2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden

2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden 2009 FIM Meridian Lifts Swedish Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date	30 May 2009
City	Gothenburg
Event	3 of 11 (114)
Referee	Wojciech Grodzki
Jury President	Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
Stadium	Ullevi
Capacity	43,000
Length	400 m
Track	temporary
SGP Results
Best Time	Rune Holta Jason Crump 69.4 secs (in Heat 4 and 7)
Winner	Emil Sayfutdinov
Runner-up	Jason Crump
3rd place	Antonio Lindbäck

The 2009 FIM Speedway World Championship Grand Prix of Sweden will be the third race of the 2009 Speedway Grand Prix season. It will take place on 30 May 2009, in the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden.^[1]

The Swedish Grand Prix was won by Russian junior Emil Sayfutdinov who beat in the final Australian Jason Crump and Swedish wild card Antonio Lindbäck.^[2][3] It was second Sayfutdinov' winning in his third Grand Prix.

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Antonio Lindbäck as the wild card and Ricky Kling and Simon Gustafsson as the first and second track reserves. However, Gustafsson suffered a broken collar bone when he crashed during a Swedish league match on 5 May, and his replacement will be Thomas H. Jonasson.^[4] The riders' starting positions draw for Grand Prix meeting was made on 29 May at 13:00 CET.^[5]

• Draw Nr 18 change: (18) Simon Gustafsson → (18) Thomas H. Jonasson

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	4	(15) Emil Sayfutdinov	20	0							2				3				3				3	11	2		3	3
2	3	(2) Jason Crump	16	2						3				1				2				2		10	6	2		2
3	9	(16) Antonio Lindbäck	17			2		2						3					2		3			12	1	3		1
4	12	(1) Nicki Pedersen	13			3					3		1			1						3		11	3		2	X
5	10	(7) Andreas Jonsson	12			1			3						2			3		2				11	4	1
6	13	(8) Rune Holta	11				3	3							1		2					1		10	5		1
7	15	(10) Fredrik Lindgren	9				2			1			2						1	3				9	7	F3x
8	8	(12) Kenneth Bjerre	8		2						0			2			3			1				8	8		0
9	11	(3) Tomasz Gollob	7			0				2		3					0						2	7	9
10	5	(14) Sebastian Ułamek	6		3			1					0					1					1	6	10
11	16	(13) Grzegorz Walasek	6				1				1	2						0			2			6	11
12	1	(11) Chris Harris	5	3				0				0				2				0				5	12
13	14	(5) Hans N. Andersen	5				0		2					0		3							Fx	5	13
14	2	(4) Greg Hancock	5	1					F2x				3				1				E1			5	14
15	6	(6) Leigh Adams	3		1				1			1							0			0		3	15
16	7	(9) Scott Nicholls	1		0					0					0	0					1			1	16
17	17	(17) Ricky Kling	-																					-	17
18	18	(18) Thomas H. Jonasson	-																					-	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. (70.9) Harris, Crump, Hancock, Sayfutdinov
2. (71.1) Ułamek, Bjerre, Adams, Nicholls
3. (69.7) Pedersen, Lindbäck, Jonsson, Gollob
4. (69.4) Holta, Lindgren, Walasek, Andersen
5. (70.7) Holta, Lindbäck, Ułamek, Harris
6. (69.8) Jonsson, Andersen, Adams, Hancock (F2x)
   Hancock crashed on first lap and is excluded.
7. (69.4) Crump, Gollob, Lindgren, Nicholls
8. (70.2) Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Walasek, Bjerre
9. (72.2) Gollob, Walasek, Adams, Harris
10. (71.1) Hancock, Lindgren, Pedersen, Ułamek
11. (70.5) Lindbäck, Bjerre, Crump, Andersen
12. (69.7) Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, Holta, Nicholls
13. (70.4) Andersen, Harris, Pedersen, Nicholls
14. (70.0) Bjerre, Holta, Hancock, Gollob
15. (69.9) Jonsson, Crump, Ułamek, Walasek
16. (69.8) Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck, Lindgren, Adams
17. (70.4) Lindgren, Jonsson, Bjerre, Harris
18. (71.2) Lindbäck, Walasek, Nicholls, Hancock (E1)
19. (71.1) Pedersen, Crump, Holta, Adams
20. (70.1) Sayfutdinov, Gollob, Ułamek, Andersen (Fx)
    Andersen and Ulamek collided on first lap. Andersen excluded.

    Semi-Finals:

21. (71.2) Lindbäck, Crump, Jonsson, Lindgren (F3x)
    Lindgren falls on lap 3 and is excluded.
22. (70.5) Sayfutdinov, Pedersen, Holta, Bjerre

    The Final:

23. (70.4) Sayfutdinov (6 pts), Crump (4 pts), Lindbäck (2 pts) Pedersen (X)
    Sayfutdinov and Crump crash. Pedersen excluded.

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	52	14	22	16
2	(15) Emil Sayfutdinov	46	17	9	20
3	(7) Andreas Jonsson	39	11	16	12
4	(1) Nicki Pedersen	34	12	9	13
5	(3) Tomasz Gollob	31	7	17	7
6	(4) Greg Hancock	31	10	16	5
7	(10) Fredrik Lindgren	30	19	2	9
8	(12) Kenneth Bjerre	23	10	5	8
9	(6) Leigh Adams	22	13	6	3
10	(8) Rune Holta	22	3	8	11
11	(14) Sebastian Ułamek	19	5	8	6
12	(5) Hans N. Andersen	17	6	6	5
13	(13) Grzegorz Walasek	17	6	5	6
14	(16) Antonio Lindbäck	17	–	–	17
15	(11) Chris Harris	16	6	5	5
16	(16) Jarosław Hampel	9	–	9	–
17	(9) Scott Nicholls	6	4	1	1
18	(16) Matěj Kůs	1	1	–	–
Rider(s) not classified
	(17) Luboš Tomíček, Jr.	—	ns	–	–
	(17) Damian Baliński	—	–	ns	–
	(17) Ricky Kling	—	–	–	ns
	(18) Adrian Rymel	—	ns	–	–
	(18) Janusz Kołodziej	—	–	ns	–
	(18) Thomas H. Jonasson	—	–	–	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 2009-03-25.
2. Graham Brodie (2009-06-01). "Results GP Gothenburg" (pdf). pzm.pl. Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
3. "Sajfutdinov królem Szwecji" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-05-11. Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
4. "Jonasson rezerwowym w Goeteborgu" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-05-13. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
5. "2009 - Round 3 Draw" (video clip). SpeedwayGP.com. 2009-05-29. Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-06-12.

External links

• FIM-live.com