2009 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
The 2009 Individual Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Qualification Meetings are a series of speedway meetings used to determine the three riders and one reserve who qualify for the 2009 Speedway Grand Prix . The top eight riders finishing the 2008 Grand Prix series automatically qualify for 2009.
Calendar
Race format
Gate
A (inside)
B
C
D (outside)
Heat No
Riders starting No
1
1
2
3
4
2
5
7
6
8
3
10
11
9
12
4
15
14
16
13
5
13
1
5
9
6
14
10
2
6
7
11
15
7
3
8
4
8
12
16
9
6
16
1
11
10
12
5
15
2
11
8
9
3
14
12
13
4
10
7
13
7
12
14
1
14
2
13
8
11
15
16
3
10
5
16
9
6
4
15
17
1
8
15
10
18
9
2
7
16
19
3
12
13
6
20
5
14
11
4
Allocation
Qualifying Rules :
Riders placed 1st to 7th + 1 reserve from each Qualifying Round will qualify for the semi-final.
Riders placed 1st to 8th + 1 reserve from each Semi-Final will qualify for the Grand Prix Challenge. However, if no Polish rider qualifies to the Grand Prix Challenge, then only 7 riders + 1 reserve will qualify from Semi-Final 2.
Riders will be balloted for the semi-finals and the Grand Prix Challenge.
Domestic Qualifications
Poland
Domestic Qualifications for the 2009 Grand Prix and the 2008 Individual European Championship Krajowe eliminacje do Grand Prix 2009 i IME
Qualifying Rules :
Riders placed 1st to 8th + 1 reserve in the semi-finals qualify for the Final.
Riders placed 1st to 6th in the Domestic Final qualify for the Grand Prix Qualification. The seventh Polish rider and reserve are nominated by the Main Commission of Speedway Sport in Poland (GKSŻ).
Riders placed 1st to 7th in the Domestic Final qualify to the Individual European Championship. The eighth Polish rider and reserve are nominated by the Main Commission of Speedway Sport in Poland (GKSŻ).
Results:
Semi-Final 1
April 10, 2008 (4:00 pm CEST )
Poznań , Olimpia Poznań Stadium
Referee: Maciej Spychała
Best Time: 66.90 - Krzysztof Kasprzak in heat 1
Attendance: 700
Changes:
Pos.
Rider
Points
Details
1
(5) Walasek (ZIE)
15
(3,3,3,3,3)
2
(6) Dobrucki (ZIE)
13
(2,3,3,2,3)
3
(13) Mi.Szczepaniak (CZE)
11
(3,2,1,3,2)
4
(14) Gapiński (CZE)
11
(2,1,3,3,2)
5
(10) Jeleniewski (WRO)
11
(3,2,2,2,2)
6
(4) Kasprzak (LES)
10
(3,1,3,3,E)
7
(12) Świderski (RYB)
9
(2,3,2,1,1)
8
(19) Kołodziej (TAR)
5+3+3
(2,3)
9
(9) Słaboń (WRO)
5+3+2
(1,0,2,1,1)
10
(17) Jankowski (POZ )
5+2+3+1
(2,X,3)
11
(1) Jabłoński (GDA)
5+1+2+E
(2,1,1,0,1)
12
(11) Klecha (TAR)
5+2+1
(0,E,2,2,1)
13
(16) Okoniewski (BYD)
4
(1,0,0,1,2)
14
(3) Marcinkowski (POZ )
3
(0,3,E,T/-,0)
15
(8) Trojanowski (POZ )
3
(1,2,X,-,-)
16
(2) Pytel (POZ )
3
(1,0,1,1,d)
17
(15) Ma.Szczepaniak (CZE)
1
(0,1,0,0,0)
18
(18) Kłopot (POZ )
0
(0,0)
19
(7) Szombierski (OST)
0
(E,-,-,-,-)
(17) Jankowski: 7, 14, 18
(18) Kłopot: 12, 15
(19) Kołodziej: 13, 17
Times:
Heat 1-4: 66.90 67.42 67.98 69.22
Heat 5-8: 67.70 68.10 68.40 68.64
Heat 9-12: 68.42 67.95 68.80 68.19
Heat 13-16: 68.10 70.29 67.94 68.08
Heat 17-20: 68.56 69.02 68.23 68.63
Heat 21-24: 68.18 69.36 69.09 68.87
Semi-Final 2
April 15, 2008 (4:30 pm CEST )
Toruń , Marian Rose Stadium
Best Time: 63.31 - Sebastian Ułamek in 15th heat
Referee: Ryszard Bryła (Zielona Góra)
Attendance: 1,000
Change:
Pos.
