2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany was the eleventh and closing race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It was scheduled to take place on 11 October 2008, in the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. However, the meeting was cancelled because the track (temporary) was deemed unsafe by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) jury due to adverse weather conditions. The event was re-staged at the Polonia Stadium, Bydgoszcz, Poland, on the 18 October and was renamed the 2008 FIM Final Speedway Grand Prix.[1][2] The Grand Prix was won by Polish rider Tomasz Gollob, who also won the 2008 Super Prix.[3]

Germany 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany
FIM Final Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date18 October 2008
CityGermany Gelsenkirchen
Poland Bydgoszcz
Event11 of 11 (111)
RefereeUnited Kingdom Anthony Steele
Jury PresidentDenmark Jørgen L. Jensen
Stadium details
StadiumVeltins-Arena
Polonia Stadium
Capacity20,000
Length348 m (381 yd)
Tracktemporary (Gelsenkirchen)
speedway track (Bydgoszcz)
SGP Results
Best TimeAustralia Leigh Adams
60.44 secs (in Heat 1)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerPoland Tomasz Gollob
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upDenmark Hans N. Andersen
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeUnited States Hans N. Andersen

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Martin Smolinski as a wild card, and Tobias Kroner and Max Dilger both as track reserves.[4] Kevin Wölbert later replaced the injured Max Dilger.[5] The draw was made on September 29 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.[6] The SGP Commission re-nominated Maciej Janowski and Grzegorz Zengota both as track reserves.[7] Track reserve Janowski later replaced the injured Niels Kristian Iversen.[8]

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
1 4 Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob 21 E4 3 3 3 3 12 2 3 3
2 5 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 17 2 2 2 3 1 10 6 3 2
3 13 United States (6) Greg Hancock 15 2 3 0 3 3 11 5 2 1
4 2 Australia (2) Leigh Adams 15 3 3 3 2 2 13 1 2 0
5 7 Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 13 3 3 1 2 3 12 4 1
6 14 Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson 12 3 1 3 3 2 12 3 X
7 1 Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren 9 2 1 2 1 2 8 8 1
8 10 Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml 8 2 0 2 1 3 8 7 0
9 9 Australia (3) Jason Crump 7 3 0 2 1 1 7 9
10 3 Poland (7) Rune Holta 7 1 2 T/- 2 2 7 10
11 6 United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls 7 1 2 1 2 1 7 11
12 8 Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 5 0 2 1 1 1 5 12
13 11 United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris 4 1 0 3 0 0 4 13
14 15 Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 14
15 17 Poland (17) Maciej Janowski 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 15
16 12 Germany (16) Martin Smolinski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
17 18 Poland (18) Grzegorz Zengota 0 0 0 17
16 Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen - -
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

e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fell
ns: non-starter • nc: non-classify
Semi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals

gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

Heat after heat

  1. (60,44) Adams, Lindgren, Holta, Gollob (E4)
  2. (61,22) N.Pedersen, Andersen, Nicholls, Kasprzak
  3. (61,66) Crump, Dryml, Harris, Smolinski
  4. (61,69) Jonsson, Hancock, B.Pedersen, Janowski
  5. (61,91) Hancock, Andersen, Lindgren, Crump
  6. (62,22) Adams, Nicholls, Jonsson, Dryml
  7. (62,25) N.Pedersen, Holta, B.Pedersen, Harris
  8. (62,82) Gollob, Kasprzak, Janowski, Smolinski
  9. (63,91) Harris, Lindgren, Nicholls, Janowski
  10. (62,68) Adams, Andersen, B.Pedersen, Smolinski
  11. (62,78) Jonsson, Crump, Kasprzak, Zengota, Holta (T)
  12. (63,62) Gollob, Dryml, N.Pedersen, Hancock
  13. (62,88) Jonsson, N.Pedersen, Lindgren, Smolinski
  14. (63,12) Hancock, Adams, Kasprzak, Harris
  15. (63,75) Andersen, Holta, Dryml, Janowski
  16. (63,48) Gollob, Nicholls, Crump, B.Pedersen
  17. (64,44) Dryml, Lindgren, Kasprzak, B.Pedersen
  18. (63,79) N.Pedersen, Adams, Crump, Janowski
  19. (63,88) Hancock, Holta, Nicholls, Smolinski
  20. (64,37) Gollob, Jonsson, Andersen, Harris
    Semi-Finals:
  21. (64,27) Andersen, Adams, N.Pedersen, Dryml
  22. (64,25) Gollob, Hancock, Lindgren, Jonsson (X)
    The Final:
  23. (64,00) Gollob, Andersen, Hancock, Adams
    SuperPrix Final:
  24. (63,98) Gollob, Crump, Holta, N.Pedersen (T)

Super Prix

For the Super Prix Final the $200,000 prize fund will be awarded as follows:

  1. $120,000
  2. $40,000
  3. $25,000
  4. $15,000

If a Super Prix event is won by a rider who has already qualified for the Super Prix Final, then the World Championship Final Classification following the completion of Heat 23 in Germany will determine who is awarded this place or places.

