2009 Speedway Grand Prix

The 2009 Speedway Grand Prix was the 64th edition of the official World Championship^[1][2] and the 15th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme Speedway World Championship. It is the third series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company.

2009 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
Dates	April 25 – October 17
Events	11
Cities	11
Countries	8
Riders	15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves
Heats	253 (in 11 events)
Winners
Champion	AUS Jason Crump
Runner-up	POL Tomasz Gollob
3rd place	RUS Emil Sayfutdinov
← 2008 Speedway Grand Prix 2010 →

Qualification

For the 2008 season, there was the 15 permanent riders, to be joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.

2008 Grand Prix

Main article: 2008 Speedway Grand Prix

The top eight riders from the 2008 championship qualified as of right. These eight qualifiers are, in championship order:

1. (1) Nicki Pedersen
2. (2) Jason Crump
3. (3) Tomasz Gollob
4. (4) Greg Hancock
5. (5) Hans Andersen
6. (6) Leigh Adams
7. (7) Andreas Jonsson
8. (8) Rune Holta

Grand Prix Challenge

Main article: 2009 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The top eight riders from the 2008 championship were joined by three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge. These riders are, in order by qualifying position:^[3]

• (12) Kenneth Bjerre
• (13) Grzegorz Walasek
• (14) Sebastian Ułamek

Nominations

The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2008 season. Riders were nominated after the season ended on October 28, 2008.^[4]

• (9) Scott Nicholls
• (10) Fredrik Lindgren
• (11) Chris Harris
• (15) Emil Sayfutdinov

Permanent riders

No	Rider	DOB	Age	2009 Clubs
				Polish	Swedish	British	Danish	Russian
1	DEN Nicki Pedersen	1977-04-02	32	Częstochowa	Lejonen		Holsted	Mega Lada (RUS)
2	AUS Jason Crump	1975-08-06	34	Wrocław	Elit Vetlanda	Belle Vue
3	POL Tomasz Gollob	1971-04-11	38	Gorzów Wlkp.	Västervik		Esbjerg
4	USA Greg Hancock	1970-06-03	39	Częstochowa	Rospiggarna
5	DEN Hans Andersen	1980-11-03	29	Gdańsk	Dackarna	Poole	Slangerup
6	AUS Leigh Adams	1971-04-28	38	Leszno	Lejonen	Swindon
7	SWE Andreas Jonsson	1980-09-03	29	Bydgoszcz	Dackarna		Grindsted
8	POL Rune Holta	1973-08-29	36	Gorzów Wlkp.	Indianerna
9	GBR Scott Nicholls	1978-05-16	31	Wrocław	Vargarna	Ipswich
10	SWE Fredrik Lindgren	1985-09-15	24	Zielona Góra	Dackarna	Wolverhampton
11	GBR Chris Harris	1982-11-28	27	Ostrów Wlkp.	Västervik	Coventry
12	DEN Kenneth Bjerre	1984-05-24	25	Gdańsk	Dackarna	Peterborough	Vojens
13	POL Grzegorz Walasek	1976-08-29	33	Zielona Góra	Indianerna
14	POL Sebastian Ułamek	1975-11-20	34	Tarnów	Lejonen		Fjelsted
15	RUS Emil Sayfutdinov	1989-10-26	19	Bydgoszcz	Piraterna		Vojens	Balakovo (RUS)
No	Rider	DOB	Age	Polish	Swedish	British	Danish	Russian
				2009 Clubs

Calendar

Calendar is confirmed.^[5]

