Post by admin on Jan 23, 2009 20:47:14 GMT
-- -- 2009 FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP -- --
ROUND II: European Speedway Grand Prix
Location: Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, Leszno
Date: 09 May 2009
[6]..1..L Adams..(AUS)..2,1,3,0,0 = 6
[5]..2..H Andersen..(DEN)..1,0,2,1,2 = 6
[1]..3..N Pedersen..(DEN)..3,2,1,0,2..1 = 9
[9]..4..S Nicholls..(GBR)..0,0,0,0,1 = 1
[11]..5..C Harris..(GBR)..1,2,1,1,0 = 5
[16]..[W]..6..J Hampel..(POL)..3,1,0,3,1..1 = 9
[8]..7..R Holta..(POL)..2,1,1,1,3 = 8
[12]..8..K Bjerre..(POL)..0,2,2,0,1 = 4
[10]..9..F Lindgren..(SWE)..1,0,0,1,0 = 2
[15]..10..E Sajfutdinov..(RUS)..0,2,2,3,2..0 = 9
[3]..11..T Gollob..(POL)..3,0,2,3,3..2..4 = 17 - 2nd
[14]..12..S Ulamek..(POL)..2,3,0,3,0..0 = 8
[7]..13..A Jonsson..(SWE)..1,3,3,2,3..2..2 = 16 - 3rd
[4]..14..G Hancock..(USA)..3,3,3,2,2..3..0 = 16
[2]..15..J Crump..(AUS)..2,3,3,2,3..3..6 = 22 - 1st
[13]..16..G Walasek..(POL)..0,1,1,2,1 = 5
[17]..17..[R]..D Balinski..(POL) = DNR
[18]..18..[R]..J Kolodziej..(POL) = DNR
Ht 1..Pedersen, Adams, Andersen, Nicholls
Ht 2..Hampel, Holta, Harris, Bjerre
Ht 3..Gollob, Ulamek, Lindgren, Sajfutdinov
Ht 4..Hancock, Crump, Jonsson, Walasek
Ht 5..Jonsson, Harris, Adams, Lindgren
Ht 6..Hancock, Sajfutdinov, Hampel, Andersen
Ht 7..Crump, Pedersen, Holta, Gollob [E/F]
Ht 8..Ulamek, Bjerre, Walasek, Nicholls
Ht 9..Adams, Gollob, Walasek, Hampel
Ht 10..Crump, Andersen, Harris, Ulamek
Ht 11..Hancock, Bjerre, Pedersen, Lindgren
Ht 12..Jonsson, Sajfutdinov, Holta, Nicholls
Ht 13..Ulamek, Hancock, Holta, Adams
Ht 14..Gollob, Jonsson, Andersen, Bjerre
Ht 15..Sajfutdinov, Walasek, Harris, Pedersen [F/Ex]
Ht 16..Hampel, Crump, Lindgren, Nicholls
Ht 17..Crump, Sajfutdinov, Bjerre, Adams [Ex]
Ht 18..Holta, Andersen, Walasek, Lindgren
Ht 19..Jonsson, Pedersen, Hampel, Ulamek
Ht 20..Gollob, Hancock, Nicholls, Harris
Ht 21..Hancock, Gollob, Hampel, Ulamek
Ht 22..Crump, Jonsson, Pedersen, Sajfutdinov
Ht 23..Crump, Gollob, Jonsson, Hancock
Notes:
1..Ht 15 and we've a re-run without Pedersen who takes a tumble and is excluded.
2..Ht 17 and we've a re-run without Adams who gets into mischief and is excluded.
3..Ht 19 and we've a re-run with all 4 after an unsatisfactory start.
4..Ht 21 and it's Ulamek ( R ), Hancock ( B ), Gollob ( W ) and Hampel ( Y ).
5..Ht 22 and it's Sajfutdinov ( R ), Jonsson ( B ), Crump ( W ) and Pedersen ( Y ).
