The 2009 FIM Speedway World Championship Grand Prix of Great Britain was the fifth 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 27 June 2009 in the Millennium Stadium

Millennium Stadium

The Millennium Stadium is the national stadium of Wales, located in the capital, Cardiff. It is the home of the Wales national rugby union team and also frequently stages games of the Wales national football team, but is also host to many other large scale events, such as the Super Special Stage...

 in Cardiff

Cardiff

Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...

, Great Britain

Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

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The British Grand Prix was won by GP leader Jason Crump

Jason Crump

Jason Phillip Crump is an Australian international motorcycle speedway rider. He is a three-time Speedway World Champion, a World Cup winner and a former World Under-21 Champion.-Family:...

 who beat Fredrik Lindgren

Fredrik Lindgren (speedway rider)

Jan Fredrik Tobias Lindgren is an international motorcycle speedway rider who rides in the UK for the Wolverhampton Wolves in the Elite League...

, Hans Andersen and Greg Hancock

Greg Hancock

Gregory Alan "Greg" Hancock is an American motorcycle speedway rider.He is a current Speedway World Champion and a multiple World Team champion with USA, with whom he is currently captain...

 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

Wild card (sports)

The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...

 and two track reserves were nominated by the Auto-Cycle Union. Edward Kennett

Edward Kennett

Edward 'Eddie' David Kennett is a motorcycle speedway rider. He was the British Under-21 Champion in 2005 and has appeared in two Speedway Grand Prix as a wild card....

 was selected as the wild card after finishing second behind Chris Harris

Chris Harris (speedway rider)

Christopher Calvin "Chris" Harris in Truro, Cornwall, nicknamed Bomber, is a Great Britain international speedway rider for the Belle Vue Aces in the United Kingdom.- Early career :...

 at the 2009 British Speedway Championship

British Speedway Championship

The British Speedway Championship is an annual motorcycle speedway competition open to British national speedway riders. The winner of the event becomes the British Speedway Champion. It has been open in the past to riders from British dominions and was dominated in its early years by riders from...

. Tai Woffinden

Tai Woffinden

Tai Woffinden is a speedway rider currently riding for the Wolverhampton Wolves in the British Elite League, and is the son of former speedway rider Rob Woffinden.- Career :...

 and Simon Stead

Simon Stead

Simon Stead is an international Speedway rider. Simon currently rides for the Swindon Robins in the British Elite League, Masarna in the Swedish League and for Intar Ostrów in the Polish League.-Career Summary:...

 will be the track reserves. The riders' starting positions draw for Grand Prix meeting was made on 26 June at 12:00 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...

 and it was carried out
by Jury President Christer Bergström and Miss Wales

Miss Wales

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 Chloe-Beth Morgan

Chloe-Beth Morgan

Chloe-Beth Morgan is a beauty queen from Cwmbran, Wales, who won the 2008 Miss Wales contest and competed in the international Miss World competition held in South Africa, later that year. As she scored the highest among the British delegates in Miss World 2008, Morgan was chosen to represent the...

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Heat details

Heat after heat

1. Bjerre, Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Holta (F4x)
   Holta crashes on 2nd lap. Holta excluded.
2. Andersen, Hancock, Lindgren, Nicholls
3. Ułamek, Jonsson, Kennett, Gollob
4. Crump, Harris, Adams, Walasek
5. Ułamek, Harris, Nicholls, Sayfutdinov
6. Lindgren, Pedersen, Walasek, Jonsson (e4)
7. Crump, Hancock, Gollob, Bjerre
8. Andersen, Kennett, Holta, Adams
9. Lindgren, Gollob, Sayfutdinov, Adams
10. Crump, Pedersen, Nicholls, Kennett
11. Andersen, Bjerre, Ułamek, Walasek (e3)
12. Holta, Hancock, Jonsson, Harris
13. Sayfutdinov, Hancock, Kennett, Walasek
14. Gollob, Harris, Andersen, Pedersen
15. Nicholls, Jonsson, Adams, Bjerre
16. Crump, Lindgren, Ułamek, Holta (F3x)
    Holta crashes. Holta excluded.
17. Crump, Sayfutdinov, Andersen, Jonsson (X)
    Crump crashes on first lap. Jonsson excluded.
18. Hancock, Pedersen, Adams, Ułamek
19. Harris, Bjerre, Lindgren, Kennett
20. Holta, Gollob, Nicholls, Walasek

    Semi-Finals:

21. Crump, Lindgren, Gollob, Ułamek
22. 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:

23. Crump, Lindgren, Andersen, Hancock

The intermediate classification

External links

• FIM-live.com