2009 French motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  2009 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 17 races in the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	17 May 2009
Official name	Grand Prix de France
Location	Bugatti Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.185 km (2.600 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position 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
250 cc
Pole position 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
125 cc
Pole position 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

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	47:52.678	2	25
2	33	Marco Melandri	Hayate Racing Team	Kawasaki	28	+17.710	9	20
3	3	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+19.893	1	16
4	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+20.455	5	13
5	27	Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	28	+30.539	3	11
6	7	Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	28	+37.462	7	10
7	5	Colin Edwards	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	28	+40.191	6	9
8	65	Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	28	+45.421	8	8
9	52	James Toseland	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	28	+50.307	12	7
10	24	Toni Elías	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	28	+53.218	11	6
11	15	Alex de Angelis	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	28	+53.550	16	5
12	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	28	+56.647	13	4
13	72	Yuki Takahashi	Scot Racing Team MotoGP	Honda	28	+56.688	15	3
14	14	Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	28	+1:11.299	10	2
15	88	Niccolò Canepa	Pramac Racing	Ducati	28	+1:15.385	17	1
16	46	Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	26	+2 laps	4
Ret	36	Mika Kallio	Pramac Racing	Ducati	11	Accident	14
DNS	59	Sete Gibernau	Grupo Francisco Hernando	Ducati		Did not start
Sources:

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	26	49:07.591	2	25
2	55	Héctor Faubel	Honda	26	+18.128	10	20
3	15	Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	26	+21.642	9	16
4	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	26	+31.087	1	13
5	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	26	+50.497	12	11
6	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Honda	26	+56.366	7	10
7	52	Lukáš Pešek	Aprilia	26	+1:16.025	8	9
8	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	26	+1:22.882	3	8
9	10	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	26	+1:35.556	18	7
10	56	Vladimir Leonov	Aprilia	26	+1:47.990	21	6
11	40	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	11	5
12	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	15	4
13	53	Valentin Debise	Honda	25	+1 lap	19	3
14	54	Toby Markham	Honda	25	+1 lap	24	2
Ret	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	21	Accident	6
Ret	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	18	Retirement	14
Ret	12	Thomas Lüthi	Aprilia	18	Retirement	4
Ret	63	Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	10	Accident	5
Ret	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	4	Accident	13
Ret	7	Axel Pons	Aprilia	3	Accident	20
Ret	77	Aitor Rodríguez	Aprilia	3	Accident	23
Ret	47	Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	2	Accident	16
Ret	48	Shoya Tomizawa	Honda	1	Retirement	17
Ret	8	Bastien Chesaux	Honda	0	Accident	22
DNS	16	Jules Cluzel	Aprilia		Did not start
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	60	Julián Simón	Aprilia	24	47:08.273	7	25
2	94	Jonas Folger	Aprilia	24	+27.084	16	20
3	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	24	+30.916	12	16
4	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	24	+31.530	6	13
5	73	Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	24	+1:09.235	31	11
6	77	Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	24	+1:12.223	4	10
7	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	24	+1:13.063	23	9
8	7	Efrén Vázquez	Derbi	24	+1:19.912	25	8
9	18	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	24	+1:40.036	3	7
10	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	24	+1:42.700	20	6
11	12	Esteve Rabat	Aprilia	24	+1:59.326	13	5
12	11	Sandro Cortese	Derbi	23	+1 lap	24	4
13	53	Jasper Iwema	Honda	23	+1 lap	30	3
14	48	Grégory Di Carlo	Honda	23	+1 lap	28	2
15	35	Randy Krummenacher	Aprilia	22	+2 laps	17	1
Ret	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	16	Accident	21
Ret	17	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	14	Retirement	8
Ret	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	13	Retirement	2
Ret	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Loncin	10	Accident	9
Ret	10	Luca Vitali	Aprilia	10	Retirement	29
Ret	16	Cameron Beaubier	KTM	8	Accident	11
Ret	69	Lukáš Šembera	Aprilia	8	Accident	18
Ret	93	Marc Márquez	KTM	8	Retirement	1
Ret	14	Johann Zarco	Aprilia	8	Accident	32
Ret	50	Sturla Fagerhaug	KTM	6	Accident	33
Ret	6	Joan Olivé	Derbi	5	Accident	5
Ret	44	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	5	Retirement	15
Ret	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	4	Accident	10
Ret	52	Steven Le Coquen	Honda	4	Accident	22
Ret	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	2	Accident	19
Ret	5	Alexis Masbou	Loncin	2	Accident	14
Ret	36	Cyril Carrillo	Honda	1	Retirement	27
Ret	87	Luca Marconi	Aprilia	0	Accident	26
DNQ	88	Michael Ranseder	Haojue		Did not qualify
DNQ	49	Ornella Ongaro	Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ	66	Matthew Hoyle	Haojue		Did not qualify
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Jorge Lorenzo	66
2	Valentino Rossi	65
3	Casey Stoner	65
4	Dani Pedrosa	57
5	Marco Melandri	43

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Yamaha	95
2	Ducati	65
3	Honda	63
4	Suzuki	43
5	Kawasaki	38

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.