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2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia
FIM RingUp Scandinavian Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date	16 August 2008
City	Målilla
Event	7 of 11 (107)
Referee	István Daragó
Jury President	Jørgen L. Jensen
Stadium details
Stadium	G&B Stadium
Capacity	15,000
Length	310 m (340 yd)
Track	speedway track
SGP Results
Best Time	Niels Kristian Iversen 56.9 secs (in Heat 2)
Winner	Leigh Adams
Runner-up	Hans N. Andersen
3rd place	Hans N. Andersen

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia was the seventh race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on August 16, in the G&B Stadium in Målilla, Sweden. The Grand Prix was won by Leigh Adams from Australia. It was his second GP Won in this season.

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Peter Ljung as a wild card, and Jonas Davidsson and Thomas H. Jonasson both as track reserves. The draw was made on August 5 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.

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	15	(2) Leigh Adams	21				3			3			1						3	2				12	2		3	3
2	2	(5) Hans N. Andersen	20	3					3				3				3				1			13	1	3		2
3	14	(1) Nicki Pedersen	14				2		2					E/st		3							3	10	4	2		1
4	5	(3) Jason Crump	12		2			1					2					3					2	10	5		2	0
5	9	(6) Greg Hancock	12			3		2						3					2		2			12	3		0
6	6	(12) Niels Kristian Iversen	9		3				1			3							0			1		8	7	1
7	13	(14) Krzysztof Kasprzak	9				0	3							2		2					2		9	6	0
8	16	(4) Tomasz Gollob	8				1				E/st	2						1			3			7	8		1
9	3	(15) Fredrik Lindgren	7	1						2				2				2				F4		7	9
10	12	(11) Bjarne Pedersen	6			0					2		0			1						3		6	10
11	7	(10) Andreas Jonsson	6		X					1					3	2					0			6	11
12	1	(7) Rune Holta	5	2				0				0				E4				3				5	12
13	4	(13) Lukáš Dryml	5	0							3				1				1				0	5	13
14	8	(8) Scott Nicholls	4		1						1			1			1			X				4	14
15	10	(16) Peter Ljung	3			2			0						0			0		1				3	15
16	11	(9) Chris Harris	3			1				0		1					Fx						1	3	16
17	17	(17) Jonas Davidsson	-																					-	17
18	18	(18) Thomas H. Jonasson	-																					-	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

Heat after heat

1. (57.2) Andersen, Holta, Lindgren, Dryml
2. (56.9) Iversen, Crump, Nicholls, Jonsson (X)
   Nicholls crashes on 1st lap - Jonsson excluded
3. (58.7) Hancock, Ljung, Harris, B.Pedersen
4. (59.2) Adams, N.Pedersen, Gollob, Kasprzak
5. (59.4) Kasprzak, Hancock, Crump, Holta
6. (59.3) Andersen, N.Pedersen, Iversen, Ljung
7. (59.3) Adams, Lindgren, Jonsson, Harris
8. (60.1) Dryml, B.Pedersen, Nicholls, Gollob (E/start)
9. (59.7) Iversen, Gollob, Harris, Holta (E4)
10. (59.5) Andersen, Crump, Adams, B.Pedersen
11. (59.8) Hancock, Lindgren, Nicholls, N.Pedersen (E/start)
12. (59.8) Jonsson, Kasprzak, Dryml, Ljung
13. (59.2) N.Pedersen, Jonsson, B.Pedersen, Holta (E4)
14. (60.1) Andersen, Kasprzak, Nicholls, Harris (Fx)
    Harris crashes and is excluded
15. (59.9) Crump, Lindgren, Gollob, Ljung
16. (60.0) Adams, Hancock, Dryml, Iversen
17. (60.2) Holta, Adams, Ljung, Nicholls (Fx)
    Holta falls on first lap, Nicholls excluded
18. (60.3) Gollob, Hancock, Andersen, Jonsson
19. (61.2) B.Pedersen, Kasprzak, Iversen, Lindgren (F4)
20. (60.4) N.Pedersen, Crump, Harris, Dryml

    Semi-Finals:

21. (59.6) Andersen, N.Pedersen, Iversen, Kasprzak
22. (59.8) Adams, Crump, Gollob, Hancock

    The Final:

23. (59.7) Adams (6 points), Andersen (4), N.Pedersen (2), Crump (0)

The intermediate classification

Pos.	Rider	Points	SVN	EUR	SWE	DEN	GBR	CZE	SCA	LAT	POL	ITA	FIN
1	(1) Nicki Pedersen	116	17	16	16	20	11	22	14
2	(3) Jason Crump	99	10	8	12	18	22	17	12
3	(6) Greg Hancock	89	8	20	6	10	20	13	12
4	(5) Hans N. Andersen	84	14	6	8	11	9	16	20
5	(4) Tomasz Gollob	82	19	12	8	19	4	12	8
6	(2) Leigh Adams	80	5	20	9	8	7	10	21
7	(10) Andreas Jonsson	61	12	9	8	9	8	9	6
8	(7) Rune Holta	53	5	4	17	7	6	9	5
9	(15) Fredrik Lindgren	52	7	7	22	3	2	4	7
10	(12) Niels Kristian Iversen	48	8	10	2	6	6	7	9
11	(8) Scott Nicholls	45	7	2	7	7	12	6	4
12	(9) Chris Harris	40	6	6	5	3	10	7	3
13	(11) Bjarne Pedersen	38	4	ns	ns	7	14	7	6
14	(14) Krzysztof Kasprzak	31	6	3	5	3	4	1	9
15	(13) Lukáš Dryml	25	9	2	3	1	1	4	5
16	(16) Jarosław Hampel	16	–	16	–	–	–	–	–
17	(16) Kenneth Bjerre	11	–	–	–	11	–	–	–
18	(16) (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr.	8	–	3	5	–	–	0	–
19	(16) Matej Žagar	7	7	–	–	–	–	–	–
20	(16) (17) Jonas Davidsson	7	–	–	7	–	–	–	ns
21	(16) Edward Kennett	4	–	–	–	–	4	–	–
22	(16) Peter Ljung	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
23	(18) Billy Forsberg	2	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
24	(17) Nicolai Klindt	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
25	(17) Sebastian Aldén	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	–
Rider(s) not classified
	(17) Izak Šantej	—	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(17) Damian Baliński	—	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–
	(17) Tai Woffinden	—	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–
	(17) Adrian Rymel	—	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–
	(18) Denis Štojs	—	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(18) Krzysztof Buczkowski	—	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–
	(18) Patrick Hougaard	—	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–
	(18) Simon Stead	—	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–
	(18) Filip Šitera	—	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–
	(18) Thomas H. Jonasson	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns
Pos.	Rider	Points	SVN	EUR	SWE	DEN	GBR	CZE	SCA	LAT	POL	ITA	FIN

See also

• Speedway Grand Prix
• List of Speedway Grand Prix riders

References

1. "ResultsGP Malilla" (pdf). pzm.pl. 2008-08-22. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
2. "Adams rządzi w Malilli". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-08-16. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
3. "Press Release Malilla SGP" (pdf). pzm.pl. 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2008-08-06.

External links

• www.SpeedwayWorld.tv

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