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]
 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia | |
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| FIM RingUp Scandinavian Speedway Grand Prix | |
| Information | |
| Date | 16 August 2008 |
| City | Målilla |
| Event | 7 of 11 (107) |
| Referee |  István Daragó |
| Jury President |  Jørgen L. Jensen |
| Stadium details | |
| Stadium | G&B Stadium |
| Capacity | 15,000 |
| Length | 310 m (340 yd) |
| Track | speedway track |
| SGP Results | |
| Best Time | Niels Kristian Iversen 56.9 secs (in Heat 2) |
 Winner |  Leigh Adams |
 Runner-up | Hans N. Andersen |
 3rd place | Hans N. Andersen |
Riders
editThe 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
edit| 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 | (2) Leigh Adams
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21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | (5) Hans N. Andersen
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20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 14 | (1) Nicki Pedersen
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14 | 2 | 2 | E/st | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 5 | (3) Jason Crump
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12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 9 |  (6) Greg Hancock
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12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | (12) Niels Kristian Iversen
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9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 13 |  (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak
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9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 16 | (4) Tomasz Gollob
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8 | 1 | E/st | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 3 | (15) Fredrik Lindgren
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7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | F4 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 12 | (11) Bjarne Pedersen
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6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 7 | (10) Andreas Jonsson
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6 | X | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 1 | (7) Rune Holta
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5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | E4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 4 |  (13) Lukáš Dryml
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5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 8 |  (8) Scott Nicholls
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4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | 4 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 10 | (16) Peter Ljung
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3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 11 | (9) Chris Harris
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3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Fx | 1 | 3 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 17 | (17) Jonas Davidsson
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- | - | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | 18 | (18) Thomas H. Jonasson
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- | - | 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
edit- (57.2) Andersen, Holta, Lindgren, Dryml
- (56.9) Iversen, Crump, Nicholls, Jonsson (X)
Nicholls crashes on 1st lap - Jonsson excluded - (58.7) Hancock, Ljung, Harris, B.Pedersen
- (59.2) Adams, N.Pedersen, Gollob, Kasprzak
- (59.4) Kasprzak, Hancock, Crump, Holta
- (59.3) Andersen, N.Pedersen, Iversen, Ljung
- (59.3) Adams, Lindgren, Jonsson, Harris
- (60.1) Dryml, B.Pedersen, Nicholls, Gollob (E/start)
- (59.7) Iversen, Gollob, Harris, Holta (E4)
- (59.5) Andersen, Crump, Adams, B.Pedersen
- (59.8) Hancock, Lindgren, Nicholls, N.Pedersen (E/start)
- (59.8) Jonsson, Kasprzak, Dryml, Ljung
- (59.2) N.Pedersen, Jonsson, B.Pedersen, Holta (E4)
- (60.1) Andersen, Kasprzak, Nicholls, Harris (Fx)
Harris crashes and is excluded - (59.9) Crump, Lindgren, Gollob, Ljung
- (60.0) Adams, Hancock, Dryml, Iversen
- (60.2) Holta, Adams, Ljung, Nicholls (Fx)
Holta falls on first lap, Nicholls excluded - (60.3) Gollob, Hancock, Andersen, Jonsson
- (61.2) B.Pedersen, Kasprzak, Iversen, Lindgren (F4)
- (60.4) N.Pedersen, Crump, Harris, Dryml
- Semi-Finals:
- (59.6) Andersen, N.Pedersen, Iversen, Kasprzak
- (59.8) Adams, Crump, Gollob, Hancock
- The Final:
- (59.7) Adams (6 points), Andersen (4), N.Pedersen (2), Crump (0)
The intermediate classification
edit| Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series |
| Full-time Grand Prix rider |
| Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | SVN  |
EUR |
SWE |
DEN |
GBR |
CZE |
SCA |
LAT  |
POL |
ITA  |
FIN
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) Nicki Pedersen
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116 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 22 | 14 | ||||
| 2 | (3) Jason Crump
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99 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 12 | ||||
| 3 | (6) Greg Hancock
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89 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 12 | ||||
| 4 | (5) Hans N. Andersen
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84 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 20 | ||||
| 5 | (4) Tomasz Gollob
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82 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 8 | ||||
| 6 | (2) Leigh Adams
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80 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 21 | ||||
| 7 | (10) Andreas Jonsson
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61 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | ||||
| 8 | (7) Rune Holta
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53 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | ||||
| 9 | (15) Fredrik Lindgren
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52 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| 10 | (12) Niels Kristian Iversen
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48 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | ||||
| 11 | (8) Scott Nicholls
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45 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| 12 | (9) Chris Harris
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40 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | ||||
| 13 | (11) Bjarne Pedersen
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38 | 4 | ns | ns | 7 | 14 | 7 | 6 | ||||
| 14 | (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak
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31 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| 15 | (13) Lukáš Dryml
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25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 16 | (16) Jarosław Hampel
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16 | – | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 17 | (16) Kenneth Bjerre
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11 | – | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | ||||
| 18 | (16) (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr.
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8 | – | 3 | 5 | – | – | 0 | – | ||||
| 19 | (16) Matej Žagar
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7 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 20 | (16) (17) Jonas Davidsson
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7 | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | ns | ||||
| 21 | (16) Edward Kennett
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4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | ||||
| 22 | (16) Peter Ljung
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3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | ||||
| 23 | (18) Billy Forsberg
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2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 24 | (17) Nicolai Klindt
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1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | ||||
| 25 | (17) Sebastian Aldén
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0 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Rider(s) not classified | |||||||||||||
| (17) Izak Šantej
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— | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| (17) Damian Baliński
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— | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| (17) Tai Woffinden
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— | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | |||||
| (17) Adrian Rymel
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— | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | |||||
| (18) Denis Štojs
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— | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| (18) Krzysztof Buczkowski
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— | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| (18) Patrick Hougaard
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— | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | |||||
| (18) Simon Stead
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— | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | |||||
| (18) Filip Šitera
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— | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | |||||
| (18) Thomas H. Jonasson
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— | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | |||||
| Pos. | Rider | Points | SVN |
EUR |
SWE |
DEN |
GBR |
CZE |
SCA |
LAT |
POL |
ITA |
FIN
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "ResultsGP Malilla" (pdf). pzm.pl. 2008-08-22. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
- ^ "Adams rządzi w Malilli". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-08-16. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
- ^ "Press Release Malilla SGP" (pdf). pzm.pl. 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
External links
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