Rider
Points
Details
1
(5) Ułamek (CZE)
13
(3,3,1,3,3)
2
(15) Jędrzejak (WRO)
12
(3,2,2,3,2)
3
(11) Kościecha (TOR )
11
(2,3,3,3,-)
4
(4) Buczkowski (BYD)
11
(3,3,1,2,2)
5
(1) Hampel (LES)
10
(2,0,2,3,3)
6
(10) Miedziński (TOR )
10
(3,2,3,2,0)
7
(12) Ząbik (TOR )
9
(1,2,3,T/-,3)
8
(9) Protasiewicz (ZIE)
7+3
(0,1,2,1,3)
9
(8) Zengota (ZIE)
7+2
(0,1,3,2,1)
10
(13) Stachyra (RZE)
6
(2,2,0,0,2)
11
(14) Gomólski (OST)
6
(1,1,1,2,1)
12
(7) Staszek (GRU)
5
(2,0,2,1,M)
13
(6) Puszakowski (GRU)
4
(1,3,X,-,-)
14
(2) Jędrzejewski (BYD)
3
(0,0,E,1,2)
15
(3) Hlib (GOR)
3
(1,1,0,1,0)
16
(17) Celmer (TOR )
2
(1,0,1)
17
(18) A.Wiśniewski (TOR )
1
(0,1,0)
18
(19) Lampkowski (TOR )
0
(0,0)
19
(16) Piszcz (DAU)
0
(X,0,E,-,-)
(17) Cemler: 9, 16, 19
(18) Wiśniewski: 13, 18, 20
(19) Lampkowski: 15, 18
Final
April 16, 2008 (5:00 pm CEST )
Zielona Góra , Municipal Stadium
Best Time:
Referee: Wojciech Grodzki (Opole)
Attendance:
Qualifying rounds
Abensberg
Qualifying Round 1[ 1]
May 12, 2008
Abensberg (2pm)
Referee:
Jury President:
Attendance: ?
Best Time: ?
Qualify: 7 + 1R
Replacements for injured riders:
Henk Bos (NED) was replaced by Mark Stiekema (NED)[ 2]
Theo Pijper (FRA[ 3] ) was replaced by David Watt (AUS)[ 4]
Changes:
(5) NED (Jannick De Jong) › Rider 17
(16) NED (Mark Stiekema) › Rider 18
Pos.
Rider
Points
Details
1
(1) Davey Watt
15
(3,3,3,3,3)
2
(14) Rafał Dobrucki
11+3
(3,3,2,0,3)
3
(7) Adrian Rymel
11+2
(2,3,2,2,2)
4
(12) David Howe
11+1
(2,3,3,1,2)
5
(9) Edward Kennett
11+X/F
(3,1,3,1,3)
6
(6) Tobias Kroner
10
(3,2,2,3,0)
7
(4) Mikael Max
10
(2,1,3,2,2)
8
(13) Martin Smolinski
9
(E,2,1,3,3)
9
(16) Richard Speiser
8
(2,2,1,2,1)
10
(3) Josef Franc
5
(0,E,1,3,1)
11
(15) Niklas Klingberg
5
(1,2,2,0,E)
12
(8) Mathias Schultz
4
(1,0,E,2,1)
13
(2) Manuel Hauzinger
4
(1,1,1,1,-)
14
(10) Friedrich Wallner
3
(X/F,E,E,1,2)
15
(11) Sebastien Tresarrieu
2
(1,1,0,0,0)
16
(5) Frank Facher
1
(E,0,0,0,1)
17
(17) Max Dilger
0
(E)
Goričan
Qualifying Round 2[ 5] [ 6]
May 31, 2008 (7:00 pm)
Goričan
Referee:
Jury President:
Qualify: 7 + 1R
Change: No 8 Sirg Schutzbach (GER) was replaced by 1st track reserve
Pos.
Rider
Points
Details
1
(6) Charlie Gjedde
14
(2,3,3,3,3)
2
(1) Jurica Pavlic
13+3
(3,3,2,2,3)
3
(5) Matej Žagar
13+2
(3,2,2,3,3)
4
(2) Tomasz Jędrzejak
12
(2,2,3,2,3)
5
(4) Christian Hefenbrock
10
(1,3,3,1,2)
6
(13) Rory Schlein
10
(3,1,1,3,2)
7
(15) Kevin Wölbert
9+3
(2,2,1,2,2)
8
(3) Kenneth Bjerre
9+2
(0,3,3,2,1)
9
(10) Luboš Tomíček, Jr.
8
(3,1,2,1,1)
10
(7) Renat Gafurov
7
(1,1,0,3,2)
11
(11) Izak Šantej
5
(2,0,1,1,1)
12
(14) Radik Tibiejev
4
(1,0,2,1,X)
13
(12) Michał Szczepaniak
3
(1,2,0,E,-)
14
(16) Carl Johan Raugstad
2
(0,1,E,0,1)
15
(8) Nikola Pigac
1
(0,0,1,0,0)
16
(17) Ivan Vargek
0
(0,0,0)
17
(9) Nikola Martinec
0
(0,0,F,-,-)
Częstochowa
Pos.
