2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy
 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy | |
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| 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 |
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[edit]
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[edit]
| 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
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21 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 5 | (11) Bjarne Pedersen
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17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 12 | (3) Jason Crump
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18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 9 | (2) Leigh Adams
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12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 13 | (7) Rune Holta
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10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 7 |  (10) Andreas Jonsson
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9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 2 |  (6) Greg Hancock
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9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 10 | (4) Tomasz Gollob
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9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | X | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 3 | (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak
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8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 11 |  (8) Scott Nicholls
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8 | T/- | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 8 | (1) Nicki Pedersen
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6 | 1 | F2x | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 1 | (12) Niels Kristian Iversen
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6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 6 | (15) Fredrik Lindgren
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5 | X | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 15 |  (13) Lukáš Dryml
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4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 17 | (17) Mattia Carpanese
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2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 14 | (16) Guglielmo Franchetti
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 18 | (18) Alessandro Milanese
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0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | (9) Chris Harris
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- | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
| 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
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161 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 6 | |
| 2 | (3) Jason Crump
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145 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 18 | |
| 3 | (6) Greg Hancock
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129 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 9 | |
| 4 | (4) Tomasz Gollob
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127 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 9 | |
| 5 | (5) Hans N. Andersen
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122 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 21 | |
| 6 | (2) Leigh Adams
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110 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 12 | |
| 7 | (10) Andreas Jonsson
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88 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 9 | |
| 8 | (7) Rune Holta
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73 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| 9 | (8) Scott Nicholls
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70 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | |
| 10 | (11) Bjarne Pedersen
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66 | 4 | – | – | 7 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 | |
| 11 | (15) Fredrik Lindgren
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64 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | |
| 12 | (12) Niels Kristian Iversen
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59 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| 13 | (9) Chris Harris
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54 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 5 | ns | |
| 14 | (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak
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52 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | |
| 15 | (13) Lukáš Dryml
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39 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | |
| 16 | (16) Jarosław Hampel
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16 | – | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 17 | (16) Kenneth Bjerre
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11 | – | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 18 | (16) Wiesław Jaguś
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9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | |
| 19 | (16) (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr.
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8 | – | 3 | 5 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | |
| 20 | (16) Matej Žagar
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7 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 21 | (16) (17) Jonas Davidsson
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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
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1 | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
| 29 | (16) Guglielmo Franchetti
|
0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | |
| 30 | (17) Sebastian Aldén
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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
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— | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | ||
| (18) Denis Štojs
|
— | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| (18) Patrick Hougaard
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— | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| (18) Simon Stead
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— | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| (18) Filip Šitera
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— | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | ||
| (18) Thomas H. Jonasson
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— | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | ||
| (18) Kasts Poudzuks
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— | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | ||
| (18) Maciej Janowski
|
— | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | ||
| Pos. | Rider | Points | SVN |
EUR |
SWE |
DEN |
GBR |
CZE |
SCA |
LAT |
POL |
ITA |
FIN
|
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "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.
External links[edit]
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Speedway Grand Prix events in Italy | ||
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| Lonigo |
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| Terenzano | ||