2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany

Germany 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany
FIM PartyPoker.com German Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date 13 October 2007
City Germany Gelsenkirchen
Event 11 of 11 (100)
Referee Poland Wojciech Grodzki
Jury President Finland I. Teromaa
Stadium details
Stadium Veltins-Arena
Length 300 m
SGP Results
Attendance 26,000
Best Time United States Greg Hancock and Sweden Andreas Jonsson
56.9 secs (in Heat 21 and 23)
Winner Sweden Andreas Jonsson
Runner-up United States Greg Hancock
3rd place Australia Jason Crump

The 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany was the eleventh race of the 2007 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 13 October in the Veltins-Arena stadium in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.[1]

Starting positions draw

  1. (7) Matej Žagar (Slovenia)
  2. (16) Christian Hefenbrock (Germany)
  3. (15) Chris Harris (United Kingdom)
  4. (8) Tomasz Gollob (Poland)
  5. (5) Leigh Adams (Australia)
  6. (6) Hans N. Andersen (Denmark)
  7. (3) Nicki Pedersen (Denmark)
  8. (1) Jason Crump (Australia)
  9. (4) Andreas Jonsson (Sweden)
  10. (10) Antonio Lindbäck (Sweden) → (19) Peter Karlsson (Sweden)
  11. (13) Wiesław Jaguś (Poland)
  12. (12) Bjarne Pedersen (Denmark)
  13. (9) Jarosław Hampel (Poland) → (20) Kai Laukkanen (Finland)
  14. (2) Greg Hancock (United States)
  15. (14) Rune Holta (Poland)
  16. (11) Scott Nicholls (United Kingdom)
  17. (17) Martin Smolinski (Germany)
  18. (18) Tobias Kroner (Germany)

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 9 Sweden (4) Andreas Jonsson 21 3 1 3 3 3 13 1 2 3
2 14 United States (2) Greg Hancock 16 3 3 0 1 2 9 4 3 2
3 8 Australia (1) Jason Crump 15 2 2 1 3 3 11 2 2 1
4 5 Australia (5) Leigh Adams 11 0 3 1 1 3 8 8 3 0
5 12 Denmark (12) Bjarne Pedersen 11 0 3 2 2 3 10 3 1
6 15 Poland (14) Rune Holta 10 1 2 3 1 2 9 7 1
7 6 Denmark (6) Hans N. Andersen 9 3 2 3 0 1 9 5 X
8 7 Denmark (3) Nicki Pedersen 9 1 1 1 3 3 9 6 E
9 10 Sweden (19) Peter Karlsson 8 2 1 2 3 0 8 9
10 16 United Kingdom (11) Scott Nicholls 8 2 1 2 2 1 8 10
11 4 Poland (8) Tomasz Gollob 7 1 0 3 2 1 7 11
12 11 Poland (13) Wiesław Jaguś 6 1 3 0 2 0 6 12
13 1 Slovenia (7) Matej Žagar 6 2 2 1 0 1 6 13
14 2 Germany (16) Christian Hefenbrock 4 3 0 0 1 0 4 14
15 3 United Kingdom (15) Chris Harris 4 0 0 2 0 2 4 15
16 13 Finland (20) Kai Laukkanen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
17 17 Germany (17) Martin Smolinski - - 17
18 18 Germany (18) Tobias Kroner - - 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. Hefenbrock, Žagar, Gollob, Harris
  2. Andersen, Crump, N.Pedersen, Adams
  3. Jonsson, Karlsson, Jaguś, B.Pedersen
  4. Hancock, Nicholls, Holta, Laukkanen
  5. Adams, Žagar, Jonsson, Laukkanen
  6. Hancock, Andersen, Karlsson, Hefenbrock
  7. Jaguś, Holta, N.Pedersen, Harris
  8. B.Pedersen, Crump, Nicholls, Gollob
  9. Andersen, Nicholls, Žagar, Jaguś
  10. Holta, B.Pedersen, Adams, Hefenbrock
  11. Jonsson, Harris, Crump, Hancock
  12. Gollob, Karlsson, N.Pedersen, Laukkanen
  13. N.Pedersen, B.Pedersen, Hancock, Žagar
  14. Crump, Jaguś, Hefenbrock, Laukkanen
  15. Karlsson, Nicholls, Adams, Harris
  16. Jonsson, Gollob, Holta, Andersen
  17. Crump, Holta, Žagar, Karlsson
  18. N.Pedersen, Jonsson, Nicholls, Hefenbrock
  19. B.Pedersen, Harris, Andersen, Laukkanen
  20. Adams, Hancock, Gollob, Jaguś
    Semi-Finals:
  21. Hancock, Jonsson, Holta, N.Pedersen (4E)
  22. Adams, Crump, B.Pedersen, Andersen (F/X)
    Race-off (7th - 9th place in 2007 SGP):
  23. Holta, Nicholls, Harris (F)
    Final:
  24. Jonsson (6 points), Hancock (4), Crump (2), Adams (0)