At the Super Prix Final in Germany, if a rider has won more than one Super Prix he will take the starting gate colour of his first Super Prix win. e.g. If he has won in Sweden (red) and Denmark (blue), the rider will have the red starting gate.

If qualified riders are unable to participate in the Super Prix Final due to injury or other circumstances, they will be replaced using the World Championship Final Classification.

A Wild Card or Reserve rider could qualify to the Super Prix Final in Germany.

It is the placing in the Final of a Super Prix which determines who qualifies, not points.[9]

GateRiderNote
APoland POL Rune HoltaSwedish SGP Winner
BPoland POL Tomasz GollobDanish SGP Winner (Final SGP Winner also)
CAustralia AUS Jason CrumpBritish SGP Winner
DDenmark DEN Nicki PedersenFinal SGP Winner
Top rider in World Championship Final Classification

The Final Classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points SVN
Slovenia
EUR
Poland
SWE
Sweden
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
CZE
Czech Republic
SCA
Sweden
LAT
Latvia
POL
Poland
ITA
Italy
FIN
Poland
Gold Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 174 171616201122141821613
Silver Australia (3) Jason Crump 152 1081218221712199187
Bronze Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob 148 191281941281620921
4 United States (6) Greg Hancock 144 8206102013121318915
5 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 139 146811916207102117
6 Australia (2) Leigh Adams 125 5209871021991215
7 Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson 100 12989896108912
8 Poland (7) Rune Holta 80 5417769546107
9 United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls 77 7277126471087
10 Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren 73 772232477059
11 Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen 69 47147674173
12 Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 59 81026679146ns
13 United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris 58 6653107395ns4
14 Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 57 63534197685
15 Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml 47 92311457348
16 Poland (16) Jarosław Hampel 16 16
17 Denmark (16) Kenneth Bjerre 11 11
18 Poland (16) Wiesław Jaguś 9 9
19 Czech Republic (16) (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 8 350
20 Slovenia (16) Matej Žagar 7 7
21 Sweden (16) (17) Jonas Davidsson 7 7ns
22 United Kingdom (16) Edward Kennett 4 4
23 Sweden (16) Peter Ljung 3 3
24 Latvia (16) Grigory Laguta 2 2
25 Italy (17) Mattia Carpanese 2 2
26 Sweden (18) Billy Forsberg 2 2
27 Denmark (17) Nicolai Klindt 1 1
28 Poland (17) (18) Krzysztof Buczkowski 1 ns1
29 Poland (17) (18) Maciej Janowski 1 ns1
30 Italy (16) Guglielmo Franchetti 0 0
31 Germany (16) Martin Smolinski 0 0
32 Sweden (17) Sebastian Aldén 0 0
33 Latvia (17) Maksims Bogdanovs 0 0
34 Italy (18) Alessandro Milanese 0 0
35 Poland (18) Grzegorz Zengota 0 0
Rider(s) not classified
Slovenia (17) Izak Šantej ns
Poland (17) Damian Baliński ns
United Kingdom (17) Tai Woffinden ns
Czech Republic (17) Adrian Rymel ns
Slovenia (18) Denis Štojs ns
Denmark (18) Patrick Hougaard ns
United Kingdom (18) Simon Stead ns
Czech Republic (18) Filip Šitera ns
Sweden (18) Thomas H. Jonasson ns
Latvia (18) Kasts Poudzuks ns
Pos. Rider Points SVN
Slovenia
EUR
Poland
SWE
Sweden
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
CZE
Czech Republic
SCA
Sweden
LAT
Latvia
POL
Poland
ITA
Italy
FIN
Poland

See also

References

  1. "BSI/FIM Statement". Benfield Sports International. 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
  2. "2008 FIM FINAL SGP TICKETS NOW ON SALE!". Benfield Sports International. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  3. "I spółdzielnia za słaba na Golloba - relacja z 2008 FIM Final Speedway Grand Prix w Bydgoszczy" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-10-19. Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
  4. "Smolinski pojedzie w Gelsenkirchen" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-09-17. Archived from the original on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
  5. "Zmiana rezerwowego" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-09-19. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
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  8. "Janowski zastąpi Iversena" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-10-17. Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
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