|  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 | |
| Best Time | |
|  Winner |  Greg Hancock | 
|  Runner-up |  Kenneth Bjerre | 
|  3rd place |  Kenneth Bjerre | 
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 injured at 2009 Speedway World Cup Event 1 (undergoing skin graft surgery on burns to his left leg). On Monday 20 July he had an 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]
- Draw Nr 1 change:  (1) Nicki Pedersen → (1) Nicki Pedersen → (19) Niels Kristian Iversen (19) Niels Kristian Iversen
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 | 14 |  (4)  Greg Hancock | 20 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 7 |  (12)  Kenneth Bjerre | 15 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 15 |  (3)  Tomasz Gollob | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | .svg.png.webp) (2)  Jason Crump | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 4 | .svg.png.webp) (6)  Leigh Adams | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 3 |  (15)  Emil Sayfutdinov | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 6 |  (5)  Hans N. Andersen | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 1 |  (19)  Niels Kristian Iversen | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 12 |  (8)  Rune Holta | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 16 |  (13)  Grzegorz Walasek | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 13 |  (7)  Andreas Jonsson | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 8 |  (14)  Sebastian Ułamek | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 10 |  (16)  Grigory Laguta | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | 6 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 5 |  (10)  Fredrik Lindgren | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 9 |  (11)  Chris Harris | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 11 |  (9)  Scott Nicholls | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 17 |  (17) Maksims Bogdanovs | - | - | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | 18 |  (18) Vjačeslavs Giruckis | - | - | 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
- 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 | 
| Pos. | Rider | Points | CZE  | EUR  | SWE  | DEN  | GBR  | LAT  | SCA  | NOR  | SVN  | ITA  | POL  | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png.webp) (2)  Jason Crump | 108 | 14 | 22 | 16 | 22 | 24 | 10 | |||||
| 2 |  (4)  Greg Hancock | 79 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 20 | |||||
| 3 |  (15)  Emil Sayfutdinov | 77 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 10 | |||||
| 4 |  (3)  Tomasz Gollob | 69 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 16 | |||||
| 5 |  (7)  Andreas Jonsson | 57 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| 6 |  (10)  Fredrik Lindgren | 55 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 6 | |||||
| 7 |  (12)  Kenneth Bjerre | 53 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 15 | |||||
| 8 |  (1)  Nicki Pedersen | 52 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 8 | – | |||||
| 9 |  (5)  Hans N. Andersen | 47 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 9 | |||||
| 10 | .svg.png.webp) (6)  Leigh Adams | 42 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | |||||
| 11 |  (8)  Rune Holta | 41 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 7 | |||||
| 12 |  (14)  Sebastian Ułamek | 41 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | |||||
| 13 |  (11)  Chris Harris | 35 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | |||||
| 14 |  (13)  Grzegorz Walasek | 31 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| 15 |  (9)  Scott Nicholls | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | |||||
| 16 |  (16) (19)  Niels Kristian Iversen | 19 | – | – | – | 11 | – | 8 | |||||
| 17 |  (16)  Antonio Lindbäck | 17 | – | – | 17 | – | – | – | |||||
| 18 |  (16)  Jarosław Hampel | 9 | – | 9 | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 19 |  (16)  Grigory Laguta | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | |||||
| 20 |  (16)  Edward Kennett | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | |||||
| 21 |  (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 | – | – | ||||||
|  (17)  Tai Woffinden | — | – | – | – | – | ns | – | ||||||
|  (17)  Maksims Bogdanovs | — | – | – | – | – | – | ns | ||||||
|  (18)  Adrian Rymel | — | ns | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
|  (18)  Janusz Kołodziej | — | – | ns | – | – | – | – | ||||||
|  (18)  Thomas H. Jonasson | — | – | – | ns | – | – | – | ||||||
|  (18)  Nicolai Klindt | — | – | – | – | ns | – | – | ||||||
|  (18)  Simon Stead | — | – | – | – | – | ns | – | ||||||
|  (18)  Vjačeslavs Giruckis | — | – | – | – | – | – | ns | ||||||
| Pos. | Rider | Points | CZE  | EUR  | SWE  | DEN  | GBR  | LAT  | SCA  | NOR  | SVN  | ITA  | POL  | 
See also
References
- ↑ "Supplementary Regulations" (PDF). FIM-live.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-10. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
- ↑ "Gollob trzeci w GP Łotwy, wygrana Hancocka" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ↑ "Nicki out of Latvian GP". SpeedwayGP.com. 2009-07-26. Archived from the original on 2009-08-05. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
- ↑ "Grigorij Laguta z dziką kartą / Iversen za Nickiego" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-07-27. Archived from the original on 2009-08-05. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- ↑ "2009 – Round 6 Draw" (video clip). SpeedwayGP.com. 2009-07-31. Archived from the original on 2009-08-02. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
