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 Hancock 61.06 secs (in Heat 6)
Winner	Jason Crump
Runner-up	Tomasz Gollob
3rd place	Andreas Jonsson

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]

Riders

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]

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	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

1. (61.69) Pedersen, Adams, Andersen, Nicholls
2. (61.53) Hampel, Holta, Harris, Bjerre
3. (61.97) Gollob, Ułamek, Lindgren, Sayfutdinov
4. (61.32) Hancock, Crump, Jonsson, Walasek
5. (61.87) Jonsson, Harris, Adams, Lindgren
6. (61.06) Hancock, Sayfutdinov, Hampel, Andersen
7. (61.08) Crump, Pedersen, Holta, Gollob (e)
8. (61.60) Ułamek, Bjerre, Walasek, Nicholls
9. (62.12) Adams, Gollob, Walasek, Hampel
10. (61.28) Crump, Andersen, Harris, Ułamek
11. (61.44) Hancock, Bjerre, Pedersen, Lindgren
12. (61.38) Jonsson, Sayfutdinov, Holta, Nicholls
13. (61.75) Ułamek, Hancock, Holta, Adams
14. (61.78) Gollob, Jonsson, Andersen, Bjerre
15. (61.56) Sayfutdinov, Walasek, Harris, Pedersen (Fx)
    Sayfutdinov falls on 1st lap. Pedersen excluded.
16. (61.53) Hampel, Crump, Lindgren, Nicholls
17. (61.30) Crump, Sayfutdinov, Bjerre, Adams (X)
    Adams and Bjerre crash - Adams excluded.
18. (61.74) Holta, Andersen, Walasek, Lindgren
19. (61.89) Jonsson, Pedersen, Hampel, Ułamek
20. (61.74) Gollob, Hancock, Nicholls, Harris

    Semi-Finals:

21. (61.78) Hancock, Gollob, Hampel, Ułamek
22. (61.22) Crump, Jonsson, Pedersen, Sayfutdinov

    The Final:

23. (61.68) Crump (6 pts), Gollob (4 pts), Jonsson (2 pts), Hancock (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	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

See also

• Speedway Grand Prix
• List of Speedway Grand Prix riders