The 2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic will be the first race of the 2009 Speedway Grand Prix

2009 Speedway Grand Prix

The 2009 Speedway Grand Prix season will be the 15th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and will decide the 64th Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme Speedway World Championship...

 season. It took place on 25 April in the Markéta Stadium in Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

. Czech Republic Grand Prix was won by Russian rider Emil Sayfutdinov.

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Matěj Kůs as Wild Card, and Luboš Tomíček, Jr. and Adrian Rymel both as Track Reserves. The riders' starting positions draw for Grand Prix meeting was made on 24 April at 13:00 CET

Central European Time

Central European Time , used in most parts of the European Union, is a standard time that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time . The time offset from UTC can be written as +01:00...

 by Mayor of Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

 Pavel Bém

Pavel Bém

Pavel Bém is a Czech doctor and politician. Between November 28, 2002 and November 30, 2010 he served as the Mayor of the Capital City of Prague, re-elected 2006...

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Heat details

Heat after heat

1. (65.53) Pedersen, Gollob, Adams, Ułamek
2. (64.72) Lindgren, Jonsson, Harris, Hancock (E/start)
3. (64.58) Crump, Sayfutdinov, Bjerre, Kůs
4. (64.81) Holta, Nicholls, Andersen, Walasek
5. (65.31) Bjerre, Gollob, Harris, Nicholls
6. (64.23) Jonsson, Andersen, Adams, Sayfutdinov
7. (64.71) Ułamek, Hancock, Kůs, Holta
8. (65.03) Pedersen, Lindgren, Crump, Walasek
9. (64.97) Walasek, Jonsson, Gollob, Kůs
10. (64.61) Adams, Crump, Harris, Holta
11. (65.19) Lindgren, Bjerre, Andersen, Ułamek
12. (64.68) Hancock, Sayfutdinov, Nicholls, Pedersen
13. (64.31) Hancock, Crump, Andersen, Gollob
14. (64.59) Adams, Lindgren, Nicholls, Kůs
15. (64.01) Sayfutdinov, Walasek, Harris, Ułamek
16. (64.80) Bjerre, Pedersen, Jonsson, Holta
17. (65.08) Lindgren, Gollob, Sayfutdinov, Holta
18. (64.94) Adams, Hancock, Walasek, Bjerre
19. (64.67) Jonsson, Ułamek, Crump, Nicholls
20. (?) Pedersen, Harris, Andersen, Kůs

    Semi-Finals:

21. (64.82) Crump, Lindgren, Bjerre, Jonsson
22. (65.57) Sayfutdinov, Adams, Pedersen, Hancock
    Sayfutdinov falls on first heat - all 4 riders restart.

    The Final:

23. (64.44) Sayfutdinov, Lindgren, Crump, Adams

The intermediate classification

External links

• FIM-live.com