2009 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race 3 of 17 races in the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| Date | 3 May 2009 | ||
| Location | Circuito de Jerez | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.423 km (2.748 mi) |
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| MotoGP | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |
 Jorge Lorenzo
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| Time | 1:38.933 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |
 Valentino Rossi
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| Time | 1:39.818 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Valentino Rossi
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| Second |
Dani Pedrosa
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| Third |
 Casey Stoner
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| 250 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |
Alex Debón
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| Time | 1:43.028 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |
Álvaro Bautista
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| Time | 1:43.338 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
 Hiroshi Aoyama
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| Second |
Álvaro Bautista
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| Third |
Marco Simoncelli
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| 125 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |
Julián Simón
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| Time | 1:48.237 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |
Julián Simón
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| Time | 1:47.057 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
 Bradley Smith
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| Second |
Sergio Gadea
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| Third |
Marc Márquez
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The 2009 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 1–3 May 2009 at the Circuito de Jerez located in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain.
In the MotoGP race, Valentino Rossi achieved his first win of the season to go top of the world championship standings, the world champion came home ahead of home favourite Dani Pedrosa, with Casey Stoner in third place. In the 250cc race, Hiroshi Aoyama capitalised on a late mistake of another home favourite, Álvaro Bautista, to take his first win since the 2007 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix. In the 125cc race, British rider Bradley Smith dominated the race to achieve his first victory at the 50th attempt, after title rivals Andrea Iannone and Julián Simón both crashed.
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