2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

United Kingdom 2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
2009 FIM British Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date 27 June 2009
City United Kingdom Cardiff
Event 5 of 11 (116)
Referee Germany Frank Ziegler
Jury President Sweden Christer Bergström
Stadium details
Stadium Millennium Stadium
Capacity 62,500
Length 275 m
Track temporary
SGP Results
Winner Australia Jason Crump
Runner-up Sweden Fredrik Lindgren
3rd place Denmark Hans N. Andersen

The 2009 FIM Speedway World Championship Grand Prix of Great Britain was the fifth race of the 2009 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 27 June 2009 in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Great Britain.[1]

The British Grand Prix was won by GP leader Jason Crump who beat Fredrik Lindgren, Hans Andersen and Greg Hancock in the final.[2] Crump won with a 24 point maximum score and it was his third Grand Prix win of the season.[3][4]

Riders

One wild card and two track reserves were nominated by the Auto-Cycle Union. Edward Kennett was selected as the wild card after finishing second behind Chris Harris at the 2009 British Speedway Championship. Tai Woffinden and Simon Stead will be the track reserves.[5] The riders' starting positions draw for Grand Prix meeting was made on 26 June at 12:00 CET and it was carried out by Jury President Christer Bergström and Miss Wales Chloe-Beth Morgan.[6]

Heat details

Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23
1 15 Australia (2) Jason Crump 24 3 3 3 3 3 15 1 3 3
2 6 Sweden (10) Fredrik Lindgren 16 1 3 3 2 1 10 4 2 2
3 8 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 15 3 3 3 1 1 11 2 2 1
4 7 United States (4) Greg Hancock 14 2 2 2 2 3 11 3 3 0
5 13 United Kingdom (11) Chris Harris 9 2 2 0 2 3 9 5 X
6 11 Poland (3) Tomasz Gollob 9 0 1 2 3 2 8 7 1
7 9 Poland (14) Sebastian Ułamek 8 3 3 1 1 0 8 6 0
8 2 Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 8 2 2 2 0 2 8 8 Fx
9 4 Poland (8) Rune Holta 7 F4x 1 3 F3x 3 7 9
10 3 Denmark (12) Kenneth Bjerre 7 3 0 2 0 2 7 10
11 1 Russia (15) Emil Sayfutdinov 7 1 0 1 3 2 7 11
12 5 United Kingdom (9) Scott Nicholls 6 0 1 1 3 1 6 12
13 10 Sweden (7) Andreas Jonsson 5 2 e4 1 2 X 5 13
14 12 United Kingdom (16) Edward Kennett 4 1 2 0 1 0 4 14
15 16 Australia (6) Leigh Adams 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 15
16 14 Poland (13) Grzegorz Walasek 1 0 1 e3 0 0 1 16
17 17 United Kingdom (17) Tai Woffinden - - 17
18 18 United Kingdom (18) Simon Stead - - 18
Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23

e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fell
ns: non-starter • nc: non-classify
Semi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals

gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

Heat after heat

  1. Bjerre, Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Holta (F4x)
    Holta crashes on 2nd lap. Holta excluded.
  2. Andersen, Hancock, Lindgren, Nicholls
  3. Ułamek, Jonsson, Kennett, Gollob
  4. Crump, Harris, Adams, Walasek
  5. Ułamek, Harris, Nicholls, Sayfutdinov
  6. Lindgren, Pedersen, Walasek, Jonsson (e4)
  7. Crump, Hancock, Gollob, Bjerre
  8. Andersen, Kennett, Holta, Adams
  9. Lindgren, Gollob, Sayfutdinov, Adams
  10. Crump, Pedersen, Nicholls, Kennett
  11. Andersen, Bjerre, Ułamek, Walasek (e3)
  12. Holta, Hancock, Jonsson, Harris
  13. Sayfutdinov, Hancock, Kennett, Walasek
  14. Gollob, Harris, Andersen, Pedersen
  15. Nicholls, Jonsson, Adams, Bjerre
  16. Crump, Lindgren, Ułamek, Holta (F3x)
    Holta crashes. Holta excluded.
  17. Crump, Sayfutdinov, Andersen, Jonsson (X)
    Crump crashes on first lap. Jonsson excluded.
  18. Hancock, Pedersen, Adams, Ułamek
  19. Harris, Bjerre, Lindgren, Kennett
  20. Holta, Gollob, Nicholls, Walasek
    Semi-Finals:
  21. Crump, Lindgren, Gollob, Ułamek
  22. Hancock, Andersen, Pedersen (Fx), Harris (X)
    Andersen crashes on 1st lap. Harris excluded. Nicki Pedersen crashes on 1st lap - race stopped again. Pedersen excluded.
    The Final:
  23. Crump, Lindgren, Andersen, Hancock

