2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia

Latvia 2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia
2009 FIM Latvijas Mobilais Telefons Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date 1 August 2009
City Latvia Daugavpils
Event 6 of 11 (117)
Referee Hungary István Daragó
Jury President Germany Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
Stadium Latvijas Spidveja Centrs
Capacity 10,500
SGP Results
Winner United States Greg Hancock
Runner-up Denmark Kenneth Bjerre
3rd place Poland Tomasz Gollob

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]

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 injury at 2009 Speedway World Cup Event 1 (undergoing skin graft surgery on burns to his left leg). On Monday 20 July he had 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 United States (4) Greg Hancock 20 1 3 3 2 2 11 2 3 3
2 7 Denmark (12) Kenneth Bjerre 15 1 3 3 0 2 9 4 2 2
3 15 Poland (3) Tomasz Gollob 16 3 2 1 3 2 11 1 3 1
4 2 Australia (2) Jason Crump 10 1 0 3 3 1 8 8 2 0
5 4 Australia (6) Leigh Adams 11 3 2 2 0 3 10 3 1
6 3 Russia (15) Emil Sayfutdinov 10 2 1 1 3 2 9 6 1
7 6 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 9 0 2 3 1 3 9 5 0
8 1 Denmark (19) Niels Kristian Iversen 8 0 0 2 3 3 8 7 0
9 12 Poland (8) Rune Holta 7 2 1 2 1 1 7 9
10 16 Poland (13) Grzegorz Walasek 6 0 3 0 0 3 6 10
11 13 Sweden (7) Andreas Jonsson 6 2 3 0 1 0 6 11
12 8 Poland (14) Sebastian Ułamek 6 3 0 2 0 1 6 12
13 10 Russia (16) Grigory Laguta 6 3 1 1 1 X 6 13
14 5 Sweden (10) Fredrik Lindgren 6 2 1 0 2 1 6 14
15 9 United Kingdom (11) Chris Harris 5 1 2 0 2 0 5 15
16 11 United Kingdom (9) Scott Nicholls 3 0 0 1 2 0 3 16
17 17 Latvia (17) Maksims Bogdanovs - - 17
18 18 Latvia (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
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 108 14 22 16 22 24 10          
2 United States (4) Greg Hancock 79 10 16 5 14 14 20          
3 Russia (15) Emil Sayfutdinov 77 17 9 20 14 7 10          
4 Poland (3) Tomasz Gollob 69 7 17 7 13 9 16          
5 Sweden (7) Andreas Jonsson 57 11 16 12 7 5 6          
6 Sweden (10) Fredrik Lindgren 55 19 2 9 3 16 6          
7 Denmark (12) Kenneth Bjerre 53 10 5 8 8 7 15          
8 Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 52 12 9 13 10 8          
9 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 47 6 6 5 6 15 9          
10 Australia (6) Leigh Adams 42 13 6 3 6 3 11          
11 Poland (8) Rune Holta 41 3 8 11 5 7 7          
12 Poland (14) Sebastian Ułamek 41 5 8 6 8 8 6          
13 United Kingdom (11) Chris Harris 35 6 5 5 5 9 5          
14 Poland (13) Grzegorz Walasek 31 6 5 6 7 1 6          
15 United Kingdom (9) Scott Nicholls 20 4 1 1 5 6 3          
16 Denmark (16) (19) Niels Kristian Iversen 19 11 8          
17 Sweden (16) Antonio Lindbäck 17 17          
18 Poland (16) Jarosław Hampel 9 9          
19 Russia (16) Grigory Laguta 6 6          
20 United Kingdom (16) Edward Kennett 4 4          
21 Czech Republic (16) Matěj Kůs 1 1          
Rider(s) not classified
Czech Republic (17) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. ns          
Poland (17) Damian Baliński ns          
Sweden (17) Ricky Kling ns          
Denmark (17) Patrick Hougaard ns          
United Kingdom (17) Tai Woffinden ns          
Latvia (17) Maksims Bogdanovs ns          
Czech Republic (18) Adrian Rymel ns          
Poland (18) Janusz Kołodziej ns          
Sweden (18) Thomas H. Jonasson ns          
Denmark (18) Nicolai Klindt ns          
United Kingdom (18) Simon Stead ns          
Latvia (18) Vjačeslavs Giruckis 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". FIM-live.com. 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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