2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden

2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
	FIM PartyPoker.net Swedish Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date	26 May 2007
City	Eskilstuna
Event	3 of 11 (92)
Referee	Wojciech Grodzki
Jury President	Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
Stadium	Smedstadium
Length	335 m (366 yd)
Track	speedway track
SGP Results
Attendance	8,000
Best Time	Nicki Pedersen ; 59.8 secs (in Heat 5)
	Leigh Adams
	Hans N. Andersen
	Fredrik Lindgren

Last updated March 03, 2019

The 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden was the third race of the 2007 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 26 May in the Smedstadium stadium in Eskilstuna, Sweden.^[1]

The 2007 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 13th season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and was used to determine the Speedway World Champion. It was the first under the promotion of IMG, who had purchased series organisers Benfield Sports International (BSI).

Eskilstuna is a city and the seat of Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden. The city of Eskilstuna had 67,359 inhabitants in 2015, with a total municipal population of 100,092 inhabitants in Eskilstuna municipality (2014). Eskilstuna has a large Sweden Finn population. The town is located on the River Eskilstunaån, which connects Lake Hjälmaren and Lake Mälaren.

Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Scandinavian Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north and Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund, a strait at the Swedish-Danish border. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe, the third-largest country in the European Union and the fifth largest country in Europe by area. Sweden has a total population of 10.2 million of which 2.4 million has a foreign background. It has a low population density of 22 inhabitants per square kilometre (57/sq mi). The highest concentration is in the southern half of the country.

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission has nominated Fredrik Lindgren (as Wild Card), Jonas Davidsson and Eric Andersson (both as Track Reserve).

Wiesław Jaguś and Eric Andersson in 2007 season was a Smederna Eskilstuna's rider.

Wiesław Jaguślisten (help·info) is a former Polish speedway rider who rode in the 2007 Speedway Grand Prix series and won the European Pairs Champion in 2007. Jaguś retired from competitive speedway at the close of the 2010 season, after starting his career in 1992. Nominated to "2008 Toruń Citizen of the Year" Gazeta Wyborcza.

Eric Andersson is a Swedish motorcycle speedway rider. Andersson rode one heat in 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden, when he replaced injured Wiesław Jaguś in Heat 19.

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	15	(5) Leigh Adams	21				3			3			2						3	1				12	2		3	3
2	5	(6) Hans N. Andersen	20		3			2					3					3					2	13	1	3		2
3	14	(16) Fredrik Lindgren	14				2		2					2		3							1	10	3		2	1
4	9	(3) Nicki Pedersen	11			0		3						3					X		3			9	4	2		0
5	10	(2) Greg Hancock	9			3			1						3			2		0				9	5		0
6	1	(14) Rune Holta	9	3				1				1				1				3				9	6	0
7	12	(8) Tomasz Gollob	9			1					1		1			2						3		8	7	1
8	8	(15) Chris Harris	9		1						2			1			2			2				8	8		1
9	16	(7) Matej Žagar	7				1				3	2						1			0			7	9
10	6	(13) Wiesław Jaguś	6		0				3			3							F/-			-		6	10
11	17	(17) Jonas Davidsson	5																2				3	5	11
12	2	(9) Jarosław Hampel	5	1					0				0				3				1			5	12
13	3	(4) Andreas Jonsson	5	2						1				0				0				2		5	13
14	7	(11) Scott Nicholls	4		2					0					0	0					2			4	14
15	11	(1) Jason Crump	4			2				2		0					F						-	4	15
16	4	(12) Bjarne Pedersen	3	0							0				2				1				0	3	16
17	13	(10) Antonio Lindbäck	2				0	0							1		0					1		2	17
18	18	(18) Erik Andersson	0																			0		0	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

Holta, Jonsson, Hampel, B.Pedersen
Andersen, Nicholls, Harris, Jaguś
Hancock, Crump, Gollob, N.Pedersen
Adams, Lindgren, Žagar, Lindbäck
N.Pedersen, Andersen, Holta, Lindbäck
Jaguś, Lindgren, Hancock, Hampel
Adams, Crump, Jonsson, Nicholls
Žagar, Harris, Gollob, B.Pedersen
Jaguś, Žagar, Holta, Crump
Andersen, Adams, Gollob, Hampel
N.Pedersen, Lindgren, Harris, Jonsson
Hancock, B.Pedersen, Lindbäck, Nicholls
Lindgren, Gollob, Holta, Nicholls
Hampel, Harris, Lindbäck, Crump (f)
Andersen, Hancock, Žagar, Jonsson
Adams, Davidsson (for Jaguś), B.Pedersen, N.Pedersen (x/f — in repeated heat); ~~Jaguś~~ (f/x)
Holta, Harris, Adams, Hancock
N.Pedersen, Nicholls, Hampel, Žagar
Gollob, Jonsson, Lindbäck, Andersson (for Jaguś)
Davidsson (for Crump), Andersen, Lindgren, B.Pedersen
Semi-finals:
Andersen, N.Pedersen, Gollob, Holta
Adams, Lindgren, Harris, Hancock
Great Final:
Adams (6), Andersen (4), Lindgren (2), N.Pedersen (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	ITA	EUR	SWE	DEN	GBR	CZE	SCA	LAT	POL	SVN	GER
1	(3) Nicki Pedersen	58	24	23	11
2	(2) Greg Hancock	43	19	15	9
3	(5) Leigh Adams	43	12	10	21
4	(6) Hans N. Andersen	42	9	13	20
5	(15) Chris Harris	31	7	15	9
6	(1) Jason Crump	29	12	13	4
7	(13) Wiesław Jaguś	26	14	6	6
8	(8) Tomasz Gollob	22	10	3	9
9	(7) Matej Žagar	19	5	7	7
10	(9) Jarosław Hampel	19	8	6	5
11	(4) Andreas Jonsson	17	7	5	5
12	(14) Rune Holta	17	2	6	9
13	(12) Bjarne Pedersen	16	5	8	3
14	(11) Scott Nicholls	14	4	6	4
15	(16) Fredrik Lindgren	14	-	-	14
16	(10) Antonio Lindbäck	6	3	0	3
17	(16) Sebastian Ułamek	6	-	6	-
18	(17) Jonas Davidsson	5	-	-	5
19	(16) Mattia Carpanese	2	2	-	-
20	(17) Tomasz Gapiński	1	-	1	-
21	(17) Daniele Tessari	0	0	-	-
22	(18) Christian Miotello	0	0	-	-
23	(18) Erik Andersson	0	-	-	0
	(18) Tomasz Jędrzejak	-	-	ns	-
Pos.	Rider	Points	ITA	EUR	SWE	DEN	GBR	CZE	SCA	LAT	POL	SVN	GER

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↑ Świat Żużla, No 4 (72) 2007, page 52 ISSN 1429-3285

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

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