The 2009 FIM Speedway World Championship Grand Prix of Slovenia will be the ninth race of the
2009 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 12 September in the
Matija Gubec Stadium
Matija Gubec Stadium ( sl, Stadion Matije Gubca) is a multi-purpose stadium in Krško, Slovenia.
The stadium was built in 1946 and has a capacity of 1,470 seats. It is currently used mostly for football matches and also hosts motorcycle speed ...
in
Krško
Krško (; german: Gurkfeld) is a town in eastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the City municipality of Krško. The town lies on the Sava River and on the northwest edge of the Krško Plain ( sl, Krško polje), which is part of the larger Krka Flat ...
,
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
.
The Slovenian SGP was won by
Emil Sayfutdinov
Emil Damirovich Sayfutdinov (russian: link=no, Эмиль Дамирович Сайфутдинов; born 26 October 1989) is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider and member of the Russia national speedway team. He is a three times World team ch ...
, who beat
Rune Holta
Rune Holta (born 29 August 1973 in Stavanger, Norway) is a speedway rider. He grew up in Randaberg Norway, but has been a Polish citizen since 2002, allowing him to represent Poland in international competitions and was a member of their Speedwa ...
,
Tomasz Gollob
Tomasz Robert Gollob (; born 11 April 1971 in Bydgoszcz, Poland) is a former Polish motorcycle speedway rider. He appeared in every Speedway Grand Prix series between its inaugural season in 1995 and 2013. His brother Jacek is also a speedway r ...
and
Nicki Pedersen
Nicki Pedersen (born 2 April 1977) is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider. He has won the World Championship in 2003, 2007 and 2008 and was a World Cup winner with Denmark in 2006, 2008, 2012 and 2014. His brother, R ...
in the final. It was third GP Emil's winning.
Riders
The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated
Matej Žagar
Matej Žagar (born 3 April 1983 in Ljubljana, Slovenia) is a Slovenian motorcycle speedway rider who was won two Individual Speedway European Champion titles in 2004 and 2008.
Career
In 2002, he won the 2002 Individual Speedway Junior European ...
as the
wild card and
Izak Šantej
Izak Šantej (born August 26, 1973 in Slovenia) is a Slovenian motorcycle speedway rider who rode in the Speedway Grand Prix series.
Career
Šantej medalled 12 times at the Slovenian Individual Speedway Championship. Although he won 10 silver ...
and
Aleksander Čonda
Aleksander Čonda (born 26 August 1990) is a Slovenian motorcycle speedway rider.
Career
Čonda was a member of the Slovenian national team at 2009 Speedway World Cup. He medalled six times at the Slovenian Individual Speedway Championship. A ...
as the track reserves. The riders' starting positions draw for Grand Prix meeting was made on 11 September at 13:00
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by Jury President Wolfgang Glas.
Heat details
Heat after heat
# Crump, Hancock, Harris, Nicholls
# Walasek, Adams, Ułamek, Pedersen
# Gollob, Holta, Andersen, Bjerre
# Sayfutdinov, Lindgren, Jonsson, Žagar
# Sayfutdinov, Crump, Walasek, Andersen
# Žagar, Gollob, Harris, Adams
# Holta, Hancock, Lindgren, Ułamek
# Nicholls, Pedersen, Jonsson, Bjerre
# Adams, Holta, Jonsson, Crump
# Bjerre, Lindgren, Walasek, Harris (F2)
# Pedersen, Žagar, Hancock, Andersen (F3)
# Sayfutdinov, Nicholls, Gollob, Ułamek
# Crump, Bjerre, Ułamek, Žagar
# Sayfutdinov, Holta, Pedersen, Harris
# Hancock, Gollob, Jonsson, Walasek
# Adams, Nicholls, Andersen, Lindgren
# Crump, Pedersen, Lindgren, Gollob
# Andersen, Harris, Jonsson, Ułamek
# Sayfutdinov, Bjerre, Adams, Hancock (F2x)
# Holta, Žagar, Walasek, Nicholls
#: Semi-Finals:
# Sayfutdinov, Gollob, Hancock, Adams
# Holta, Pedersen, Crump, Nicholls
#: The Final:
# Sayfutdinov (6 points), Holta (4 points), Gollob (2 points), Pedersen (X)
The intermediate classification
See also
*
Speedway Grand Prix
Speedway Grand Prix are a series of stand-alone motorcycle speedway events over the course of a season used to determine the Speedway World Champion. The series started in 1995 replacing the previous format of a single event final. The first win ...
*
List of Speedway Grand Prix riders
This is a complete list of riders who have entered a FIM Speedway Grand Prix since 1995.
''After 2015 Scandinavian SGP in Stockholm (26 September 2015)''
Index
A
* Leigh Adams
* Zoltán Adorján
* Sebastian Aldén
* Stefano Alfonso
* ...
References
External links
FIM-live.com
{{Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia
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2009 in Slovenian sport