New world champion...
A few dollars richer...
A British winner...
Leigh Adams...
Grand Prix 2005 - 2007
2007 results
A new scoring system was introduced at the start of the 2007 season.
Scoring in heats 1 - 20 is unchanged: 3 points for a win, 2 points for second and 1 point for third.
In the two semi-finals the third placed rider now scores 1 point.
In the final there are now 6 points for a win, 4 points for second and 2 points for third.
Not that this had any real effect on the dominant year-long perormance of Nicki Pedersen who never faltered in his quest to regain the world crown.
| Pos | No | Rider | Nat | Tot | Ave | ITA | POL | SWE | DEN | GB | CR | SWE | LAT | POL | SLO | GER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Nicki Pedersen | DEN | 196 | 17.82 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 24 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 9 |
| 2 | 5 | Leigh Adams | AUS | 153 | 13.91 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | Jason Crump | AUS | 124 | 11.27 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 15 |
| 4 | 8 | Tomasz Gollob | POL | 108 | 9.82 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 7 |
| 5 | 6 | Hans Andersen | DEN | 107 | 9.73 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | Greg Hancock | USA | 106 | 9.64 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | 14 | Rune Holta | POL | 91 | 8.27 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 10 |
| 8 | 11 | Scott Nicholls | GB | 91 | 8.27 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 8 |
| 9 | 15 | Chris Harris | GB | 91 | 8.27 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | Andreas Jonsson | SWE | 90 | 9.00 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 7 | INJ | 8 | 11 | 6 | 20 |
| 11 | 13 | Wieslaw Jagus | POL | 81 | 7.36 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 6 |
| 12 | 12 | Bjarne Pedersen | DEN | 77 | 7.00 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 |
| 13 | 9 | Jarek Hampel | POL | 67 | 8.38 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | INJ | INJ | 11 | 6 | INJ |
| 14 | 7 | Matej Zagar | SLO | 54 | 4.91 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 15 | 10 | Antonio Lindback | SWE | 31 | 3.10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | INJ |
| - | W | Fredrik Lindgren | SWE | 21 | 10.50 | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| - | W | Krzysztof Kasprzak | POL | 27 | 13.50 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 17 | - | - |
| - | W | Grigorijs Laguta | LAT | 8 | 8.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - |
| Key for colours used in table above | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st - Final | 2nd - Final | 3rd - Final | 4th - Final | 3rd S Final | 4th S Final | Injured | |||||||
2006 results
In 2005 - 2006 the scoring for the semi finals and finals was as follows:
- No extra points scored for the riders finishing third and fourth in the semi finals.
- In the final there were 25 points for a win, 20 points for second, 18 points for third and 16 points for fourth.
This did mean that a rider could fail to finish or be excluded in the final and still score 16 points.
2006 was the year that the great Tony Rickardsson retired early from speedway so was unable to defend his world crown.
His place was taken by first reserve, Hans Andersen, who scored an impressive haul of 101 points from just six rounds and in doing so automatically earned a place in the 2007 series.
Just to make sure, he also qualified in the GP qualifying rounds, along with Rune Holta and Wieslaw Jagus. This allowed Jarek Hampel to qualify as well after finishing ninth in 2006.
The remaining wildcard entries for 2007 were handed to Antonio Lindback, Bjarne Pedersen, Chris Harris and Scott Nicholls.
| Pos | No | Rider | Nat | Tot | Ave | SLO | POL | SWE | GB | DEN | ITA | SWE | CR | LAT | POL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Jason Crump | AUS | 188 | 18.80 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 7 |
| 2 | 5 | Greg Hancock | USA | 144 | 14.40 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 25 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Nicki Pedersen | DEN | 134 | 13.40 | 25 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 25 |
| 4 | 8 | Andreas Jonsson | SWE | 119 | 11.90 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 16 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | Leigh Adams | AUS | 106 | 10.60 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 6 |
| 6 | 16 | Hans Andersen | DEN | 101 | 16.83 | - | - | - | - | 25 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 13 | Matej Zagar | SLO | 97 | 9.70 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 8 |
| 8 | 7 | Tomasz Gollob | POL | 94 | 9.40 | 18 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 9 | 11 | Jaroslaw Hampel | POL | 91 | 9.10 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 6 |
| 10 | 10 | Antonio Lindback | SWE | 89 | 8.90 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 3 |
| 11 | 9 | Scott Nicholls | GB | 83 | 9.22 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 8 | INJ | 9 | 7 |
| 12 | 6 | Bjarne Pedersen | DEN | 82 | 8.20 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| 13 | 15 | Niels-Kristian Iversen | DEN | 51 | 5.10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| 14 | 1 | Tony Rickardsson | SWE | 41 | 8.20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | 12 | Lee Richardson | GB | 39 | 3.90 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | 14 | Piotr Protasiewicz | POL | 31 | 3.10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| - | R | Ryan Sullivan | AUS | 9 | 9.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - |
| - | W | Wieslaw Jagus | POL | 16 | 16.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 |
| Key for colours used in 2005 - 2006 tables | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st - Final | 2nd - Final | 3rd - Final | 4th - Final | Semi Final | Injured | ||||||||
2005 results
2005 belonged to Tony Rickardsson, he dominated the series from beginning to end, winning six of the nine rounds.
He also set a new record for winning four consecutive GPs.
The wildcard entries for 2006 were handed to Andreas Jonsson, Antonio Lindback, Bjarne Pedersen, Chris Harris, Jaroslaw Hampel, Matej Zagar, Scott Nicholls and Wieslaw Jagus.
| Pos | No | Rider | Nat | Tot | Ave | POL | SWE | SLO | GB | DEN | CR | SWE | POL | ITA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Tony Rickardsson | SWE | 196 | 21.78 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Jason Crump | AUS | 154 | 17.11 | 18 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 25 | 18 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Leigh Adams | AUS | 109 | 12.11 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 18 |
| 4 | 5 | Nicki Pedersen | DEN | 102 | 11.33 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | Greg Hancock | USA | 98 | 10.89 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 16 |
| 6 | 10 | Bjarne Pedersen | DEN | 90 | 10.00 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | Tomasz Gollob | POL | 81 | 9.00 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 4 |
| 8 | 7 | Andreas Jonsson | SWE | 81 | 9.00 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 10 |
| 9 | 12 | Scott Nicholls | GB | 72 | 8.00 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 6 |
| 10 | 14 | Antonio Lindback | SWE | 71 | 7.89 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | 8 | Jaroslaw Hampel | POL | 67 | 11.17 | 10 | INJ | INJ | 20 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 6 | INJ |
| 12 | 9 | Hans Andersen | DEN | 65 | 7.22 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| 13 | 11 | Lee Richardson | GB | 55 | 6.11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 6 |
| 14 | 13 | Ryan Sullivan | AUS | 45 | 5.00 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | INJ |
| 15 | 15 | Tomasz Chrzanowski | POL | 28 | 3.11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| - | R | Kenneth Bjerre | DEN | 8 | 8.00 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | W | Matej Zagar | SLO | 18 | 18.00 | - | - | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | W | Piotr Protasiewicz | POL | 11 | 11.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - |
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