2008 Speedway Grand Prix

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.

2008 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
DatesApril 26 - October 18
Events11
Cities10
Countries8
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats253 + 1 Super Prix (in 11 events)
Winners
Champion DEN Nicki Pedersen
Runner-up AUS Jason Crump
3rd place POL Tomasz Gollob

Event format

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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

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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

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The top eight riders from the 2007 championship qualified as of right. These eight qualifiers were, in championship order:

Grand Prix Challenge

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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:

Nominations

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The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2007 season.

2008 Riders

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No Rider DOB Age[3] 2008 Clubs
  British   Polish   Swedish   Danish Others
1   DEN Nicki Pedersen 1977-04-02 31 Częstochowa Gislaved Holsted (DEN) Togliatti (RUS)
2   AUS Leigh Adams 1971-04-28 37 Swindon Leszno Avesta
3   AUS Jason Crump 1975-08-06 33 Belle Vue Wrocław Vetlanda
4   POL Tomasz Gollob 1971-04-11 37 Gorzów Wlkp. Västervik
5   DEN Hans Andersen 1980-11-03 28 Coventry Toruń Målilla Fjelsted (DEN)
6   USA Greg Hancock 1970-06-03 38 Częstochowa Hallstavik
7   POL Rune Holta 1973-08-29 35 Gorzów Wlkp. Vetlanda Grindsted (DEN)
8   GBR Scott Nicholls 1978-05-16 30 Eastbourne Rzeszów Stockholm
9   GBR Chris Harris 1982-11-28 26 Coventry Ostrów Västervik
10   SWE Andreas Jonsson 1980-09-03 28 Lakeside Bydgoszcz Målilla
11   DEN Bjarne Pedersen 1978-07-12 30 Poole Gdańsk Västervik Holstebro (DEN)
12   DEN Niels Kristian Iversen 1982-05-20 26 Wolverhampton Zielona Góra Västervik Holsted (DEN)
13   CZE Lukáš Dryml 1981-04-16 27 Peterborough Ostrów Wlkp. Målilla Pardubice (CZE)
14   POL Krzysztof Kasprzak 1984-07-18 24 Poole Leszno Eskilstuna
15   SWE Fredrik Lindgren 1985-09-15 23 Wolverhampton Zielona Góra Målilla Pardubice (CZE)

Cities

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Calendar

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Round Date City and venue Winner Runner-up 3rd placed 4th placed Results
1 April 26   Krško , Slovenia
Matija Gubec Stadium
  Tomasz Gollob   Nicki Pedersen   Hans N. Andersen   Andreas Jonsson results
2 May 10   Leszno , Poland
Alfred Smoczyk Stadium
  Leigh Adams   Greg Hancock   Nicki Pedersen   Jarosław Hampel results
3 May 24   Gothenburg , Sweden
Ullevi
  Rune Holta   Fredrik Lindgren   Nicki Pedersen   Jason Crump results
4 June 14   Copenhagen , Denmark
Parken Stadium
  Tomasz Gollob   Nicki Pedersen   Jason Crump   Hans N. Andersen results
5 June 28   Cardiff , Great Britain
Millennium Stadium
  Jason Crump   Greg Hancock   Nicki Pedersen   Scott Nicholls results
6 August 2   Prague , Czech Republic
Markéta Stadium
  Nicki Pedersen   Hans N. Andersen   Jason Crump   Greg Hancock results
7 August 16   Målilla , Sweden
G&B Stadium
  Leigh Adams   Hans N. Andersen   Nicki Pedersen   Jason Crump results
8 August 30   Daugavpils , Latvia
Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs
  Jason Crump   Nicki Pedersen   Tomasz Gollob   Greg Hancock results
9 September 13   Bydgoszcz , Poland
Polonia Stadium
  Greg Hancock   Nicki Pedersen   Tomasz Gollob   Scott Nicholls results
10 September 27   Lonigo , Italy
Santa Marina Stadium
  Hans N. Andersen   Bjarne Pedersen   Jason Crump   Leigh Adams results
11 October 18   Gelsenkirchen , Germany
Veltins-Arena
  Bydgoszcz, Poland
Polonia Stadium
  Tomasz Gollob   Hans N. Andersen   Greg Hancock   Leigh Adams results

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. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ Age in 2008.
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