The 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, known as the 2007 FIM Meridian Lifts British Speedway Grand Prix for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth race of the 2007 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 30 June in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, United Kingdom.[1]
 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain | |
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| FIM Meridian Lifts British Speedway Grand Prix | |
| Information | |
| Date | 30 June 2007 |
| City | Cardiff |
| Event | 5 of 11 (94) |
| Referee |  Krister Gardell |
| Stadium details | |
| Stadium | Millennium Stadium |
| Capacity | 62,500 |
| Length | 3,877 m (4,240 yd) |
| SGP Results | |
| Attendance | 41,247 |
| Best Time | Chris Harris 56.6 secs (in Heat 3) |
 Winner | Chris Harris |
 Runner-up |  Greg Hancock |
 3rd place |  Jason Crump |
Starting positions draw
editThe Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated David Howe (as Wild Card), Edward Kennett and Daniel King (both as Track Reserve). This was undertaken at the suggestion of the British event organisers who requested that finishing positions from the 2007 British Championship determine the identity of the wild card and reserves - the highest placed rider in that event (other than the pre-qualified Chris Harris and Scott Nicholls) would be the wild card, the next two would be the track reserves. David Howe finished second to Harris and took the wild card place.
- (4) Andreas Jonsson (Sweden)
- (6) Hans N. Andersen (Denmark)
- (16) David Howe (UK)
- (11) Scott Nicholls (UK)
- (13) Wiesław Jaguś (Poland)
- (8) Tomasz Gollob (Poland)
- (14) Rune Holta (Poland)
- (7) Matej Žagar (Slovenia)
- (3) Nicki Pedersen (Denmark)
- (1) Jason Crump (Australia)
- (9) Jarosław Hampel (Poland)
- (15) Chris Harris (UK)
- (10) Antonio Lindbäck (Sweden)
- (5) Leigh Adams (Australia)
- (12) Bjarne Pedersen (Denmark)
- (2) Greg Hancock (USA)
- (17) Edward Kennett (UK)
- (18) Daniel King (UK)
Heat details
edit| 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 |
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| 1 | 12 | (15) Chris Harris
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20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 16 | (2) Greg Hancock
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17 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 10 | (1) Jason Crump
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15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 14 | (5) Leigh Adams
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14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 2 |  (6) Hans N. Andersen
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13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 9 | (3) Nicki Pedersen
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12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 3 | X | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 4 | (11) Scott Nicholls
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9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 11 |  (9) Jarosław Hampel
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8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 13 | (10) Antonio Lindbäck
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7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 15 | (12) Bjarne Pedersen
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7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 7 | (14) Rune Holta
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5 | 3 | 1 | E | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 8 |  (7) Matej Žagar
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5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 1 | (4) Andreas Jonsson
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5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | X | 1 | 5 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 3 | (16) David Howe
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4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 6 | (8) Tomasz Gollob
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3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 5 | (13) Wiesław Jaguś
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 17 | (17) Edward Kennett
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- | - | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | 18 | (18) Daniel King
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- | - | 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 |
The intermediate classification
edit| 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 
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (3) Nicki Pedersen
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86 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 12 | ||||||
| 2 | (5) Leigh Adams
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75 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 18 | 14 | ||||||
| 3 | (6) Hans N. Andersen
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67 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 13 | ||||||
| 4 | (2) Greg Hancock
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67 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 17 | ||||||
| 5 | (15) Chris Harris
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56 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 20 | ||||||
| 6 | (1) Jason Crump
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53 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 15 | ||||||
| 7 | (4) Andreas Jonsson
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38 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 5 | ||||||
| 8 | (8) Tomasz Gollob
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36 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | ||||||
| 9 | (9) Jarosław Hampel
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34 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | ||||||
| 10 | (11) Scott Nicholls
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30 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 9 | ||||||
| 11 | (13) Wiesław Jaguś
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29 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | (12) Bjarne Pedersen
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28 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | ||||||
| 13 | (14) Rune Holta
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27 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| 14 | (7) Matej Žagar
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25 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| 15 | (10) Antonio Lindbäck
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22 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | ||||||
| 16 | (16) Fredrik Lindgren
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14 | - | - | 14 | - | - | ||||||
| 17 | (16) Kenneth Bjerre
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10 | - | - | - | 10 | - | ||||||
| 18 | (16) Sebastian Ułamek
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6 | - | 6 | - | - | - | ||||||
| 19 | (17) Jonas Davidsson
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5 | - | - | 5 | - | - | ||||||
| 20 | (16) David Howe
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4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | ||||||
| 21 | (16) Mattia Carpanese
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2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| 22 | (18) Morten Risager
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2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | ||||||
| 23 | (17) Tomasz Gapiński
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1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||||||
| 24 | (17) Daniele Tessari
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0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| 25 | (17) Jesper B. Jensen
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0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | ||||||
| 26 | (18) Christian Miotello
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0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| 27 | (18) Erik Andersson
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0 | - | - | 0 | - | - | ||||||
| (17) Edward Kennett
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- | - | - | - | - | ns | |||||||
| (18) Tomasz Jędrzejak
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- | - | ns | - | - | - | |||||||
| (18) Daniel King
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- | - | - | - | - | ns | |||||||
| Pos. | Rider | Points | ITA |
EUR |
SWE |
DEN |
GBR |
CZE |
SCA |
LAT |
POL |
SVN |
GER
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