2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain


The 2009 FIM Speedway World Championship Grand Prix of Great Britain was the fifth race of the 2009 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 27 June 2009 in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Great Britain.
The British Grand Prix was won by GP leader Jason Crump who beat Fredrik Lindgren, Hans Andersen and Greg Hancock in the final. Crump won with a 24 point maximum score and it was his third Grand Prix win of the season.

Riders

One wild card and two track reserves were nominated by the Auto-Cycle Union. Edward Kennett was selected as the wild card after finishing second behind Chris Harris at the 2009 British Speedway Championship. Tai Woffinden and Simon Stead will be the track reserves. The riders' starting positions draw for Grand Prix meeting was made on 26 June at 12:00 CET and it was carried out
by Jury President Christer Bergström and Miss Wales Chloe-Beth Morgan.

Heat details

Heat after heat

  1. Bjerre, Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Holta
Holta crashes on 2nd lap. Holta excluded.
  1. Andersen, Hancock, Lindgren, Nicholls
  2. Ułamek, Jonsson, Kennett, Gollob
  3. Crump, Harris, Adams, Walasek
  4. Ułamek, Harris, Nicholls, Sayfutdinov
  5. Lindgren, Pedersen, Walasek, Jonsson
  6. Crump, Hancock, Gollob, Bjerre
  7. Andersen, Kennett, Holta, Adams
  8. Lindgren, Gollob, Sayfutdinov, Adams
  9. Crump, Pedersen, Nicholls, Kennett
  10. Andersen, Bjerre, Ułamek, Walasek
  11. Holta, Hancock, Jonsson, Harris
  12. Sayfutdinov, Hancock, Kennett, Walasek
  13. Gollob, Harris, Andersen, Pedersen
  14. Nicholls, Jonsson, Adams, Bjerre
  15. Crump, Lindgren, Ułamek, Holta
Holta crashes. Holta excluded.
  1. Crump, Sayfutdinov, Andersen, Jonsson
Crump crashes on first lap. Jonsson excluded.
  1. Hancock, Pedersen, Adams, Ułamek
  2. Harris, Bjerre, Lindgren, Kennett
  3. Holta, Gollob, Nicholls, Walasek
  4. : Semi-Finals:
  5. Crump, Lindgren, Gollob, Ułamek
  6. Hancock, Andersen, Pedersen, Harris
Andersen crashes on 1st lap. Harris excluded. Nicki Pedersen crashes on 1st lap - race stopped again. Pedersen excluded.
  1. : The Final:
  2. Crump, Lindgren, Andersen, Hancock

    The intermediate classification