2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia
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| Latvia 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia | |
|---|---|
| FIM Latvijas Mobilais Telefons Speedway Grand Prix | |
| Information | |
| Date | 30 August 2008 |
| City | Latvia Daugavpils |
| Event | 8 of 11 (108) |
| Referee | Sweden Krister Gardell |
| Jury President | Finland Ilkka Teromaa |
| Stadium details | |
| Stadium | Latvijas Spidveja Centrs |
| Capacity | 10,500 |
| Length | 373 m (408 yd) |
| Track | speedway track |
| SGP Results | |
| Best Time | United States Greg Hancock 68.65 secs (in Heat 1) |
| 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner | Australia Jason Crump |
| 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up | Denmark Nicki Pedersen |
| 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place | Poland Nicki Pedersen |
The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia was the eighth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It was held on August 30, 2008, in the Latvijas Spidveja Centrs in Daugavpils, Latvia. The Grand Prix was won by Jason Crump from Australia, it was his second GP win of the season.[1] [2]
Riders
[edit ]The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Grigory Laguta as a wild card, and Mr. John and Maksims Bogdanovs both as track reserves.[3] The draw was made on August 19 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.[4]
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 | 12 | Australia (3) Jason Crump | 19 | 3 | 2 | 3 | F3x | 3 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen | 18 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 5 | Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | United States (6) Greg Hancock | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 16 | Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | M/- | 9 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 7 | Australia (2) Leigh Adams | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 1 | United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 9 | Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 13 | United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | Fx | 2 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 14 | Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 3 | Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 15 | Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 11 | Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml | 7 | 2 | F3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 10 | Poland (7) Rune Holta | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 6 | Russia (16) Grigory Laguta | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | F4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 8 | Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | F2x | 0 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 17 | Latvia (17) Maksims Bogdanovs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | 18 | Latvia (18) Kasts Poudzuks | - | - | 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 ]- (68.65) Hancock, N.Pedersen, Harris, Kasprzak
- (69.09) Adams, Gollob, Laguta, Iversen
- (69.29) Crump, Dryml, Holta, B.Pedersen
- (69.47) Jonsson, Nicholls, Andersen, Lindgren
- (69.54) Nicholls, Gollob, Harris, B.Pedersen
- (69.39) Hancock, Andersen, Laguta, Holta
- (70.44) Lindgren, Kasprzak, Adams, Dryml (F3)
- (69.77) N.Pedersen, Crump, Jonsson, Iversen
- (70.35) Jonsson, Harris, Dryml, Laguta
- (69.40) Crump, Lindgren, Gollob, Hancock
- (70.03) Kasprzak, B.Pedersen, Iversen, Andersen
- (70.30) N.Pedersen, Adams, Holta, Nicholls
- (69.31) Andersen, Adams, Harris, Crump (F3x)
- (70.07) Hancock, Dryml, Iversen (F2x), Nicholls (Fx)
- (70.50) Gollob, Jonsson, Kasprzak, Holta
- (71.00) N.Pedersen, B.Pedersen, Lindgren, Laguta (F4)
- (71.32) Harris, Holta, Lindgren, Iversen
- (71.05) B.Pedersen, Hancock, Adams, Bogdanow, Jonsson (M/-)
- (70.35) Crump, Nicholls, Kasprzak, Laguta
- (70.71) Gollob, Dryml, Andersen, N.Pedersen
- Semi-Finals:
- (71.55) Gollob, Hancock, Harris, Adams
- (70.74) N.Pedersen, Crump, Jonsson, B.Pedersen
- Final:
- (70.36) Crump (6 points), N.Pedersen (4), Gollob (2), Hancock (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 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 | 134 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 22 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Australia (3) Jason Crump | 118 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 3 | United States (6) Greg Hancock | 102 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob | 98 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen | 91 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Australia (2) Leigh Adams | 89 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson | 71 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren | 59 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 9 | Poland (7) Rune Holta | 57 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 10 | United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls | 52 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 11 | United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris | 49 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 9 | |||
| 12 | Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen | 49 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 1 | |||
| 13 | Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen | 45 | 4 | – | – | 7 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 14 | Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 38 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 15 | Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml | 32 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 14 | Poland (16) Jarosław Hampel | 16 | – | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 17 | Denmark (16) Kenneth Bjerre | 11 | – | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | – | |||
| 18 | Czech Republic (16) (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. | 8 | – | 3 | 5 | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| 19 | Slovenia (16) Matej Žagar | 7 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 20 | Sweden (16) (17) Jonas Davidsson | 7 | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | ns | – | |||
| 21 | United Kingdom (16) Edward Kennett | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | |||
| 22 | Sweden (16) Peter Ljung | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | |||
| 23 | Russia (16) Grigory Laguta | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| 24 | Sweden (18) Billy Forsberg | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 25 | Denmark (17) Nicolai Klindt | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | |||
| 26 | Sweden (17) Sebastian Aldén | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 27 | Latvia (17) Maksims Bogdanovs | 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 | – | ||||
| 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
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Results GP Latvia" (xls). pzm.pl. 2008年09月05日. Retrieved 2008年09月07日.
- ^ "Crump wygrywa w Daugavpils, Gollob na podium". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008年08月30日. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 2008年09月07日.
- ^ "Laguta z dziką kartą na Daugavpils". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008年08月12日. Archived from the original on 15 August 2008. Retrieved 2008年08月12日.
- ^ "Press Release Draw Daugavpils SGP" (PDF). pzm.pl. 2008年08月19日. Retrieved 2008年08月20日.
External links
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