2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy


The 2009 FIM Speedway World Championship Grand Prix of Italy will be the tenth race of the 2009 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 26 September in the Pista Olimpia in Terenzano, Italy. It will be first Speedway Grand Prix event held in Terenzano; previous Italian SGP events had always taken place in Lonigo.
The first Grand Prix in Terensano was won by Pole Tomasz Gollob who beat Hans N. Andersen, Nicki Pedersen and Grzegorz Walasek in the final.

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Guglielmo Franchetti as the wild card and Mattia Carpanese and Andrea Maida as the track reserves. The riders' starting positions draw for Grand Prix meeting was made on 25 September at 13:00 CEST by Mayor of Terenzano.

Heat details

Heat after heat

  1. Harris, Jonsson, Nicholls, Adams
  2. Gollob, Lindgren, Walasek, Carpanese
Franchetti fails to meet the 2 minute warning and is replaced by reserve rider Carpanese.
  1. Andersen, Crump, Hancock, Holta
  2. Sayfutdinov, Pedersen, Ułamek, Bjerre
  3. Holta, Harris, Ułamek, Lindgren
  4. Bjerre, Adams, Franchetti, Crump
  5. Gollob, Jonsson, Andersen, Pedersen
  6. Sayfutdinov, Walasek, Hancock, Nicholls
  7. Andersen, Harris, Sayfutdinov, Franchetti
  8. Hancock, Lindgren, Adams, Pedersen
  9. Walasek, Holta, Jonsson, Bjerre
  10. Gollob, Crump, Nicholls, Ułamek
  11. Gollob, Harris, Bjerre, Hancock
  12. Andersen, Walasek, Ułamek, Adams
  13. Jonsson, Lindgren, Sayfutdinov, Crump
  14. Pedersen, Holta, Nicholls, Franchetti
  15. Walasek, Pedersen, Harris, Crump
  16. Sayfutdinov, Gollob, Holta, Adams
  17. Jonsson, Hancock, Franchetti, Ułamek
  18. Nicholls, Andersen, Bjerre, Lindgren
  19. : Semi-finals:
  20. Gollob, Walasek, Harris, Holta
  21. Pedersen, Andersen, Jonsson, Sayfutdinov
  22. : The Final:
  23. Gollob, Andersen, Pedersen, Walasek

    The intermediate classification