# 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

| 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 | 15 | (2) Jason Crump | 24 | | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | | | | 3 | 3 | | | | 15 | 1 | 3 | | 3 |
| 2 | 6 | (10) Fredrik Lindgren | 16 | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | | | 1 | | 10 | 4 | 2 | | 2 |
| 3 | 8 | (5) Hans N. Andersen | 15 | | 3 | | | | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 11 | 2 | | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | 7 | (4) Greg Hancock | 14 | | 2 | | | | | 2 | | | | | 2 | 2 | | | | | 3 | | | 11 | 3 | | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | 13 | (11) Chris Harris | 9 | | | | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 0 | | 2 | | | | | 3 | | 9 | 5 | | X | |
| 6 | 11 | (3) Tomasz Gollob | 9 | | | 0 | | | | 1 | | 2 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | | |
| 7 | 9 | (14) Sebastian Ułamek | 8 | | | 3 | | 3 | | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | 0 | | | 8 | 6 | 0 | | |
| 8 | 2 | (1) Nicki Pedersen | 8 | 2 | | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 0 | | | | 2 | | | 8 | 8 | | Fx | |
| 9 | 4 | (8) Rune Holta | 7 | F4x | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | | F3x | | | | 3 | 7 | 9 | | | |
| 10 | 3 | (12) Kenneth Bjerre | 7 | 3 | | | | | | 0 | | | | 2 | | | | 0 | | | | 2 | | 7 | 10 | | | |
| 11 | 1 | (15) Emil Sayfutdinov | 7 | 1 | | | | 0 | | | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | | | 7 | 11 | | | |
| 12 | 5 | (9) Scott Nicholls | 6 | | 0 | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | | | | 3 | | | | | 1 | 6 | 12 | | | |
| 13 | 10 | (7) Andreas Jonsson | 5 | | | 2 | | | e4 | | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | X | | | | 5 | 13 | | | |
| 14 | 12 | (16) Edward Kennett | 4 | | | 1 | | | | | 2 | | 0 | | | 1 | | | | | | 0 | | 4 | 14 | | | |
| 15 | 16 | (6) Leigh Adams | 3 | | | | 1 | | | | 0 | 0 | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 3 | 15 | | | |
| 16 | 14 | (13) Grzegorz Walasek | 1 | | | | 0 | | 1 | | | | | e3 | | 0 | | | | | | | 0 | 1 | 16 | | | |
| 17 | 17 | (17) Tai Woffinden | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - | 17 | | | |
| 18 | 18 | (18) Simon Stead | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - | 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

* Bjerre, Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Holta (F4x) Holta crashes on 2nd lap. Holta excluded.
* Andersen, Hancock, Lindgren, Nicholls
* Ułamek, Jonsson, Kennett, Gollob
* Crump, Harris, Adams, Walasek
* Ułamek, Harris, Nicholls, Sayfutdinov
* Lindgren, Pedersen, Walasek, Jonsson (e4)
* Crump, Hancock, Gollob, Bjerre
* Andersen, Kennett, Holta, Adams
* Lindgren, Gollob, Sayfutdinov, Adams
* Crump, Pedersen, Nicholls, Kennett
* Andersen, Bjerre, Ułamek, Walasek (e3)
* Holta, Hancock, Jonsson, Harris
* Sayfutdinov, Hancock, Kennett, Walasek
* Gollob, Harris, Andersen, Pedersen
* Nicholls, Jonsson, Adams, Bjerre
* Crump, Lindgren, Ułamek, Holta (F3x) Holta crashes. Holta excluded.
* Crump, Sayfutdinov, Andersen, Jonsson (X) Crump crashes on first lap. Jonsson excluded.
* Hancock, Pedersen, Adams, Ułamek
* Harris, Bjerre, Lindgren, Kennett
* Holta, Gollob, Nicholls, Walasek
    Semi-Finals:
* Crump, Lindgren, Gollob, Ułamek
* Hancock, Andersen, Pedersen (Fx), Harris (X) Andersen crashes on 1st lap. Harris excluded. Nicki Pedersen crashes on 1st lap - race stopped again. Pedersen excluded.
    The Final:
* Crump, Lindgren, Andersen, Hancock

## 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 | 98 | 14 | 22 | 16 | 22 | 24 | | | | | | |
| 2 | (15) Emil Sayfutdinov | 67 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 14 | 7 | | | | | | |
| 3 | (4) Greg Hancock | 59 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 14 | | | | | | |
| 4 | (3) Tomasz Gollob | 53 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 9 | | | | | | |
| 5 | (1) Nicki Pedersen | 52 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 8 | | | | | | |
| 6 | (7) Andreas Jonsson | 51 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 5 | | | | | | |
| 7 | (10) Fredrik Lindgren | 49 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 16 | | | | | | |
| 8 | (5) Hans N. Andersen | 38 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | | | | | | |
| 9 | (12) Kenneth Bjerre | 38 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | | | | | | |
| 10 | (14) Sebastian Ułamek | 35 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | | | | | | |
| 11 | (8) Rune Holta | 34 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | |
| 12 | (6) Leigh Adams | 31 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | |
| 13 | (11) Chris Harris | 30 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | | | | | | |
| 14 | (13) Grzegorz Walasek | 25 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 15 | (9) Scott Nicholls | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 16 | (16) Antonio Lindbäck | 17 | – | – | 17 | – | – | | | | | | |
| 17 | (16) Niels Kristian Iversen | 11 | – | – | – | 11 | – | | | | | | |
| 18 | (16) Jarosław Hampel | 9 | – | 9 | – | – | – | | | | | | |
| 19 | (16) Edward Kennett | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | | | | | | |
| 20 | (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 | | | | | | |
| | (18) Adrian Rymel | — | ns | – | – | – | – | | | | | | |
| | (18) Janusz Kołodziej | — | – | ns | – | – | – | | | | | | |
| | (18) Thomas H. Jonasson | — | – | – | ns | – | – | | | | | | |
| | (18) Nicolai Klindt | — | – | – | – | ns | – | | | | | | |
| | (18) Simon Stead | — | – | – | – | – | ns | | | | | | |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | CZE | EUR | SWE | DEN | GBR | LAT | SCA | NOR | SVN | ITA | POL |