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Race 4 of 17 races in the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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Date | 17 May 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pole position | |||
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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 |
Pole position | |||
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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 |
Pole position | |||
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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.