2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany

2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany
FIM PartyPoker.com German Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date	13 October 2007
City	Gelsenkirchen
Event	11 of 11 (100)
Referee	Wojciech Grodzki
Jury President	I. Teromaa
Stadium details
Stadium	Veltins-Arena
Length	300 m (330 yd)
SGP Results
Attendance	26,000
Best Time	Greg Hancock and Andreas Jonsson 56.9 secs (in Heat 21 and 23)
Winner	Andreas Jonsson
Runner-up	Greg Hancock
3rd place	Jason Crump

The 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany was the eleventh race of the 2007 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 13 October in the Veltins-Arena stadium in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. ^[1]

Starting positions draw

1. (7) Matej Žagar (Slovenia)
2. (16) Christian Hefenbrock (Germany)
3. (15) Chris Harris (United Kingdom)
4. (8) Tomasz Gollob (Poland)
5. (5) Leigh Adams (Australia)
6. (6) Hans N. Andersen (Denmark)
7. (3) Nicki Pedersen (Denmark)
8. (1) Jason Crump (Australia)
9. (4) Andreas Jonsson (Sweden)
10. (10) Antonio Lindbäck (Sweden) → (19) Peter Karlsson (Sweden)
11. (13) Wiesław Jaguś (Poland)
12. (12) Bjarne Pedersen (Denmark)
13. (9) Jarosław Hampel (Poland) → (20) Kai Laukkanen (Finland)
14. (2) Greg Hancock (United States)
15. (14) Rune Holta (Poland)
16. (11) Scott Nicholls (United Kingdom)
17. (17) Martin Smolinski (Germany)
18. (18) Tobias Kroner (Germany)

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	9	(4) Andreas Jonsson	21			3		1						3					3		3			13	1	2		3
2	14	(2) Greg Hancock	16				3		3					0		1							2	9	4	3		2
3	8	(1) Jason Crump	15		2						2			1			3			3				11	2		2	1
4	5	(5) Leigh Adams	11		0			3					1					1					3	8	8		3	0
5	12	(12) Bjarne Pedersen	11			0					3		2			2						3		10	3		1
6	15	(14) Rune Holta	10				1			2			3						1	2				9	7	1
7	6	(6) Hans N. Andersen	9		3				2			3							0			1		9	5		X
8	7	(3) Nicki Pedersen	9		1					1					1	3					3			9	6	E
9	10	(19) Peter Karlsson	8			2			1						2			3		0				8	9
10	16	(11) Scott Nicholls	8				2				1	2						2			1			8	10
11	4	(8) Tomasz Gollob	7	1							0				3				2				1	7	11
12	11	(13) Wiesław Jaguś	6			1				3		0					2						0	6	12
13	1	(7) Matej Žagar	6	2				2				1				0				1				6	13
14	2	(16) Christian Hefenbrock	4	3					0				0				1				0			4	14
15	3	(15) Chris Harris	4	0						0				2				0				2		4	15
16	13	(20) Kai Laukkanen	0				0	0							0		0					0		0	16
17	17	(17) Martin Smolinski	-																					-	17
18	18	(18) Tobias Kroner	-																					-	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. Hefenbrock, Žagar, Gollob, Harris
2. Andersen, Crump, N.Pedersen, Adams
3. Jonsson, Karlsson, Jaguś, B.Pedersen
4. Hancock, Nicholls, Holta, Laukkanen
5. Adams, Žagar, Jonsson, Laukkanen
6. Hancock, Andersen, Karlsson, Hefenbrock
7. Jaguś, Holta, N.Pedersen, Harris
8. B.Pedersen, Crump, Nicholls, Gollob
9. Andersen, Nicholls, Žagar, Jaguś
10. Holta, B.Pedersen, Adams, Hefenbrock
11. Jonsson, Harris, Crump, Hancock
12. Gollob, Karlsson, N.Pedersen, Laukkanen
13. N.Pedersen, B.Pedersen, Hancock, Žagar
14. Crump, Jaguś, Hefenbrock, Laukkanen
15. Karlsson, Nicholls, Adams, Harris
16. Jonsson, Gollob, Holta, Andersen
17. Crump, Holta, Žagar, Karlsson
18. N.Pedersen, Jonsson, Nicholls, Hefenbrock
19. B.Pedersen, Harris, Andersen, Laukkanen
20. Adams, Hancock, Gollob, Jaguś
    Semi-Finals:
21. Hancock, Jonsson, Holta, N.Pedersen (4E)
22. Adams, Crump, B.Pedersen, Andersen (F/X)
    Race-off (7th - 9th place in 2007 SGP):
23. Holta, Nicholls, Harris (F)
    Final:
24. Jonsson (6 points), Hancock (4), Crump (2), Adams (0)

