2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic was the sixth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on August 2 in the Marketa Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic.

Czech Republic 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic
FIM Czech Republic Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date2 August 2008
CityCzech Republic Prague
Event6 of 11 (106)
RefereeSweden Krister Gardell
Jury PresidentGermany Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
StadiumMarketa Stadium
Capacity17,500
Length353 m (386 yd)
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best TimeDenmark Nicki Pedersen
62.73 secs (in Heat 3)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerDenmark Nicki Pedersen
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upDenmark Hans N. Andersen
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeAustralia Hans N. Andersen

Czech Republic SGP was won by current World Champion Nicki Pedersen from Denmark. It was his first GP Won in this season.[1][2]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Luboš Tomíček as a wild card, and Adrian Rymel and Filip Šitera both as track reserves.[3] The draw was made on July 22 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.[4]

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 10 Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 22 3 2 3 3 3 14 1 2 3
2 13 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 16 2 3 1 1 2 9 6 3 2
3 12 Australia (3) Jason Crump 17 2 3 3 2 3 13 2 2 1
4 16 United States (6) Greg Hancock 13 3 1 3 1 2 10 5 3 0
5 8 Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob 12 2 2 3 3 2 12 3 0
6 6 Australia (2) Leigh Adams 10 3 3 0 3 1 10 4 0
7 15 Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson 9 1 3 2 2 0 8 7 1
8 5 Poland (7) Rune Holta 9 1 2 Fx 2 3 8 8 1
9 7 Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen 7 Fx 2 2 0 3 7 9
10 2 Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 7 3 0 1 2 1 7 10
11 1 United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris 7 2 0 1 3 1 7 11
12 14 United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls 6 0 1 2 1 2 6 12
13 11 Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml 4 0 1 2 0 1 4 13
14 9 Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 14
15 3 Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 15
16 4 Czech Republic (16) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
17 17 Czech Republic (17) Adrian Rymel - - 17
18 18 Czech Republic (18) Filip Šitera - - 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. (63.34) Iversen, Harris, Kasprzak, Tomicek
  2. (63.28) Adams, Gollob, Holta, B.Pedersen (Fx)
  3. (62.73) N.Pedersen, Crump, Lindgren, Dryml
  4. (64.98) Hancock, Andersen, Jonsson, Nicholls
  5. (63.88) Andersen, Holta, Lindgren, Harris
  6. (63.15) Adams, N.Pedersen, Nicholls, Iversen
  7. (63.28) Jonsson, B.Pedersen, Dryml, Kasprzak
  8. (63.06) Crump, Gollob, Hancock, Tomicek
  9. (63.95) Hancock, Dryml, Harris, Adams
  10. (63.86) Crump, Jonsson, Iversen, Holta (Fx)
  11. (64.49) Gollob, Nicholls, Lindgren, Kasprzak
  12. (63.36) N.Pedersen, B.Pedersen, Andersen, Tomicek
  13. (63.99) Harris, Crump, Nicholls, B.Pedersen
  14. (64.72) Gollob, Iversen, Andersen, Dryml
  15. (63.98) N.Pedersen, Holta, Hancock, Kasprzak
  16. (64.01) Adams, Jonsson, Lindgren, Tomicek
  17. (65.85) N.Pedersen, Gollob, Harris, Jonsson
  18. (64.24) B.Pedersen, Hancock, Iversen, Lindgren
  19. (64.78) Crump, Andersen, Adams, Kasprzak
  20. (64.39) Holta, Nicholls, Dryml, Tomicek
    Semi-Finals:
  21. (63.87) Andersen, N.Pedersen, Jonsson, Adams
  22. (64.81) Hancock, Crump, Holta, Gollob
    Final:
  23. (63.86) N.Pedersen (6 points), Andersen (4), Crump (2), Hancock (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 102 171616201122     
2 Australia (3) Jason Crump 87 10812182217     
3 United States (6) Greg Hancock 77 8206102013     
4 Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob 74 1912819412     
5 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 64 146811916     
6 Australia (2) Leigh Adams 59 52098710     
7 Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson 55 1298989     
8 Poland (7) Rune Holta 48 5417769     
9 Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren 45 7722324     
10 United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls 41 7277126     
11 Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 39 8102667     
12 United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris 37 6653107     
13 Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen 32 47147     
14 Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 22 635341     
15 Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml 20 923114     
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) Jonas Davidsson 7 7     
21 United Kingdom (16) Edward Kennett 4 4     
22 Sweden (18) Billy Forsberg 2 2     
23 Denmark (17) Nicolai Klindt 1 1     
24 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     
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. "Press Release - Results SGP Prague" (pdf). pzm.pl. 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
  2. "Nicki Pedersen w końcu zwycięski". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-08-02. Archived from the original on 5 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
  3. "Dzika karta dla Tomicka". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-08. Archived from the original on 11 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  4. "Press Release - Draw Prague SGP" (pdf). pzm.pl. 2008-07-22. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
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