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Valentino Rossi

Valentino Rossi took his Fiat Yamaha across the line on Sunday to claim his first victory for the 2009 season at the Jerez circuit in Spain.

125cc

British rider Bradley Smith took his first win of his career on Sunday in the 125cc class ahead of team-mate Sergio Gadea for the Bancaja Aspar Team.

Championship leader Andrea Iannone on the Ongetta team bike, crashed out on the first lap while third Bancaja Aspar rider Julian Simon suffered a dramatic high-side on lap five whilst in second place.

Smith had a great start from the grid and ended the race with a 13-second lead on his team-mate to claim his maiden victory on his 50th GP race.

Gadea fought a tremendous battle with Marc Márquez on the Red Bull KTM Motorsport machine, finally taking the second step of the podium with only a 0.o29s gap.

Scott Redding on the Blusens Aprilia finished in fourth place ahead of Derbi Racing Team rider EfrénVázquez.  Sandro Cortese was in sixth place on the Ajo Interwetten bike followed by Pol Espargaró on the second Derbi Racing bike and Danny Webb on the Degraaf Aprilia.

The second Ajo Interwetten ridden by Dominique Aegerter finished in ninth position ahead of Nicolas Terol on the Jack & Jones machine to complete the top ten riders of the day.

An impressive ride from Jonas Folgar on the Ongetta machine after missing out on a qualifying time for the team on Saturday.  He was in last place as the bikes lined-up on the grid and had picked his way through the field of riders to fourth place before crashing out on the penultimate lap of the race.

Here are the results:

1 25 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc APRILIA 41′49.556 145.931
2 20 33 Sergio GADEA SPA Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc APRILIA 42′03.080 145.149 13.524
3 16 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Red Bull KTM Motosport KTM 42′03.109 145.148 13.553
4 13 45 Scott REDDING GBR Blusens Aprilia APRILIA 42′03.807 145.107 14.251
5 11 7 Efren VAZQUEZ SPA Derbi Racing Team DERBI 42′04.314 145.078 14.758
6 10 11 Sandro CORTESE GER Ajo Interwetten DERBI 42′05.101 145.033 15.545
7 9 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Derbi Racing Team DERBI 42′05.112 145.032 15.556
8 8 99 Danny WEBB GBR Degraaf Grand Prix APRILIA 42′07.328 144.905 17.772
9 7 77 Dominique AEGERTER SWI Ajo Interwetten DERBI 42′08.516 144.837 18.960
10 6 18 Nicolas TEROL SPA Jack & Jones Team APRILIA 42′08.609 144.832 19.053
11 5 6 Joan OLIVE SPA Derbi Racing Team DERBI 42′22.036 144.067 32.480
12 4 12 Esteve RABAT SPA Blusens Aprilia APRILIA 42′22.110 144.063 32.554
13 3 14 Johann ZARCO FRA WTR San Marino Team APRILIA 42′22.934 144.016 33.378
14 2 24 Simone CORSI ITA Jack & Jones Team APRILIA 42′31.089 143.556 41.533
15 1 16 Cameron BEAUBIER USA Red Bull KTM Motosport KTM 42′33.999 143.392 44.443
16 73 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN Ongetta Team I.S.P.A. APRILIA 42′34.294 143.375 44.738
17 35 Randy KRUMMENACHE SWI Degraaf Grand Prix APRILIA 42′34.490 143.364 44.934
18 8 Lorenzo ZANETTI ITA Ongetta Team I.S.P.A. APRILIA 42′34.533 143.362 44.977
19 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ongetta Team I.S.P.A. APRILIA 42′45.020 142.776 55.464
20 69 Lukas SEMBERA CZE Matteoni Racing APRILIA 42′54.870 142.230 1′05.314
21 32 Lorenzo SAVADORI ITA Fontana Racing APRILIA 42′56.976 142.114 1′07.420
22 42 Alberto MONCAYO SPA Andalucia Aprilia APRILIA 43′06.381 141.597 1′16.825
23 39 Luis SALOM SPA SAG-Castrol HONDA 43′14.744 141.140 1′25.188
24 53 Jasper IWEMA NED Racing Team Germany HONDA 43′18.459 140.939 1′28.903
25 87 Luca MARCONI ITA CBC Corse APRILIA 43′18.568 140.933 1′29.012
26 41 Borja MAESTRO SPA Hune Racing Team-TMM APRILIA 42′28.798 137.437 1 lap
27 31 Jordi DALMAU SPA SAG-Castrol HONDA 42′31.602 137.286 1 lap
28 40 Eduard LOPEZ SPA TCR Competicion APRILIA 42′31.771 137.277 1 lap

250cc

Japanese rider Hiroshi Aoyama took the top step of the podium on Sunday beating Spanish favourite Alvaro Bautista in the 250cc series.

Bautista had beaten Aoyama at the last round in Japan and now the roles were reversed as the Japanese man took his revenge.

Throughout the race, the Scot Racing Team rider Aoyama, Bautista on the Mapfre Aspar machine and Marco Simoncelli on the Metis Gilera, swapped the lead several times.

Pole sitter Alex Debón on the Aeropuerto-Castello Blusens bike, crashed out with 16 laps of the race remaining while in sixth place, disappointing his fans at his home circuit.

