Uncini and riders including Valentino Rossi and Loris Capirossi, made several reconnaissance journeys around the track, which was drying after rain stopped to fall. It was ultimately decided to start the 250cc race, 40 minutes after it was originally scheduled to run. The original race distance of 20 laps was reduced to 13 laps, allowing full points to be awarded while not causing a delay to the MotoGP race.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74434 250cc race delayed and shortened Matt Beer autosport.com Haymarket Publications 2009-04-12 2009-04-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20090415135402/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74434 2009-04-15 live The race went on without problems, and Héctor Barberá won the race ahead of a surprising Jules Cluzel. A frantic multi-bike battle for third place ultimately saw Mike Di Meglio finish third after overtaking teammate Álvaro Bautista and Raffaele De Rosa on the final lap; Hiroshi Aoyama also passed those riders to take 4th place. MotoGP was kept in its original timeslot. However, shortly before the formation lap, rain began to fall again, and the intensity this time was much higher than the previous. The organisers decided to cancel the event, since the track was too damp to race. After negotiations, it was decided to move the race to the following day, in hope of better weather conditions. The start time was also moved to 21:00 local time, having originally been 23:00. The Monday race started without problems. The victory went to Casey Stoner, who made a good start from pole and then led the entire race, pulling a comfortable gap over his opponents.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/7996183.stm Stoner takes win in MotoGP opener 2009-04-13 BBC Sport 2009-04-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20090426012152/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/7996183.stm 26 April 2009 live Valentino Rossi finished second; he tried to catch the Australian, coming as near as two seconds from him, but ultimately he had to settle for second, his Yamaha suffering with tyre problems.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74457 Rossi admits he settled for second Michele Lostia autosport.com Haymarket Publications 2009-04-13 2009-04-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20090416120952/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74457 2009-04-16 live Third was Jorge Lorenzo, coming a distant 16 seconds from Stoner.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74453 Stoner claims third Qatar MotoGP win Michele Lostia autosport.com Haymarket Publications 2009-04-13 2009-04-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20090416113104/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74453 16 April 2009 live MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 27 AUS Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 22 42:53.984 1 25 2 46 ITA Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +7.771 2 20 3 99 ESP Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +16.244 3 16 4 5 USA Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +24.410 6 13 5 4 ITA Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +27.263 4 11 6 15 SMR Alex de Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 22 +29.883 9 10 7 7 AUS Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 22 +33.627 8 9 8 36 FIN Mika Kallio Pramac Racing Ducati 22 +34.755 10 8 9 24 ESP Toni Elías San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 22 +39.481 12 7 10 14 FRA Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 22 +42.284 7 6 11 3 ESP Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +48.526 14 5 12 69 USA Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 22 +48.883 16 4 13 59 ESP Sete Gibernau Grupo Francisco Hernando Ducati 22 +52.215 15 3 14 33 ITA Marco Melandri Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 22 +56.379 11 2 15 72 JPN Yuki Takahashi Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 22 +1:00.286 17 1 16 52 GBR James Toseland Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +1:14.978 13 17 88 ITA Niccolò Canepa Pramac Racing Ducati 22 +1:15.028 18 Ret 65 ITA Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 7 Accident 5 Sources: https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2009-qatar-motogp 2009 Qatar MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 13 June 2017http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2009/QAT/MotoGP/RAC/Classification.pdf Classification 2008 resources.motogp.com PDFhttp://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2009/QAT/MotoGP/RAC/ motogp.com · COMMERCIALBANK GRAND PRIX OF QATAR · MotoGP Race Classification 2009 www.motogp.com 2018-09-10 2018-09-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20180911002356/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2009/QAT/MotoGP/RAC/ dead 250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 40 ESP Héctor Barberá Aprilia 13 26:50.940 4 25 2 16 FRA Jules Cluzel Aprilia 13 +0.826 13 20 3 63 FRA Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 13 +6.181 3 16 4 4 JPN Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 13 +6.609 2 13 5 35 ITA Raffaele De Rosa Honda 13 +6.656 14 11 6 12 CHE Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 13 +6.672 9 10 7 19 ESP Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 13 +7.608 1 9 8 14 THA Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 13 +8.349 12 8 9 15 ITA Roberto Locatelli Gilera 13 +15.032 10 7 10 28 HUN Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 13 +20.348 6 6 11 55 ESP Héctor Faubel Honda 13 +20.465 5 5 12 48 JPN Shoya Tomizawa Honda 13 +28.402 16 4 13 52 CZE Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 13 +28.906 15 3 14 6 ESP Alex Debón Aprilia 13 +33.779 8 2 15 25 ITA Alex Baldolini Aprilia 13 +36.988 17 1 16 8 CHE Bastien Chesaux Honda 13 +1:01.730 21 17 10 HUN Imre Tóth Aprilia 13 +1:03.512 18 18 56 RUS Vladimir Leonov Aprilia 13 +1:32.385 20 19 77 ESP Aitor Rodríguez Aprilia 13 +1:38.752 22 Ret 17 CZE Karel Abraham Aprilia 8 Retirement 11 Ret 7 ESP Axel Pons Aprilia 0 Accident 19 Ret 75 ITA Mattia Pasini Aprilia 0 Retirement 7 DNS 58 ITA Marco Simoncelli Gilera Did not start OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT 125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 29 ITA Andrea Iannone Aprilia 4 8:37.245 3 12.5 2 60 ESP Julián Simón Aprilia 4 +0.180 1 10 3 11 DEU Sandro Cortese Derbi 4 +5.211 5 8 4 44 ESP Pol Espargaró Derbi 4 +5.769 8 6.5 5 38 GBR Bradley Smith Aprilia 4 +6.650 2 5.5 6 94 DEU Jonas Folger Aprilia 4 +6.701 10 5 7 18 ESP Nicolás Terol Aprilia 4 +6.771 4 4.5 8 17 DEU Stefan Bradl Aprilia 4 +7.592 7 4 9 99 GBR Danny Webb Aprilia 4 +8.169 13 3.5 10 12 ESP Esteve Rabat Aprilia 4 +8.678 15 3 11 77 CHE Dominique Aegerter Derbi 4 +12.232 18 2.5 12 33 ESP Sergio Gadea Aprilia 4 +12.237 6 2 13 45 GBR Scott Redding Aprilia 4 +12.360 11 1.5 14 24 ITA Simone Corsi Aprilia 4 +13.754 19 1 15 14 FRA Johann Zarco Aprilia 4 +13.783 14 0.5 16 16 USA Cameron Beaubier KTM 4 +13.893 22 17 7 ESP Efrén Vázquez Derbi 4 +14.170 21 18 6 ESP Joan Olivé Derbi 4 +14.452 12 19 8 ITA Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 4 +15.310 20 20 73 JPN Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 4 +16.415 16 21 32 ITA Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 4 +18.602 23 22 35 CHE Randy Krummenacher Aprilia 4 +19.355 17 23 53 NLD Jasper Iwema Honda 4 +28.034 25 24 87 ITA Luca Marconi Aprilia 4 +28.114 24 25 69 CZE Lukáš Šembera Aprilia 4 +28.199 25 26 5 FRA Alexis Masbou Loncin 4 +28.272 28 27 71 JPN Tomoyoshi Koyama Loncin 4 +28.544 27 28 10 ITA Luca Vitali Aprilia 4 +53.927 30 Ret 93 ESP Marc Márquez KTM 3 Accident 9 Ret 88 AUT Michael Ranseder Haojue 3 Mechanical 29 DNS 66 GBR Matthew Hoyle Haojue 0 Did not start 31 OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2009/QAT/MotoGP/RAC/worldstanding.pdf?v1_96143780 Standings 2009 resources.motogp.com PDF 2019-08-23 Riders' Championship standings Pos. Position Rider Points 1 AUS Casey Stoner 25 2 ITA Valentino Rossi 20 3 ESP Jorge Lorenzo 16 4 USA Colin Edwards 13 5 ITA Andrea Dovizioso 11 Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points 1 ITA Ducati 25 2 JPN Yamaha 20 3 JPN Honda 11 4 JPN Suzuki 9 5 JPN Kawasaki 2 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix 2009 2008 Valencian Grand Prix 2009 Japanese Grand Prix 2008 Qatar Grand Prix 2010 Qatar Grand Prix Category:Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix Qatar Motorcycle Grand Prix