2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany

GER FIM Final Speedway Grand Prix 18 October 2008 Gelsenkirchen POL Bydgoszcz 11 of 11 (111) Anthony Steele GBR Jørgen L. Jensen DEN Veltins-Arena Polonia Stadium 20,000 348 temporary (Gelsenkirchen)speedway track (Bydgoszcz) AUS 60.44 Leigh Adams 1 Tomasz Gollob POL Hans N. Andersen DEN Greg Hancock USA The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany was the eleventh and closing race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It was scheduled to take place on 11 October 2008, in the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. However, the meeting was cancelled because the track (temporary) was deemed unsafe by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) jury due to adverse weather conditions. The event was re-staged at the Polonia Stadium, Bydgoszcz, Poland, on the 18 October and was renamed the 2008 FIM Final Speedway Grand Prix.http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/news/a9493?SID=b1baa0c6cf3836a58b39dcb1b4ef7b1e BSI/FIM Statement Benfield Sports International 2008 2008-10-11 June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgp/a9502 2008 FIM FINAL SGP TICKETS NOW ON SALE! Benfield Sports International 2008-10-14 2012-02-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20120211173749/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgp/a9502 dead The Grand Prix was won by Polish rider Tomasz Gollob, who also won the 2008 Super Prix. I spółdzielnia za słaba na Golloba - relacja z 2008 FIM Final Speedway Grand Prix w Bydgoszczy SportoweFakty.pl 2008-10-19 Polish http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/10/19/i-spoldzielnia-za-slaba-na-golloba-relacja-z-2008-fim-final-/ 2008-10-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20081020021153/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/10/19/i-spoldzielnia-za-slaba-na-golloba-relacja-z-2008-fim-final-/ 20 October 2008 live Riders The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Martin Smolinski as a wild card, and Tobias Kroner and Max Dilger both as track reserves. Smolinski pojedzie w Gelsenkirchen Polish SportoweFakty.pl 2008-09-17 http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/09/17/smolinski-pojedzie-w-gelsenkirchen/ 2008-09-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20080920012632/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/09/17/smolinski-pojedzie-w-gelsenkirchen/ 20 September 2008 live Kevin Wölbert later replaced the injured Max Dilger. Zmiana rezerwowego SportoweFakty.pl 2008-09-19 Polish http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/09/19/zmiana-rezerwowego/ 2008-09-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20080922010738/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/09/19/zmiana-rezerwowego/ 22 September 2008 live The draw was made on 29 September at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland. Press Release Gelsenkirchen SGP pzm.pl http://www.pzm.pl/userfiles/file/aktualnosci/zuzel/Press_Release_Gelsenkirchen_SGP.pdf 2008-10-01 2012-03-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20120309044019/http://www.pzm.pl/userfiles/file/aktualnosci/zuzel/Press_Release_Gelsenkirchen_SGP.pdf dead The SGP Commission re-nominated Maciej Janowski and Grzegorz Zengota both as track reserves. Janowski i Zengota w Final Grand Prix Polish SportoweFakty.pl 2008-10-14 