2008 Speedway Grand Prix
| 2008 Speedway Grand Prix | |
|---|---|
| Season details | |
| Dates | April 26 - October 18 |
| Events | 11 |
| Cities | 10 |
| Countries | 8 |
| Riders | 15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves |
| Heats | 253 + 1 Super Prix (in 11 events) |
| Winners | |
| Champion | DEN Nicki Pedersen |
| Runner-up | AUS Jason Crump |
| 3rd place | POL Tomasz Gollob |
The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix was the 63rd edition of the official World Championship[1] [2] and the 14th season in the Speedway Grand Prix used to determine the Speedway World Champion. It was the second under the promotion of IMG.
Event format
[edit ]The format for 2008 was the same as that used in 2007 with 16 riders taking part in each Grand Prix. Over the course of 20 heats each rider raced against every other rider once. The top eight scorers advanced to a semi-final and from each semi-final the first and second placed riders advanced to the GP final.
All rides count towards Grand Prix points totals, including the semi-final and final, which counts double (6-4-2-0) and therefore the maximum points for a single Grand Prix is 24 (five heat wins, semi final win and final win). This format means that the winner of each Grand Prix may not be the rider who scores most GP points from each race.
Qualification
[edit ]For the 2008 season, there were 15 permanent riders who were joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.
2007 Grand Prix
[edit ]The top eight riders from the 2007 championship qualified as of right. These eight qualifiers were, in championship order:
- (1) Denmark Nicki Pedersen
- (2) Australia Leigh Adams
- (3) Australia Jason Crump
- (4) Poland Tomasz Gollob
- (5) Denmark Hans Andersen
- (6) United States Greg Hancock
- (7) Poland Rune Holta
- (8) United Kingdom Scott Nicholls
Grand Prix Challenge
[edit ]The top eight riders from 2007 were joined by three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge. These riders were, in order by qualifying position:
- (12) Denmark Niels Kristian Iversen
- (13) Czech Republic Lukáš Dryml
- (11) Denmark Bjarne Pedersen
Nominations
[edit ]The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2007 season.
- (9) United Kingdom Chris Harris (British SGP Winner)
- (10) Sweden Andreas Jonsson (Danish and German SGP Winner)
- (14) Poland Krzysztof Kasprzak (2nd in Polish SGP and SWC Winner)
- (15) Sweden Fredrik Lindgren (3rd in Swedish SGP)
2008 Riders
[edit ]Cities
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Calendar
[edit ]The Final Classification
[edit ]| 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 |
GER Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen | 174 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 13 |
| Silver | Australia (3) Jason Crump | 152 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 7 |
| Bronze | Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob | 148 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | United States (6) Greg Hancock | 144 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 15 |
| 5 | Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen | 139 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 17 |
| 6 | Australia (2) Leigh Adams | 125 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 15 |
| 7 | Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson | 100 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 12 |
| 8 | Poland (7) Rune Holta | 80 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 |
| 9 | United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls | 77 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren | 73 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 11 | Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen | 69 | 4 | – | – | 7 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 3 |
| 12 | Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen | 59 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ns |
| 13 | United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris | 58 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 5 | ns | 4 |
| 14 | Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 57 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
| 15 | Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml | 47 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 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 | – | 3 | 5 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | Slovenia (16) Matej Žagar | 7 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | Sweden (16) (17) Jonas Davidsson | 7 | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | United Kingdom (16) Edward Kennett | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | Sweden (16) Peter Ljung | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | Russia (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 | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 29 | Poland (17) (18) Maciej Janowski | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | 1 |
| 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 |
GER Germany |
See also
[edit ]
References
[edit ]- ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ Age in 2008.