2008 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 3 riders that would qualify for the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix .[ 1]
Calendar
Domestic Qualification
Poland
Pos.
Rider
Points
Heats
1
Grzegorz Walasek Zielona Góra 9
(0,3,3,3)
2
Rafał Dobrucki Rzeszów 9
(2,1,3,3)
3
Krzysztof Kasprzak Leszno 9
(3,2,2,2)
4
Paweł Hlib Gorzów Wlkp. 8
(3,1,1,3)
5
Piotr Protasiewicz Zielona Góra 7
(3,1,3,F)
6
Jarosław Hampel Leszno 7
(2,2,E,3)
7
Damian Baliński Leszno 7
(1,3,2,1)
10
Tomasz Gapiński Wrocław 6
(2,0,2,2)
Paweł Hlib was injured before Quarter-Final and was replaced by Tomasz Gapiński . Wiesław Jaguś (8th) and Sebastian Ułamek (9th) refused.
Quarter-finals
Terenzano
Qualifying round A
June 23, 2007
Terenzano Referee: ?
Attendance: ?
Best Time: ?
No12:
Pos.
Rider
Points
Heats
1
Niels Kristian Iversen 15
(3,3,3,3,3)
2
Jurica Pavlič 12+3
(1,2,3,3,3)
3
Rafał Dobrucki 12+2
(2,1,3,3,3)
4
Richard Hall 12+F/X
(2,3,2,2,3)
5
Kyle Legault 11
(3,2,2,2,2)
6
Niklas Klingberg 10
(3,0,3,3,1)
7
Steve Johnston 10
(3,2,1,2,2)
8
David Howe 8+3
(2,1,2,2,1)
9
Henrik Møller 8+2
(1,3,1,1,2)
10
Matej Ferjan [ 2] 5
(0,1,1,1,2)
11
Andrea Maida 4
(0,3,1,0,0)
12
Denis Štojs 3
(0,1,2,0,F)
13
Guglielmo Franchetti 3
(2,F,0,1,0)
14
Josef Franc 3
(1,2,E,0,0)
15
Marco Gregnanin 3
(1,0,0,1,1)
16
Maks Gregorič 1
(0,0,0,0,1)
Miskolc
Qualifying round B
June 24, 2007
Miskolc Referee: ?
Attendance: ?
Best Time: ?
Pos.
Rider
Points
Heats
1
Rory Schlein 14
(3,3,2,3,3)
2
Piotr Protasiewicz 12+3
(3,3,2,3,1)
3
Charlie Gjedde 12+2
(3,2,2,3,2)
4
Sebastian Ułamek 10
(2,1,3,1,3)
5
Chris Holder 10
(2,3,1,2,2)
6
Denis Gizatullin 9
(2,2,3,2,E)
7
Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 8+3
(E,3,1,1,3)
8
Zdeněk Simota 8+2
(1,2,2,3,0)
9
7
(1,0,3,1,2)
10
Joonas Kylmäkorpi 7
(1,1,1,2,2)
11
Jozsef Tabaka 6
(3,X,0,0,3)
12
Ruslan Gatiatow 5
(0,2,3,0,0)
13
Maksims Bogdanovs 5
(2,0,0,2,1)
14
Kasts Poudzuks 5
(1,1,1,1,1)
15
Magnus Karlsson 1
(0,0,0,0,1)
16
Jaroslaw Poljuchowicz 1
(0,1,0,0,0)
-
Zsolt Bencze
Mšeno
Pos.
Rider
Points
Heats
1
Krzysztof Kasprzak 15
(3,3,3,3,3)
2
Renat Gafurov 13
(3,3,2,2,3)
3
Aleš Dryml, Jr. 11
(3,2,1,3,2)
4
Tobias Kroner 10
(2,2,1,2,3)
5
Izak Šantej 9
(E,3,3,3,0)
6
Jarosław Hampel 9
(3,E,2,2,2)
7
Lukáš Dryml 8+3
(E,2,3,3,F)
8
Lewis Bridger 8+2
(2,2,2,1,1)
9
Daniel King 8+1
(2,1,3,1,1)
10
Adrian Rymel 6
(2,3,0,0,1)
11
Martin Vaculík 6
(1,0,0,2,3)
12
Thomas Stange 6
(0,1,2,1,2)
13
Hynek Štichauer 3
(1,2)
14
Henk Bos 3
(0,1,1,0,1)
15
Fritz Wallner 3
(1,1,E,1,E)
16
Kaj de Jong 1
(1,0,0,0,0)
-
Manuel Hauzinger 0
(E,0,-,-,-)
-
Richard Wolff 0
(0)
17: Heats: ?
18: Heat: ?
Motala
Pos.
