2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
2009 FIM British Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date27 June 2009
City Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cardiff
Event5 of 11 (116)
Referee Flag of Germany.svg Frank Ziegler
Jury President Flag of Sweden.svg Christer Bergström
Stadium details
Stadium Millennium Stadium
Capacity62,500
Length275 m (301 yd)
Tracktemporary
SGP Results
Best Time
Gold medal icon.svg Winner Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Crump
Silver medal icon.svg Runner-up Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Lindgren
Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd place Flag of Denmark.svg Fredrik Lindgren

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]

Contents

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

PlacingDrawRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos212223
115 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (2) Jason Crump 243333315133
26 Flag of Sweden.svg (10) Fredrik Lindgren 161332110422
38 Flag of Denmark.svg (5) Hans N. Andersen 153331111221
47 Flag of the United States.svg (4) Greg Hancock 142222311330
513 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (11) Chris Harris 92202395X
611 Flag of Poland.svg (3) Tomasz Gollob 901232871
79 Flag of Poland.svg (14) Sebastian Ułamek 833110860
82 Flag of Denmark.svg (1) Nicki Pedersen 82220288Fx
94 Flag of Poland.svg (8) Rune Holta 7F4x13F3x379
103 Flag of Denmark.svg (12) Kenneth Bjerre 730202710
111 Flag of Russia.svg (15) Emil Sayfutdinov 710132711
125 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (9) Scott Nicholls 601131612
1310 Flag of Sweden.svg (7) Andreas Jonsson 52e412X513
1412 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (16) Edward Kennett 412010414
1516 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (6) Leigh Adams 310011315
1614 Flag of Poland.svg (13) Grzegorz Walasek 101e300116
1717 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (17) Tai Woffinden --17
1818 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (18) Simon Stead --18
PlacingDrawRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos212223

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 – insidegate Bgate Cgate 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 2009 British Grand Prix at the Millennium Stadium BritishGPspeedway2009.JPG
The 2009 British Grand Prix at the Millennium Stadium

The intermediate classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos.RiderPoints CZE
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
EUR
Flag of Poland.svg
SWE
Flag of Sweden.svg
DEN
Flag of Denmark.svg
GBR
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
LAT
Flag of Latvia.svg
SCA
Flag of Sweden.svg
NOR
Flag of Denmark.svg
SVN
Flag of Slovenia.svg
ITA
Flag of Italy.svg
POL
Flag of Poland.svg
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (2) Jason Crump 981422162224      
2 Flag of Russia.svg (15) Emil Sayfutdinov 6717920147      
3 Flag of the United States.svg (4) Greg Hancock 59101651414      
4 Flag of Poland.svg (3) Tomasz Gollob 537177139      
5 Flag of Denmark.svg (1) Nicki Pedersen 5212913108      
6 Flag of Sweden.svg (7) Andreas Jonsson 5111161275      
7 Flag of Sweden.svg (10) Fredrik Lindgren 491929316      
8 Flag of Denmark.svg (5) Hans N. Andersen 38665615      
9 Flag of Denmark.svg (12) Kenneth Bjerre 38105887      
10 Flag of Poland.svg (14) Sebastian Ułamek 3558688      
11 Flag of Poland.svg (8) Rune Holta 34381157      
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (6) Leigh Adams 31136363      
13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (11) Chris Harris 3065559      
14 Flag of Poland.svg (13) Grzegorz Walasek 2565671      
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (9) Scott Nicholls 1741156      
16 Flag of Sweden.svg (16) Antonio Lindbäck 1717      
17 Flag of Denmark.svg (16) Niels Kristian Iversen 1111      
18 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Jarosław Hampel 99      
19 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (16) Edward Kennett 44      
20 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (16) Matěj Kůs 11      
Rider(s) not classified
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (17) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. ns      
Flag of Poland.svg (17) Damian Baliński ns      
Flag of Sweden.svg (17) Ricky Kling ns      
Flag of Denmark.svg (17) Patrick Hougaard ns      
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (17) Tai Woffinden ns      
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (18) Adrian Rymel ns      
Flag of Poland.svg (18) Janusz Kołodziej ns      
Flag of Sweden.svg (18) Thomas H. Jonasson ns      
Flag of Denmark.svg (18) Nicolai Klindt ns      
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (18) Simon Stead ns      
Pos. RiderPoints CZE
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
EUR
Flag of Poland.svg
SWE
Flag of Sweden.svg
DEN
Flag of Denmark.svg
GBR
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
LAT
Flag of Latvia.svg
SCA
Flag of Sweden.svg
NOR
Flag of Denmark.svg
SVN
Flag of Slovenia.svg
ITA
Flag of Italy.svg
POL
Flag of Poland.svg

See also

References

  1. "Supplementary Regulations" (PDF). FIM-live.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
  2. "2009 - Round 5 Final". SpeedwayGP.com. Archived from the original on 2009-07-04. 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. Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
  6. "2009 - Round 5 Draw". SpeedwayGP.com. 2009-06-26. Archived from the original on 2009-07-04. Retrieved 2009-06-26.