2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe

Poland 2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe
2009 FIM otoMoto.pl European Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date 9 May 2009
City Poland Leszno
Event 2 of 11 (113)
Referee Hungary Darago Istvan
Jury President Finland Ilka Teromaa
Stadium details
Stadium Alfred Smoczyk Stadium
Capacity 15,000
Length 330 m (360 yd)
Track speedway track
SGP Results
Best Time United States Greg Hancock
61.06 secs (in Heat 6)
1st, gold medalist(s) Winner Australia Jason Crump
2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up Poland Tomasz Gollob
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place Sweden Andreas Jonsson

The 2009 FIM Speedway European World Championship Grand Prix was the second race of the 2009 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 9 May 2009, in the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland.[1]

On 9 May European Union celebrates Europe day, commemorating the Schuman declaration. The main sponsor was a Polish webside otoMoto.pl.[2]

The European SGP was won by Australian rider Jason Crump.[3][4]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Jarosław Hampel as the wild card for the Grand Prix. Damian Baliński and Janusz Kołodziej were nominated as the track reserves.[5] The riders' starting positions draw for Grand Prix meeting was made on 8 May at 13:00 CET by President (=Mayor) of Leszno Tomasz Malepszy.[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 22 2 3 3 2 3 13 2 3 3
2 11 Poland (3) Tomasz Gollob 17 3 E2 2 3 3 11 4 2 2
3 13 Sweden (7) Andreas Jonsson 16 1 3 3 2 3 12 3 2 1
4 14 United States (4) Greg Hancock 16 3 3 3 2 2 13 1 3 0
5 6 Poland (16) Jarosław Hampel 9 3 1 0 3 1 8 7 1
6 10 Russia (15) Emil Sayfutdinov 9 0 2 2 3 2 9 5 0
7 3 Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 9 3 2 1 Fx 2 8 8 1
8 12 Poland (14) Sebastian Ułamek 8 2 3 0 3 0 8 6 0
9 7 Poland (8) Rune Holta 8 2 1 1 1 3 8 9
10 1 Australia (6) Leigh Adams 6 2 1 3 0 X 6 10
11 2 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 6 1 0 2 1 2 6 11
12 8 Denmark (12) Kenneth Bjerre 5 0 2 2 0 1 5 12
13 16 Poland (13) Grzegorz Walasek 5 0 1 1 2 1 5 13
14 5 United Kingdom (11) Chris Harris 5 1 2 1 1 0 5 14
15 9 Sweden (10) Fredrik Lindgren 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 15
16 4 United Kingdom (9) Scott Nicholls 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16
17 17 Poland (17) Damian Baliński - - 17
18 18 Poland (18) Janusz Kołodziej - - 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. (61.69) Pedersen, Adams, Andersen, Nicholls
  2. (61.53) Hampel, Holta, Harris, Bjerre
  3. (61.97) Gollob, Ułamek, Lindgren, Sayfutdinov
  4. (61.32) Hancock, Crump, Jonsson, Walasek
  5. (61.87) Jonsson, Harris, Adams, Lindgren
  6. (61.06) Hancock, Sayfutdinov, Hampel, Andersen
  7. (61.08) Crump, Pedersen, Holta, Gollob (e)
  8. (61.60) Ułamek, Bjerre, Walasek, Nicholls
  9. (62.12) Adams, Gollob, Walasek, Hampel
  10. (61.28) Crump, Andersen, Harris, Ułamek
  11. (61.44) Hancock, Bjerre, Pedersen, Lindgren
  12. (61.38) Jonsson, Sayfutdinov, Holta, Nicholls
  13. (61.75) Ułamek, Hancock, Holta, Adams
  14. (61.78) Gollob, Jonsson, Andersen, Bjerre
  15. (61.56) Sayfutdinov, Walasek, Harris, Pedersen (Fx)
    Sayfutdinov falls on 1st lap. Pedersen excluded.
  16. (61.53) Hampel, Crump, Lindgren, Nicholls
  17. (61.30) Crump, Sayfutdinov, Bjerre, Adams (X)
    Adams and Bjerre crash - Adams excluded.
  18. (61.74) Holta, Andersen, Walasek, Lindgren
  19. (61.89) Jonsson, Pedersen, Hampel, Ułamek
  20. (61.74) Gollob, Hancock, Nicholls, Harris
    Semi-Finals:
  21. (61.78) Hancock, Gollob, Hampel, Ułamek
  22. (61.22) Crump, Jonsson, Pedersen, Sayfutdinov
    The Final:
  23. (61.68) Crump (6 pts), Gollob (4 pts), Jonsson (2 pts), Hancock (0 pts)

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 36 1422         
2 Sweden (7) Andreas Jonsson 27 1116         
3 United States (4) Greg Hancock 26 1016         
4 Russia (15) Emil Sayfutdinov 26 179         
5 Poland (3) Tomasz Gollob 24 717         
6 Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 21 129         
7 Sweden (10) Fredrik Lindgren 21 192         
8 Australia (6) Leigh Adams 19 136         
9 Denmark (12) Kenneth Bjerre 15 105         
10 Poland (14) Sebastian Ułamek 13 58         
11 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 12 66         
12 Poland (8) Rune Holta 11 38         
13 United Kingdom (11) Chris Harris 11 65         
14 Poland (13) Grzegorz Walasek 11 65         
15 Poland (16) Jarosław Hampel 9 –9         
16 United Kingdom (9) Scott Nicholls 5 41         
17 Czech Republic (16) Matěj Kůs 1 1–         
Rider(s) not classified
Czech Republic (17) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. — ns–         
Poland (17) Damian Baliński — –ns         
Czech Republic (18) Adrian Rymel — ns–         
Poland (18) Janusz Kołodziej — –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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  2. ↑ "European SGP Information". speedwayGP.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
  3. ↑ "Results GP Leszno" (pdf). pzm.pl. 2009-05-11. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  4. ↑ "Crump nie dał szans rywalom - relacja z Grand Prix Europy w Lesznie" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-05-10. Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
  5. ↑ "Polish wild card announced for 2009 European SGP". Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
  6. ↑ "2009 - Round 2 Draw" (video clip). SpeedwayGP.com. 2009-05-08. Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-02-08.


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