2008 Speedway Grand Prix

2008 Speedway Grand Prix
1st Nicki Pedersen
2nd Leigh Adams
3rd Jason Crump

The format remained the same as 2008 with 16 riders taking part in each Grand Prix and over the course of 20 heats each rider will race against every other rider once. The top 8 scorers advance to a semi-final and from each semi-final the 1st and 2nd placed riders will advance to the GP final. All riders apart from the qualifiers for the final carry forward the points earned in the first 20 heats over the course of the season.
For the 2008 season, there were 15 permanent riders, they were joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card.

The top 8 riders from the 2007 championship qualified as of right.
Nicki Pedersen, Leigh Adams, Jason Crump, Tomasz Gollob, Hans Andersen, Greg Hancock Rune Holta, Scott Nicholls
They were joined by 4 riders who qualified via the 2007 Grand Prix Challenge
Niels Kristian Iversen, Lukáš Dryml, Bjarne Pedersen
Nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International
Chris Harris, Andreas Jonsson, Krzysztof Kasprzak, Fredrik Lindgren
26/04/2008 Krško, Slovenia
10/05/2008 Leszno, Poland
24/05/2008 Gothenburg, Sweden
14/06/2008 Copenhagen, Denmark
28/06/2008 Cardiff, Great Britain
02/08/2008 Prague, Czech Republic
16/08/2008 Målilla, Sweden
30/08/2008 Daugavpils, Latvia
13/09/2008 Bydgoszcz, Poland
27/09/2008 Lonigo, Italy
11/10/2008 Gelsenkirchen, Germany (cancelled)
18/10/2008 Bydgoszcz, Poland
P Permanent riders
W Wild Cards
Q Qualifiers for the 2009 Grand Prix
R reserves
I replaced injured rider
SLO EUR SWE DEN GB CZE SCA LAT POL ITA POL T
1 Nicki Pedersen Denmark P Q 17 16 16 20 11 22 14 18 21 6 13 174
2 Jason Crump Australia P 10 8 12 18 22 17 12 19 9 18 7 152
3 Tomasz Gollob Poland P 19 12 8 19 4 12 8 16 20 9 21 148
4 Greg Hancock USA P 8 20 6 10 20 13 12 13 18 9 15 144
5 Hans Andersen Denmark P 14 6 8 11 9 16 20 7 10 21 17 139
6 Leigh Adams Australia P 5 20 9 8 7 10 21 9 9 12 15 125
7 Andreas Jonsson Sweden P 12 9 8 9 8 9 6 10 8 9 12 100
8 Rune Holta Norway P 5 4 17 7 6 9 5 4 6 10 7 80
9 Scott Nicholls Great Britain P 7 2 7 7 12 6 4 7 10 8 7 77
10 Fredrik Lindgren Sweden P 7 7 22 3 2 4 7 7 0 5 9 73
11 Bjarne Pedersen Denmark P 4 – – 7 14 7 6 7 4 17 3 69
12 Niels Kristian Iversen Denmark P 8 10 2 6 6 7 9 1 4 6 ns 59
13 Chris Harris Great Britain P 6 6 5 3 10 7 3 9 5 ns 4 58
14 Krzystof Kasprzak Poland P 6 3 5 3 4 1 9 7 6 8 5 57
15 Lukas Dryml Czech Republic P 9 2 3 1 1 4 5 7 3 4 8 47
16 Jaroslaw Hampel Poland W – 16 – – – – – – – – – 16
17 Kenneth Bjerre Denmark W – – – 11 – – – – – – – 11
18 Wieslaw Jagus Poland W – – – – – – – – 9 – – 9
19 Luboš Tomíček Czech Republic I I W – 3 5 – – 0 – – – – – 8
20 Matej Zagar Slovenia W 7 – – – – – – – – – – 7
21 Jonas Davidsson Sweden W R – – 7 – – – ns – – – – 7
22 Edward Kennett Great Britain W – – – – 4 – – – – – – 4
23 Peter Ljung Sweden W – – – – – – 3 – – – – 3
24 Grigory Laguta Russia W – – – – – – – 2 – – – 2
25 Mattia Carpanese Italy R – – – – – – – – – 2 – 2
26 Billy Forsberg Sweden R – – 2 – – – – – – – – 2
27 Nicolai Klindt Denmark R – – – 1 – – – – – – – 1
28 Krzysztof Buczkowski Poland R R R – ns – – – – – – 1 – 1 1
29 Maciej Janowski Poland R I – – – – – – – – ns – 1 1
30 Guglielmo Franchetti Italy W – – – – – – – – – 0 – 0
31 Martin Smolinski Germany W – – – – – – – – – – 0 0
32 Sebastian Aldén Sweden R – – 0 – – – – – – – – 0
33 Maksims Bogdanovs Latvia R – – – – – – – 0 – – – 0
34 Alessandro Milanese Italy R – – – – – – – – – 0 – 0
35 Grzegorz Zengota Poland R – – – – – – – – – – 0 0
Izak Santej Slovenia R ns – – – – – – – – – –
Damian Baliński Poland R – ns – – – – – – – – –
Tai Woffinden Great Britain R – – – – ns – – – – – –
Adrian Rymel Czech Republic R – – – – – ns – – – – –
Denis Stojs Slovenia R I ns – – – – – – – – – –
Patrick Hougaard Denmark R – – – ns – – – – – – –
Simon Stead Great Britain R – – – – ns – – – – – –
Filip Sitera Czech Republic R – – – – – ns – – – – –
Thomas H Jonasson Sweden R – – – – – – ns – – – –
Kasts Poudzuks Latvia R – – – – – – – ns – – –
Adrian Gomolski Poland R R – – – – – – – – – – –
26/04/2008
Krško, Slovenia
10/05/2008
Leszno, Poland
24/05/2008
Gothenburg, Sweden
14/06/2008
Copenhagen, Denmark
28/06/2008
Cardiff, Great Britain
02/08/2008
Prague, Czech Republic
16/08/2008
Målilla, Sweden
30/08/2008
Daugavpils, Latvia
13/09/2008
Bydgoszcz, Poland
27/09/2008
Lonigo, Italy
11/10/2008
Gelsenkirchen, Germany (cancelled)
18/10/2008
Bydgoszcz, Poland