2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany was the eleventh and closing race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It was scheduled to take place on 11 October 2008, in the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. However, the meeting was cancelled because the track (temporary) was deemed unsafe by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) jury due to adverse weather conditions. The event was re-staged at the Polonia Stadium, Bydgoszcz, Poland, on the 18 October and was renamed the 2008 FIM Final Speedway Grand Prix.[1][2] The Grand Prix was won by Polish rider Tomasz Gollob, who also won the 2008 Super Prix.[3]

Germany 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany
FIM Final Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date18 October 2008
CityGermany Gelsenkirchen
Poland Bydgoszcz
Event11 of 11 (111)
RefereeUnited Kingdom Anthony Steele
Jury PresidentDenmark Jørgen L. Jensen
Stadium details
StadiumVeltins-Arena
Polonia Stadium
Capacity20,000
Length348 m (381 yd)
Tracktemporary (Gelsenkirchen)
speedway track (Bydgoszcz)
SGP Results
Best TimeAustralia Leigh Adams
60.44 secs (in Heat 1)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerPoland Tomasz Gollob
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upDenmark Hans N. Andersen
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeUnited States Hans N. Andersen

Riders

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Martin Smolinski as a wild card, and Tobias Kroner and Max Dilger both as track reserves.[4] Kevin Wölbert later replaced the injured Max Dilger.[5] The draw was made on 29 September at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.[6] The SGP Commission re-nominated Maciej Janowski and Grzegorz Zengota both as track reserves.[7] Track reserve Janowski later replaced the injured Niels Kristian Iversen.[8]

Heat details

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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 4   (4) Tomasz Gollob 21 E4 3 3 3 3 12 2 3 3
2 5   (5) Hans N. Andersen 17 2 2 2 3 1 10 6 3 2
3 13   (6) Greg Hancock 15 2 3 0 3 3 11 5 2 1
4 2   (2) Leigh Adams 15 3 3 3 2 2 13 1 2 0
5 7   (1) Nicki Pedersen 13 3 3 1 2 3 12 4 1
6 14   (10) Andreas Jonsson 12 3 1 3 3 2 12 3 X
7 1   (15) Fredrik Lindgren 9 2 1 2 1 2 8 8 1
8 10   (13) Lukáš Dryml 8 2 0 2 1 3 8 7 0
9 9   (3) Jason Crump 7 3 0 2 1 1 7 9
10 3   (7) Rune Holta 7 1 2 T/- 2 2 7 10
11 6   (8) Scott Nicholls 7 1 2 1 2 1 7 11
12 8   (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 5 0 2 1 1 1 5 12
13 11   (9) Chris Harris 4 1 0 3 0 0 4 13
14 15   (11) Bjarne Pedersen 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 14
15 17   (17) Maciej Janowski 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 15
16 12   (16) Martin Smolinski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
17 18   (18) Grzegorz Zengota 0 0 0 17
16   (12) Niels Kristian Iversen - -
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

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  1. (60,44) Adams, Lindgren, Holta, Gollob (E4)
  2. (61,22) N.Pedersen, Andersen, Nicholls, Kasprzak
  3. (61,66) Crump, Dryml, Harris, Smolinski
  4. (61,69) Jonsson, Hancock, B.Pedersen, Janowski
  5. (61,91) Hancock, Andersen, Lindgren, Crump
  6. (62,22) Adams, Nicholls, Jonsson, Dryml
  7. (62,25) N.Pedersen, Holta, B.Pedersen, Harris
  8. (62,82) Gollob, Kasprzak, Janowski, Smolinski
  9. (63,91) Harris, Lindgren, Nicholls, Janowski
  10. (62,68) Adams, Andersen, B.Pedersen, Smolinski
  11. (62,78) Jonsson, Crump, Kasprzak, Zengota, Holta (T)
  12. (63,62) Gollob, Dryml, N.Pedersen, Hancock
  13. (62,88) Jonsson, N.Pedersen, Lindgren, Smolinski
  14. (63,12) Hancock, Adams, Kasprzak, Harris
  15. (63,75) Andersen, Holta, Dryml, Janowski
  16. (63,48) Gollob, Nicholls, Crump, B.Pedersen
  17. (64,44) Dryml, Lindgren, Kasprzak, B.Pedersen
  18. (63,79) N.Pedersen, Adams, Crump, Janowski
  19. (63,88) Hancock, Holta, Nicholls, Smolinski
  20. (64,37) Gollob, Jonsson, Andersen, Harris
    Semi-Finals:
  21. (64,27) Andersen, Adams, N.Pedersen, Dryml
  22. (64,25) Gollob, Hancock, Lindgren, Jonsson (X)
    The Final:
  23. (64,00) Gollob, Andersen, Hancock, Adams
    SuperPrix Final:
  24. (63,98) Gollob, Crump, Holta, N.Pedersen (T)

Super Prix

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For the Super Prix Final the $200,000 prize fund will be awarded as follows:

  1. $120,000
  2. $40,000
  3. $25,000
  4. $15,000

If a Super Prix event is won by a rider who has already qualified for the Super Prix Final, then the World Championship Final Classification following the completion of Heat 23 in Germany will determine who is awarded this place or places.