Aoyama took the lead on the final corner giving him a four-point advantage over Bautista for the lead in the championship at the end of round three.

Simoncelli finished in third place followed by Héctor Barberá on the Pepe World Team bike and Thomas Luthi on the Emmi-Caffe Latte bike.

In sixth place was Mattia Pasini on the Team Toth Aprilia ahead of Gabor Talmacsi on the Balaton Racing machine, Jules Cluzel for Matteoni Racing, Roberto Locatelli on the second Metis Gilera and Raffaele de Rosa on the second Scot Racing bike.

Here are the results:

1 25 4 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Scot Racing Team 250cc HONDA 45′08.805 152.832
2 20 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Mapfre Aspar Team APRILIA 45′08.937 152.824 0.132
3 16 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA Metis Gilera GILERA 45′11.511 152.679 2.706
4 13 40 Hector BARBERA SPA Pepe World Team APRILIA 45′11.574 152.676 2.769
5 11 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI Emmi – Caffe Latte APRILIA 45′26.751 151.826 17.946
6 10 75 Mattia PASINI ITA Team Toth Aprilia APRILIA 45′26.755 151.826 17.950
7 9 28 Gabor TALMACSI HUN Balatonring Team APRILIA 45′35.093 151.363 26.288
8 8 16 Jules CLUZEL FRA Matteoni Racing APRILIA 45′35.277 151.353 26.472
9 7 15 Roberto LOCATELLI ITA Metis Gilera GILERA 45′36.451 151.288 27.646
10 6 35 Raffaele DE ROSA ITA Scot Racing Team 250cc HONDA 45′41.174 151.027 32.369
11 5 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Mapfre Aspar Team 250cc APRILIA 45′41.422 151.013 32.617
12 4 48 Shoya TOMIZAWA JPN CIP Moto – GP250 HONDA 45′43.046 150.924 34.241
13 3 52 Lukas PESEK CZE Auto Kelly – CP APRILIA 45′45.694 150.778 36.889
14 2 55 Hector FAUBEL SPA Valencia CF – Honda SAG HONDA 45′46.042 150.759 37.237
15 1 14 Ratthapark WILAIROT THA Thai Honda PTT SAG HONDA 46′25.591 148.619 1′16.786
16 10 Imre TOTH HUN Team Toth Aprilia APRILIA 46′34.314 148.155 1′25.509
17 8 Bastien CHESAUX SWI Racing Team Germany HONDA 45′17.952 146.459 1 lap
18 77 Aitor RODRIGUEZ SPA Milar – Juegos Lucky APRILIA 45′24.420 146.111 1 lap
19 56 Vladimir LEONOV RUS Viessmann Kiefer Racing APRILIA 45′45.476 144.991 1 lap
20 53 Valentin DEBISE FRA CIP Moto – GP250 HONDA 46′27.875 142.786 1 lap

MotoGP

At the Gran Premio bwin.com de España on Sunday, Valentino Rossi took his maiden victory for the 2009 season ahead of Spainish rider Dani Pedrosa on the Repsol Honda.

Pedrosa led for the first half of the race after qualifying in second position on the grid but with only ten laps of the race remaining Rossi made his pass and took the Yamaha across the line for the win.

Casey Stoner on the Marlboro Ducati finished in third place after finishing the race 10seconds behind Rossi with Randy de Puniet on the LCR Honda in an impressive fourth place.

Rossi’s team-mate Jorge Lorenzo had qualified in pole position and had been running with the front riders until he lost the front of his machine with three laps to run.

Marco Melandri was another rider with an impressive finish after bringing his Hayate Racing machine home in fifth place ahead of Loris Capirossi on the Rizla Suzuki in sixth.

Colin Edwards on the Monster Tech-3 Yamaha finished in seventh place with Andrea Dovizioso on the second Repsol Honda in eighth despite going off track earlier in the race.

Toni Elias on the San Carlo Honda Gresini finished in ninth place ahead of the second Rizla Suzuki rider Chris Vermeulen to complete the top ten riders.

Here are the results;

1 25 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team YAMAHA 45′18.557 158.141
2 20 3 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 45′21.257 157.984 2.700
3 16 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI 45′29.064 157.532 10.507
4 13 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA 45′50.450 156.307 31.893
5 11 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Hayate Racing Team KAWASAKI 45′51.685 156.237 33.128
6 10 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI 45′52.685 156.180 34.128
7 9 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 45′52.978 156.163 34.421
8 8 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 45′53.182 156.152 34.625
9 7 24 Toni ELIAS SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini HONDA 46′01.246 155.696 42.689
10 6 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI 46′03.740 155.555 45.183
11 5 59 Sete GIBERNAU SPA Grupo Francisco Hernando DUCATI 46′06.749 155.386 48.192
12 4 72 Yuki TAKAHASHI JPN Scot Racing Team MotoGP HONDA 46′10.432 155.179 51.875
13 3 52 James TOSELAND GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 46′12.240 155.078 53.683
14 2 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini HONDA 46′12.498 155.064 53.941
15 1 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI 46′19.794 154.657 1′01.237
16 88 Niccolo CANEPA ITA Pramac Racing DUCATI 46′29.453 154.121 1′10.896