2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

The 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, known as the 2007 FIM Meridian Lifts British Speedway Grand Prix for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth race of the 2007 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 30 June in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, United Kingdom.[1]

United Kingdom 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
FIM Meridian Lifts British Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date30 June 2007
CityUnited Kingdom Cardiff
Event5 of 11 (94)
RefereeSweden Krister Gardell
Stadium details
StadiumMillennium Stadium
Capacity62,500
Length3,877 m (4,240 yd)
SGP Results
Attendance41,247
Best TimeUnited Kingdom Chris Harris
56.6 secs (in Heat 3)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerUnited Kingdom Chris Harris
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upUnited States Greg Hancock
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeAustralia Jason Crump

Starting positions draw

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated David Howe (as Wild Card), Edward Kennett and Daniel King (both as Track Reserve). This was undertaken at the suggestion of the British event organisers who requested that finishing positions from the 2007 British Championship determine the identity of the wild card and reserves - the highest placed rider in that event (other than the pre-qualified Chris Harris and Scott Nicholls) would be the wild card, the next two would be the track reserves. David Howe finished second to Harris and took the wild card place.

  1. (4) Andreas Jonsson (Sweden)
  2. (6) Hans N. Andersen (Denmark)
  3. (16) David Howe (UK)
  4. (11) Scott Nicholls (UK)
  5. (13) Wiesław Jaguś (Poland)
  6. (8) Tomasz Gollob (Poland)
  7. (14) Rune Holta (Poland)
  8. (7) Matej Žagar (Slovenia)
  9. (3) Nicki Pedersen (Denmark)
  10. (1) Jason Crump (Australia)
  11. (9) Jarosław Hampel (Poland)
  12. (15) Chris Harris (UK)
  13. (10) Antonio Lindbäck (Sweden)
  14. (5) Leigh Adams (Australia)
  15. (12) Bjarne Pedersen (Denmark)
  16. (2) Greg Hancock (USA)
  17. (17) Edward Kennett (UK)
  18. (18) Daniel King (UK)

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 12   (15) Chris Harris 20 3 2 2 2 3 12 2 2 3
2 16   (2) Greg Hancock 17 0 3 2 3 3 11 4 2 2
3 10   (1) Jason Crump 15 1 1 3 2 3 10 6 3 1
4 14   (5) Leigh Adams 14 1 2 3 3 2 11 5 3 0
5 2   (6) Hans N. Andersen 13 3 3 3 2 1 12 1 1
6 9   (3) Nicki Pedersen 12 2 3 2 3 2 12 3 X
7 4   (11) Scott Nicholls 9 1 1 2 2 3 9 7 0
8 11   (9) Jarosław Hampel 8 0 0 3 3 1 7 8 1
9 13   (10) Antonio Lindbäck 7 3 2 1 1 0 7 9
10 15   (12) Bjarne Pedersen 7 2 3 1 1 0 7 10
11 7   (14) Rune Holta 5 3 1 E 1 0 5 11
12 8   (7) Matej Žagar 5 2 0 1 0 2 5 12
13 1   (4) Andreas Jonsson 5 2 1 1 X 1 5 13
14 3   (16) David Howe 4 0 2 0 1 1 4 14
15 6   (8) Tomasz Gollob 3 1 0 0 0 2 3 15
16 5   (13) Wiesław Jaguś 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
17 17   (17) Edward Kennett - - 17
18 18   (18) Daniel King - - 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

The intermediate 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 ITA
 
EUR
 
SWE
 
DEN
 
GBR
 
CZE
 
SCA
 
LAT
 
POL
 
SVN
 
GER
 
1   (3) Nicki Pedersen 86 24 23 11 16 12          
2   (5) Leigh Adams 75 12 10 21 18 14          
3   (6) Hans N. Andersen 67 9 13 20 12 13          
4   (2) Greg Hancock 67 19 15 9 7 17          
5   (15) Chris Harris 56 7 15 9 5 20          
6   (1) Jason Crump 53 12 13 4 9 15          
7   (4) Andreas Jonsson 38 7 5 5 16 5          
8   (8) Tomasz Gollob 36 10 3 9 11 3          
9   (9) Jarosław Hampel 34 8 6 5 7 8          
10   (11) Scott Nicholls 30 4 6 4 7 9          
11   (13) Wiesław Jaguś 29 14 6 6 3 0          
12   (12) Bjarne Pedersen 28 5 8 3 5 7          
13   (14) Rune Holta 27 2 6 9 5 5          
14   (7) Matej Žagar 25 5 7 7 1 5          
15   (10) Antonio Lindbäck 22 3 0 3 9 7          
16   (16) Fredrik Lindgren 14 - - 14 - -          
17   (16) Kenneth Bjerre 10 - - - 10 -          
18   (16) Sebastian Ułamek 6 - 6 - - -          
19   (17) Jonas Davidsson 5 - - 5 - -          
20   (16) David Howe 4 - - - - 4          
21   (16) Mattia Carpanese 2 2 - - - -          
22   (18) Morten Risager 2 - - - 2 -          
23   (17) Tomasz Gapiński 1 - 1 - - -          
24   (17) Daniele Tessari 0 0 - - - -          
25   (17) Jesper B. Jensen 0 - - - 0 -          
26   (18) Christian Miotello 0 0 - - - -          
27   (18) Erik Andersson 0 - - 0 - -          
  (17) Edward Kennett - - - - - ns          
  (18) Tomasz Jędrzejak - - ns - - -          
  (18) Daniel King - - - - - ns          
Pos. Rider Points ITA
 
EUR
 
SWE
 
DEN
 
GBR
 
CZE
 
SCA
 
LAT
 
POL
 
SVN
 
GER
 

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Świat Żużla, No 4 (72) 2007, page 52 ISSN 1429-3285