Round	Date	City and venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd placed	4th placed	Results
1	April 25	Prague , Czech Republic Markéta Stadium	Emil Sayfutdinov	Fredrik Lindgren	Jason Crump	Leigh Adams	results
2	May 9	Leszno , Poland Alfred Smoczyk Stadium	Jason Crump	Tomasz Gollob	Andreas Jonsson	Greg Hancock	results
3	May 30	Gothenburg , Sweden Ullevi	Emil Sayfutdinov	Jason Crump	Antonio Lindbäck	Nicki Pedersen	results
4	June 13	Copenhagen , Denmark Parken Stadium	Jason Crump	Greg Hancock	Tomasz Gollob	Niels Kristian Iversen	results
5	June 27	Cardiff , Great Britain Millennium Stadium	Jason Crump	Fredrik Lindgren	Hans N. Andersen	Greg Hancock	results
6	August 1	Daugavpils , Latvia Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs	Greg Hancock	Kenneth Bjerre	Tomasz Gollob	Jason Crump	results
7	August 15	Målilla , Sweden G&B Stadium	Tomasz Gollob	Jason Crump	Hans N. Andersen	Kenneth Bjerre	results
8	August 29	Vojens , Denmark Speedway Center	Andreas Jonsson	Rune Holta	Kenneth Bjerre	Emil Sayfutdinov	results
9	September 12	Krško , Slovenia Matija Gubec Stadium	Emil Sayfutdinov	Rune Holta	Tomasz Gollob	Nicki Pedersen	results
10	September 26	Terenzano , Italy Pista Olimpia Terenzano	Tomasz Gollob	Hans N. Andersen	Nicki Pedersen	Grzegorz Walasek	results
11	October 17	Bydgoszcz , Poland Stadion Polonii Bydgoszcz	Nicki Pedersen	Leigh Adams	Sebastian Ułamek	Rune Holta	results

Final 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
	(2) Jason Crump	159	14	22	16	22	24	10	18	8	12	4	9
	(3) Tomasz Gollob	144	7	17	7	13	9	16	22	7	12	23	11
	(15) Emil Sayfutdinov	138	17	9	20	14	7	10	5	14	24	11	7
4	(4) Greg Hancock	121	10	16	5	14	14	20	8	10	9	7	8
5	(7) Andreas Jonsson	116	11	16	12	7	5	6	10	20	5	12	12
6	(1) Nicki Pedersen	110	12	9	13	10	8	–	7	11	10	12	18
7	(8) Rune Holta	99	3	8	11	5	7	7	2	15	19	8	14
8	(12) Kenneth Bjerre	98	10	5	8	8	7	15	10	15	7	5	8
9	(10) Fredrik Lindgren	95	19	2	9	3	16	6	9	12	6	6	7
10	(5) Hans N. Andersen	91	6	6	5	6	15	9	14	4	5	18	3
11	(6) Leigh Adams	81	13	6	3	6	3	11	5	7	9	3	15
12	(14) Sebastian Ułamek	75	5	8	6	8	8	6	5	8	2	3	16
13	(13) Grzegorz Walasek	66	6	5	6	7	1	6	6	7	6	13	3
14	(11) Chris Harris	62	6	5	5	5	9	5	8	1	4	11	3
15	(9) Scott Nicholls	45	4	1	1	5	6	3	5	3	7	6	4
16	(16) Antonio Lindbäck	27	–	–	17	–	–	–	10	–	–	–	–
17	(16) (19) Niels Kristian Iversen	20	–	–	–	11	–	8	–	1	–	–	–
18	(16) Jarosław Hampel	9	–	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
19	(16) Matej Žagar	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	–	–
20	(16) Grigory Laguta	6	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	–
21	(16) Adrian Miedziński	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6
22	(16) Edward Kennett	4	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–
23	(16) Guglielmo Franchetti	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–
24	(16) Matěj Kůs	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
25	(17) Mattia Carpanese	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–
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	–	–	–	–	–
	(17) Simon Gustafsson	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–
	(17) Kenneth Hansen	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–
	(17) Izak Šantej	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–
	(17) Grzegorz Zengota	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	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	–	–	–	–	–
	(18) Ludvig Lindgren	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–
	(18) Morten Risager	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–
	(18) Aleksander Čonda	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–
	(18) Andrea Maida	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–
	(18) Krzysztof Buczkowski	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns
Pos.	Rider	Points	CZE	EUR	SWE	DEN	GBR	LAT	SCA	NOR	SVN	ITA	POL

See also

• motorcycle speedway