2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia

The 2009 FIM Speedway World Championship Grand Prix of Latvia was the sixth race of the 2009 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 1 August in the Latvijas Spidveja Centrs in Daugavpils, Latvia.[1]

2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia
2009 FIM Latvijas Mobilais Telefons Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date1 August 2009
City Daugavpils
Event6 of 11 (117)
Referee István Daragó
Jury President Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
StadiumLatvijas Spidveja Centrs
Capacity10,500
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner Greg Hancock
Runner-up Kenneth Bjerre
3rd place Kenneth Bjerre

The Latvian Grand Prix was won by American Greg Hancock, who beat Kenneth Bjerre, Tomasz Gollob and GP leader Jason Crump in the final.[2]

Riders

2008 World Champion Nicki Pedersen was injured at 2009 Speedway World Cup Event 1 (undergoing skin graft surgery on burns to his left leg). On Monday 20 July he had an operation. Pedersen said, "The wounds need to be completely healed before I get back on the bike, otherwise I could risk having problems for the rest of the season". At the Latvia SGP Pedersen will be replaced by first Qualified Substitutes Niels Kristian Iversen, Dane also.[3] The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Grigory Laguta as a Wild Card, and Maksims Bogdanovs and Vjačeslavs Giruckis, both as Track Reserve.[4] The riders' starting positions draw for Grand Prix meeting was made on 31 July by Jānis Lāčplēsis, the President of Latvian Track Racing Commission.[5]

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 14 (4) Greg Hancock 20 1 3 3 2 2 11 2 3 3
2 7 (12) Kenneth Bjerre 15 1 3 3 0 2 9 4 2 2
3 15 (3) Tomasz Gollob 16 3 2 1 3 2 11 1 3 1
4 2 (2) Jason Crump 10 1 0 3 3 1 8 8 2 0
5 4 (6) Leigh Adams 11 3 2 2 0 3 10 3 1
6 3 (15) Emil Sayfutdinov 10 2 1 1 3 2 9 6 1
7 6 (5) Hans N. Andersen 9 0 2 3 1 3 9 5 0
8 1 (19) Niels Kristian Iversen 8 0 0 2 3 3 8 7 0
9 12 (8) Rune Holta 7 2 1 2 1 1 7 9
10 16 (13) Grzegorz Walasek 6 0 3 0 0 3 6 10
11 13 (7) Andreas Jonsson 6 2 3 0 1 0 6 11
12 8 (14) Sebastian Ułamek 6 3 0 2 0 1 6 12
13 10 (16) Grigory Laguta 6 3 1 1 1 X 6 13
14 5 (10) Fredrik Lindgren 6 2 1 0 2 1 6 14
15 9 (11) Chris Harris 5 1 2 0 2 0 5 15
16 11 (9) Scott Nicholls 3 0 0 1 2 0 3 16
17 17 (17) Maksims Bogdanovs - - 17
18 18 (18) Vjačeslavs Giruckis - - 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. Adams, Sayfutdinov, Crump, Iversen
  2. Ułamek, Lindgren, Bjerre, Andersen
  3. Laguta, Holta, Harris, Nicholls
  4. Gollob, Jonsson, Hancock, Walasek
  5. Jonsson, Harris, Lindgren, Iversen
  6. Hancock, Andersen, Laguta, Crump
  7. Bjerre, Gollob, Sayfutdinov, Nicholls
  8. Walasek, Adams, Holta, Ułamek
  9. Andersen, Iversen, Nicholls, Walasek
  10. Crump, Holta, Gollob, Lindgren
  11. Hancock, Ułamek, Sayfutdinov, Harris
  12. Bjerre, Adams, Laguta, Jonsson
  13. Iversen, Hancock, Holta, Bjerre
  14. Crump, Nicholls, Jonsson, Ułamek
  15. Sayfutdinov, Lindgren, Laguta, Walasek
  16. Gollob, Harris, Andersen, Adams
  17. Iversen, Gollob, Ułamek, Laguta (X)
  18. Walasek, Bjerre, Crump, Harris
  19. Andersen, Sayfutdinov, Holta, Jonsson
  20. Adams, Hancock, Lindgren, Nicholls
    Semi-Finals:
  21. Gollob, Bjerre, Sajfutdinov, Iversen
  22. Hancock, Crump, Adams, Andersen
    The Final:
  23. Hancock (6 pts), Bjerre (4 pts), Gollob (2 pts), Crump (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
EUR
SWE
DEN
GBR
LAT
SCA
NOR
SVN
ITA
POL
1 (2) Jason Crump 108 142216222410     
2 (4) Greg Hancock 79 10165141420     
3 (15) Emil Sayfutdinov 77 1792014710     
4 (3) Tomasz Gollob 69 717713916     
5 (7) Andreas Jonsson 57 111612756     
6 (10) Fredrik Lindgren 55 19293166     
7 (12) Kenneth Bjerre 53 10588715     
8 (1) Nicki Pedersen 52 12913108     
9 (5) Hans N. Andersen 47 6656159     
10 (6) Leigh Adams 42 13636311     
11 (8) Rune Holta 41 3811577     
12 (14) Sebastian Ułamek 41 586886     
13 (11) Chris Harris 35 655595     
14 (13) Grzegorz Walasek 31 656716     
15 (9) Scott Nicholls 20 411563     
16 (16) (19) Niels Kristian Iversen 19 118     
17 (16) Antonio Lindbäck 17 17     
18 (16) Jarosław Hampel 9 9     
19 (16) Grigory Laguta 6 6     
20 (16) Edward Kennett 4 4     
21 (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     
(17) Maksims Bogdanovs ns     
(18) Adrian Rymel ns     
(18) Janusz Kołodziej ns     
(18) Thomas H. Jonasson ns     
(18) Nicolai Klindt ns     
(18) Simon Stead ns     
(18) Vjačeslavs Giruckis ns     
Pos. Rider Points CZE
EUR
SWE
DEN
GBR
LAT
SCA
NOR
SVN
ITA
POL

See also

References

  1. "Supplementary Regulations" (PDF). FIM-live.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-10. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
  2. "Gollob trzeci w GP Łotwy, wygrana Hancocka" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
  3. "Nicki out of Latvian GP". SpeedwayGP.com. 2009-07-26. Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  4. "Grigorij Laguta z dziką kartą / Iversen za Nickiego" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-07-27. Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
  5. "2009 – Round 6 Draw" (video clip). SpeedwayGP.com. 2009-07-31. Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
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