2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy

2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy
FIM Meridian Lifts Italian Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date	28 April 2007
City	Lonigo
Event	1 of 11 (90)
Referee	Frank Ziegler
Jury President	Roy Otto
Stadium details
Stadium	Stadio Speedway Santa Marina
Capacity	8,000
Track	speedway track
SGP Results
Attendance	6,000
Best Time	Jarosław Hampel 66.09 secs (in Heat 1)
Winner	Nicki Pedersen
Runner-up	Greg Hancock
3rd place	Greg Hancock

The 2007 Italian Speedway Grand Prix was the first event in the 2007 Speedway Grand Prix season. It was held on 28 April 2007 in the Stadio Speedway Santa Marina in Lonigo, Italy.

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Mattia Carpanese as Wild Card, and Daniele Tessari and Christian Miotello both as Track Reserve.

1. (6) Hans N. Andersen (Denmark)
2. (9) Jarosław Hampel (Poland)
3. (8) Tomasz Gollob (Poland)
4. (14) Rune Holta (Poland)
5. (12) Bjarne Pedersen (Denmark)
6. (1) Jason Crump (Australia)
7. (7) Matej Žagar (Slovenia)
8. (4) Andreas Jonsson (Sweden)
9. (16) Mattia Carpanese (Italy)
10. (2) Greg Hancock (United States)
11. (15) Chris Harris (United Kingdom)
12. (10) Antonio Lindbäck (Sweden)
13. (3) Nicki Pedersen (Denmark)
14. (5) Leigh Adams (Australia)
15. (11) Scott Nicholls (United Kingdom)
16. (13) Wiesław Jaguś (Poland)
17. (17) Daniele Tessari (Italy)
18. (18) Christian Miotello (Italy)

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	13	(3) Nicki Pedersen	24				3	3							3		3					3		15	1	3		3
2	10	(2) Greg Hancock	19			3			3						2			2		2				12	2		3	2
3	16	(13) Wiesław Jaguś	14				0				3	3						3			1			10	4	2		1
4	6	(1) Jason Crump	12		3				1			2							3			1		10	5		2	0
5	14	(5) Leigh Adams	12				2		2					1		3							3	11	3		1
6	3	(8) Tomasz Gollob	10	1						3				3				0				2		9	6	1
7	1	(6) Hans N. Andersen	9	2				1				1				2				3				9	7	0
8	2	(9) Jarosław Hampel	8	3					0				1				2				2			8	8		0
9	11	(15) Chris Harris	7			2				2		0					1						2	7	9
10	8	(4) Andreas Jonsson	7		2						2			2			0			1				7	10
11	7	(7) Matej Žagar	5		1					0					1	0					3			5	11
12	5	(12) Bjarne Pedersen	5		T/-			e					3					1					1	5	12
13	15	(11) Scott Nicholls	4				1			1			2						x	0				4	13
14	12	(10) Antonio Lindbäck	3			1					1		0			1						0		3	14
15	4	(14) Rune Holta	2	x							0				x				2				0	2	15
16	9	(16) Mattia Carpanese	2			0		2						M/-					f		0			2	16
17	17	(17) Daniele Tessari	0		0																			0	17
18	18	(18) Christian Miotello	0											0										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 Results

1. Hampel, Andersen, Gollob, Holta (x)
2. Crump, Jonsson, Žagar, Tessari; B.Pedersen (t)
3. Hancock, Harris, Lindbäck, Carpanese
4. N.Pedersen, Adams, Nicholls, Jaguś
5. N.Pedersen, Carpanese, Andersen, B.Pedersen
6. Hancock, Adams, Crump, Hampel
7. Gollob, Harris, Nicholls, Žagar
8. Jaguś, Jonsson, Lindbäck, Holta
9. Jaguś, Crump, Andersen, Harris
10. B.Pedersen, Nicholls, Hampel, Lindbäck
11. Gollob, Jonsson, Adams, Miotello; Carpanese (m)
12. N.Pedersen, Hancock, Žagar, Holta (x)
13. Adams, Andersen, Lindbäck, Žagar
14. N.Pedersen, Hampel, Harris, Jonsson
15. Jaguś, Hancock, B.Pedersen, Gollob
16. Crump, Holta, Nicholls (x), Carpanese (f)
17. Andersen, Hancock, Jonsson, Nicholls
18. Žagar, Hampel, Jaguś, Carpanese
19. N.Pedersen, Gollob, Crump, Lindbäck
20. Adams, Harris, B.Pedersen, Holta

    Semi-finals:

21. N.Pedersen, Jaguś, Gollob, Andersen
22. Hancock, Crump, Adams, Hampel

    Great Final:

23. N.Pedersen, Hancock, Jaguś, Crump

The intermediate classification

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	24	24
2	(2) Greg Hancock	19	19
3	(13) Wiesław Jaguś	14	14
4	(1) Jason Crump	12	12
5	(5) Leigh Adams	12	12
6	(8) Tomasz Gollob	10	10
7	(6) Hans N. Andersen	9	9
8	(9) Jarosław Hampel	8	8
9	(4) Andreas Jonsson	7	7
10	(15) Chris Harris	7	7
11	(7) Matej Žagar	5	5
12	(12) Bjarne Pedersen	5	5
13	(11) Scott Nicholls	4	4
14	(10) Antonio Lindbäck	3	3
15	(14) Rune Holta	2	2
16	(16) Mattia Carpanese	2	2
17	(17) Daniele Tessari	0	0
18	(18) Christian Miotello	0	0
Pos.	Rider	Points	ITA	EUR	SWE	DEN	GBR	CZE	SCA	LAT	POL	SVN	GER

See also

• List of Speedway Grand Prix riders