2007 Speedway Grand Prix

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2007 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
Dates	April 28 - October 13
Events	11 in 11 cities in 9 countrys
Riders	15 permanents, 1 wild card(s), 2 track reserves
Heats	253 + 1 Run-off (in 11 events)
Champion	DEN Nicki Pedersen
Runner-up	AUS Leigh Adams
3rd place	AUS Jason Crump

The 2007 Speedway Grand Prix season was the thirteenth 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).

[edit] 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.

[edit] Cities

Cities of 2007 Grand Prix:

• Bydgoszcz
• Cardiff
• Copenhagen
• Daugavpils
• Eskilstuna
• Gelsenkirchen
• Krško
• Målilla
• Prague
• Wrocław

[edit] 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:-

• (1) Jason Crump
• (2) Greg Hancock
• (3) Nicki Pedersen
• (4) Andreas Jonsson
• (5) Leigh Adams
• (7) Matej Žagar
• (8) Tomasz Gollob
• (9) Jarosław Hampel

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

• (13) Wiesław Jaguś
• (14) Rune Holta
• (6) Hans Andersen

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

• (10) Antonio Lindbäck
• (11) Scott Nicholls
• (12) Bjarne Pedersen
• (15) Chris Harris

[edit] 2007 Event schedule and winners

	Date	Grand Prix of	Stadium	City	Winner
1	April 28	Italy	Stadio Speedway Santa Marina	Lonigo	Nicki Pedersen	result
2	May 12	Europe	Olimpic Stadium	Wrocław	Nicki Pedersen	result
3	May 26	Sweden	Smedstadion	Eskilstuna	Leigh Adams	result
4	June 9	Denmark	Parken Stadium	Copenhagen	Andreas Jonsson	result
5	June 30	Great Britain	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Chris Harris	result
6	July 28	Czech Republic	Marketa Stadium	Prague	Nicki Pedersen	result
7	August 11	Scandinavia	G&B Stadium	Målilla	Leigh Adams	result
8	August 25	Latvia	Spidveja Centrs	Daugavpils	Leigh Adams	result
9	September 8	Poland	Polonia Stadium	Bydgoszcz	Tomasz Gollob	result
10	September 22	Slovenia	Matije Gubca Stadium	Krško	Nicki Pedersen	result
11	October 13	Germany	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen	Andreas Jonsson	result

[edit] Final standings

Pos.	Rider	Points	ITA	EUR	SWE	DEN	GBR	CZE	SCA	LAT	POL	SVN	GER
1	(3) Nicki Pedersen	196	24	23	11	16	12	24	16	19	19	23	9
2	(5) Leigh Adams	153	12	10	21	18	14	8	19	22	9	9	11
3	(1) Jason Crump	124	12	13	4	9	15	11	15	10	7	13	15
4	(8) Tomasz Gollob	108	10	3	9	11	3	1	19	14	21	10	7
5	(6) Hans Andersen	107	9	13	20	12	13	8	12	5	3	3	9
6	(2) Greg Hancock	106	19	15	9	7	17	6	5	3	5	4	16
7	(14) Rune Holta	91 +3	2	6	9	5	5	16	5	7	10	16	10
8	(11) Scott Nicholls	91 +2	4	6	4	7	9	12	8	13	4	16	8
9	(15) Chris Harris	91 +F	7	15	9	5	20	5	6	7	5	8	4
10	(4) Andreas Jonsson	90	7	5	5	16	5	7	-	8	11	6	20
11	(13) Wiesław Jaguś	81	14	6	6	3	0	9	12	11	5	9	6
12	(12) Bjarne Pedersen	77	5	8	3	5	7	6	7	8	8	9	11
13	(9) Jarosław Hampel	67	8	6	5	7	8	16	-	-	11	6	-
14	(7) Matej Žagar	54	5	7	7	1	5	8	3	2	4	6	6
15	(10) Antonio Lindbäck	31	3	0	3	9	7	0	3	0	5	1	-
16	(16) Fredrik Lindgren	21	-	-	14	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-
17	(16) Krzysztof Kasprzak	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-
18	(19) Peter Karlsson	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	8
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	-	-	5	-	-	-	ns	-	-	-	-
24	(20) Kai Laukkanen	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	0
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) Erik Andersson	0	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
38	(18) Matěj Kůs	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-
	(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

[edit] See also

v • d • e Individual Speedway World Championship and Speedway Grand Prix seasons Speedway World Championship 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 Speedway Grand Prix (SGP) 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 See also Medalists • Medal Classification • Grands Prix • SGP riders • Super Prix

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