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[1][2][3]
Location	Twin Ring Motegi
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.801 km (2.983 mi)
MotoGP
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
250cc
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
125cc
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 Motegi, Japan. The MotoGP race was the 700th premier class race in the history of Grand Prix motorcycle racing.^[4] Jorge Lorenzo won the MotoGP race ahead of teammate Valentino Rossi to take the overall lead in the world championship.^[5]