Rider
Points
Details
1
(12) Grzegorz Walasek
14
(3,2,3,3,3)
2
(9) Lukáš Dryml
13
(2,2,3,3,3)
3
(14) Peter Karlsson
11
(3,2,1,2,3)
4
(11) Lee Richardson
10
(0,3,3,3,1)
5
(1) Aleš Dryml, Jr.
10
(3,3,0,1,3)
6
(4) Sebastian Ułamek
10
(1,3,3,1,2)
7
(3) Daniel Nermark
9
(0,2,2,3,2)
8
(6) Emil Saifutdinov
8
(3,3,1,0,1)
9
(2) Denis Gizatullin
7
(2,0,1,2,2)
10
(16) Jarosław Hampel
7
(1,1,2,2,1)
11
(10) Janusz Kołodziej
6
(1,1,2,0,2)
12
(15) Oliver Allen
5
(0,E,2,2,1)
13
(5) Maksims Bogdanovs
3
(2,0,0,1,0)
14
(13) Nicolai Klindt
3
(2,1,C,T/-,0)
15
(7) Andriy Karpov
3
(1,1,1,0,0)
16
(8) Leonids Paura
1
(0,0,0,1,0)
17
(17) Borys Miturski
0
(0)
Lonigo
Qualifying Round 4[ 11] [ 12] [ 13]
June 21, 2008 (9:00 pm)
Lonigo
Referee:
Jury President:
Qualify: 7 + 1R
Changes:
Pos.
Rider
Points
Details
1
(7) Ryan Sullivan
14+3
(3,3,3,2,3)
2
(1) Matej Ferjan
14+2
(3,3,3,3,2)
3
(16) Peter Ljung
12+3
(3,3,2,2,2)
4
(4) Mads Korneliussen
12+2
(2,2,2,3,3)
5
(10) Jesper B. Monberg
10+3
(3,2,1,3,1)
6
(2) Daniel King
10+2
(1,3,2,3,1)
7
(8) Simon Stead
10+1
(1,1,3,2,3)
8
(5) Mattia Carpanese
10+0
(2,2,3,1,2)
9
(3) Chris Holder
5
(X,E,2,E,3)
10
(9) Andrea Maida
5
(2,0,1,2,0)
11
(13) Maks Gregorič
5
(1,1,0,1,2)
12
(11) Hynek Štichauer
4
(1,2,X,0,1)
13
(6) Kyle Legault
3
(0,1,1,1,0)
14
(14) Kai Laukkanen
2
(2,0,0,E,0)
15
(12) Marco Gregnanin
2
(0,0,1,E,1)
16
(15) Zsolt Bencze
1
(0,1,0,0,0)
-
(17) Daniele Tessari
-
-
-
(18) Alessandro Milanese
-
-
Semi-finals
Terenzano
Semi-Final 1[ 14] [ 15]
July 5, 2008 (9:00 pm)
Terenzano
Referee:
Jury President:
No 8 Rafał Dobrucki (POL) was injury - was replaced by track reserve
Qualify: 8 + 1R
Pos.
Rider
Points
Details
1
(7) Lee Richardson
12+3
(3,2,3,2,2)
2
(9) Jesper B. Monberg
12+2
(0,3,3,3,3)
3
(13) Peter Ljung
11+3
(3,2,2,1,3)
4
(1) Sebastian Ułamek
11+2
(3,0,2,3,3)
5
(2) Matej Žagar
10
(2,2,3,3,0)
6
(11) Charlie Gjedde
10
(2,3,3,2,0)
7
(5) Ryan Sullivan
10
(2,1,1,3,3)
8
(12) Adrian Miedziński
9+3
(3,1,2,1,2)
9
(16) Jurica Pavlic
9+2
(2,3,1,2,1)
10
(4) Lukáš Dryml
8
(1,2,1,2,2)
11
(14) Mikael Max
6
(0,3,2,0,1)
12
(10) David Howe
4
(1,0,0,1,2)
13
(15) Christian Hefenbrock
3
(1,1,0,1,FX)
14
(6) Kevin Wölbert
3
(1,1,X,0,1)
15
(8) Mattia Carpanese
2
(0,0,1,0,1)
16
(3) Guglielmo Franchetti
0
(T,E,0,0,FX)
17 -
(17) Emil Saifutdinov
-
-
Motala
Semi-Final 2[ 16] [ 17]
July 5, 2008 (4:00 pm)
Motala
Referee:
Jury President:
Qualify: 8 + 1R
No 4 Davey Watt (AUS) was replaced by track reserve
Pos.
