2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain | |
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FIM Meridian Lifts British Speedway Grand Prix | |
Information | |
Date | 28 June 2008 |
City | Cardiff |
Event | 5 of 11 (105) |
Referee | Marek Wojaczek |
Jury President | IIkka Teromaa |
Stadium details | |
Stadium | Millennium Stadium |
Capacity | 62,500 |
Length | 387.7 m (424.0 yd) |
Track | Temporary |
SGP Results | |
Best Time | Jason Crump 55.8 secs (in Heat 3) |
Winner | Jason Crump |
Runner-up | Greg Hancock |
3rd place | Nicki Pedersen |
The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, known as the 2008 FIM Meridian Lifts British Speedway Grand Prix for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 28 June, in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. [1] The British Grand Prix is one of the four Super Prix events held in 2008. The winner in Cardiff will progress to the Super Prix final, taking gate 3 and the white helmet colour.
Edward Kennett was nominated as a wild card after he finished 2nd at the 2008 British Speedway Championship. Tai Woffinden and Simon Stead were the next highest finishing non-Grand Prix riders and both will be track reserves at Cardiff. [2] The starting positions draw was made on 18 June, at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland. [3]
Jason Crump from Australia was the winner of the British Grand Prix, he finished ahead of second placed Greg Hancock of the United States. Crump therefore takes the white helmet colour in the Super Prix final. [4]
Nicki Pedersen benefited from controversial decisions by Polish referee Marek Wojaczek. [5] Pedersen touched the tapes in an early heat, which should have resulted in a mandatory exclusion but Wojaczek allowed the race to continue and later, after an innocuous clash with Leigh Adams on the first corner of heat 17, Adams was excluded. [4] In the first semi-final Bjarne Pedersen, who led the qualifying scorers with 14 points, clashed with his Nicki Pedersen in identical fashion to Adams and he, too, was excluded, much to the anger of the 45,000 crowd. [4] [5]
Great Britain's Scott Nicholls reached the final for the first time this year only to break the start tapes which resulted in his exclusion from the final. Nicki Pedersen fell in the final and therefore scored 0 points from the race, but still took third place on the podium. Nicki Pedersen still led the standings after the British Grand Prix, and it was the fifth time out of five Grand Prix that he had reached the final, although his first Grand Prix win in 2008 would not come until the following Czech Grand Prix. [4]
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 |
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1 | 12 | (3) Jason Crump | 22 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | 13 | (6) Greg Hancock | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | 10 | (1) Nicki Pedersen | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | F3 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | 3 | (8) Scott Nicholls | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 2 | T | ||||||||||||||||
5 | 16 | (11) Bjarne Pedersen | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 1 | X | |||||||||||||||||
6 | 5 | (9) Chris Harris | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | 14 | (5) Hans Andersen | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | 15 | (10) Andreas Jonsson | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | 1 | (2) Leigh Adams | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | X | 7 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
10 | 4 | (12) Niels Kristian Iversen | 6 | 3 | 0 | F3 | 3 | Fx | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
11 | 8 | (7) Rune Holta | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | X/F2 | 6 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | 6 | (4) Tomasz Gollob | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | F4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
13 | 9 | (16) Edward Kennett | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
14 | 11 | (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
15 | 7 | (15) Fredrik Lindgren | 2 | 1 | 0 | X/2x | X/F3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
16 | 2 | (13) Lukáš Dryml | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
17 | 17 | (17) Tai Woffinden | - | - | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | 18 | (18) Simon Stead | - | - | 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 |
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 | FIN |
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1 | (1) Nicki Pedersen | 80 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 11 | ||||||
2 | (3) Jason Crump | 70 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 22 | ||||||
3 | (6) Greg Hancock | 64 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 20 | ||||||
4 | (4) Tomasz Gollob | 62 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 4 | ||||||
5 | (2) Leigh Adams | 49 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 7 | ||||||
6 | (5) Hans N. Andersen | 48 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | ||||||
7 | (10) Andreas Jonsson | 46 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | ||||||
8 | (15) Fredrik Lindgren | 41 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
9 | (7) Rune Holta | 39 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 6 | ||||||
10 | (8) Scott Nicholls | 35 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 | ||||||
11 | (12) Niels Kristian Iversen | 32 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||||
12 | (9) Chris Harris | 30 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 | ||||||
13 | (11) Bjarne Pedersen | 25 | 4 | – | – | 7 | 14 | ||||||
14 | (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 21 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
15 | (13) Lukáš Dryml | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
16 | (16) Jarosław Hampel | 16 | – | 16 | – | – | – | ||||||
17 | (16) Kenneth Bjerre | 11 | – | – | – | 11 | – | ||||||
18 | (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. | 8 | – | 3 | 5 | – | – | ||||||
19 | (16) Matej Žagar | 7 | 7 | – | – | – | – | ||||||
20 | (16) Jonas Davidsson | 7 | – | – | 7 | – | – | ||||||
21 | (16) Edward Kennett | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | ||||||
22 | (18) Billy Forsberg | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | ||||||
23 | (17) Nicolai Klindt | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | ||||||
24 | (17) Sebastian Aldén | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | – | ||||||
Rider(s) not classified | |||||||||||||
(17) Izak Šantej | — | ns | – | – | – | – | |||||||
(17) Damian Baliński | — | – | ns | – | – | – | |||||||
(17) Tai Woffinden | — | – | – | – | – | ns | |||||||
(18) Denis Štojs | — | ns | – | – | – | – | |||||||
(18) Krzysztof Buczkowski | — | – | ns | – | – | – | |||||||
(18) Patrick Hougaard | — | – | – | – | ns | – | |||||||
(18) Simon Stead | — | – | – | – | – | ns | |||||||
Pos. | Rider | Points | SVN | EUR | SWE | DEN | GBR | CZE | SCA | LAT | POL | ITA | FIN |
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