2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
FIM Meridian Lifts British Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date30 June 2007
City Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cardiff
Event5 of 11 (94)
Referee Flag of Sweden.svg Krister Gardell
Stadium details
Stadium Millennium Stadium
Capacity62,500
Length3,877 m (4,240 yd)
SGP Results
Attendance41,247
Best Time Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Harris
56.6 secs (in Heat 3)
Gold medal icon.svg Winner Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Harris
Silver medal icon.svg Runner-up Flag of the United States.svg Greg Hancock
Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd place Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Crump

The 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, known as the 2007 FIM Meridian Lifts British Speedway Grand Prix for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth race of the 2007 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 30 June in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, United Kingdom. [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).

Millennium Stadium National stadium of Wales, located in central Cardiff

The Millennium Stadium, is the national stadium of Wales. Located in Cardiff, it is the home of the Wales national rugby union team and has also held Wales national football team games. Initially built to host the 1999 Rugby World Cup, it has gone on to host many other large-scale events, such as the Tsunami Relief Cardiff concert, the Super Special Stage of Wales Rally Great Britain, the Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain and various concerts. It also hosted six FA Cup finals and several other high-profile football fixtures while Wembley Stadium was being redeveloped.

Cardiff Capital and largest city of Wales

Cardiff is the capital of Wales and its largest city. The eleventh-largest city in the United Kingdom, it is Wales's chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural institutions and Welsh media, and the seat of the National Assembly for Wales. At the 2011 census, the unitary authority area population was estimated to be 346,090, and the wider urban area 479,000. Cardiff is a significant tourist centre and the most popular visitor destination in Wales with 21.3 million visitors in 2017. In 2011, Cardiff was ranked sixth in the world in National Geographic's alternative tourist destinations.

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Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated David Howe (as Wild Card), Edward Kennett and Daniel King (both as Track Reserve). This was undertaken at the suggestion of the British event organisers who requested that finishing positions from the 2007 British Championship determine the identity of the wild card and reserves - the highest placed rider in that event (other than the pre-qualified Chris Harris and Scott Nicholls) would be the wild card, the next two would be the track reserves. David Howe finished second to Harris and took the wild card place.

  1. (4) Andreas Jonsson (Sweden)
  2. (6) Hans N. Andersen (Denmark)
  3. (16) David Howe (UK)
  4. (11) Scott Nicholls (UK)
  5. (13) Wiesław Jaguś (Poland)
  6. (8) Tomasz Gollob (Poland)
  7. (14) Rune Holta (Poland)
  8. (7) Matej Žagar (Slovenia)
  9. (3) Nicki Pedersen (Denmark)
  10. (1) Jason Crump (Australia)
  11. (9) Jarosław Hampel (Poland)
  12. (15) Chris Harris (UK)
  13. (10) Antonio Lindbäck (Sweden)
  14. (5) Leigh Adams (Australia)
  15. (12) Bjarne Pedersen (Denmark)
  16. (2) Greg Hancock (USA)
  17. (17) Edward Kennett (UK)
  18. (18) Daniel King (UK)

Heat details

PlacingDrawRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos212223
112 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (15) Chris Harris 203222312223
216 Flag of the United States.svg (2) Greg Hancock 170323311422
310 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (1) Jason Crump 151132310631
414 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (5) Leigh Adams 141233211530
52 Flag of Denmark.svg (6) Hans N. Andersen 13333211211
69 Flag of Denmark.svg (3) Nicki Pedersen 1223232123X
74 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (11) Scott Nicholls 911223970
811 Flag of Poland.svg (9) Jarosław Hampel 800331781
913 Flag of Sweden.svg (10) Antonio Lindbäck 73211079
1015 Flag of Denmark.svg (12) Bjarne Pedersen 723110710
117 Flag of Poland.svg (14) Rune Holta 531E10511
128 Flag of Slovenia.svg (7) Matej Žagar 520102512
131 Flag of Sweden.svg (4) Andreas Jonsson 5211X1513
143 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (16) David Howe 402011414
156 Flag of Poland.svg (8) Tomasz Gollob 310002315
165 Flag of Poland.svg (13) Wiesław Jaguś 000000016
1717 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (17) Edward Kennett --17
1818 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (18) Daniel King --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

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 ITA
Flag of Italy.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 		SVN
Flag of Slovenia.svg 		GER
Flag of Germany.svg
1 Flag of Denmark.svg (3) Nicki Pedersen 862423111612     
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (5) Leigh Adams 751210211814     
3 Flag of Denmark.svg (6) Hans N. Andersen 67913201213     
4 Flag of the United States.svg (2) Greg Hancock 6719159717     
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (15) Chris Harris 567159520     
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (1) Jason Crump 5312134915     
7 Flag of Sweden.svg (4) Andreas Jonsson 38755165     
8 Flag of Poland.svg (8) Tomasz Gollob 361039113     
9 Flag of Poland.svg (9) Jarosław Hampel 3486578     
10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (11) Scott Nicholls 3046479     
11 Flag of Poland.svg (13) Wiesław Jaguś 29146630     
12 Flag of Denmark.svg (12) Bjarne Pedersen 2858357     
13 Flag of Poland.svg (14) Rune Holta 2726955     
14 Flag of Slovenia.svg (7) Matej Žagar 2557715     
15 Flag of Sweden.svg (10) Antonio Lindbäck 2230397     
16 Flag of Sweden.svg (16) Fredrik Lindgren 14--14--     
17 Flag of Denmark.svg (16) Kenneth Bjerre 10---10-     
18 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Sebastian Ułamek 6-6---     
19 Flag of Sweden.svg (17) Jonas Davidsson 5--5--     
20 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (16) David Howe 4----4     
21 Flag of Italy.svg (16) Mattia Carpanese 22----     
22 Flag of Denmark.svg (18) Morten Risager 2---2-     
23 Flag of Poland.svg (17) Tomasz Gapiński 1-1---     
24 Flag of Italy.svg (17) Daniele Tessari 00----     
25 Flag of Denmark.svg (17) Jesper B. Jensen 0---0-     
26 Flag of Italy.svg (18) Christian Miotello 00----     
27 Flag of Sweden.svg (18) Erik Andersson 0--0--     
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (17) Edward Kennett -----ns     
Flag of Poland.svg (18) Tomasz Jędrzejak --ns---     
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (18) Daniel King -----ns     
Pos. RiderPoints ITA
Flag of Italy.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 		SVN
Flag of Slovenia.svg 		GER
Flag of Germany.svg

See also

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References

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