http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/10/14/janowski-i-zengota-w-final-grand-prix/ 2008-10-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20081017033611/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/10/14/janowski-i-zengota-w-final-grand-prix/ 17 October 2008 live Track reserve Janowski later replaced the injured Niels Kristian Iversen. Janowski zastąpi Iversena SportoweFakty.pl 2008-10-17 Polish http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/10/17/janowski-zastapi-iversena/ 2008-10-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20081020061450/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/10/17/janowski-zastapi-iversena/ 20 October 2008 live Draw Nr 17 change: GER (17) Tobias Kroner → POL (17) Maciej Janowski Draw Nr 18 changes: GER (18) Max Dilger → GER (18) Kevin Wölbert → POL (18) Grzegorz Zengota Heat details 4 1 POL 4 Tomasz Gollob E4 3 3 3 3 2 b 3 b 3 5 2 DEN 5 Hans N. Andersen 2 2 2 3 1 6 y 3 w 2 13 3 USA 6 Greg Hancock 2 3 0 3 3 5 y 2 r 1 2 4 AUS 2 Leigh Adams 3 3 3 2 2 1 b 2 y 0 7 5 DEN 1 Nicki Pedersen 3 3 1 2 3 4 r 1 y 14 6 SWE 10 Andreas Jonsson 3 1 3 3 2 3 r X 1 7 SWE 15 Fredrik Lindgren 2 1 2 1 2 8 w 1 10 8 CZE 13 Lukáš Dryml 2 0 2 1 3 7 w 0 9 9 AUS 3 Jason Crump 3 0 2 1 1 3 10 POL 7 Rune Holta 1 2 T/- 2 2 6 11 GBR 8 Scott Nicholls 1 2 1 2 1 8 12 POL 14 Krzysztof Kasprzak 0 2 1 1 1 11 13 GBR 9 Chris Harris 1 0 3 0 0 15 14 DEN 11 Bjarne Pedersen 1 1 1 0 0 16 15 POL 17 Maciej Janowski 0 1 0 0 0 17 12 16 GER 16 Martin Smolinski 0 0 0 0 0 17 POL 18 Grzegorz Zengota w 0 DEN (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 16 Heat after heat (60,44) Adams, Lindgren, Holta, Gollob (E4) (61,22) N.Pedersen, Andersen, Nicholls, Kasprzak (61,66) Crump, Dryml, Harris, Smolinski (61,69) Jonsson, Hancock, B.Pedersen, Janowski (61,91) Hancock, Andersen, Lindgren, Crump (62,22) Adams, Nicholls, Jonsson, Dryml (62,25) N.Pedersen, Holta, B.Pedersen, Harris (62,82) Gollob, Kasprzak, Janowski, Smolinski (63,91) Harris, Lindgren, Nicholls, Janowski (62,68) Adams, Andersen, B.Pedersen, Smolinski (62,78) Jonsson, Crump, Kasprzak, Zengota, Holta (T) (63,62) Gollob, Dryml, N.Pedersen, Hancock (62,88) Jonsson, N.Pedersen, Lindgren, Smolinski (63,12) Hancock, Adams, Kasprzak, Harris (63,75) Andersen, Holta, Dryml, Janowski (63,48) Gollob, Nicholls, Crump, B.Pedersen (64,44) Dryml, Lindgren, Kasprzak, B.Pedersen (63,79) N.Pedersen, Adams, Crump, Janowski (63,88) Hancock, Holta, Nicholls, Smolinski (64,37) Gollob, Jonsson, Andersen, Harris Semi-Finals: (64,27) Andersen, Adams, N.Pedersen, Dryml (64,25) Gollob, Hancock, Lindgren, Jonsson (X) The Final: (64,00) Gollob, Andersen, Hancock, Adams SuperPrix Final: (63,98) Gollob, Crump, Holta, N.Pedersen (T) Super Prix Speedway Super Prix For the Super Prix Final the $200,000 prize fund will be awarded as follows: $120,000 $40,000 $25,000 $15,000 If a Super Prix event is won by a rider who has already qualified for the Super Prix Final, then the World Championship Final Classification following the completion of Heat 23 in Germany will determine who is awarded this place or places. At the Super Prix Final in Germany, if a rider has won more than one Super Prix he will take the starting gate colour of his first Super Prix win. e.g. If he has won in Sweden (red) and Denmark (blue), the rider will have the red starting gate. If qualified riders are unable to participate in the Super Prix Final due to injury or other circumstances, they will be