2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia

2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia
FIM Latvijas Mobilais Telefons Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date 30 August 2008
City Daugavpils
Event 8 of 11 (108)
Referee Krister Gardell
Jury President Ilkka Teromaa
Stadium details
Stadium Latvijas Spidveja Centrs
Capacity 10,500
Length 373 m
Track speedway track
SGP Results
Best Time Greg Hancock
68.65 secs (in Heat 1)
Winner Jason Crump
Runner-up Nicki Pedersen
3rd place Tomasz Gollob

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 Kasts Poudzuks 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

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 12 (3) Jason Crump 19 3 2 3 F3x 3 11 3 2 3
2 4 (1) Nicki Pedersen 18 2 3 3 3 0 11 2 3 2
3 5 (4) Tomasz Gollob 16 2 2 1 3 3 11 4 3 1
4 2 (6) Greg Hancock 13 3 3 0 3 2 11 1 2 0
5 16 (10) Andreas Jonsson 10 3 1 3 2 M/- 9 5 1
6 7 (2) Leigh Adams 9 3 1 2 2 1 9 6 0
7 1 (9) Chris Harris 9 1 1 2 1 3 8 7 1
8 9 (11) Bjarne Pedersen 7 0 0 2 2 3 7 8 0
9 13 (8) Scott Nicholls 7 2 3 0 Fx 2 7 9
10 14 (5) Hans N. Andersen 7 1 2 0 3 1 7 10
11 3 (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 7 0 2 3 1 1 7 11
12 15 (15) Fredrik Lindgren 7 0 3 2 1 1 7 12
13 11 (13) Lukáš Dryml 7 2 F3 1 2 2 7 13
14 10 (7) Rune Holta 4 1 0 1 0 2 4 14
15 6 (16) Grigory Laguta 2 1 1 0 F4 0 2 15
16 8 (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 1 0 0 1 F2x 0 1 16
17 17 (17) Maksims Bogdanovs 0 0 0 17
18 18 (18) Kasts Poudzuks - - 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

  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. Rider Points SVN
 EUR
 SWE
 DEN
 GBR
 CZE
 SCA
 LAT
 POL
 ITA
 FIN
1 (1) Nicki Pedersen 134 17 16 16 20 11 22 14 18      
2 (3) Jason Crump 118 10 8 12 18 22 17 12 19      
3 (6) Greg Hancock 102 8 20 6 10 20 13 12 13      
4 (4) Tomasz Gollob 98 19 12 8 19 4 12 8 16      
5 (5) Hans N. Andersen 91 14 6 8 11 9 16 20 7      
6 (2) Leigh Adams 89 5 20 9 8 7 10 21 9      
7 (10) Andreas Jonsson 71 12 9 8 9 8 9 6 10      
8 (15) Fredrik Lindgren 59 7 7 22 3 2 4 7 7      
9 (7) Rune Holta 57 5 4 17 7 6 9 5 4      
10 (8) Scott Nicholls 52 7 2 7 7 12 6 4 7      
11 (9) Chris Harris 49 6 6 5 3 10 7 3 9      
12 (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 49 8 10 2 6 6 7 9 1      
13 (11) Bjarne Pedersen 45 4 – – 7 14 7 6 7      
14 (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 38 6 3 5 3 4 1 9 7      
15 (13) Lukáš Dryml 32 9 2 3 1 1 4 5 7      
14 (16) Jarosław Hampel 16 – 16 – – – – – –      
17 (16) Kenneth Bjerre 11 – – – 11 – – – –      
18 (16) (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 8 – 3 5 – – 0 – –      
19 (16) Matej Žagar 7 7 – – – – – – –      
20 (16) (17) Jonas Davidsson 7 – – 7 – – – ns –      
21 (16) Edward Kennett 4 – – – – 4 – – –      
22 (16) Peter Ljung 3 – – – – – – 3 –      
23 (16) Grigory Laguta 2 – – – – – – – 2      
24 (18) Billy Forsberg 2 – – 2 – – – – –      
25 (17) Nicolai Klindt 1 – – – 1 – – – –      
26 (17) Sebastian Aldén 0 – – 0 – – – – –      
27 (17) Maksims Bogdanovs 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) Krzysztof Buczkowski — – ns – – – – – –      
(18) Patrick Hougaard — – – – ns – – – –      
(18) Simon Stead — – – – – ns – – –      
(18) Filip Šitera — – – – – – ns – –      
(18) Thomas H. Jonasson — – – – – – – ns –      
(18) Kasts Poudzuks — – – – – – – – ns      
Pos. Rider Points SVN
 EUR
 SWE
 DEN
 GBR
 CZE
 SCA
 LAT
 POL
 ITA
 FIN

See also

References

  1. ^ "Results GP Latvia" (xls). pzm.pl. 2008-09-05. http://www.pzm.pl/userfiles/file/aktualnosci/zuzel/RESULTS_GP_LATVIA.xls. Retrieved 2008-09-07. 
  2. ^ "Crump wygrywa w Daugavpils, Gollob na podium". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-08-30. http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/08/30/crump-wygrywa-w-daugavpils-gollob-na-podium/. Retrieved 2008-09-07. 
  3. ^ "Laguta z dziką kartą na Daugavpils". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-08-12. http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/08/12/laguta-z-dzika-karta-na-daugavpils/. Retrieved 2008-08-12. 
  4. ^ "Press Release Draw Daugavpils SGP" (PDF). pzm.pl. 2008-08-19. http://www.pzm.pl/userfiles/file/aktualnosci/zuzel/Press_Release_Draw___Daugavpils_SGP.pdf. Retrieved 2008-08-20. 

External links
Speedway Grand Prix events in Latvia
Latvian Speedway Grand Prix
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