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Poland 2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe
2009 FIM otoMoto.pl European Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date9 May 2009
CityPoland Leszno
Event2 of 11 (113)
RefereeHungary Darago Istvan
Jury PresidentFinland Ilka Teromaa
Stadium details
StadiumAlfred Smoczyk Stadium
Capacity15,000
Length330 m (360 yd)
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best TimeUnited States Greg Hancock
61.06 secs (in Heat 6)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerAustralia Jason Crump
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upPoland Tomasz Gollob
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeSweden Tomasz Gollob

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.

On 9 May European Union celebrates Europe day, commemorating the Schuman declaration. The main sponsor was the Polish website otoMoto.pl.

The European SGP was won by Australian rider Jason Crump.

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. 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.

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 14 22                  
2 Sweden (7) Andreas Jonsson 27 11 16                  
3 United States (4) Greg Hancock 26 10 16                  
4 Russia (15) Emil Sayfutdinov 26 17 9                  
5 Poland (3) Tomasz Gollob 24 7 17                  
6 Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 21 12 9                  
7 Sweden (10) Fredrik Lindgren 21 19 2                  
8 Australia (6) Leigh Adams 19 13 6                  
9 Denmark (12) Kenneth Bjerre 15 10 5                  
10 Poland (14) Sebastian Ułamek 13 5 8                  
11 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 12 6 6                  
12 Poland (8) Rune Holta 11 3 8                  
13 United Kingdom (11) Chris Harris 11 6 5                  
14 Poland (13) Grzegorz Walasek 11 6 5                  
15 Poland (16) Jarosław Hampel 9 – 9                  
16 United Kingdom (9) Scott Nicholls 5 4 1                  
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 2009-05-17. 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". SpeedwayGP.com. 2009-05-08. Archived from the original (video clip) on 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2009-02-08.

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