2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia

The 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia was the eighth race of the 2007 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 25 August in the Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs stadium in Daugavpils, Latvia.[1]

Latvia 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia
FIM Latvijas Mobilais Telefons Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date25 August 2007
CityLatvia Daugavpils
Event8 /11 (97)
RefereeGermany Frank Ziegler
Jury PresidentDenmark J. L. Jensen
Stadium details
StadiumLatvijas Spīdveja Centrs
Capacity10,500
Length373 m (408 yd)
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Attendance7,000
Best TimeSweden Andreas Jonsson,
Poland Tomasz Gollob and
Australia Leigh Adams
69.0 secs (in Heat 1, 2 and 10)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerAustralia Leigh Adams
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upDenmark Nicki Pedersen
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placePoland Nicki Pedersen

Starting positions draw

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission has nominated Grigory Laguta (as wild card), Kasts Poudzuks and Maksims Bogdanow (both as track reserve). Kai Laukkanen has replaced the injured Jarosław Hampel.

  1. (4) Andreas Jonsson (Sweden)
  2. (2) Greg Hancock (United States)
  3. (9) Jarosław Hampel (Poland) → (20) Kai Laukkanen (Finland)
  4. (7) Matej Žagar (Slovenia)
  5. (15) Chris Harris (United Kingdom)
  6. (1) Jason Crump (Australia)
  7. (8) Tomasz Gollob (Poland)
  8. (13) Wiesław Jaguś (Poland)
  9. (11) Scott Nicholls (United Kingdom)
  10. (6) Hans N. Andersen (Denmark)
  11. (3) Nicki Pedersen (Denmark)
  12. (5) Leigh Adams (Australia)
  13. (10) Antonio Lindbäck (Sweden)
  14. (16) Grigory Laguta (Russia)
  15. (12) Bjarne Pedersen (Denmark)
  16. (14) Rune Holta (Poland)
  17. (17) Kasts Poudzuks (Latvia)
  18. (18) Maksims Bogdanovs (Latvia)

Laguta was started with Latvian licence.

Heat details

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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   (5) Leigh Adams 22 2 2 3 3 3 13 1 3 3
2 11   (3) Nicki Pedersen 19 3 3 1 3 2 12 2 3 2
3 7   (8) Tomasz Gollob 14 3 1 3 2 1 10 4 2 1
4 9   (11) Scott Nicholls 13 1 3 2 3 2 11 3 2 0
5 8   (13) Wiesław Jaguś 11 1 3 1 2 3 10 5 1
6 6   (1) Jason Crump 10 0 2 3 2 2 9 6 1
7 14   (16) Grigory Laguta 8 3 1 3 0 1 8 7 0
8 1   (4) Andreas Jonsson 8 3 2 0 1 2 8 8 0
9 15   (12) Bjarne Pedersen 8 2 2 2 1 1 8 9
10 16   (14) Rune Holta 7 1 1 2 3 0 7 10
11 5   (15) Chris Harris 7 2 1 1 F 3 7 11
12 10   (6) Hans N. Andersen 5 Fx 3 2 Fx E 5 12
13 2   (2) Greg Hancock 3 E 0 0 E 3 3 13
14 3   (20) Kai Laukkanen 3 1 0 0 2 0 3 14
15 4   (7) Matej Žagar 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 15
16 18   (18) Maksims Bogdanovs 2 1 1 2 16
17 17   (17) Kasts Poudzuks 1 0 1 1 17
18 13   (10) Antonio Lindbäck 0 X - - - - 0 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

gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

Heat after heat

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  1. Jonsson, Žagar, Laukkanen, Hancock (d)
  2. Gollob, Jaguś, Harris, Crump
  3. N. Pedersen, Adams, Nicholls, Andersen (u/w)
  4. Łaguta, B. Pedersen, Holta, Lindbäck (u/w)
  5. Nicholls, Jonsson, Harris, Puodżuks (za Lindbäcka)
  6. Andersen, Crump, Łaguta, Hancock
  7. N. Pedersen, B. Pedersen, Gollob, Laukkanen
  8. Jaguś, Adams, Holta, Žagar
  9. Crump, Holta, N. Pedersen, Jonsson
  10. Adams, B. Pedersen, Harris, Hancock
  11. Łaguta, Nicholls, Jaguś, Laukkanen
  12. Gollob, Andersen, Bogdanow (za Lindbäcka), Žagar
  13. Adams, Gollob, Jonsson, Łaguta
  14. N. Pedersen, Jaguś, Puodżuks (za Lindbäcka), Hancock (d)
  15. Holta, Laukkanen, Harris (3u), Andersen (u/w)
  16. Nicholls, Crump, B. Pedersen, Žagar
  17. Jaguś, Jonsson, B. Pedersen, Andersen (d)
  18. Hancock, Nicholls, Gollob, Holta
  19. Adams, Crump, Bogdanow (za Lindbäcka), Laukkanen
  20. Harris, N. Pedersen, Łaguta, Žagar
    Semi-Finals:
  21. Adams, Gollob, Crump, Łaguta
  22. N. Pedersen, Nicholls, Jaguś, Jonsson
    Final:
  23. Adams, N. Pedersen, Gollob, Nicholls

The intermediate classification

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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
 
1   (3) Nicki Pedersen 145 24 23 11 16 12 24 16 19      
2   (5) Leigh Adams 124 12 10 21 18 14 8 19 22      
3   (6) Hans N. Andersen 92 9 13 20 12 13 8 12 5      
4   (1) Jason Crump 89 12 13 4 9 15 11 15 10      
5   (2) Greg Hancock 81 19 15 9 7 17 6 5 3      
6   (15) Chris Harris 74 7 15 9 5 20 5 6 7      
7   (8) Tomasz Gollob 70 10 3 9 11 3 1 19 14      
8   (11) Scott Nicholls 63 4 6 4 7 9 12 8 13      
9   (13) Wiesław Jaguś 61 14 6 6 3 0 9 12 11      
10   (14) Rune Holta 55 2 6 9 5 5 16 5 7      
11   (4) Andreas Jonsson 53 7 5 5 16 5 7 - 8      
12   (9) Jarosław Hampel 50 8 6 5 7 8 16 - -      
13   (12) Bjarne Pedersen 49 5 8 3 5 7 6 7 8      
14   (7) Matej Žagar 38 5 7 7 1 5 8 3 2      
15   (10) Antonio Lindbäck 25 3 0 3 9 7 0 3 0      
16   (16) Fredrik Lindgren 21 - - 14 - - - 7 -      
17   (16) Kenneth Bjerre 10 - - - 10 - - - -      
18   (16) Grigory Laguta 8 - - - - - - - 8      
19   (16) Sebastian Ułamek 6 - 6 - - - - - -      
20   (17) Jonas Davidsson 5 - - 5 - - - ns -      
21   (19) Peter Karlsson 5 - - - - - - 5 -      
22   (20) Kai Laukkanen 5 - - - - - - 2 3      
23   (16) David Howe 4 - - - - 4 - - -      
24   (16) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 4 - - - - - 4 - -      
25   (17) Josef Franc 3 - - - - - 3 - -      
26   (16) Mattia Carpanese 2 2 - - - - - - -      
27   (18) Morten Risager 2 - - - 2 - - - -      
28   (18) Maksims Bogdanovs 2 - - - - - - - 2      
29   (17) Tomasz Gapiński 1 - 1 - - - - - -      
30   (17) Kasts Poudzuks 1 - - - - - - - 1      
31   (17) Daniele Tessari 0 0 - - - - - - -      
32   (17) Jesper B. Jensen 0 - - - 0 - - - -      
33   (18) Christian Miotello 0 0 - - - - - - -      
34   (18) Erik Andersson 0 - - 0 - - - - -      
35   (18) Matěj Kůs 0 - - - - - 0 - -      
  (17) Edward Kennett - - - - - ns - - -      
  (18) Tomasz Jędrzejak - - ns - - - - - -      
  (18) Daniel King - - - - - ns - - -      
  (18) Sebastian Aldén - - - - - - - ns -      
Pos. Rider Points ITA
 
EUR
 
SWE
 
DEN
 
GBR
 
CZE
 
SCA
 
LAT
 
POL
 
SVN
 
GER
 

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Świat Żużla, No 4 (72) 2007, page 53 ISSN 1429-3285