6..Ht 23 and it's Jonsson ( R ), Hancock ( B ), Crump ( W ) and Gollob ( Y ).
7..Ht 23 and Crump wins the Grand Prix of Europe.
And the thoughts of the legendary paulco:
Heat 1 - Electric gate from the Evil Dane and the race was over by the 2nd bend . Adams comfortably kept Andersen at bay for 2nd place , and Scott Nicholls was also in the race .
Heat 2 - Another race decided from the gate , although Harris did manage to get past Bjerre for 3rd .
Heat 3 - Classic Gollob move scares the shit out of the young Russian , who had made the gate .
Heat 4 - Hancock from the gate , good battle for 3rd place between Jonsson and Walasek .
Heat 5 - Good gate from Jonsson , poor from Adams who just manage to scrape 3rd place from the disappointing Lindgren
Heat 6 - Hampel tried to make the gate from the outside , but just failed to lead Grin . Eventually loses 2nd to the Russian . Andersen woeful .
Heat 7 - Crump from the gate . Decent race between Evil Dane and Gollob for 2nd before Gollob grinds to a halt . Johnno says the word " definitely " 37 times so far in commentary .
Heat 8 - Easy win for Ulamek , predictably from the gate . More nonsense from Nicholls , who had the inside gate in a poor race he should be looking to win .
Heat 9 - Strange race . Walasek from the gate , but after a lap or so he waves Gollob through . But just when you think Gollob is going to win , Adams bursts into life to catch him off the final bend .
Heat 10 - Crump from the gate , winning easily from Andersen and Harris . While chief gating tart , Ulamek , didn't gate and finished last .
Heat 11 - Good win for Grin who chased and passed Bjerre who gated . Poor race for Evil Dane , who messed up at the start and just got the better of the hapless Lindgren .
Heat 12 - Jonsson from the gate , but was chased hard by the wide riding Russian . Holta a comfortable 3rd , and erm Scott Nicholls was also in the race .
Heat 13 - Ulamek from the gate . Poor from Adams at the back . Gate 4 looks impossible .
Heat 14 - Gollob emerges in front after all 4 get in each other's road a bit . Jonsson gets past Andersen for 2nd place . Decent enough race though .
Heat 15 - Race will be rerun after Walasek gives Evil Dane a nudge , who in turn clatters into Sajfutdinov . Evil Dane excluded .
After seeing it again , Evil Dane did turn into Walasek which caused the nudge which caused the domino effect into the Russian .
In the rerun Walasek rides Harris wide and Sajfutdinov sails through the gap that has been left to win easy .
Heat 16 - Great race between Hampel and Crump . Lindgren disappointing again and erm ..............Scott Nicholls was in the race too .
Heat 17 - Rerun as Adams puts Bjerre into the fence and is excluded . In the first running Sajfutdinov executes a classic 2nd bend cut-back to go from last to first , but Crump quickly retakes him and the Russian quickly finds himself at the back again . Track is now badly rutted which was a contributing factor in Adam's exclusion .
And Miss Blue just blew me a kiss through the telly - lovely lassie .
Easy win in the rerun for Crump over the Russian with the Polish passport .
Heat 18 - Andersen emerges from a messy start in the lead , but Holta soon sails past him to go on and win easily .
Heat 19 - Rerun as Jonsson goes through the tapes . But incredibly Jonsson has been let back into the rerun .
Evil Dane gates , but Jonsson soon passes him . Hampel gets past Ulamek to get through to the semis
Heat 20 - Hancock gates , but cant contain a charging Gollob . At a respectable distance Nicholls grabs his first point by beating Harris .
Semi-final 1 - Easy win for Hancock . Ding-dong battle between Gollob and Hampel with Gollob just edging it .
Semi-final 2 - The only battle was for third as Crump and Jonsson were well clear .
Final - Crump from the gate , Gollob couldn't get close .
Thank you and goodnight .