2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy explained

Flag:ITA
FIM Meridian Lifts Italian Speedway Grand Prix
Date:27 September 2008
City:Lonigo
Event:10 of 11 (110)
Referee:Wojciech Grodzki
Flag Ref:POL
Jury:Ilkka Teromaa
Flag Jury:FIN
Stadium:Santa Marina Stadium
Capacity:8,000
Length:334
Track:speedway track
Name1:Hans N. Andersen
Flag1:DEN
Name2:Bjarne Pedersen
Flag2:DEN
Name3:Bjarne Pedersen
Flag3:AUS

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy was the tenth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 27 in the Santa Marina Stadium in Lonigo, Italy. Italian SGP was won by Hans N. Andersen from Denmark. It was his first GP Won in this season.[1]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Guglielmo Franchetti as a wild card, and Mattia Carpanese and Alessandro Milanese as track reserves.[2] The draw was made on September 16 at the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.[3]

Heat details

Heat by heat

  1. Iversen, Kasprzak, Hancock, Carpanese
    Reserve rider Carpanese replaces injured Harris and comes.
  2. B.Pedersen, Jonsson, N.Pedersen, Lindgren (Fx)
  3. Crump, Gollob, Adams, Milanese, Nicholls (T/-)
    Nicholls touching the tapes and was excluded and replaced by Milanese.
  4. Andersen, Holta, Dryml, Franchetti
  5. Holta, Adams, Iversen, B.Pedersen
  6. Hancock, Gollob, Lindgren, Franchetti
  7. Nicholls, Dryml, Kasprzak, Jonsson
  8. Crump, Andersen, Carpanese, N.Pedersen (F2x)
    Pedersen crashes and is excluded. Carpanese takes a point despite broken chain.
  9. Andersen, Lindgren, Nicholls, Iversen
  10. Crump, B.Pedersen, Hancock, Dryml
  11. N.Pedersen, Kasprzak, Adams, Franchetti
  12. Jonsson, Holta, Gollob, Carpanese
  13. Jonsson, Crump, Iversen, Franchetti
  14. Hancock, Nicholls, Holta, N.Pedersen
  15. B.Pedersen, Andersen, Gollob, Kasprzak
  16. Adams, Lindgren, Dryml, Carpanese
  17. Gollob, N.Pedersen, Iversen, Dryml
  18. Adams, Andersen, Jonsson, Hancock
  19. Kasprzak, Crump, Holta, Lindgren
  20. B.Pedersen, Nicholls, Carpanese, Franchetti

Semi-Finals:

  1. Crump, Adams, Holta, Gollob (X)
    Race stopped due to collision between Crump & Gollob - Gollob excluded
  2. Andersen, B.Pedersen, Hancock, Jonsson

The Final:

  1. Andersen (6 points), B.Pedersen (4), Crump (2), Adams (0)

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Andersen najlepszy we Włoszech . SportoweFakty.pl . Polish . 2008-09-27 . 2008-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080930035523/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/09/27/andersen-najlepszy-we-wloszech/. 30 September 2008 . live.
  2. Web site: Franchetti pojedzie z dziką kartą . SportoweFakty.pl . 2008-09-09 . Polish . 2008-09-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080913210923/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/09/09/franchetti-pojedzie-z-dzika-karta/. 13 September 2008 . live.
  3. Web site: Press Release Lonigo SGP . . 2008-09-17 . PDF . 2008-09-19 .

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