2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy

**2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy**
2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy
FIM Meridian Lifts Italian Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date	27 September 2008
City	Lonigo
Event	10 of 11 (110)
Referee	Wojciech Grodzki
Jury President	Ilkka Teromaa
Stadium details
Stadium	Santa Marina Stadium
Capacity	8,000
Length	334 m (365 yd)
Track	speedway track
SGP Results
Best Time	;
Winner	Hans N. Andersen
Runner-up	Bjarne Pedersen
3rd place	Bjarne Pedersen

Last updated January 30, 2023

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy was the tenth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 27 in the Santa Marina Stadium in Lonigo, Italy. Italian SGP was won by Hans N. Andersen from Denmark. It was his first GP Won in this season.^[1]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Guglielmo Franchetti as a wild card, and Mattia Carpanese and Alessandro Milanese as track reserves.^[2] The draw was made on September 16 at the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.^[3]

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	16	(5) Hans N. Andersen	21				3				2	3						2			2			12	2		3	3
2	5	(11) Bjarne Pedersen	17		3			0					2					3					3	11	3		2	2
3	12	(3) Jason Crump	18			3					3		3			2						2		13	1	3		1
4	9	(2) Leigh Adams	12			1		2						1					3		3			10	4	2		0
5	13	(7) Rune Holta	10				2	3							2		1					1		9	6	1
6	7	(10) Andreas Jonsson	9		2					0					3	3					1			9	5		0
7	2	(6) Greg Hancock	9	1					3				1				3				0			8	8		1
8	10	(4) Tomasz Gollob	9			2			2						1			1		3				9	7	X
9	3	(14) Krzysztof Kasprzak	8	2						1				2				0				3		8	9
10	11	(8) Scott Nicholls	8			T/-				3		1					2						2	8	10
11	8	(1) Nicki Pedersen	6		1						F2x			3			0			2				6	11
12	1	(12) Niels Kristian Iversen	6	3				1				0				1				1				6	12
13	6	(15) Fredrik Lindgren	5		X				1			2							2			0		5	13
14	15	(13) Lukáš Dryml	4				1			2			0						1	0				4	14
15	17	(17) Mattia Carpanese	2	0							1				0				0				1	2	15
16	14	(16) Guglielmo Franchetti	0				0		0					0		0							0	0	16
17	18	(18) Alessandro Milanese	0			0																		0	17
	4	(9) Chris Harris	-																					-
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 by heat

Iversen, Kasprzak, Hancock, Carpanese
Reserve rider Carpanese replaces injured Harris and comes.
B.Pedersen, Jonsson, N.Pedersen, Lindgren (Fx)
Crump, Gollob, Adams, Milanese, Nicholls (T/-)
Nicholls touching the tapes and was excluded and replaced by Milanese.
Andersen, Holta, Dryml, Franchetti
Holta, Adams, Iversen, B.Pedersen
Hancock, Gollob, Lindgren, Franchetti
Nicholls, Dryml, Kasprzak, Jonsson
Crump, Andersen, Carpanese, N.Pedersen (F2x)
Pedersen crashes and is excluded. Carpanese takes a point despite broken chain.
Andersen, Lindgren, Nicholls, Iversen
Crump, B.Pedersen, Hancock, Dryml
N.Pedersen, Kasprzak, Adams, Franchetti
Jonsson, Holta, Gollob, Carpanese
Jonsson, Crump, Iversen, Franchetti
Hancock, Nicholls, Holta, N.Pedersen
B.Pedersen, Andersen, Gollob, Kasprzak
Adams, Lindgren, Dryml, Carpanese
Gollob, N.Pedersen, Iversen, Dryml
Adams, Andersen, Jonsson, Hancock
Kasprzak, Crump, Holta, Lindgren
B.Pedersen, Nicholls, Carpanese, Franchetti
Semi-Finals:
Crump, Adams, Holta, Gollob (X)
Race stopped due to collision between Crump & Gollob - Gollob excluded
Andersen, B.Pedersen, Hancock, Jonsson
The Final:
Andersen (6 points), B.Pedersen (4), Crump (2), Adams (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	SVN	EUR	SWE	DEN	GBR	CZE	SCA	LAT	POL	ITA	FIN
1	(1) Nicki Pedersen	161	17	16	16	20	11	22	14	18	21	6
2	(3) Jason Crump	145	10	8	12	18	22	17	12	19	9	18
3	(6) Greg Hancock	129	8	20	6	10	20	13	12	13	18	9
4	(4) Tomasz Gollob	127	19	12	8	19	4	12	8	16	20	9
5	(5) Hans N. Andersen	122	14	6	8	11	9	16	20	7	10	21
6	(2) Leigh Adams	110	5	20	9	8	7	10	21	9	9	12
7	(10) Andreas Jonsson	88	12	9	8	9	8	9	6	10	8	9
8	(7) Rune Holta	73	5	4	17	7	6	9	5	4	6	10
9	(8) Scott Nicholls	70	7	2	7	7	12	6	4	7	10	8
10	(11) Bjarne Pedersen	66	4	–	–	7	14	7	6	7	4	17
11	(15) Fredrik Lindgren	64	7	7	22	3	2	4	7	7	0	5
12	(12) Niels Kristian Iversen	59	8	10	2	6	6	7	9	1	4	6
13	(9) Chris Harris	54	6	6	5	3	10	7	3	9	5	ns
14	(14) Krzysztof Kasprzak	52	6	3	5	3	4	1	9	7	6	8
15	(13) Lukáš Dryml	39	9	2	3	1	1	4	5	7	3	4
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	(16) Guglielmo Franchetti	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
30	(17) Sebastian Aldén	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
31	(17) Maksims Bogdanovs	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–
32	(18) Alessandro Milanese	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	–	–
	(18) Maciej Janowski	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	SVN	EUR	SWE	DEN	GBR	CZE	SCA	LAT	POL	ITA	FIN

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References

↑ "Andersen najlepszy we Włoszech" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-09-27. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
↑ "Franchetti pojedzie z dziką kartą" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-09-09. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
↑ "Press Release Lonigo SGP" (PDF). Polski Związek Motorowy. 2008-09-17. Retrieved 2008-09-19.

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[1] "Andersen najlepszy we Włoszech" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-09-27. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-28.

[2] "Franchetti pojedzie z dziką kartą" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-09-09. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-09.

[3] "Press Release Lonigo SGP" (PDF). Polski Związek Motorowy. 2008-09-17. Retrieved 2008-09-19.

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