The 2009 FIM Speedway European World Championship Grand Prix was the second race of the 2009 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 9 May 2009, in the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland.
On 9 May European Union celebrates Europe day, commemorating the Schuman declaration. The main sponsor was the Polish website otoMoto.pl.
The European SGP was won by Australian rider Jason Crump.
Riders
The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated JarosÃ
Âaw Hampel as the wild card for the Grand Prix. Damian BaliÃ
Âski and Janusz KoÃ
Âodziej were nominated as the track reserves. The riders' starting positions draw for Grand Prix meeting was made on 8 May at 13:00 CET by President (=Mayor) of Leszno Tomasz Malepszy.
Heat details
Heat after heat
- (61.69) Pedersen, Adams, Andersen, Nicholls
- (61.53) Hampel, Holta, Harris, Bjerre
- (61.97) Gollob, UÃ
Âamek, Lindgren, Sayfutdinov
- (61.32) Hancock, Crump, Jonsson, Walasek
- (61.87) Jonsson, Harris, Adams, Lindgren
- (61.06) Hancock, Sayfutdinov, Hampel, Andersen
- (61.08) Crump, Pedersen, Holta, Gollob (e)
- (61.60) UÃ
Âamek, Bjerre, Walasek, Nicholls
- (62.12) Adams, Gollob, Walasek, Hampel
- (61.28) Crump, Andersen, Harris, UÃ
Âamek
- (61.44) Hancock, Bjerre, Pedersen, Lindgren
- (61.38) Jonsson, Sayfutdinov, Holta, Nicholls
- (61.75) UÃ
Âamek, Hancock, Holta, Adams
- (61.78) Gollob, Jonsson, Andersen, Bjerre
- (61.56) Sayfutdinov, Walasek, Harris, Pedersen (Fx) <br>Sayfutdinov falls on 1st lap. Pedersen excluded.
- (61.53) Hampel, Crump, Lindgren, Nicholls
- (61.30) Crump, Sayfutdinov, Bjerre, Adams (X) <br>Adams and Bjerre crash - Adams excluded.
- (61.74) Holta, Andersen, Walasek, Lindgren
- (61.89) Jonsson, Pedersen, Hampel, UÃ
Âamek
- (61.74) Gollob, Hancock, Nicholls, Harris
- : Semi-Finals:
- (61.78) Hancock, Gollob, Hampel, UÃ
Âamek
- (61.22) Crump, Jonsson, Pedersen, Sayfutdinov
- : The Final:
- (61.68) Crump (6 pts), Gollob (4 pts), Jonsson (2 pts), Hancock (0 pts)
The intermediate classification
See also
References
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