2007 Speedway Grand Prix

The 2007 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 13th season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and was used to determine the Speedway World Champion. It was the first under the promotion of IMG, who had purchased series organisers Benfield Sports International (BSI).

2007 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
Dates28 April - 13 October
Events11
Cities11
Countries9
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats253 + 1 Run-off (in 11 events)
Winners
Champion DEN Nicki Pedersen
Runner-up AUS Leigh Adams
3rd place AUS Jason Crump

Event format

The format for 2007 was a revision of that used in 2006, with 16 riders taking part in each Grand Prix and over the course of 20 heats each rider racing against every other rider once. The top 8 scorers advanced to a semi-final and from each semi-final the 1st and 2nd placed riders advanced to the Grand Prix final.

All rides counted towards Grand Prix points totals, including the semi-final and final, which counted as double (6-4-2-0) and therefore the maximum points for a single Grand Prix was 24 (5x heat wins, semi final win and final win). This scoring revision was introduced as a result of comments made during 2006 that the four finalists received too many points compared to the losing semi-finalists who received little benefit compared to the 9th placed non-qualifier.[1] This format also meant that the winner of each Grand Prix may not be the rider who scores most Grand Prix points from each race.

Cities

Cities of 2007 Grand Prix:

Qualification for Grand Prix

For the 2007 season, there were 15 permanent riders joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card. The top eight riders from the 2006 championship qualified as of right, although as Hans Andersen had already qualified the 9th placed rider was also included. These eight qualifiers were, in championship order:-

They were joined by three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Qualifying final. These riders were, in order by qualifying position:-

The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2006 Grand Prix season.

Calendar

RoundDateCity and venueWinnerRunner-up3rd placed4th placedResults
1 28 April Lonigo , Italy
Stadio Speedway Santa Marina
Nicki Pedersen Greg Hancock Wiesław Jaguś Jason Crump results
2 12 May Wrocław , Poland
Olympic Stadium
Nicki Pedersen Hans N. Andersen Chris Harris Jason Crump results
3 26 May Eskilstuna , Sweden
Smedstadion
Leigh Adams Hans N. Andersen Fredrik Lindgren Nicki Pedersen results
4 9 June Copenhagen , Denmark
Parken Stadium
Andreas Jonsson Nicki Pedersen Leigh Adams Tomasz Gollob results
5 30 June Cardiff , Great Britain
Millennium Stadium
Chris Harris Greg Hancock Jason Crump Leigh Adams results
6 28 July Prague , Czech Republic
Marketa Stadium
Nicki Pedersen Jarosław Hampel Rune Holta Scott Nicholls results
7 11 August Målilla , Sweden
G&B Stadium
Leigh Adams Tomasz Gollob Jason Crump Hans N. Andersen results
8 25 August Daugavpils , Latvia
Spidveja Centrs
Leigh Adams Nicki Pedersen Tomasz Gollob Scott Nicholls results
9 8 September Bydgoszcz , Poland
Polonia Stadium
Tomasz Gollob Krzysztof Kasprzak Nicki Pedersen Andreas Jonsson results
10 22 September Krško , Slovenia
Matije Gubca Stadium
Nicki Pedersen Scott Nicholls Rune Holta Jason Crump results
11 13 October Gelsenkirchen , Germany
Veltins-Arena
Andreas Jonsson Greg Hancock Jason Crump Leigh Adams results

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
EUR
SWE
DEN
GBR
CZE
SCA
LAT
POL
SVN
GER
(3) Nicki Pedersen 196 242311161224161919239
(5) Leigh Adams 153 1210211814819229911
(1) Jason Crump 124 1213491511151071315
4 (8) Tomasz Gollob 108 10391131191421107
5 (6) Hans Andersen 107 9132012138125339
6 (2) Greg Hancock 106 191597176535416
7 (14) Rune Holta 91 (+3) 269551657101610
8 (11) Scott Nicholls 91 (+2) 46479128134168
9 (15) Chris Harris 91 (+1) 7159520567584
10 (4) Andreas Jonsson 90 7551657811620
11 (13) Wiesław Jaguś 81 14663091211596
12 (12) Bjarne Pedersen 77 583576788911
13 (9) Jarosław Hampel 67 8657816116
14 (7) Matej Žagar 54 57715832466
15 (10) Antonio Lindbäck 31 3039703051
16 (16) Fredrik Lindgren 21 147
17 (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 17 17
18 (19) Peter Karlsson 13 58
19 (16) Kenneth Bjerre 10 10
20 (16) Grigory Laguta 8 8
21 (16) Sebastian Ułamek 6 6
22 (16) Jurica Pavlič 5 5
23 (17) Jonas Davidsson 5 5ns
24 (20) Kai Laukkanen 5 230
25 (16) David Howe 4 4
26 (16) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 4 4
27 (16) Christian Hefenbrock 4 4
28 (17) Josef Franc 3 3
29 (16) Mattia Carpanese 2 2
30 (18) Morten Risager 2 2
31 (18) Maksims Bogdanovs 2 2
32 (17) Tomasz Gapiński 1 1
33 (17) Kasts Poudzuks 1 1
34 (17) Daniele Tessari 0 0
35 (17) Jesper B. Jensen 0 0
36 (18) Christian Miotello 0 0
37 (18) Eric Andersson 0 0
38 (18) Matěj Kůs 0 -----0-----
Rider(s) not classified
(17) Edward Kennett - ----ns------
(17) Krzysztof Buczkowski - --------ns--
(17) Jernej Kolenko - ---------ns-
(17) Martin Smolinski - ----------ns
(18) Tomasz Jędrzejak - -ns---------
(18) Daniel King - ----ns------
(18) Sebastian Aldén - ------ns----
(18) Adrian Miedziński - --------ns--
(18) Izak Šantej - ---------ns-
(18) Tobias Kroner - ----------ns
Pos. Rider Points ITA
EUR
SWE
DEN
GBR
CZE
SCA
LAT
POL
SVN
GER

See also

References

  1. "Olsen pleased with new system". Benfield Sports International. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
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