2009 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

  2009 Japanese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 17 races in the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	26 April 2009
Official name	Polini Grand Prix of Japan
Location	Twin Ring Motegi
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.801 km (2.983 mi)
MotorGP
Pole position Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:48.545 Fastest lap Rider Jorge Lorenzo Time 1:48.477 Podium First Jorge Lorenzo Second Valentino Rossi Third Dani Pedrosa
250 cc
Pole position Rider Marco Simoncelli Time 1:53.093 Fastest lap Rider Álvaro Bautista Time 1:54.047 Podium First Álvaro Bautista Second Hiroshi Aoyama Third Mattia Pasini
125 cc
Pole position Rider Andrea Iannone Time 2:00.685 Fastest lap Rider Andrea Iannone Time 2:01.551 Podium First Andrea Iannone Second Julián Simón Third Pol Espargaró

Pole position
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:48.545
Fastest lap
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo
Time	1:48.477
Podium
First	Jorge Lorenzo
Second	Valentino Rossi
Third	Dani Pedrosa

Pole position
Rider	Marco Simoncelli
Time	1:53.093
Fastest lap
Rider	Álvaro Bautista
Time	1:54.047
Podium
First	Álvaro Bautista
Second	Hiroshi Aoyama
Third	Mattia Pasini

Pole position
Rider	Andrea Iannone
Time	2:00.685
Fastest lap
Rider	Andrea Iannone
Time	2:01.551
Podium
First	Andrea Iannone
Second	Julián Simón
Third	Pol Espargaró

The 2009 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 24–26 April 2009 at the Twin Ring Motegi, located in , Japan. The MotoGP race was the 700th premier class race in the history of Grand Prix motorcycle racing.Jorge Lorenzo won the MotoGP race ahead of team-mate Valentino Rossi to take the overall lead in the world championship.

All qualifying sessions for MotoGP, 250cc and 125cc were cancelled due to adverse weather conditions and grid positions for Sunday's races were defined according to combined free practice times.

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