1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany

The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany was the third race of the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 6 July in the Ellermühle Stadium in Landshut, Germany[1][2] It was the third Swedish SGP and was won by Danish rider Hans Nielsen. It was the fourth win of his career.

Germany 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany
Information
Date6 July 1997
CityGermany Landshut
Event3 of 6 (15)
RefereeFrank Edbon
Stadium details
StadiumEllermühle Stadium
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerDenmark Hans Nielsen
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upDenmark Brian Andersen
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeUnited States Greg Hancock

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Robert Barth from Germany as Wild Card.

Draw . Sweden (5) Henrik GustafssonUnited Kingdom (18) Andy Smith
Draw . United Kingdom (18) Andy SmithSweden (17) Mikael Karlsson
Draw . Sweden (17) Mikael KarlssonUnited States (19) Sam Ermolenko

Heat details

Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23 24
1 2 Denmark (2) Hans Nielsen 25 3 3 3 3 E 12 1 3
2 9 Denmark (12) Brian Andersen 20 1 2 3 2 2 10 3 2
3 12 United States (3) Greg Hancock 18 3 0 2 3 3 11 2 1
4 14 United States (1) Billy Hamill 16 2 2 2 1 3 10 4 E
5 8 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 14 E 2 0 2 3 7 8 3
6 16 Sweden (11) Jimmy Nilsen 13 0 1 2 3 3 9 5 2
7 15 United Kingdom (8) Chris Louis 12 1 3 0 3 1 8 6 1
8 13 Poland (15) Piotr Protasiewicz 11 3 3 1 0 X 7 7 0
9 7 Australia (10) Leigh Adams 9 2 1 3 0 1 7 9 3
10 3 United Kingdom (7) Mark Loram 8 1 2 1 2 1 7 11 2
11 6 Germany (16) Robert Barth 7 1 0 3 1 2 7 10 1
12 4 Poland (14) Sławomir Drabik 6 0 3 2 0 1 6 12 0
13 5 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith 4 3 1 1 1 0 6 13 3
14 10 Sweden (6) Peter Karlsson 3 2 1 0 0 2 5 14 2
15 11 United Kingdom (9) Simon Wigg 2 0 0 1 1 2 4 16 1
16 1 Poland (13) Tomasz Gollob 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 15 0
17 17 Sweden (17) Mikael Karlsson - 17
18 18 United States (19) Sam Ermolenko - 18
Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23 24
Heat 21 (Final D): Riders placed 13th to 16th
Heat 22 (Final C): Riders placed 9th to 12th
Heat 23 (Final B): Riders placed 5th to 8th
Heat 24 (Final A): Riders placed 1st to 4th
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

The intermediate classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points CZE
Czech Republic
SWE
Sweden
GER
Germany
GBR
United Kingdom
POL
Poland
DEN
Denmark
1 United States (3) Greg Hancock 63 252018   
2 Denmark (2) Hans Nielsen 49 81625   
3 United States (1) Billy Hamill 48 201216   
4 Poland (13) Tomasz Gollob 44 18251   
5 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 43 111814   
6 Denmark (12) Brian Andersen 43 91420   
7 Sweden (11) Jimmy Nilsen 33 13713   
8 United Kingdom (7) Mark Loram 28 7138   
9 United Kingdom (8) Chris Louis 28 12412   
10 Poland (14) Sławomir Drabik 24 1626   
11 Australia (10) Leigh Adams 21 669   
12 Sweden (6) Peter Karlsson 18 4113   
13 Sweden (5) Henrik Gustafsson 17 143   
14 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith 13 ns94   
15 Poland (15) Piotr Protasiewicz 12 1ns11   
16 Australia (16) Jason Crump 8 8   
17 Germany (16) Robert Barth 7 7   
18 United Kingdom (9) Simon Wigg 5 3ns2   
19 Czech Republic (16) Tomáš Topinka 2 2   
20 Sweden (17) Mikael Karlsson 1 ns1ns   
Rider(s) not classified
United States (19) Sam Ermolenko ns   
Pos. Rider Points CZE
Czech Republic
SWE
Sweden
GER
Germany
GBR
United Kingdom
POL
Poland
DEN
Denmark

See also

References

  1. speedwaygp.republika.pl Archived 2009-04-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-03-24. 2009-05-12.
  2. world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-24. Archived 2009-05-11.
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