Nicki Pedersen - World Cmapion 2007 Polish fans at Leszno GP

Grand Prix - 2008

Many of the photographs in this section of the website are supplied courtesy of Mike Patrick

Pos No Rider Nat Total Ave SLO POL SWE DEN GB CZK SWE LAT POL ITA GER
1 1 Nicki Pedersen DEN 33 16.50 17 16 - - - - - - - - -
2 4 Tomasz Gollob POL 31 15.50 19 12 - - - - - - - - -
3 6 Greg Hancock USA 28 14.00 8 20 - - - - - - - - -
4 2 Leigh Adams AUS 25 12.50 5 20 - - - - - - - - -
5 10 Andreas Jonsson SWE 21 10.50 12 9 - - - - - - - - -
6 5 Hans Andersen DEN 20 10.00 14 6 - - - - - - - - -
7 3 Jason Crump AUS 18 9.00 10 8 - - - - - - - - -
8 12 Niels-Kristian Iversen DEN 18 9.00 8 10 - - - - - - - - -
9 W Jarek Hampel POL 16 16.00 - 16 - - - - - - - - -
10 15 Fredrik Lindgren SWE 14 7.00 7 7 - - - - - - - - -
11 9 Chris Harris GB 12 6.00 6 6 - - - - - - - - -
12 13 Lukas Dryml CZK 11 5.50 9 2 - - - - - - - - -
13 14 Krzysztof Kasprzak POL 9 4.50 6 3 - - - - - - - - -
14 7 Rune Holta POL 9 4.50 5 4 - - - - - - - - -
15 8 Scott Nicholls GB 9 4.50 7 2 - - - - - - - - -
16 W Matej Zagar SLO 7 7.00 7 - - - - - - - - - -
17 11 Bjarne Pedersen DEN 4 4.00 4 INJ - - - - - - - - -
18 R Lubos Tomicek CR 3 3.00 - 3 - - - - - - - - -

Top eight riders automatically qualified from 2007 GP series.
Riders 12, 13 and 14 came through the 2007 GP qualifying rounds.
Riders 9, 10, 11 and 15 were awarded wildcard entries for the 2008 series.

Key for colours used in table above
  1st - Final   2nd - Final   3rd - Final   4th - Final   3rd S Final   4th S Final   Injured

Super Prix Events

New for 2008: there will be four Super Prix events where the winner of each one will qualify for a Super Prix final to be held after heat 23 of the German GP in October. The four Super Prix events are highlighted in bold under 'GP calendar' below.
Total prize fund for this final will be $200,000 and it will be awarded as follows: 1st place - $120,000, 2nd place - $40,000, 3rd place - $25,000 and 4th place - $15,000
Table below shows which gate in the final is awarded to the winner of each Super Prix event.
Full details of what happens if a rider wins two of these events or is injured at the time of the final can be found here: Speedway World - Super Prix Events

Red Blue White Yellow/Black
Winner - Swedish GP, 24th May Winner - Danish GP, 14th Jun Winner - British GP, 28th Jun Winner - German GP, 11th Oct

GP calendar

Date Stadium Town/City Country
26th April Matije Gubca stadium Krsko Slovenia
10th May Smoczyk stadium Leszno Poland
24th May Ullevi stadium Gothenburg Sweden
14th June Parken stadium Copenhagen Denmark
28th June Millennium stadium Cardiff Wales
2nd August Marketa stadium Prague Czech Republic
16th August G & B stadium Malilla Sweden
30th August Spidveja stadium Daugavpils Latvia
13th September Polonia stadium Bydgoszcz Poland
27th September Santa Marina stadium Lonigo Italy
11th October Veltins Arena Gelsenkirchen Germany

GP qualifiers calendar/results

Date Type Venue Country 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
12th May QR Abensburg Germany Watt Dobrucki Rymel Howe Kennett Kroner Max
31st May QR Gorican Croatia
15th June QR Czestochowa Poland
21st June QR Lonigo Italy
5th July SFinal Motala Sweden
Terenzano Italy
14th September Final Zielona Gora Poland