2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark

The 2009 FIM Speedway World Championship Grand Prix of Denmark was the fourth race of the 2009 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took take place on 13 June 2009 in the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark.[1]

Denmark 2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark
2009 FIM Dansk Metal Danish Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date13 June 2009
CityDenmark Copenhagen
Event4 of 11 (115)
RefereeSweden Krister Gardell
Jury PresidentFinland Ilkka Teromaa
Stadium details
StadiumParken Stadium
Length275 m (301 yd)
Tracktemporary
SGP Results
Best TimePoland Sebastian Ułamek
54.5 secs (in Heat 5)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerAustralia Jason Crump
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upUnited States Greg Hancock
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placePoland Greg Hancock

The Grand Prix was won by Australian Jason Crump who beat American Greg Hancock, Pole Tomasz Gollob and Danish wild card Niels Kristian Iversen in the final.[2][3] It was Crump's second Grand Prix win of the 2009 season.

Riders

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Niels Kristian Iversen as the wild card and Patrick Hougaard and Nicolai Klindt as the first and second track reserves.[4] The riders' starting positions draw for Grand Prix meeting was made on 12 June at 13:00 CET.[5]

Heat details

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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 5   (2) Jason Crump 22 2 2 3 3 3 13 2 3 3
2 10   (4) Greg Hancock 14 1 2 3 0 2 8 5 2 2
3 4   (3) Tomasz Gollob 13 1 3 1 1 2 8 6 3 1
4 11   (16) Niels Kristian Iversen 11 3 2 0 3 1 9 4 2 0
5 3   (15) Emil Sayfutdinov 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 1 T
6 15   (1) Nicki Pedersen 10 3 Fx 1 3 3 10 3 E3
7 1   (14) Sebastian Ułamek 8 0 3 3 0 1 7 7 1
8 14   (12) Kenneth Bjerre 8 2 3 0 2 0 7 8 1
9 8   (13) Grzegorz Walasek 7 3 1 1 2 0 7 9
10 9   (7) Andreas Jonsson 7 2 0 2 2 1 7 10
11 2   (5) Hans N. Andersen 6 2 1 0 1 2 6 11
12 13   (6) Leigh Adams 6 1 1 2 0 2 6 12
13 16   (9) Scott Nicholls 5 0 0 1 1 3 5 13
14 7   (11) Chris Harris 5 1 1 0 3 0 5 14
15 12   (8) Rune Holta 5 0 2 2 1 0 5 15
16 6   (10) Fredrik Lindgren 3 0 0 2 0 1 3 16
17 17   (17) Patrick Hougaard - - 17
18 18   (18) Nicolai Klindt - - 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

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  1. (55.8) Sayfutdinov, Andersen, Gollob, Ułamek
  2. (55.7) Walasek, Crump, Harris, Lingren
  3. (55.8) Iversen, Jonsson, Hancock, Holta
  4. (55.4) Pedersen, Bjerre, Adams, Nicholls
  5. (54.5) Ułamek, Crump, Adams, Jonsson
  6. (55.0) Bjerre, Hancock, Andersen, Lindgren
  7. (54.8) Sayfutdinov, Iversen, Harris, Pedersen (Fx)
    Pedersen and Sayfutdinov crash. Pedersen is excluded.
  8. (55.7) Gollob, Holta, Walasek, Nicholls
  9. (55.1) Ułamek, Lindgren, Nicholls, Iversen
    Ulamek and Nicholls clash. Race restarted.
  10. (55.0) Crump, Holta, Pedersen, Andersen
  11. (55.0) Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, Pedersen, Andersen
  12. (55.7) Hancock, Adams, Gollob, Harris
  13. (55.6) Harris, Bjerre, Holta, Ułamek
  14. (55.9) Iversen, Walasek, Andersen, Adams
  15. (54.7) Crump, Sayfutdinov, Nicholls, Hancock
  16. (55.4) Pedersen, Jonsson, Gollob, Lindgren
  17. (56.2) Pedersen, Hancock, Ułamek, Walasek
  18. (56.0) Nicholls, Andersen, Jonsson, Harris
  19. (54.9) Sayfutdinov, Adams, Lindgren, Holta
  20. (55.4) Crump, Gollob, Iversen, Bjerre
    Semi-Finals:
  21. (57.5) Gollob, Iversen, Ułamek, Sayfutdinov (T)
    Sayfutdinov makes false start and is excluded.
  22. (56.3) Crump, Hancock, Bjerre, Pedersen (E3)
    The Final:
  23. (55.3) Crump, Hancock, Gollob, Iversen

The intermediate classification

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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 74 14 22 16 22              
2   (15) Emil Sayfutdinov 60 17 9 20 14              
3   (7) Andreas Jonsson 46 11 16 12 7              
4   (4) Greg Hancock 45 10 16 5 14              
5   (1) Nicki Pedersen 44 12 9 13 10              
6   (3) Tomasz Gollob 44 7 17 7 13              
7   (10) Fredrik Lindgren 33 19 2 9 3              
8   (12) Kenneth Bjerre 31 10 5 8 8              
9   (6) Leigh Adams 28 13 6 3 6              
10   (8) Rune Holta 27 3 8 11 5              
11   (14) Sebastian Ułamek 27 5 8 6 8              
12   (13) Grzegorz Walasek 24 6 5 6 7              
13   (5) Hans N. Andersen 23 6 6 5 6              
14   (11) Chris Harris 21 6 5 5 5              
15   (16) Antonio Lindbäck 17 17              
16   (9) Scott Nicholls 11 4 1 1 5              
17   (16) Niels Kristian Iversen 11 11              
18   (16) Jarosław Hampel 9 9              
19   (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              
  (18) Adrian Rymel ns              
  (18) Janusz Kołodziej ns              
  (18) Thomas H. Jonasson ns              
  (18) Nicolai Klindt ns              
Pos. Rider Points CZE
 
EUR
 
SWE
 
DEN
 
GBR
 
LAT
 
SCA
 
NOR
 
SVN
 
ITA
 
POL
 

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Supplementary Regulations" (PDF). FIM-live.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  2. ^ Graham Brodie (2009-06-15). "Results GP Copenhagen" (pdf). pzm.pl. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
  3. ^ "Crump potwierdza swoją dominację w Kopenhadze, Gollob trzeci!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-06-13. Archived from the original on 2009-08-10. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  4. ^ "Dzika karta na GP Danii dla Iversena" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-06-04. Archived from the original on 2009-06-08. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
  5. ^ "2009 - Round 4 Draw". SpeedwayGP.com. 2009-06-12. Archived from the original (video clip) on 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
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