replaced using the World Championship Final Classification. A Wild Card or Reserve rider could qualify to the Super Prix Final in Germany. It is the placing in the Final of a Super Prix which determines who qualifies, not points.SpeedwayWorld.tv https://web.archive.org/web/20241130134629/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgp/a8996 2024-11-30 - 2008-05-24 Gate Rider NoteA POL POL Rune Holta Swedish SGP WinnerB POL POL Tomasz Gollob Danish SGP Winner (Final SGP Winner also)C AUS AUS Jason Crump British SGP WinnerD DEN DEN Nicki Pedersen Final SGP Winner Top rider in World Championship Final Classification The Final Classification 2008 SVN EUR SWE DEN GBR CZE SCA LAT POL ITA GER Q P1 DEN 1 Nicki Pedersen b 17 c 16 c 16 b 20 c 11 a 22 c 14 b 18 b 21 f 6 e 13 Q P2 AUS 3 Jason Crump e 10 f 8 d 12 c 18 a 22 c 17 d 12 a 19 e 9 c 18 f 7 Q P3 POL 4 Tomasz Gollob a 19 e 12 e 8 a 19 f 4 e 12 e 8 c 16 c 20 e 9 a 21 Q 4 USA 6 Greg Hancock e 8 b 20 f 6 e 10 b 20 d 13 e 12 d 13 a 18 e 9 c 15 Q 5 DEN 5 Hans N. Andersen c 14 f 6 e 8 d 11 e 9 b 16 b 20 f 7 e 10 a 21 b 17 Q 6 AUS 2 Leigh Adams f 5 a 20 e 9 e 8 f 7 e 10 a 21 e 9 e 9 d 12 d 15 Q 7 SWE 10 Andreas Jonsson d 12 e 9 e 8 e 9 e 8 e 9 f 6 e 10 f 8 e 9 e 12 Q 8 POL 7 Rune Holta f 5 f 4 a 17 f 7 f 6 e 9 f 5 f 4 f 6 e 10 f 7 P 9 GBR 8 Scott Nicholls f 7 f 2 f 7 f 7 d 12 f 6 f 4 f 7 d 10 f 8 f 7 P 10 SWE 15 Fredrik Lindgren f 7 f 7 b 22 f 3 f 2 f 4 f 7 f 7 f 0 f 5 e 9 P 11 DEN 11 Bjarne Pedersen f 4 x x f 7 e 14 f 7 f 6 e 7 f 4 b 17 f 3 P 12 DEN 12 Niels Kristian Iversen e 8 e 10 f 2 f 6 f 6 f 7 e 9 f 1 f 4 f 6 n P 13 GBR 9 Chris Harris f 6 f 6 f 5 f 3 e 10 f 7 f 3 e 9 f 5 n f 4 P 14 POL 14 Krzysztof Kasprzak f 6 f 3 f 5 f 3 f 4 f 1 e 9 f 7 f 6 f 8 f 5 P 15 CZE 13 Lukáš Dryml e 9 f 2 f 3 f 1 f 1 f 4 f 5 f 7 f 3 f 4 e 8 w 16 POL 16 Jarosław Hampel x d 16 x x x x x x x x x w 17 DEN 16 Kenneth Bjerre x x x e 11 x x x x x x x w 18 POL 16 Wiesław Jaguś x x x x x x x x e 9 x x w 19 CZE 16) (19 Luboš Tomíček, Jr. x f 3 f 5 x x f 0 x x x x x w 20 SVN 16 Matej Žagar f 7 x x x x x x x x x x w 21 SWE 16) (17 Jonas Davidsson x x f 7 x x x n x x x x w 22 GBR 16 Edward Kennett x x x x f 4 x x x x x x w 23 SWE 16 Peter Ljung x x x x x x f 3 x x x x w 24 LVA 16 Grigory Laguta x x x x x x x f 2 x x x w 25 ITA 17 Mattia Carpanese x x x x x x x x x f 2 x w 26 SWE 18 Billy Forsberg x x f 2 x x x x x x x x w 27 DEN 17 Nicolai Klindt x x x f 1 x x x x x x x w 28 POL 17) (18 Krzysztof Buczkowski x n x x x x x x f 1 x x w 29 POL 17) (18 Maciej Janowski x x x x x x x x n x f 1 w 30 ITA 16 Guglielmo Franchetti x x x x x x x x x f 0 x w 31 GER 16 Martin Smolinski x x x x x x x x x x f 0 w 32 SWE 17 Sebastian Aldén x x f 0 x x x x x x x x w 33 LVA 17 Maksims Bogdanovs x x x x x x x f 0 x x x w 34 ITA 18 Alessandro Milanese x x x x x x x x x f 0 x w 35 POL 18 Grzegorz Zengota x x x x x x x x x x f 0 r SVN 17 Izak Šantej n x x x x x x x x x x r POL 17 Damian Baliński x n x x x x x x x x x r GBR 17 Tai Woffinden x x x x n x x x x x x r CZE 17 Adrian Rymel x x x x x n x x x x x r SVN 18 Denis Štojs n x x x x x x x x x x r DEN 18 Patrick Hougaard x x x n x x x x x x x r GBR 18 Simon Stead x x x x n x x x x x x r CZE 18 Filip Šitera x x x x x n x x x x x r SWE 18 Thomas H. Jonasson x x x x x x n x x x x r LVA 18 Kasts Poudzuks x x x x x x x n x x x See also Speedway Grand Prix List of Speedway Grand Prix riders References External links www.SpeedwayWorld.tv Germany 2008 2008 B