Rider
Points
Heats
1
Damian Baliński 12+3
(1,3,3,2,3)
2
Kenneth Bjerre 12+2
(3,1,3,2,3)
3
Mikael Max 12+1
(3,3,2,3,1)
4
Tomasz Gapiński 11
(2,3,1,3,2)
5
Fredrik Lindgren 11
(1,2,3,2,3)
6
Kai Laukkanen 11
(2,2,1,3,3)
7
Jonas Davidsson 10
(0,3,2,3,2)
8
Kauko Nieminen 9
(3,1,2,1,2)
9
Jesper B. Jensen 8
(3,2,2,1,E)
10
Simon Stead 6
(1,0,3,2,0)
11
Martin Smolinski 6
(2,1,1,1,1)
12
Christian Hefenbrock 5
(2,2,0,1,0)
13
Daniel Davidsson 3
(0,1,0,0,2)
14
Oliver Allen 2
(0,0,1,0,1)
15
Rune Sola 2
(1,0,0,0,1)
16
Matt Browne 0
(0,0,0,0,0)
-
Ricky Kling
Semi-finals
Lonigo
Semi-final A
July 7, 2007
Lonigo Referee: ?
Attendance: ?
Best Time: ?
Pos.
Rider
Points
Heats
1
Bjarne Pedersen 11+3
(3,2,2,3,1)
2
Krzysztof Kasprzak 11+2
(2,3,0,3,3)
3
Damian Baliński 10+3
(3,3,2,2,0)
4
Denis Gizatullin 10+2
(3,1,3,1,2)
5
Tobias Kroner 10+1
(2,2,3,1,2)
6
Lukáš Dryml 9
(3,X,3,X,3)
7
Kyle Legault 8+3
(1,2,2,3,0)
8
Steve Johnston 8+2
(0,2,1,2,3)
9
Charlie Gjedde 8+1
(1,3,1,2,1)
10
Chris Holder 7
(F,1,0,3,3)
11
Jarosław Hampel 7
(2,0,3,1,1)
12
Jurica Pavlič 7
(2,1,0,2,2)
13
Mikael Max 6
(0,3,1,0,2)
14
Tomasz Gapiński 4
(1,0,2,E,1)
15
Richard Hall 2
(1,0,F,1,0)
16
Zdeněk Simota 1
(E,1,0,0)
17
Mattia Carpanese 0
(0,F/-,-,-,-)
18
David Howe 0
(F/-)
17: Heat: 5
18: Heats: 5, 12, 14 and 19
Heat 5:
Carpanese fell (injury); replaced by Howe.
Howe fell by Dryml (injury); Dryml was exclusion; Howe replaced by Simota.
Ljubljana
Semi-final B
July 8, 2007
Ljubljana Referee: ?
Attendance: ?
Best Time: ?
Pos.
Rider
Points
Heats
1
Fredrik Lindgren 11+3
(2,1,2,3,3)
2
Renat Gafurov 11+2
(1,3,1,3,3)
3
Kenneth Bjerre 11+1
(3,3,3,2,0)
4
Rory Schlein 10
(3,2,3,1,1)
5
Niels Kristian Iversen 10
(1,2,3,2,2)
6
Rafał Dobrucki 9
(3,2,1,0,3)
7
Jonas Davidsson 8+3
(3,1,E3,3,1)
8
Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 8+2
(2,0,2,2,2)
9
Piotr Protasiewicz 8+1
(0,3,2,F/X,3)
10
Grzegorz Walasek 7
(2,1,3,0,1)
11
Niklas Klingberg 7
(1,0,2,2,2)
12
Kai Laukkanen 6
(1,2,1,1,1)
13
Jernej Kolenko 5
(2,0,0,3,0)
14
Sebastian Ułamek 4
(0,3,0,1,0)
15
Izak Šantej 4
(0,1,1,0,2)
16
Aleš Dryml, Jr. 1
(E4,0,0,1,T/-)
17
Kauko Nieminen 0
(0)
-
Lewis Bridger
17: Heat: 19
Grand Prix Challenge
September 15, 2007 (Saturday, 19:30)
Vojens Referee:
Jury President:
Attendance:
Best Time:
Stadium and track:
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •
t - exclusion for touching the tapes •
x - other exclusion •
e - retired or mechanical failure •
f - fell •
ns - non-starter •
nc - non-classify
gate A - inside
gate B
gate C
gate D - outside
Heat after heat
Pedersen, Baliński, Kroner, Davidsson
Iversen, Bjerre, Dryml, Schlein
Tomíček, Lindgren, Dobrucki, Johnston
Gafurov, Gizatullin, Kasprzak, Legault (F/X)
Bjerre, Baliński, Johnston, Legault
Dryml, Gafurov, Lindgren, Kroner
Dobrucki, Davidsson, Kasprzak, Schlein
Iversen, Tomíček, Pedersen, Gizatullin
Dobrucki, Dryml, Baliński, Gizatullin
Bjerre, Tomíček, Kasprzak, Kroner
Iversen, Johnston, Davidsson, Gafurov
Pedersen, Lindgren, Schlein, Legault
Tomíček, Gafurov, Schlein, Baliński (E/start)
Iversen, Dobrucki, Legault, Kroner (E4)
Davidsson, Lindgren, Gizatullin, Bjerre (F/X)
Dryml, Kasprzak, Pedersen, Johnston
Kasprzak, Iversen, Gjedde, Lindgren (F/X)
Gizatullin, Schlein, Kroner, Johnston
Dryml, Davidsson, Tomíček, Legault
Pedersen, Bjerre, Dobrucki, Gafurov
Pedersen, Tomíček Top three riders qualified to 2008 Speedway Grand Prix :
Niels Kristian Iversen Lukáš Dryml Bjarne Pedersen
References
See also
Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
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