2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic

2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic 2009 FIM Czech Republic Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date	25 April 2009
City	Prague
Event	1 of 11 (112)
Referee	Frank Ziegler
Jury President	Christer Bergström
Stadium details
Stadium	Markéta Stadium
Capacity	17,500
Length	353 m
Track	speedway track
SGP Results
Best Time	Emil Sayfutdinov 64.01 secs (in Heat 15)
Winner	Emil Sayfutdinov
Runner-up	Fredrik Lindgren
3rd place	Jason Crump

The 2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic the first race of the 2009 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 25 April in the Markéta Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic.^[1] Czech Republic Grand Prix was won by Russian rider Emil Sayfutdinov.^[2][3]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Matěj Kůs as Wild Card, and Luboš Tomíček, Jr. and Adrian Rymel both as Track Reserves.^[4] The riders' starting positions draw for Grand Prix meeting was made on 24 April at 13:00 CET by Mayor of Prague Pavel Bém.^[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	10	(15) Emil Sayfutdinov	17			2			0						2			3		1				8	8		3	3
2	8	(10) Fredrik Lindgren	19		3						2			3			2			3				13	1	2		2
3	12	(2) Jason Crump	14			3					1		2			2						1		9	7	3		1
4	2	(6) Leigh Adams	13	1					1				3				3				3			11	3		2	0
5	4	(1) Nicki Pedersen	12	3							3				0				2				3	11	2		1
6	6	(7) Andreas Jonsson	11		2				3			2							1			3		11	4	0
7	7	(4) Greg Hancock	10		E					2					3	3					2			10	5		0
8	9	(12) Kenneth Bjerre	10			1		3						2					3		0			9	6	1
9	1	(3) Tomasz Gollob	7	2				2				1				0				2				7	9
10	16	(13) Grzegorz Walasek	6				0				0	3						2			1			6	10
11	5	(11) Chris Harris	6		1			1					1					1					2	6	11
12	14	(5) Hans N. Andersen	6				1		2					1		1							1	6	12
13	3	(14) Sebastian Ułamek	5	0						3				0				0				2		5	13
14	13	(9) Scott Nicholls	4				2	0							1		1					0		4	14
15	15	(8) Rune Holta	3				3			0			0						0	0				3	15
16	11	(16) Matěj Kůs	1			0				1		0					0						0	1	16
17	17	(17) Luboš Tomíček, Jr.	-																					-	17
18	18	(18) Adrian Rymel	-																					-	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. (65.53) Pedersen, Gollob, Adams, Ułamek
2. (64.72) Lindgren, Jonsson, Harris, Hancock (E/start)
3. (64.58) Crump, Sayfutdinov, Bjerre, Kůs
4. (64.81) Holta, Nicholls, Andersen, Walasek
5. (65.31) Bjerre, Gollob, Harris, Nicholls
6. (64.23) Jonsson, Andersen, Adams, Sayfutdinov
7. (64.71) Ułamek, Hancock, Kůs, Holta
8. (65.03) Pedersen, Lindgren, Crump, Walasek
9. (64.97) Walasek, Jonsson, Gollob, Kůs
10. (64.61) Adams, Crump, Harris, Holta
11. (65.19) Lindgren, Bjerre, Andersen, Ułamek
12. (64.68) Hancock, Sayfutdinov, Nicholls, Pedersen
13. (64.31) Hancock, Crump, Andersen, Gollob
14. (64.59) Adams, Lindgren, Nicholls, Kůs
15. (64.01) Sayfutdinov, Walasek, Harris, Ułamek
16. (64.80) Bjerre, Pedersen, Jonsson, Holta
17. (65.08) Lindgren, Gollob, Sayfutdinov, Holta
18. (64.94) Adams, Hancock, Walasek, Bjerre
19. (64.67) Jonsson, Ułamek, Crump, Nicholls
20. (?) Pedersen, Harris, Andersen, Kůs

    Semi-Finals:

21. (64.82) Crump, Lindgren, Bjerre, Jonsson
22. (65.57) Sayfutdinov, Adams, Pedersen, Hancock
    Sayfutdinov falls on first heat - all 4 riders restart.

    The Final:

23. (64.44) Sayfutdinov, Lindgren, Crump, Adams

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	(10) Fredrik Lindgren	19	19
2	(15) Emil Sayfutdinov	17	17
3	(2) Jason Crump	14	14
4	(6) Leigh Adams	13	13
5	(1) Nicki Pedersen	12	12
6	(7) Andreas Jonsson	11	11
7	(4) Greg Hancock	10	10
8	(12) Kenneth Bjerre	10	10
9	(3) Tomasz Gollob	7	7
10	(5) Hans N. Andersen	6	6
11	(11) Chris Harris	6	6
12	(13) Grzegorz Walasek	6	6
13	(14) Sebastian Ułamek	5	5
14	(9) Scott Nicholls	4	4
15	(8) Rune Holta	3	3
16	(16) Matěj Kůs	1	1
Rider(s) not classified
	(17) Luboš Tomíček, Jr.	—	ns
	(18) Adrian Rymel	—	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

References

1. "Supplementary Regulations" (PDF). FIM-live.com. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
2. "Results GP Praga" (pdf). pzm.pl. 2009-04-27. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
3. "Debiut jak marzenie Sajfutdinova w Pradze! Polacy daleko". SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-04-25. Archived from the original on 18 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
4. "Znani rezerwowi GP w Pradze" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-03-07. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
5. "2009 - Round 1 Draw". SpeedwayGP.com. 2009-04-24. Archived from the original (video clip) on 3 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-24.

External links

• FIM-live.com