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season. It took place on 30 May 2009, in the

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Stadium in

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. The Swedish Grand Prix was won by Russian junior

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who beat in the final Australian

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and Swedish wild card

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. It was second Sayfutdinov' winning in his third Grand Prix.

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated

as the wild card and

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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

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. * Draw Nr 18 change: (18) Simon Gustafsson → (18) Thomas H. Jonasson

Heat details

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

References

External links

FIM-live.com
{{Speedway Grand Prix in Sweden

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