2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia


The 2009 FIM Speedway World Championship Grand Prix of Latvia was the sixth race of the 2009 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 1 August in the Latvijas Spidveja Centrs in Daugavpils, Latvia.
The Latvian Grand Prix was won by American Greg Hancock who beat Kenneth Bjerre, Tomasz Gollob and GP leader Jason Crump in the final.

Riders

was injury at 2009 Speedway World Cup Event 1. On Monday 20 July he had operation. Pedersen said: "The wounds need to be completely healed before I get back on the bike, otherwise I could risk having problems for the rest of the season". At the Latvia SGP Pedersen will be replaced by first Qualified Substitutes Niels Kristian Iversen, Dane also. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Grigory Laguta as a Wild Card, and Maksims Bogdanovs and Vjačeslavs Giruckis, both as Track Reserve. The riders' starting positions draw for Grand Prix meeting was made on 31 July by Jānis Lāčplēsis, the President of Latvian Track Racing Commission.

Heat after heat

  1. Adams, Sayfutdinov, Crump, Iversen
  2. Ułamek, Lindgren, Bjerre, Andersen
  3. Laguta, Holta, Harris, Nicholls
  4. Gollob, Jonsson, Hancock, Walasek
  5. Jonsson, Harris, Lindgren, Iversen
  6. Hancock, Andersen, Laguta, Crump
  7. Bjerre, Gollob, Sayfutdinov, Nicholls
  8. Walasek, Adams, Holta, Ułamek
  9. Andersen, Iversen, Nicholls, Walasek
  10. Crump, Holta, Gollob, Lindgren
  11. Hancock, Ułamek, Sayfutdinov, Harris
  12. Bjerre, Adams, Laguta, Jonsson
  13. Iversen, Hancock, Holta, Bjerre
  14. Crump, Nicholls, Jonsson, Ułamek
  15. Sayfutdinov, Lindgren, Laguta, Walasek
  16. Gollob, Harris, Andersen, Adams
  17. Iversen, Gollob, Ułamek, Laguta
  18. Walasek, Bjerre, Crump, Harris
  19. Andersen, Sayfutdinov, Holta, Jonsson
  20. Adams, Hancock, Lindgren, Nicholls
  21. : Semi-Finals:
  22. Gollob, Bjerre, Sajfutdinov, Iversen
  23. Hancock, Crump, Adams, Andersen
  24. : The Final:
  25. Hancock, Bjerre, Gollob, Crump

    The intermediate classification