2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany

SGP Event infobox|X


NAME =FIM German Speedway Grand Prix
DATE D =18
DATE M =10
DATE Y =2008
CITY = Gelsenkirchen flagicon|POL Bydgoszcz
EVENT =11 / 11 (111)
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REFEREE =A. Steele
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JURY =J. L. Jensen
STADIUM = Veltins-Arena Polonia Stadium
CAPACITY =
LENGTH =300
TRACK =speedway track
ATTENDANCE=
TIME-BEST =
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TIME-NAME =
TIME-HEAT =
FLAG-1 =
NAME-1 =
FLAG-2 =
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NAME-3 =The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany will be the eleventh race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It was scheduled to take place on October 11, 2008, in the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. However, the meeting was postponed because the track was deemed unsafe by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) jury due to adverse weather conditions. The event will be re-staged at the Polonia Stadium, Bydgoszcz, Poland, on the 18 October. [cite web | url = http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/news/a9493?SID=b1baa0c6cf3836a58b39dcb1b4ef7b1e | title = BSI/FIM Statement | publisher = Benfield Sports International| year = 2008 | accessdate = 2008-10-11]

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Martin Smolinski as a wild card, and Tobias Kroner and Max Dilger both as track reserves [cite web | title = Smolinski pojedzie w Gelsenkirchen | publisher = SportoweFakty.pl | date = 2008-09-17 | url = http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/09/17/smolinski-pojedzie-w-gelsenkirchen/ | accessdate = 2008-09-17 ] . Kevin Wölbert later replaced the injured Max Dilger [cite web | title = Zmiana rezerwowego | publisher = SportoweFakty.pl | date = 2008-09-19 | url = http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/09/19/zmiana-rezerwowego/ | accessdate = 2008-09-19 ] . The draw was made on September 29 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland [cite web | title = Press Release Gelsenkirchen SGP | publisher = pzm.pl | date = | url = http://www.pzm.pl/userfiles/file/aktualnosci/zuzel/Press_Release_Gelsenkirchen_SGP.pdf | accessdate = 2008-10-01 ] .

#(15) Fredrik Lindgren (Sweden)
#(2) Leigh Adams (Australia)
#(7) Rune Holta (Poland)
#(4) Tomasz Gollob (Poland)
#(5) Hans Andersen (Denmark)
#(8) Scott Nicholls (Great Britain)
#(1) Nicki Pedersen (Denmark)
#(14) Krzysztof Kasprzak (Poland)
#(3) Jason Crump (Australia)
#(13) Lukáš Dryml (Czech Republic)
#(9) Chris Harris (Great Britain)
#(16) Martin Smolinski (Germany)
#(6) Greg Hancock (United States)
#(10) Andreas Jonsson (Sweden) → (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. (Czech Republic)
#(11) Bjarne Pedersen (Denmark)
#(12) Niels Kristian Iversen (Denmark)
#(17) Tobias Kroner (Germany)
#(18) Max Dilger (Germany) → Kevin Wölbert (Germany)

Heat details

SGP Results/hollow|7|2|9|4|5|13|3|6|11|14|15|16|10|8|1|12|info= |10no=19 |10f=CZE |10r=Luboš Tomíček, Jr. |16f=GER |16r=Martin Smolinski |17f=GER |17r=Tobias Kroner |18f=GER |18r=Kevin Wölbert

Super Prix

For the Super Prix Final the $200,000 prize fund will be awarded as follows:
# $120,000
# $40,000
# $25,000
# $15,000

If a Super Prix event is won by a rider who has already qualified for the Super Prix Final, then the World Championship Final Classification following the completion of Heat 23 in Germany will determine who is awarded this place or places.

At the Super Prix Final in Germany, if a rider has won more than one Super Prix he will take the starting gate colour of his first Super Prix win. eg. If he has won in Sweden (red) and Denmark (blue), the rider will have the red starting gate.

If qualified riders are unable to participate in the Super Prix Final due to injury or other circumstances, they will be replaced using the World Championship Final Classification.

A Wild Card or Reserve rider could qualify to the Super Prix Final in Germany.

It is the placing in the Final of a Super Prix which determines who qualifies, not points. [ [http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgp/a8996 SpeedwayWorld.tv] - 2008-05-24]

The intermediate classification

References

See also