2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia

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Flag of Latvia.svg 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia
FIM Latvijas Mobilais Telefons Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date30 August 2008
City Flag of Latvia.svg Daugavpils
Event8 of 11 (108)
Referee Flag of Sweden.svg Krister Gardell
Jury President Flag of Finland.svg Ilkka Teromaa
Stadium details
Stadium Latvijas Spidveja Centrs
Capacity10,500
Length373 m (408 yd)
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time Flag of the United States.svg Greg Hancock
68.65 secs (in Heat 1)
Gold medal icon.svg Winner Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Crump
Silver medal icon.svg Runner-up Flag of Denmark.svg Nicki Pedersen
Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd place Flag of Poland.svg Nicki Pedersen

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia was the eighth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It was held on August 30, 2008, in the Latvijas Spidveja Centrs in Daugavpils, Latvia. The Grand Prix was won by Jason Crump from Australia, it was his second GP win of the season. [1] [2]

Contents

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Grigory Laguta as a wild card, and Mr. John and Maksims Bogdanovs both as track reserves. [3] The draw was made on August 19 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland. [4]

Heat details

PlacingDrawRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos212223
112 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (3) Jason Crump 19323F3x311323
24 Flag of Denmark.svg (1) Nicki Pedersen 182333011232
35 Flag of Poland.svg (4) Tomasz Gollob 162213311431
42 Flag of the United States.svg (6) Greg Hancock 133303211120
516 Flag of Sweden.svg (10) Andreas Jonsson 103132M/-951
67 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (2) Leigh Adams 931221960
71 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (9) Chris Harris 911213871
89 Flag of Denmark.svg (11) Bjarne Pedersen 700223780
913 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (8) Scott Nicholls 7230Fx279
1014 Flag of Denmark.svg (5) Hans N. Andersen 712031710
113 Flag of Poland.svg (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 702311711
1215 Flag of Sweden.svg (15) Fredrik Lindgren 703211712
1311 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (13) Lukáš Dryml 72F3122713
1410 Flag of Poland.svg (7) Rune Holta 410102414
156 Flag of Russia.svg (16) Grigory Laguta 2110F40215
168 Flag of Denmark.svg (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 1001F2x0116
1717 Flag of Latvia.svg (17) Maksims Bogdanovs 00017
1818 Flag of Latvia.svg (18) Kasts Poudzuks --18
PlacingDrawRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos212223

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 – insidegate Bgate Cgate D – outside

Heat after heat

  1. (68.65) Hancock, N.Pedersen, Harris, Kasprzak
  2. (69.09) Adams, Gollob, Laguta, Iversen
  3. (69.29) Crump, Dryml, Holta, B.Pedersen
  4. (69.47) Jonsson, Nicholls, Andersen, Lindgren
  5. (69.54) Nicholls, Gollob, Harris, B.Pedersen
  6. (69.39) Hancock, Andersen, Laguta, Holta
  7. (70.44) Lindgren, Kasprzak, Adams, Dryml (F3)
  8. (69.77) N.Pedersen, Crump, Jonsson, Iversen
  9. (70.35) Jonsson, Harris, Dryml, Laguta
  10. (69.40) Crump, Lindgren, Gollob, Hancock
  11. (70.03) Kasprzak, B.Pedersen, Iversen, Andersen
  12. (70.30) N.Pedersen, Adams, Holta, Nicholls
  13. (69.31) Andersen, Adams, Harris, Crump (F3x)
  14. (70.07) Hancock, Dryml, Iversen (F2x), Nicholls (Fx)
  15. (70.50) Gollob, Jonsson, Kasprzak, Holta
  16. (71.00) N.Pedersen, B.Pedersen, Lindgren, Laguta (F4)
  17. (71.32) Harris, Holta, Lindgren, Iversen
  18. (71.05) B.Pedersen, Hancock, Adams, Bogdanow, Jonsson (M/-)
  19. (70.35) Crump, Nicholls, Kasprzak, Laguta
  20. (70.71) Gollob, Dryml, Andersen, N.Pedersen
    Semi-Finals:
  21. (71.55) Gollob, Hancock, Harris, Adams
  22. (70.74) N.Pedersen, Crump, Jonsson, B.Pedersen
    Final:
  23. (70.36) Crump (6 points), N.Pedersen (4), Gollob (2), Hancock (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.RiderPoints SVN
Flag of Slovenia.svg
EUR
Flag of Poland.svg
SWE
Flag of Sweden.svg
DEN
Flag of Denmark.svg
GBR
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
CZE
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
SCA
Flag of Sweden.svg
LAT
Flag of Latvia.svg
POL
Flag of Poland.svg
ITA
Flag of Italy.svg
FIN
Flag of Poland.svg
1 Flag of Denmark.svg (1) Nicki Pedersen 1341716162011221418   
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (3) Jason Crump 118108121822171219   
3 Flag of the United States.svg (6) Greg Hancock 10282061020131213   
4 Flag of Poland.svg (4) Tomasz Gollob 981912819412816   
5 Flag of Denmark.svg (5) Hans N. Andersen 91146811916207   
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (2) Leigh Adams 8952098710219   
7 Flag of Sweden.svg (10) Andreas Jonsson 711298989610   
8 Flag of Sweden.svg (15) Fredrik Lindgren 59772232477   
9 Flag of Poland.svg (7) Rune Holta 57541776954   
10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (8) Scott Nicholls 52727712647   
11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (9) Chris Harris 49665310739   
12 Flag of Denmark.svg (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 49810266791   
13 Flag of Denmark.svg (11) Bjarne Pedersen 454714767   
14 Flag of Poland.svg (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 3863534197   
15 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (13) Lukáš Dryml 3292311457   
14 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Jarosław Hampel 1616   
17 Flag of Denmark.svg (16) Kenneth Bjerre 1111   
18 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (16) (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 8350   
19 Flag of Slovenia.svg (16) Matej Žagar 77   
20 Flag of Sweden.svg (16) (17) Jonas Davidsson 77ns   
21 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (16) Edward Kennett 44   
22 Flag of Sweden.svg (16) Peter Ljung 33   
23 Flag of Russia.svg (16) Grigory Laguta 22   
24 Flag of Sweden.svg (18) Billy Forsberg 22   
25 Flag of Denmark.svg (17) Nicolai Klindt 11   
26 Flag of Sweden.svg (17) Sebastian Aldén 00   
27 Flag of Latvia.svg (17) Maksims Bogdanovs 00   
Rider(s) not classified
Flag of Slovenia.svg (17) Izak Šantej ns   
Flag of Poland.svg (17) Damian Baliński ns   
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (17) Tai Woffinden ns   
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (17) Adrian Rymel ns   
Flag of Slovenia.svg (18) Denis Štojs ns   
Flag of Poland.svg (18) Krzysztof Buczkowski ns   
Flag of Denmark.svg (18) Patrick Hougaard ns   
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (18) Simon Stead ns   
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (18) Filip Šitera ns   
Flag of Sweden.svg (18) Thomas H. Jonasson ns   
Flag of Latvia.svg (18) Kasts Poudzuks ns   
Pos. RiderPoints SVN
Flag of Slovenia.svg
EUR
Flag of Poland.svg
SWE
Flag of Sweden.svg
DEN
Flag of Denmark.svg
GBR
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
CZE
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
SCA
Flag of Sweden.svg
LAT
Flag of Latvia.svg
POL
Flag of Poland.svg
ITA
Flag of Italy.svg
FIN
Flag of Poland.svg

See also

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