The 2009 FIM Speedway World Championship Grand Prix of Sweden will be the third 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 will take place on 30 May 2009, in the Ullevi

Ullevi

Ullevi is a stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. The stadium was built for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but since then Ullevi has also hosted the 1995 World Championships in Athletics and the 2006 European Championships in Athletics, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals in 1983 and 1990, the UEFA Euro 1992...

 Stadium in Gothenburg

Gothenburg

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

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The Swedish Grand Prix was won by Russian junior Emil Sayfutdinov who beat in the final Australian 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:...

 and Swedish wild card Antonio Lindbäck

Antonio Lindbäck

Antonio Lindbäck is an international motorcycle speedway rider who was a member of the Swedish team who won the Speedway World Cup in 2004.- Career highlights :...

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

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Antonio Lindbäck

Antonio Lindbäck

Antonio Lindbäck is an international motorcycle speedway rider who was a member of the Swedish team who won the Speedway World Cup in 2004.- Career highlights :...

 as the 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 Ricky Kling

Ricky Kling

Ricky Anders Kling is a Swedish speedway rider. He made his British League debut in 2007 with Oxford, but when they closed mid-season, he then joined Lakeside Hammers...

 and Simon Gustafsson

Simon Gustafsson

Simon Gustafsson is a Swedish speedway rider who won the Team U-19 European Champion title in 2008. He is the son of former Grand Prix rider Henrik Gustafsson.- World Championships :* Individual U-21 World Championship...

 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

Thomas H. Jonasson

Thomas Hjelm Jonasson is an international motorcycle speedway rider, who won the Premier League and the Premier Trophy with the Edinburgh Monarchs in 2008. In 2009, Jonasson continues to race for Elit Vetlanda Speedway in Sweden, Gorzow Wlkp. in Poland whilst riding for Edinburgh Monarchs in the...

. The riders' starting positions draw for Grand Prix meeting was made on 29 May 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...

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• Draw Nr 18 change:   (18) Simon Gustafsson
  Simon Gustafsson
  Simon Gustafsson is a Swedish speedway rider who won the Team U-19 European Champion title in 2008. He is the son of former Grand Prix rider Henrik Gustafsson.- World Championships :* Individual U-21 World Championship...
  
   →   (18) Thomas H. Jonasson
  Thomas H. Jonasson
  Thomas Hjelm Jonasson is an international motorcycle speedway rider, who won the Premier League and the Premier Trophy with the Edinburgh Monarchs in 2008. In 2009, Jonasson continues to race for Elit Vetlanda Speedway in Sweden, Gorzow Wlkp. in Poland whilst riding for Edinburgh Monarchs in the...
  
  

Heat details

Heat after heat

1. (70.9) Harris, Crump, Hancock, Sayfutdinov
2. (71.1) Ułamek, Bjerre, Adams, Nicholls
3. (69.7) Pedersen, Lindbäck, Jonsson, Gollob
4. (69.4) Holta, Lindgren, Walasek, Andersen
5. (70.7) Holta, Lindbäck, Ułamek, Harris
6. (69.8) Jonsson, Andersen, Adams, Hancock (F2x)
   Hancock crashed on first lap and is excluded.
7. (69.4) Crump, Gollob, Lindgren, Nicholls
8. (70.2) Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Walasek, Bjerre
9. (72.2) Gollob, Walasek, Adams, Harris
10. (71.1) Hancock, Lindgren, Pedersen, Ułamek
11. (70.5) Lindbäck, Bjerre, Crump, Andersen
12. (69.7) Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, Holta, Nicholls
13. (70.4) Andersen, Harris, Pedersen, Nicholls
14. (70.0) Bjerre, Holta, Hancock, Gollob
15. (69.9) Jonsson, Crump, Ułamek, Walasek
16. (69.8) Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck, Lindgren, Adams
17. (70.4) Lindgren, Jonsson, Bjerre, Harris
18. (71.2) Lindbäck, Walasek, Nicholls, Hancock (E1)
19. (71.1) Pedersen, Crump, Holta, Adams
20. (70.1) Sayfutdinov, Gollob, Ułamek, Andersen (Fx)
    Andersen and Ulamek collided on first lap. Andersen excluded.

    Semi-Finals:

21. (71.2) Lindbäck, Crump, Jonsson, Lindgren (F3x)
    Lindgren falls on lap 3 and is excluded.
22. (70.5) Sayfutdinov, Pedersen, Holta, Bjerre

    The Final:

23. (70.4) Sayfutdinov (6 pts), Crump (4 pts), Lindbäck (2 pts) Pedersen (X)
    Sayfutdinov and Crump crash. Pedersen excluded.

The intermediate classification

External links

• FIM-live.com