2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia
2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia 2009 FIM Latvijas Mobilais Telefons Speedway Grand Prix |
Information |
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]
Heat details
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 |
See also
References
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