2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy

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]

2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy
FIM Meridian Lifts Italian Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date27 September 2008
City Lonigo
Event10 of 11 (110)
Referee Wojciech Grodzki
Jury President Ilkka Teromaa
Stadium details
StadiumSanta Marina Stadium
Capacity8,000
Length334 m (365 yd)
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner Hans N. Andersen
Runner-up Bjarne Pedersen
3rd place Bjarne Pedersen

Riders

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

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 21 3 2 3 2 2 12 2 3 3
2 5 (11) Bjarne Pedersen 17 3 0 2 3 3 11 3 2 2
3 12 (3) Jason Crump 18 3 3 3 2 2 13 1 3 1
4 9 (2) Leigh Adams 12 1 2 1 3 3 10 4 2 0
5 13 (7) Rune Holta 10 2 3 2 1 1 9 6 1
6 7 (10) Andreas Jonsson 9 2 0 3 3 1 9 5 0
7 2 (6) Greg Hancock 9 1 3 1 3 0 8 8 1
8 10 (4) Tomasz Gollob 9 2 2 1 1 3 9 7 X
9 3 (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 8 2 1 2 0 3 8 9
10 11 (8) Scott Nicholls 8 T/- 3 1 2 2 8 10
11 8 (1) Nicki Pedersen 6 1 F2x 3 0 2 6 11
12 1 (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 6 3 1 0 1 1 6 12
13 6 (15) Fredrik Lindgren 5 X 1 2 2 0 5 13
14 15 (13) Lukáš Dryml 4 1 2 0 1 0 4 14
15 17 (17) Mattia Carpanese 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 15
16 14 (16) Guglielmo Franchetti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
17 18 (18) Alessandro Milanese 0 0 0 17
4 (9) Chris Harris - -
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

  1. Iversen, Kasprzak, Hancock, Carpanese
    Reserve rider Carpanese replaces injured Harris and comes.
  2. B.Pedersen, Jonsson, N.Pedersen, Lindgren (Fx)
  3. Crump, Gollob, Adams, Milanese, Nicholls (T/-)
    Nicholls touching the tapes and was excluded and replaced by Milanese.
  4. Andersen, Holta, Dryml, Franchetti
  5. Holta, Adams, Iversen, B.Pedersen
  6. Hancock, Gollob, Lindgren, Franchetti
  7. Nicholls, Dryml, Kasprzak, Jonsson
  8. Crump, Andersen, Carpanese, N.Pedersen (F2x)
    Pedersen crashes and is excluded. Carpanese takes a point despite broken chain.
  9. Andersen, Lindgren, Nicholls, Iversen
  10. Crump, B.Pedersen, Hancock, Dryml
  11. N.Pedersen, Kasprzak, Adams, Franchetti
  12. Jonsson, Holta, Gollob, Carpanese
  13. Jonsson, Crump, Iversen, Franchetti
  14. Hancock, Nicholls, Holta, N.Pedersen
  15. B.Pedersen, Andersen, Gollob, Kasprzak
  16. Adams, Lindgren, Dryml, Carpanese
  17. Gollob, N.Pedersen, Iversen, Dryml
  18. Adams, Andersen, Jonsson, Hancock
  19. Kasprzak, Crump, Holta, Lindgren
  20. B.Pedersen, Nicholls, Carpanese, Franchetti
    Semi-Finals:
  21. Crump, Adams, Holta, Gollob (X)
    Race stopped due to collision between Crump & Gollob - Gollob excluded
  22. Andersen, B.Pedersen, Hancock, Jonsson
    The Final:
  23. Andersen (6 points), B.Pedersen (4), Crump (2), Adams (0)

The intermediate classification

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 161 1716162011221418216 
2 (3) Jason Crump 145 108121822171219918 
3 (6) Greg Hancock 129 82061020131213189 
4 (4) Tomasz Gollob 127 1912819412816209 
5 (5) Hans N. Andersen 122 1468119162071021 
6 (2) Leigh Adams 110 52098710219912 
7 (10) Andreas Jonsson 88 129898961089 
8 (7) Rune Holta 73 541776954610 
9 (8) Scott Nicholls 70 727712647108 
10 (11) Bjarne Pedersen 66 4714767417 
11 (15) Fredrik Lindgren 64 77223247705 
12 (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 59 81026679146 
13 (9) Chris Harris 54 6653107395ns 
14 (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 52 6353419768 
15 (13) Lukáš Dryml 39 9231145734 
16 (16) Jarosław Hampel 16 16 
17 (16) Kenneth Bjerre 11 11 
18 (16) Wiesław Jaguś 9 9 
19 (16) (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 8 350 
20 (16) Matej Žagar 7 7 
21 (16) (17) Jonas Davidsson 7 7ns 
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 1 ns1 
29 (16) Guglielmo Franchetti 0 0 
30 (17) Sebastian Aldén 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 ns 
(18) Denis Štojs ns 
(18) Patrick Hougaard ns 
(18) Simon Stead ns 
(18) Filip Šitera ns 
(18) Thomas H. Jonasson ns 
(18) Kasts Poudzuks ns 
(18) Maciej Janowski ns 
Pos. Rider Points SVN
EUR
SWE
DEN
GBR
CZE
SCA
LAT
POL
ITA
FIN

See also

References

  1. "Andersen najlepszy we Włoszech" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-09-27. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
  2. "Franchetti pojedzie z dziką kartą" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-09-09. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
  3. "Press Release Lonigo SGP" (PDF). Polski Związek Motorowy. 2008-09-17. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
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