The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy was the tenth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix

2008 Speedway Grand Prix

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season was the fourteenth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion. It was the second under the promotion of IMG.- Event format :...

 season. It took place on September 27 in the Santa Marina Stadium in Lonigo

Lonigo

Lonigo is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy, its population counts around 16.000 inhabitants.In its frazione of Bagnolo is the Villa Pisani, a Renaissance patrician villa designed by Andrea Palladio, which is part of a World Heritage Site...

, Italy

Italy

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. Italian SGP was won by Hans N. Andersen from Denmark

Denmark national speedway team

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. It was his first GP Won in this season.

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Guglielmo Franchetti as a wild card

Wild card (sports)

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, and Mattia Carpanese and Alessandro Milanese as track reserves. The draw was made on September 16 at the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme

Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme

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 Headquarters in Mies

Mies

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, Switzerland

Switzerland

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.

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:

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

    The Final:

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

The intermediate classification

External links

• www.SpeedwayWorld.tv