2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

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]

2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
2009 FIM British Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date27 June 2009
City Cardiff
Event5 of 11 (116)
Referee Frank Ziegler
Jury President Christer Bergström
Stadium details
StadiumMillennium Stadium
Capacity62,500
Length275 m (301 yd)
Tracktemporary
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner Jason Crump
Runner-up Fredrik Lindgren
3rd place Fredrik Lindgren

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 (2) Jason Crump 24 3 3 3 3 3 15 1 3 3
2 6 (10) Fredrik Lindgren 16 1 3 3 2 1 10 4 2 2
3 8 (5) Hans N. Andersen 15 3 3 3 1 1 11 2 2 1
4 7 (4) Greg Hancock 14 2 2 2 2 3 11 3 3 0
5 13 (11) Chris Harris 9 2 2 0 2 3 9 5 X
6 11 (3) Tomasz Gollob 9 0 1 2 3 2 8 7 1
7 9 (14) Sebastian Ułamek 8 3 3 1 1 0 8 6 0
8 2 (1) Nicki Pedersen 8 2 2 2 0 2 8 8 Fx
9 4 (8) Rune Holta 7 F4x 1 3 F3x 3 7 9
10 3 (12) Kenneth Bjerre 7 3 0 2 0 2 7 10
11 1 (15) Emil Sayfutdinov 7 1 0 1 3 2 7 11
12 5 (9) Scott Nicholls 6 0 1 1 3 1 6 12
13 10 (7) Andreas Jonsson 5 2 e4 1 2 X 5 13
14 12 (16) Edward Kennett 4 1 2 0 1 0 4 14
15 16 (6) Leigh Adams 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 15
16 14 (13) Grzegorz Walasek 1 0 1 e3 0 0 1 16
17 17 (17) Tai Woffinden - - 17
18 18 (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
EUR
SWE
DEN
GBR
LAT
SCA
NOR
SVN
ITA
POL
1 (2) Jason Crump 98 1422162224      
2 (15) Emil Sayfutdinov 67 17920147      
3 (4) Greg Hancock 59 101651414      
4 (3) Tomasz Gollob 53 7177139      
5 (1) Nicki Pedersen 52 12913108      
6 (7) Andreas Jonsson 51 11161275      
7 (10) Fredrik Lindgren 49 1929316      
8 (5) Hans N. Andersen 38 665615      
9 (12) Kenneth Bjerre 38 105887      
10 (14) Sebastian Ułamek 35 58688      
11 (8) Rune Holta 34 381157      
12 (6) Leigh Adams 31 136363      
13 (11) Chris Harris 30 65559      
14 (13) Grzegorz Walasek 25 65671      
15 (9) Scott Nicholls 17 41156      
16 (16) Antonio Lindbäck 17 ––17––      
17 (16) Niels Kristian Iversen 11 –––11–      
18 (16) Jarosław Hampel 9 –9–––      
19 (16) Edward Kennett 4 ––––4      
20 (16) Matěj Kůs 1 1––––      
Rider(s) not classified
(17) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. — ns––––      
(17) Damian Baliński — –ns–––      
(17) Ricky Kling — ––ns––      
(17) Patrick Hougaard — –––ns–      
(17) Tai Woffinden — ––––ns      
(18) Adrian Rymel — ns––––      
(18) Janusz Kołodziej — –ns–––      
(18) Thomas H. Jonasson — ––ns––      
(18) Nicolai Klindt — –––ns–      
(18) Simon Stead — ––––ns      
Pos. Rider Points CZE
EUR
SWE
DEN
GBR
LAT
SCA
NOR
SVN
ITA
POL
gollark: Also hactar.
gollark: > when in doubt ban the suspectsTHIS IS WHY SOME PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE YOU
gollark: There are no rules against having alts in staff.
gollark: Why did you kick/ban him? This is unreasonable.
gollark: no ban.

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 (video clip) 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 (video clip) on 2009-07-04. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
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