# 2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia

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.
The Latvian Grand Prix was won by American Greg Hancock, who beat Kenneth Bjerre, Tomasz Gollob and GP leader Jason Crump in the final.

## 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. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Grigory Laguta as a Wild Card, and Maksims Bogdanovs and Vjačeslavs Giruckis, both as Track Reserve. The riders' starting positions draw for Grand Prix meeting was made on 31 July by Jānis Lāčplēsis, the President of Latvian Track Racing Commission.
* Draw Nr 1 change: (1) Nicki Pedersen → (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 | (2) Jason Crump | 10 | 1 | | | | | 0 | | | | 3 | | | | 3 | | | | 1 | | | 8 | 8 | | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | (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 | (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 | (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 |