2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, known as the 2008 FIM Meridian Lifts British Speedway Grand Prix for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 28 June, in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.[1] The British Grand Prix is one of the four Super Prix events held in 2008. The winner in Cardiff will progress to the Super Prix final, taking gate 3 and the white helmet colour.

Riders

Edward Kennett was nominated as a wild card after he finished 2nd at the 2008 British Speedway Championship. Tai Woffinden and Simon Stead were the next highest finishing non-Grand Prix riders and both will be track reserves at Cardiff.[2] The starting positions draw was made on 18 June, at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.[3]

Result

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The 2008 British Grand Prix at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Jason Crump from Australia was the winner of the British Grand Prix, he finished ahead of second placed Greg Hancock of the United States. Crump therefore takes the white helmet colour in the Super Prix final.[4]

Nicki Pedersen benefited from controversial decisions by Polish referee Marek Wojaczek.[5] Pedersen touched the tapes in an early heat, which should have resulted in a mandatory exclusion but Wojaczek allowed the race to continue and later, after an innocuous clash with Leigh Adams on the first corner of heat 17, Adams was excluded.[4] In the first semi-final Bjarne Pedersen, who led the qualifying scorers with 14 points, clashed with his Nicki Pedersen in identical fashion to Adams and he, too, was excluded, much to the anger of the 45,000 crowd.[4][5]

Great Britain's Scott Nicholls reached the final for the first time this year only to break the start tapes which resulted in his exclusion from the final. Nicki Pedersen fell in the final and therefore scored 0 points from the race, but still took third place on the podium. Nicki Pedersen still led the standings after the British Grand Prix, and it was the fifth time out of five Grand Prix that he had reached the final, although his first Grand Prix win in 2008 would not come until the following Czech Grand Prix.[4]

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 12 AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (3) Jason Crump 22 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 14 2 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3
2 13 United StatesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (6) Greg Hancock 20 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 13 3 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2
3 10 DenmarkScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (1) Nicki Pedersen 11 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 8 7 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"| F3
4 3 United KingdomScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (8) Scott Nicholls 12 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 10 4 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"| T
5 16 DenmarkScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (11) Bjarne Pedersen 14 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 14 1 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|X
6 5 United KingdomScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (9) Chris Harris 10 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 9 5 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1
7 14 DenmarkScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (5) Hans Andersen 9 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 8 6 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1
8 15 SwedenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (10) Andreas Jonsson 8 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 8 8 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0
9 1 AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (2) Leigh Adams 7 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|X 7 9
10 4 DenmarkScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 6 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|F3 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|Fx 6 10
11 8 PolandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (7) Rune Holta 6 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|X/F2 6 11
12 6 PolandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (4) Tomasz Gollob 4 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|F4 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 4 12
13 9 United KingdomScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (16) Edward Kennett 4 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 4 13
14 11 PolandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 4 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 4 14
15 7 SwedenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (15) Fredrik Lindgren 2 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|X/2x style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|X/F3 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 2 15
16 2 Czech RepublicScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (13) Lukáš Dryml 1 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 1 16
17 17 United KingdomScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (17) Tai Woffinden - - 17
18 18 United KingdomScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (18) Simon Stead - - 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

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Heat after heat

  1. (56.6) Iversen, Adams, Nicholls, Dryml
  2. (56.0) Harris, Holta, Lindgren, Gollob
  3. (55.8) Crump, N.Pedersen, Kennett, Kasprzak
  4. (56.9) Hancock, B.Pedersen, Jonsson, Andersen
  5. (55.9) Hancock, Adams, Harris, Kennett
  6. (56.5) Andersen, Gollob, N.Pedersen, Dryml
  7. (56.5) Nicholls, Jonsson, Kasprzak, Lindgren
  8. (56.8) B.Pedersen, Crump, Holta, Iversen
  9. (57.4) B.Pedersen, Gollob, Adams, Kasprzak
  10. (56.2) Crump, Harris, Jonsson, Dryml
  11. (57.6) Holta, Nicholls, Andersen, Kennett
  12. (56.7) Hancock, N.Pedersen, Lindgren (X/2x), Iversen (u)
  13. (56.2) Crump, Adams, Andersen, Lindgren (X/F)
  14. (57.2) Hancock, Kasprzak, Dryml, Holta
  15. (57.3) B.Pedersen, Nicholls, Harris, N. Pedersen
  16. (57.1) Iversen, Jonsson, Kennett, Gollob (E4)
  17. (57.1) N.Pedersen, Jonsson, Holta (X/F), Adams (X)
  18. (57.5) B.Pedersen, Kennett, Lindgren, Dryml
  19. (57.8) Crump, Nicholls, Hancock, Gollob
  20. (57.5) Andersen, Harris, Kasprzak, Iversen (X/F)
    Semi-Finals:
  21. (57.6) N.Pedersen, Nicholls, Andersen, B. Pedersen (X)
  22. (57.7) Hancock, Crump, Harris, Jonsson
    Final:
  23. (57.9) Crump (6 points), Hancock (4 points), N. Pedersen (F3), Nicholls (T)

The intermediate classification

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See also

References

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