2007 Speedway Grand Prix

The 2007 Speedway Grand Prix season is the thirteenth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and is used to determine the Speedway World Champion. It is the first under the promotion of IMG.

Event format

The format for 2007 is a revision on that used in 2006 with 16 riders taking part in each Grand Prix and over the course of 20 heats each rider will race against every other rider once. The top 8 scorers advance to a semi-final and from each semi-final the 1st and 2nd placed riders will advance to the GP final.

All rides now count towards Grand Prix points totals, including the semi-final and final, which counts double (6-4-2-0) and therefore the maximum points for a single GP is 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 4 finalists received too many points compared to the losing semi-finalists who in turn received little benefit compared to, say, the 9th placed non-qualifier [http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgp/a7292] . Also, this format means that the winner of each Grand Prix may not be the rider who scores most GP points from each race.

Cities

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Qualification for Grand Prix

For the 2007 season, there will be 15 permanent riders, to be joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card. The top 8 riders from the 2006 championship were to qualify as of right, although as Hans Andersen had already qualified the 9th placed rider was also included. These 8 qualifiers are, in championship order:-

* (1) Jason Crump flagicon|AUS
* (2) Greg Hancock flagicon|USA
* (3) Nicki Pedersen flagicon|DEN
* (4) Andreas Jonsson flagicon|SWE
* (5) Leigh Adams flagicon|AUS
* (7) Matej Žagar flagicon|SLO
* (8) Tomasz Gollob flagicon|POL
* (9) Jarosław Hampel flagicon|POL

They will be joined by 3 riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Qualifying Final. These riders are, in order by qualifying position:-

* (13) Wiesław Jaguś flagicon|POL
* (14) Rune Holta flagicon|POL
* (6) Hans Andersen flagicon|DEN

The final 4 riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2006 Grand Prix season.

* (10) Antonio Lindbäck flagicon|SWE
* (11) Scott Nicholls flagicon|GBR
* (12) Bjarne Pedersen flagicon|DEN
* (15) Chris Harris flagicon|GBR

2007 Event Schedule and Winners

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Final Championship standings

SGP Table|ITA|EUR|SWE|DNK|GBR|CZE|SCA|LVA|POL|SVN|DEU|RIDERS=SGP Table/rider|Q|1 |DEN|3| Nicki Pedersen |196
24|23|11|16|12|24|16|19|19|23| 9SGP Table/rider|Q|2 |AUS|5| Leigh Adams |153
12|10|21|18|14| 8|19|22| 9| 9|11SGP Table/rider|Q|3 |AUS|1| Jason Crump |124
12|13| 4| 9|15|11|15|10| 7|13|15SGP Table/rider|Q|4 |POL|8| Tomasz Gollob |108
10| 3| 9|11| 3| 1|19|14|21|10| 7SGP Table/rider|Q|5 |DEN|6| Hans Andersen |107
9|13|20|12|13| 8|12| 5| 3| 3| 9SGP Table/rider|Q|6 |USA|2| Greg Hancock |106
19|15| 9| 7|17| 6| 5| 3| 5| 4|16SGP Table/rider|Q|7 |POL|14| Rune Holta |91 +3
2| 6| 9| 5| 5|16| 5| 7|10|16|10SGP Table/rider|Q|8 |GBR|11| Scott Nicholls |91 +2
4| 6| 4| 7| 9|12| 8|13| 4|16| 8SGP Table/rider|P|9 |GBR|15| Chris Harris |91 +F
7|15| 9| 5|20| 5| 6| 7| 5| 8| 4SGP Table/rider|P|10|SWE|4| Andreas Jonsson |90
7| 5| 5|16| 5| 7| -| 8|11| 6|20SGP Table/rider|P|11|POL|13| Wiesław Jaguś |81
14| 6| 6| 3| 0| 9|12|11| 5| 9| 6SGP Table/rider|P|12|DEN|12| Bjarne Pedersen |77
5| 8| 3| 5| 7| 6| 7| 8| 8| 9|11SGP Table/rider|P|13|POL|9| Jarosław Hampel |67
8| 6| 5| 7| 8|16| -| -|11| 6| -SGP Table/rider|P|14|SVN|7| Matej Žagar |54
5| 7| 7| 1| 5| 8| 3| 2| 4| 6| 6SGP Table/rider|P|15|SWE|10| Antonio Lindbäck |31
3| 0| 3| 9| 7| 0| 3| 0| 5| 1| -SGP Table/rider|W|16|SWE|16| Fredrik Lindgren |21
-| -|14| -| -| -| 7| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|17|POL|16| Krzysztof Kasprzak |17
-| -| -| -| -| -| -| -|17| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|18|SWE|19| Peter Karlsson |13
-| -| -| -| -| -| 5| -| -| -| 8SGP Table/rider|W|19|DEN|16| Kenneth Bjerre |10
-| -| -|10| -| -| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|20|RUS|16| Grigory Laguta |8
-| -| -| -| -| -| -| 8| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|21|POL|16| Sebastian Ułamek |6
-| 6| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|22|HRV|16| Jurica Pavlič |5
-| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| 5| -SGP Table/rider|W|23|SWE|17| Jonas Davidsson |5
-| -| 5| -| -| -|ns| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|24|FIN|20| Kai Laukkanen |5
-| -| -| -| -| -| 2| 3| -| -| 0SGP Table/rider|W|25|GBR|16| David Howe |4
-| -| -| -| 4| -| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|26|CZE|16| Luboš Tomíček, Jr. |4
-| -| -| -| -| 4| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|27|GER|16| Christian Hefenbrock |4
-| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| 4SGP Table/rider|W|28|CZE|17| Josef Franc |3
-| -| -| -| -| 3| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|29|ITA|16| Mattia Carpanese |2
2| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|30|DEN|18| Morten Risager |2
-| -| -| 2| -| -| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|31|LVA|18| Maksims Bogdanovs |2
-| -| -| -| -| -| -| 2| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|32|POL|17| Tomasz Gapiński |1
-| 1| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|33|LVA|17| Kasts Poudzuks |1
-| -| -| -| -| -| -| 1| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|34|ITA|17| Daniele Tessari |0
0| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|35|DEN|17| Jesper B. Jensen |0
-| -| -| 0| -| -| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|36|ITA|18| Christian Miotello |0
0| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|37|SWE|18| Erik Andersson |0
-| -| 0| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|38|CZE|18| Matěj Kůs |0
-| -| -| -| -| 0| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|R| |GBR|17| Edward Kennett |-
-| -| -| -|ns| -| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|R| |POL|17| Krzysztof Buczkowski |-
-| -| -| -| -| -| -| -|ns| -| -SGP Table/rider|R| |SVN|17| Jernej Kolenko |-
-| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -|ns| -SGP Table/rider|R| |GER|17| Martin Smolinski |-
-| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -|nsSGP Table/rider|R| |POL|18| Tomasz Jędrzejak |-
-|ns| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|R| |GBR|18| Daniel King |-
-| -| -| -|ns| -| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|R| |SWE|18| Sebastian Aldén |-
-| -| -| -| -| -|ns| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|R| |POL|18| Adrian Miedziński |-
-| -| -| -| -| -| -| -|ns| -| -SGP Table/rider|R| |SVN|18| Izak Šantej |-
-| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -|ns| -SGP Table/rider|R| |GER|18| Tobias Kroner |-
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