Rider
Points
Details
1
(1) Peter Karlsson
14
(3,3,3,2,3)
2
(3) Jonas Davidsson
11+3
(E,2,3,3,3)
3
(10) Niels Kristian Iversen
11+2
(3,3,2,2,1)
4
(15) Grzegorz Walasek
9
(3,3,2,1,0)
5
(5) Matej Ferjan
9
(3,2,0,1,3)
6
(9) Daniel Nermark
9
(1,1,1,3,3)
7
(4) Kenneth Bjerre
9
(2,3,1,2,1)
8
(8) Tomasz Jędrzejak
9
(2,1,2,2,2)
9
(2) Mads Korneliussen
8+2
(1,2,1,3,1)
10
(12) Edward Kennett
8+2
(0,2,3,1,2)
11
(13) Daniel King
7
(2,0,3,1,1)
12
(11) Aleš Dryml, Jr.
7
(2,1,2,0,2)
13
(7) Simon Stead
6
(1,0,0,3,2)
14
(16) Rory Schlein
1
(1,0,0,0,0)
15
(14) Adrian Rymel
1
(E,1,0,0,0)
16
(6) Tobias Kroner
1
(0,T,1,0,0)
-
(17) Martin Smolinski
-
-
Grand Prix Challenge
Grand Prix Challenge [ 18] [ 19]
September 14, 2008
Zielona Góra
Referee: Anthony Steele
Jury President: Christer Bergström
Best Time: 59.66 sec - Kenneth Bjerre in Heat 3
Change:
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •
t - exclusion for touching the tapes •
x - other exclusion •
e - retired or mechanical failure •
f - fell •
ns - non-starter •
nc - non-classify
gate A - inside
gate B
gate C
gate D - outside
Heat after heat:
(60.60) Sullivan, Korneliussen, Miedziński, Ferjan
(59.75) Ułamek, Zagar, Ljung, Gjedde
(59.66) Bjerre , Iversen, Monberg, Karlsson
(60.47) Walasek, Jędrzejak, Richardson, Pavlić
(60.19) Sullivan, Zagar, Monberg, Richardson (E4)
(60.20) Iversen, Jędrzejak, Gjedde, Korneliussen
(61.10) Miedziński, Karlsson, Ljung, Pavlić
(60.34) Ułamek, Walasek, Bjerre, Ferjan (E4)
(61.21) Sullivan, Walasek, Karlsson, Gjedde (E4)
(60.22) Pavlić, Bjerre, Zagar, Korneliussen (F4)
(60.94) Monberg, Jędrzejak, Miedziński, Ułamek (d4)
(60.15) Iversen, Richardson, Ferjan, Ljung (F3)
(61.31) Bjerre, Jędrzejak, Sullivan, A.Dryml (E4)
(60.51) Ułamek, Korneliussen, Karlsson, Richardson (E4)
(60.97) Walasek, Miedziński, Iversen, Zagar
(60.28) Pavlić, Monberg, Gjedde, Ferjan (E4)
(60.69) Ułamek, Iversen, Pavlić, Sullivan (F)
(60.90) Monberg, Walasek, Korneliussen, A.Dryml
(60.97) Bjerre, Miedziński, Gjedde, Richardson (E3)
(61.69) Jędrzejak, Zagar, Ferjan, Karlsson
Run-Off:
(60.88) Bjerre, Walasek, Ułamek
Pos.
Rider
Points
Details
1
(12) Kenneth Bjerre
12+3
(3,1,2,3,3)
2
(16) Grzegorz Walasek
12+2
(3,2,2,3,2)
3
(8) Sebastian Ułamek
12+1
(3,3,0,3,3)
4
(10) Niels Kristian Iversen
11
(2,3,3,1,2)
5
(14) Tomasz Jędrzejak
11
(2,2,2,2,3)
6
(1) Ryan Sullivan
10
(3,3,3,1,F2)
7
(9) Jesper B. Monberg
10
(1,1,3,2,3)
8
(3) Adrian Miedziński
9
(1,3,1,2,2)
9
(5) Matej Žagar
7
(2,2,1,0,2)
10
(15) Jurica Pavlic
7
(0,0,3,3,1)
11
(2) Mads Korneliussen
5
(2,0,F,2,1)
12
(11) Peter Karlsson
4
(0,2,1,1,0)
13
(6) Charlie Gjedde
3
(0,1,0,1,1)
14
(13) Lee Richardson
3
(1,F,2,E4,0)
15
(4) Matej Ferjan
2
(0,E4,1,E4,1)
16
(7) Peter Ljung
2
(1,1,F4,-,-)
17
(17) Aleš Dryml, Jr.
0
(0,0)
References and notes
See also
Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
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