2009_Speedway_Grand_Prix_of_Europe
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]
 2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe | |
|---|---|
| 2009 FIM otoMoto.pl European Speedway Grand Prix | |
| Information | |
| Date | 9 May 2009 |
| City | Leszno |
| Event | 2 of 11 (113) |
| Referee |  Darago Istvan |
| Jury President |  Ilka Teromaa |
| Stadium details | |
| Stadium | Alfred Smoczyk Stadium |
| Capacity | 15,000 |
| Length | 330 m (360 yd) |
| Track | speedway track |
| SGP Results | |
| Best Time |  Greg Hancock61.06 secs (in Heat 6) |
 Winner |  Jason Crump |
 Runner-up | Tomasz Gollob |
 3rd place |  Tomasz Gollob |
On 9 May European Union celebrates Europe day, commemorating the Schuman declaration. The main sponsor was the Polish website otoMoto.pl.[2]
The European SGP was won by Australian rider Jason Crump.[3][4]
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]
| 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 |
22 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 11 | (3) Tomasz Gollob |
17 | 3 | E2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 13 | (7) Andreas Jonsson |
16 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 14 | (4) Greg Hancock |
16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | (16) Jarosław Hampel |
9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 10 |  (15) Emil Sayfutdinov |
9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 3 |  (1) Nicki Pedersen |
9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Fx | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 12 | (14) Sebastian Ułamek |
8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 7 | (8) Rune Holta |
8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 1 | (6) Leigh Adams |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | X | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 2 | (5) Hans N. Andersen |
6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 8 | (12) Kenneth Bjerre |
5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 16 | (13) Grzegorz Walasek |
5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 5 |  (11) Chris Harris |
5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 9 | (10) Fredrik Lindgren |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 4 | (9) Scott Nicholls |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 17 | (17) Damian Baliński |
- | - | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | 18 | (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
- (61.69) Pedersen, Adams, Andersen, Nicholls
- (61.53) Hampel, Holta, Harris, Bjerre
- (61.97) Gollob, Ułamek, Lindgren, Sayfutdinov
- (61.32) Hancock, Crump, Jonsson, Walasek
- (61.87) Jonsson, Harris, Adams, Lindgren
- (61.06) Hancock, Sayfutdinov, Hampel, Andersen
- (61.08) Crump, Pedersen, Holta, Gollob (e)
- (61.60) Ułamek, Bjerre, Walasek, Nicholls
- (62.12) Adams, Gollob, Walasek, Hampel
- (61.28) Crump, Andersen, Harris, Ułamek
- (61.44) Hancock, Bjerre, Pedersen, Lindgren
- (61.38) Jonsson, Sayfutdinov, Holta, Nicholls
- (61.75) Ułamek, Hancock, Holta, Adams
- (61.78) Gollob, Jonsson, Andersen, Bjerre
- (61.56) Sayfutdinov, Walasek, Harris, Pedersen (Fx)
Sayfutdinov falls on 1st lap. Pedersen excluded. - (61.53) Hampel, Crump, Lindgren, Nicholls
- (61.30) Crump, Sayfutdinov, Bjerre, Adams (X)
Adams and Bjerre crash - Adams excluded. - (61.74) Holta, Andersen, Walasek, Lindgren
- (61.89) Jonsson, Pedersen, Hampel, Ułamek
- (61.74) Gollob, Hancock, Nicholls, Harris
- Semi-Finals:
- (61.78) Hancock, Gollob, Hampel, Ułamek
- (61.22) Crump, Jonsson, Pedersen, Sayfutdinov
- The Final:
- (61.68) Crump (6 pts), Gollob (4 pts), Jonsson (2 pts), Hancock (0 pts)
| 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 |
36 | 14 | 22 | |||||||||
| 2 | (7) Andreas Jonsson |
27 | 11 | 16 | |||||||||
| 3 | (4) Greg Hancock |
26 | 10 | 16 | |||||||||
| 4 | (15) Emil Sayfutdinov |
26 | 17 | 9 | |||||||||
| 5 | (3) Tomasz Gollob |
24 | 7 | 17 | |||||||||
| 6 | (1) Nicki Pedersen |
21 | 12 | 9 | |||||||||
| 7 | (10) Fredrik Lindgren |
21 | 19 | 2 | |||||||||
| 8 | (6) Leigh Adams |
19 | 13 | 6 | |||||||||
| 9 | (12) Kenneth Bjerre |
15 | 10 | 5 | |||||||||
| 10 | (14) Sebastian Ułamek |
13 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||
| 11 | (5) Hans N. Andersen |
12 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| 12 | (8) Rune Holta |
11 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||
| 13 | (11) Chris Harris |
11 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||
| 14 | (13) Grzegorz Walasek |
11 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||
| 15 | (16) Jarosław Hampel |
9 | – | 9 | |||||||||
| 16 | (9) Scott Nicholls |
5 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
| 17 | (16) Matěj Kůs |
1 | 1 | – | |||||||||
| Rider(s) not classified | |||||||||||||
| (17) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. |
— | ns | – | ||||||||||
| (17) Damian Baliński |
— | – | ns | ||||||||||
| (18) Adrian Rymel |
— | ns | – | ||||||||||
| (18) Janusz Kołodziej |
— | – | ns | ||||||||||
| Pos. | Rider | Points | CZE | EUR | SWE | DEN | GBR | LAT | SCA | NOR | SVN | ITA | POL |
- "Supplementary Regulations" (PDF). FIM-live.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
- "European SGP Information". speedwayGP.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.[permanent dead link]
- "Results GP Leszno" (pdf). pzm.pl. 2009-05-11. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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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