2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia was the seventh race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on August 16, in the G&B Stadium in Målilla, Sweden. The Grand Prix was won by Leigh Adams from Australia. It was his second GP Won in this season.[1][2]

Sweden 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia
FIM RingUp Scandinavian Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date16 August 2008
CitySweden Målilla
Event7 of 11 (107)
RefereeHungary István Daragó
Jury PresidentDenmark Jørgen L. Jensen
Stadium details
StadiumG&B Stadium
Capacity15,000
Length310 m (340 yd)
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best TimeDenmark Niels Kristian Iversen
56.9 secs (in Heat 2)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerAustralia Leigh Adams
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upDenmark Hans N. Andersen
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeDenmark Hans N. Andersen

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Peter Ljung as a wild card, and Jonas Davidsson and Thomas H. Jonasson both as track reserves. The draw was made on August 5 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.[3]

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 15 Australia (2) Leigh Adams 21 3 3 1 3 2 12 2 3 3
2 2 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 20 3 3 3 3 1 13 1 3 2
3 14 Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 14 2 2 E/st 3 3 10 4 2 1
4 5 Australia (3) Jason Crump 12 2 1 2 3 2 10 5 2 0
5 9 United States (6) Greg Hancock 12 3 2 3 2 2 12 3 0
6 6 Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 9 3 1 3 0 1 8 7 1
7 13 Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 9 0 3 2 2 2 9 6 0
8 16 Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob 8 1 E/st 2 1 3 7 8 1
9 3 Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren 7 1 2 2 2 F4 7 9
10 12 Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen 6 0 2 0 1 3 6 10
11 7 Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson 6 X 1 3 2 0 6 11
12 1 Poland (7) Rune Holta 5 2 0 0 E4 3 5 12
13 4 Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml 5 0 3 1 1 0 5 13
14 8 United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls 4 1 1 1 1 X 4 14
15 10 Sweden (16) Peter Ljung 3 2 0 0 0 1 3 15
16 11 United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris 3 1 0 1 Fx 1 3 16
17 17 Sweden (17) Jonas Davidsson - - 17
18 18 Sweden (18) Thomas H. Jonasson - - 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

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. (57.2) Andersen, Holta, Lindgren, Dryml
  2. (56.9) Iversen, Crump, Nicholls, Jonsson (X)
    Nicholls crashes on 1st lap - Jonsson excluded
  3. (58.7) Hancock, Ljung, Harris, B.Pedersen
  4. (59.2) Adams, N.Pedersen, Gollob, Kasprzak
  5. (59.4) Kasprzak, Hancock, Crump, Holta
  6. (59.3) Andersen, N.Pedersen, Iversen, Ljung
  7. (59.3) Adams, Lindgren, Jonsson, Harris
  8. (60.1) Dryml, B.Pedersen, Nicholls, Gollob (E/start)
  9. (59.7) Iversen, Gollob, Harris, Holta (E4)
  10. (59.5) Andersen, Crump, Adams, B.Pedersen
  11. (59.8) Hancock, Lindgren, Nicholls, N.Pedersen (E/start)
  12. (59.8) Jonsson, Kasprzak, Dryml, Ljung
  13. (59.2) N.Pedersen, Jonsson, B.Pedersen, Holta (E4)
  14. (60.1) Andersen, Kasprzak, Nicholls, Harris (Fx)
    Harris crashes and is excluded
  15. (59.9) Crump, Lindgren, Gollob, Ljung
  16. (60.0) Adams, Hancock, Dryml, Iversen
  17. (60.2) Holta, Adams, Ljung, Nicholls (Fx)
    Holta falls on first lap, Nicholls excluded
  18. (60.3) Gollob, Hancock, Andersen, Jonsson
  19. (61.2) B.Pedersen, Kasprzak, Iversen, Lindgren (F4)
  20. (60.4) N.Pedersen, Crump, Harris, Dryml
    Semi-Finals:
  21. (59.6) Andersen, N.Pedersen, Iversen, Kasprzak
  22. (59.8) Adams, Crump, Gollob, Hancock
    The Final:
  23. (59.7) Adams (6 points), Andersen (4), N.Pedersen (2), Crump (0)

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 SVN
Slovenia
EUR
Poland
SWE
Sweden
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
CZE
Czech Republic
SCA
Sweden
LAT
Latvia
POL
Poland
ITA
Italy
FIN
Poland
1 Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 116 17161620112214    
2 Australia (3) Jason Crump 99 1081218221712    
3 United States (6) Greg Hancock 89 820610201312    
4 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 84 14681191620    
5 Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob 82 19128194128    
6 Australia (2) Leigh Adams 80 5209871021    
7 Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson 61 12989896    
8 Poland (7) Rune Holta 53 54177695    
9 Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren 52 77223247    
10 Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 48 81026679    
11 United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls 45 72771264    
12 United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris 40 66531073    
13 Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen 38 4nsns71476    
14 Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 31 6353419    
15 Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml 25 9231145    
16 Poland (16) Jarosław Hampel 16 16    
17 Denmark (16) Kenneth Bjerre 11 11    
18 Czech Republic (16) (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 8 350    
19 Slovenia (16) Matej Žagar 7 7    
20 Sweden (16) (17) Jonas Davidsson 7 7ns    
21 United Kingdom (16) Edward Kennett 4 4    
22 Sweden (16) Peter Ljung 3 3    
23 Sweden (18) Billy Forsberg 2 2    
24 Denmark (17) Nicolai Klindt 1 1    
25 Sweden (17) Sebastian Aldén 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    
Poland (18) Krzysztof Buczkowski ns    
Denmark (18) Patrick Hougaard ns    
United Kingdom (18) Simon Stead ns    
Czech Republic (18) Filip Šitera ns    
Sweden (18) Thomas H. Jonasson 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. "ResultsGP Malilla" (pdf). pzm.pl. 2008-08-22. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
  2. "Adams rządzi w Malilli". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-08-16. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
  3. "Press Release Malilla SGP" (pdf). pzm.pl. 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
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