Final standings

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	196	24	23	11	16	12	24	16	19	19	23	9
2	(5) Leigh Adams	153	12	10	21	18	14	8	19	22	9	9	11
3	(1) Jason Crump	124	12	13	4	9	15	11	15	10	7	13	15
4	(8) Tomasz Gollob	108	10	3	9	11	3	1	19	14	21	10	7
5	(6) Hans N. Andersen	107	9	13	20	12	13	8	12	5	3	3	9
6	(2) Greg Hancock	106	19	15	9	7	17	6	5	3	5	4	16
7	(14) Rune Holta	91 +3	2	6	9	5	5	16	5	7	10	16	10
8	(11) Scott Nicholls	91 +2	4	6	4	7	9	12	8	13	4	16	8
9	(15) Chris Harris	91 +F	7	15	9	5	20	5	6	7	5	8	4
10	(4) Andreas Jonsson	90	7	5	5	16	5	7	-	8	11	6	20
11	(13) Wiesław Jaguś	81	14	6	6	3	0	9	12	11	5	9	6
12	(12) Bjarne Pedersen	77	5	8	3	5	7	6	7	8	8	9	11
13	(9) Jarosław Hampel	67	8	6	5	7	8	16	-	-	11	6	-
14	(7) Matej Žagar	54	5	7	7	1	5	8	3	2	4	6	6
15	(10) Antonio Lindbäck	31	3	0	3	9	7	0	3	0	5	1	-
16	(16) Fredrik Lindgren	21	-	-	14	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-
17	(16) Krzysztof Kasprzak	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-
18	(19) Peter Karlsson	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	8
19	(16) Kenneth Bjerre	10	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	(16) Grigory Laguta	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-
21	(16) Sebastian Ułamek	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
22	(16) Jurica Pavlič	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-
23	(17) Jonas Davidsson	5	-	-	5	-	-	-	ns	-	-	-	-
24	(20) Kai Laukkanen	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	0
25	(16) David Howe	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
26	(16) Luboš Tomíček, Jr.	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-
27	(16) Christian Hefenbrock	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
28	(17) Josef Franc	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
29	(16) Mattia Carpanese	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
30	(18) Morten Risager	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
31	(18) Maksims Bogdanovs	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
32	(17) Tomasz Gapiński	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
33	(17) Kasts Poudzuks	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
34	(17) Daniele Tessari	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
35	(17) Jesper B. Jensen	0	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
36	(18) Christian Miotello	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
37	(18) Erik Andersson	0	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
38	(18) Matěj Kůs	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-
	(17) Edward Kennett	-	-	-	-	-	ns	-	-	-	-	-	-
	(17) Krzysztof Buczkowski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	ns	-	-
	(17) Jernej Kolenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	ns	-
	(17) Martin Smolinski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	ns
	(18) Tomasz Jędrzejak	-	-	ns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	(18) Daniel King	-	-	-	-	-	ns	-	-	-	-	-	-
	(18) Sebastian Aldén	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	ns	-	-	-	-
	(18) Adrian Miedziński	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	ns	-	-
	(18) Izak Šantej	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	ns	-
	(18) Tobias Kroner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	ns
Pos.	Rider	Points	ITA	EUR	SWE	DEN	GBR	CZE	SCA	LAT	POL	SVN	GER

References

1. Świat Żużla, No 4 (72) 2007, page 53 ISSN   1429-3285