2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia
 2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia 2009 FIM Latvijas Mobilais Telefons Speedway Grand Prix | |
| Information | |
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| Date | 1 August 2009 |
| City | Daugavpils |
| Event | 6 of 11 (117) |
| Referee |  István Daragó |
| Jury President |  Wolfgang Glas |
| Stadium details | |
| Stadium | Latvijas Spidveja Centrs |
| Capacity | 10,500 |
| SGP Results | |
| Winner |  Greg Hancock |
| Runner-up |  Kenneth Bjerre |
| 3rd place |  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]
- Draw Nr 1 change: (1) Nicki Pedersen → (19) Niels Kristian Iversen
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
- Adams, Sayfutdinov, Crump, Iversen
- Ułamek, Lindgren, Bjerre, Andersen
- Laguta, Holta, Harris, Nicholls
- Gollob, Jonsson, Hancock, Walasek
- Jonsson, Harris, Lindgren, Iversen
- Hancock, Andersen, Laguta, Crump
- Bjerre, Gollob, Sayfutdinov, Nicholls
- Walasek, Adams, Holta, Ułamek
- Andersen, Iversen, Nicholls, Walasek
- Crump, Holta, Gollob, Lindgren
- Hancock, Ułamek, Sayfutdinov, Harris
- Bjerre, Adams, Laguta, Jonsson
- Iversen, Hancock, Holta, Bjerre
- Crump, Nicholls, Jonsson, Ułamek
- Sayfutdinov, Lindgren, Laguta, Walasek
- Gollob, Harris, Andersen, Adams
- Iversen, Gollob, Ułamek, Laguta (X)
- Walasek, Bjerre, Crump, Harris
- Andersen, Sayfutdinov, Holta, Jonsson
- Adams, Hancock, Lindgren, Nicholls
- Semi-Finals:
- Gollob, Bjerre, Sajfutdinov, Iversen
- Hancock, Crump, Adams, Andersen
- The Final:
- 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 | 14 | 22 | 16 | 22 | 24 | 10 | |||||
| 2 | (4) Greg Hancock |
79 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 20 | |||||
| 3 | (15) Emil Sayfutdinov |
77 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 10 | |||||
| 4 | (3) Tomasz Gollob |
69 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 16 | |||||
| 5 | (7) Andreas Jonsson |
57 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| 6 | (10) Fredrik Lindgren |
55 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 6 | |||||
| 7 | (12) Kenneth Bjerre |
53 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 15 | |||||
| 8 | (1) Nicki Pedersen |
52 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 8 | – | |||||
| 9 | (5) Hans N. Andersen |
47 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 9 | |||||
| 10 | (6) Leigh Adams |
42 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | |||||
| 11 | (8) Rune Holta |
41 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 7 | |||||
| 12 | (14) Sebastian Ułamek |
41 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | |||||
| 13 | (11) Chris Harris |
35 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | |||||
| 14 | (13) Grzegorz Walasek |
31 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| 15 | (9) Scott Nicholls |
20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | |||||
| 16 | (16) (19) Niels Kristian Iversen |
19 | – | – | – | 11 | – | 8 | |||||
| 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
- ↑ "Supplementary Regulations" (PDF). FIM-live.com. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
- ↑ "Gollob trzeci w GP Łotwy, wygrana Hancocka" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ↑ "Nicki out of Latvian GP". SpeedwayGP.com. 2009-07-26. Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "2009 – Round 6 Draw" (video clip). SpeedwayGP.com. 2009-07-31. Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
External links
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Speedway Grand Prix events in Latvia | ||
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Latvian Speedway Grand Prix | ||
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