The 2009 United States motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of July 3–5, 2009 at Laguna Seca. As usual, only the MotoGP class was permitted to race at Laguna Seca due to the Californian air pollution law prohibiting two-stroke engines in the state. Spain's Dani Pedrosa took his first win for a year, holding off a last-lap surge from championship leader Valentino Rossi.[4][5]
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| Race 7 of 17 races in the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | July 5, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Laguna Seca Raceway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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MotoGP classification
edit| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 3 |  Dani Pedrosa
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Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 32 | 44:01.580 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 |  Valentino Rossi
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Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 32 | +0.344 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo
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Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 32 | +1.926 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 27 |  Casey Stoner
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Ducati Team | Ducati | 32 | +12.432 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 69 |  Nicky Hayden
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Ducati Team | Ducati | 32 | +21.663 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 24 | Toni Elías
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San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 32 | +22.041 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | Colin Edwards
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Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 32 | +30.201 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 7 | Chris Vermeulen
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Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 32 | +32.857 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 14 |  Randy de Puniet
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LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 32 | +40.325 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 33 | Marco Melandri
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Hayate Racing Team | Kawasaki | 32 | +48.028 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 15 |  Alex de Angelis
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San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 32 | +48.810 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | 88 | Niccolò Canepa
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Pramac Racing | Ducati | 32 | +1:18.531 | 16 | 4 |
| Ret | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso
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Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 6 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 59 | Sete Gibernau
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Grupo Francisco Hernando | Ducati | 6 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 65 | Loris Capirossi
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Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 3 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 41 |  Gábor Talmácsi
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Scot Racing Team MotoGP | Honda | 3 | Accident | 17 | |
| DSQ | 52 |  James Toseland
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Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 10 | Ignored ride through penalty | 15 | |
| Sources: [6][7][8] | ||||||||
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
editBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.[9]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
edit- ^ "2009 United States MotoGP". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2009 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Laguna Seca Raceway - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "Pedrosa ends Honda win drought". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 2009-07-05. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
- ^ "Pedrosa storms to US MotoGP glory". BBC Sport. BBC. 2009-07-05. Archived from the original on 6 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
- ^ "2009 United States MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
- ^ "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2009.
- ^ "motogp.com · RED BULL U.S. GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2009". www.motogp.com. Archived from the original on 2021-04-20. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
- ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2009. Retrieved 2019-08-24.