At the Super Prix Final in Germany, if a rider has won more than one Super Prix he will take the starting gate colour of his first Super Prix win. e.g. If he has won in Sweden (red) and Denmark (blue), the rider will have the red starting gate.

If qualified riders are unable to participate in the Super Prix Final due to injury or other circumstances, they will be replaced using the World Championship Final Classification.

A Wild Card or Reserve rider could qualify to the Super Prix Final in Germany.

It is the placing in the Final of a Super Prix which determines who qualifies, not points.[9]

Gate Rider Note
A   POL Rune Holta Swedish SGP Winner
B   POL Tomasz Gollob Danish SGP Winner (Final SGP Winner also)
C   AUS Jason Crump British SGP Winner
D   DEN Nicki Pedersen Final SGP Winner
Top rider in World Championship Final Classification

The Final Classification

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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
 
GER
 
    (1) Nicki Pedersen 174 17 16 16 20 11 22 14 18 21 6 13
    (3) Jason Crump 152 10 8 12 18 22 17 12 19 9 18 7
    (4) Tomasz Gollob 148 19 12 8 19 4 12 8 16 20 9 21
4   (6) Greg Hancock 144 8 20 6 10 20 13 12 13 18 9 15
5   (5) Hans N. Andersen 139 14 6 8 11 9 16 20 7 10 21 17
6   (2) Leigh Adams 125 5 20 9 8 7 10 21 9 9 12 15
7   (10) Andreas Jonsson 100 12 9 8 9 8 9 6 10 8 9 12
8   (7) Rune Holta 80 5 4 17 7 6 9 5 4 6 10 7
9   (8) Scott Nicholls 77 7 2 7 7 12 6 4 7 10 8 7
10   (15) Fredrik Lindgren 73 7 7 22 3 2 4 7 7 0 5 9
11   (11) Bjarne Pedersen 69 4 7 14 7 6 7 4 17 3
12   (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 59 8 10 2 6 6 7 9 1 4 6 ns
13   (9) Chris Harris 58 6 6 5 3 10 7 3 9 5 ns 4
14   (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 57 6 3 5 3 4 1 9 7 6 8 5
15   (13) Lukáš Dryml 47 9 2 3 1 1 4 5 7 3 4 8
16   (16) Jarosław Hampel 16 16
17   (16) Kenneth Bjerre 11 11
18   (16) Wiesław Jaguś 9 9
19   (16) (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 8 3 5 0
20   (16) Matej Žagar 7 7
21   (16) (17) Jonas Davidsson 7 7 ns
22   (16) Edward Kennett 4 4
23   (16) Peter Ljung 3 3
24   (16) Grigory Laguta 2 2
25   (17) Mattia Carpanese 2 2
26   (18) Billy Forsberg 2 2
27   (17) Nicolai Klindt 1 1
28   (17) (18) Krzysztof Buczkowski 1 ns 1
29   (17) (18) Maciej Janowski 1 ns 1
30   (16) Guglielmo Franchetti 0 0
31   (16) Martin Smolinski 0 0
32   (17) Sebastian Aldén 0 0
33   (17) Maksims Bogdanovs 0 0
34   (18) Alessandro Milanese 0 0
35   (18) Grzegorz Zengota 0 0
Rider(s) not classified
  (17) Izak Šantej ns
  (17) Damian Baliński ns
  (17) Tai Woffinden ns
  (17) Adrian Rymel ns
  (18) Denis Štojs ns
  (18) Patrick Hougaard ns
  (18) Simon Stead ns
  (18) Filip Šitera ns
  (18) Thomas H. Jonasson ns
  (18) Kasts Poudzuks ns
Pos. Rider Points SVN
 
EUR
 
SWE
 
DEN
 
GBR
 
CZE
 
SCA
 
LAT
 
POL
 
ITA
 
GER
 

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "BSI/FIM Statement". Benfield Sports International. 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-11.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "2008 FIM FINAL SGP TICKETS NOW ON SALE!". Benfield Sports International. Retrieved 2008-10-14.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "I spółdzielnia za słaba na Golloba - relacja z 2008 FIM Final Speedway Grand Prix w Bydgoszczy" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-10-19. Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
  4. ^ "Smolinski pojedzie w Gelsenkirchen" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-09-17. Archived from the original on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
  5. ^ "Zmiana rezerwowego" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-09-19. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
  6. ^ "Press Release Gelsenkirchen SGP" (PDF). pzm.pl. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
  7. ^ "Janowski i Zengota w Final Grand Prix" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-10-14. Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  8. ^ "Janowski zastąpi Iversena" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-10-17. Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  9. ^ SpeedwayWorld.tv[permanent dead link] - 2008-05-24
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