Final standings

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points ITA
Italy
EUR
Poland
SWE
Sweden
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
CZE
Czech Republic
SCA
Sweden
LAT
Latvia
POL
Poland
SVN
Slovenia
GER
Germany
1 Denmark (3) Nicki Pedersen 196 24 23 11 16 12 24 16 19 19 23 9
2 Australia (5) Leigh Adams 153 12 10 21 18 14 8 19 22 9 9 11
3 Australia (1) Jason Crump 124 12 13 4 9 15 11 15 10 7 13 15
4 Poland (8) Tomasz Gollob 108 10 3 9 11 3 1 19 14 21 10 7
5 Denmark (6) Hans N. Andersen 107 9 13 20 12 13 8 12 5 3 3 9
6 United States (2) Greg Hancock 106 19 15 9 7 17 6 5 3 5 4 16
7 Poland (14) Rune Holta 91 +3 2 6 9 5 5 16 5 7 10 16 10
8 United Kingdom (11) Scott Nicholls 91 +2 4 6 4 7 9 12 8 13 4 16 8
9 United Kingdom (15) Chris Harris 91 +F 7 15 9 5 20 5 6 7 5 8 4
10 Sweden (4) Andreas Jonsson 90 7 5 5 16 5 7 - 8 11 6 20
11 Poland (13) Wiesław Jaguś 81 14 6 6 3 0 9 12 11 5 9 6
12 Denmark (12) Bjarne Pedersen 77 5 8 3 5 7 6 7 8 8 9 11
13 Poland (9) Jarosław Hampel 67 8 6 5 7 8 16 - - 11 6 -
14 Slovenia (7) Matej Žagar 54 5 7 7 1 5 8 3 2 4 6 6
15 Sweden (10) Antonio Lindbäck 31 3 0 3 9 7 0 3 0 5 1 -
16 Sweden (16) Fredrik Lindgren 21 - - 14 - - - 7 - - - -
17 Poland (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 17 - - - - - - - - 17 - -
18 Sweden (19) Peter Karlsson 13 - - - - - - 5 - - - 8
19 Denmark (16) Kenneth Bjerre 10 - - - 10 - - - - - - -
20 Russia (16) Grigory Laguta 8 - - - - - - - 8 - - -
21 Poland (16) Sebastian Ułamek 6 - 6 - - - - - - - - -
22 Croatia (16) Jurica Pavlič 5 - - - - - - - - - 5 -
23 Sweden (17) Jonas Davidsson 5 - - 5 - - - ns - - - -
24 Finland (20) Kai Laukkanen 5 - - - - - - 2 3 - - 0
25 United Kingdom (16) David Howe 4 - - - - 4 - - - - - -
26 Czech Republic (16) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 4 - - - - - 4 - - - - -
27 Germany (16) Christian Hefenbrock 4 - - - - - - - - - - 4
28 Czech Republic (17) Josef Franc 3 - - - - - 3 - - - - -
29 Italy (16) Mattia Carpanese 2 2 - - - - - - - - - -
30 Denmark (18) Morten Risager 2 - - - 2 - - - - - - -
31 Latvia (18) Maksims Bogdanovs 2 - - - - - - - 2 - - -
32 Poland (17) Tomasz Gapiński 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - -
33 Latvia (17) Kasts Poudzuks 1 - - - - - - 1 - - -
34 Italy (17) Daniele Tessari 0 0 - - - - - - - - - -
35 Denmark (17) Jesper B. Jensen 0 - - - 0 - - - - - - -
36 Italy (18) Christian Miotello 0 0 - - - - - - - - - -
37 Sweden (18) Erik Andersson 0 - - 0 - - - - - - - -
38 Czech Republic (18) Matěj Kůs 0 - - - - - 0 - - - - -
United Kingdom (17) Edward Kennett - - - - - ns - - - - - -
Poland (17) Krzysztof Buczkowski - - - - - - - - - ns - -
Slovenia (17) Jernej Kolenko - - - - - - - - - - ns -
Germany (17) Martin Smolinski - - - - - - - - - - - ns
Poland (18) Tomasz Jędrzejak - - ns - - - - - - - - -
United Kingdom (18) Daniel King - - - - - ns - - - - - -
Sweden (18) Sebastian Aldén - - - - - - - ns - - - -
Poland (18) Adrian Miedziński - - - - - - - - - ns - -
Slovenia (18) Izak Šantej - - - - - - - - - - ns -
Germany (18) Tobias Kroner - - - - - - - - - - - ns
Pos. Rider Points ITA
Italy
EUR
Poland
SWE
Sweden
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
CZE
Czech Republic
SCA
Sweden
LAT
Latvia
POL
Poland
SVN
Slovenia
GER
Germany

See also

References

  1. Świat Żużla, No 4 (72) 2007, page 53 ISSN 1429-3285