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2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
2009 FIM Meridian Lifts Swedish Speedway Grand Prix
The 2009 FIM Speedway World Championship Grand Prix of Sweden will be the third race of the 2009 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 30 May 2009, in the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The Swedish Grand Prix was won by Russian junior Emil Sayfutdinov who beat in the final Australian Jason Crump and Swedish wild card Antonio Lindbäck. It was second Sayfutdinov' winning in his third Grand Prix.
Riders
The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Antonio Lindbäck as the wild card and Ricky Kling and Simon Gustafsson as the first and second track reserves. However, Gustafsson suffered a broken collar bone when he crashed during a Swedish league match on 5 May, and his replacement will be Thomas H. Jonasson. The riders' starting positions draw for Grand Prix meeting was made on 29 May at 13:00 CET.
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
(70.9) Harris, Crump, Hancock, Sayfutdinov
(71.1) Ułamek, Bjerre, Adams, Nicholls
(69.7) Pedersen, Lindbäck, Jonsson, Gollob
(69.4) Holta, Lindgren, Walasek, Andersen
(70.7) Holta, Lindbäck, Ułamek, Harris
(69.8) Jonsson, Andersen, Adams, Hancock (F2x) Hancock crashed on first lap and is excluded.
(69.4) Crump, Gollob, Lindgren, Nicholls
(70.2) Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Walasek, Bjerre
(72.2) Gollob, Walasek, Adams, Harris
(71.1) Hancock, Lindgren, Pedersen, Ułamek
(70.5) Lindbäck, Bjerre, Crump, Andersen
(69.7) Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, Holta, Nicholls
(70.4) Andersen, Harris, Pedersen, Nicholls
(70.0) Bjerre, Holta, Hancock, Gollob
(69.9) Jonsson, Crump, Ułamek, Walasek
(69.8) Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck, Lindgren, Adams
(70.4) Lindgren, Jonsson, Bjerre, Harris
(71.2) Lindbäck, Walasek, Nicholls, Hancock (E1)
(71.1) Pedersen, Crump, Holta, Adams
(70.1) Sayfutdinov, Gollob, Ułamek, Andersen (Fx) Andersen and Ulamek collided on first lap. Andersen excluded.
Semi-Finals:
(71.2) Lindbäck, Crump, Jonsson, Lindgren (F3x) Lindgren falls on lap 3 and is excluded.