# 2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden

The 2009 FIM Speedway World Championship Grand Prix of Sweden will be the third race of the 2009 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 30 May 2009, in the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The Swedish Grand Prix was won by Russian junior Emil Sayfutdinov who beat in the final Australian Jason Crump and Swedish wild card Antonio Lindbäck. It was second Sayfutdinov' winning in his third Grand Prix.

## Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Antonio Lindbäck as the wild card and Ricky Kling and Simon Gustafsson as the first and second track reserves. However, Gustafsson suffered a broken collar bone when he crashed during a Swedish league match on 5 May, and his replacement will be Thomas H. Jonasson. The riders' starting positions draw for Grand Prix meeting was made on 29 May at 13:00 CET.
* Draw Nr 18 change: (18) Simon Gustafsson → (18) Thomas H. Jonasson

## 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 | 4 | (15) Emil Sayfutdinov | 20 | 0 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | | 3 | | | | 3 | 11 | 2 | | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 3 | (2) Jason Crump | 16 | 2 | | | | | | 3 | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | 10 | 6 | 2 | | 2 |
| 3 | 9 | (16) Antonio Lindbäck | 17 | | | 2 | | 2 | | | | | | 3 | | | | | 2 | | 3 | | | 12 | 1 | 3 | | 1 |
| 4 | 12 | (1) Nicki Pedersen | 13 | | | 3 | | | | | 3 | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | 3 | | 11 | 3 | | 2 | X |
| 5 | 10 | (7) Andreas Jonsson | 12 | | | 1 | | | 3 | | | | | | 2 | | | 3 | | 2 | | | | 11 | 4 | 1 | | |
| 6 | 13 | (8) Rune Holta | 11 | | | | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | | 2 | | | | | 1 | | 10 | 5 | | 1 | |
| 7 | 15 | (10) Fredrik Lindgren | 9 | | | | 2 | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | | | | 1 | 3 | | | | 9 | 7 | F3x | | |
| 8 | 8 | (12) Kenneth Bjerre | 8 | | 2 | | | | | | 0 | | | 2 | | | 3 | | | 1 | | | | 8 | 8 | | 0 | |
| 9 | 11 | (3) Tomasz Gollob | 7 | | | 0 | | | | 2 | | 3 | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 2 | 7 | 9 | | | |
| 10 | 5 | (14) Sebastian Ułamek | 6 | | 3 | | | 1 | | | | | 0 | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | 6 | 10 | | | |
| 11 | 16 | (13) Grzegorz Walasek | 6 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | 2 | | | | | | 0 | | | 2 | | | 6 | 11 | | | |
| 12 | 1 | (11) Chris Harris | 5 | 3 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 2 | | | | 0 | | | | 5 | 12 | | | |
| 13 | 14 | (5) Hans N. Andersen | 5 | | | | 0 | | 2 | | | | | 0 | | 3 | | | | | | | Fx | 5 | 13 | | | |
| 14 | 2 | (4) Greg Hancock | 5 | 1 | | | | | F2x | | | | 3 | | | | 1 | | | | E1 | | | 5 | 14 | | | |
| 15 | 6 | (6) Leigh Adams | 3 | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | | 0 | | | 0 | | 3 | 15 | | | |
| 16 | 7 | (9) Scott Nicholls | 1 | | 0 | | | | | 0 | | | | | 0 | 0 | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | 16 | | | |
| 17 | 17 | (17) Ricky Kling | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - | 17 | | | |
| 18 | 18 | (18) Thomas H. Jonasson | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - | 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

* (70.9) Harris, Crump, Hancock, Sayfutdinov
* (71.1) Ułamek, Bjerre, Adams, Nicholls
* (69.7) Pedersen, Lindbäck, Jonsson, Gollob
* (69.4) Holta, Lindgren, Walasek, Andersen
* (70.7) Holta, Lindbäck, Ułamek, Harris
* (69.8) Jonsson, Andersen, Adams, Hancock (F2x) Hancock crashed on first lap and is excluded.
* (69.4) Crump, Gollob, Lindgren, Nicholls
* (70.2) Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Walasek, Bjerre
* (72.2) Gollob, Walasek, Adams, Harris
* (71.1) Hancock, Lindgren, Pedersen, Ułamek
* (70.5) Lindbäck, Bjerre, Crump, Andersen
* (69.7) Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, Holta, Nicholls
* (70.4) Andersen, Harris, Pedersen, Nicholls
* (70.0) Bjerre, Holta, Hancock, Gollob
* (69.9) Jonsson, Crump, Ułamek, Walasek
* (69.8) Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck, Lindgren, Adams
* (70.4) Lindgren, Jonsson, Bjerre, Harris
* (71.2) Lindbäck, Walasek, Nicholls, Hancock (E1)
* (71.1) Pedersen, Crump, Holta, Adams
* (70.1) Sayfutdinov, Gollob, Ułamek, Andersen (Fx) Andersen and Ulamek collided on first lap. Andersen excluded.
    Semi-Finals:
* (71.2) Lindbäck, Crump, Jonsson, Lindgren (F3x) Lindgren falls on lap 3 and is excluded.
* (70.5) Sayfutdinov, Pedersen, Holta, Bjerre
    The Final:
* (70.4) Sayfutdinov (6 pts), Crump (4 pts), Lindbäck (2 pts) Pedersen (X) Sayfutdinov and Crump crash. Pedersen excluded.

## 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 | (2) Jason Crump | 52 | 14 | 22 | 16 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | (15) Emil Sayfutdinov | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | (7) Andreas Jonsson | 39 | 11 | 16 | 12 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | (1) Nicki Pedersen | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | (3) Tomasz Gollob | 31 | 7 | 17 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | (4) Greg Hancock | 31 | 10 | 16 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | (10) Fredrik Lindgren | 30 | 19 | 2 | 9 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | (12) Kenneth Bjerre | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | (6) Leigh Adams | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | (8) Rune Holta | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | (14) Sebastian Ułamek | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | (5) Hans N. Andersen | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | (13) Grzegorz Walasek | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | (16) Antonio Lindbäck | 17 | – | – | 17 | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | (11) Chris Harris | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | (16) Jarosław Hampel | 9 | – | 9 | – | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | (9) Scott Nicholls | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 18 | (16) Matěj Kůs | 1 | 1 | – | – | | | | | | | | |
| Rider(s) not classified ||||||||||||||
| | (17) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. | — | ns | – | – | | | | | | | | |
| | (17) Damian Baliński | — | – | ns | – | | | | | | | | |
| | (17) Ricky Kling | — | – | – | ns | | | | | | | | |
| | (18) Adrian Rymel | — | ns | – | – | | | | | | | | |
| | (18) Janusz Kołodziej | — | – | ns | – | | | | | | | | |
| | (18) Thomas H. Jonasson | — | – | – | ns | | | | | | | | |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | CZE | EUR | SWE | DEN | GBR | LAT | SCA | NOR | SVN | ITA | POL |