The intermediate classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points CZE
Czech Republic 		EUR
Poland 		SWE
Sweden 		DEN
Denmark 		GBR
United Kingdom 		LAT
Latvia 		SCA
Sweden 		NOR
Denmark 		SVN
Slovenia 		ITA
Italy 		POL
Poland
1 Australia (2) Jason Crump 98 14 22 16 22 24            
2 Russia (15) Emil Sayfutdinov 67 17 9 20 14 7            
3 United States (4) Greg Hancock 59 10 16 5 14 14            
4 Poland (3) Tomasz Gollob 53 7 17 7 13 9            
5 Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 52 12 9 13 10 8            
6 Sweden (7) Andreas Jonsson 51 11 16 12 7 5            
7 Sweden (10) Fredrik Lindgren 49 19 2 9 3 16            
8 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 38 6 6 5 6 15            
9 Denmark (12) Kenneth Bjerre 38 10 5 8 8 7            
10 Poland (14) Sebastian Ułamek 35 5 8 6 8 8            
11 Poland (8) Rune Holta 34 3 8 11 5 7            
12 Australia (6) Leigh Adams 31 13 6 3 6 3            
13 United Kingdom (11) Chris Harris 30 6 5 5 5 9            
14 Poland (13) Grzegorz Walasek 25 6 5 6 7 1            
15 United Kingdom (9) Scott Nicholls 17 4 1 1 5 6            
16 Sweden (16) Antonio Lindbäck 17 – – 17 – –            
17 Denmark (16) Niels Kristian Iversen 11 – – – 11 –            
18 Poland (16) Jarosław Hampel 9 – 9 – – –            
19 United Kingdom (16) Edward Kennett 4 – – – – 4            
20 Czech Republic (16) Matěj Kůs 1 1 – – – –            
Rider(s) not classified
Czech Republic (17) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. — ns – – – –            
Poland (17) Damian Baliński — – ns – – –            
Sweden (17) Ricky Kling — – – ns – –            
Denmark (17) Patrick Hougaard — – – – ns –            
United Kingdom (17) Tai Woffinden — – – – – ns            
Czech Republic (18) Adrian Rymel — ns – – – –            
Poland (18) Janusz Kołodziej — – ns – – –            
Sweden (18) Thomas H. Jonasson — – – ns – –            
Denmark (18) Nicolai Klindt — – – – ns –            
United Kingdom (18) Simon Stead — – – – – ns            
Pos. Rider Points CZE
Czech Republic 		EUR
Poland 		SWE
Sweden 		DEN
Denmark 		GBR
United Kingdom 		LAT
Latvia 		SCA
Sweden 		NOR
Denmark 		SVN
Slovenia 		ITA
Italy 		POL
Poland

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Supplementary Regulations" (PDF). FIM-live.com. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
  2. ↑ "2009 - Round 5 Final" (video clip). SpeedwayGP.com. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
  3. ↑ "Jason Crump wygrywa GP Wielkiej Brytanii i powiększa przewagę nad rywalami" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-06-27. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
  4. ↑ "Crump claims British GP in style". BBC Sport. 2009-06-27. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
  5. ↑ "Woffinden and Stead join Kennett at Cardiff". Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
  6. ↑ "2009 - Round 5 Draw" (video clip). SpeedwayGP.com. 2009-06-26. Retrieved 2009-06-26.

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