2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland | |
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| FIM Bydgoszcz Speedway Grand Prix of Poland | |
| Information | |
| Date | 13 September 2008 |
| City | Bydgoszcz |
| Event | 9 of 11 (109) |
| Referee |  István Daragó |
| Stadium details | |
| Stadium | Polonia Stadium |
| Capacity | 18,000 |
| Length | 348 m (381 yd) |
| Track | speedway track (granite) |
| SGP Results | |
| Best Time | |
 Winner |  Greg Hancock |
 Runner-up |  Nicki Pedersen |
 3rd place | Nicki Pedersen |
The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the ninth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 13 in the Polonia Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The Grand Prix was won by Greg Hancock from United States, it was his first GP win of the 2008 season.[1]
Riders[edit]
The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Wiesław Jaguś as a wild card, and Krzysztof Buczkowski and Adrian Gomólski both as track reserves.[2] The draw was made on September 2 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.[3] Maciej Janowski replaced Adrian Gomólski, having been injured in the Polish First League match on 2008-09-07 (KM Ostrów vs Polonia Bydgoszcz 42:47).[4]
- Draw No 18:
(18) Adrian Gomólski → (18) Maciej Janowski
Andreas Jonsson and Krzysztof Buczkowski were Polonia Bydgoszcz's riders in 2008 season.
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 | 12 | (6) Greg Hancock
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18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 10 | (1) Nicki Pedersen
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21 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 13 | (4) Tomasz Gollob
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20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 |  (8) Scott Nicholls
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10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | (5) Hans N. Andersen
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10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 5 |  (3) Jason Crump
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9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 2 | (16) Wiesław Jaguś
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9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 11 | (2) Leigh Adams
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9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 14 |  (10) Andreas Jonsson
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8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 16 | (7) Rune Holta
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6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 9 | (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak
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6 | 0 | E4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 6 | (9) Chris Harris
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5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 3 | (12) Niels Kristian Iversen
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4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 15 | (11) Bjarne Pedersen
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4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 8 |  (13) Lukáš Dryml
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3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 17 | (17) Krzysztof Buczkowski
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1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 7 | (15) Fredrik Lindgren
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0 | T/- | 0 | 0 | E3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | 18 | (18) Maciej Janowski
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- | - | 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[edit]
- Nicholls, Jaguś, Andersen, Iversen
- Crump, Harris, Buczkowski, Dryml, Lindgren (T/-)
- N.Pedersen, Hancock, Adams, Kasprzak
- Gollob, Jonsson, B.Pedersen, Holta
- Gollob, Andersen, Crump, Kasprzak (E4)
- N.Pedersen, Harris, Jonsson, Jaguś
- Adams, Iversen, B.Pedersen, Lindgren
- Nicholls, Hancock, Holta, Dryml
- Andersen, Adams, Harris, Holta
- Jaguś, Crump, Hancock, B.Pedersen
- Jonsson, Dryml, Kasprzak, Iversen
- Gollob, N.Pedersen, Nicholls, Lindgren
- Hancock, Andersen, Jonsson, Lindgren (E3)
- Gollob, Jaguś, Adams, Dryml
- N.Pedersen, Holta, Iversen, Crump
- Kasprzak, B.Pedersen, Nicholls, Harris
- N.Pedersen, Andersen, Dryml, B.Pedersen
- Holta, Kasprzak, Jaguś, Lindgren
- Gollob, Hancock, Iversen, Harris
- Crump, Adams, Jonsson, Nicholls
- Semi-Finals:
- Gollob, Nicholls, Andersen, Adams
- N.Pedersen, Hancock, Jaguś, Crump
- Final:
- Hancock (6 points), N.Pedersen (4), Gollob (2), Nicholls (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
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) Nicki Pedersen
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155 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 21 | ||
| 2 | (3) Jason Crump
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127 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 9 | ||
| 3 | (6) Greg Hancock
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120 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 18 | ||
| 4 | (4) Tomasz Gollob
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118 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 20 | ||
| 5 | (5) Hans N. Andersen
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101 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 10 | ||
| 6 | (2) Leigh Adams
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98 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 9 | ||
| 7 | (10) Andreas Jonsson
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79 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 8 | ||
| 8 | (7) Rune Holta
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63 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 9 | (8) Scott Nicholls
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62 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | ||
| 10 | (15) Fredrik Lindgren
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59 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 11 | (9) Chris Harris
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54 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 5 | ||
| 12 | (12) Niels Kristian Iversen
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53 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 13 | (11) Bjarne Pedersen
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49 | 4 | – | – | 7 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 14 | (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak
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44 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 15 | (13) Lukáš Dryml
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35 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 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
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4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | ||
| 23 | (16) Peter Ljung
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3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | ||
| 24 | (16) Grigory Laguta
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2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | ||
| 25 | (18) Billy Forsberg
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2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 26 | (17) Nicolai Klindt
|
1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 27 | (17) (18) Krzysztof Buczkowski
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1 | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| 28 | (17) Sebastian Aldén
|
0 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 29 | (17) Maksims Bogdanovs
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0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | ||
| Rider(s) not classified | |||||||||||||
| (17) Izak Šantej
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— | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| (17) Damian Baliński
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— | – | 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
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— | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | |||
| Pos. | Rider | Points | SVN |
EUR |
SWE |
DEN |
GBR |
CZE |
SCA |
LAT |
POL |
ITA |
FIN
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Hancock najlepszy w Bydgoszczy" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-09-13. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
- ^ "Oficjalnie: Jaguś z dziką kartą". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-08-26. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
- ^ "Press Release Bydgoszcz SGP" (PDF). pzm.pl. 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "Janowski zastąpi Gomólskiego!". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-09-09. Archived from the original on 10 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
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